You Can Ride This RR Tycoon's Trains All Over
A story on Renseclad’s Miniature Train and Railroad Co owners P A Sturtevant and the portable and stationary railcars. The article notes the company builds in Rensselaer Indiana, markets scaled diesels to parks and carnivals, and mentions a one fifth scale GM diesel model, with a portable unit priced at 2995 and a twin-diesel setup at 12500, plus a record 196280 riders at a Chicara Railroad Fair.
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Rensselaer, Ind
NEA
Rensselaer
U. S
Hawaii
South America
Mexico
Renseclad
Miniature Train and Railroad Co
P. A. Sturtevant
Ilinois
Carnival
General Motors
Sturtevant
Regents Meet to Divide Big Fund
Oklahoma City February 27 state regents for higher education and presidents of state colleges divided 21.6 million from the 38 million building bond issue voted last September for new construction. An additional 4.425 million for repairs and modernization was allocated last month. Oklahoma A&M College and the University of Oklahoma each received 1 million dollars.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma A&m College
University of Oklahoma
Food Value of Fish Equals That of Meat
The article compares fish to meat in nutrition, noting high protein value and similar calcium and phosphorus levels, but lower iron except in oysters. It discusses fat content, flavor differences in fish like shad and mackerel, and the popularity of fillets for easy preparation and baking with flavorful ingredients.
Apportionment of New Construction Funds Expected Soon
The report states the timing hinges on late afternoon or tomorrow before the apportionment of the new construction money is known.
Baked Fish Fillets Versus Fishrooms with Sauce
Two fish fillet recipes appear. The first bakes 2 pounds of fillets with butter onions celery bread crumbs cheese and milk for about 30 minutes yields six servings. The second simmers mushrooms onion and butter then makes a milk sauce to pour over fish and finish with bread crumbs and parsley for about 30 minutes.
Cigaret Ignited Deadly Batangas Ammunition Blast
Manila reports blame on a carelessly tossed cigarette for a large explosion at Batangas headquarters of the Philippines constabulary. The blast killed 12 and injured about 100, with 24 still hospitalized. A crater 18 feet wide and 200 feet long tore through the area, demolishing nearby homes and rupturing an ammunition dump buried underground.
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Manila
Batanges
Batangas
The
Philippines Constabulary
Contabulare
Barbs and patents in transit era sleep styles
A fragmented clipping notes a New York man with 1000 patents and comments on pedestrians and sleep comfort. It mentions active engineers and concerns about fadeets, with a tone suggesting speculation and social observation from a bygone period.
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New York
Two U S Merchant Ships Bombed at Red Held Tsingtao
Two U S merchant ships report bombing and strafing at the communist held port of Tsingtao. The Pioneer Dale suffered one minor injury to a crew of 50 as it returned to Japan. Flying Clipper also attacked while anchored.
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U.S
Tsingtao
Washington
Americas
North China
State Department
Isbrandtsen
New York
United States ‘Line
Pioneer Dale
James F. Knowlton
Japan
Isbrandtsen Lines
Flying Arrow
Shanghai
Knowlton
U. S. Lines
Tokyo
Roff FFA to Tulsa Livestock Exposition in March
About eight Roff FFA boys will travel to Tulsa for the Tulsa Livestock Exposition with a livestock judging team and possibly a dairy judging team. Leon Williams and Kenneth Bradford will show fat barrows aiming for first prize. Max Hoberts is entered in calf scramble among 40 calves and 80 boys.
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Tulsa
Fish Squirrel Catch Makes Legal Roundup At Creekside
McAlester Oklahoma February 27 Fire Chief H. Cacy who is also a Baptist preacher was cited today for taking a squirrel from Gaines Creek north of McAlester. While fishing he cast with stink bait and hauled out a 34 pound catch that reportedly swallowed a squirrel.
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Mcalester
H. & Cacy
Aew
Eegion
Gaines Creek
Martinsville Visionary Runs World’s Only Junior Boys Club
Albert Merritt of Martinsville Virginia, a lifelong presbyterian and former Negro porter at Martinsville Sanitarium, founded the Junior Boys Club 47 years ago. He has guided over 1690 underprivileged white boys to manhood, funding the effort mainly from tips and a modest salary. The club operates from a shack bought near the railroad tracks, features a dormitory, and emphasizes morals, courtesy, and away from alleys life. Thirty club members served in World War II, with four killed in action.
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Merritt
Porter
Martinsville
Kentucky
Albert
Abert
Pye
Bradley Finishes Fast for Vicary
Bradley the nation's top basketball team defeated Oklahoma A&M 42-35 in Stillwater before 9 500 fans. Bradley took the lead in the final two minutes after A&M tied 35 35 and secured at least a share of the Missouri Valley Conference title. Gale McArthur led Bradley with 12 points while Elmer Behnke Charley Grover and Jim Kelly added eight each.
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Stillwater
Okla
PH Bradley
Oklahoma A&m
Braves
Aggies
Bradley
A&m
Gale McArthe
Gale
Elmer Behnke
Charley Grover
Jim Kelly
Cinder track warns Pirate outfielders at Forbes Field
Pittsburgh fans watched Jack Fogarty and helpers lay a graded cinder path on Forbes Field outer stretches. The 22 foot wide track serves as a safety measure to curb reckless fielding and prevent players from colliding with the concrete wall at season end. Yankee Stadium had a similar track after Tommy Henrich’s crash last season.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Pirate
Forbes Field
Jack Fogarty
Fogarty
Tim
Yankee Stadium
Tormmy Henrich
Dust Cloud of Death H Bomb Threat Warned by Scientists
Dr. Leo Szilard and three other authorities warned on a Chicago NBC round table that a hydrogen bomb could be engineered to spread radioactive dust worldwide. The plan could kill humans globally by poisoning air and soil, with fallout lasting years depending on materials used. Participants included Bethe of Cornell Brown of Chicago and Seitz of Illinois.
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New York
Leo Szilard
Sziland Baid
Sziland
University of Chicago
Earth
Dr. Sziland
University of Chicago Round Table
NBC
Hans Bethe
Cornell University
Harrison Brown
Frederick Seitz
University of Illinois
Oklahoma Federal Help Sought to Halt Liquor Into Dry Oklahoma
U S District Attorney Robert E Shelton asked federal authorities to aid state efforts to stop liquor shipments into Oklahoma as the 1949 act and bone dry law face court challenge. Four test cases linger before Judge Stephen S Chandler to determine federal jurisdiction over cross state liquor transport.
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Oklahoma City
U. S
Robert E. Shelton
Oklahoma
Shelton
Stephen S. Chandler
Chandler
Firemen Telegraze Quick Room 313 Blaze at Aldridge Hotel
Fire crews responded to a chair fire in Room 313 at the Aldridge hotel shortly after 30:40 Saturday. Three fire trucks rushed to the north entrance but the blaze was controlled within minutes and only a small alarm was raised.
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Aldridge
Tractor-Trailer Rampage Kills Three In Tunnel Crash
In Somerset Pennsylvania on February 25 a westbound tractor trailer plowed into two approaching trucks and a car after an explosive laden vehicle passed through a tunnel. Three truckers died in the wreckage as the eastbound vehicles had just begun to move again.
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Somerset
Pennsylvania
Byng HD Club Studies Fabrics and Plans Clubhouse
Members of the Byng home demonstration club met Wednesday to discuss fabric identification methods and to raise funds for a clubhouse. New members Mrs Arthur Baker and Mrs Vernon Baker were introduced. Refreshments were served to many members including Mrs Tom Abbott and Mrs Bob Bushers. The next meeting will be at Mrs R J Brabin’s home.
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Byng Home Demonstration Club
Bushers
J. R. Smith
RB. J. Bruhin
Arthur Baker
Vernon Baker
Tom Abbott
Bob Bushers
RJ. Bruhin
Lillian Henry
Alpha Meek
Ha. Miller
J. BR. Smith
T. V. McElhaney
Tom Martin
R. J. Brabin
Predicts Bulgaria Will Be Absorbed
Belgrade February 25 Donald Heath departing U S minister to Bulgaria predicted that Russia will eventually attempt to absorb Bulgaria into the Soviet Union. He said many Bulgarians oppose the communist regime, and described a deliberate campaign to create fear of the United States and disrupt diplomacy.
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Belgrade
Yuogslavia
Donald Heath
U. S
Bulgaria
Russia
Soviet Union
Heath
Yugoslavia
Sofia
Legation
United States
Britain
Jury Fails To Reach Verdict In Civil Trial
In the last session’s civil district court a jury failed to decide and was discharged. The breach of contract case involved Magnelia Petroleum Co. and Walter O. Crow. Friday’s docket shows Henry Allen awarded $556 against Alvis Brown for truck repair after an accident. A new trial motion was filed in A. H. Cox versus Magnolia Petroleum. Cox was granted $183 by jury decision.
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Magnelia Petroleum Co
Walter O. Crow
Henry Allen
Alvis Brown
Alen
A. H. Cox
Magnolia Petroleum
Cox
Syracuse Back Syracuse -y- the New York State Fair Racing
The Hambletonian trotting class, inaugurated in 1926, returns to the New York state fair racing calendar this year with an $80,000 five day program from September 3 to 7.
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Syracuse
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Wheeler Willares
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Charles Hurley
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Max Griffith
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Norman Bunyard
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el Paso
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Harey Ranch
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Mill Creek
Earl Weaver
Sasakwa
J. J. Angerson
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Ay Weaver
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Lee Bunyard
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R. M. Bronaugh
Smith
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Joe Reb T
Albert Clayton
Grand Prairie
Texas
Ross
Carl Krannig
Wilburn Clayton
Galvy Gordon
Doc" Merritt
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Cinder
Byng HD
University of Rochester ‘Medical School
Sipatic Energy Project
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