Flora fire chief still leads 1920 formed volunteer force at 90
Edwin Dufay Yeck known as Uncle Fay heads Flora Illinois volunteer fire department he formed March 28 1920 now 90 years old and still in charge for four more years. He recalls early equipment a two wheel hose cart and draymen earning a dollar. The 30 volunteers include mayor police chief bank cashier and theater owner who fight fires without pay. Yeck works 8 to 5 at a desk under a stair and keeps two pumper trucks aged 13 and 8 years. He says Flora locals call him Uncle Fay and he plans to serve through his term while reflecting on his long career in firefighting and as a barber prior to joining the department.
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Flora
Fay
Yeck
Leo Allen
Ilinois
Flora Volunteer Department
Uncle Fay
E. D. Yeck
Edwin Dufay Yeck
Tinois
Sistersville
W. Va
Lawmaking by Omar the Seeing-Eye Dog in Maryland Session
A Maryland legislative session features Omar the seeing eye dog present in the chamber, having spoken once after an assistant stepped on his tail. The dog sits beside C Clifton Wirts a Frederick attorney blinded by a childhood explosion and alongside Charles M See a blind Republican. The trio forms a coalition to wade through bills.
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Annapolis
Omar
Maryland
Clifton Wirts
Frederick
Seeing Eye
Morristown
N. J
Wirts
Charles M. See
Allegany County
See
Vet Housing Project: War Memorial Shelter Planned in San Jose
SAN JOSE CALIF Plans for a veterans housing development as a war memorial were approved by the city council The city will help form the San Jose War Memorial foundation and sell 20 acres of land to it at a nominal price Proceeds will reduce the city debt
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San Jose
Calif
Aviation Notes Highlight Flying Farmers and Airage Demos
More than 1,000 private planes will converge on University of Illinois Urbana Champaign for two days of meetings and demonstrations by the Flying Farmers of Prairie Farmer Land. Governors from Illinois Indiana Wisconsin and Michigan invited. Crop dusting heliocopter demos planned. Louisiana State University Farm and Home Week features Flying Farmers Day August 12 14 in Baton Rouge with air minded farmers invited. Second annual reunion of the Order of Fifinella ex Wasps set for Ponca City Oklahoma August 24 27 about 150 expected. Phoenix hotel strike sees helicopter food delivery over ticket lines. The flying eggbeater refers to the helicopter service between Boston Logan and a downtown roof. Fare 3.50 includes tax about 1.75 per mile. The aid is time saving not speed or cost. Wayne L Troutner operates first aerial cleaning service from Winslow Arizona. Ka Ya Pa Ne Sha greeting from Indian natives as flyers deliver mail to posts ranches and resorts.
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University of Ilinois
Urbana-Champaign
Prairie Farmer Land
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Michigan
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge
Order of Fifinella
Wasps
Ponca City
Okla
Piper Mid
Boston
Logan
Wayne L. Troutner
Winslow
Ariz
Stinson
Arizona
Troutner
Neck Breaker Walter Bullock Plans Second Flight Flier’s Return
Walter Bullock of Minneapolis recalls his 1916 Newport News flight in a bamboo frame plane with no instruments. He intends to build a similar craft to fly again, seeking the thrill of the dangerous risk.
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Walter Bullock
Minneapolis
Minn
Newport News
Bullock
Escape Plot Unfolds as Eddie Martin Fights to Flee
Eddie Martin, a notorious criminal, escapes after a prison breakout and hides in a dump truck. He travels across country under cover of darkness to a desert shack, where he brews plans with a stolen iron bar and a map. His childhood games of robber and cop contrast with the real danger of a five thousand dollar reward.
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Eddie Martin
Guarda
Dan
Mom
Trust
Eddie Grashin plans a flawless escape after a past betrayal but is forced to face family ties and a fatal storm. His brother Dan helps race home to a sick mother as Eddie confronts police and the truth about trust. The ending shows Eddie’s capture and their mother relieved yet unaware of the danger.
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Dan
Eddie
Nol
Mom
Midway
Edward
Crossword Puzzle Answers From a Vintage Page
A compact set of crossword clues and solutions listed with numbers and brief hints. Includes entries for roman bronze fanciful lose cover upper air bed four to waste time covers avail preposition lowest mit three strikes definite article rowing implement hockey team machine for moving weights mo inture fore part of a ship ships record head covering pronoun unit of work power pleasantly talkative boast unsubstantiated report capital of Tunisia reception stop slang plunder lizard one hundred yen garden tool period of time look to bring to completion and related terms.
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Tunisia
Fire Waste Doubled Since 1941
Fire waste by fire has doubled since 1941 reaching over 816 million dollars last year. The 1941 figure was just over 300 million dollars, a rise nearly equal to the total loss of San Francisco's 1906 conflagration. If the trend continues direct waste by fire could top one billion dollars by 1956.
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San Francisco
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