Packing the Ice Vogues 1950 Wardrobe Chief
Catherine DelMonte heads the 75 member Ice Vogues cast packing 524 costumes for the 46 week tour at the Sports Arena. The wardrobe mistress manages 80 wigs 136 hats 98 gloves 48 scarves and 1600 zippers with 101 odds and ends, ensuring each costume stays pristine. Tickets at Henry Blackburn Sporting Goods from 2.75 to 1.30.
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Catherine DelMonte
Ice Vogues
Mrs. DelMonte
Henry Blackburn Sporting Goods
East Seventh
Bixbys End World Flight Near Record Pace
SAN FRANCISCO April 13 U P The flying Bixbys completed a 21 000 mile flight around the world today disappointed they could not beat the late Bill Odom s speed record Their Huntress II bomber landed at 3 06 this morning at San Francisco Airport after a 2 800 mile leg from Midway Island The total round trip took 11 days 18 hours 6 minutes They flew at 25 000 feet with a 30 mile hour tail wind Mrs Bixby was at the controls They were four hours ahead of schedule at Calcutta when engine trouble ended the chase to break the record They said they would sleep then work on the plane and had no plans for another attempt
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San Francisco
U.P
Odom
Bixbys
Calcutta
Campaign to vaccinate Haiti against venereal disease begins
The first nation wide penicillin campaign to rid Haiti of venereal disease is set to start this month. It will span at least two years and cost about 750000 dollars. WHO officials announce plans to reach 3500000 people by jeep and mule routes, with future campaigns planned for Indonesia and the Dominican Republic.
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New York
Haiti
Island Republic
Jaime Veldardo- Thome
United Nation
World Health Organization
WHO
United Nations
International Children’s Emergency Fund
Indonesia
Dominican Republic
Hispaniola
McCamey Man Is Gun Victim
Calvin E. Graham, 51, an oil field worker, died after being shot at his home in McCamey. Justice of the Peace Omar Warren ruled the death accidental following interviews with Mrs. Graham and Dr. J. C. Bredehoff. The incident occurred Saturday night and Graham died about half an hour later.
Water Supply Boosted by City Wells Upgrade
Recent repair and cleaning of several city wells added about a million gallons per day to the water supply. Pumps were lowered deeper into the water sand and sand and gravel cleaned to increase production. Two new wells will be drilled soon on the northeast water site near Bushland to reach about 30 million gallons per day. record water use last July 1 was 21.3 million gallons.
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H. R. Smith
Public Works
Mr. Smith
Westex
Bushland
Norwich council laments US airmen pregnancies amid transfers
Norwich County Council says American airmen at RAF Sculthorpe Marham and Lakenheath cause pregnancies among Norfolk girls. Dr. T Ruddock West cites six girls sent to welfare hostels and notes airmen often transfer after trouble. US Third Air Division says such cases occur where soldiers and girls mix, but denies transfers to dodge consequences.
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Norwich
England
Norwich County Council
T. Ruddock-West
Norfolk
Sculthorpe
Marham
Lakenheath
Third Air Division
Ruddock-West
Germany
Daughter Born To Polio Victim In Atlanta
A 23 year old polio patient at Grady Hospital welcomed a daughter after leaving an iron lung 16 days earlier. Mrs. James Bentley of Palmetto Ga was placed on a chest respirator post delivery. Attendants reported mother and baby in fair condition and townsfolk had prayed for healing. Bentley credited prayer as the answered hope.
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Atlanta
James Bentley
Palmetto
Grady Hospital
Baptist Church
Bentley
Two Burmese Rebel Factions Clash Leaves 80 Dead Near Akyab
Burmese press reports 80 rebels killed in a three faction clash near the rice port of Akyab. In other news the Dominican Republic raised taxes on imported cigarettes to six cents per pack of twenty.
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Rangoon
Burma
Akyab
Dominican Republic
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McCamey
New York State
Gowanda
Cattaraugus County
GI ‘Wolves
Angel
Continental Bistilling Corp
Pima
Polk
U.S. Pat
SLACK
New
Chambray
Comfort
Kidskins
Rod
Sand Lot League
Gordon
Sheloves
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