Two Juries Sit Simultaneously in WV Court Scene
In Wheeling West Virginia two juries were allowed to sit at the same time in the same courtroom hearing two related cases arising from an automobile trolley collision. Plaintiff Charles E Porter Sr and son Charles Jr sought a total of four thousand dollars in damages. Judge J H Brennan addressed the juries saying It is the first time I have occasion to say that.
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Wheeling
W. Va
West Virginia
United States
Charles E. Porter
Charles, Jr
J. H. Brennan
Trieste Shipyard Clash Over Strikers' Rights
Scattered fighting broke out at the Monfalcone shipyards as about 6,000 striking workers returning to work clashed with roughly 1,000 nonstriking employees. The returning group walked out again to protest the continued employment of those who did not join the two week general strike which ended Saturday.
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Trieste
Monfalcone
Rice rupture protection promises freedom from trusses
Modern protection offers comfort and holding security without torture. Free information from William Rice, Inc Dept 1055-B Adams NY, details the new Rice method for relieving rupture symptoms without painful springs and straps.
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William Rice, Inc
Adams
N. Y
Rice
Orinoco River Navigable Season Limitations Noted
The Orinoco river in South America is navigable during the rainy season from May through November on about 1,300 miles of its 1,473 mile length, marking its extent and seasonal accessibility.
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Orinoco River
South America
Venezuela
Colombia
Woman Likes Her Job Atop High Tower
Mrs. Merle Lucille McDaniel has worked as a fire watcher atop a 120 foot tower in Mississippi for three years. She maintains 9 AM to 5 PM hours, knits and reads between 20 mile patrols, spots fires with binoculars, and notifies crews. Rain gives her days off and a magazine-seller once climbed up to pitch a subscription she already had.
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Errata
U.P
Merle Lucille McDaniel
McDaniel
War Department
Mississippi
Forestry Department
Treasury Cuts Astronomical Debt With Cash Redemption
The Treasury said it will redeem with cash another 1.25 billion dollars of public debt securities due August 1. Funds come from the idle cash balance, reported at over 12.28 billion, while the government remains in the red. This move raises total debt retirement since March 1 to about 13.5 billion dollars, with total federal debt near 268.235 billion.
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Washington
Treasury
Bride Wroten and Rhodes Marry by Telephone in Houston
In Houston on July 16 a bride waited three hours for a transatlantic call to connect with Capt. Charles E. Rhodes in Nuremburg Germany. The ceremony was performed by the bride's retired minister father, followed by a ten minute telephone honeymoon.
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Houston
U.P
Lewis Rae Wroten
Charles E. Rhodes
Nuremburg
Germany
Broadway stars dodge film shifts and legal stirs
Report highlights censoring of movie ads as actors and creators juggle stage comebacks and film offers. Vivien Leigh refuses Amber projects to pursue London theater, while Gene Autry declines using his war record in Sgt. Gene Autry. Lillian and Dorothy Gish scout Ireland for Eugene O Neill play, and other industry moves surface.
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Roman Bohnen
Theater
President Truman
Actors Lab Theater
Toto
John Garfield
Morris Carnovsky
J. Edward Bromberg
Vivien Leigh
London
Gene Autry
Ernesto Lecuona
ASCAP
Gish Sisters
Lillian
Dorothy
Ireland
Disc Records Old Soft Shoe from Three to Make Ready
The item lists the Old Soft Shoe dance number from the musical Three to Make Ready. It notes the recording category and references the show’s production context and period style.
UN Jeeps in New York Declared Diplomatic Immunity
Six jeeps owned by the United Nations are declared immune in New York. A notice posted in all police precincts states the vehicles have no New York registration plates but carry UN identification on the rear numbered 1 through 6.
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New York
United Nations
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