The Brain the Cook the Brain the Cook
Vancouver writer muses on flying and death noting air travel safety improves and insurance for trips costs a dollar per twenty thousand. He recounts United Air Lines flights Denver to Seattle and recent crashes near Fort Collins and Oakland while detailing crew roles and landing speeds. He shares breakfast of Winnipeg gold eyes and observes a soccer league in the north.
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Denver
Seattle
United Air Lines
Fort Collins
Oakland
United
Colorado
United People
South America
United States
Russia
Dream Homes and Gardens Across Northwest Cities
The narrator marvels at Seattle Vancouver and Victoria yards bursting with color in September. Beautiful lawns and flower beds contrast with morning scenes of elderly residents tending these spaces while younger families live in apartments. A map of Charlotte Islands and the Tiell River is promised for later.
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Northwest
Seattle
Vancouver
Victoria
Charlotte Islands
Tiell River
Alaska
Lady Detective Faces Charges In Abduction Robbery Case
In Chicago a 20 year old woman identified as a department store detective, Gloria Organ, was arrested for questioning in the abduction and robbery of waitress Jeanne Carlson. Carlson, mother of five, said Organ forced her at gunpoint into a car, robbed her of $20 and jewelry, and dumped her after a three hour drive to the northwest suburbs. Organ admitted the robbery then denied it and faces kidnapping and robbery charges. police also found a New York store protection department card linking her to prior employment.
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Chicago
Gloria Organ
Jeanne Carlson
Organ
Carlson
Brewster urges MacArthur as ambassador to Japan
Senator Brewster of Maine said President Truman should name Gen. MacArthur ambassador to Japan when the peace treaty is ratified. He argued that despite disputes over Korea policy MacArthur did a splendid job running the occupation forces in Japan.
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Washington
Brewster
Maine
Truman
Gen. MacArthur
Japan
MacArthur
First mouse reaches Greenland by air drop stunt
A mouse became the first of its kind to reach Greenland after leaping from an airplane’s mail bag in a bold airborne delivery stunt. The event drew curiosity about the animal’s survival and fate in the icy expanse.
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Greenland
Kids Inc born in Amarillo forms model for nation
Amarillo’s Kids Inc program began in 1944 after a plan with Fort Sam Houston leaders. It built leagues across the city with 58 teams first season, expanded to 112 softball teams in 1950, and now sponsors yearly track and swimming meets. John Peterson leads the board with Ralph Dykeman as executive director as 3,741 youngsters joined last year.
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Amarillo
Kids, Inc
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
John Peterson
Amarillo Public School
Merick Club
San Jacinto
St. Mary’s Academy
Price College
Ralph Dykeman
Arilio Community Chest
Program gains national momentum in Texas towns
The movement spreads from Amarillo to Corpus Christi and beyond with interest from Woodward Oklahoma Albuquerque New Mexico and Denver Colorado. The program proves itself first to the youngsters then to parents and the community and now aims to reach the nation.
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Texas
Corpus Christi
Lke Woodward
Okla
Albuquerque
Denver
Colo
Amarillo
Maverick Club
Boys Ranch
Local Help Wanted and Found Notices Mixed in Classified Roundup
Community classifieds list radio missing contact numbers and items for sale trade and services. Lost dog Tippie near Sam Houston School. Siamese cat reward. babysitting services with multiple addresses. portable washer and other household items offered. two half cocker pups. groceries and soapmaking fat. birth certificate found for Rita Sue Mitchell at Globe-News office.
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Tippie
Sam Houston
Glenda Grimm
North Johnson
Arch Terrace
Roy Rogers
S&h
Gunn Bros
North West Twelfth
Cline Road
North East Sixth
East Ninth
Rita Sue Mitchell
Baby Gorillas Draw Crowds At Amarillo Circus
Baby gorillas Garantua the Second and Mile. Toto, imported from West Africa, headline the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey show in Amarillo on September 26. The redesigned mammoth menagerie features exotic species, new tented venues, and the grand Circus Serenade blending European acts with top animals and star performers.
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West Africa
Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Amarillo
Garantua
Mile
Toto
Grand Street
KFDA
America
Europe
Gargantua
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Colleges Offer Plumbing Courses
Los Angeles city and state colleges start four year plumbing engineering programs this fall. Graduates will consult with builders and contractors on complex issues such as cross-connection hazards contaminated water in lines, sewage disposal and rat proofing.
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Los Angeles
Dallas Man Named To Demo Committee
Dallas businessman R. F. Bob Thompson is named special assistant to the treasurer of the Democratic National Committee. Chairman William M. Boyle Jr. says Thompson will help arrange forthcoming party dinners in Los Angeles Chicago and New York.
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Washington
R. F
Bob” Thompson
Dallas
Democratic National Committee
Chirman
William M. Boyle, Jr
Thompson
Los Angeles
Chicago
New York
Seedless Watermelon Developed at Purdue
Purdue University reports a nearly seedless watermelon with only two or three seeds, weighing 8 to 10 pounds and easy to refrigerate. The quality is high as colchicine alters the fruit's internal structure. Seedsmen expect commercial seeds next year.
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Lafayette
Ind
Purdue University
Purdue
Postwar homes now housing one in seven Americans
A record from the United States Savings and Loan League reports that one person in every seven in the United States resides in a house or apartment built after World War II. The finding highlights the rapid postwar housing boom and its broad demographic impact across the nation.
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Chicago
United States
United States Savings and Loan League
Polish salvage crews recover scuttled Gneisenau for steel
Polish salvage teams raise the German battleship Gneisenau sunk by fleeing Nazis at the mouth of Gdynia harbor in 1945 and will deliver 20,000 tons of steel scrap for factory use. The British had bombed the ships at Brest and Gdynia, with Scharnhorst sunk near Murmansk in 1943.
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Warsaw
Poland
Gdynia
Brest
Kiel
Murmansk
Possible 275 Mile Canal Linking Oder and Danube
The proposal envisions a 275 mile canal to connect the Oder and Danube rivers between Cosel and Bratislava in Czechoslovakia. The plan would create a continuous water route across Central Europe, potentially boosting trade and regional connectivity.
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Oder
Danube
Cosel
Bratislava
Czechoslovakia
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