Radio Pianist Harry Snodgrass Leaves Prison for Career Comeback
NEA report from Jefferson City notes Harry Snodgrass, famed as the Irony of the Ivories, will be released January 16 after a three year sentence for an unsuccessful hold up in St. Louis. He plans to marry, reunite with his son, and pursue jobs in theater, vaudeville, or as a piano company endorser. A radio fan fund at station WOS has raised wide support, with telegrams and gifts from across the U.S. and Canada praising his talent and offering opportunities as he reenters public life.
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Jobe
Rhode Island
Salt Lake
City
Winnipeg
New Orleans
United States
Canada
Missouri State
State Board of Agriculture
Capitol Dome
Fand-Dom
Hono
Charity baskets bring Christmas cheer to Americas families
The Times-Recorder reports the Empty Stocking Fund of 275.36 dollars aided by Mrs. C. J. Sherlock and the Associated Charities delivered over seventy baskets with fruits nuts meats and groceries to the needy on Christmas day. Unspent funds will buy wood coal and groceries for cold months. Mrs. Sherlock praises churches merchants and The Times-Recorder for support and notes every family in Americas received food wood coal clothing or toys.
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Times-Recorder
C. J. Sherlock
Associated Charities
Sherlock
Americas
Engineer of Old Monitor Dies in Elizabeth City
Daniel K. Jester aged 186 years died of pneumonia in Elizabeth City. He served as engineer of the Civil War era Monitor after a prior career as an engineer on a Mississippi river transport. For forty five years he was chief engineer of ferries running from New Jersey to Staten Island.
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Associated Press
Elizabeth, Neat
Daniel K. Jester
Monitor
Merrimac
Lester
New Jersey
Staten Island
Miss Parkman to Spend Six Weeks at University
Miss Bohme Parkman and her mother Mrs D R Parkman are visiting relatives in Columbus Georgia and Seale Alabama. On January 5 she leaves for Georgia University and State College of Agriculture to study Home Economics for six weeks as part of training for Home Demonstration Agents of Georgia.
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D. R. Parkman
Columbus
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Seale
Alabama
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Georgia University
State College of Agriculture
Christmas Day Most Orderly In Americus
Police report a quiet Christmas in Americus with no fires and few incidents. Ike Ross, intoxicated, damaged a storefront window and a car, and remained in the barracks for sobriety as officers noted overall calm with minor drunken disorder among revelers.
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Ike
Hightower
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Brage
McArthur
Engine Hits AUIS Woman Carried on Pilot
In Indianapolis the passenger train struck a car at a grade crossing. Mrs Kenneth Clark rode clingingly on the pilot for a 12 mile stretch before falling into a ditch near Oakland Indiana. She was unconscious but not seriously hurt. A 20 month old baby in the car survived unharmed. The crew learned of the crash as the train stopped at Anderson.
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Indianapolis
Kenneth Clark
Oakland
Indiana
Anderson
Ind
Young Bill McMath Injured by Toy Cannon
Christmas morning Bill McMath son of Mr and Mrs R L McMath Sr was badly burned by a toy cannon explosion. The child sustained burns to his face hands and legs initially feared eye injury but ophthalmologists say no permanent eye damage expected.
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Bill McMath
R. L. McMath
Young McMath
Cobbler Tools Change in South Sea Islands
Cobblers in the South Sea Islands rely on thong cords rather than the usual hammer and pegs, signaling a shift in traditional shoemaking methods and available materials. The note highlights resourceful adaptations in local craft practices and their cultural context.
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South Sea Islands
Richmond Dam Break Flood Claims Thirteen Dead
Four more bodies were found in Richmond Virginia after a dam failure last Wednesday night flooding the lower city. The deaths now total thirteen and include children aged three to ten. Seven people remain missing and twenty were injured with three in Saltsville hospital suffering pneumonia. Six houses were washed away by the flood.
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Saltsville Hospital
Governor Walker Refuses Clemency For Two Teens
Atlanta bulletin reports Governor Walker again refuses clemency for Gervis Blogd worth and Willie Jones of Taylor county, sentenced to hang for the murder of Howard Underwood on January 9. The decision comes in a letter sent to the defendants as a response to their appeals.
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Atlanta
Walker
Gervis Blogdworth
Willie Jones
Taylor County
Howard F. Underwood
Nine auto accidents here Christmas season hampers
Nine automobile mishaps were reported today, caused by holiday festivities. No one was hurt. cars were only lightly damaged. Crabbs Service station towed four, Americus Automobile Company five. Fords and one Buick involved. The Buick skidded while dodging a chicken crossing the road, tipped in the ditch, but the bumper and spare tire held the car, causing only a broken windshield arm and a damaged light.
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Crabbs
Americus Automobile Company
Fords
Buick
Dame Fortune
Earth tremors shake Roanoke area at midnight
Roanoke and surrounding area were startled by a sharp earth tremor shortly before midnight Thursday. Buildings rocked as walls shifted and objects rattled. a silk mill watchman reported severe floor trembling and furniture moving on the bricks.
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Roanoke
Evening Prayer at Calvary Church Tonight
Evening prayer will be held at Calvary Church tonight. The rector announces the service time at the parish.
Obscure Decade Paragraph On Population Noted
A cryptic London report from December 26 discusses a growing number of spectacled people and a cited Clem species reference, implying early signs of dietary or health trends impacting the populace. The fragment hints at population observations but lacks clear names or events.
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