Queensland forms place names committee to trace origins
The University of Queensland forms a place names committee to determine meanings and pronunciations of thousands of Queensland town names. Plaques will be erected in towns detailing the origins. American WWII soldiers found many names hard to pronounce, especially Aboriginal ones like Coonabara gran Mundabullangana and Bunge waragal. The word that caused GIs to fall silent means the place where the lightning struck.
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Sydney
University of Queensland
Queensland
Coonabaragran
Mundabullangana
Bungewaragal
English Styles Swing Toward Military Look
The Englishman shifts from casual tweeds to a military style with tighter jackets and narrow cuffless trousers. The Tailor and Cutter notes the trend as a reaction to postwar American fashion and Hollywood excess.
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London
Britain
Doodlebug Train May Be Abandoned Amid Losses
The Baltimore and Ohio rail line through Zanesville with Parkersburg may scrap the diesel doodlebug service after a 22,000 dollar annual loss. B O officials cited revenue shortfalls as the reason for potential withdrawal.
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Zanesville
Baltimore & Ohio
Parkersburg
W. Va
Muskingum Valley
Prattsville Wedding Draws Local Family Tete a Tete
Mr and Mrs Hen Dearth and children plus Ruth Dearth attended their son Coe Dearths wedding to Donna Saylor of New Marshfield on June 23. Numerous area residents and relatives joined the celebration and social visits followed at local communities and hospitals.
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Prattsville
Hen. Dearth
Jean
Neil
Hlene
Dale
Ralph
Ann
Cliffie
Robert Clemens
Ruth Dearth
Coe
Donna Saylor
New Marshfield
Frank Coe
George Dearth
Fannie Daft
Edna Dearth
Eddie Dearth
Lincoln
Marvin McKibben
Susie Brooks
Maude Pearse
Nancy Winner
Columbus
Lydia Mercer
Zaleski
Robert Quick
Jessie Davis
Harkins Chapel
W. E. Dearth
John Maxwell
Ams Hospital
C. M. Ogle
David
Athens
Cecil Mace
James Mace
Sarah Meckenry
Richard Gardner
Jacksonville
Margaret Daugherty
Pau Daugherty
Green Valley Grange
Fina Dearth
Hutton's Voice Must Rest After Vocal Cord Operation
Hollywood gossip notes Betty Hutton, famed for her loud screen persona, is recuperating at home after surgery for corns on her vocal cords. Persistent yelling in her career led to nodes on the cords, forcing a quiet period to heal.
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Hutton
Hollywood
Betty Hutton
Betty
Mouthless bigmouth buffalo found in Moon Lake
The Mississippi game and fish commission reports a four pound four ounce mouthless bigmouth buffalo caught in Moon Lake. Experts believe it was born without a mouth and fed through its gills, with algae strands observed in the gills. The fish appeared healthy aside from being thin and about three years old.
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Washington
Mississippi Game and Fish Commission
Moon Lake
Commission
Bey Yeah
Navy men use dog to tease Marines at Hastings depot
Navy sailors at the Hastings Naval Ammunition Depot teased Marine colleagues with a trained cocker spaniel that rolls over on hearing the word dead. When asked which they would rather be the dog rolled over as if dead, highlighting rivalry between services.
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Hastings, Neb
Hastings Naval Ammunition Depot
Hungarians Reject Cosmopolitan Tennis Names
Budapest report says Hungarian tennis racket makers will stop using cosmopolitan names. Newsport criticized current quality and aristocratic names such as Lady Lord Admiral Oxford, calling it a cosmopolitan tendency in tennis. State factories promise newer, up to date names in the future.
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Budapest
Hungary
Oxford
Eels Migrating Across Seas From Rivers to Atlantic
Eels leave American and European streams to spawn in warm Atlantic waters north of the equator. They produce offspring there and die. The young eel then swim back to the same homes their parents departed from.
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America
Europe
Equator
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