Miracle City Celebrates 25th Birthday in Coral Gables
Coral Gables marks its 25th anniversary honoring founder George E. Merrick though he is not present. The piece traces Merrick’s dream, early ironies, and the city’s growth from a pine and coral landscape to a planned suburb with a growing University of Miami and a thriving economy.
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Coral Gables
Fla
George E. Merrick
Merrick
Miami
United States
William Jennings Bryan
Jan Garber
Paul Whiteman
Florida
University of Miami
University
Florida Keys
Double Tragedy Ends In Murder Suicide In Pittsburgh Suburb
Police closed a case in the Mt. Lebanon scene where an insurance man, 55 year old Biela Tuttle, was shot by a visiting widow, Mrs Mathia Stevens, who then killed herself with a gunshot in the Tuttle home. Housekeeper Mary Redick aided neighbors after the shooting. The coroner labeled it murder and death by own action. Children Lucille Gordon and Janet survived with others in the house.
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Pittsburgh
Mt. Lebanon
Mathia Stevens
Biela Tuttle
Tuttle
Mary Redick
Pope Gregory Drops Oct 5 Gap In 1582 Calendar
Historical note explains Pope Gregory the thirteenth ordered October 4 1582 to be followed by October 15 1582, skipping 10 days to realign the calendar with the solar year.
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Gregory
Flying Cradle Charter Flight Carries War Brides to England
A DC-4 Skymaster departed New York for London carrying 38 Southern California war brides and 34 children on a four month England visit. The group included 28 British war brides, 2 Belgians, eight British American women, and 3 men. The charter, funded by the British War Brides Club at 25000 dollars, carried baby bassinets and ample diapers for the journey.
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New York
Flying Cradle
London
California
England
Spe
Cially
British War Brides Club
Southern
Michael Mooney
Barbara Mooney
J. Morris
Burton-on-Trent
Police Find Plane Wreck Kills Two Near South Bend
A Gopher Flying Service twin engine crashed near South Bend Indiana killing two men. Identified from papers to be Carl Zarth Jr. of Rochester Minnesota and Richard Althoff of Minneapolis Minnesota. The impact scattered wreckage over a thousand feet and the plane carried a coffin with an unidentified body.
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South Bend
Ind
Gopher Flying Service
Here
Carl Zarth Jr
Rochester
Minn
Richard Althoff
Minneapolis
Presidential Group Urges Community Soldier Recreation
A presidential committee urged local communities to create religious moral and recreational programs for servicemen and women. Since USO deactivation, morale depends on community initiative, with one in three service members under 21 and about 39 percent married. Frank L. Weil announced field reps will visit roughly 120 military-concentration communities.
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Washington
United Service Organizations
Frank. L. Weil
New York
Gregorian calendar drift explained by 26 second error
The message states the 26 second annual error will cause the Gregorian calendar to drift one day from the true astronomical year by 4000 A.D., implying a long term misalignment since its 1582 adoption. No other entities or details are provided.
Allies Suspend German Weekly
The German weekly Gerichts zeitung was suspended for one month by the Allied High Commission after publishing a completely unsubstantial report on alleged atrocities against German POWs in France in 1945-46. The piece was deemed willful slander harming Allied prestige and security. The paper circulated in Bavaria and Wuerttemberg Baden.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Gerichszeitung
Allied High Commission
France
Gerichtszeitung
Bavaria
Wuerttemberg Baden
Burma Diplomat to Quit Post for Illness
U So Nyun Burma's ambassador to the United States will resign his post in Washington due to critical liver cancer. A government spokesman confirmed the illness and said his condition is serious.
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Rangoon
Burma
U So Nyun
United States
Washington
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Coral Gables Biltmore Hotel
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David Conning
Glendale
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Donald M. Clark
Delaware
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Donald West
Lansing, Mich
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AL Dyer
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