Bottle Note Seeks Help From Gulf Crusoe in 1948 Tale
In Aransas Pass a Danish note found in a bottle claims Alfred Teodore Hansen a nineteen year old Dane is stranded on an unknown Gulf island. The message dated January 18 1948 asks for help and to contact the Danish consulate. The bottle was found by N B Flanagan and translated by Karl P Martinson.
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Robinson Crusoe
Gulf of Mexico
Flanagan
N. B. Flanagan
Gulf
Alfred Teodore Hansen
Tle
Karl P. Martinson
Corpus Christi Caller
Jack Flanagan
N. B
Quiet Pageant Oxen Run Wild in Kansas City Centennial
A Kansas City centennial pageant turned chaotic as two oxen bolted during a quiet scene, wrecking a 600-pound cart and scattering 300 performers. An actor portraying Daniel Boone was shaken and a technical adviser injured as the cart wheel grated a stage set. The narrator had begun with a calm line about a wagon train leaving for Oregon.
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Kansas City
Daniel Boone
Oregon
Farmer Roy Shelton slain in field near Fairfield
Roy Shelton, 59, a quiet farmer, was ambushed while cultivating a pond creek bottom farm 12 miles southeast of Fairfield Illinois. The shooting left two Shelton brothers alive as the assassin fled. Roy’s death follows a spate of recent Shelton violence dating back to 1947. Witness Frank McKibben, 49, observed the fielding shots and fled to escape.
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Fairfield
Ill
Shelton Brothers
Roy
Shelton
Pond Creek Bottom
Here
Sheltons
Big Earl
Ing
Dalta
Carl
Bernie
Little Earl
Hal Bradshaw
Ilinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Charley Birger
Menard Prison
Cisne
Frank McKibben
McKibbben
McKibben
Blanche
False Alarm Proves To Be Real Thing
In Dallas on June 7 a pregnant Mrs. Sarah McVee left Parkland Hospital after a doctor called the alarm false. Fifty-five minutes later deputies rushed to respond and aided a baby girl’s birth at 3 a.m. with a neighbor couple present. The doctor was later located.
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Dallas
Sarah McVee
Parkland Hospital
Senate approves sex pervert probe in government jobs
The Senate, without debate, approved a $10,000 investigation into alleged sexual perverts in federal employment to tighten security. Lawmakers cited blackmail risk from about 3,500 perverts in Washington and 91 forced resignations at the State Department, with 14 finding other federal posts.
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Washington
Senate
Voice
Senate Executive Expenditures Committee
Hill
D-Ala
State Department
Congress
Wherry
Tot Injured Shooing Her Puppy To Safety
In Fort Worth on Tuesday, three-year-old Linda Pennington chased her puppy Tippy after it darted into the street. She shooed the dog to safety but was struck by an approaching car, suffering a skinned face and knees and a cut above the eye.
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Fort Worth
Linda Pennington
Linda
Use T-4-L For Athlete's Foot Claims Fast Relief
An ad asserts T-4-L for athlete's foot has superior penetrating power with 90 percent undiluted alcohol to deliver the medicine on contact. It promises relief in one hour or a 40 cent refund at Renfro Drug Store.
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Renfro Drug
Lifebuoy Health Soap guards 13 body spots against B O
A vintage Lifebuoy advertisement touts Lifebuoy Health Soap as the solution to body odor. It claims the soap cleanses skin thoroughly, protects popularity by guarding 13 body areas, and is safe for babies. The copy promotes the soap’s coconut oil lather and brands Lever Brothers as its maker.
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B.O
Lifebuoy
Lever Brothers Company
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