Bridges Rise on Galveston End of Freeway Project
Resident engineer Estill reports progress on seven structures for the Galveston Bay superhighway, with steel in place for three more bridges and the paving of a half mile section by Gulf Bithulnic Co. Weather delays push the Galveston segment toward an early October opening, while detours and overpass upgrades enhance safety for traffic from Alvin and surrounding areas.
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Tee le
Camp’ Wallace Road
Estill
Stade
Wye
Gulf Bithnolc Company
Galveston
la Marque
Houston
la Merque
Jim Douglas
State Highway Department
Dickinson-Camp Wallace Road
Alvin
Santa Fe
Alvin-Texas City
Alvin-La Marque
la Marque Camp Wallace
Hitchcock la Marque Yarm To Market Road
Austin Road Co
Guilt Bithulitic Co
Texas City Terminal Railway
Esti
Flaad- Ughis
Texas City
Gulf Bithulithc
Alvin-Galveston
Gealveston
Galvestone
Herris County
Korea
Galveston County
Chinchilla Hobby Offers Big Profit in Winnipeg Basement
Winnipeg insurance man Charles Addison raises chinchillas as a hobby from a basement start with one pair worth 1650 to a dozen pairs in wire cages aiming to expand this fall. He envisions full time fur work as chinchilla coats fetch about 25000, predicting a 5000 yearly profit with 100 pairs yielding 209 pelts annually. His wife Eileen shares enthusiasm, noting the animals are clean and affectionate. The creatures sleep by day and are active at night, with pairs mating for life and producing two litters yearly.
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Winnipeg
Charles Addison
Addison
Raneler
Air Force
Eileen
Five Years Ago in a Town News Roundup
A retrospective item recalls Russia entering a war and Tokyo conceding, with a local bond issue passing by 78 to 26. Goose Creek Bank No. 1 is now a producing well at 7500 feet. A heart attack ends S May’s life in transit. Miss Mary Anne Huppert plans, and Lt Jerrette Bowens wedding at Grace Methodist Church.
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Russia
Tokyo
Hiroshima
First National Bank of
Goose Creek No. 1
HL Hoffpaulr
Pelly Housing Au
Small Radiation Recorder for Civilian Use
New two type compact atomic radiation recorders aim at civilian use after A bomb disaster. Doctors Charles and Thomas Lauritsen of Caltech present a cigarette pack sized model and a pill box wristwatch model, featuring an electrostatic voltmeter and friction charger, designed to be durable and easy to calibrate for laypeople.
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New York
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
Science
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Rattlesnake Encounter Sparks Frightened Response
A man sheltered under a car trailer felt a bump on his arm and saw a rattlesnake slide away. Griffin, startled and tense, rose shaking as the animal moved off, prompting a brief moment of alarm.
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Griffin
Inside the Red Embassy Visit with Alexander Zinchuk
Edward V. Roberts chronicles a Washington DC tour of the Soviet Embassy at 1125 Sixteenth Street. A suited guard greets visitors, the hall is silent, and press spokesman Alexander Zinchuk discusses weather, Korea, and war concerns, noting “business as usual” despite global tension.
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Edward V. Roberts
Washington
Sixteenth Street
Statler
Pullman Family
Pullman Car Fame
Russia
Soviet Russia
Ussr
Alexander Zinchuk
Zinchuk
Soviet Union
South Korea
North Korea
Heroic Airman May Win Medal After Crash Tragedy
Sergeant Paul P Ramoneda of Baldwin Park California may receive the Medal of Honor posthumously for heroic actions in a night crash at Airfield Suisun California. He rushed into a blazing B 29 Superfortress despite warnings to save crewmen as bombs and fuel exploded, costing 17 lives. The terminal tower near Cleveland is noted as 706 feet tall.
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Suisun
Calif
California
Paul P. Ramoneda
Baldwin Park
Ramoneda
Boy Finds Jail Stay Like Life Of Riley
A 12 year old Nebraska boy became a temporary inmate in St Paul after his parents were arrested for removing mortgaged property. He stayed with his mother in the women's wing as sympathetic police and matrons granted him favors while arrangements were made to settle the complaint.
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Sr. Paul
Minn
Nebraska
St. Paul
Pretty Boy's Brother Wins Sheriff Primary
E W Flood brother of the late Pretty Boy Floyd was renominated for Cherokee County sheriff by five votes after a recount. In the Democratic runoff Floyd had 1397 votes and Shell 3362, giving Floyd a slim lead before the recount. An error in the recount line shows altered vote tallies and a final margin of three.
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Sallisaw
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Granford
Fla
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Mike Franssen
Tri-Cities
East Harris
OL. Qoker
J.C. McNamara
Calumbus
Ohio
Chicago
West Virginia
LEA@ARETTE
Hubbard
Texas
Shaw Jewelry
Baytown
KEXAS
Firat
Huasand
Rafer
Red Embassy
Zanchuk
Stalin
Cleveland Terminal
United States
New York City
Riley
Wtel
Home, Lumber CO
Pretty Boy
Lawrence
Mass
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