Texas-Size Bank Building Opens West of Chicago
A 40 story Republic bank building, 598 feet tall with a half billion candlepower beacon, opens west of Chicago. It features 23 elevators, a 150 foot spire, two miles of luminous tubing, and four underground drive in banking levels. Opening events run three days with Bob Hope and Ted Weems ensemble expected. 9,000 stockholders and officials attend.
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Republic
Chicago
Republic’ Bank
Veene
Mada
Bob ™ Hope
Mimi’. Benzell
Ted Weems
Safe Deposit’ Vault
Dempsey Calls Willard His Toughest Foe In Toledo Bout Recalled
Jack Dempsey recalls Jess Willard as his fiercest foe from the 1919 Toledo massacre. The 50 something former champion, now content with family life and his Broadway restaurant, notes Willard’s resilience after their brutal fight. Dempsey, at 220 pounds, recalls knocking Willard down seven times in the first round and sustaining heavy injuries himself.
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Dempsey
Willard
Toledo
Jack Cuddy
New York
Manassa
Jess
Jack Dempsey
Jack
Broadway
Joan
Barbara
Santa Monica
Calif
Ezio Pinza
Hint
Willard Jack
Texas May Become New Tuna Center, Scientists Say
Rockport Texas reports potential for Gulf of Mexico yellowfin tuna to support a new canning industry. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service expert Francia Captiva led cruises that yielded 397 yellowfins, weighing 73 to 168 pounds, with a catch rate near 24 fish per 2100 hooks. Shrimp firms along the South Texas coast show interest in entering tuna production.
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John Colton
Rockport
Tex
Texas Gulf Coast
West Coast
New England
Japan
Gulf of Mexico
Francia
J. Captiva
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Gulf
Caprtiva
Captiva
South
Texas
New Chemical Aid For Photographers In Demand
SCHENECTADY N Y Dec 2 A new chemical named refractasil will aid photographers by wiping dust fingerprints and scratches from photo negatives. Developed by General Electric the silicone washes dust from negatives dissolves fingerprints and fills scratches. It will be marketed in a few months and shares optional qualities with film so scratches disappear.
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Schenectady
N.Y
General, Electric Corp
Freddy Won't Make Up Scrooge On TV Christmas Moment
Fredric March, set to play Scrooge in CBSs Shower of Stars adaptation of A Christmas Carol, defends makeup artistry as essential for the role and career. meanwhile a Houston court heard a lawsuit by heirs of part of the King Ranch claiming Humble Oil and Refining dispossessed them of mineral rights valued at 1.5 million. The suit seeks equities ruling and an accounting of the companys responses. Heirs have lived in Chicago for years, and oil and gas extraction allegedly continued after a 20-year lease expired in 1953.
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Jack Gaver
New. York
Fredric March
Scrooge
Maxwell Anderson
March
Dickens
Humble Ol!and Refining Co
Houston
King Ranch
South
Texas
Humble Company
Chicago
Huimble
Treasury Building Given Cleaning in Washington
The Treasury Building, one of Washington's oldest structures, is being scrubbed and washed for the first time. Officials note the cleaned granite will reveal the building's 1839 occupancy and plan bird proofing to deter pigeons and starlings roosting on the large partitions.
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Washington
Der
Treasury Building
Ag Yast
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