Polio Drive Getting Organized in Harris County
More than 200000 Harris County residents will receive March of Dimes cards after Jan 2, with volunteers addressing envelopes at 4848 South Main in Houston. County officials lead committees for state and federal employees, local government, and the city of Houston, while Walter Buddy Davis heads the sports committee with a line of prominent Houston editors as co chairs.
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Baytown Sun
Harris County
Sill
Dick Gottlieb
Patio Fund
4848
South Main
Houston
Wolks of Life
National Secretary’s Association
Bets
Sigma Phi
Gottlieb
Harins
Searcy Bracewell
Granville Elder
Bob Casey
Jack Mulvihill
City of Houston
Walter
Buddy) Davis
Helsinki
Finland
Dick Freeman
Houston Chronicle
Clark Newison
Houston Post
George Wright
Houston Press
Shellfire and Christmas in Korea I Company decorates tree despite shellfire
In Korea near Bunker Huane the I Company soldiers refuse celebration but set up a four foot Christmas tree in a shrapnel torn tent. John Hately recalls a comrade killed near the tree and others remember fallen leaders as they share gifts and carols from improvised radios. Nearby men keep guard while memories of home sustain them through the night.
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Yule Eye Company
Frederick C. Painton
Western Front
Korea
I Company
Bunker Huane
United States
John Hately
Charlotte
Hias
Murray
Harlan
Kingston
Kennard Hart
Lawler
Ows
James P. Allan
Port Arthur
Tex
Allan
Sculptor In Steel Shows Studio At Smithy In Murphysboro
Robert Youngman a 25 year old sculptor and high school art teacher at Marion Illinois uses his father s blacksmith shop as a studio in Murphysboro He welded a dancing figure named the Musician and entered it in the St Louis Museum s 12th annual art show winning a prize A separate item from Lafayette Indiana notes Donzeld Parker 18 received a ticket for reckless driving then wrecked his car fourteen minutes later and got another ticket for reckless driving.
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Murphysboro
Robert Youngman
Youngman
Marion
St. Louis Museum
Lafayetts
Ind
Donzeld
Parker
Busy year for National Decorations family decorators
In Newcomerstown Ohio the Scott family known as National Decorations keeps busy two months yearly festooning county fairs across the state. Vane Scott Jr Eddie Scott and Frances Scott run the business May to November while six other months are spent driving 1000 miles weekly to various decorating jobs. The founder began with Ringling Brothers at 16 and started his own outfit six years ago using aluminum ladders magnetic tack hammers and a mobile shop on wheels.
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Newcomerstown
Scott
National Decorations
Vane Scott
Eddie Scott
Frances Scott
Ringling Brothers Circus
Wong
Livestock Prices From Fort Worth and Lincoln Court Note
In Fort Worth Dec 24 livestock listings show varied prices for calves yearlings cows and hogs with ranges from 8 to 25 dollars and trailing notes on stockers. A Lincoln Neb report records Lancaster County Court clerk Lloyd Perry’s bounced 54 dollar check payment for a minor delinquency conviction.
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Fort Worth
Lincoln
Lloyd Perry
Lancaster County
Oil Company Listings Include Tex Gulf Sylph and Union Oil
A partial directory-style note lists energy firms and majors such as Sunray Oil Texas Gulf Prods Tex Gulf Sylph Pidewater Corp U S Steel Union Oil of California and Wreodley Petroleum among a bundle of company names in a historical stock or industry roundup.
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Sunray Oil
Texas
Texas Gulf
Tex Gulf Sylph
Pidewater Corp
Union Oil
Calif
U.S. Steel
Wreodley Pet
Calling AN Birds Becomes Business for Eddy
NORWICH Vic Dec 24 Roger Eddy of Newington Conn came from Italy with a profit idea. Italian gadgets mimic bird calls and he built his own device the bird cell with four wooden rollers and a pewter key. A resin coating keeps moisture. Eddy has produced more than 5000 units for the Audubon Society of America. The device is said to drive cats and canaries nuts.
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Norwich
Vic
Roger Eddy
Newington
Conn
Italy
America
Canaries
Eddy
State Tax Income Hits New High
Chicago report states that IA state tax collections reached a record 9.8 billion dollars in fiscal 1952, up over ten percent from 1951. Commerce Clearing House, a private tax and business law agency, provided the figures noting 1951 taxes totaled about 3.94 billion dollars.
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Chicago
Commerce Clearing House
Clearing House
Family. Continued roams North Dakota scene at Christmas
The piece describes a busy town Christmas in Vacali with dinners baths and parties. It notes Mrs Moglzell and her relatives planning gatherings to make up for seers she has not seen, while mentioning seven years of family and daily entertainments.
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Bron
North Dakota
Vacali
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