Perfect Circle Wins Frog Jumping Jubilee Title in Angels Camp
Perfect Circle the jumping frog from Stockton, California, claimed the top prize at Calaveras County's Frog Jumping Jubilee, leaping 6 inches toward the world record. Heliotrope, owned by William Follette of San Francisco, finished second at 15 feet 3 inches, with Mrs Merlin Fisher of Stockton in third at 11 feet 7 inches. The junior champ Willie, owned by Sim Lundsen Jr. of Placerville, reached 13 feet 7 inches in the event that Twain popularized and has been a local staple in Angels Camp for years.
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Stockton
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United States
Gat Ridge
Tennessee
Heliotrope
William Follette
San Francisco
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Student Builders Save 30,000 For College
Ghie-Jer 3 dents at Fenn College participated in a co op plan blending classes and jobs, building a new chemical engineering laboratory. Students did the labor and supplied materials. Dr Edward Hodn Fenn said the voluntary work saved over 2000 for the school. Total cost about 560,000. project started April 1948 and finished April this year two years early.
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Missouri Editor John Wolpers Dies of Heart Attack
John H. Wolpers publisher of the Poplar Bluff Daily American Republic and president of the University of Missouri Board of Curators died suddenly from a heart attack. Services tentatively planned for Wednesday at the Methodist Church in Poplar Bluff.
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Pi — General Services
John H. Wolpers
American Republic
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Defense Production Finds Labor Bonanza from DPs and Expellees
Washington dispatch reports John Gibson of the Displaced Persons Commission saying the U S melting pot aids defense production by supplying machinists foundrymen farmers nurses and skilled workers. The plan links jobs to immigrants from Germany Austria and other war-torn areas to speed up processing and reduce delays while extending the June 30 DP deadline.
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Central Press
Washington
United States
John Gibson
Displaced Persons Commission
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Germany
Michigan Department of Laborera Industries
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Gibson
Austria
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Frances B. Waller
Pennsylvania
House
Judiciary Committee
Free Chest X-rays Run Short of 10000 Goal in Baytown
The mobile unit from the Boyston Anti Tuberculosis League returned to Baytown after a weekend drive failing to reach 10000 X rays. At Culpepper's Furniture Store 7915 people received X rays before mechanical failures limited throughput to 220 an hour. The $25000 unit was funded by Christmas Seals and arranged by the Jaycees with Women’s Service League handling registrations.
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Baytown
Boyston Anti-Tuberculosis League
Jaycees
Women's Service League
Bonnie Bell Bradley Burns Survivor Returns Home
In Sledge Mississippi a seven year old girl named Bonnie Bradley survived burns covering about seventy percent of her body. She was taken to a Memphis hospital where a plastic surgeon urged skin donations from white and Black donors alike. Ten people offered skin but the amount donated was limited. She has returned home and leads a normal life.
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Bonnie Bell Bradley
Lttle Hope
Memphis
Tennessee
Bonnie
308 More Casualties In Korean War Context Report
Fragmentary report notes higher U S casualties with 179 wounded and 42 injured amid tense department briefings. Readable lines reference ongoing combat, broader casualty counts, and official updates as the Korean War press continues.
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