Duck Mishaps and Odd Calamities of 1945 Curios
A compact roundup of 1945 freak accidents compiled by the National Safety Council highlights bizarre incidents. Notable entries include Mr. Stanley J. Bonner shot by a duck in Houston, a Brooklyn mother and baby survive a car crash, and a Los Angeles man nearly indestructible after a concrete block fall. The collection also recalls a Regina taxi crash, a Columbus Manor fire station blaze, and a Seattle man falling down an air shaft into a chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Bonner
Bonner
Stanley J. Bonner
Houston
Tex
National Safety Coyne
Wil
Charles Anderson
Los Angeles
Andelam
Ilate Street
Jess Traenel
Dorothy Jonsemus
Chicago
Loop
Esame
Nazis in Ruins Of Their Handiwork Trial Report
Back in Nuernberg, a WNU Service report from the war crimes trial describes the courtroom, the city’s ruins, and the condemned leaders. The piece portrays Goering, Rosenberg, Keitel, Doenitz, and Streicher in the dock, with reflections on Nazi ideology, the destruction of a culture, and the process of justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Baukhage
Reich
Nuernberg
WNU Service
Eye Street
N. W
Washington
DB. C
United States Army
Europe
Goering
Rosenberg
Keitel
Uni
I. Q
Mannikin Lsaw
Reichstag
Admiral Doenitz
Julius Streicher
Streicher
Oscillating Red Lights Aimed to Warn Trains on Line
The Chicago and North Western Railway teams with Mars Signal Light company introduce automatic oscillating red lights on both ends of streamliners. In an emergency stop the lights activate to warn approaching trains, visible for miles in night and rain. This marks the fourth safety advance by the partners in a decade, following the Mars headlight on the 400 in 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jensonius
Toledo
Margaret Cook
Chicago and North Western Railway System
Mars Signal Light Company
Chicago
Barbs of France Traditions in Grape Harvest Customs
Baukhage notes regional harvesting rites across France with terms like vendangeats in Burgundy caques in Champagne and panniers in Cote d or. Separately, since December 1 1945 radio telephone links connect St Maarten and Saba in the Dutch West Indies making Saba the world’s smallest inhabited island with such service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Burgundy
Champagne
Bordeaux
Provence
Medoc
Cote D'Or
Netherlands West Indies
St. Maarten
Saba
White Oilcloth Bunny Craft Pattern Instructions
A homemaking booklet excerpt describes making a white oilcloth bunny with pink thread and beads for eyes. Directions include patterning on graph paper, cutting pieces, assembling, stuffing, and finishing with stitched edges, plus note about book contents and request for a booklet.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Paul Jones
National Safety Counsil
Mrs. Comfort
Axel Soder
Makinen
Minn
Ethel Sheffield
Regina
Saskatchewan
G.I
Ings
Frank Chlan
Baltimore
Utica
Dark Harbor
Maine
Pire
Columbus Manor
Virginia Triplett
St. Paul
Miss Triplett
Mollywood
Sunset Carson
Studio Hospital
Joe
Bette Boren
Marinette
Wig
Jesse Spitzer
Denver
Spitzer
Mr. Spitzer
Beverly Kay Schwartz
Maywood
Audrey Hudson
James Hearn
Seattle
Clara Wagner
America
North Adelaide
Australia
Mrs. Donaldson
Breen
Cole
Turkey Yard
Hollis Lee Randolph
Topanga
Calif
Randolph
Boston Harbor
Larry Lingle
Harrisburg
Henry Hale
Henry
Hale
Michael Babich
Newark
N. J
Grotius
Justice Jackson
Schacht
Ander
Hitler
Hooktet
Ruth Wyetu Spears
Bedford Hills
New York
McGusson & Robbins
U.S
Jousen
Exael
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