Wacky 1945 Accidents Roundup Noted by Safety Council
A 1945 roundup from the National Safety Council lists bizarre incidents including Mr. Bonner of Houston wounded by a duck during backyard shooting, a Brooklyn mother knocked by a bottle, a Los Angeles block fall, a Harrisburg nickel swallow, and a Seattle man surviving a three-story fall into an easy chair.
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Mr. Bonner
Stanley J. Bonner
Houston
Tex
National Safety Council
Edward Gomgert
Brooklyn
Virginia
Mrs. Comfort
Charles Anderson
Los Angeles
Jess Haenel
Man seeks two cent rebate after meter plea
Helena police report a caller questioned how to obtain a rebate after saying he paid 10 cents for a parking meter and had 24 minutes remaining. Officer Ralph Everett noted the odd inquiry and investigated the situation for possible mischief or misunderstanding.
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Helena
Ralph Everett
Tom Fennell Dies in California
Tom Fennell sixty died Sunday morning at Compton California after a long illness. He lived in Livingston earlier and will be brought back by train No. 2 with his widow. Funeral services are planned for Tuesday in Compton prior to burial in Livingston. He was born February 18 1885 in Oldham England and lived in Livingston most of his life. He worked as a machinist in Northern Pacific shops and later for Shell Oil in Compton. He married Winnifred Pratt of Big Timber in 1910 and was survived by a sister a brother a niece and a nephew all of Livingston, with his father and mother preceding him.
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Livingston
Tom Fennell
Daniel Fennell
Compton
Calif
Franzen
Oldham
Lancashire
England
United States
Billings
Fennell
Northern Pacific
Shell Oil Company
Winnifred Pratt
Big Timber
Livingston Lodge No. 32
A. F
A. M
M. M. Wilmarth
A. D. Fennell
Ada Lorraine Morrison
Joseph Vernard Fennell, Jr
Baby ships to bring brides from Australia and NZ
War brides and babies of American service men will be transported from Australia and New Zealand on special equipped ships as announced by the War Shipping Administration. The move follows protests from war brides arriving January 14 from New Zealand who complained about accommodations aboard the freighter Permanente.
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San Francisco
Australia
New Zealand
War Shipping Administration
Red Bar Writers Chinhsiew Report From Manchuria
American correspondents who tried to cover the occupation of Manchuria were told they could not enter Mukden while Soviet troops remained, as the Russians viewed them as enemies.
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REDS
Chinhsiew
Manchuria
Mukden
Business prophets fret over 1946 price future
Western Newspaper Union notes that past prophets failed to predict economic turns. It argues production will rise as peacetime mass production returns, limiting price increases, while unions press for large wage gains. Consumer response and political actions in 1946 remain uncertain.
Manville and Camp Plan Divorce After Brief Marriage
New York January 19. After a five week marriage Thomas F. Manville Jr 51 and Georg ina Camp 97 will seek a Nevada divorce, attorney Miness said today.
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New York
Thomas F
Tommy” Manville, Jr
Georgina
Nevada
Yrwin Miness
Mujie
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Ray G. Beck
Lamont I. Beck
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Duck
Larry Lingle
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Jesse Spitzer
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Mr. Spitzer
America
North Adelaide
Hollis Lee Randolph
Topanga
Randolph
James Hearn
Seattle
California
Joseph Vernard Fennell
Lew Skyway
Studebaker
Studebaker Engineering
Jake’s
Paul Mallon
Western Newspaper Union
Washington
Hoover
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
F.D.R
Firestone
Lezend
Smoe
Voice of Firestone
NBC
Oie Motor Co
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