Circus Mailman Balances Letters and Show Duties
June 6 report profiles Alec Neuburger a circus mailman who delivers 2000 letters daily to 1400 patrons while juggling acrobat clown duties. He handles money orders and postcards, escorts mail to acts, and recalls a German upbringing and wartime letters from homeland fans amid tented life.
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Washington
Brothers
Barnum and Bailey Lound
Alex Neuburger
Neuburger
Alec
Germany
Pvt Archie Tabor Assigned To School In Atlanta Va
Pvt Archie Tabor formerly of Falls Mills is assigned to the Fifth school company in Atlanta Virginia for twelve weeks of technical training. He entered service March 19 and was stationed at Aberdeen Proving Grounds Maryland for basic training. He is a Graham high school graduate, class of 1945, and son of Mr and Mrs Ralegih H Tabor of Bailey Avenue Bluefield.
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Glenn Archie Tabor
Falls Mills
Fifth School Company
Atlanta
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Aberdeen
Graham High School
Ralegih H. Tabor
Bailey Avenue
Bluefield
Bill And Bob's Grill Opens At 1528 Bluefield Avenue
Bill And Bob's Grill opens today at 1528 Bluefield Avenue near the Norfolk and Western freight station. W A McWilliams and Robert Lilly of Blue are operators with Chuck Turley as head chef. The grill serves steaks chops and a new Bill and B’s Special sandwich and offers home prepared chicken not only dine in but curb service and car parking.
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Bill
Bluefield Avenue
Norfolk and Western
W. A. McWilliams
Robert Lilly
Blue
Bill and B'S
Chuck Turley
Food Debt Paid in Bern By Swiss Furlough Settlement
Food valued at 698000 dollars has been turned over by the ties in compensation for food consumed by American furlough ees during their stay in Switzerland.
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Bern
Switzer
Brunner Sets A Paper Route Record Worldwide
Trenton Illinois carrier Erwin Brunner claims a career tally of 218 400 miles walked delivering newspapers. At 47 he says this equals about eight global circulations and notes he never pitched a paper onto a roof.
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Trenton
Erwin Brunner
Brunner
Sails 67 Years But Never Went To Sea
Annapolis man Captain Albert H Cantler, with 67 years of sailing behind him, never set foot on an ocean voyage. He did skipper 20 vessels on Chesapeake Bay without losing a man, though two prior signings for sea duty led to ships lost at sea.
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Annapolis
Albert H. Cantler
Chesapeake Bay
Saig Ne Nag
Nan‘kering
Captain at 83 Retires After Long Sea-Life and Family
The captain, now retired at Browns Wood, recalls his career and jokes about not tempting fate in a third time. He notes he has 6 children, 28 grandchildren, 21 great grandchildren, and 8 great great grandchildren, with the score mounting.
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Brownswood
Names For Houses Malden Eng Prefab Ants
Four prefab houses in Malden England will be named by the residents who will also receive a name plate from the borough surveyor. The project assigns each dwelling a distinct title reflecting local character.
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Malden, Eng
Malden
Box on garbage truck wakes sleeping boy in Frederick
A garbage crew found an unusually heavy box aboard a city refuse truck in Frederick Maryland. The box alarmed workers and woke a sleeping boy inside. Officials warned the box could have crushed people if pressed into the hydraulic bed.
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Jack
Frederick, Md
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