British two inventors unveil world’s first gas turbine car
Geoffrey White and Richard Barr, 33 and 28, exhibit a seven inch wide, five foot long, 230 pound gas turbine engine with 180 brake horsepower. The device runs on diesel air or any fuel that can sustain a continuous flame. The duo, who worked with Frank Whittle during the war, claim a vibration free, low emission turbo car with high power to weight ratio. They demoed at the British Industries Fair in Birmingham and planned mass production steps back in Acton.
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Divorce Granted Over Heating Pet Complaint in Oakham
In Oakham California West da Key Vartation was granted a divorce after testifying her husband refused to keep the house warm enough for her pet and criticized it for eating too much.
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Houston
Tojo Gum Incident Reported At War Crimes Trial
Private William C. Smith on duty at the Tokyo war crimes hearings apologised for sticking chewing gum in former prime minister Hideki Tojo's earphones. The incident was noted amid ongoing proceedings.
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Willian C. Smith
Hideki Tojo
Actors Confront Typecast and New Ventures in 1940s Scene
Maureen O'Sullivan vows dramatic roles beyond Tarzan jungle parts while Rex Harrison unveils a four acre ranch at Manderville Canyon and plans to mail his first citrus crop to England. Harrison shows off a stable and a son Carey with wife Lili Palmer as he enjoys jazz records and prepares for a new film.
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Rex Harrison
Mandeville Canyon
England
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Moral tale of dog and hare on flooded Danube sandbank
A dog and a hare flee rising floodwaters to a high sandbank near the Danube. They sit side by side while the dog barks for help. A rowing boat rescues them to safety and release. A Vienna paper questions when humans will learn to unite in danger.
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LID ON IT In Culver City Fire Crew Douses Manhole Fire
In Culver City California seven firefighters on a fire truck raced to a manhole blaze as Captain Bob Lowry worked to extinguish it using his hat.
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Culver City
California
Bob Lowry
Preached at Own Funeral by Fort Worth Bookkeeper
Three friends of Fort Worth bookkeeper George Stephens heard him preach his own funeral oration from records he prepared before his death. Stephens spoke with emotion, began calm, and concluded with no burial service. His body was sent to a medical school for direction.
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Fort Worth
George Stephens
Stephen
Baby-Sitter Lochinvar Reappears in News Again
Sonny Wisecerver, once a teenager who eloped with two older women, is now 19 and working as a babysitter to support the girl he later married. He laments a bleak future and limited learning, noting babysitting pays little and employers avoid him.
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One Hour In Manteno Tornado Devastates Farm
Ed ward W. Corman purchased a farm at 430 Pam in Manteno Illinois. A tornado struck the property at 3 40 damaging buildings and equipment and leaving surrounding fields flattened. Local authorities report no injuries.
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Illinois
Edward W. Corman
al Farm
Pam
Slugs On Emperor Hirohito Publishes 80 Page Monograph
A striking illustrated monograph on sea slugs from an author once famed for poetry about Hirohito, compiling eighty pages of their images and scientific notes.
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Riddles and Language Trivia From Fragmented Text
A collage of questions and odd phrases asks about gold content in 18K items, USA motto, cow stomachs, Jim Crow cars, Roman numerals, Shinto, where music is found, historic city names, and a jumble of unreadable ciphered text including foreign script and stray characters.
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