VETS ARE LUCKY Colonial Mansion For GI Couples Near Columbia
Three veteran couples from Wisconsin Washington and North Carolina share a 20 room 1835 mansion at Irvington on Hudson to study at Columbia University while easing housing shortages. Nevis estate once a botanical station was bought in 1935 from Mrs T Coleman Du Pont and now provides single room apartments for eleven married veterans and wives. The McDonoughs say country life feels like home and they grow vegetables to cut shopping needs.
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New York City
Columbia University
Donald Murray
Wausau
Wis
John McDonough
Seattle
Wash
Green Bay
Cameron Bremseth
Leeds
N. C
Nevis
Hudson River
Irvington-on-Hudson
New York
University
T. Coleman du Pont
McDonough
Marie Mornard
Mississippi
Caught 11 Massive Sturgeons in Cumberland River
In Jamestown Kentucky John Osborne his wife and his twin brother fishing near Lock 21 hauled 11 sturgeon weighing over 600 pounds total. They used a single large hook on a drag line with No 14 electric light wire. Four boatmen wrestled the fish into a boat as the catch rode the river spawning conditions aligned rarely.
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Jamestown
John
Osborne
Cumberland River
Ounce a Hobby Rugs Now His Business
S M Rife turned a simple hobby of rug making from torn rags into a thriving business in Largo Florida. He began by crafting patterns after hours at the post office, then expanded to selling to churches and individuals, purchasing a loom and supplies, and converting a house into a workshop.
Possum for Dinner in Pasadena Yard
Sunday dinner in Pasadena turned strange when an eight pound opossum wandered into Carson G. Bells yard to sample grapevines. He rounded up sweet potatoes, summoned Van Williams the famed Negro chef, and hosted friends. The opossum likely descends from a lineage carried to California in 1900 by Tennesseans seeking a favorite dish.
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Pasadena
Calif
Carson G. Bell
Bell
van Williams
California
Flying feats and new air routes spark era of private flight
Capt Warren B Smith, veteran flyer, crossed the Andes for the 1500th time from Santiago to Buenos Aires. A Bluff City dealer builds a nearby landing strip while Bud Flowers orders trailers for trucking. Hunters and businessmen plan air trips, Braniff starts Aberdeen service, and a sweeping airport bill proposes a seven year, billion dollar program with state matching funds for New York Texas California and more.
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Warren B. Smith
Gates Flying Circus
Andes
Santiago
Chile
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Harold Binney
Bluff City
Bud Flowers
Canton
Biiney
Congress
New York
Texas
California
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Connecticut
National Parks Poised for Record Visitor Rush in 1946
Wartime pause ends as reopening accelerates across the system. Parks like Yellowstone Yosemite Grand Canyon and Glacier resume full sightseeing services by June with new staffs and reconditioned facilities. Union Pacific funds 500000 in renovations at Grand Canyon Bryce Zion and Cedar Breaks plus 22 new buses and 9 sedans. Rangers boost conservation amid growing crowds as road improvements plan through 1947. Shenandoah in Virginia sees traffic surge after Japan’s surrender.
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Vue
Vito Vue
Yellowstone
Yosemite
Grand Canyon
Glacier National Parks
Bryce and Zion National Parks
Cedar Breaks National Monument
Union Pacific Railroad
Zion
Bryce
National Park System
Department’ of the Interior
Shenandoah National Park
Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains
Oregon Caves Reopen Under National Park Service
Grants Pass Oregon The Oregon caves recreational area near here will reopen in late May under the national park service with Harold B Say named general manager The caves discovered in 1874 after Elijah Davidson shot at a bear and pursued it into a concealed cavern Attendance is expected to break records as the travel season opens in 1946 The Swiss chalet lodge and underground chambers attract thousands yearly via the Redwood highway through the Siskiyou mountains
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Grants Pass
Ore
Oregon Caves
National Park Service
Harold B. Say
Elijah Davidson
Davidson
Siskiyou Mountains
Eastern Parks Offer Great Smoky Shenandoah Visit
The Shenandoah and Smoky mountains national parks offer a beauty treat for mid Westerners with 460000 acres in Smokies, 200000 forested, peaks above 6000 feet and 600 miles of trout streams. The north entrance is 30 miles southeast of Knoxville. Two bus round trips daily from Knoxville. Blue Ridge Parkway links Great Smoky and Shenandoah over 485 miles. Skyline Drive runs along the crest of the Blue Ridge.
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Shenandoah and Smoky Mountains
Rockies
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Knoxville, Tenn
Knoxville
Asheville
Blue Ridge National Parkway
Great Smoky Mountains
Shenandoah National Parks
Shenandoah
Roanoke
Blue Ridge
Shenandoah Valley
Piedmont Plateau
Seven Rocky Mountain Parks Open For Vacation Plans
The Rocky Mountain parks Glacier Grand Teton Mesa Verde Yellowstone Windcave Rocky Mountain and Bryce Canyon span about four million acres. They offer Mesa Verde’s ancient Indian heritage, Yellowstone’s geysers, Glacier’s trails and lakes, and Grand Teton’s snow peaks, highlighting Mesa Verde as a major prehistoric archaeological reserve in southwestern Colorado.
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Glacier
Grand Teton
Mesa Verde
Yellowstone
Windcave
Rocky Mountain
Bryce Canyon National Parks
Rocky Mountain Plains
America
Mesa Verde National Park
Colorado
Mesa
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Donald J. ‘Murray
Alfred RB. Stitselberger
Dorothy Walker
Charles L
San Jose
Irvington-on-the-Hudson
Cumberland
East
Cleveland
United
South Dakota
Braniff
Aberdeen
S. D
Houston
Dallas
Billy Heher
Franklin
Arthur W. Grant
Medina
N. Y
Arthur cC
Jackson
St. Petersburg
Frank L. Brandish
Eastport
C. J. Boyd
Santa Fe
N. M
Pi. Wheaton Miees
Winthrop
Boston
Milwaukee
Sturgeon Bay
Speedy Rocket
Fort Worth
Savannah
Roosevelt Field
United States
WNU
Newton B. Drury
T.nAagne
Hatala Eshinh
Big Oak Flat
Yosemite, Valley
Oregon
Angel ‘Landing
Zion National Park
Sewing Circle
South Wells
Chicago
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Army
Navy
Fram Corporation
Providence 16
R. 1
Bourly
Curtis
the Modern Oil & MO
TOR Cleaner
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