Alcan Highway adventure tale by Riverside traveler
Miss Jen Bresee of Riverside recounts a six week Alcan trip covering about 9695 miles with two Chicago companions. She praises hospitality and wildlife, notes good but scarce accommodations, explains costs from 1.50 to 4 dollars per person per night, and comments on weather and road quality as well as souvenir prices compared to 1929 Alaska.
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Alcan
Alaska
Ree
Jen Bresee
Lionel Road
Bresee
Autake
Chicago
Francis McNair
Riverside
McNair
iAn
Bren Minnesota
Alcan Highway
Fairbank
Miss Bresee
Coal River
Valdez
Pacific Ocean
Mighty bronze doors guard the Archives Building
In Washington D C the Archives Building features bronze doors standing 35 feet high and 9 feet wide with a thickness of one foot. Each door weighs over 10 tons, illustrating the building's monumental entrance design.
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Archives
Washington, D. C
Woman Driver Nabbed After LaGrange Road Crash
Miss Della Peplinsky of Chicago failed to stop after a collision at LaGrange road and Harding. She was pursued by La Grange Park police and arrested. Charged with careless driving and leaving the scene, she was fined for careless driving after arraignment before Judge Norman Korfist. The incident involved Armand Ettinger and Mrs. Betty Jane Young on LaGrange road.
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LaGrange Road
Harding
LaGrange Park
Della P. Peplinsky
Chicago
Norman Korfist
LaGrange Park Village Hall
Miss Peplinsky
Study Group Examines U S Foreign Policy in Atomic Era
The International Relations Study group sponsored by the American Association of University Women plans an yearlong program using Joseph Harsh book Does Our Foreign Policy Make Sense as a basis. It outlines four possible policies and reviews U S policy toward Germany Russia Western Europe the Americas and the Near East. The LaGrange group meets monthly at 1 15 pm with brief reports and tea hour discussion. Call Mrs. Arthur Olson La Grange 2149 for info.
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American Association of University Women
Foreign Policy Association
Joseph ©. Harsh
State Department
United States
Harsh
Soviet Russia
Western Europe
America
Vie
Germany
Rrussia
Her
Europe
Americas
Near East
LaGrange Group
la Grange
Arthur Olson
Auto Crash Leaves Woman with Minor Injuries
Mrs. Young sustained a lacerated knee needing one stitch after a collision involving two other cars. Dr. George Luke treated her. Police estimated $100 damage to the Ettinger car rear bumper and trunk door. Mrs. Young’s front bumper and door handle were damaged but an exact repair estimate wasn’t provided.
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Young
George Luke
Ettinger Auto
Rev Christians To Speak In Radio Series On Delinquency
Rev Wilbur C Christians of LaGrange Baptist church will present a series of radio talks starting Saturday September 11 at 2 45 over station WHEC. The programs precede WHEC’s music concert and focus on juvenile delinquency with topics including Tomorrow's Delinquency, Character in the Home, The Rewards of Responsibility, and What Price America. Copies of the addresses can be obtained by writing to the officer’s Cicero office.
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Wilbur C. Christians
The
LaGrange
Americal
D Tior
Cicero
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Brookfield Magnet
Riverside News
U. S
CPTI
Hamilton
Eastman Kodaks
Kuba Jewelers
W. 26Th Street
Schoo
Royal Smith-Corona Remington Underwood
Underwood and Up
EX Grange Serre
South IA
Park
Speed Chandler
Internat
Chicagoland
Abentgomery
Obras
Woolen Rayon
Gabardine
LA Grange Road
Jake
Aizes
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