Westward lure for single women in postwar Census data
The Census Bureau advised young women aged 14 and over to consider the West to improve chances of finding a husband, noting lower single-woman rates there. It reports shifts in marriage ages, rising married or widowed women since 1950, and evolving family sizes, with 1955 average US family at 3.6 and 1.3 children per family under 18.
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Washington
INS
Census Bureau
Horace Greeley
Bureau
West
South
North Central Seciors
Northeast
United States
Eve of evil warns of Halloween fears across lands
F G Runyon laments modern All Saints Eve devotions while contrasting rites in Latin America and Europe. He notes Celtic traditions and pumpkin symbols spreading with immigrants, warns of goblin pranks and mischief after dark, and ends urging caution until Page Twenty-nitiap.
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Latin America
Europe
Ireland
Wife kills owner of famous Nashua
Oyster Bay Cove New York Millionaire William Woodward Jr owner of the famed racehorse Nashua was shot to death by his wife who said she mistook him for a burglar. The 35 year old was killed with a shotgun at close range in their estate as police described. Mrs Woodward a socialite was questioned then hospitalized in shock. The couple had been discussing prowlers in the area and at a party they attended. Turn to Page Twenty-nine.
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Oyster Bay Cove
N.Y
INS
Wiliam Woodward, Jr
Nashua
Woodward
Hore
Louse Island
Windsor
Mrs. Woodward
Manhattan
Dioctor
Stuyvesant Pinell
Pinel
Urey
Last Minute Plan Averts Pasadena Bus Strike Tonight
A last minute plan to avert a bus strike was offered to Pasadena City Lines workers in Los Angeles after a six hour mediation session. Harry Malcolm of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service said officials from Pasadena and Glendale City Lines and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen reached a tentative agreement. The union must vote on the proposal, while terms were not disclosed.
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Pasadena City Lines
Harry Malcolm
Federal
Los Angeles
Malcolm
Glendale
City Lines
Brotherhood of Railroad
Floyd Fugit
Pasadena
Wold
Brotherhood
Hiker Rescued From Cliff By Rescue Squadron
A climber clinging to a 100 foot cliff in the San Gabriel Canyon was rescued by volunteers from the San Dimas Rescue Squadron. They secured the wall with gear and brought him down. The rescued hiker was Ronnie Ince, 20, of Alhambra, who had begun a family picnic outing.
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San Dimas
San Gabriel Canyon
Ronnie Ince
S. Date St
Alhambra
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F.G. Runyon
America
St. Elmo
Hau Ob
Avusign
Millfax Phot
William Woodward
Ann Woodward
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