British Heir Prefers Life Among Rats
London AP report notes Sir John Ellerman a multi millionaire heir to a shipping fortune plans to emerge from seclusion. At 38 he has spent 20 years studying rats and related pests in a six foot walled villa. He inherited 18 million pounds after taxes at 23 and his wealth rose to about 37 million pounds. He is authoring a 750000 word work titled Family and Genera of Living Rodents with his wife illustrating and detailing 343 rodent forms.
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London
John Reeves Ellerman
Elerman
England
Ellerman
Noted zoologist edits auditor's report on Ellerman mystery
Hinton, a British zoologist, says the work is as complete as an auditor's report. Ellerman's secrecy surrounds a Seven Gables villa at Fastbourne, with locals suspecting a mansion ownership by Mr Fountain, his butler. Ellerman shuns public lists and visitors, spending time at home with his wife, rats, and house porcupines.
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Ellerman
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Fastbourne
Fountain
Horace C. Fountain
London
Don't Feed Money To the Elephants
ARLINGTON Ohio AP a railroad telegrapher named A Hall hid his receipts of 11745 in a package and pushed it into a train baggage car by mistake. It turned out to be a freight car loaded with circus elephants. By the time workers arrived the money was gone, leaving only a joke about opening the elephant’s trunk for change.
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Arlington
Ohio
Hall
New York Central
Blumenshine
James
Daredevils Thrill Crowds At All Iowa Fair Show
Staff writer reports as Jimmy James and his crew perform stunt jumps from old cars onto rooftops and over buses at the All Iowa fair. Photographer Del Blumenshine recalls the danger while George Waltz the wingwalker explains the heat and high risk of acrobatics in the wings act.
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Jimmy James
James
Canadian Grain Output To Be Large This Year
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics forecast a sharp rise in Canada wheat and coarse grain production for 1948. Wheat output is estimated at 372 million bushels, about 31 million more than 1947, though still roughly 35 million under the 1938-47 ten year average.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
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