Rockefeller Outdoes Self At Yuletide
New York City becomes a glittering Christmas scene as John D. Rockefeller Jr. again outdoes himself with the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. Ethereal angels and a blaze of colored lights transform Fifth Avenue and Park Avenue, drawing crowds who travel hundreds of miles to view the festive spectacle.
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New York
New York City
Edna Ferber
Wendell Willkie
Rockefeller Center
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Channel Gardens
Fifth Avenue
John D., Jr
Yuletide
Park Avenue
Christmas in New York Lights and Prayers Across the City
The city glitters with trees and lighted memorials honoring American war dead as carols fill streets from East to West. In New Orleans, Marines recover Eightball the dog after a raid by Sgt. James H. Farrar and five fellow Marines to reclaim the escaped dog from the pound.
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Marine Reserve
Shorty
James H. Farrar
Baton Rouge
Eightball
Farrar
New Orleans
Private Shorty Enjoys a Dog's Life in Marines
Pvt. Shorty Eightball a canine with the marine air detachment in New Orleans wandered onto the base last June and quickly settled in. He surveys his situation and decides a dog's life isn’t so bad after all.
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New Orleans
INS
Shorty Eightball
Marine Air Detachment
Shorty
Private Eightball Joins USMC Ranks Amid Enrollment Details
The report notes Private Eightball as the new Marine, marked USMC number 161954 K9 and enrolled after an age waiver. Sgt. A J Fontz confirms the assignment while Shorty records ten hours of Cedar Rapids Gazettes and three uneasy days in flight time with parachute harness usage.
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Fightball
Shorty
Cedar Rapids
A. J. Fontz
Eightball
Fontz
Pvt
Polar ice caps under rapid loss say geologists
Geologists estimate polar ice caps are vanishing at roughly 500 feet per year with North American glaciers disappearing fastest, signaling accelerating global ice decline.
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Marines
Jack Williams
Iowa
Barney's
First Ave
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Best
Ordstrom Oil Co
14Th Avenue
Second Avenue SE
Vincent Rading
Howard Barta
Donald Brush
Harold Ferguson
Vernon LA Rose
Lucille Kasper
Angela Kurka
Bill Martin
Leland Ramsey
Bud Rouse
J. Aubrey San DE Fur
Darwin Showalter
George Smith
Bob Wright
Walter Herbel
Center Point Road
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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