War vet becomes Boy Scout executive in Waubeek
Robert W. Miller, 24, named Waubeek Area council’s second field scout executive. He began Feb 1 and will attend a 45 day national training in New York, Feb 20 to April 5. Miller previously aided Allied Military Government in Linz Austria, helped establish a German Boy Scout troop, and emphasizes peaceful youth activity amid postwar challenges. He is a former infantry captain, served with the 70th 83rd and 26th divisions, and is the son of Harold and Mrs. Miller of Crawfordsville.
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Linz
Austria
Waubeek Area
New York
National Boy Scout Training School
Bob Miller
Boy Scout Movement
Miller
AMG
BSA
Miller Is
Harold Miller
Crawfordsville
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
GM Showcases Train of Tomorrow for Public Exhibition
General Motors unveiled an experimental four car train featuring a 2000 horsepower Diesel locomotive and an all glass astra dome upper level seating 24. The train includes diner chair car observation lounge and sleeper cars built by Pullman Standard and will tour major cities this spring awaiting public and railroad industry reception.
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Chicago
General Motors Corporation
General Motors
Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company
Pullman
General Motors’ Electromotive Division
la Grange
Astra
Burlington Railroad
Burlington
Puts Satan Behind Him While Cracking a Safe
Stanley Bochan of New Britain Conn interrupted a safecracking job at the Gingras Express Company office in Springfield Mass by dialing police and awaiting arrest. A judge ruled no crime had been committed but Bochan should be held for the grand jury.
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Springfield
Mass
Stanley Bochan
New Britain
Conn
Gingras Express Company
Bochan
Freed student seeks ministry, vanishes with car
Jack Braden, 19, paroled Christmas day after pleading to study for the ministry, vanished with a minister's car in Denver. Police say Braden duped a garage owner and left with the vehicle during a deal with pastor W Shannon Sanders. He had been seeking to walk and preach, receiving a scholarship offer before turning to pulpit work.
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Denver
Jack Braden
State Reformatory
Jack
Colorado
Texas
Reformatory
Denver Bible College
W. Shannon Sanders
Ministry
Train Slams Truck. Three Dead Near New Orleans
The Southern Railway Fast Queen and Crescent limited traveling Cincinnati to New Orleans struck a truck at a grade crossing near New Orleans on Monday night. Three truck occupants were killed and a fourth was critically injured.
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New Orleans
Southern Railway
Queen and Crescent Limited
Cincinnati
Douglas Finishes Supersonic Plane Skystreak for Navy tests
Douglas Aircraft Company announced completion of the D-558 Skystreak, a supersonic test aircraft designed for speeds from 550 to 850 miles per hour. The jet powered plane, with a projectile-like body and mirror-smooth surfaces, will begin speed runs for the Navy at Muroc Army Air Base, California, within months.
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EL Segundo
Calif
Douglas Aircraft Company
Navy
Army Air Base
Muroc
Douglas
Unclear OCR fragment from Ciel PR Trade Notes
Fragmentary OCR text mentions unions and trades word fragments with no clear event, names, dates, or places to identify. Unable to determine a coherent news item from the provided snippet.
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Atatcher Perfume
Valentine’s Cosmetic Center
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Ciel
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Maxwell * House Coffee
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