Truman Urges Dimes Drive in Polio Fight on Roosevelt Day
President Truman marked Franklin D Roosevelt’s birthday by urging nationwide support for the March of Dimes campaign against infantile paralysis. He said the fight would continue to victory, linking it to Roosevelt’s legacy and the health of the people. Mrs Truman and Margaret attended Roosevelt birthday balls to raise funds, while stars like Van Johnson and Alexis Smith lent support.
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Bomb Antarctic To Find Riches
Captain Ed ward V. Rickenbacker proposed atomic bombing of Antarctica to uncover riches of gold iron coal and copper beneath an ice shield a mile thick. The WWI ace and Eastern Air Lines president said he already offered a plan to crack the ice box to reveal treasures. Proceeds from his planned radio talks would aid widows orphans and wounded heroes cared for by the army air forces aid society.
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Woman To Prison For Crushing Her Mate with Auto
PATERSON, N. J. Mrs. Geneva M. Humphrey, 48, was convicted of manslaughter for killing her husband by crushing him against a blind alley wall with the family car. The jury of six men and six women took four hours to reach the verdict, resisting a death-penalty push on the first degree murder charge.
Woman Accused in Jersey Slaying Testifies in Court
In Little Falls New Jersey on December 7 a woman pinned her husband Hugh to a wall. State witness John Lombardo said she climbed from the car, saw the body and snarled I got the son of a this time. Byron Price arrived in Hollywood to take a new VP post at the Motion Picture Producers.
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