Girl Rescued At Sea in War Found After Two Years
Carol Shaw now 19 using the name Donna Hobson, adopted by Detroit couple Mr and Mrs Lloyd L Hobson. A two year search began in England and stretched across the U S to a Minneapolis college seminary where she was located. The expedition followed a liferaft rescue after a ship torpedoed by Nazis. her parents died, her brother was saved. The seeker was Cmdr Raymond Venables, then a British destroyer commander, now a Harrow master, who started the hunt after a photo reached George R Bent of the American Friends Service Committee. Carol received a keepsake box with her mother's rings from Rev Odegard, linking to Northwestern in Minneapolis.
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Chicago
Carol Shaw
Donna Hobson
Lloyd L. Hobson
Detroit
England
Minneapolis
George R. Bent
American Friends Service Committee
Bent
Raymond B. Venables
Harrow School For Boys
London
Venables
Caribbean
Richard
Harvey Shaw
Carol
Local Trades and Services Listings Include Carpenters and Haulers
A bustling page of ads lists carpentry, hauling, chimney and foundation work, painting, and cleaning services. Mentioned names include Ray Leeper and Bob Wardington with numbers for bids and contact. Also appears are listings for general repairs, interior work, grading, dirt and sod, doors, and storage solutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dia
Ana Pal
Ty Carpenter
Ray Leeper
Neral
Paul J
Nolan
Mason Ap
Bob Wardington
Sean Cemen Sii
Miss Speers Seeks 18.5 Million For 16 Years Confinement
Miss Mary W. Speers, 74, sues for 18.5 million dollars claiming more than a million for each of the nearly 16 years she spent in Michigan mental institutions. Attorney Eugene Krasicky filed the suit Tuesday naming Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, four doctors and officials as defendants. Committed in 1936 on a bad check charge, she was released in 1952 by Circuit Judge Lila Neuenfelt who ruled the commitment illegal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mary W. Speers
Michigan
Eugene Krasicky
Wayne County
State of Michigan
Lowans Begin Japan Missionary Program
Eighteen American missionaries and their wives arrived in Tokyo to participate in a two month working program among the Japanese. Five others had already arrived by ship. The group includes Dr. Alvin Maberry Ottumwa, Rev. Paul Folkers Owatonna, Rev. Lloyd Latta Red Oak, and others from Iowa affiliated with the Methodist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Alvin Maberry
Ottumwa
Paul Folkers
Owatonna
Minn
Lloyd Latta
Red Oak
Methodist Church
LaCour
Des Moines
Carl Wilson
Embezzling Cashier Confesses to $88,000 Theft
Roland B. Walker a 73 year old bank cashier confessed to embezzling eighty eight thousand dollars from Jackson City Bank and Trust Company over fifteen years to cover expenses and live comfortably He faces a federal charge from a Florida jail infirmary with a fifty thousand dollar bond and 24 hour guard Walker said his salary of five thousand dollars a year was inadequate and that the money funded his living costs while his wife and he lived modestly with no children The FBI said Walker telephoned his wife warning she would hear from him again before police found him
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Fla
Michigan
Roland B. Walker
Jackson City Bank and Trust Company
Walker
FBI
Students assemble instruments in base ment box project
The boys helped assemble the instruments in the basement and set them in a neat box on a post at the proper height. The class takes the project seriously and has formed a committee to supervise the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federico
Fourth graders in Arlington measure rain and wind at Maury School
In Arlington, Mat thew Maury School fourth graders use homemade weather instruments to gather data. They enjoy rain as a measurable subject and plan to build home weather stations with help from fathers like shoemaker Frank Federico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dar Etareresed
Mary
Lowe
Matthew Maury School
Arlington, Va
Matthew Maury
Frank Federico
Mundt Wouldn't Advocate Rules Used for Probe
Senator Mundt said he would not recommend the special rules from the army McCarthy hearings for other inquiries because extensive cross examination took too long. He praised the investigation yet warned against a committee investigating itself, and rejected applying those rules to other probes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mundt
R-S.d
Sen
McCarran
D-Nev
Senate
Congress
Life Insurance Owned In Iowa At New High
NEW YORK UP The Institute of Life Insurance reported Iowa families owned life insurance at a new high as of Wednesday highlighting growing coverage among households across the state. The report notes increased policy ownership among various age groups and income levels, signaling broadening financial protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Life Insurance
Iowa
New High
New York
the Institute of Life Insurance
Bust of Toscanini by Edward Bruce Douglas Wins Acclaim
Milan AP reports a bronze bust of Arturo Toscanini by Edward Bruce Douglas was unveiled at La Scala Theater museum with Toscanini and the sculptor's widow present. Toscanini praised the likeness as the most beautiful and faithful he had seen.
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Toscanini
Edward Bruce Douglas
Milan
Italy
Arturo Toscanini
la Scala Theater Museum
Douglas
Beatrice
Iowa
Minnesota
York’s Central School of St
Ambroise
Paris
Francesco Messina
Insurers report record 2.57 million Iowa policies
The Life Insurance Institute announced a record high 2,570,000 life insurance policies in Iowa, valued at about 4 billion dollars, marking an increase from 3.987 billion a year earlier as reported by the institute.
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Institute
Ending a Phone Call in Conversation Rules
The caller who initiated the call should not end it. The recipient must conclude the conversation to avoid delays in essential tasks like feeding a baby or preventing a roast from burning, regardless of any rules.
For Sale Sign Brings Reunion
LOS ANGELES. A missing-house-for-sale sign leads Vincent Bisogno, 49, to his son he hadn’t seen in over 25 years. Realtor John Collins notes a sign in the Rivera district bore the Bisogno name, triggering the reunion. Father and son were happily reconciled Wednesday.
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Los Angeles
Vincent Bisogno
John Collins
Rivera District
Water meter unearthed after decades in Granfield
Walter Dodson, a city water service man in Granfield Oklahoma, found a buried water meter thought to be over 30 years old. He cleaned it and reported it in working condition. The item relates to a San Juan and Rico note from 1.
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Grandfield, Okla
Walter Dodson
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Axel O. Odegard
Albany
Calif
Shaws
Africa
Odegard
Richard Elvee
Northwestern School
Elvee
Burlington
Gazette
Baye
Novak
S St
Riverside B Park
von Robbin
Eve
Eis
Airdale
Lina Junction
Chain Lakes
Obasco Jewelers
Taakie
S. Ne
Smuleroff's
Maxes
George Spracklin
Tom
Melody
12Th Ave
Skyway
Jaigta
Stevenson Sesheen
Keene & Ece
Erflitzer
Alburnett
Aneaio
ITTA
Rsd
Kramer
Urban Heating Co
L. L. Augustine
S Business Services
Fitzpatrick’s Concrete Construction CO
Gare
Sears Machine Service
Ait Ang ‘Wring Sa
Browes Ing Co
Robert Ralous
Cliff Rogers
Aggatine
Dick Alexander
Weise Lee
Pha
Ional
Victor' Zems
el Repsir
Carpenter
Gener
Sriin A.m
Marion
Cherry Burrell Corporation
6Th St. S.W
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Meade Arma Ewman’ S
Ginette Ndustry
Sannin
Tat Gazette
Bivone M98
Liberal Group Insurance
Blue Cross and Shield
National Oats Company
16Th St. NE
Cedar Rapids
Public Finance CO
Dows
Reeves Co
Ses Ass
Aignehaner
Apdiy Baggor
Riano
Nick's Fine Foods
Seullan
Dorothy
Peer Oort
Willard
City
ERIEN
Lund
Ag Ace
Hoverin
Semaid
Aid
Roger Ae Ee
Twin
Help Wanted
Femeale
THE
Quaker Oats CO
2Nd St. N.E
Cherry-Burrell Corp
Sixth St
Kelso
Armstrong
Gerry Sauer
Schamberger Motor Co
3Rd Avenue
Washore
Baranchanu
Stenograist
Wee Ae
I Pease
Soung
Jes
Cedar
Ervicatk
Cedar el
Marge Ernst
Howe
Bob Peterson
PPA Ee Pfi. Autos & Trucks
Sele
Desoto V
2Nd Ave
Wesker
Ieee 7
Stemlar
4Th Ave
Marrow
Third Avenue
Whitey
Langhurst Motor
East End
16Th Ave
Autos & Trucks—Sale
Studebaker
Kadlee
Century Garage, Inc
Eainbridge
IDOE
Ehrke
First St
Jancoln
FORD
St. SW
Ae Pchevro
Tudor
Oldsmobile
Ehree Motors
Japan
Frederico
Marguerite Bean
Walter Douglas
George Bruce
Douglas Starch Works
Penick and
North Atlantic
Edward Douglas
San Francisco
Lulu Cant Douglas
Howard Hall
Margaret Douglas
First Avenue
Brucemore
Hall
Oak Hill Cemetery
S. Douglas
United States
San Juan
Rico
Handler
Plymouth
DeSoto
Dodge
Nash
Ave. S.E
Ter Yharold Motors
Suplbor
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