Three-Wheeled Police Motorcycle Previewed For Parking Control
A Des Moines preview shows a new three wheeled police motorcycle marked for traffic and parking control. Captain Gordon Hughes notes faster chalking of tires and radio equipped operation aiding fire duty and bystander control.
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Cedar Rapids
Gordon Hughes
Traffic Department
Bill Remington
Bill
Hughes
Des Moines
Denver
Colo
Goebbels Warns Allies of Final Counter Blows
Berlin AP reports Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels issues a final warning to powers encircling Germany. He promises a deafening counter-blow for every strike, as London and Paris seek to draw Soviet Russia into the British French front. The Rome Berlin axis vows to meet the dangers at the right time. Meanwhile Germany presses the four year plan burden and unveils plans for a shadow army to train manpower not in the armed forces. A list of trainees is named.
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Berlin
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Germany
London
Paris
Soviet Russia
Foreign Office
Deutsche Diplomatisch-Politische Korrespondenz
Rome
S. A
Begginers Swim Test Passed By 46 Boys At Y M C A
Forty six boys passed the beginners swimming test at the YMCA on Saturday, closing a two week free school with over 400 enrollees. Each learner took four lessons, then swam 25 feet feet first in the deep end, turned, and returned to start.
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Y.M.C.A
Vernon Bys
Marion Ballard
George Bostal
Jack Bruce
Don Cook
Billy Clayton
Marion Creger
Jim Cunningham
Grover Denton
Darrel Dake
Junior Doty
Don David
Richard Frederick
Pat Gray
Harry Gibson
Jerry Hudson
Harry Harger
Marvin Hayward
Bob Heaton
Robert Fowler
Joseph Klima
Bob Mead
Sandy Morson
Albert McMurrin
Gerald Mall
Explosion Fatal to Woman from Anesthetic Gas
Ethel Lee Howie, 57, a high school teacher in Omaha, died after a cyclopropane anesthetic exploded just after surgery. Hospital authorities released the May 12 report noting an anesthetic death due to the gas explosion before mask removal. Relatives’ attorney said they find no blame, while one doctor noted such explosions are rare but known.
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Omaha
Neb
INS
Ethel Lee Howie
Miss Howie
Joseph D. Houston
King May Have Drink Aboard Royal Train In Delaware
Delaware officials ruled the royal train of King George VI may drink in the state during his American tour. Liquor commissioner William Springer Jr said no special permit was needed and arranged with officials in Washington to ensure His Majesty could enjoy a beverage if desired aboard the train.
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Wilmington
Del
INS
George VI of
England
Delaware
William Springer
State Department
Washington
Springer
Fire damages submarine La Perle at Toulon dock
A Saturday fire in the Toulon dry dock damaged the submarine La Perle. No injuries were reported and the extent of the damage was not disclosed by officials.
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Toulon
France
Russell Jee
Greenfield
Ind
Onch
Dewey Denies Any Commitment to 1940 Campaign
District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey declared he is not committed to any presidential candidate or a 1940 boom, denying a New York County Republican leader’s suggestion of a favorite son. He warned against intraparty clashes and insisted no one speaks for him while leaving open the possibility of future stance.
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New York
INS
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Roosevelt
Kenneth F. Simpson
New York County
New York State
G.O.P
Simpson
Herbert Hoover
National Party
Hoover
American Labor Party
Lourdes Miracle Infant Emerges From Iron Lung Bath
Fred B. Snite Jr. of Chicago, a paralytic boy, left the iron lung and bathed in the Lourdes grotto water for about 30 minutes. An American priest said Mass in the grotto for him before he returned to his trailer and hospital. Snite, who fell ill in Peiping three years ago, can now breathe for about an hour without the respirator.
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Lourdes
France
Fred B. Snite, Jr
Snite
Chicago
P. J McArdle
Rochester
N. Y
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