Boys Town Choir Set to Sing at Memorial Coliseum
Father Flanagan's Boys Town choir led by Rev. Francis P. Schmitt will perform at Memorial Coliseum on Sunday October 24. Tickets go on advance sale at Knights of Columbus 716 A Avenue NE with mail orders needing a self addressed stamped envelope. Admission is $1 for adults and 50 cents for children, with gate seating first come first served.
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Father Flanagan
Boys Town
Memorial Coliseum
Coliseum
Don Spaight
Knights of Columbus Council
Francis P. Sehmitt
Nebraska
St. Lawrence
Mt. Calvary
St. Paul Seminary
St. Paul
Father Schmitt
National SeaBee Convention Opens In Chicago
The first convention of the SeaBee Veterans of America will gather Oct. 8 9 and 10 at the LaSalle hotel in Chicago. The national unit was chartered in Chicago last May by about 150 SeaBee veterans groups with Capt. H. P. Potter elected temporary chairman. Inquiries go to SeaBee Veterans of America headquarters Room 503 15 East Washington Chicago.
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SeaBee Veterans of America
LaSalle Hotel
Chicago
SeaBee
H. P. Potter
East
Washington
British Fight Steel Nationalization Move
London AP opponents of socialization form a defense fund to campaign against Britain’s iron and steel nationalization. MP Alfred Edwards, expelled from the bar party last spring after criticizing nationalization, leads the drive to oppose the government plan before the 1950 general elections. The fund will use public meetings publications and a film to illustrate high production under private enterprise.
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London
Seer
Bernt Balchen Urges Norway to Embrace Aviation
Oslo AP report on Bernt Balchen, head of Norsk Aeroklubb, calling Norway air-minded during Norwegian Aviation Week. He praises the federation of 50 affiliated clubs for spreading aviation and seeks broader adoption across the country.
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Bernt Balchen
Air Force officer Balchen to rejoin service after shows
Close cooperation with the Norwegian air force and other aviation authorities sponsored several air shows. Col Balchen is returning to service with the U S air force. He is a naturalized American.
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Norwegian Air Force
Col. Balchen
U. S. Air Force
Hitler Orders Beat Germany Generals Say
The German generals describe Hitler's insistence that every unit fight where it stood as the cause of defeats from Africa to Normandy. They recount refusals to withdraw, leading to encirclements, sackings, and collapsed fronts as Allied advances continued.
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Germany
George Tucker
New York
Adolf Hitler
Africa
Russia
Normandy
Gen
Heinrici
Berlin
Caen
St. Lo
von Rundstedt
Reich
France
No Fight No Fire Incident at Baby Christening
Ray Tormey triggered a fire alarm to avert a brawl at a party for a friend's baby christening in New York. He was fined $25 for filing a false alarm.
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New York
Ray Tormey
Tormey
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