Comical Beverage Census Clears Up American Drinking Habits
A humorous report from the Cedar Rapids Statistical and Saturday Night Oyster Supper Society finds average American yearly intake of coffee at 55 gallons, milk at 48, soft drinks at 142 bottles, plus 19 gallons of beer and five quarts of hard liquor. Water and other liquids are noted as largely unaccounted, with quips about certain foods and restaurant tricks feeding the tongue.
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The
Cedar Rapids
Saturday Night Oyster Supper Society
Great Lakes
Dudley
Spokane
Casasnoss
Crash Kills Six Houster Men Near New Orleans Airport
Six Houster men died when their damaged army training plane crashed and burned a half mile from the New Orleans airport while attempting to land. The accident occurred Sunday and investigators began reviewing the scene.
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New Orleans
Houster
Girl Slain Mystery Man Hired Her as Babysitter
Police traced the 13 year old Juanita Wendel's death to a man known only as Mr Carson who lured her into a death trap by hiring her as a baby sitter. The girl's body was identified by her parents Mr and Mrs Maurice Wendel. Identification was confirmed Sunday.
Wendel girl Juanita found dead in St Paul brush
The Wendel family mourns as 17-year-old Juanita is found slain near St Paul after a note to meet a man calling himself Mr Carson. Police traced a phone lead, but no suspect tied to the case. Autopsy noted neck binding with binder twine. authorities search for Carson continue. Juanita was one of four Wendel children.
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South St. Paul
Juanita
W. H. Meeker
St. Paul
Charles J. Tierney
Tierney
Carson
William Steiner
Wendel
Three U S Airmen Die in Crashes Over Weather
Manila AP dispatch reports three U S fighter pilots from Clarkfield vanished on a routine training flight and died in crashes near Fuko in the southern Farmers area. The 13th Air Force says cause is under investigation. identities withheld pending kin notification. Weather hindered the formation of 16 P-47 aircraft, with thirteen making Formosa while three were damaged on landing.
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Manila
Clarkfield
Fuko
13Th Air Force
Formosa
John Shelton and Irene Winston Wed in Las Vegas
Movie actor and producer John Shelton and New York stage actress Irene Winston honeymooned Monday in Las Vegas after a wedding reported by United Press.
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Las Vegas
John Shelton
New York
Irene Winston
Wallace denounces Truman as a pork barrel politician
In Baltimore Wallace accuses President Truman of cronyism and dual faces in office. He cites 97 of 125 civilian appointees as moneyed or powerful, criticizes meat price controls, civil rights inaction, Taft Hartley stance, and anti labor moves amid heavy police presence.
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Baltimore
Henry A. Wallace
Truman
Progressive Party
Fifth Regiment
Wallae
Wallace
Comemerce
Americans Trip Distances Rise From 1916 to Later Years
Per capita travel for Americans increased from about 400 miles a year in 1916 to about 2,400 miles in later years, indicating a substantial expansion in individual mobility and travel patterns.
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Mello
John M. Welch
St. Joseph
Parin
St.joseph
Drus
U.S
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Insurance Agency
L. D. Burkhalter
L. D. Burkhalter, Jr
Pork Barrel
Milgrim
Fenwick
Cathay
Clifford Dale
Armstrong Millinery
Caspar Davis
Roberta Bernays
Northwestern Bell
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Setaenantn
Telephone Company
Armstrong
Oshkosh
Norman Emerson
32Nd Street
City
F. S. Etzel
Alburnett
Clay Read
Kenridge Terrace
LeRoy Marburger, Jr
Coggan
George Johnson
M Avenue
Warren Mead
28Th Street
Laurence Turner
14Th Street
Robert Schlotterback
Atkins
A. Hughes
3Rd Street
Charles Fry
10Th Street
Marilyn Morehouse
Johnson Avenue
Cecil Moore
8Th Avenue
C. C. Bevins
C Street
Leo Hay
Anamosa
Frank Pecka
Fairfax
Ruth Bishop
Richard Strang
Walford
Robert L. Falcon
Central City
Jack Thompson
Fredsburg
Williamsburg
Wendell Howard
Traer
F. B. Carpenter
Dorothy Nemacek
Marilyn Hardin
7Th Avenue
Marion
John Pavek
6Th Street
Armstrong's
Armstrong Coats
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