Woman editor joins New York Central board in rare role
Lila Acheson Wallace, co editor of Reader's Digest and wife of DeWitt Wallace, becomes the railroad's first female director. The piece portrays her influence on headquarters design, staff morale, and corporate decisions, noting her belief in beauty improving work and her steady partnership with Young and her husband.
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New York Central
Lila Acheson Wallace
Pleasantville
N.Y
Robert R. Young
Young
America
Lila
Acheson Wallace
Lila Wallace
Digest
Central
Wallace
New York
Tokyo
Paris
Robert Young
Mrs. Wallace
Board of Directors
Mr. Young
New York Central Railroad
Reader's Digest
DeWitt Wallace
Lonardi Named Argentina’s Provisional President
Eduardo Lonardi, long-time Peron foe and artilleryman, is Argentina’s provisional president. A devout Catholic who rose from 1914 military academy to commander in Santa Fe, Lonardi’s career includes anti-Peron dissents, a prison term in 1951, and a 1952 alleged plot to kill Peron. He is married with five children and is expected to restore church influence.
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Eduardo Lonardi
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Lonardi
Peron
Santiago
Chile
Santa Fe
Eva Peron
Revolutionary Underground
Convicts Run Counterfeiting in the Prison in Alabama
In Draper prison Alabama three inmates attempted to print counterfeit five dollar bills in the prison shop. Crude notes were found before they could pass them. They were moved to Kilby prison’s maximum security section last week as federal authorities investigate.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Draper Prison
Kilby
Draper
Burr Reeves
Reckless in Many Ways
Columbia South Carolina police say Walter Harrell age 60 is serving a 30 day jail term for reckless driving He had jumped a guard rail on a bridge while driving from the court where he was fined for attempting to cash an $8 50 check drawn on the Bank of Anywhere Anywhere USA.
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Columbia
S. C
Walter Harrell
Harrell
Anywhere
U.S.A
Harry Won't Call Firemen Any More
In Lansing Michigan 97-year-old businessman Harry D Cove who suffered heart trouble was revived by the inhalator squad 172 times over the years earning the nickname the world s most revived man He died last week and the fire department dispatcher did not respond the last time their services were not needed.
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Lansing, Mich
Lansing
Harry
Harry D. Cove
Cove
Guess That's Why It's Called Cooler
John Case 26 turned in a false fire alarm after a police officer confiscated his license claiming his rights were on fire He faced a 75 fine or 10 days in jail choosing the fine and paying it promptly
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New York
INS
John Case
Case
Louis Kaplan
Young burglar doodles name during Lansing office raid
A Lansing teen burglarized an office and left his name doodled with a fountain pen on a scratch pad. Police traced the scribble to the city directory and arrested him. The youth confessed to the break in.
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Lansing, Mich
Lansing
Illinois Boy, 10, Sets Fire to Store and House
A 10 year old boy from St Augustine Illinois admitted to setting a small grocery store fire on Aug 14 and burning the Oyler home on Aug 19. Fire marshal Walter Parker said the boy was angry at the store proprietor and the Oyler family. no charges were entered yet.
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Ilinois Boy
Galesburg, Ill
St. Augustine
Ill
Walter E. Parker
Henry Baker's
Parker
Baker
Charles Oyler
Oylers
Private Water Well Produces Gasoline in Oklahoma City
The C. A. Webb family reports their private water well is yielding large amounts of gasoline, likely seeping from an oil field pipeline. Gas appeared August 4 and has worsened to where faucet water can flash when lit. A neighbor provides water while the source is investigated.
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C. A. Webb
Webb
Citizens Group Study School Problems In Linn County
A Linn County 65 member committee on education gathered at McKinley High to examine how schools should serve, finance, and expand amid rising enrollments. Eight study groups will report Oct 10 and feed into a statewide White House Conference preparation led by Dr. James Manville with broad local organization support including churches, unions, and chambers.
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Marvin Braverman
McKinley High School
Farmer
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Iowa
Eisenhower
White House
Washington
Agriculture
James C. Manville
U.S. Office of Education
McKinley School
Manville
Denture Falls Down Subway Shaft In Chicago
Real Emergency CHICAGO UP report states R Q O Se graves of Alton Illinois sneezed so hard his partial upper plate popped out and dropped through a grate 50 feet to a subway air shaft. CTA crew retrieved the denture from the shaft, leaving the man grateful for the rescue.
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Chicago
R. QO. Segraves
Alton
Ill
Chicago Transit Authority
Wm. H. Wagoner To Give First Audubon Program
Wm H Wagoner will open Cedar Rapids Audubon Screen Tour series with A Touch of the Tropics on Oct 14 at Coe auditorium. Five leading American naturalists Hermes Hall Scott Edwards join Wagoner in the illustrated lectures from wildlife and North American scenery. Concerted by Cedar Rapids Bird and Natural Science clubs and the National Audubon Society.
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Cedar Rapids
Iola Tillapaugh
William H. Wagoner
Robert C. Hermes
Fran William Hall
Emerson Scott
Ernest P. Edwards
Bird and Natural Science Clubs
National Audubon Society
Wagner
Coe Auditorium
E. S. Schuknecht
Third Avenue SE
Wagoner
Hermes
Hawaii
U.S.A
Hall
Rocky Mountain
New Use for Atom Bombs Plan Reported
Tokyo reports that world scientists study detonating four earthquakes with atom bombs next year. The plan involves blasts in the United States, Russia, near Australia, and in the Pacific Ocean to measure vibrations and analyze Earth's crust behavior to improve disaster knowledge.
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Tokyo
International Geodetic and Geophysical Union
United States
Russia
Australia
Pacific Ocean
Asahi
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Cynthia Lowry
AP Newsfeatures
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Wally
MacAlester College
St. Paul
Minn
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Northwest
Winnipeg
Ward Belmont
University of Oregon
Barclay
Little Magazine
Greenwich Village
Little Post
Old Peron
United Press
Army General Staff Headquarters
Inter- American Defense Board
Mercedes Villada Achaval
Cordoba
Entre Rios
Leonardi
Bulova
TIME
Elizabeth
St. S.E. Cedar Rapids
Channel 2
Wmt-Tv
Lady Bulova
Clipper
Oklahoma City
Congress
Wm. H. Wagoner
William Wagoner
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