British teacher says she was misquoted
In Pueblo Colorado Miss Alice Elliott a London teacher says she was misquoted her critics claim she mocked American schools while she defended her remarks noting a "pear garden" sound in British speech. Elliott teaches at Centenar High School and says American reports altered her quote.
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Charleston Gazette
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Colo
London
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Elliott
Britain
Eliott
Centen
Lions Club
United
Hospital Attendant Removes Tin Helmet From Toddler
In Yonkers a three year old made his baby brother wear a tin kettle helmet during play. Police and doctors failed to remove it until hospital engineer Louis Fox used heavy shears to cut a section away. Wayne endured only an aversion to soldier games.
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Wayne
Army Tests Demerit System for UMT Trainees at Fort Knox
The Army will pilot a trainee court and a code of conduct as an alternative to court martial for 18 year old regular recruits in a unit of about 600 at Fort Knox. An 7 member trainee court will judge infractions like AWOL or disorderly conduct with extra fatigue duty for each demerit.
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Ithe Army
Fort Knox
Congress
Jacob L. Devers
Army
Robbers Take Valuable Jewels in Palestine
Two groups of gunmen raided two Palestine diamond factories today escaping with nearly 100000 dollars in jewels and cash. At Tel Aviv three armed men took 24000 dollars in diamonds 2800 cash and 2400 in government bearer bonds. A second group of six robbed a Nathanya factory cashier for about 60000 dollars in diamonds. A police report notes the aboriginal population in Australia stands around 52000.
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Jerusalem
INS
Shamir
Tel Aviv
Nathanya
Haifa
Fayette Man Killed In Automobile Wreck
John Auburn White 36 of Landisburg Fayette county died instantly at 2 15 a m when his car struck an electric pole at Cedar Grove Vincent Hanson 36 the only passenger had lacerations and a fractured nose He was taken to Montgomery hospital Surviving are his wife Sybil and daughter Willa plus five brothers and two sisters Mr White a World War II veteran and Baptist layland church member Funeral service 2 p m tomorrow at White Oak church Landisburg Bruce Woods will officiate Burial at Shuck cemetery East Rainelle Nickell mortuary to-direct American Legion Beckley will conduct military honors
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Fayette County
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Willa
Joseph
Houston
Pittsburgh
Clifford
Tony
Maplewood
Raymond
Sportsmouth
Lorin Patterson
Green Sulphur Springs
Edna Spade
Huntington
White
Baptist Church
Layland
White Oak Church
Landisburg
Bruce Woods
Shuck
Nickell Mortuary
East Rainelle
American Legion of
Beckley
Los Angeles Prepares Sweeping New Year Sobriety Drive
Los Angeles police chief C B Horrall announced expanded shifts on New Year eve and day to curb drunken driving and revelers. The state patrol will conduct sobriety checks and set up roadblocks at danger spots to prevent a repeat of the deadly Christmas accident toll.
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California
C. B
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State Highway Patrol
Hits
E. Raymond Cato
Highway Patrol
Ee Am
Kitty Carlisle Robbed Of Five Fur Coats
New York police report a break in at Moss Hart and Kitty Carlisle’s duplex. Five fur coats, jewels, and Hart’s suits except the worn one missing. loss estimated above ten thousand dollars. Entry suspected via a skeleton key. couple had spent Christmas in New Hope Iowa with their country home.
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New York
Moss Hart
Miss Carlisle
Hart
Hart Duplex
New Hope
Coogan Weds Third Time to Singer Ann McCormick
Actor Jackie Coogan and 22 year old singer Ann McCormick were married today by Superior Judge Edward Brand at his home in Hollywood. The couple planned a brief honeymoon in San Francisco before returning for the New Year’s Rose Bowl football game between Illinois and UCLA. McCormack, daughter of Mr and Mrs John McCormack of Boston, is Coogan’s third wife after Betty Grable and Flower Parry.
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Hollywood
Cal
Ann McCormick
Edward Brand
Jurists
San Francisco
Illinois
Ucla
Rose Bowl
Miss McCormack
John McCormack
Boston
Coogan
Betty Grable
Flower Parry
Four new U S highways designated in Kentucky
The Kentucky state highway department announced the designation of four new cross-state federal routes to include US 490 entering Kentucky from Williamson West Virginia. The route runs through Pikeville Paintsville West Liberty Mt Sterling Berk Georgetown to Frankfort.
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Frankfort
Tug River
Williamson
Itate Highway Department
Pikeville
Paintsville
West Liberty
Mt. Sterling
Berk
Georgetown
Workers Digging For Man In Well In Quebec Rescue
In brutal cold near the St Lawrence River an ice floe rescue recovered two of three workers trapped when a 16 foot well caved in while remodeling a fire station. The workers, linked to a party of woodsmen, were aided by a bucket crane and state crews amid snow flurries.
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Comeau
Norvell
Mass
Quebec Airlines
Donald L
St. Law- Morris
Pembroke
Morris
Woman Robs Teller In Quiet Bank Hold Up At Walton Co
In St Louis a well dressed slender woman about 35 robbed United Bank and Trust teller Robert Walden of $582. She drew a pistol from beneath her silver fox fur coat and handed over the cash with customers watching. She fled calmly as police, with FBI involvement, investigated.
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Robert
Walden
United Bank and Trust Co
Tuddy
Henry Aron
Aron
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hauptmanns Attorney Dies in N Y Hospital
Edward J. Reilly 64 longtime chief defense counsel in the Lindbergh kidnapping trial died at Kings County Hospital New York. He faced Hauptmann’s conviction and later legal battles, with a career notable for homicide work and a dramatic fall from favor over a fee dispute.
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N.Y
New York
Edward J. Reilly
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Kings County Hospital
Reilly
Flemington
N. J
Trenton State Prison
Hauptraamn
Brooklyn State Hospital For
Helen Reilly
Mortimer Sherman
State Hospital
Brooklyn
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