Bravest of Girls Miss Mary Bulner Earns Top Honors
Miss Mary Bulner receives the American Red Cross bravest award and the Carnegie Institute bravery medal for heroism in Tampa Bay. She saved a friend from drowning after a barracuda attack, endured months of strain, and now attends college as a protege of the St. Petersburg Rotary Club and chamber of commerce.
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Mary Bulner
America
American Red Cross
Carnegie Institute
Miss Buhner
Tampa Bay
Jorothy McClatchie
Miss McClatchie
St. Petersbur
Fla
Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce
Red Cross
Potato County Queen Crowned Miss Aroos of Maine Contest
Miss Ethel Thompson of Houston Me holds the title Miss Aroostook after winning the contest to name the most beautiful girl in Aroostook County Maine, famed for its potatoes.
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Iethel Thompson
Houston
Aroostook
Aroostook County
Maine
Fishermen use catfish to haul in big cisco hauls
In Three Mile Bay Seth Small and William Loomis train an 180 pound catfish to haul fishing lines with dozens of hooks baited with halibut crab and worms. The cat follows the fishermen around then returns to its bay home loaded with ciscoes pike and pickerel on its hooks. The catfish is now rheumatic from winter confinement and the cisco season stalls.
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Three Mile Bay
N. Y
Seth Small
William Loomis
Chauimont
Cisco
Seth
Bill
Chaumont
Germany issues thousandth distinctive stamp since war
Berlin reports the German postal department issued the thousandth distinctive stamp since the war. The new 40 mark value is chiefly for collectors as 40-mark stamps are no longer used, with postage moving to 100-mark figures even for domestic mail.
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Germany
Berlin
Postige
Cider Fumes Kill Two Farm Workers in Mass Vat
Joseph Dynan and John Dwyer suffocated by cider fumes after entering a large winterized vat on J. W. Osborne's farm. They ignored orders from their employer to stay out. The incident occurred in Middletown Massachusetts.
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Middletown
Mass
Joseph Dynan
John Dwyer
J. W. Osborne
Manic asylum inmate slashes ward. dies after self-harm
William Barnes, 39, an inmate at the Kansas State Hospital for the Insane, goes on a razor rampage in the ward. He wounds attendants, fights off others, then fatally wounds himself by slashing his windpipe and arteries, ending the attack as staff intervene.
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Topeka
Kan
William Barnes
Kansas State Hospital
Barnes
L. W. Lilly
Lilly
B. F. Young
Young
Man Expected Swift Death After 28 Years of Vigilance
Peter McGuire, 85, died at his Nebraska farm after decades guarding himself against a released convict he had imprisoned. He kept a rifle by his bed and a pistol on his belt in warning of threatened revenge from the slayers who killed his brother. The convict never acted, leaving McGuire to wait in vigilant solitude.
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Peter McGuire
Peter
Otoe County
Nebraska
McGuire
Walter Harding
Coughs Up Tack After Three Years
Virginia Grissham of Yakima Washington who swallowed a tack as a seven year old girl and could not be reduced for three years finally coughed up the object after a severe spell while playing on the lawn Doctors had failed to locate the tack before it was expelled via coughing fit.
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Yakima
Wash
Virginia Grissham
Babe Dies as Mother Acts in Theater
Four month old child of actress Mrs. Ethel Dudley died of bronchial pneumonia backstage after a theater performance in Youngstown Ohio. The mother discovered the death in a cradle behind the stage following her act.
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Youngstown, O
Ethel Dudley
Dictaphone Halts Jail Break in Salina
Three prisoners attempted a breakout at Salina jail but a dictaphone captured sounds of talking and sawing. The sheriff stood under the window and the inmates saw him, causing them to abandon the plan.
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Salina
Kan
Plane Twists Past Bridge, Four Die in River Crash
Four airmen were killed when an army plane crashed into the river after the pilot maneuvered to avoid a bridge. The aircraft snapped into a nose dive and plunged into the water near Dayton, Ohio.
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Dayton
Fire Demonstration Turns Fatal for Exposition Crew
In San Antonio two firefighters were trapped in an exhibition tower during a demonstration. One died after leaping from the flames and another was injured. Fellow firefighters had started the fire as part of the display.
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San Antonio
Tex
Goff Rearrested After Short Jail Release in Elmira
John Goff aged twenty six was released from Elmira jail after a burglary term but after one hour he was in custody again for a three month sentence following a fight. The rapid rearrest underscores repeated trouble with legal authorities.
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Elmira
N. Y
John Goff
Goff
Boy, 11, Ends Life in Barn Near Davenport
Matthias Erickson aged eleven hanged himself in the barn at his Davenport home. Authorities report the motive is unknown as neighbors recall no clear reason for the tragedy.
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Boy
Self
Davenport
Matthias Erickson
Quips and curios: era reflections on economy culture and film
A whimsical blend of social satire covers saving money propaganda industry fashion and European harmony. It asks why government cuts 82 bills would affect buying and comments on professors communists impulsive trends and the persistence of lipstick over walking sticks in a playful if critical tone.
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