Electricity kills Collinsville volunteer fire chief
Clement E. Osborne, 39, chief of the Collinsville volunteer fire department, was killed by an electric drill shock while building a new service station at Hammondville, Alabama. His coworker R. G. Scharder found him unconscious and the Fort Payne fire department rushed a respirator to the scene.
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Collinsville
Ala
Clement E. Osborne
Hammondville
Here
Osborne
R. G. Scharder
Fort Payne
Hammond
Wanna Buy 15 Bill Itll Cost You 1250
New York shoppers at Gimbels can purchase novelty bills worth 30 15 or 3 dollars. The 15 bill priced at 1250 features a 10 on one side and a 5 on the other and is the most expensive option. Jacques Minkus oversees the display and sale.
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New York
Gimbels
Jacques Minkus
Osborne Funeral Remains With Family Tleecher
Osborne is survived by two sons, his father, two brothers and three sisters. efforts to revive him failed.
Alabama Grain Elevator hearings enter third round
The Alabama Grain Elevator financial status hearings opened with J. J. Wilson Sr. invoking the Fifth Amendment as the case probes warehouse receipts and potential legal violations. Federal Referee Sidney J. Gray overruled objections while Landon V. Butler faces a $4.5 million suit over 27 receipts tied to 1,800,000 bushels of boybeans. State Agricultural Commissioner A. W. Todd took over operations. Wilson and ex‑VP W. S. Morgan were dismissed amid the probe.
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Mobile
Alabama
J. J. Wilson Sr
Sidney J. Gray
Wilson
Allan R. Cameron
Gray
Landon
Butler
Memphis
Fomer
A. W. Todd
W. S. Morgan
Morgan
Odd Bill Worth More Than All Others In Existence
A store coin department expert notes a $15 bill is rarer than a $30 bill as the sole known example. He estimates eight such bills may have existed and that other unusual denominations were printed in similar eight unit quantities.
Watch Out This Is Season Of The Amateur Photographer
Washington columnist Ed Creagh mocks the season of amateur shutterbugs who chase iconic scenes from Grand Canyon to Niagara Falls. He jokes about gear overload, wife and kids in the car, and the urge to photograph every moment, ending with a self deprecating note about a misfired Empire State shot.
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ED Creagh
Washington
Grand Canyon
Niagara Falls
Venice
St. Mark’s Square
Folies Bergere
J. Edgar Hoover
Empire State Building
One Of Those Days When Everybody Ought To Have Stood In Bed
Redstone Arsenal safety officer W Albright, after preaching five day a week safety, left an unoccupied car in a no parking zone with the hand brake off. The car rolled downhill into a no parking area, smashing Albright’s own auto. He had recently awarded the driver a gold lapel pin for five years of safe driving.
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Redstone Arsenal
An Ville
Ala
W. Albright
Redstone
The
Arsen
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