Winter Storms Bring Record Cold Across Central and West
Winter’s twin punches snow and sub zero temperatures sweep the central and western United States. From Southern California to western Illinois the cold moves in, with subzero readings in the Dakotas, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Colorado. Blizzard warnings, stalled traffic near Salt Lake City, and dangerous road conditions are reported as Alaska sealskin anecdote closes.
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Associated Press
California
Illinois
Midwest
Central
Estern
Montana
Havre
Dakotas
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Colegrado
Rocky Mountain States
Wyoming
Bat
Utah
Point of the Contain
Saltake City
Parleys Canyon
Salt Lake City
Heber
Idaho
San Bercous Mountains
Sheriff's
Del
Baldy
Pacific Northwest
G. Wain
Coun
Virginia Andennessee
New England
Ates
Blake National Plan Service garden view house design
This entry describes the Blake design from National Plan Service Inc featuring a garden view home suited to heavy traffic areas. It highlights a large utility room, a modern exterior with frame siding and shingles, 1036 square feet of living area, 8 foot ceilings, and total cubic footage of 10,752. Blueprint can be ordered via local lumber dealers.
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Blake
National Plan Service, Inc
Thanks to Judge Wert for Christmas baskets
The Daily notes appreciation from Moulton Heights parents and children for Judge Thomas W. Wert annual distribution of Christmas baskets. Each child received fruits nuts and candies bringing happiness to many and wishing the judge a prosperous 1950 and many more.
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Thomas W. Wert
Moulton Heights
Welles and Ledbetter Wed in Surprise Savannah Ceremony
Arnold Welles son of former Undersecretary Sumner Welles and Marianna Ledbetter of Savannah married in a surprise ceremony performed by a Ridgeland justice of the peace. The service had been set for Charleston earlier this month and honeymooning today.
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Welles
Savannah
Arnold Welles
Sumner Welles
Marianna Ledbetter
Ridgeland
S. C
Charleston
Kindness Pays Off as Husty Hitchhikers Gift Homewood
Police in Homewood Alabama receive 500 dollars after James A Williams now a Houston restaurant owner returns to give back the gift he received 22 years earlier. He gave the money to Chief E L Scott to fund a club house for municipal employees on the Coosa river, crediting kindness.
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Birmingham
Ala
Homewood
James A
Bill) Williams
Houston
Tex
South Main St
Williams
E. L. Scott
Scott
Homewood Municipal
Coosa River
Fire crews quell scooter blaze in Anaconda incident
Quip ped a fireman that the scooter blaze was a new version of a hot rod. Leroy Fitzgerald, 16, escaped unharmed after firefighters tackled the fire in Anaconda Montana amid the incident.
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Anaconda
Mont
Leroy Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Office Cat and the Truth in Professional Errors
A comic verse contrasts professions. It notes plumbers charge twice for mistakes, lawyers try cases again, doctors bury errors, judges create law, pastors go unnoticed, and printers incur errors. A Decatur mother boasts of not taking seconds while an eight year old claims to take two pieces.
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Decatur
Cynic's Word For It After Dinner Speaking
After dinner humor riffs on gender roles and money with quips about occupations, accounts, commuting, and defining friends and philosophers. The piece closes with a humorous exchange about income and envy between a wife and husband.
Local Jumble Prompts Quiet Laughs at Table
A humorous exchange shows two dirty hands on a white table cloth. The first boy claims his is dirtier than his brother's, while the second retorts that he is two years older. A simile and a quip about wearing glasses to bed add to the light sketch.
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Decatur Man
Mate
Perilous newsroom anecdotes in brief
A fragmented reader note compiles jokes about newspapermen and a few dramatic vignettes. It recalls a Idaho editor’s marital entanglements and a Florida vacation mishap, with a mix of quips about politicians and a staged courtroom vibe.
Year 1950 in foreign affairs and a rescue on The Hump
Wackenzie notes mixed outlook for 1950 with bright spots in Western Europe and mounting communist pressure in Asia The Hump flight story contrasts danger and calm while urging chins up The piece covers Moscow Finland Formosa China China policy Taiwan support and Truman while mentioning Britain’s wartime learning hours for workers pursuing studies in London and a report on education during working hours
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China
Burma
Europe
Asia
Western
Moscow
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Russia
Soviet Union
Finland
Paasikivi
Washington
Orient
India
Britain
Far-East
Formosa
Chiang Kai-Shek
Douglas MacArthur
America
Truman
Tobias Roberts lineage holds Postmaster duties at Bar Harbor
A grandfather father and son named Tobias Roberts held Bar Harbor postmaster roles. The first served 1838–1853 and 1858–1861, the second 1870–1871, with the current incumbent taking over in 1936.
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Bar Harbor
Tobias Roberts
Martin van Buren
Next 12 Months Likely to Define Global History
Text warns that political shifts may see land falling into communist hands and predicts major historical changes within the coming year affecting nations and people worldwide.
Christmas Guests and Holiday Visits in Rodanthe
Residents of Rodanthe celebrate Twelfth Night on January 6 while local families host guests from Michigan Kentucky and Georgia over the holidays. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Wayne Roberts Kalamazoo Mich and Mrs Bell Rogers with J W Rogers and Ola Mae Garrison with others from Liberty Austinville Port Arthur and Danville.
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Battle Creek
Michi
Rogers
Wayne Roberts
Kalamazoo
Michigan
Davis
Roberts
Liberty
C. McLaughlin
Mary Lois Maples
Davis Iberts
Hollis Roberts
Ernest Jackson
Austinville
Clifford Puckett
Port Arthur
Texas
Ethel Glasgow
Davis Roberts
Rodanthe
Hatteras Island
North Carolina
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Lyons, Hotel
Alabama Aero Mechanics Institute
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SUN USA
Yey
F.H.A
Yorn
Canal Street
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Widter
Wid Eckhardt
St. Thomas
Ont
Canada Times-Journal
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Harry S. Truman
Wackenzie
London
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Don Williams
Gene Akern
Snoopers
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Beck Health
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Johnson Chape
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Moody's
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Price
Power News
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Henry J. Taylor
ABC Network
Poole Buick CO
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