Mercy Plane Crashes While Aiding Vanished C 54
An Air Force C 47 crash 21 miles south of Yukon base near Carcross Alaska injures three of its crew while aiding a missing USAF C 54 that carried 44 aboard. Lt Carlos R Harden the pilot is rescued after reporting the crash and ground crews, led by Lt Edwin Gulzinski, proceed to reach survivors. civilian observer Jack Borges among those spared minor injuries.
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Yukon Air Base
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Jack Borges
Midnight Sun Broadcasting Co
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The Braddock Small House Plan by Small House Planning Bureau
Description of The Braddock house plan detailing layout features such as attached garage, wide front, roof overhang, dining and kitchen cluster, laundry beneath, wardrobe closets, linen and coat storage, wide siding and large living room window. Overall 44 by 26 feet, living room projection 85 ft 6 in, floor area 896 square feet excluding garage, volume 17 374 cubic feet. For information contact the Small House Planning Bureau in St. Cloud Minnesota.
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Braddock
Small House Planning Bureau
St. Cloud
Minn
Clifford Quits Public Service
Clark M. Clifford resigns today as President Truman's chief legal adviser after four years at the White House. He will join a private law practice tomorrow earning about twenty thousand dollars a year, citing family reasons and a desire to increase income. Charles Murphy becomes the new top legal expert and continues handling legislative issues.
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Washington
Clark M. Clifford
Truman
Clifford
White House
Charles Murphy
Murphy
Adventur and Affection Echoes in Fun House
A fragmented OCR read lists scattered words and numbers showing playful phrases and contrasts. Amid disjointed items a few entries hint at emotion and action like excitement attention and humor framed by unrelated terms.
Unprintable jokes and courtroom quips in a mid-century scene
A collage text blends a dress shop tease with a lunching clerk, a judge offering a fine or jail option, and a foggy defendant. It transitions to musings on age and productivity, cites a Tim Burr Helps line about 60 to 70, and ends with a psychiatrist joke about hearing voices on the telephone.
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Tim Burr
Leté almost Old Look I Try to Look My Best
A collection of short humorous quips about self image and manners. Win Eckhardt urges good nature and cheerful words to ease daily work. A Decatur teacher joke about George Washington and Johnny’s memory ends with a pun.
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Win Eckhardt
Blustery Colonel Seeks Catch and Quiet Club News
Frank Giernan, a blustery old Colonel, walks to a pool and asks an angler what they are taking. The angler replies No notice. Manager Walter Cummings of the D A C is out with phlebitis and a club member jokes a colored boy that he was bitten by a flea.
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Walter Cummings
Mr. Cummings
Cal Tech paleontologist discredits 9-foot gorilla myth
David P. Willoughby studied hundreds of gorilla bones and expedition reports in the Belgian Congo area. He concludes gorillas are no taller than humans, with the tallest reliable height about 6 feet 2 inches, though weights can exceed 500 pounds.
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Pasadena
Calif
David P. Willoughby
Belgian Congo
California Institute of Technology
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Willoughby
L Anse Michigan Site of Historic French Camp
L Anse the county seat of Baraga County Michigan long served as the site of a camp used by French explorers and missionaries for years, reflecting its early role in regional exploration and religious outreach.
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L’anse
Baraga County
Michigan
Van Heflin Goes Free Lance After MGM Exit
Van Heflin quits MGM after five years of college and 20 years in the business to seek independent work. He will earn around $10,000 weekly freelancing with roles he prefers, citing desire to control his own choices and retain a movie name he developed. He recalls early pay and the value of box office power in Hollywood.
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Hollywood
van Heflin
Iis
4Thos
D’artagnan
Jennifer Jones
Philadelphia Story
Lunt
Fontanne
Katherine Cornell
Helen Hayes
Katharine Hepburn
Jimmy Stewart
Heft
RKO
MGM
Johnny Eager
Mr. Heflin
Man Interested in German Woman Seeks Financial Details
A Mobile man aged 64 expressed strong interest in a lonely German woman seeking an American husband after Mayor Baumhauer publicized her plea. He asked how much money she had in Russia before proceeding, following the writer’s note that her fiancé died in Russia.
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Mobile
Ala
Charles Baumhauer
Russia
Baumhauer
Henderson convicted in campus slaying case faces death sentence
A Georgia jury convicted Clarence Henderson, 27, of killing Carl Buddy Stevens Jr., a Georgia Tech student, during a 1948 attack after a companion woman testified she was forced to watch. The judge sentenced Henderson to die in the electric chair on February 24, with appeals filed by defense.
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Carrollton
Georgia
Samuel Boykin
Clarence Henderson
Henderson
Clarence
Carl “Buddy” Stevens Jr
Georgia Tech
Stevens
Holly Trees as Soil-Binding Crop
Holly trees are presented as a useful crop for soil holding, valued for stability and erosion control in agricultural or horticultural settings.
Manager Plan Grows in 1949 Cities Highlighted
The National Municipal League reports that 958 municipalities now use the council-manager form of government. At the present rate, this plan could become the prevailing local government form within a decade.
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New York
National Municipal League
Clearing House of Information
Pittsburgh fire gong to be replaced by radio system
The Pittsburgh fire department plans a $40,000 upgrade removing the electronic fire gong. Receivers will be installed in each station and firemen will be alerted by a siren before receiving calls via radio.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Fire Department
Coat theft at North Side restaurant shocks patrons
A $2,000 coat left on a chair at a Chicago North side restaurant was noticed by a blonde who grabbed it and vanished. Mrs. John A. Heinzelman and companions paid little attention as the theft occurred.
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Chicago
North Side
John A. Heinzelman
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