Denison Converts Eisenhower Birthplace to Shrine
Denison Texas moves quickly to acquire the Dwight D Eisenhower birthplace a neat white frame house near the railroad. The civic committee now owns the six room one and a half story home two blocks from central Denison and preserves it as a shrine to the future general.
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Denison
Texas
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gen. Eisenhower
Washington and
Lee
General Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Restoring 1890s Home Includes Ike Memorabilia
The project will cost 3000 dollars to repair and restore a residence to its original 1890s appearance using period furniture. Rooms will reflect authentic ’90s design including kitchen utensils. Miss Jennie Jackson, a school teacher who once handled Eisenhower as a baby, oversees the restoration with hopes of displaying many of the general’s personal articles.
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Jennie Jackson
Eisenhower
Denison Seeks Big Industry Growth in Texoma Region
Denison Texas with 19000 residents eyes major industrial expansion including fertilizer plastics synthetic rubber and chemicals. Local economy centers on M E and T railroad repair shops and Lake Texoma dam power, with hopes that decentralization brings new factories and jobs for owners and laborers.
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Denison
Texas
M.e.&t
Texoma
Red River
Waushita
Aviation notes CAP aiding veterans secure jobs nationwide
Civil Air Patrol cooperates with the Air Forces to place veterans into civilian jobs matching their service skills. In Denver CAP has placed over 60 RAF veterans. notable moves include Col. Dusty Rhoades joining United Airlines and directing air navigation traffic control for the Air Transport Association. Surplus aircraft sales surge with over 300 PT-23s sold in 15 days and direct sale of AT-11 Beech planes from depots now available.
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AIR Force
Civil Air Patrol
Air Forces
AAF
Denver
Weldon E
Dusty) Rhoades
Pacific
General MacArthur
United Air Lines
The
Air Transport Association
Earl Gray
Leesburg
B. L. Smith
Bob Wiley
Philip, S. D
Haakon
Jackson
Meade
Pennington
Charles W. Bolton
William David Horn
ATC
Bennett Flying Service
Pocatello
Idaho
A. A. Bennett
Roy H. House
W. D. Smith
Aeronca
Liberty
Texas
Evanston
Wyo
Sidney Hoadley
War Assets Administration
Cape Girardeau
Union City
Arizona Hunters Score Big Season For Wild Pigs
In Tucson Arizona hunters enjoyed a long 59 day season for javelina or peccary as the state game and fish commission extended the season due to rising populations. The one animal limit per hunter applies, with rifles from shoulder or bow and arrow 50 pounds pull and broadhead arrows. Local Arizonans including Indian and Mexican hunters praise the meat as mighty fine.
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Tucson
Ariz
Arizona
State Game and Fish Commission
Texas
Paraguay
Thickest Head Wins Contest in Fitchburg Tavern
Police report a dispute over skull thickness between a man from Ashby and a boilermaker in Fitchburg. They ran toward each other across a 30 foot room, colliding head on. The Ashby man needed five stitches but left the hospital shortly after.
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Fitchburg
Mass
Ashby
Half Billion Acres Of Public Lands Targeted For Reforms
Washington report notes U.S. government controls about a quarter of continental land with 157,618,000 acres of national forests and 140,798,000 in grazing districts. Chamber proposes hearings on land withdrawals, expanded mineral leasing and royalty reforms, and state ownership of shorelines and lands under navigable waters.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Natural Resources Department
Continental
United States
General Land Office
Department of Interior
Navy Department
War Department
Fish and Wildlife Service
Chamber
U. S. Chamber
Interior Department
Congress
Petrillo law gains in scope but leaves others free
A Washington columnist argues the anti Petrillo act mainly limits the radios sector but allows leaders like James Petrillo to continue royalties elsewhere. The piece condemns Congress for broad political expediency and warns miners leader John L. Lewis could push a 10 cent per ton royalty to fund his union, risking widespread job losses and slowed reconversion.
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James Caesar Petrillo
Musicians’ Union
Mr. Petrillo
Petrillo
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Congress
Mr. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Union League Club
Carnegie Library
United States
Glad He's Not Too Spry
In Placerville California C W Donaldson of Bear Creek survived a dynamite accident after a back seat load of 30 sticks exploded when a sunlit car window heated the charge He was knocked unconscious a black eye and minor cuts and the automobile was demolished Donaldson quips that dynamite and mules are unpredictable workmanship improved by caution.
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Placerville
Calif
C. W. Donaldson
Bear Creek
Donaldson
Cross stitch pattern 836 with nine motifs transfer
The item describes Pattern 836 with transfer of nine motifs sized 14 by 15 inches and 2 percent to 15 by 15 inches for cross stitch in two color shades. Send your order and details to the listed address for purchase.
Boys Would Take Hard Way to Play
A group of small boys gather in a vacant lot planning a game. A passerby asks about their match and jokes that some will wash their faces rather than blacken them to represent the West Indies.
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United States
Senate
Senate Labor Committee
West Indies
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