Radio Quiz Addicts Keep Answer Man Busy
Bernard O'Donnell answers questions from 3,000,000 strangers annually in letters from across the United States. He may exchange 20 letters with a single person, with letters sometimes reaching 1,000 words. He does not solicit. he simply answers questions on radio quiz shows.
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John Rosenburg
New York
Bernard O'Donnell
United States
O'Donnell
Hiawatha
Canoer
Whistler
Radio mail service organizer handles millions of letters
O'Donnell, former newspaper man, runs The Radio Mail Service answering mail for network quiz shows Stop the Music Juvenile Jury and Twenty Questions. Since starting three years ago he has managed seven million letters moving locations three times now at Hollis Long Island. He employs up to 175 staffers with hours 5 am to 8 pm seven days a week.
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O'Donnell
Radio- Yand
Hollis
Long Island
O’donnor
Bill Slater
Martin Luther
Slater
O’donnell
Luther
God
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Casey Jones
Farm Boy Turned City-Bred Head Teacher
ABBY ELLAED profiles William L. Walker a farm-born veteran now serving as head teacher of the veterans on-farm training program in Houston County. He spent 30 months in the Pacific as a combat engineer with the 41st Division, recalling sea voyages and a three-day hunger period. Walker attended Auburn and earned a BS in agricultural education, married with a young son, and now lives in Dothan. He cites farming love and public speaking as motives for his career shift and emphasizes his readiness to lead.
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Abby Ellaed
William L. Walker
Alabama
Walker
Veterans’ Vocational Agricultural Program
Houston County
Marshall County
Birmingham
Pacific
Philippines
Navy
Army
Alabama Polytechnic Institute At
Auburn
Pop
Dothan
Wiliam L. Walker
Veterans Vocational Agriculture Program
API
Eagle
No marriages issued on April Fool's Day in Eire
Frances Nelson, county license clerk, reports that no marriage licenses were issued on April Fool's Day. She notes it is rare for no applications to come in, but explains people may fear being fooled on April 1.
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Eire
Frances Nelson
Cop Neighbors Question Protection At Police HQ
CHICAGO UF Joe Beader runs a saloon next to central police HQ. A morning visit by officers sparked a heated exchange over security after Beader claimed six dozen rolls left by a delivery man near the entrance were stolen.
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Chicago
Joe Beader
Central ‘Police
Joe
Plants Reveal Uses of Carbon Isotopes in Photosynthesis
Berkeley report notes in a new book isotopic carbon explains how barley plants distinguish ordinary carbon from the radioactive form. Researchers find ordinary carbon used in photosynthesis about ten percent more than the isotope in the plant processes.
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Berkeley
Cal
Man Sends Bottle Message From Atlantic to Scotland
Jeremiah Mc Carthy tossed a bottle with a note into the Atlantic during a trip from Eire. Six months later James W. Watt of the Shetland Isles reported finding the bottle, replying to the note.
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Boston
Jeremiah McCarthy
Atlantic Ocean
Eire
James W. Watt
Shetland Isles
Scotland
Neighborly hero leads family to safety in Ludington blaze
Real Neigh borly Ludington Mich Arthur Haner rushed to a fire scene awakening Mr and Mrs Alonzo Maxon and guiding them to safety He provided temporary shelter and secured food clothing and necessities for the couple highlighting his full commitment to help in the emergency
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Ludington, Mich
Arthur Haner
Hayner
Alonzo Maxon
Athletes Foot Germ Killer Ad Promises Fast Relief
Ad touts T-4-1 and T-4-L products claiming undiluted alcohol penetrates deeply to kill athlete's foot germs. It promises speed with relief in one hour, a money back guarantee, and urges purchase at Dothan Drug.
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Mt Dothan
Escaped detainee Burton returns to police station
Charles Burton Jr walked into the city police station after seven hours on the run with arms cuffed behind his back and asked the desk sergeant to remove the cuffs. He had been arrested following a cafe pianist beating over a song request. Also noted is the Mormon Battalion’s 1847 1,870 mile march to the Pacific from Council Bluffs Iowa.
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Cal
Charles Burton, Jr
Pacific Coast
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Oldest Woman in Texas Cited in Fort Worth Tax Roll
Still voting at Fort Worth Texas Miss Evelyn Bell noted by the tax department as possibly the oldest woman in the state. Mrs Jennie Thes Match gives age as 103 in the emption payment data.
Noontooty game refuge referenced in Chicago report
A garbled Chicago dispatch notes a speeding ticket misattribution, with Patrolman Casey involved in an unclear incident. The fragment references a place called Noontooty as a national game refuge in Cel.
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Chicago
Dell
I Casey
Ming
Cel
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