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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1946
Page
17
In Cumberland Maryland a prisoner who pleaded guilty to a circuit court charge was found asleep in a chair awaiting sentence. The man began snoring and appeared to sleep through the proceedings after entering his guilty plea.
A safety pressure meter attached to each tire alerts drivers from the steering wheel about low pressure or slow leaks. The device, developed in 1934, uses an electrical hookup and dashboard indicators to warn of a tire problem. A Harlingen manufacturer now is producing the meters.
Alaska based soldiers on off duty recreation pan for gold in eight old mines leased by the USO. Native hostesses drive them in. some men claim up to 500 dollars daily in gold while temperatures dip to 30 below zero and more troops arrive with Task Forces Frigid and Weather.
A note on spider behavior describes the male as smaller and frightened of his mate. It states the common practice of the female eating the male after mating as a routine in the species.
Dr Russell L Haden chief of the Cleveland Clinic Medic division tells Harrisburg Academy of Medicine at the loth annual post graduate assembly that pre retirement development of hobbies and cultural interests helps people over 60 avoid dull years and look forward to retirement with enriching activities.
Police checked game at crossroads near West Newton Pennsylvania after a scouting party reported a bizarre mix up involving two bird dogs eight rabbits and a second group with four rabbit dogs and pheasants.
The Alaska report clarifies a supposed fossil was in fact a common killer whale washed ashore. Richard Wyman of Cleveland College had claimed a 1,000,000 year old dinosaur find, but Professor Skutland of Alaska University confirmed the animal was an ordinary killer whale, dead only a few months.
A scientific note can shatter a thin glass vessel when its pitch matches the glass resonance. The violin’s high notes resonate around 1000 vibrations per second, a rate at which experiments demonstrate the potential for breakage.
A University of Wisconsin study of 4201 veterans shows married veterans averaging higher grades than single veterans. Non veterans average 1.27, veterans 1.80 overall, with married veterans and women veterans boosting the averages through service training and family support.
John E. Boatman 76 and Laura M. James not clear ages in OCR applied for a marriage license in Olney. Deputy Clerk Myra Piper noted the bride elect said her intended was old enough to know better.
A fragment describes Rose inland as part of the Samoan Group and notes a dispute over whether it is the most southerly land under United States possession. The text is incomplete but centers on a territorial question involving Samoan geography and U S claims.
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