Polio Victim Improves After Nurses Leave
Janet Gentle, an 18-year-old polio victim from near Russellville, Ala., shows improvement after two trained nurses left. The National Infantile Paralysis Foundation could not continue paying the $600 monthly for nurses, and Janet refused hospital care, saying she would rather die than return to a hospital and leave her family. Janet has depended on an iron lung most of the time since her illness began in 1948, with the iron lung owned by Jefferson-Hillman Hospital in Birmingham. Her father J C Gentle reports family care with neighbor assistance.
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National Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Janet
Jefferson-Hillman Hospital
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J. C. Gentle
Poor Man's Philosopher by Hal Boyle
New York AP story about a poor bookkeeper who dreams of turning base metals into gold. He studies alchemy in a basement lab, inspired by a belief that man can do anything. He contemplates transforming quick silver into gold for personal gain and fame.
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Poor Man
Hal Boyle
New York
Department T
Easant
Man’s vain quest ends when tears of love turn to gold
A obsessed chemist pours kitchen ingredients into a mortar seeking wealth from gold. His wife’s tears fail to yield metal until compassion transforms the mixture, revealing gold of mercy. The tale ends with a moral that a 24 karat heart is wealth.
Tampa Realtors Denounce Pepper Slander Claim
The Tampa Board of Realtors protested a Florida senator's remark that one third of the city’s population lived in slums. They telegrammed the Senate ranking committee lamenting national slander and noting Pepper's figure of sub standard homes rising from 10,700 in 1944 to 15,000 in 1948, with a copy sent to Pepper.
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Tampa
Fla
Margaret OBrien Faces Parental Marriage Decision
Palm Beach Florida UP reports film star Margaret OBrien has an extra day to decide if she will attend her mother Gladys OBrien and Don Silvios wedding. The aunt says the 12yearold cried upon learning the plan as the license was issued a day late under Florida law. The couple will wed Tuesday at St Edwards church while Margaret remains with relatives.
Calling of the Twelve Apostles and Judas
Sunday School lesson reflects on Jesus choosing twelve ordinary men for ministry, their education, adventurous spirit, ambition, and ultimate calling. It contrasts Judas’s failure with Jesus’s faith, asking how far we rise to His vision for us.
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Jesus
James
John
Judas
Toesus
Decade's Biggest Jewel Robbery Sets Record Value
In Richmond Virginia the Schwarz Child's Jewelry Store inventory confirms a break in last weekend yielded gems valued at 491000 dollars. FBI records show this is the largest jewel theft in ten years with 1468 pieces including 579 diamond rings totaling 155000 dollars and an emerald cut diamond valued at 16500 dollars.
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Richmond
Schwarz-Child
FBI
O'Brien Sister Says Margaret May Not Attend Ceremony
Airs Mrs. O'Brien's sister Jean Harris said she may not attend the ceremony. Harris noted Margaret doesn't think much of the idea. Mrs. O'Brien and Silvio have known each other for five years.
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Airs
Jean Harris
Airlift Could Sustain Berlin Indefinitely Says General Clay
General Lucius D. Clay stated the Anglo American airlift can supply Berlin indefinitely and that the U S plans a West German government. He asserted the blockade is ineffective as coercion and that more than 6000 tons daily could be brought in, with 4000 tons as minimum to bypass the blockade. he avoided predicting a Russian lift. He noted Nazism is dead, Germany’s economy participates in the Marshall Plan, and the deficit kept living standards from rising too fast. recovery hinges on productive output and taxpayer support.
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Lucius D. Clay
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Germany
Amelian
Josef Stalin
Bay
Meeti Sie
Auburn Wrestles Vanderbilt in 5 Round bout
Enterprise Star Auburn reports Baker from Enterprise competes in the five round class as the Tigers wrestle Vanderbilt tonight.
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Auburn
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Tigers
Vanderbilt
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