Death of recluse recalls revenge for social snub
In Newport and New York a widow of a Tammany leader, Harriet Gardiner Lynch Coogan, who died in a New York hotel, spent 37 years in seclusion after a failed 1910 attempt to join high society. Her celebrated coming-out party never happened as guests stayed away, leaving Whitehall to decay while she sent annual tax payments to keep it in her name.
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Mrs. Coogan
Parkers
Whitehall
All You Can Eat Is Sold For Fifty Cents
Ozark Missouri anglers in Sunday dining scene as Mr and Mrs Art Smith offer all you can eat meals for 50 cents serving over 800 guests weekly. Menu includes chicken and dumplings roast beef and vegetables milk coffee in cedar paneled dining room. Smith notes most customers come from Springfield 20 miles away.
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Meanest thief prompts flood of donations to polio fund
A thief broke into the Idaho office of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and stole $8.35 in children’s donations. The incident, labeled the meanest man, sparked nationwide generosity with letters and money arriving, driving donations to about three times the missing sum.
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Idaho
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
United Press
Italy to Seize Ex-King Private Property in Republic Transfer
Italy’s postwar constitutional changes place the exiled House of Savoy’s private patrimony into Mali’s treasury valued around 8.5 million dollars. The property, totaling about 10,000 acres with castles and villas, had been largely invested in bonds and jewels. After June 6 1946, the new republic assumes ownership of most assets while crown estates remain state property.
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Practical Joker Outwits Sheriff
In Browstown Indiana a hunter reports a bloodstained corpse in a deserted cabin with a knife in the chest. Sheriff George Abel and Deputy Ole Green rush to the scene to find the gory setup is a prank. a quilt, hat, shoes, and cranberry juice create the scene instead.
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Ind
George Abel
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When Salesmen Meet Somebody Gets Sold
In Duncan Oklahoma a pan salesman visiting a former resident in Vallejo California was redirected into the Army Air Force. The resident’s husband M S Gilbert Gallagher an air force recruiter at Hamilton Field escorted the salesman to a uniform.
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Okla
Vallejo
Calif
Army Air Force
M-Sat
Gilbert Gallagher
Air Force
Hamilton Field
Tree growth measured by ultra precise device
A research paper by Dr. M. E. Det ers of the University of Idaho and Dr. R. F. Daubenmire of Washington State College reports a device precise to one one-thousandth of an inch for tracking daily tree diameter growth.
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Ida
M. E. Deters
University of Idaho
R. F. Daubenmire
Washington State College
Surplus Forklift Displays Draw Crowds At Expo
Harry Righter, a Navy veteran and Shriner, advertised surplus WWII forklift trucks at Cleveland's National Materials Handling Exposition by parking trucks outside and giving lift demonstrations. He paraded a forklift with a Cleveland band along Atlantic City boardwalks last summer and used a street exhibit to attract buyers. His showmanship led to calls from potential customers seeking practical uses for the machines in their businesses.
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NEA
Harry Righter
Righter
War Assets Administration
Harry
Marty Righter
Navy
Atlantic City
Veteran founder builds materials handling firm from surplus gear
Righter left service with limited knowledge of materials handling but leveraged surplus cigarette rolling machinery expertise. He formed a company, stocked a shop with veteran engineers, rebuilt surplus items into new equipment, and now employs 11 workers with a guaranteed warranty and on-site coffee and tractors.
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Righter
Private Flying Boon Grows in San Diego Postwar Era
Private flying, which has risen 300 percent since VJ Day, is expected to more than double, according to local reports. About 90 pilots are using San Diego’s 31 commercial fields as the resurgence expands rapidly.
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San Diego
San
San Diego C
Button Cutting Is Prosperous Scheme
Dallas City Ta UP Charles Patterson started with two button cutting machines in 1931 to ease shortages. He expanded to larger quarters, now runs 16 cutting machines with 14 employees producing over 300000 pearl button blanks weekly, plus 32 grinding machines.
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Charles Patterson
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