Immigrant recalls perilous journey to Hartford life
In 1807 and later decades Rumson's descendant recounts a trek from Europe to the United States, noting hardship, the 1913 Hartford move, and 1928 to Dotman. He bought a furniture store in 1931 now bearing his name, later sold in 1982, and shifted to real estate. He praises U S freedom and naturalization in 1915 while his family remained in Samara amid wartime Russia.
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Europe
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Samara
Russia
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Germany
Lila Hawk
Morgan
Local Sports and Crime Sketches From Farmingdale Era
Fragmented report covers a brutal crime involving a 12 year old boy and an eight year old sister and a separate college football recap with unclear details. Authorities withheld names while describing a violent assault and a later game summary with scattered scores and team references across multiple schools and conferences.
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Farmingdale
Noy
Eester Cerebels
Nassa
Pole
Jamis
Captanas
Limar
Ven Notrand
Polio Deaths Attributed to German Medicine Disarray
Dr. Thomas Gucker of Children’s Hospital Boston describes infantile paralysis deaths in Berlin amid German medical disorganization. American lungs and staff aided patient care after transformer supply and power cuts, but hand bellows failures and scarce hospital resources led to multiple deaths.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
New York
Thomas Gucker
Children’s Hospital
Boston
Berlin
Arny Inter Junisvention
Gucker
Hin Oo
Torre É Pursesk
Kcatcm
SregenBeer
Tranpnenimud
Sykety
Populatiom
Displaced Pilgrims Observe Thanksgiving in Dallas
Dallas families labeled Displaced Persons or Delayed Pilgrims mark Thanksgiving with gratitude for safety in the United States. Wille Byrd, his wife Fanny, and daughter Elizabeth, survivors of Nazi persecution, rebuilt lives since arriving in February. Elizabeth, bilingual interpreter, later married an American. the family joins 5,000 DPs aided by the United Service for New Americans across 22 states, most pursuing citizenship, work, or study.
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Dallas
Tex
Sea
Wille Byrd
Byrd
Europe
United States
United Service For
Fanny
Elizabeth
U. S
Berlin
Hausea Ves
No one food deemed superior brain fuel in study
The report notes that foods do not differ in brain value, though fish is often called brain food. It states that self-sufficiency occurred within three months of arrival, with 40 percent achieving it in the first month.
Thirty two Nations Invited To Sea Safety Parley
London Britain invites 32 nations to send representatives to a conference opening April 16 1948 to revise the 1929 international convention for safety of life at sea. Britain also calls for proposals from ICAO ITU WMO and the Provisional Maritime Consultative Council as a preliminary step.
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London
Britain
International Civil Aviation Organization
International Telecommunications Union
International Meteorological Office
Provisional
Maritime Consultative Council
Did African Spider Scare Miss Muffet
A Swedish led expedition to Central Africa in January will climb Kilimanjaro and traverse Kenya to study links between prehistoric life in Sweden and Africa. Dr Abe Holm of Upsala University heads zoological and botanical experts seeking connections, noting the Rnacho thorax spider exists in Swedish and East African mountains. Chinese universities buy about 50,000 volumes yearly from a London bookstore with global customers. A snail can repair a broken shell to full strength.
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Stockholm
Miss Muffet
Central Africa
Abe Holm
Upsala University
Kilimanjaro
Kenya
Sweder
London
Can opener design faces shift in nationwide survey
New York report notes time supremacy of the standard can opener is challenged by new inventors. A nationwide survey by American Can Co finds households with an opener per thousand households.
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New York
Amer
Russian Prefab Home Factories Planned Across Republics
In the Iian Republic and surrounding regions, authorities plan twenty factories to manufacture prefab houses. The program aims to supply housing for workers, with many homes destined for railway workers as reported by a newspaper.
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Iian
Soviet Union
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