Meteorites spark wide excitement across five states
Blazing meteorites from the Gemini constellation were seen across five Midwestern states before dawn. Reports described greenish hues and bright tails. Sightings stretched 250 miles from McPherson Kansas to Garden City Kansas and alarmed residents in cities including Omaha Des Moines Topeka and Joplin.
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Omaha
Arkness
McPherson
Kas
Garden City
Sprinfeld IL
Des Moines
Topeka
Kit
Joplin
Linscoln
School Teacher Given In Wise's Killing
Erin Wise a 44 year old Sunday school treasurer was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary for the axe murder of his wife Lily mother of six in Bristol Virginia The jury found second degree murder Wise said he went crazy blind after his wife refused to accompany him on a shipping tour and he later found her battered body on the kitchen floor
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Bristol
Erin Wise
Lily
Bristol Virginia Corporation Court
Wise
Cantor Contest Attracts Runyon Stern And Cantor Juries
Damon Runyon Bill Stern and Eddie Cantor will judge Cantor's contest for best cartoon of his "son" heard on the weekly broadcast. Contest is open to all newspaper cartoonists and closes December 21. NBC notes and trivia about Frank Merriwell material, Baltenborn praise, and quirky items on Roy Rogers Minnie Pearl Judy Canova Alan Young Tyrone Power Cassidy connections.
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Damon Runyon
Bill Stern
Eddie Cantor
Cantor
Deer Meat Harvest Report With Arrests Noted
Report from Clarksburg notes deer killed by Everett Di Moss and a single arrest, with others pending. Entries list numerous individuals and weights, dates from December, and locations including Grafton Shinnston Fairmont and Thornton, reflecting a detailed log of deer hunting activity and related penalties.
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Meealnaed
Aspe
Everett di Moss
Clarksburg
Thornton
Powell
Walter E. Vanthorn
Clarks
Portes Boyles
Grafton
Allen Jo Miller
Shinnston
Harry Wolff
Lois W. Laritz
Victor Harbat
John Salti
IE Town
Everett Tayt
Georgy Stempie
Clyne A. Dajton
James B. Knotts
Thorn
Thorn Jam
L Builerman
Richard Stitt
Leslie D Beyer
Fiormont
JL. Ford
E.R. Cord Rison
Harold Weaver
Thomal Brabant
Gnattton
Donald Vo Brady
Haruki
Dalton
Moats
Miss Alice
Austn
Frans McBen Grafton
Charles W. Ross
Jon Hume
Galloway
Wilam Dalton
Pil R. West
Kinonit
Woodrow A‘inon
Alex
Keton Jr
Jay Trickett
Independens
Tr Land Dalton
Paw Weaver
Ronald D. Stevens
Geneamey
Tracey Mawkens
Monneville
Earl Hustead
Wendel
Ralph Angiulli
Clarksbur
Pe . Leeas
Ahne B. Pickford
Raymond
Paul Carruthers
Rt. 3
Clyde C. Davis
Watson
W. W. Fur
Unclear OCR: scattered names and events
Fragmented text mentions sports names and places with dates, then shifts to wartime figures and oblique references. The readable items include a 27 point score by James Fawcett of Parkview at Pleasant Creek in Barbour county on day one of the season, plus assorted names and stray phrases. The passage is garbled with no coherent single event or attribution.
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Ner
Wolfe Summit
Kittle
Fleminston
Car Parsons
Grafton
Pets Gork
Plomsneion
Ralph A. Hows
Cratwon
Austin
Red
Simon Mayle
Harald Miler
Speier
Descree Cam
Shmnston
Newcnme
Kermt Dillon
Terbirt McFaddin
D. A.B. Smith
James Fawcett
Parkview
Pleasant Creek
Barbour County
Air Veteran Claims Wife Died By Accident
BELLEFONTE Pa Dev 11 A 33 year old Penn State student John E Galloway’s defense in a murder case contends the death of his wife was accidental. On the stand yesterday he asserted she shot herself as the top of a rifle slipped, with the defense aiming to prove no intent to kill.
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Bellefonte
Dev
John E Galloway
Penn State
Galloway
Thor
Cal Cleese
Sue
Abel
Tim Ace
United Nations gifted land bid in Manhattan by Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller dr offered the United Nations 8.5 million dollars to buy a midtown Manhattan tract for a permanent site. He cited a firm property offer between First Avenue and Franklin D. Roosevelt Drive, near 42nd to 48th streets, with city backing and tax exemption aims. Action needed within 30 days from December 10.
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U.N
Lake Success
John D. Rovkotille
United Nations
Manhattan
Warren R. Autin
United States
Rockefeller
First Avenue
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Forty-Se
Forty Seventh Steeds
East River
42Nd
48Th Streets
Actor Nexy Marries Patrice Del Grande Next Year
The source notes that Nexy plans to wed Patrice Del Grande, an actress, next year after her divorce from him in June.
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Patrice del Grande
Republicans caucus to pick committee members in January
Washington Dec 11 Rep Ellis WVa announced that Republicans will hold early January caucuses to choose members of the Republican campaign committees in West Virginia and the House. The gathering will select delegates for the Republican committee and campaign teams.
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Ue Republican Committee
Washington
Geesaucus
West Viconta Republiiaans
House
Ellis
R.w.va
Jones Passes Away in Fairmont
H T Tip Jones former official of the House of and secretary of the Standard Building and Loan Association died yesterday at his Piltmont home. Circuit Judges J J Py and J H Brennen denied mandamus to prohibit the city of Wheeling from the tex for garbage collection. 2 500 citizens signed the petition. The largest topaz in the world is 130 800 carats in weight.
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Fairmont
H. T.tip Jones
House of
The
Standard, Building and Loan Association
Piltmont
Wheeling
Circuit
J. J. Py
J. H. Brennen
Jaw
Rr City
Enlistment Path Offers Far East Three-Year Option
The notice invites capable individuals to join outstanding units, offering a three-year enlistment for duty in the Far East. After initial U.S. training, enlistees may select the division for subsequent service, highlighting flexible assignment based on choice and readiness.
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Far East
U.S
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