B&O To Carry 5700 For Inter-Collegiate Rowing Event
The Baltimore and Ohio will run a record trainload of more than 5700 passengers on Saturday June 17 to view the 48th Annual Inter Collegiate Rowing Championships on the Ohio River near Marietta Ohio. The special observation train will include 140 seat gondola cars and a flat car for photographers. Thirteen colleges compete with races set to begin at 2 30 in the afternoon.
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Ohio River
Marietta
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Simpson Bible School Opens Monday at Union Baptist Church
Simpson community Vacation Bible School begins Monday June 19 at Union Baptist Church with sessions 9 to 11 45 a m for two weeks. Dean Reverend J W Kurlowich leads with teachers Mrs J W Kurlowich Mrs Hal Findley Mrs Everett Moran Miss Ruth Cain Miss Elda Moyer and Mrs Earl Watkins guiding children aged 4 to 16 invited to attend.
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Bible School
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Union Baptist. Church
J. W. Kurlowich
Hal Findley
Everett Moran
Ruth Cain
Elda Moyer
Earl Watkins
Congo bulldozing gang builds oil-free fleet of elephants
Sixteen elephants were added to the Belgian Congo's fleet of petroleumless bulldozers and duly registered last month. They survived this year's elephant hunts and were deemed fit for Gan gala na Bodia's elephant academy to learn their trade. Twelve other elephants were shot died or were turned free as untrainable.
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Gangala NA Bodio
Belgian Congo
Gangala Na Bodia
Christmas Ice Cream Spill Becomes Town Wide Feat
Central Press reports a 1951 ice cream spill from a toppled trailer truck as four hundred kids celebrate on the scene. A Spanish nerve specialist warns Pain stays. a rent control extension in Washington marks election year tensions. A roundup notes gambling, sports divas, and questions about Babe Ruth records amid a mixed political climate.
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Sayee
Central Press
New York
Sixteen Local Legionaries to Attend Ninth District Convention
The American Legion Post No 12 will send sixteen delegates and sixteen alternates to the Ninth District convention in Belington on Sunday June 18. Posts in the district include Elkins Belington Durbin Philippi Grafton Kingwood and others. Delegates meet at the American Legion home at nine in the morning. convention runs from eleven until about four.
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Belington
Ninth District
Elkins
Durbin
Philippi
Grafton
Kingwood
Suspect Waives Hearing in False Pretenses Case
The accused pleads not guilty to obtaining goods under false pretenses and waives preliminary examination. The matter will be presented to the grand jury for indictment.
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Ding Ring
Louisville
Spy case shadows Syracuse suburb family life
Third page continuation describes Nic Sundure Pai corporation chemist Slack under espionage arrest. Treasurer Philip Suskind calls Slack a capable, well behaved worker and churchgoer. He praises Slack’s wife and two children. Mrs Slack declines interview, says to talk to her husband.
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Nic Sundure Pai Corporation
Philip Suskind
Slack
Suskind
Lou Boudreau's resilient bat after 1945 ankle break
After a broken ankle in 1945 the Indian manager watched Lou Boudreau rebound in later seasons with batting marks between 284 and 355, reaching a peak in 1948 as he maintained strong hitting form.
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Lou Boudreau
Kohler Jr Seeks Governor Seat Following Family Line
Walter J. Kohler Jr., 46, of Sheboygan, eyes the Wisconsin governorship as a Republican nominee this year. His father served as governor in 1929-30, and the Kohler family remains a central fixture in the state’s political and industrial scene.
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Walter J. Kohler, JR
Wisconsin
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