Odd stories in the news
Two hold up men bought theatre tickets in Brooklyn then robbed the manager of a $2200 payroll. Israel Weintraub, a 200 pound bus driver, won the clam eating contest in Atlantic City by devouring 126 oysters in 20 minutes. A gulf hurricane near St Peters burg added land to some property while harming others. A hop festival in Kent county crowned 46 year old Mrs Catherine Middleditch of London as winner. A smashed auto left a man with two broken fingers after his car lost control and crashed into a tavern and parked cars.
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Brooklyn
San Quentin
Alcatraz Island
Israel Weintraub
Atlantic City
St. Petersburg
Fla
Paddock Wood
Fangland
Kent County
Catherine Middleditch
London
Wren Jeffers
Quincy
Taxi Driver Half Way On 12 000 Mile Trip
Yvon Ravary a 22 year old Montreal taxi owner is midway on a world long distance cab tour. He arrived in Victoria British Columbia at the halfway point of a 12 000 mile assignment with an unidentified Montreal woman as passenger. She will pay about 2400 dollars at 20 cents a mile. Ravary began the trip in August after a telephone call to his stand. The woman asked for home pickup, and Ravary agreed to continue the journey.
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Victoria
B.C
Yvon Ravary
Montreal
Ravary
Bavary
Names Mean Nothing In Ashford Fined For Motoring Offences
In Ashford Kent two men named Law and Constable were fined for motoring offences though their names proved ironic in this local case.
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Ashford
Kent
England
Law
Constable
Be Still and Know That I Am God Poem Meditation
A devotional verse urges calm amid fear and distress. It counsels stopping the anxious striving, listening in quiet, and finding peace as the speaker asserts divine presence. The piece repeats the refrain Be still and know that I am God for emphasis.
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Earth
Heaven
God
Barbed mesh guards church in Kent to deter intruders
In Welling Kent barbed wire and tripwire alarms ring a church perimeter after repeated break ins shattered fixtures. The piece notes no injuries and cites security measures as a response to vandalism.
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Welling
Kent
England
New Canada Savings Bonds Offer Five Series on Sale
Ottawa reports a new block of Canada savings bonds will go on sale October 6 to raise over 300 million dollars. The fifth series issued at an interest rate of 2.5 percent for 10 years will be redeemable on demand in denominations of 50 100 500 and 1000 dollars. Individual names capped at 1000. family purchases allowed up to 5000. Sales through investment firms banks and savings institutions with payroll savings via regional directors. about 12 000 businesses expected to enable workers to buy bonds.
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Ottawa
Canada
Sask honey board takes office to run marketing plan
Regina reports the provisional Saskatchewan honey board assumed duties to administer the marketing plan effective Sept. 25 after a 73 percent approval by commercial honey producers. Members P. C. Colquhoun Maple Creek chair K. E. Raines Tisdale F R Barclay Carrot River R Hamilton Aylsham F Pearce Seacross named by producers.
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Regina
Provisional Honey Board
Saskatchewan
Bureau of Publications
P. C. Colquhoun
Maple Creek
K. E. Raines
Tisdale
F. R. Barclay
Carrot River
R. Hamilton
Aylsham
F. Pearce
Seacross
Air School Graduates Record for Commonwealth Plan
Across the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan 131000 aircrew graduated, with nearly 73000 members from the Royal Canadian Air Force noted among them.
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AIR School
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
R.c.af
Bond issues retirement funds routed to federal treasury
The text notes transferring proceeds into the Federal treasury to meet general costs of administration and retirement of outstanding bond issues.
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Federal Treasury
Crossword puzzle word list and clues
A grid of crossword clues with horizontal and vertical entries. Across and down lists include numerous definitions such as French coin six to avoid eleven sluggish and many others. readers fill terms like land measure thin net veils and ancient kings to complete the puzzle.
When a Bride Is Not Married by Age Twenty in Korea
The article notes that in Korea a girl who is unmarried at twenty is seen as a family disgrace. It also contrasts wedding attire with European traditions, citing red, white, and blue gowns in Korea and historic red gowns in Europe, mentioning Mary Queen of Scots as an early white gown bride. It adds a brief aside on fear and running speed, and a tale of Colin Barber’s 2,500 mile hitchhiking trip with Scotland’s ready lifts.
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Korea
Mary Queen of
Colin Barber
Great Britain
Scotland
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By Jane Dale
Little Patricia Livermore
Pomona
Calif
Edward
United States
American Iron and Steel Institute
Toronto
C.N.E
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Alberta
John Cuckow
Maidstone
Neil Tobacco
BY William Ferguson
NAVY
kWi
Penrod
Norway
India
Compass Point
Isaac Conche
Great Lakes
Isk
Isz
Izes
Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Front Street W
Evstu Rling
Lie Detector Analysis
Beard
Clark Gable
Gable
By Len Kleis
Virgil
Rooney
Eddie
Paul
Fred
Priscilla
al Vermeer
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