German drama student Wenig studies in Chapel Hill
Heribert Augustin Wenig, a 26 year old German drama student from the University of Munich, spent a scholastic year in UNC Chapel Hill studying dramatic art. He acted in Tem pest in a Teacup and discussed American friendliness and optimism after serving in Germany during World War II.
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Heribert Augustin Weing
German University of Munich
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Dramatic Art
New Carolina
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University of Munich
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Institute of International Education
America
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American Institute
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Australians Consume More in 1950 Says Report
A Melbourne based survey shows Australians drank more and smoked more cigarettes and ate more chocolates in 1950 than any previous year. The report highlights rising leisure consumption and lifestyle changes across the population.
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Melbourne
Strange Case Of the Lady And the Bar
A New York tavern tale reports a woman about 26 in a fur coat and red dress, with a hat, ordering tea earlier with an escort. She later returns alone, asks for beer, brandishes a gun, and demands money while threatening a patron’s wife or child. The assailant was confronted as patrons left.
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Lexington Avenue
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Morven
Tate
Mobile Telecart Helps Bedridden Veterans Stay Connected
New York Telephone Co introduces the telecart a teacart shaped mobile phone for use in veterans' hospitals. Bedridden patients get calls by hospital attendant moving the cart to the bedside and connecting to a wall outlet. The device first tested in 1945 and standardized in 1949. The Nugget newspaper from Dawson Canada sold for a dollar during the Yukon gold rush.
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Able
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Dawson
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Pilot Fined For Mountain Landings In Public Court
First Lieutenant John Hodgkin, from Selima California, faced a commissioners court finding after involuntary presence at the Rainier landing episode. He received a 350 dollar fine and a six month jail sentence unless he appeals, with payment due by 3 PM next Wednesday. Hodgkin had landed a stripped down ski equipped Piper Cub on a saddle at Mount Rainier, a highly publicized mountain landing that drew scrutiny.
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Rainier
Commissioners Court
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Selima
Calif
Pilot’s Mount Rainier Landing Turns Into Crusade Statement
Hodgkin spent the night on Mount Rainier before landing a plane on a frozen lake at 5,000 feet. Park rangers aided him as fuel was dropped. He then reached a straw covered runway at Spanaway near Tacoma. Commissioner Earl Clifford gave a cautious sentence and urged a change in his thinking.
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Hodgkin
Spanaway
Gion
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