Kinsey comments on teen age sex clubs publicity
Dr C Kinsey said publicity over teen age sex parties has risen but Indiana is not more notorious than other states. He cites reports near South Bend Kokomo Bluffton and Plymouth while Gov Schricker notes distress over teenage immorality and urges parental vigilance.
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Bloomington
Ind
C. Kinsey
Cello
Kokomo
Bluffton
Tur
Plymouth
Kinsey
Indiana
University of Indiana
Henry F. Schricker
Poison Bread Deaths Alarm French Town
Four residents die after eating bread from shared bakeries in Pont Saint Esprit. Authorities suspect ergot poisoning causing madness as flour-related illness is investigated. A man cried out for help before being taken to a psychiatric ward, and a 70-year-old man and his wife are among the victims.
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Pont St. Esprit
Hooked Rug Awards Claimed By Men
Detroit reports senior police Miles Furlong earned a runner-up citation in the hooked rug contest at the Michigan State event. J. B. Lirette of Ann Arbor won the top prize while six women contestants received lesser awards.
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Detroit
Miles Furlong
Michigan State
J. B. Lirette
Ann Arbor
Spittoons Mandated on South Carolina Trains
Gov. James F. Byrnes signed a bill requiring railroads to provide one spittoon for each two seats on passenger trains, compelling tobacco-chewers to spit aboard with less mess.
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Columbia
8. C
South Carolina
James F. Byrnes
Name the actress born in 1901 who appeared on stage in 1906
The passage notes an actress born in 1901 who first appeared at the Astor Theater in New York in September 1906 as a fairy in A Midsummer Night's Dream and later acted with De Wolf Hopper Eddie Foy and in several productions. It asks for her name and lists later stage roles.
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Astor Theater
New York
de Wolf Hopper
Candida
United States
Harrison City
Michigan
World War I and interwar events span 1914 to 1936
In 1914 New Zealand forces occupied German Samoa during World War I. In 1918 French forces retook Noyon and the British captured Bapaume in France. In 1935 Queen Astrid of Belgium died in an auto crash. In 1936 Haile Selassie ceded all rights of Ethiopia to American and British interests to curb Italian aggression.
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New Zealand
German Samoa
Noyon
Bapaume
France
Astrid
Belgium
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Ritual language definition and usage note
The entry defines ritual as an adjective relating to rites or a ritual and as a noun describing worship forms, ceremonial conduct, and a code of ceremonies such as those observed by a religious order. It traces the term to Ritus meaning rite.
Where there is no vision the people perish proverb
A short quotation from Proverbs 29 18 about vision guiding leadership and community welfare.
Democrats Attack Fair Dances Spark Iowa Row
Democrats accuse a state fair event of licentious dancing tarnishing Iowa’s name. State party leaders condemn the display while anonymous critics defend or disparage the performances. The controversy centers on how politics and entertainment mix at the fair.
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Iowa
Jake More
Charlotte Lawyer Sues Over Bus Segregation Incident
Attorney Charles V. Bell files a $60,000 damage suit against Atlantic Greyhound Corp alleging unlawful arrest after he refused to move to the back of a Charlotte bus. Bell says a driver pressured him in Gastonia while en route to Spartanburg for a Veterans of Foreign Wars rally amid segregation laws.
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Charlotte
Charles V. Bell
Atlantic Greyhound Corp
Charleston
W.va
Gastonia
Bell
Spartanburg
S.C
Rob Morris Day Observed by Masons and Eastern Star
In Greensboro North Carolina about 1000 Masons and Eastern Star members gathered for Rob Morris Day events. State leaders spoke during the picnic luncheon with Grand Matron Arnold Kincaid and Worthy Grand Patron and Grand Master Herbert Foy in attendance.
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Greensboro
N. C
North Carolina
Order of the Eastern Star
Rob Morris
Eastern Star
Arnold Kincaid
Herbert Foy
Mt. Airy
Guam Driving Unsafe
The U S territory in the western Pacific with under Rhode Island size and fewer than 100 miles of paved roads has an accident rate twenty times the U S average, according to the Navy. Botanists say the Smoky Mountains cradle North American vegetation.
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Guam
U. S
Western Pacific
Rhode Island
United States
Navy
Oo Smoky Mountains
North America
Farmers Urged to Limit Cotton Sales to Avoid Glut
Raleigh report quotes Agriculture Commissioner L Y Ballentine and NC State Dean J H Hilton warning of a cotton market glut as prices fall about ten cents per pound this year. They urge farmers to put at least half their crop under Commodity Credit Corp loans at 90 percent of parity to stabilize markets and prices.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Commodity Credit Corp. Agriculture
L. Y. Ballentine
J. H. Hilton
N. C. State College
Carolina
Four to be charged in Danbury death arson case
In Danbury North Carolina four persons face murder and arson charges connected to the death of Harvey Johnson. Lawson is said to have burned to death in a house fire near the area. Warrants will be issued for Lelia Lawson Claude Needham Curtis Shelton and James W Inman based on coroner's jury findings that Lawson died from unknown causes.
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Danbury
N. C
James
Stokes County
Harvey Johnson
Lawson
Lelia Lawson
Claude Needham
Pilot Mountain
Curtis Shelton
James W. Inman
King
Child 2 Kills Self In Tantrum In Wilmington
Police report a two year old boy named George Geiger fatally harmed himself after banging his head on a wall in anger when denied candy before lunch. His mother Marian Geiger said he jumped from his high chair and struck a wall until unconscious, dying at Wilmington Hospital.
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Wilmington
Cal
George Geiger
Marian Geiger
George
Wilmington Hospital
Notable Sports Figures Mentioned in Column
Central Press notes include references to Billy Coz of the Brooklyn Dodgers Mickey McDermott of the Boston Red Sox and Jack M Russell a professional football player. The piece also cites a Bar of that state in 1913 and discusses where the subject lives when not in Washington namely Detroit.
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Gress
Washington
Detroit
Billy Coz
Brooklyn Dodgers
Mickey McDermott
Boston Red
Jack M. Russell
Bear names and a president in a garbled note
Fragmentary text mentions Great Bear and Little Bear or Ursa Major and Ursa Minor and references William McKinley. The rest is unreadable code.
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Great Bear
William McKinley
Actor Mickey Rooney Faces Court Over Alimony arrears
In Hollywood Mickey Rooney must clear $900 in back child support to Betty Jane Rose by November 15. He appeared in court to explain missed payments for sons Mickey Jr. and Timothy, with his attorney securing a plan to pay $100 weekly until the deadline.
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Hollywood
Mickey Rooney
Alabama
Betty Jane Rose
Rooney
Mickey, Jr
Timothy
Miss Rase
Wilkes Men To Appeal 16 18 Year Sentences
Bullis aged 31 and Minton were sentenced to 16 to 18 years in State prison for the second murder in the road near here on December 16 1949, with an appeal planned by the Wilkes men.
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Wilkes
Bullis
Here
Minton
Iran Oil Policy Threatens Western Aid Says U S Press
United States and Britain urge Iran to realize it cannot run its oil industry alone. They warn that without Western help and foreign technicians the Abadan refinery and oil wells cannot operate, threatening bankruptcy or political upheaval if Iran seizes oil and rejects outside assistance.
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U.S
Britain
Iran
Abadan
Oga
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