Postal workers abducted near Pontiac in Michigan
Horace Parrish and a postal clerk Helen Shillinger were abducted after leaving the Dbury post office. The two suspects Vyse and Charles Townsend, both 25, who had escaped from Sanilac county jail earlier, forced Parrish’s car to a nearby tourist cabin four miles north, bound and gagged them with bed sheets before driving off in the post office vehicle. The sheriff reported identifying the abductors as Vyse and Townsend and said they were awaiting sentencing for an armed post office robbery at Tyre.
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Dbury
Mich
Horace Parrish
Pontiac
Roland L. Meredith
Vyse
Charles Townsend
Sanilac
Town A
Tyre
Par
Cautious guidance on cold remedy use
Fragmentary note advises limited nasal drops per nostril and cautions use only as directed. Mentions feeling better after use but lacks clear source details or context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cold
Three Troop Ships Assigned To Return Yanks Home
Manila reports Colonel J C Campbell of the 21st replacement depot says three troop ships will carry returnees home and the homeward pullout should be completed by December 29. He downplays protests as college rally rhetoric and notes prior demonstrations stemmed from ship transfers between depots.
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Manila
J. C. Campbell
21St
VA Seeks More Hospital Accommodations Nationwide
The Veterans Administration plans to add beds after borrowing space for about 40,000 in military and civilian facilities. About 20,000 beds will be in 3,400 private hospitals, 9,375 in navy institutions, and 10,000 in army hospitals, with 7,000 more once seven army hospitals are VA administered. Major General Paul R. Hawley announced the move as government care rises about 2,000 monthly.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Army
Paul R. Hawley
Looks Are Deceiving But Quality Never Is
An old ad urges buyers to choose aspirin by a threefold test: high quality, fast action, real economy. It promotes a 100 tablet size for 35 cents, claiming nearly three tablets cost one cent and highlights savings on the purchase.
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Ee It
Aspirin
Ite
Death notices for Fannie Jackson and W S Harris
Mrs. Fannie Jackson aged 80 died yesterday in a fire that destroyed her home near Johnston S C A semi invalid who lived alone. W S Harris 62 died of burns from a forest fire and funeral services were to be held this afternoon at Merry Oaks Pittsboro N C
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Fannie Jackson Aiken
S. C
Fannie Jackson
Johnston
Pittsboro
Merry Oaks
W. S. Harris
Mrs Martha Bennett Rites Held in Smyrna Church
Funeral services for Mrs Martha Brooks Bennett 75 widow of Robert Bennett were conducted at 3 pm in Smyrna Presbyterian church near Bethany. Burial followed in the church cemetery. She lived in Reidsville most of her life and belonged to First Presbyterian church. Surviving are two daughters Mrs King of Reidsville and Mrs Forrest Eliot of High Point, 11 grandchildren and four great grandchildren, a sister Mrs Emma Prugason of Madison and a brother Walter Crowder of Wentworth.
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Martha Bennett
Reidsville
Martha Brooks Bennett
Robert Bennett
Ethel Sanders King
Smyrna Presbyterian Church
Bethany
Rat
Bennett
First Presbyterian Church
King
Forrest Eliot
High Point
Emma Prugason
Madison
Walter Crowder
Wentworth
Funeral services for Charles L. Potts in Charlotte
Charles Lamar Potts 60 died Monday after hospital treatment. A hydraulic engineer, he worked four years with Laurinburg Max ton army air base and helped establish and supervise its installation. Survived by wife a daughter Lt Betty May Potts Army Nurse Corps at Duke hospital and W C Potts of Greenville South Carolina.
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Charles Lamar Potts
Charlotte
Potts
Laurinburg-Maxton Army Air Base
Betty May Potts
Army Nurse Corps
Butner General Hospital
Durham
W. C. Potts
Greenville
S. C
Roanoke Rector Dies After Ten Day Illness
Rev. Alfred R. Berkeley D D aged 65 rector of St. John's Episcopal church Roanoke since 1926 died at home after a ten day illness. He previously served in Rockingham County North Carolina Philadelphia and New Orleans He was a native of Jackson Tennessee and studied at the University of North Carolina and Virginia Theological Seminary.
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Roanoke
Alfred R. Berkeley
D.D
St. John's Episcopal Church
Rockingham County
North Carolina
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Jackson, Tenn
University of North Carolina
Virginia Theological Seminary
Gas Is Blamed For Explosion In Santa Barbara
Accumulating gas is tentatively blamed for an explosion that blew apart a bottling plant apartment house in Santa Barbara yesterday killing five persons and injuring five others. The dead are John D. Johnson 45 his wife Rusty 40 Mrs Francis Watson McClain 26 her sister Mildred Watson 21 and Carolyn Sue Stovall 8. The girl's mother Mrs Claude Stovall was among the injured. Firemen dug through the ruins as the scene resembled an earthquake in Santa Barbara.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
John D. Johnson
Rusty
Francis Watson McClain
Mildred Watson
Carolyn Sue Stovall
Claude Stovall
Barbara
Japs Use Inferior Ships For Returning Soldiers
Secretary of War Patterson states Japanese vessels sent from the Philippines to Japan are cargo carriers with minimal life saving gear and poor sanitation. He told Senator Lucas that the ships are unfit for U S troops and the arrangement delays repatriation of American veterans.
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Washington
Patterson
Philippines
U.S
Lucas
D-Ill
Neighbors Help Faucett Farmer After Accident
Charles Vaughn, a Faucett farmer laid up six weeks after a farm accident, saw more than 25 neighbors bring tractors and wagons to his corn field. They harvested nearly 150 acres, stored the grain in his crib, and cooked him a large dinner as a goodwill gesture.
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Faucett, Mo
Charles Vaughn
Truman Orders Smaller Plants Transferred to Commerce and RFC
President Truman ordered the transfer of functions of the Smaller War Plants Corporation to the Commerce Department and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Maury Maverick, former mayor of San Antonio and ex-congressman, was assigned to survey small business trade possibilities in Pacific countries. He will visit the Philippines.
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Washington
Truman
War Plants Corporation
Commerce Department
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
War Plants
Maury Maverick
Pacific
Aged Actor Samuel Duncan Dies in California
Samuel Duncan, 84, father of actresses Vivian and Losetta Duncan who starred in Topsy and Eva, died last night in a sanitarium in Rosemead California after two years of treatment. His daughters were at his side. Bogota Colombia is noted as the Athens of America in a separate line.
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Rosemead
Calif
Samuel Duncan
Topsy
Eva
Vivian
Losetta Duncan
Survey spans Pines China Korea Australia and Zealand
A concise survey notes regions including Pines China Korea Australia and New Zealand. The fragment hints at a broader study across these areas, suggesting comparative observations or data collection across multiple nations and fields.
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Pines
China
Korea
Australia
New Zealand
ASF Chooses Lt Gen LeRoy Lutes to Lead ASF
Washington December 27 Lt Gen LeRoy Lutes selected to replace Gen Brehon Somervell as commander of the Army Service Forces effective January 1. Secretary of War Patterson designates Lutes amid ongoing debate in Congress about continuing the ASF. Somervell had supported a centralized supply service.
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Washington
LeRoy Luts
ASF
Patterson
Lutes
Brehon Somervell
Somervell
Confederate Bonds Made Dutch Treat During War
New York reports that Confederate bonds once sued by the Confederacy during the Civil War gained value decades later, while Dutch receipts tied to anti Nazi resistance were hidden with numbered bonds. Germans researching underground aid often found the receipts but logged them as worthless securities.
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New York
Holland
Netherlands
Home orchard care and poultry litter tips
Pruning spraying and fertilization of fruit trees in the home orchard pay good dividends. Ground corn cobs make one of the best types of litter for the poultry house during winter.
Salmon nursemaid details sulfa care success at hatchery
PORT TOWNSEND Wash Ernest Brannon the hatchery nursemaid to thousands of baby salmon says sul fathiazole stopped disease when added to diet at one part in 35000. He notes penicillin had no effect and reports rapid growth of dog salmon and humpbacks in Sequim Bay experiments with a 25 percent body weight diet of condemned beef livers spleen salmon carcasses and brewer's yeast.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Ernest Brannon
Dungeness River
Brannon
Sequim Bay
Scout official J E Derrick resigns post to enter private business
J E Derrick resigns as field executive of the east Carolina council of the Boy Scouts of America effective January 1. He plans to enter private business.
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Wilson
J. E. Derrick
East Carolina
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