British Queue System Linked to About 400 Baby Deaths
London reports show more than 400 infant deaths in a year due to mothers leaving babies to feed in queues. Officials urge mothers not to leave feeding unattended near crowds as suffocation risks rise from unswallowed milk and bottles at mouths.
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London
INS
Britain
Register-General
Ministry of Health
Eione 1
Miss Anne Coles
South London
Health and Child Welfare Committee
Miss Coles
Prize Magpies Fly Skies In Colorado
In Colorado an unusual magpie shoot aims to curb the bird's rising population. Fifty eight captured magpies with banded legs were released, hunters compete for prizes around 250 dollars as genetics work continues on the rest.
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Denver
Colorado
Rocky Mount Faces Gas Shortage Within Weeks
City Manager Roy Williamson warned the board of aldermen that Rocky Mount will run out of gas in three weeks unless more fuel oil and coal used in its manufacture become available. The notice frames a critical supply crisis for local energy production.
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Rocky Mount
Roy Williamson
Board of Aldermen
Readings Private and Confidential Daily in High Point
An ad notes private and confidential readings offered daily for white and colored clients. It locates service in a trailer block and a half from English Street, on Thomasville Highway, near the bus line, with a sign to look for.
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English St
Thomasville Highway
High Point
Franklin Liberty Bell half dollar honors thrift and Franklin
The Treasury will mint Franklin Liberty Bell half dollars with Benjamin Franklin’s portrait reminding Americans that thrift and sound financial management matter today as in his era. Three mints Philadelphia Denver and San Francisco will produce the coins with Miss Nellie Tayloe Ross directing the mint and Secretary Snyder pushing the project.
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H. D. Crawford
Central Press
Washington
Franklin
Treasury Department
Benjamin Franklin
Treasury
Nellie Tayloe Ross
Mint
Snyder
Truman
United States
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Miss Liberty
Philadelphia
Denver
San Francisco
John R. Shinnock
Shinnock
Sinnock
Ben Franklin
Glass Lumber A New Building Material From Glass
Glass lumber is a future building material that can be nailed or stapled without cracking and cleaned with soap and water. Prest-Glass, laminated glass and plastic, fits curved surfaces and can snap back after bending. It resists mildew rot and is reportedly noncorrosive, with minimal size change from 100 F to near 0 F.
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New York
INL
Business Week
End of the Line for Streetcar Named Desire
New Orleans officials say the real streetcar named Desire was replaced by an electric trackless trolley. The line note ties the streetcar to Tennessee Williams and the play's fame, while stray lines discuss canned fruit toppings and liver cooking temperaments.
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New Orleans
Desire
New Orleans Public Service Company
Tennessee Williams
Wedding officiant jokes count of Sharp family marriages
Justice Oscar Yandell has presided over four Sharp family weddings in three years at Mt. Vernon Illinois. After concluding the ceremony for Loren Ellis and Opal Sharp he asked the bride’s mother how many more children she had. Her reply prompted his playful vow.
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MT. Vernon
Ill
Oscar Yandell
William Sharp
Loren Ellis
Opal Sharp
Steeper Chase Ends With Theft For Eddie Barnes
Eddie Barnes pursued the thief who snatched a pair of new shoes from under his arm. A second thief grabbed Barnes and took $7 from his pocket in Washington.
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Washington
Eddie Barnes
Cherry to Preach at Gastonia Methodist Church
Governor Cherry has accepted an invitation to preach at the evening service on February 15 at Main Street Methodist Church in Gastonia.
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Cherry
Raleigh
Main Street
Gastonia
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