Ripley Awards 14 Grand Prize Winners in Believe It or Not Contest
Creator Robert Ripley selects 14 national grand prize winners from 1,150,000 entries for the 1938 Believe It or Not contest. Recipients include Merose L. Flanagan Syracuse and R Vernon Haynie Fleeton among others earning prizes such as a Buick, cruises, trips, radios, and books. Additional merit awards and invited guests to New York are announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Ripley
Merose L. Flanagan
Syracuse
IRS
R. Vernon Haynie
P. O. Box 2
Fleeton
Grace Line
James H. Miller
Hazel St
McKeesport
New York World's
United Airlines
Pennsylvania
Robert Hoerschgen
Cataldo
Idaho
Philco
Mystery Control
Capehart
D. S. Brown
WHLS
Port Huron
Mich
Miami
Fla
Everglades
Eastern Airlines
Earl Palmer
Geneva
Wis
Bermuda
Lawrence Myatt
Newton Ave
Wollaston
Mass
Hollywood
Warner Brother
Beverly Hills
Edward Griggs
Rural St
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
Golden Gate Exposition
WRS
Creta Coffey
Essex Hotel
Boston
Sun Valley Lodge
Sun Valley
Edward J. Stackpole
Clinton Ave
New Haven
Conn
Furness Lines
Sid Wolinsky
Mozart St
Chicago
Belmont Manor Hotel
Eddie Szula
St. Vincent Charity Hospital
Cleveland
John Olson
Layton Avenue
Cudahy
Wise
Addie Turner
Statesboro
Ripley
New York
Asipley
Milukee
Pomery
Concord Square
Maurice N. Klyber
Main Street
Covington
A. J. Doak
Colum Ave
Fort Worth
Tex
Irving E. Janke
Westeaton Ave
Wauwatosa
H. K. Higginbtham
Eliis
W. Va
W. von Freymann
Bedford St
Abington
John Jurick
Christopher
Prize-Wurning Believe It or Nots Tales From 1902
A 1902 contest submission recounts a fatal foul ball accident at a Morris town Ohio baseball game where a knife was passed and struck by the ball, killing spectator Stanton Walker. Other items note remarkable lifelong feats as part of the Believe It or Not column and a birth aboard a hearse in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanton Walker
Morristown
Ohio
Bethesda
Walker
Frank Hyden
Ray Wilson
Orion Jenkins
Parachute Fails to Open in 2000-Foot Jump Survived
Parachutist recounts a National Air Races exhibition near Iveland Ohio where at 2000 feet the chute jammed and opened only seven to 60 feet from ground. He survived with crushed vertebrae, a broken leg, chipped shoulder, and shock. He claims to be the only person to fall from 2060 feet with a nearly closed parachute and live.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iveland
Lieuenant E. Verne Stewart
Boy's Eye Tumor Healed by Dog's Accidental Surgery
Mrs. R Vernon Haynie recalls her son Thomas developing a tumor on his left eye. A mountain shepherd dog named Monk accidentally tore it open during care, effectively removing the tumor. An eye specialist confirmed the eye tests perfect and Thomas is now in first grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Vernon Haynie
P. O. Box
Fleeton
Thomas
Monk
Impaled on Two Steel Rods Yet Lives
Donald 8 Brown of Fort Huron recounts a near deadly fall at the Blue Water Bridge Port Huron boiler room. A board failed sending him onto reinforcing rods, yet he survived despite one rod entering near the kidney and another into the hip, with no vital organs harmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald 8. Brown
WHLS
Fort Huron
Mich
Port Huron
66 Year Old Never Married Man Statement
The document by James H. Miller from McKeesport Pennsylvania lists a man in his 66th year claiming a life of never marriage church membership or life insurance and detailing a long string of never attributed activities and experiences. The text ends abruptly with a continuation missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Miller
Hazel Street
McKeesport
Midair collision of bullets saves hunters near South China Maine
Lawrence Myatt recounts a near deadly hunt near South China Maine with guide Wilfred F Boucher. In darkness they each fired at a buck and bullets crossed in midair just feet from them, miraculously missing both hunters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Myatt
Newton Ave
Wollaston
Mass
South China
Maine
Wilfred F. Boucher
Boucher
Record of a 1907 Treaty Day gathering in Le Pas Manitoba
Photographer Robert Hoersch captured a unique family gathering at the treaty day provisions in Le Pas Manitoba on August 5 1907 An elderly Cree woman about 120 years old stood at the center with eight generations represented among attending tribesmen Rev J R Settete the missionary confirmed the lineage The woman was the great great great great grandmother of the youngest present
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Pas
Manitoba
Canada
Robert Hoerschgen
J.R. Settete
Woman survives jugular cut after chair accident fall
On November 19 1933 Mrs Earl Palmer fell through a kitchen window pane and was badly cut. A daughter wrapped the wound with underwear and Dr E D Sorenson treated her, later finding a severe jugular vein injury repaired after about 17 hours. She recovered and was living at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Palmer
E. D. Sorenson
Palmer
The Pedestrian Who Couldn’t Be Killed
John Olson was struck by a car on an icy South Milwaukee street on January 11 1920. The vehicle dragged him 150 feet into an interurban car path, he suffered a skull fracture and other severe injuries, was rushed to hospital in near death condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sid Wolinsky
Mozart St
Chicago
Mildred Wolinsky
Wolensky
John Olson
Layton Ave
Cudahy
Wise
Milwaukee
Olson
Shadow Picture Ideas for Sunny Day Snapshots
Load your camera and try shadow pictures outdoors where objects cast bold shadows on light surfaces. Track patterns from trees, fences, and people to tell stories or create abstract scenes. Indoors, use a single bulb to cast grotesque shadows on a wall and adjust distance for unusual effects.
Man Goes Bald Overnight Then Regains Hair Two Years Later
Edward Stackpole of New Haven reports waking on May 1 1935 with all hair eyebrows and eyelashes gone. Doctors could not explain the sudden loss. Two years later a light fuzz appeared and he gradually grew a normal head of hair again requiring shaving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Stackpole
Clinton Ave
New Haven
Conn
Stackpole
Whistle talent hides behind taped mouth in Statesboro tale
Mrs Addie Turner of Statesboro Georgia submits a curious item about Marion W Turner who can whistle any tune with his mouth taped shut or while filled with water. The ability allegedly carries recognition across a room and prompts local curiosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addie Turner
Statesboro, Ga
Marion W. Turner
Randleman Honor Roll Released
The fifth month honor roll for Randleman school lists multiple students across grades from first through ninth. Names include Betty Jean Millikan, Virginia Loflin, Joe Pickard, Doris Daniel, Vernon Hurley, Barbara Cochran, Betty Lou Pope, and Leta Gold among many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Enterprise
Randleman
Randleman School
Betty Jean Millikan
Loslise Pickard
Virginia Loflin
Katherine Marsh
Joe Pickard
Shelden Hughes
Heatwole
Doris Daniel
Hazel Owens
Betty Lou Pope
G. T. Abston
Bynum Adams
Roger Davis
Jimmy Inman
Dewey Hardin
Lee Inman
Bouneva Farlow
Kathryn Hudson
Arkansas Lamb
Vernon Hurley
Earl Hussey
Elizabeth Redding
Mary Ann Highfill
Margaret Reuth
Jacqueline Crofts
Bobby Wood
Barbara Cochran
Brownie Dawkins
Carol Dean Fleming
Bernice Garner
Annie Lee Hunt
Mary Millikan
Frankie Parrish
Louise Spence
O'Neil Jarrett
Worth Coltrane
Kermit Farlow
Paul Richardson
Ruby Allred
Edith Small
Aidin Perpee
Bobby Ann Caudie
Billy Joe Lamb
Evelyn Snyder
Millard Hardin
Nannie Lee Spencer
Katherine Frazier
Joan Dean
Celia Eades
Jewel McCaskill
Rosa Jane Cashatt
Ailien Adams
Nannie Lee Farlow
Viola Russell
Anna Threadgill
Leta Gold
Serial Story Beauty Campaign Push Tests Susie
Susie Lambart volunteers for radical beauty sessions guided by Jeff Bowman and others, undergoing diet, massages, and paparazzi sketches. The week ends with Susie secretly drinking a malted, prompting a dramatic confrontation as Jeff intervenes.
Student Names Listed by Grade in Hamilton School
The document lists tenth grade students Frances Helms Mary Louise Talley Gwendolyn Templeton Wiley Biles Lecy Allen Curtis Harriette Robbins Anna Lewis Trogdon Grace Graves and eleventh grade students Dorothy McDaniel Gladys Trogdon Doris Pugh Evelyn Hinshaw Winnie Hayes Wilma Taylor Alese Julian.
Soviet naval mission visit sparks neutrality questions
Washington reports a Russian naval mission plans to visit the United States amid a Congress focused on foreign policy. Officials warn of complications in discussions to build one or more battleships in American yards and the risks of entanglement with export controls and neutrality laws. The aim is to bolster a first class Baltic fleet though conditions remain unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Moscow
Ins
Navy
Army
Russia
Baltic
Double Shooting Investigated in Greenville
Sheriff Earl Thompson said a double shooting near Greenville left Earl F. Wood Jr., 37, dead and his stepmother Mrs. Hugh C. Wood, 30, seriously wounded. The incident followed a report of earlier trouble at the home when Mrs. Wood drew a pistol and fired three shots at Wood, who then returned fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
S. C
Earl Thompson
Here
Earl F. Wood
Hugh C. Wood
Thompson
Wood
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Amadore Pts
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Columbia
Carl A. Robinson
Lantee Ave
W. G. Smallridge
19Th St
Clarksburg
Ambrose L. Flannagan
Greta Coffey
Hotel Essex
Marcia Signer
Cullop Street
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Porto Rico
National Stockman and Farmer
Monongahela River
Brownsville
Milwaukee Police Force
Saredevil
Eddie A. Szula
Iaho
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Susie Lambart
Dick Tremaine
Susie
Jeff Bowman
Jeff
Sven
Jett
Swen
NEA Service, Inc
Emma
Mr. Harker
Drug Department
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Kane
Experimental Laboratory For Beauty
Clifont Kane
Usie
Edna
Greenville, S. C
Japmire
Charles Lewis
Chemis
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