Galloping Goose Nears Final Run on Narrow Gauge Line
Durango Colorado July 6 The Galloping Goose of the Grande Southern railroad one of the nation s last narrow gauge lines may waddle for the final time. The Post Office clipped its mail contract forcing abandonment proceedings per Rio Grande Southern receiver Cas Herrington. The 164 mile line over San Miguel and Uncompahgre ranges carried mail passengers and freight under 1930s mock Arrow cars.
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Durango
Colo
Grande Southern Railroad
Ado Rockies
Post Office
Rio Grande Southern
Cas Herrington
Denver
Colorado
San Miguels
Unicompaghies
Bay Sea
Southern
Three Women Escape Injury After Car Hits Pole East Of City
A sedan with a Marion Virginia plate struck a telephone pole on the Greensboro highway just east of the city shortly before midnight. The car was badly damaged and ended in a field. Officers questioned two occupants who said a third woman driving another car followed the crash and none were injured.
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Marion
Greensboro
Garrison Named Sports Editor at Charlotte Observer
Wilton Garrison, assistant sports editor, is named sports editor to replace Jake Wade who resigned to enter the hotel business at Wrightsville Beach. The change was announced in Charlotte on July 6. Officers investigate a crash near the Bottoms warehouse as they seek to explain a disappearance and determine if a companion was dazed.
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Garrison
Wade Charlotte
Wilton Garrison
The
Charlotte Observer
Jake Wade
Wrightsville Beach
Nazis Lived In A Fool's Paradise Revealed By Figures
Berlin dispatch notes that German belief in self sufficiency collapsed as Allied production eclipsed Nazi output. US oil 1.565B barrels in 1943 vs Germany 65.9M. peacetime US electricity 120B kWh in 1937. 1944 US vehicle output 4.8M vs Germany 332K. Germans finally understood their economic impossibility to win.
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Hitler
Roosevelt
United States
Dr. Goebbels
Fool's Paradise
Normandy
Telegraf
Germany
Precedent Set By Co-Ed at Cornell
Ruth E. Phelps of Corfu becomes the first woman to major in agricultural economics at Cornell University. She will earn a master’s degree this month and plans research in agriculture. A former science education major, she shifted to agricultural economics after campus interests and now holds the department’s assistant position.
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Ithaca
N. Y
INS
Cornell University
Ruth E. Phelps
Corfu
Phelps
Cornell
Bright Future Predicted For Girl Athlete Betty Evans
Portland star Betty Evans, labeled by experts as the greatest girl softball pitcher of the era, is tipped for London 1948. Her manager Erv Lind foresees 12 second 100 yard sprint speed, a high jump near 5 foot 6 inches, and strong discus throws, with potential for world title contention.
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Portland
Ore
INS
Betty Evans
Babe Didrickson
London
Betty
Northwest
Erv Lind
Stella Walsh
Jean Shiley
Lind
Homes built from rejected concrete in Decatur
In Decatur Illinois a bungalow north of town is built from discarded highway concrete pieces. Builder A M Strange, inspired in 1948 by stone walls, spent hours assembling a frame and covering it with oil paper. He hauled concrete in a car, using stones gathered on family trips for a fireplace mantle. The piece also notes miscellaneous facts about weasels, fleas, carp in irrigation ditches, opal water content, and a remark on racial minorities.
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Decatur, Ill
Decatur
A. M. Strange
Strange
Marsh returns from service discharged at Fort Douglas
Sgt. Arthur G. Marsh Jr of High Point has been discharged after 23 months in the states with the 3010th AAF base unit as a driver. He is authorized to wear the American Theatre ribbon the Good Conduct Medal and the Victory Ribbon. Prior to enlistment on July 26 1944 he studied at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.
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Marsh
Arthur G. Marsh, Jr
A. G. Marsh
Ferndale Drive
High Point
Army
Fort Douglas
3010Th Aaf
The
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Attractive Homesites and Lots for Sale on Multiple Streets
A list of residential lots and sites for sale along Barbee and Fourth Streets and nearby avenues. Each entry notes lot numbers, block locations, exact distances from cross streets, and dimensions such as 50x145 or 60x170 with street frontages. Includes Greenway Drive, North Hamilton Street, Lexington Avenue, Oakland Avenue, Ogden Street, Park Street, Ward Street, and Woodbrook Court.
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Sarber Street
Barbee and
Fourth Sts
Fourth St
North Drive
Lexington Avenue
Lexington Ave
Club Drive
Denny St
Woodbrook Court
Woodbrook Ct
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du Trange
Ridgway
Herrington
Post Office Department
China
UNRRA
International
Berlin
Uncle Sam
Tomlinson
West High St
San Joaquin Valley
New World
George Washington
SSS Tonic
S. Co
Sitao
Asheboro
Asheboro and
Kearns Streets
Bridges Street
Salem Street
Blain Street
Centennial Avenur
Centennial Avenue
Hawthorne St
Clinton Street
Clinton St
Gurley St
Rockford Rd
Cleb Drive
Rockford
Dayton Street
Dayton St
Denny Street
Dayton St. Ft
Forrent Ave
Emery Street
Emery and
Hillcrest Dr
Emery St
Hillcrest Drive
Fifth Street
Fifth St
North St
Sime
Flint Street
Cassell and
Flint Sts
Forrest Avenue
Forrest Ave
Charlotte St
Fourth Street
Franklin Street
Franklin St
Meredith St
Greenway Dr
Forrest Hill Dr
Greenway
D Dr
Green Street
W. Green St
Tryon St
Hamilton Street
Dayton
N. Hamilton St
State St
Johnson Street
Johnson St
Hickson
Kearns
Grace
Oakland Avenue
Oakland Ave
J. Ray St
Ogden Street
Ogden “Binet
Linden St
Park Street
Park St
Blair
Clay St
Rockford Road
Rockford Ro
En Y Oo
Council
Sunset Drive
Council St
Ward Street
Ward St
Cassell St
Central St
Ward and
Cassell Sts
Atlantic Insurance & Realty Co
Amos Realty Co
R. B. Gantt
Henry V. Koonts, Realtor
G. Curtis Smithdeal, Realtor
J. W. Clinard
Donald W. Conrad Agency
White Realty Co
Conrad Smithdeal Co
Ealte Ins. & Realty Co
Mendenhall-Thompson, Realtors
Taylor M. Simpson Co
Allen Mitchell, Realtor
C. B. Baxter
C. F. Williams
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