Great Ringling Brothers Circus Prepares For New Season
Sarasota hosts the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey circus for winter quarters. The 130 acre Ringling grounds teem with 400 workers and 1000 animals as rehearsals begin for a 1946 season with new acts from Sweden France Spain Belgium England and Latin America.
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Ringling Brothers - Barnum and Bailey Circus
Madison Square Garden
New York City
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England
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Ringling Brothers- Barnum and Bailey Circus
Ringling Brothers-Barnum and Bailey
Catalogs Prove Problem For Mail Order Houses
Hudson Phillips reports that mail order houses face catalog challenges for fall. items delayed by wartime shortages and price rulings force careful presentation. Sears Roebuck plans a 1400 page catalog, Montgomery Ward enlarges, and distribution will run through summer as firms cope with paper scarcity and cancellations.
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New York
Sears Roebuck and Co
Chicago Mail Order Co
Alden’s Inc
Montgomery Ward & Co
Red Cross Drive On In Thomasville
Thomasville March 23 Special Workers in the local Red Cross chapter collected 1874.90 in a two week fund drive. Treasurer Walter W Rapp announced the goal not disclosed Special gifts total 225.50. Business division turned in 1467.40 and industrial division 185. Seven kinds of fog are noted.
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Brooder Rebuilt Into Modern Bloomington Home
Ex soldier Charles Monfort and wife convert a 16 by 24 chicken brooder into a four room home in Bloomington Indiana costing about 2500 dollars. Lanterns from an abandoned Nevada shop provide a focal point while salvaged materials, brick, and used furniture create a livable space. Charles studies marketing at Indiana University and hopes to graduate in two years.
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No Warrant Is Served In Shooting
Joliet Ill March 22 Prosecutor James E Burke delayed serving a warrant charging assault with intent to kill against James F Lincoln Jr 30 in the hammer beating and shooting of a nine year old farm girl pending outcome of the childs condition Lincoln father of two and son of a Cleveland industrialist remained in Will county jail without a formal charge. Burke said the salesman son of the Cleveland manufacturer admitted beating the Williams girl with a hammer and shooting her several times after she resisted his advances and would oppose his release on bond. At Silver Cross hospital the physician said it would be at least a week before a forecast of recovery. the girl suffered a fractured skull and six bullet wounds two in the abdomen one remaining in her shoulder five bullets through the body. The preliminary exam indicated six shots were fired and the girl was in critical condition.
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Problems Of Vets Urgent Says Hawley
Maj. Gen. Paul R. Hawley urged keeping veteran issues out of politics and on a high plane at a Durham chamber address. He cited medical care as a major problem, criticizing current VA hospital locations like Camp Butner as impractical and underfunded. He called for better planning and more staff and funding for modern veterans hospitals. Congressman Carl T. Durham introduced Hawley to about 1,000 attendees.
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Thomasville Payroll Surpasses Half a Million in February
February payroll in Thomasville totals 500 358 07 dollars with over 50 percent of residents employed. Walter W Rapp of First National Bank cites a larger working family base and notes 5 000 wage earners paid 415 358 07 and 600 salaried workers 85 000. No two snake species share identical venoms.
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Advisory Board Meeting At YMCA Monday Night
Members of the Negro Advisory Board will meet at the YMCA Monday night at 8 30 p m. The announcement urges all members to be present. Funeral services for Leroy Mc Crae will be held today at 3 p m at Calvary Baptist church. He died at his home 302 Taylor street. He was a member of Shiloh Baptist church. Surviving are his wife three daughters seven sisters and three brothers. Burial will follow in Greenhill cemetery.
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Thieves Use Blackout Curtains to Rob London Office
Four thieves used blackout curtains to shield a two hour oxy acetylene safe cracking at the Winchmore London office of Lea Valley demolition company, stealing about $4,000.
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Lea Valley Demolition Company
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