Daily Snippets Roundup Of Oddities And Innovations
A collage of curiosities including automatic car time switches for headlights, drive-in banking, theatres open all night, and a clergyman’s complaint about teens. Notes on calendar reform, tough watermelon rind, and a Tale of Emily and Joan. Also mentions of Pisa’s lean, Teddy Roosevelt’s Oyster Bay shrine plans, instant coffee, geese longevity, and a Times Square saving billboard by Indiana National Bank.
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South
First National Bank of Philadelphia
Boston Traveler
England
University of Rhode Island
Emily
Jack
Joan
Freda DeKnight
Ebony, Jet and Tan
Hyde Park
N. Y
Teddy Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
L. 1
Indiana National Bank of Indianapolis
New York
Times Square
Inquest Ordered in Alabama Killings Over Spankings Conflict
An inquest was ordered into the death of 68 year old John F Hartsfield Sr and wounds to his daughter in law Mrs John Hartsfield Jr amid family friction over disciplining two grandchildren. A .25 pistol lay in the elder Hartsfield s hands and a note was found nearby. Police described the incident as an apparent murder suicide attempt arising from disagreement over spankings. The two lived in the same house and the grandfather allegedly opposed the mother s punishment of the children.
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Birmingham
Ala
John Frederick Hartsfield Sr
John Hartsfield Jr
Olice
E. L. Scott
John
June
Scott
Hartsfields
Freed Americans Return Through Moscow En Route Home
Seven U S civilians freed by the Communists in Korea arrived in Moscow on the Trans-Siberian Express. The group includes six missionaries and a former State Department employee, meeting U S Ambassador Bohlen at Yaroslavl and then flying to Berlin in a special transport.
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Moscow
U. S
Korea
United States
State Department
Yaroslavl Station
Charles E. Bohlen
Anch
Berlin
William Booth
Nellie Arkansas Dyer
Anders Christian Jensen
Mary Rosser
Bertha Atkinson Smith
Pere A. Zeller
Louis I. Ans
Antung
Pyongyang
Mukden
Manchuria
Mukden- Peiping
Siberia
Lake Baikal
Government employees out of 22 in nation on payroll
Census Bureau figures show 105000 on the public payroll as of October last year. Federal 2400836, state 1103441, local 3418263 workers with payrolls totaling over 22 billion dollars. Major shares include teachers, health, postal, highways, and police.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
N. Carolina
S. Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Postmistress Keeps Giant String Ball for Charity
Peru Indiana postmistress Sylvia Swanson saved string since 1928 and now owns a 92 inch circumference ball weighing 152 pounds. She uses only what she needs and adds surplus to the ball while noting extinct Bering Sea sea cows reached 15 to 20 feet long.
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Peru
Ind
Sylvia Swanson
Twelve Mile
Bering Sea
Industry Heads Square Off Over Imports Fight
Washington lawmakers heard coal and oil executives clash before a congressional committee on a plan to curb foreign crude and fuel oils. Rep. Richard M. Simpson proposed a trade act amendment to set quarterly quotas, potentially cutting imports by as much as 75 percent, targeting Venezuela and the Dutch West Indies.
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Washington
Coal and Oil Industries
Congressional
House
Ways and Means
Richard M. Simpson
Venezuela
Dutch West Indies
Simpson
U C Contest Seeks ugliest Man on Campus
Twenty entrants filed for UC Berkeley contest to name the ugliest man on campus. Early polling shows the leading seven contenders are all faculty members.
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Berkeley, Calif
University of California
Nothing Faster For Headache Relief
BC Headache Tablets or Powders offer fast relief for nerve-racking headaches with a tested blend of ingredients. The combination provides greater effectiveness than individual components, aiding neuralgic pains, minor aches, and periodic pains. Available in powders and tablets in multiple sizes.
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Peters
By Jimmy Hatk
Thanx
Helen G. Lacey
Furniture Mart
Chicago, Ill
Pisa
Bing Crosby
Hazel Bishop
South Carolina State House
Columbia
Sherman
Perfection Gas
S. Main ST
Dans
Booth
Nash Jewelry & Loan CO
N. Main
Fly Eastern
Chicago
Atlanta
Miami
Eastern Air Lines
Chesterfield
ETT & Myers
Choice of Young America
Liggett & Myers
Topaccoco
Liocerry & Myrexs
Tomaeee
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