Convict Surrenders After Stating Escape Was To Dodge Dentist
Elmer Harland Belcher an 18yearold life term inmate surrendered to Oregon State Prison authorities saying he avoided escape to dodge a dental appointment. He had disappeared during a meal and was believed to have walked from a dairy barn job outside the walls. A statewide search followed. Belcher was convicted of the gunshot murder of a deaf girl.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon
Denlis
Elmer Harland Belcher
Belcher
U.S. Tests Jet Power To Transform Merchant Fleet
Washington launches an 11.1 million program by the Maritime Commission to install jet turbines, variable pitch props, and new freight handling gear on Liberty ships. General Electric and General Motors will build turbines to boost speeds and mobilization, with trials on four experimental ships to start next year.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
U. S. Maritime Commission
America
U. S
General Electric
General Motors
Reguar Shipping Lines
Liberty
Maritime Commission
Insurance offers indemnity and waiver of premium features
The notice advertises That’s the Kind of Insurance I Want with indemnity and waiver of premium and income disability protections.
New Scenic Loop Opens in Great Smoky Mountains
A new highway from Fontana to Fontana Lake completes a scenic loop through Fontana Lake Santeetlah Cheoah and surrounding forests. The road links Robbinsville Fontana Village Bryson City Cherokee Waynesville and Asheville with Bearpen Gap at 2360 feet and Fontana Lake dock at 1710 feet.
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Fontana Lake
North Carolina
Fontana
Joyce Kilmer National Forest
North Mountains
Santeetlah
Cheoah
Great Smokies
Snowbirds
Yellow Creek Mountains
Nantahala
Joyce Kilmer
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Lake Santeetlah
Joyce Kilmer Forest
U. 129
Tapoco
America
Robbinsville
Fontana Village
Smokies
Bryson City
Cherokee
Waynesville
Asheville
Fen Lake
Lee City
Bearpen Gap
Great Smoky Mountains
Colonial governors honored with Windsor roadside markers
Three colonial governors and North Carolina s first permanent white settler are commemorated by four roadside historical markers installed at Windsor on U S 17. North Carolina now has 741 historical markers on main highways across the state.
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North Carolina
Windsor
U. S. 17
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Security Life and Trust Company
Winston Late
Wee F. Schaner
Security Bank
S. Main St
Ashboro
James E. Webb
N. Fayetteville St
Thomasville
Julius A. Green
New Lambeth
J. Elmer Hill
Lambeth
Great Smoky Loop
Central Savings Bank
Formuly Hood Bank
F.D.I.C
North Main Street
DR. Scholl
Quaker “Supreme
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