The Professor Prefers Taming Lions to Co-Eds
George J. Keller, director of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College art department, takes a year off to pursue his animal act with lions and a trained zebra stallion. He explains his safer attraction to big cats than to college students and recalls circus beginnings and summer performances. The piece notes his dual career and parallels between training cats and guiding students.
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NEA
Mineola
N. Y
George J. Keller
Prof. Keller
State Teachers College
Bloomsburg
Keller
Oter
Mineola Fair
Columbia
Mexico
The Mad House
The Mad House offers troublesome passengers a chance to prove their sense enough to come in from the rain. They laugh together as tokens dropped reveal humanity. The narrator notes people rarely save money for a rainy day, but they do save up humanity. Too bad it doesn’t rain more often.
Governor-Elect Backs Higher Legislator Pay in Amendment
Kerr Scott Democratic nominee for governor advocates a constitutional amendment to raise legislators’ pay from 600 to 1200 per session and presiding officers from 700 to 1500. He argues current pay forces lawmakers to fund expenses and risks turning the assembly into a rich man’s club.
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Raieigh
Kerr Scott
Scott
General Assembly
National Guard Air Unit Boosted to 758 Strength
Raleigh Oct. 26 The National Guard has raised manpower ceilings for its air unit. A Washington ruling reported by State Adj Gen J. Van B. Metts allows North Carolina's air unit at Morrisfield Charlotte to increase from 352 to 758 officers and men. Deadline is January 1. Lt. Col. William C. Payne of Charlotte commands the unit.
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Raleigh
National Guard
Washington
Adj
J. van B. Metts
North Carolina
Morrisfield
Charlotte
William C. Payne
Second Marine Division History Board Seeks Wartime Members
The Second Marine Division History Board seeks 20 000 wartime members who moved without forwarding addresses or did not acknowledge gift orders. It plans to distribute free copies of the unofficial World War II history to those who served between August 7 1942 and September 2 1945.
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New York
Second Marine Division History Board
Second Marine Division
State highway bids opened for 21 projects across 20 counties
The state highway commission opened bids on 21 improvement projects totaling 111.4 miles in 20 counties. Estimated cost is 2,321,000 dollars. Alabama has had seven undefeated and untied football teams since 1892.
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Raleigh
State Highway Commission
Alabama
Woman Recovers Mobility After Using TRU AID Rheumatic Cure
A High Point resident describes severe rheumatic pain and swollen joints in the elbow and shoulder. After taking TRU AID she can raise her arm, swelling subsides, and she reports renewed vitality, praising the three ingredients that target rheumatic aches. The ad claims widespread relief and urges readers to buy TRU AID at local drug stores.
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High Point
Administrator's Notice for Meta Johnson Estate
Walter W. Hoover administrator of Meta Johnson estate in Guilford County announces claims must be presented at 1113 East Washington Street High Point NC by October 19 1949. All debts to the estate should be paid promptly and notice dated October 19 1948.
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Meta Johnson
Guilford County
North Carolna
East Washington Street
High Point
North Carolina
Walter W. Hoover
Georgian L. Burton
Kermit Burton
Georgia L
Burton York, Dickson and Morgan
Moyock Youth Wins Hulda Johnston Cox Scholarship at State College
John C. Barber of Moyock, a forestry junior at N C State, received the $500 Hulda Johnston Cox scholarship during the Hill Forest event near Durham. The presentation by Richard Cox followed a college forestry rollero program featuring contests and field demonstrations.
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Raleigh
John C. Barber
Moyock
Division of Forestry
N. C. State College
Hulda Johnston Cox
Barber
Richard Cox
Dover
Hill Forest
Durham
Rolleo
State College Forestry
Yates M. Barber
Pinetum
Alpha Zeta
Forestry Club
State College
Ralph K. Cox Paper Company, Inc
N. C
Wellsburg
Cox
J. W. Hofmann
Hofmann
Hillcrest
Northwest
East
Dozen Wedding Rings Sold To Minister
In Greensboro on October 26 a jewelry store clerk learned the Rev. Robert Cox rector of Holy Trinity Episcopal church ordered a dozen wedding rings. Bishop William Gordon of Alaska visiting North Carolina noted Eskimos Cox marries lack rings. Rings were a gift from the Greensboro congregation.
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Greensbor
Robert Cox
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
William Gordon
Alaska
North Carolina
Cox
Greensboro
Old Fort Man Charged With Wounding Wife
Willie Allison 29 of near Old Fort was captured Saturday afternoon after an argument at home Friday during which he allegedly wounded his wife with a double blade axe. Sheriff Pool said Allison fled into woods behind a brother in law’s house and held a shotgun before officers approached. He is jailed and declined to comment.
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Marion
Willie Allison
Old Fort
C. M. Pool
Allison
Pool
Comic Book Bans Grow Across U S Cities
The American Municipal Association reports nearly 50 cities in the United States have banned the sale of comic books deemed objectionable by civic groups.
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Washington, D. C
The
American Municipal Association
United States
Faith the bravest cat dies shielding kitten in London church
Faith, dubbed the bravest cat in the world, died in a blitzed London church tower. The feline earned her title in 1940 after sheltering her kitten in a church rectory when a bomb shattered the building and she refused to flee.
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London
Faith
Married In 1925 Bridegroom Still Owes Fee
Keewanee October 26 The Rev Loyal M Thompson recalled a 1925 wedding in which a lone bridegroom promised to pay the wedding fee after the honeymoon. He never returned and the honeymoon apparently never ended. Thompson, minister at First Methodist Church, has preached 1,000 ceremonies.
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Kewanee, II
Loyal M. Thompson
Thompson
Dr. Thompson
First Methodist Church of
Kewanee
Alabama Bowl Returnee Stats Highlight 21.3 PPG
In post-season play across 10 bowl appearances the Alabama football program averages 21.3 points per game, reflecting consistent scoring output in the postseason.
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Alabama
Kerosene Stove Blamed For Fatal House Fire
In Massillon Ohio a kerosene stove caused a blaze that destroyed a two room dwelling in Navarre killing seven family members. The victims include Harry Devoll 30 Vivian 28 and their children Evelyn 5 Howard Leroy 3 Bill 2 and Allen Ray 2 months. Fire Chief Clifford Johnson and deputies attributed the fire to the stove.
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Massilon
Navarre
Harry Devoll
Vivian
Evelyn
Howard Leroy
Bill
Allen Ray
Clifford Johnson O
Penn and Penn State Meet on Gridiron This Season
Penn and Penn State clash on the gridiron this season marking their first meeting in years. The matchup sets expectations for both programs as they renew a historic rivalry on the field.
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Penn
Penn State
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