Odds and Ends Across Nations and Media Reflections
A collage of brief items notes inflation at the government printing office, a TV eye test misreading beans, and Canada’s higher auto death rate. It cites Eddie Cantor on TV audiences, shaving thoughts, burlesque nostalgia, suburban shopping center concerns, and a Cleveland sign about government spending near Public Square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Government Printing Office
TV Eye
Los Angeles Examiner
Wilbur Ross Smith
Dominion
United States
Joe
Bill
Eddie Cantor
Canter
New York
Russia
U. N
Cleveland, O
Public Square
Cleveland
New Miracle Electronic Ear Hides Deafness
A Chicago scientist unveils an electronic ear that renders old hearing aids obsolete and lets the deaf hear without visible buttons or dangling batteries. It targets about 15 million hard of hearing Americans and offers a free booklet at Electronic Research Director, 1450 West 19th Street, Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Electronic Research Director
19Th Street
Beltone
Harnett Sheriff Probes Angier Carnival Gun Incident
Harnett County sheriff officers seek details of a Saturday night shooting at Angier carnival where four were shot and one beaten. Victims include Rue Simes 36 Knoxville Tenn in critical condition. her husband treated for head wounds. Also hospitalized were Allen Eyre Coyatt Myatt and Cliff Adams all of Angier. Three pistols and a shotgun were confiscated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dann
Harnett County
Angier
W. E. Salmon
Rue 'Simes
Knoxville
Tenn
Allen Eyre
Coyatt Myatt
Cliff Adams
Salmon
Shaw Reported In Fine Condition After Surgeries
In Luton England on September 23 doctors said Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw is in fine condition and in excellent spirits. He has made a wonderful recovery after two operations, one to mend a fractured left thigh and another to correct a kidney ailment.
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Luton
England
George Bernard Shaw
Shaw
Adenauer Moves to Quell Communist Rally Turmoil
West German Chancellor Adenauer took steps to quell communist exuberance after hundreds of young Reds tried to disrupt a rally of 30,000 trade union miners in Bochum Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
REDS
Bochum
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Moon Eclipse Tonight Lights Up North American Sky
New York reports a total lunar eclipse visible across North America if skies clear. Timetable EST includes penumbra at 8:20 p.m., umbra at 9:31 p.m., total phase 10:54 to 11:40 p.m., with a coppery red moon possible and CBS televise from 11:15 to 11:30 p.m.
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New York
North America
Earth
Umbra
Penumbra
CBS
Sawyer pledges sustained military burden after Korea victory
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer insists the United States must maintain full armament effort and likely impose new business controls to channel resources to military needs. He signals potential limits on civilian production and possible prioritization of military orders to prevent hoarding while noting gains in national output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Korea
Sawyer
United States
NPA
Inside Job Proposed for Whistler Mystery Threat
Sheriff Leon Vial announced new evidence supporting a claim that the whistling scare surrounding 18 year old Jacquelyn Catlow is an inside job and a hoax. He eyed a full statement by nightfall as wedding preparations for Jacquelyn and state trooper Herbert Belsom proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paradis
Leon Vial
Jacquelyn Catlow
Clifford Catlow
Vial
Whistler
Taft
New Orleans
Miss Catlow
Herbert Belsom
Cadow
Jacquelyn
William and Mary Homecoming at UNC October 28
The University of North Carolina will host William and Mary College for homecoming football in Chapel Hill on October 28. The game shapes a key event of campus festivities with both schools meeting on the gridiron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
William and Mary College
Sun Ambush Kills Shelton Gang Associate in Herrin
In Herrin Illinois Roy Armes 32 brother of a Shelton gang member was killed by two gunmen in an ambush firing from behind a fence at close range. The coroner's jury noted the attack mirrored past Shelton murders and James Scott witnessed the scene escaping injury. The case raises ongoing questions about who targets the Sheltons and why.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Ill
Williamson County
Roy Armes
Shelton
Illinois
Roy
Carl
Bernie
Roy Shelton
Shelton Brothers
Sheltons
Armes
Monroe
Blackie) Armes
Thomas Castle
Castle’s
Blackie
James Scott
Blackie Armes
Scott
Girl Held For Killing Aged Man in California
In Ukiah California a 15 year old girl held for the fatal shooting of 76 year old Samuel Walitch. The suspect Helen George confessed she had a desire to kill and said she planned to kill her father Melvin George but he was far away in Santa Rosa. The girl hiked about 30 miles to Walitch’s home and shot him in the back of the head. She then discarded the pistol and walked to a pastor’s home to report the event. Further investigation and state hospital placement are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ukiah
Calif
Beverly Broaddus
Helen George
Melvin George
Santa ‘Rosa
Samuel C. Walitch
Willits
Peter North
Broaddus
Helen
Walitch
North
Helen Heitz
Sonoma County Hospital
Santa Rosa
Napa State Hospital
Mendocino State Hospital
Naktong
Price
Dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven Dies at 87
Private funeral services will be held today for the dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven aged 87. She was granddaughter of Queen Victoria sister of Russia s last czarina and mother of Earl Mountbatten of Burma. She died yesterday at Kensington palace after an extended illness. The funeral is at St James palace with burial at Whippingham Isle of Wight.
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London
Marchioness
Milford Haven
Queen Victoria
Russia
Earl Mountbatten
Burma
Kensington Palace
St. James Palace
Whippingham
Isle of Wight
Puzzle Grid From Fragmented State Clue List
A garbled crossword style prompt lists clues and fragments about a state flag, places, and assorted terms. It reads like a puzzle grid with numbered entries and foreign hints, lacking coherent narrative or resolved answers.
Answer to Previous Puzzle Al 20 One Who
The clues list presents a crossword style puzzle with numbered hints and word placements. It includes terms like wheel shaft marks the skin binds rules and several other word prompts across 23 to 56 and 41 bearing area fi.
Bridge Hand Shows Bold Jump in Cavendish Club Game
John Crawford of Philadelphia leads a dramatic Cavendish Club rubber with a six diamonds bid and clever redoubles. West opens spade king, Crawford trumps in dummy, draws trumps, and leads king of hearts to secure all tricks. East and West mislead, but Crawford claims the hand with precise play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cavendish
New York
John Crawford
Philadelphia
East
West
North
Mr. Crawford
Crawford
Italy Starts Land Reform Program Widens Farm Redistribution
Premier Alcide de Gasperi's government began a nationwide land reform. Thirty peasant families near Cotrone received the first parcels in Santa Severina where 400 families in the village will get seven to ten acre plots. The program aims to redistribute about 3,700,000 acres to roughly 400,000 peasants.
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Cotrone
Italy
Alcide de Gasperi
Santa Severina
Hal Boyle's Battlefront Visit With G I Joes
Hal Boyle recounts a supply convoy near Waegwan on the Naktong river in Korea. A tired private first class, a doughboy who survived a downed assault boat and a concussion, shares his frontline view and a Marine-turned AP correspondent notes the red dust drops as the truck departs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Naktong
Waegwan
Seoul
Eighth Army
Walton H. Walker
Bem Price
Associated Press
Price
Wake Forest Tickets Sellout Threatens UNC Game at Chapel Hill
Public notices in Guilford County report few remaining tickets for the October 14 UNC Wake Forest football clash in Chapel Hill. A separate High Point summons seeks divorce between Thelma Driggers and Ernest Driggers with court appearance due within 20 days after October 1950. Proposals to amend High Point zoning ask for hearings on front yard limits and side yard rules October 3 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Guilford County
City of
High Point
Thelma B. Driggers
Ernest Driggers
M. W. Nash
L. B. Williams
Council Chamber
City Hall
East Commerce Street
Lois W. Smith
Missing B-50 Bomber Found With All 16 Aboard
A U S air force B 50 bomber reported missing three days ago was found in the Labrador wilderness with 16 men alive. A U S air force team planned helicopter evacuation today from Goose Bay while R C A F and ACGAF worked with the incident. The routine flight from Goose Bay to Tucson was the mission of the 12 crew and four passengers all military personnel.
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Halifax
N. S
U.S. Airforce
Labrador
U. S. Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
ACGAF
Goose Bay
Tucson
Arizona
Train Derailment Kills Five Near Paris
Five people killed when an express train derailed about 45 miles from Nancy. Dozens were injured as three coaches left the track, and one coach reportedly carried children returning from a holiday.
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Paris
Nancy
Notice changes in passenger train schedules
Southern Railway updates departures from High Point effective Sunday September 24. Train 3, The Peach Queen, leaves 10:34 p.m. for Greensboro Washington New York and intermediates instead of 10:42 p.m. Train 47, Aiken-Augusta Special, leaves 2:45 a.m. for Charlotte Columbia Augusta and intermediates instead of 2:12 a.m. Train 37, The Crescent, leaves 1:53 a.m. for Atlanta Montgomery Mobile New Orleans and intermediates instead of 1:23 a.m. Train 136 leaves 10:25 a.m. for Washington and intermediates instead of 1:00 a.m.
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Southern Railway
High Point
Greensboro
Washington
New York
Aiken
The
Crescent
Atlanta
Montgomery
Mobile
New Orleans
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George S.may Company
East 42Nd Street
N.Y
Harnett
Hospital Care Association
Blue Cross
Gall Oc
Union Station
William and Mary
Shelton Gang
Granite State
Bashan
New Mexico
Adam
Il Eskimo
Rs Agee Ee
Phi Ole
Messon
Weet
Ening
P'ble
Hal Boyle
Battlefront
G. I. Joes
Wake Forest
Univn of North Carolina
Southern Railway System
Mann’s Drug Stores
Nature
America
Fayetteville
Goldsboro
Connection Airlines
Piedmont
Femara
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