Eight Girls Escape from Arkansas Girls' Training School
Eight inmates broke away after smashing doors at the Arkansas Girls' Training School in Little Rock. Among the escapees were Ruth Wann Watts and Juanita Mullins, with others from Little Rock Fort Smith Crawfordsville and Texarkana. A prior Aug. 14 riot led to a grand jury indictment of two former officials for mistreatment. Governor McMath ordered an investigation while a saline circuit judge presided over the inquiry.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas Girls’ Training School
Avanda Pruitt
Reformatory
Ruth Wann Watts
Crawfordsville
Tenn
Juanita Elsie Mullins
Juanita Hall
Texarkana
Edith Ross
England
Joan Haney
Ardith Pettigrew
Fort Smith
Rita Pickens
Clara Oshurst
Fayetteville
Watts and Mullins
Ross
Carrie Toland
Amazing Relief For Sore Feet
HEBOS claims to relieve burning itching sweating and odor with a single daily application. It dries quickly and supposedly loosens callus tissue leaving feet feeling wonderful with a money back guarantee.
Cloudburst Flood Blares Through Birmingham Streets
A cloudburst dropped 2.59 inches in 40 minutes Tuesday flooding streets and basements in Birmingham. Sewers overflowed and city hall reported 10 feet of water while high winds and lightning accompanied the storm. Power failures began at 11 18 A M CST as the rain started.
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Birmingham
Ala
Duke Delights Irish With Linen Gift Joke
The Duke of Edinburgh charmed a Belfast luncheon crowd during the royal visit. He recalled the Irish Linen Guild’s gift of pillow cases for Prince Charles and quipped that if he is not on Irish soil his head is resting on Irish linen.
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Duke of Edinburgh
Princess Elizabeth
Prince Charles
Belfast
Deafness Returns After Plane Flight in Wisconsin Woman
Mrs Ellen Ramberg of Green Bay says her deafness disappeared during a flight from Detroit to Milwaukee Saturday and she still heard well on Tuesday. Her doctor warned the improvement may be temporary and could not confirm if altitude caused the change. The right ear had been deaf since June and improved, with the left ear also showing progress.
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Green Bay
Wis
Ellen Ramberg
Detroit
Milwaukee
Ramberg
Profitably Using Inferior Ore Discussed At UN Conference
John D. Sullivan of Battelle Institute spoke at a United Nations conference on resource conservation. He said technical advances enable profitable use of low grade ores with copper yields improving since 1900 and 1948, and noted declining ore grades in iron, tin, and zinc while iron supply may increasingly come from formation materials near current mines.
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United States
Oe Nations
John D. Sullivan
Battelle Institute
Columbus
Sullivan
U. S
America
VA Chief Warns on GI Bill Use For Proprietary Schools
Major Thomas M. Nias reports VA education chief H V Stirling doubts profit schools provide real civilian-readiness training for veterans. Stirling proposes strict cost justifications, legislative authority, and targeted education for select veterans to curb rapid enrollment growth in proprietary schools.
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H. V. Stirling
Stirling
Congress
VAVA
Fife boy boarding allowance raised to four fifty
The Fife Social Welfare Committee agreed to raise a 15 year old Aberdeen boarded out boy’s weekly boarding allowance from 4 to 4 50 in response to a plea from Aberdeen City Council.
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Fife
Scotland
Aberdeen
Fife Social Welfare Committee
Fes
Ice Mint Balm Provides Cooling Foot Relief
A medicated balm promises quick soothing relief from burning foot pain. It claims millions of users enjoy cooler, fresher comfort and invites readers to get Ice Mint from druggists.
Editor’s Note for Service-Connected Problems
Readers are invited to write Maj. Nial regarding any service-connected issue and enclosing a self addressed stamped envelope for reply. The notice requests mail to the newspaper address maintained for correspondence on veterans’ affairs.
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Maj. Nial
84-Year-Old Wins Second Prize at Shaftesbury Lymkhana
Mrs. J. Lewis aged 84 sat side saddle on a former eighth army officer's charger to win second prize in the Shaftesbury Lymkhana. Meanwhile 12 German politicians visited England to observe parliamentary procedures.
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Eighth Army
J. Lewis
Shaftesbury
England
Snowball prank freezes back to life in July
Four boys from 27th and Barlow streets and 2610 Travis street admitted storing king size snowballs and a junior snowman in a deep freeze last February. They planned a park battle but changed course after retrieving the cache, leaving the Tribune walls coated with a pale snowlike substance.
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Science
Derby
Tribune
Russell
Richard Gemoll
Barlow
Gerald
Arnold Every
Travis Street
Gemoll
Myrick Park
Two centenarians in Hopefield South Africa celebrate birthdays
The village of Hopefield hosts two centenarians, both women. Maria Cura recently turned 104 and has been bedridden since 1947 yet retains a strong memory. Jurgens Kotze, nicknamed Ouma Gesse, is about to turn 104.
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Hopefield
South Africa
Maria Cura
Jurgens Kotze
Ouma Gesse
Peterson's Ointment Promises Quick Eczema Relief
Advertisement urges sufferers of itching eczema pimples and red blotches to use Peterson's Ointment 40c from all druggists with a money back guarantee if relief is not achieved Also promoted for itching feet and cracks between toes
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Peterson
Two Pilots Die In Illinois Light Plane Crash
In Mattoon Illinois two men Harry Paulos of Milwaukee and Douglas Topp of Clintonville died when their light aircraft crashed on a farmer's field owned by Huebner. The craft struck a power line and a tree before spinning to the ground and catching fire. Officials said no inquest will be held.
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Mattoon
Wis
Shawano County
Hugo Baker
Harry Paulos
Milwaukee
Douglas Topp
Clintonville
Jim Pecha
Aeronca Four Club
Paulos
Billy Mitchell
Topp
Antigo
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West Channel Sand Company
Eczema
PLAID
Sspuroeon
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Cal
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Josepe
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