College Makes Room For The War Babies
War veterans enrolling at Columbia University Teachers College will be accommodated with on campus apartments for families. A nursery school with an expanded outdoor playground and indoor play room will operate for the students’ children. A special veterans lounge serves the 30 current enrollees as the college offers flexible study under reorientation plans for those awaiting the next semester.
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New York
N. Y
Teachers’ College of Columbia Uni
William Fletcher Russell
Teachers’ College
College
Dean Russell
Armed Forces
Believe Small Girl May Be Able To Tell Who Murdered Mother
In Lansdowne Pennsylvania a two and a half year old girl may identify the killer of her mother Loretta Cleave, a Marine sergeant’s wife. District Attorney Kraft voiced confidence she saw the hammer beating, the razor slashing, and the gas entry that killed Loretta Cleave. Elva Cleveland, the child, was left semiconscious and unable to name the murderer after her father arrived and questioned her. Police sealed the scene and kept the girl safe overnight.
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Lansdowne
Loretta Clevea
C. William Kraft
Nashville
Tenn
Cleveland
Elva
Damaged Homes in Regions Ready for Winter
Sir Malcolm Trustram Bye, London's repair chief, announced that 258 849 damaged homes in the civil defense region are prepared for winter. He noted an army of workers now totals 132, but the fragment ends without full context.
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Malcolm Trustram Bye
London
Dr Truman Gordon to Address Townsend Club Meeting
Dr Truman Gordon of Madison will speak at 8 p m at Logan High Townsend Club No 2. He will discuss providing jobs for American labor after the war.
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Dr. Truman Gordon
Truman Gordon
Madison
Stile
Townsend Clubs
Logan High
Townsend Club
Poker origins and mispronunciation frompoque
The text notes that the American game of poker may derive its name from a mispronunciation of the French word poque. It explains the term er may reflect a variant spelling and describes a similar game origin.
Twins duel in scoring as Arthur thumps Arcola 120 to 12
Arthur high school basketball saw twins Harold and Gerald Anderson share point duties in a 120 to 12 victory over Arcola. Gerald scored 52 points on 24 field goals and 4 free throws while Harold added 44 points. their total 96 points sparked the win. Their father, a former principal, was unavailable, serving in the army.
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Arthur
Harold
Gerald Anderson
Arcola
Gerald
Chicago Trader Emil A Stake Dies at 56
Emil A Stake longtime Chicago financier and banker who served as treasurer of the Chicago board of trade and as vice president and cashier of the First National Bank of Chicago passed away on Tuesday aged 56.
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Chicago
Emil A. Stake
Chicago Board of Trade
First National Bank of Chicago
Nativity Pageant by Training School Students
Students at the State Teachers College presented their annual nativity pageant on Tuesday morning. Cast included Elizabeth Brink and Barbara Thomas as readers, Donald Minard Eric Gundersen and Philip Smith as the three wise men, Joan Thiel as Mary, John Coldren as Joseph, with junior high students and a chorus. Music by the training school and Washington school orchestra.
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State Teachers College
Elizabeth Brink
Barbara Thomas
Donald Minard
Eric Gundersen
Philip Smith
Three Kings
Joan Thiel
Mary
John Coldren
Joseph
Training School
Washington School
Fritz Schubert
Mary Cavouras
Jim Taylor
Penny Brindley
Harold Youngberg
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