Novelist Harold Bell Wright Dies in California at 72
Harold Bell Wright, once the era’s most widely read author, died of bronchial pneumonia in La Jolla California at age 72. Survivors include widow Winifred Mary Wright and two sons Gilbert Munger Wright Malibu Beach and Norman Hall Wright New York City. He was born May 4 1872 in Rome New York and authored That Printer Of Udell's The Eyes Of The World The Shepherd Of The Hills and other works.
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Harold Bell Wright
California
San Diego
Calif
Dan
la Jolla
Jal
Wright
Missouri Ozarks
Udell
Winifred Mary Wright
Gilbert Munger Wright
Malibu Beach
Norman Hall Wright
New York City
Rome
N. Y
Will Honor League Members In Service
Luther League of French Creek Lutheran church will hold a candle lighting service Sunday at 8 p m to honor armed forces members. Pentecost services follow at Fagerness Lutheran church 10:30 a m and Tamarack Lutheran church 1:30 p m with offerings for church missions. A Memorial day dinner is planned May 30 at Fagerness Lutheran church by the Ladies Aid Society.
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Ettrick
Wis
Luther League of
Fagerness Lutheran Church
Ladies Aid Society
Eighth Grade Exercises At Beach School
Eighth grade graduation exercises will be held at the Beach school at 8 30 p m Friday with Clifford Peterson Blair high school principal delivering the address and presenting diplomas. Miss Carson Odegard and Mrs Victor Folkedahl are the teachers. The South Branch school will hold a picnic at noon Friday followed by exercises and a program with Miss Doris Sander county superintendent presenting diplomas.
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Ettrick
Wis
Beach
Hegg
Clifford Peterson
Blair
Carson Odegard
Victor Folkedahl
South Branch
Arthur Stenberg
Doris Sander
Firemen Can't Smoke On Way To A Blaze
A 1944 fire department manual prohibits firemen from smoking while responding to a fire or returning from one and restricts lunch requests, listening to others’ telephone calls at the station, sleeping with shoes on, pixie behavior, malicious water spraying, and using station tubs for nondesignated chores.
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ST. Louis
Demanual
Gives New Grounds In Suit For Divorce
Boston judge cites inability to get along with Boston residents as grounds. Albert S. Cook of Brington testified his wife left him due to a dislike of New Englanders and Bostonians, leading to a decree of divorce.
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Boston
Mass
Frederick J. Dillon
Albert S. Cook
Brighton
Sidewalk Plan Referred For Ferry Street Owners
A resolution ordering property owners along the north side of Ferry Street from 17th to 19th streets to build standard sidewalks was referred to the highway committee. It requires completion within 20 days after service of the resolution, or the board of public works will lay the sidewalks per city ordinance.
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Ferry Street
19Th Street
Highway Committee
Common Council
Board Ofublic Works
Local Soldier Responds To Farm Equipment Ad
DeWitt Craft advertised in the Garden City Telegram seeking a heavy disc plow. A reply from England came as Pvt. Clinton C. Crouse, formerly farming near Garden City, read the ad in his hometown paper and noted he had the needed outfit.
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Garden City
Kas
DeWitt Craft
England
Pvt
Clinton C. Crouse
Stress Sanitation For Food Stores
City health officer A M Murphy warns meat markets and grocery stores bear responsibility for unsanitary conditions from pets. He urges dogs and cats kept out of food establishments including hotels and restaurants, citing a state law requiring foods be protected from contamination.
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A. M. Murphy
Murphy
Wrens Return to Professor Fryxell's Pants
Wrens again nest in a pair of gardening shorts hanging in Dr. B. L. Fryxell's back yard at James Millikin University. The birds took up residence last year and left the nest intact while the pants hung on the line through winter.
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Decatur, II
B. L. Fryxell
James Millikin University
Contaminated Food Kept On Hand For Sale Violates Statute
A fragment notes that any person or firm handling tainted food kept for sale would be violating the statute. No further details are provided about the case or jurisdiction.
Labor Law Criticism in Sydney War Era Action
In Sydney the wartime labor law faces heavy criticism. Joan Thompson of Kogarah was fined $20 for failing to report to a textile mill, having temporarily filled her brother’s store duties. Bartolo Borgiora of King's Cross was fined $5 for not obeying a labor commission directive.
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Sydney
Joan Thompson
Kogarah
Bartolo Borgiora
King’s Cross
Labor Commission
Admiral Fitch Named Deputy Chief For Air Activity
Vice Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch is named the navy’s deputy chief of naval operations for air. He recently returned from the South Pacific where his air forces “drove the Japanese out of the air,” succeeding Vice Admiral William S. McCain, whose new post was not disclosed.
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Washington
Aubrey W. Fitch
Navy
Naval Operations
South Pacific
James Forrestal
William S. McCain
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