Phone Service Boon To Farms 85 Percent Of All Homes Electrified
Washington dispatch reports the Rural Electrification Administration expanding rural telephone service alongside electrification. Since inception in 1935 REA has made 36 loans totaling 8.09 million dollars across 21 states, with 632 loan requests totaling 73.72 million dollars. Current farm telephone penetration varies by state, Iowa leading with 79.3 percent and Mississippi lagging at 3.7 percent.
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Rural Electrification Administration
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Claude R. Wickard
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Wisconsin
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Beauty Operators Give Hairdos at Pekin Nursing Home
Eight Pekin beauticians closed shops to visit Tazewell county nursing home residents. About 40 women received hairdos and 35 men also resident. Ruth Leitner said residents were tickled and the operators felt we all feel good.
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Pekin
Tazewell County Nursing Home
Ruth Leitner
Miss Leitner
New Envelope Set Issued By Post Office This Month
A new emboss stamped envelope set will be issued on November 16, 17 and 18 by Postmaster Wenzel M. Dvorak. The series includes one, two and three cent envelopes featuring Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. First day cancellations available through the New York postmaster. orders must include name and address and be paid by money order or postal note.
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Wenzel M. Dvorak
American Stamp Dealers’ Association
Benjamin
Franklin
George Washington
New York
Post Office
Glamis Castle Opens to Public in Historic 900-Year-Old Home
Glasgow reports Glamis Castle, medieval home linked to Macbeth, opens regularly to visitors. The 11th century history includes Malcolm II's assassination and murderers fleeing across frozen fields to Forfar Loch, where the Stuarts and figures like James V and Bonnie Dundee also dwelled.
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Macbeth
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Glasgow
Malcolm the Second
Scotland
Forfar Loch
Stuarts
James the Fifth
Bonnie Dundee
Probers Hear David Russell In Kefauver Inquiry
A Kefauver committee attorney interviewed David Russell, Chicago figure linked to a former witness. Russell arrived surreptitiously at the committee offices, then fled as photographers pursued him. His brother Harry previously avoided questions on the Capone gang and gambling.
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Kefauver Crime Investigation Committee
David Russell
Russell
George S. Robinson
Federal
Harry Russell
Chicago Capone
Miami
Washington
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