Mexico Seeks To Tame Traffic
Mexico City's traffic chief Gen Antonio Gomez Velasco launches a tough safety drive amid daily chaos. Drivers face jail for offenses once fined, with 2000 new traffic lights and governors on public transport vehicles planned to curb rogue behavior. Anxious residents and motorists brace for stricter enforcement as licenses surge.
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United Press
Mexico City
Antonio Gomez Valesco
Gomez Valesco
Gomez Valésco
Gomez Velasco
Trial Witnesses Get Court Hearing
In Tulsa a district court hearing was set for today to decide if seven Tulsa residents should be ordered to testify in a Philadelphia murder trial linked to a Tulsa police officer and his former partner. Defendants include Tulsa officer Al Demos and co-defendants Frank Ellsworth Raymond Wilson and Robert W. Thomas, with Wilson slated for the first trial. Several named witnesses include Police Chief Joe McGuire Detective Capt. Harry Stege and Braniff Airlines records custodian. two witness names remain undisclosed.
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Tulsa
Okla
Philadelphia
Lulubel H. Rossman
al Demos
Robert W. Thomas
Frank J. Ellsworth
Raymond P. Wilson
Wilson
Joe MccGuire
Harry Stege
Billy Rodgers
Bill G. Melton
Braniff Airlines
Shrimp Life Cycle Joins Toy Microscope Sets
New York reports a toy industry boost as Artemia shrimp eggs become part of microscope kits from A C Gilbert Company. Inspired by a desert lake flood, the eggs hatch in two hours, shrimp mature in a day, and the life cycle can be observed by children. Not for cooking, the note adds.
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New York
A. C. Gilbert Company
Rhode Island Claims First Decoration Day Holiday in 1874
Rhode Island asserts it became the first state to adopt Decoration Day as a holiday in 1874. The claim highlights early state recognition of a day honoring soldiers with public observances and ceremonies.
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Rhode Island
Mapes Mans Maps and the Mind Behind Atlas Craft
Chicago profile of Carl H. Mapes chief map editor at Rand McNally 100-year firm. He visualizes maps first in the mind shaping stories as transportation changes push toward space navigation, while tracing a 1640 forebear who mapped Long Island. Mapes began as a salesperson in the 1920s and notes his name helped people remember him.
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Sheldon Garber
United Press
Chicago
Mapes
Carl H. Mapes
Rand McNally & Company
Long Island
Rand McNally
Bonds Forfeited In Police Court
Fines totaling 70 were levied and bonds in the amount of 106 were ordered forfeited Tuesday in a Municipal court docket crowded with traffic cases. Edwin M House and Harvey H White had 20 dollar forfeited bonds for reckless driving. Billy Taylor fined 20 for guilty plea. Other defendants forfeited bonds or were fined for speeding illegal turns following too close no license and public drunkenness.
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J. Merle Oaks
Edwin Marcus House
Summit
Harvey H. White
Fort Sill
Billy Taylor
N. First
Taylor
Robert F. Estes
Benny Melton
Robert Chapman
Ronald A. Yoder
Hoover
Ava Sanders
Ralph L. Wertz
N. 24Th
Dartmouth figures Rolfe and Jeremiah linked by baseball past
Dartmouth’s athletic director Red Rolfe and hockey coach Ed Jeremiah were teammates on the Dartmouth baseball squad in 1929 and 1930. Rolfe later starred as a third baseman for the New York Yankees.
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Dartmouth
Red Rolfe
Ed Jeremiah
Rolfe
Yankees
Bill Arrives 17 Years Behind Times
In Miami Oklahoma 1939 the American Legion auxiliary sought tax exemption and was approved. Seventeen years later the auxiliary still receives correspondence from the Treasury Department. The district director in group one for two copies of the.
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Bill
Miami
Okla
American Legion Auxiliary
Treasury Department
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