Greene County Teachers Institute to Meet in Bloomfield
The 66th annual Greene County teachers institute will convene next week in Bloomfield, announced by Superintendent Alvin C. Keller. In other news, the Paxton mine of Keller Coal Co. was sealed after a gas explosion, with one man, Hudson Watson, seriously burned. Rudolph Valentino, noted film star, died in a New York hospital after an eight day illness.
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Teachers’ Institute of
Greene County
Bloomfield Gcing
Alvin C. Keller
Paxton
Keller Coal Co
Hudson Watson
Rudolph Valentino
Shiek
New York Hospital
Draft Deferments Expanded for Key Workers and Professors
Washington August 23. Selective Service broadened deferment rules at reconversion directorates request. Boards must give serious weight to occupational claims of production and transport workers builders and college and university teachers. Some science and engineering student and research exemptions were eased as well.
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Washington
Ohh Steelman
Selective Service
Betty and Paris Teams Set for Sunday Showdown
The Little Betty baseball team hosts Paris IL in a Western Indiana league game at the Betty diamonds. Paris fields a fast, young club that placed second in the first half. Betty adds Tom Ketchum of Jasonville to strengthen the roster. Game time is 2 30 p m.
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Little Betty
Paris
Betty Diamonds
Betty
Great Lakes Steel
Tom Ketchum
Jasonville
Painting in the Sand Is Saved for Posterity
Salt Lake City attorney John S. Boyden announces preservation efforts for a Navajo Indian artifact, aiming to safeguard cultural elements described as a painting in the sand. Officials discuss restoration steps and the significance of protecting heritage.
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Salt Lake City
John S. Boyden
Indian sand picture preserved by medicine man in Salt Lake City
The six-foot sand picture painted by Ha Ta Lee of Lukachukai Arizona was lacquer sealed by Boyden during a Salt Lake City visit. Believed to be the first and only preserved Native sand picture by an Indian medicine man, it has long been used by the Nazajo tribe to cure night sickness.
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Ha-Ta-Lee
Joe Lee
Lukachukai
Arizona
Salt Lake City
Boyden
Lee
Receipts of Hogs at Market Climb Ahead of Price Ceilings
Indianapolis hog receipts at the Union Stock Yards rose to about 20 000 as farmers rush to market before August 29 OPA price ceilings. Earlier bids for choice barrows reached as high as 26 dollars, with packers given a chance to buy and store ample supplies tomorrow. Market normally runs Monday through Friday.
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Indianapolis
Union Stock Yards
Production Marketing Association
Smaller nations outvote big four at peace conference vote
At Paris on August 23 the big four faced a new setback as small nations won a vote in the Italian treaty commission. Holland pressed to alter the preamble wording on aggression, seeking “understood” and “thereby understood” rather than “declared” and “entered.” The proposal failed 11 to 9, with the big four and Soviet satellites backing the original text. reports may go to the full conference.
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Paris
U.P
Italy
Holland
Lost ring travels from Guadalcanal to Pittsburgh by chain of luck
A class ring lost on Guadalcanal in 1942 returned to George F. Bytsura of Pittsburgh after passing through Paris Island Newark and Duquesne University. A female Marine and a Newark mother helped the ring reach college authorities who identified the owner by his initials.
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U.P
Guadalcanal
George F. Bytsura
Duquesne University
Bytsura
Paris Island
South Carolina
Newark
N. J
New Jersey and Virginia Choose Blonde Beauties
Two Miss America candidates from Virginia and New Jersey are highlighted. Miss Bette Cannon of Alexandria, Virginia, 18, 5 feet 5 inches, 116 pounds, says her figure comes from eating what she wants and exercising like a Notre Dame fullback. Miss Helen Sprin 'itis' is also mentioned.
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Atlantic City
Virginia
New Jersey
Bette Cannon
Alexandria
Notre Dame
Helen Sprinitis
Mrs Faith Baker Dies Rites Announced
Mrs Faith C Baker 56 formerly of Lyons died at 8 a.m. Thursday at her home 937 Routier drive Indianapolis heart attack listed as the cause. She was born in Lyons to the late Bill and Mrs Boyd and lived there until 1935 before moving to Indianapolis. She belonged to Lyons Christian church. Surviving are husband Grover a former Lyons hardware merchant three sons Paul and Carl Baker of Indianapolis Virgil Baker of Noblesville and a daughter Mrs Chris
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Faith C. Baker
Lyons
Routier Drive
Indianapolis
Vincennes Boy Fights For Life After Thorn Injury
Ernest Rippetoe, 14, of Vincennes, Indiana, lay critically ill at Riley Hospital after stepping on a thorn a week earlier. Doctors gave penicillin and 100000 units of antitoxin and placed him in an oxygen tent under Dr John D Van Nuys. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Douglas Rippetoe of Vincennes.
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Indianapolis
Ernest Rippetoe
Vincennes
Tetanus
James Whitcomb Riley Hospital
John D. van Nuys
Indiana University Hospital
Ernest
Douglas Rippetoe
Shake reunion set at Humphreys Park
The annual Shake family reunion will be held Sunday in Humphreys Park. All relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend.
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Humphreys Park
Funeral services for Tina Jones and relatives held in Indianapolis
Tina Jones of Indianapolis, sister Mrs Margareath Britton of Lyons and Mrs Helen Roach of Speedway City, along with four grandchildren, are noted. Funeral services are set for 1 PM Saturday at Shirley Brothers Hill Chapel Funeral Home in Indianapolis with burial at Washington Park Cemetery in Indianapolis.
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Tina Jones
Indianapolis
Margareath Britton
Lyons
Helen Roach
Speedway City
Shirley Brothers Hill Chapel
Washington Park Cemetery
License Plates Change Color in New York
New York State's division of motor vehicles is bothered by a license plate color change proposal. Officials indicate shifts in plate colors could complicate law enforcement and vehicle identification.
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Albany, N. Y
New York State
Division of Motor Vehicles
Wartime shortages blamed for color fading plates
Plates made at Auburn prison fade from deep yellow to cream due to wartime material shortages and ersatz paints. Officials worry the color loss hinders recognition of New York plates. Burning grass harms soil fertility and plant roots. A Twentieth Century Fund report cites over 160 million books in U.S. public libraries.
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Auburn Prison
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