Never Before Told Stamp Story Involves FDR and a Hobby
Washington report recalls a tale of Franklin D Roosevelt seeking old stamps to ease wartime woes around 1945. Charles Kohen, a small dealer, sourced a British Honduras 6 center of 1887 and an 1882 penny stamp for a single shilling, offering cash but no check. The President reportedly thanked him, declined payment, and the stamps end up with the Roosevelt family while Kohen kept the secret.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Navy
New York
United States
Charles Kohen
British Honduras
Kohen
White House
Hyde Park
Charlie Kohen
Charlie
Roosevelt
Youth thief sentenced for Elks Club robbery spree
In Brazil Indiana a youth who admitted robbing 20 plus Elks lodges and other sites in three states was given 25 years in the Indiana State Reformatory at Pendleton. Charles Wolters of Cape Girardeau escaped from a Michigan prison and urged to be sent to Michigan City.
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Brazil
Ind
Illinois
Wato
Indiana
Charles Wolters
Cape Girardeau, Co
Michigan State Penitentiary
Clay
Robert B. Stewart
Reformatory
Pendleton
Wolters
Michigan City
Plane Lost in State Still Being Sought
Indiana CAP and Air Force planes scoured Northern Indiana for a T33 trainer with two aboard. In a two day search, pilots from Indianapolis Bedford Bloomington Marion South Bend Fort Wayne LaPorte Angola Warsaw and Auburn reported no sign of the missing aircraft. The plane last contacted the Goshen tower near midnight Saturday while en route from Spokane to Westover AFB.
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Indianapolis
Air Force
Indiana
Civil Air Patrol
Indiana Cap
Bedford
Bloomington
Marion
South Bend
Fort Wayne
LaPorte
Angola
Warsaw
Auburn
CAP
Goshen
Ind
Spokane
Wash
Westover Air Force Base
Mass
Tea color depends on processing not tea plant type
The color of tea results from the processing method after picking rather than the tea bush variety. Oxidation level during processing determines whether tea is black green or oolong.
Herter Named Undersecretary of State in 1957
Christian A Herter 61 of Paris porn and former two time Massachusetts governor succeeds Herbert Hoover Jr as Undersecretary of State. He is an early SE Eisenhower backer and a rising foreign affairs expert expected to be nominated around February 1 1957.
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Christian A. Herter
Paris
Porn
Masschusetts
Herbert Hoover, Jr
Three Hurt In Rushville Motel Gas Heater Blast
Rushville Indiana state police report a bottle gas heater exploded at the Boren Motel injuring three people. David Stringer 63 his wife Ida 61 and granddaughter Judy Moneyhan 13 Anderson were taken to Rush County Hospital with Mrs Stringer in serious condition. Explosion caused extensive damage to a motel wing.
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Rushville
Ind
Boren
David Stringer
Ida
Judy Moneyhan
Anderson
Integration unrest subsides at Clinton High School
Negro and white pupils returned to the same classes at Clinton High School with no incident after the school had closed since last Tuesday due to disturbances including an assault on a minister escorting pupils. In Knoxville Federal Judge Robert Taylor arraigned 16 people accused of instigating racial trouble in violation of a federal injunction. all pleaded not guilty and trials were set for the week of January 28.
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Clinton, Tenn
Clinton High School
Knoxville
Robert 2. Taylor
Taylor
Not Superstitious Cats Shelter Aid From Indiana Farm
Central Indiana residents who advertise lost cats may be contacted by Mrs. Marlinda Overfelt who offers to adopt the animals. She runs a cat friendly farm near Indianapolis feeding them oats milk bread and broth. She has two dogs and five cats plus others. Several cats died from poison and traffic while others wandered away. She may spare a few older cats or kittens to good homes.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Malinda Overfelt
Mrs. Overfelt
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Broz
Hoover
Strong Motors
Chevrolet
NASH
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