Indiana highway bids opened for twenty miles in eight counties
The State Highway Commission of Indiana opened bids Tuesday for paving and surfacing about twenty miles of state highways across Knox Morgan Perry Spencer Washington Clark Jefferson and Switzerland counties. Projects cost nearly one million dollars and most are part of the 1938 federal aid program. one mile on Road 56 near Vevay will be state funded.
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State Highway Commission of
Indiana
Earl Crawford
Knox
Morgan
Perry
Spencer
Washington
Clark
Jefferson
Switzerland
Commission
Vevay
Vincennes
Martinsville
Washington and Clark
Madison
State Highway Commission
Doctor Hero Of Mine Rescue In Rhodesia
Dr Robert Saunders received the Edward Medal for gallantry after an underground mine rescue near Selukwo Southern Rhodesia. He descended with a rescue team to free Howard Sheasby whose wrist was trapped, then amputated to save him when removal of rubble proved too dangerous. The operation saved the man and the patient remained conscious throughout.
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Bulawayo
Rhodesia
W.P
Robert Saunders
Edward
Howard Sheasby
Homestake
Selukwo
Southern Rhodesia
Saunders
Stone
Livestock Market Report Highlights Hog Cattle and Sheep
Hogs 4500 head with holdovers 104. market opened 20c higher, closed slightly lower than early. Lights 8.35 to 8.60, mediums 8.20 to 8.50, heavies 7.40. Packing sows mostly steady. bulk 6.65 to 7.00. Cattle 700. calves 400. steers and cows strong, heifers priced up but trading slowed by high asks. Yearlings 11.59, loads 10.00 for Grads. beef cows 7.00, cutters 9.60-5.00. top cattle up to 13.00. Sheep 500. supply meager so market steady. Few choice native and western lambs 9.25. slaughter ewes steady.
Man Pleads Not Guilty to Reckless Driving Charge
Defendant contests reckless driving and speeding through the town claiming he did not see the town. A justice of the peace fines and coats him.
Wildlife feeding begins in Syave state wide drive
Conservation clubs across Indiana have begun emergency feeding for birds and wildlife due to heavy snows and cold. Virgil M. Simmons notes grain stocks built for this annual program involving farmers, schools, rural mail carriers and thousands of volunteers. Feeding stations near natural cover, with gravel and beef suet, help pheasants quail and partridge survive winter.
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Virgil M. Simmons
Department of Conservation
Emiien
Indiana
Legion Chieftain to greet veterans on Christmas morning
National Commander Daniel J. Doherty will personally greet more than 60,000 World War veterans in hospitals on Christmas morning. About 44,070 are in Veterans Administration facilities, with the rest in other state and federal institutions including Marine, Army, Naval, mental hospitals and 18 state and private facilities. Distribution will be managed by institution heads.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Daniel J. Doherty
American Legion
Veterans Administration
Marine
U. S. Army
U. S. Naval Hospitals
Wild goose story from Sarnia hunt ends with capture
Harvey George of the Kettle Point Indian Reserve says a wild goose flew low over his hideout during a hunt. He reached out and snapped the bird from the air with his bare hands.
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Sarnia
U.P
Harvey George
Kettle Pont Indian Reserve
Girls Seek Careers In Tampa Survey Says Four Favor Matrimony
A survey of 216 high school girls in Tampa shows only four plan marriage. More than 26 percent favor stenography as a career option.
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Tampa
Fla
Washington party tales mix politics and colorymore
The NEA report recounts Washington social notes at President Roosevelts annual newspaper folk party. It highlights fashion, family humor, and guests including Morgenthau and Joe Jolson parallels. Secretary Hull and Undersecretary Welles are sketched with playful nicknames. Congressman Patman extols a Potomac boat trip with Dale Carnegie to discuss monetary views.
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Rodney
Washington
England
Roosevelt
Jack Garner
Folk of
Virginia
Jimmy
Hall Roosevelt
Betsy
Morgenthau
Jack
James
Ongressman
Patman
Dale Carnegie
NEA Service, Inc
Connally filibuster may aid anti lynching bill test
Senator Tom Connally of Texas opposed to the anti-lynching measure used his filibuster space to echo Senator Hugo Black’s warning that the Wagner act could be unconstitutional. The exchange places Black, soon a Supreme Court justice, in a bind should the act reach the high court and could influence whether Black participates in any ruling.
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WY Ashington
Tom Connally
Texas
Hugo Black
Supreme Court
Connally
Black
Justice Black
Letter from Harold Underwood on Hawaiian duty and Alcatraz view
West Coast letter from Harold Underwood, serving as 1st class cabin librarian with Company C in the U S Army, describes two years on Oahu and Hawaii, passage to Brooklyn for discharge, viewpoints of Fort McDowell Angel Island and Alcatraz, Golden Gate crossing, and hopes for civil service work. He notes sea sickness, boat life, and plans to receive papers at home.
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Hall Underwood
Harold
Fort McDowell
Angel Island
California
Hawaiian Islands
United States Army
Cahu
Brooklyn
N. Y
Cal
San Francisco
Oakland Bay Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge
Alcatraz
Federal
Oahu
Golden Gate
Acros
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NEA
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Montevideo
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Uvalde, Tex
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NBA Service, Inc
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Harold Underwood
Chicago
Sammy Baugh
Peete CS Ess
Sher - Kitz
Jack Randall
Arizona
Dick Tracy
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