1928 Degree staff of local Chicka council Daughters of Poca
The piece lists local society events and officials including Daughters of Pocahontas degree conferrals in Sullivan, plus Christmas party at Mrs Tom Park and I. U. students returning home for holidays. It notes city fire losses under 2500 dollars and 1509 metered vs 514 flat rate water customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicka Council
Daughters of Poca
Sullivan
Tom Park
Delian Society
Ed Carmody
T. M. Club
Cam Smith
Emanuel Dixon
Fossil Deposits Highlight South Dakota Badlands
In the Badlands of South Dakota near here a vast fossil bed yields remains of alligators rhinoceroses hippos saber toothed tigers three toed horses and other long extinct animals making it one of the world’s most important prehistoric life sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Badlands Wall
S. D
Badlands Area
South Dakota
Here
Nursery care enables church attendance in Waseca
A community nursery in Waseca Minnesota now cares for children from three months to six years so parents can attend church without missing services. Six workers provide supervision from 10 AM until services conclude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waseca
Minn
U.P
Casket Firm Urges Erie Residents to Seek TB X Rays
A legal newspaper ad sponsored by the Erie Casket Company urged Erie's residents to immediately apply for chest X rays to detect tuberculosis. The advisory appeared in the publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie, Pa
UPR
Erie
Erie Casket Company
Log Barn Dismantling Sparks Theft Probe in Deadwood
Police charged two men with dismantling a log barn and selling the logs as fence posts amid a South Dakota housing shortage report. The incident at Deadwood involved stealing timber from a barn log by log and selling it for fencing material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. D
U.R
Cardinals Lead NL In Fielding With .980 Mark
The 1946 St Louis Cardinals finish as the top NL fielding club with 124 errors, edging the Cubs who are second at 976. Al Schoendienst and George Kurowski pace infield defense for the Cardinals, while Sid Gordon and Buddy Kerr star for the Giants. Kerr sets two fielding marks with 52 consecutive errorless games and 286 straight chances without an error.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Eddie Dyer
St. Louis Cardinals
Cardinals
Chicago Cubs
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
New York Giants
Cincinnati Reds
Cubs
Braves
Phillies
Red) Schoendienst
George Kurowski
Schoendienst
Kurowski
Sid Gordon
John
Buddy) Kerr
Gordon
Kerr
Leo Durocher
Cincinnati
Eddie Miller
Davi Clay
Ray Mueller
Reds
Mueller
Frank McCormick
McCormick
Walter Holke
Tommy Holmes
Johnny Schmitz
Chicago
Bob Chipman
Boston
Lonie Frey
Bob Blattner
Giants
al Lopez
Pirates
Cleveland
Bruce Edwards
Brooklyn
Chicago Planners Call for 500000 New Dwellings in 20 Years
The Chicago Planning Commission presented a 236 page program to the city council urging 500000 new or upgraded dwelling units and redevelopment of 22 square miles of blighted areas. It Pushes immediate housing construction and full use of land for social and economic gain. Leaders A H Mellinger and H Evert Kincaid urge rapid, high quality rental housing to alleviate widespread distress and veterans housing needs. The commission cites 231000 families paying 50 dollars or more monthly in rent and 100000 additional households in need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Planning Commission
A. H. Mellinger
H. Evert Kincaid
Ancient fishweir in Back Bay hints at 1500 B C Boston society
Frederick Johnston of the Peabody Foundation argues that a two mile Back Bay fishweir dating to around 1500 B C shows organized communities in early Boston. Archaeologists found vertical stakes and wattling forming a barrier directing fish into pockets, suggesting a thriving early settlement with leaders.
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Estelle Bond
United Press
Boston
U.B
New
Boylston Street
Copley Square
Back Bay
New England
Boston Bay
B.C
Johnson
Early New England settlers studied by archaeologists
Archaeologists continue to analyze evidence from the region as they seek to understand how early people migrated into and inhabited what is now New England, noting that smaller groups were among the region’s first occupants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Grand Coulee Dam hits 20 billion kilowatt hours output
The Bureau of Reclamation marks five years of operation for Grand Coulee Dam large generators by announcing a 20 billion kilowatt hour annual output. The West powerhouse gains three 108,000 kilowatt units. total capacity expected to reach 992,000 kilowatts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Coulee, Wash
Grand Coulee Dam
Bureau of Reclamation
Shasta
Bureau
Shasta Dam
Pacific Northwest
West
Bonneville Power Administration
Grand Coulee
Bonneville
Reclamation
Columbia Basin
San Francisco
Invisible Tracks Proposed To Guide Air Travel
British engineer Dudley H. Toller-Bond claims invisible air tracks can guide planes as rail lines guide trains. Using a Decca Navigator radio system, pilots would fly along map drawn routes with a zero-needle dial to avoid obstacles and direct landings, awaiting FCC approval to prove the concept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Cord Dry
United Press
Washington
U.K
Dudley H. Toller-Bond
Toller-Bord
Decca Navigator System
Decca Navigator Co
London
Federal Communications Commission
William J. O'Brien
Chicago
O’brien
Admiralty
New York
Empire State Building
Film guided planes bring automated tracking across airways
A 30-pound onboard receiver reads ground transmitter signals while a film in a control unit provides track marks. The system aims for precise straight lines with 200 yard deviation alerts and allows spaced flight in bad weather. Teller-Bond claimed a 300 mile wide track for 1 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Boston
Teller-Bond
New York
Los Angeles
Antwerp
Secret Documents Explain Japan's Failure in India
Tokyo sources reveal why Japan's early 1944 plans in India faltered. The dispatch notes supply strategic miscalculations, supply shortages, and Allied resistance shaping the setback. Brackman highlights implications for Tokyo's broader war aims and colonial strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
India
Secret 1942 Japanese restraint message to Berlin cited
At the war crimes trials a secret 1942 German embassy telegram from Tokyo warned Berlin that Japan would pause after Singapore and Burma before a southward push. It noted Indian nationalism would block independence, India’s 400 million inhabitants would be hard to control, and Russia action was contemplated in Manchuria.
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India
Tokyo
Berlin
Indian
Australia
Singapore
Burma
Indian National Congress
Japan
Russia
Manchuria
Japan outlines Asia Pacific expansion goals in German cable
The Berlin embassy relays Tojo and Togo statements on Japan’s aims. Japan, Manchukuo, and Nanking to form the inner core. Hong Kong and the Malay Peninsula to host military bastions for a new order. an independent Philippines and Burma. forceful conquest of Chungking, Australia, and the Netherlands East Indies. economic control of Asia. and seizing parts of Soviet Asia.
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Japan
Russia
Port Darwin
Australia
Vladivostok
Sakhalin
Hideki Tojo
Shigenori Togo
Germany
Berlin
Asia
Pacific
Manchukuo
Nanking-China
Hong Kong
Malay Peninsula
Philippines
Burma
China
Netherlands East Indies
All Asia
Soviet Asia
Age No Barrier For 81 Year Old Hunter Knorr
In Lock Haven Pennsylvania 81 year old W H Knorr proves age no barrier to hunting. He adds to his lifetime deer total reaching 30 with a recent hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lock Haven
U.P
W. H. Knorr
Nimrod
Season Records Set After Six-Point Buck Kill
A hunter harvested a six point buck weighing 140 pounds this season, a notable milestone noted in local wildlife reports. The capture contributed to seasonal totals and drew attention from game wardens and hunters alike.
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Citizens National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Jared
Uion
I. U
Heisman Allen
Ray Beasley
Charles Bennett
Doris Dixon
Kenneth Gwin
Mildred Hamilton
Lloyd Harris
Mary Klink
Rudolph Kramer
Walter Kramer
Russell Murray
Carl Porter
Jesse Porter
Ben Raney
Charlton White
William Bane
Marie Hilgedick
Ralph Plew
Indianapolis
Casket Firm
Robison & Sarmont
Ital Ten
B. C
SEEM
Beg
U.S. Pat
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City, N.Y
Pepsi-Cola Bottling CO. OF
Vincennes
A. C. Brackman
Janu
Tel
Jaye
Joan E
Bent der Sertee
Rio Grande
Bob Steele
Way Home
Jack Haley
Fred Harmon
NEA
Stephen Slesinger
Cheyenne
Wild Bill Elliott
Bec
Bobby Blake
Alice Fleming
Peggy Stewart
R. G. Springsteen
Republic Picture
Blondie
raOhig
Dagwoc
Bumsteads
Yale
Hannum
Motor Sales
THE
Plainsman
Jean Anthur
Gian
Londen
Paris
Lantic
Tic
Cable Diang
Jpttee
Charlie Ruggles
Dorothy Gish
Beulah Bondi
James Brown
Bill Edwards
Lewis Allen
Sherréen Gibe
Paramount Picture
Janie
Joan Leslie
Robert Hulton
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