Trains Collision Near Atlanta Kills Eighteen
A head on crash between two fast passenger trains near Atlanta Georgia killed eighteen people and injured many others. In a separate road accident Mrs Haldon Beasley and Mrs Ersil Stewart nearly drowned while traveling to Indianapolis when their car skidded from a narrow road into a water filled trench on a high grade.
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Atlanta, Ga
Haldon Beasley
Ersil Stewart
Indianapolis
Beasley Auto
Spencer
Slaughter Captures NL Runs Batted In Crown in 1946
U P Stocky Enos Slaughter led the National League with 130 RBIs in 1946, edging Brooklyn’s Fred Walker who had 116. Slaughter, from Roxboro North Carolina, batted .300 and topped Stan Musial in RBIs by 27 while Musial led in slugging at .587.
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New York
U. P
Enos Slaughter
St. Louis Cardinals
Slaughter
Fred
Dixie) Walker
Brooklyn Dodgers
Dodger
Roxboro
N. C
Stan Musial
Walker
Musial
Cardinal
Johnny Mize
New York Giants
del Ennis
Philadelphia Phillies
Eddie Stanky
Ralph Kiner
Pittsburgh Pirate
Bobby Blattner
New York Giant
Andy Seminick
Mel Ott
Who
Giants
Fire marshal Burton earns national arson fame
Burton, city fire marshal for 15 years, is renowned for solving arson cases. His Spokane fire department is among the nation’s best, with assistants repeatedly reassigned as they fail to grasp his methods. He has sent a record number of firebugs and insurance thieves to jail.
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Burton
Spokane
Secret Methods Probe Spokane Arson Case
Fire officials in Spokane Washington pursue an arson investigation using an undisclosed technique. Fire Marshal James H known as Lone Wolf leads the inquiry as authorities confirm the case remains active with investigators seeking a motive and suspect leads.
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Spokane, Wash.u.p
James H
Lone Wolf
Ice Age North America Covered in Thick Ice Cap
About 30 000 years ago, the continent was blanketed by an ice cap hundreds of feet thick, shaping landscapes and climates. Scientists infer global cooling reshaped habitats and sea levels during this period.
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North America
Hedley Hepworth To Present Dickens Characters In Linton
The Talk of the Hour Club presents Hedley Hepworth in The Immortal Characters of Charles Dickens at 8 PM Monday at Saron Evangelical and Reformed Church. College students on holiday may attend without cards. Hepworth performs Wilkins Micawber Uriah Heep Ebenezer Scrooge Grandfather Smallweed and Sergeant Buzfuz in costume with hat cloak and wigs.
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Linton
Talk of the Hour Club
Hedley Hepworth
Saron Evangelical and Reformed
Charles Dickens
Mr. Hepworth
Dickens
Wilkins Micawber
Uriah Heep
Ebenezer Scrooge
Grandfather Small Weed
Sergeant Buzfuz
Mrr. Hepworth
Student Recognition Sunday At First Christian Church
Rev Grady Spiegel leads services at First Christian Church with Bible School at 9 30 am and worship at 10 30 am Students from college and high school are invited to attend Special choir music planned Evening Christian Fellowship to follow
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First Christian Church
Grady Spiegel
de Hatcher
Midweek Services Announced On Wednesday Evening
At 6:30 to 8:00, mid week services at 7 o'clock Wednesday. Public invited.
Arctic Philadelphian recorder aids polar expedition
A cosmetic ray recording instrument will be used by the Swarthmore Foundation on its polar trip scheduled for January. The results will supplement recordings made last summer under the sponsorship of the Geographic Society.
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Arctic
Philadelphia
U.ri
Swarthmore Foundation
Geographic Society
Pay Rise at International Harvester In Fort Wayne
In Fort Wayne Indiana factory workers at International Harvester Co received a 59 percent wage increase over five years. President John L McCaffrey attributed the rise to inflation noting the cost of living climbed 45 percent in the same period.
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Fort Wayne, Ind
U.P
International Harvester Co
John L. McCaffrey
McCaffrey
Highest point east of the Rockies at Harney Peak
Harney Peak rises to 7,242 feet in the Black Hills of South Dakota, marking the highest summit east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States.
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Black Hills
South Dakota
Rockies
United States
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James V Kern
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Robison & Sarmont Plumbing and Heating
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