December 1947 Beauty Biz Drops Six Percent in U S
United Press items note December 1947 beauty shop business fell six percent from the previous year. Other tidbits include a Massachusetts bulldozer operator cleared of drunkenness counts as occupational sway, a Camden divorce case over a steak insult, Lana Turner reconciles with MGM for The Three Musketeers role, a snow forecast dispute, a train passenger exchange, and a laundry note from a fraternity house with a humorous course in anatomy.
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United Press
United States
Sharing the Wealth in Ardmore Office Candy Promise
A local Ardmore office boss promised a candy gift for overtime work but forgot who earned it. To avoid favoritism he bought a box for every girl in the office, boosting morale despite the mix up.
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Ardmore, Okla
O.R
Rat Bill Runs High In Alabama
Alabama Polytechnic Institute extension service experts say rats cost the state a yearly feed bill of 5 million dollars. Entomologist W A Ruffin notes an average rat destroys about 2 dollars worth of food annually.
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Auburn
Ala
A.R
Alabama Polytechnic Institute Extension Service
W. A. Ruffin
Little Rock Names Joe T Robinson Rose Official Flower
Little Rock Arkansas selects the Joe T Robinson Rose as the city official flower by popular vote. The bloom honors the late U.S. senator Joe T Robinson and cements the citys nickname City of Roses with a formal floral emblem.
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Little Rock
Ark
U.P
City of Roses
Joe T. Robinson
Arkansas
Hoover Plan Sparks Bipartisan Clash Over Marshall Aid
Former President Hoover calls for drastic Marshall plan revisions to cut over 4 billion from Truman’s 6.8 billion request. Taft and GOP leaders rally behind Hoover while Democrats warn the move could hurt recovery and raise isolationist sentiment.
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Washington
Jan
Truman
Herbert Hoover
Congress
Hoover
Bernard M. Baruch
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Taft
Senate
GOP
United Press
Representative Seated After Name Change in State House
In Boston a legislative order was required to seat Miss Fannie M. Buzzell of Hudson after her marriage. She became Mrs. Joseph E. Dettling and could be seated under her new name once the order was adopted.
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Boston
U.P
Massachusetts
Fannie M. Buzzell
Hudson
Joseph E. Dettling
Atlanta Retires Street Cars for Trackless Trolleys
Georgia Power announces the final street cars will end service in 1948 as it invests about 8 million dollars to replace old trolleys with trackless trolleys and gasoline buses in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Atlanta, Ga
U.P
Georgia Power Co
Aztec Beliefs On Red Dogs and Transfer of Sins
Aztec lore holds that burning a red skinned dog with a corpse transfers the human sins to the dog. The practice links animal ritual to guilt as part of funerary beliefs and moral cosmology.
Former resident Alice Newkirk dies at 80 in Terre Haute
Mrs. Alice May Newkirk 80, former Linton resident, died Wednesday at her daughter Mrs. Lelia Myers home in Terre Haute. Survived by three other daughters, a son, a brother, a sister, and three grandchildren. Funeral at 10 Saturday at Mrs. Myers home with Rev. L. E. Payton. burial Lebanon Cemetery.
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Alice May Newkirk
Linton
Lelia Myers
North Thirteenth
Onehall Street
Terre Haute
Newkirk
Myers
Kate Newkirk
Thelma Cox
Kermit Dickerson
Winslow
James Yodd
Jasonville
Abigail Bemis
Coalmont
Mary Newkirk
William Newkirk
L. E. Payton
Lebanon Cemetery
Boy Hospitalized After Slick Highway Crash
Jimmy White a 12 year old safety patrolman from College Hill school was struck by a car driven by Mrs Alice Gray of Linton on a snow slick highway. He suffered a fractured leg and facial bruise and was taken to Freeman Greene county hospital in satisfactory condition. Police reported no arrests as winter cold continues with subfreezing temperatures.
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Jimmy White
Clarence White
Linton
Jimmy
College Hill
Alice Gray
Freeman- Greene County
O. M. Brown
U. S
Elliston
Bevin Warns Russia Against Dominating Europe
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin told the House of Commons that any single power attempting to dominate Europe would ignite a new war. He outlined Britain’s new foreign policy aligned with the United States and warned Moscow over possible Soviet moves in Greece and broader western Europe.
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London
U.K
Britain
Russia
Europe
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
United States
Bevin
West
Moscow
Greece
Charles Wright of Lyons Dies at 68 in Farm Accident
Charles Franklin Wright 68 a Lyons resident for over thirty years died suddenly of a heart attack at 3 PM Wednesday on a farm near Tulip. He was born 14 1879 the son of Alexandra Hardesty Wright and leaves widow Esther Ann Wright two sons John and Alex both of Lyons rural route one daughter Zelma two grandchildren one brother Jonas Wright and three sisters Rosa Burnett Martha Rose and Becky Crabb. The body was moved to Jenkins and Sons Funeral Home and will lie in state Friday at 2 PM at Lyons Methodist Church with Rev. S E Stroud. burial in Prairie Chapel Cemetery.
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Charles Franklin Wright
Lyons
Tulip
Mr. Wright
Harley Gee
Alexandrda Hardesty Wright
Lyons Methodist Church
Esther Ann Wright
John Wright
Alex Wright
Zelma Wright
Jonas Wright
Rosa Burnett
Martha Rose
Missouri
Becky Crabb
Akron
Jenkins and Sons Funeral
Linton Opens Wabash Valley Tournament Tonight
Cold weather and slick roads may cut attendance at the Linton prelim of the 112 team Wabash Valley high school tournament opening tonight. Linton vs Switz City starts at 7 with Marion Woolsey listed questionable due to a sprained ankle.
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Linton
Switz
Marion Woolsey
Sullivan
Fallis Ward
Woolsey
Greene County
Scotland
Midland
Scotties
Lyons
Marco
City Registrar Says 500 Marriage Licenses Returned Unused
Boston report shows Michael J. Manning issued about 11 000 marriage licenses in the past year with 500 returned unused. The figure reflects a shift in marital activity and licensing efficiency in the city.
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Boston
Michael J. Manning
Hospital Admissions Report From Lyons And Linton
Mrs. Elsie Bogard of Lyons admitted after a fall with a fractured arm. Mrs. Viola Mae Cunningham of Linton admitted for observation. Jimmy White of Linton admitted for treatment after an auto accident. Mrs. Violet Jarman of Linton underwent major surgery today.
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Elsie Bogard
Lyons
Viola Mae Cunningham
Linton
Jimmy White
Violet Jarman
Nazarene Church in Indiana to Dedicate Basement Unit
A unique basement church in Linton Indiana will be dedicated at 2 30 pm Sunday. Rev Gene E Phillips will conduct the service. The church organized in 1946 now features a 40 by 60 foot space and a 36 by 40 foot auditorium seating about two hundred. The Nazarene denomination operates globally with 3500 churches and 200000 members.
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Indiana
Linton Church of the Nazarene
Gene E. Phillips
Indianapolis
Church of the Nazarene
Clifford Personett
L. H. Listenberger
John Wesleyan
United States
Canada
British Isles
General Church
U. S
Kansas City
Nampa
Idaho
WSUA
Bloomington
Republican Club To Meet Tuesday In Switz City
The Greene County Women's Republican club will hold a meeting at 7 o'clock Tuesday evening January 27 at the Switz City high school gymnasium. All members are urged to attend.
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Greene County Women’s Republican Club
Switz City High School
Linton Legion Net Team Advances in 13-Team Tourney
The Linton American Legion Independent basketball squad beat Wolfie’s Texaco 35 to 30 to move into the semi finals at Plainville. O’Hern scored 21 for Linton while Myers led Vincennes with 11.
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Linton American Legion
Plainville
Wolfie
Texaco
Vincennes
Washington
Merchants
Eaglesville
Sandborn Lions
Elnora
Bicknell Golden Bears
Carlisle
Edwardsport
Bicknell
Linton
Washington Merchants
Sandborn
Linton Independents
Perigo
Myers
Menke
Stokeley
Newark Woman Taken by Death
Mrs. Charlotte Evelyn Bingham 78 of Newark died at 11 p m Wednesday at home. Survived by husband Thomas. son Grover of Dugger. stepsons Bernard of Bloomington and Glen of Mooresville. stepdaughters Minnie Sullivan of Mooresville and Gladys Stanley of Indianapolis. brothers Ollie and Logan Hendricks and William Hendricks. Services not yet set. burial in Newark Cemetery after viewing at the residence and Newark church.
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Charlotte Evelyn Bingham
Newark
Bingham
Thomas Bingham
Grover
Dugger
Bernard Bingham
Bloomington
Glen Bingham
Mooresville
Minnie Sullivan
Gladys Stanley
Indianapolis
Ollie Hendricks
Logan Hendricks
Bedford
William Hendricks
Minneapolis
Kans
Jenkins and Sons
Bloomfield
Newark Church
Newark Cemetery
Guests Honor Raymond Junior and Frankie Sherman
Raymond Junior and Frankie Eugene Sherman were honored by their parents with a birthday party. Attendees included Mrs. Henry Campbell and daughter Emma Grace of Marco, Mr. and Mrs. John Sherman, and the two birthday guests.
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Raymond Junior
Frankie Eugene Sherman
Henry Campbell
Emma Grace
Marco
John Sherman
Record Storm Sets Nation Snowfall Benchmark in 1888
In Vanceboro Maine a February 1888 blizzard dumped eight feet of snow over three days, totaling 96 inches and establishing a national snowfall record that still stands today.
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Vanceboro
Divorce Sought and License Issued at Greene Court
One divorce suit was filed in Greene circuit court Bloomfield today. A marriage license was issued to Daniel Kent and Thelma Hillig as of Linton. The suit, Della Butler versus Ralph Butler, requests a divorce.
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Greene
Bloomfield
Daniel Kent
Thelma Hilligas
Linton
Della Butler
Ralph Butler
Explosion at Savannah depot shakes tri state area
Army investigators searched wreckage of an igloo anti-tank mine magazine at the Savannah ordnance depot after a massive blast. No injuries reported but windows shattered across Savanna and towns up to 100 miles away. The depot houses bombs and ammunition on a 13 000 acre site near the Mississippi river.
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Savanna
Savanah
Army
Here
Mississippi River
Peoria
Ull
Iowa City
Chicago
Loyola University
Hanover
Ill
Bellevue
Nels Schmidt
Savana Times-Journal
Constellation Club Plans Change of Meeting Place
Members of the Constellation Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Doyle Swaby in Vicksburg at 7 30 Friday evening. The gathering was announced today and members were asked to note the change of meeting location.
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Constellation Club
Doyle Swaby
Vicksburg
Nazi Documents Reveal Soviet Nazi Ties and Arctic Bases
U S officials publish 260 Nazi foreign office files on Soviet relations 1939 41 including a Sept 5 1940 note from Germany to Moscow thanking the Soviet Navy for alleged assistance and signaling the Murman coast base withdrawal. The papers also recount Hitler Matsuoka talks and plans for carving spheres of influence.
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Washington
U.S
United States
Moscow
Russia
Russian
Norway
Nazi Foreign Office
State Department
Germany
Balkans
Josef Stalin
Britain
Europe
Asia
Africa
Adolf Hitler
Yosuke Matsuoka
Hitler
Foreign Office
Murman
Reich
Murman Coast
Arctic
Murmansk
U. S
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Nuernberg
Ribentrop
Real horse thrills Ketchikan crowd in Alaska
A real horse arrived in Ketchikan aboard a boat for local youngsters. The animal, brought by a farmer and logger, is set to help on his acreages in the Unik River area.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
Unik River
Woman Traps Wildlife Expecting Rats But Catches Skunk
In La Porte Indiana Mrs Harry Freese set a trap after rats raided a chicken pen. Next morning she summoned two policemen the sheriff a game warden and humane society officers to remove the animal she caught. It was a skunk.
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Laporte
Ind
U.P
Harry Freese
The
Humane Society
Massachusetts Lt Governor Loses 1948 Plate
Lt Gov Arthur W. Coolidge becomes the first Massachusetts resident to have his 1948 automobile license plate lost.
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Dubivos
Boston
U.P
Massachusetts
Arthur W. Coolidge
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