Propaganda Film Snoops U S Coast Guard Icebreakers
A Soviet propaganda film praising Red icebreaker progress backfired when Swiss-distributed footage appeared to show U S Coast Guard markings. The error surfaced in a Swiss newspaper letter to the editor, revealing two lend-lease Coast Guard cutters remain in Soviet ice.
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Arctic
U. S
Red
Switzerland
State Department
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Coast Guard
U. S. Coast Guard
Boys survivors of fire seek new home on TV show
In Lorain Ohio on October 3 4 Jim my Johnny and Billy McGee, ages 14 11 and 3, seek $500 on Strike It Rich to fund a new home after a September 14 blaze killed their mother Ethel 31 and seven relatives including sisters Dorothy 13 Sheila 5 Shirley 38 and infant William. Father Arthur 36 injured. They travel with disabled WWII paratrooper Harry Daly who will assist on the telecast.
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Ohio
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Johnny
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McGee
Newyork City
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Daly
Jimmay
Ethel McGee
Hur
Rying
Here
Dorothy
Sheila
Shirley
William
Arthur
Amherst Hospital
Californian Killed Three Hurt in Iowa Crash
In Mechanicville Iowa on Oct 2 Josiah P Hermen 47 of El Centro California died when a car carrying three California women went out of control and flipped end over end on Highway Cedar County Sheriff Charles R Willey reported Miss Hennenberg 33 San Diego drove the car and appeared to lose control injuring Carmen Hennenberg 33 San Diego Jackie Fairbanks 24 La Jolla and Estelle Raymond 52 San Diego, all riders described as singers.
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Iowa
Josiah P. Hermen
el Centro
Calif
California
Carmen Hen ‘Nanberg
San Diego
Jackie Fairbanks
la Jolla
Estelle Raymond
Miss Hennenberg
Miss Fairbanks
Cedar County
Charles R. Willey
Hennenberg
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City Council Awards Major Contracts and Zoning Change
The council approved a $50,291 contract to a theater project in Bell Gardens, and a $16,380 contract to American Rubber Manufacturing for 13,000 feet of fire hose. A zoning reroute affected 48 parcels, mostly single family, with planning director noting density. Also authorized sidewalk coloring for large areas and discussed plans for an off street lot near the new west side library.
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Bell Gardens
Maybell Cox
Cox
Willow St
Leity
Mary E. Alexander
Olete
Lewis
Markat St
Carel Graert
Wernext
pRoenth
American Rubber Manufacturing Co
Oakland
Pacific National Bank
Hill St
Pacific Ave
Bel
West Side Branch Library
Adriatic Ave
Elevators Quit Lifting in Bronx
In New York on October 3, elevator operators and maintenance workers walked out, shutting down service in 400 to 500 Bronx apartment buildings during the morning rush. Police said the strike by Local 32-E of the AFL Building Service Employees Union followed stalled talks with the Bronx Reality Advisory Board, leaving heat and hot water also out in many buildings.
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New York
Bronx
AFL Building Service Employes’ Union
Bronx Reality Advisory Board
Four Cousins Vying for $21,480 College Prize
In Tallahassee on October 3, four Shuman cousins contend for a $21,480 award from a 1928 trust fund created by Rutherford Bartow Shuman of Monticello. Florida State University experts compared grades, naming Dr. Cora Avilda Shuman first with a 2.50 average, followed by Eleanor Shuman Hale, Lillian Resina Lincoln, and William J. Shuman with lower marks as judges consider the case.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Rutherford Bartow Shuman
Monticello
Florida State University
Cora Avilda Shuman
Waycross
Eleanor Shu
NYU Chooses Henry Heald as Chancellor
New York University named Henry Townley Heald 46 president of the Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago to lead the university after Harry Woodburn Chase retired July 1 NYU enrolls over 68000 students and 4000 faculty Heald reportedly earns about 50060 dollars annually in the chancellor post.
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New York University
America
Henry Townley Heald
Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago
Heald
Harry Woodburn Chase
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