Runaway Boy Faces City Dream Through Rhoda’s Night
In a dim house Rhoda consoles her son Jimmy who longs for city life. The boy imagines Pinky Duggan’s adventures and Hollywood lights, while Rhoda shares memories of urban living and the limits of small-town life. A quiet, hopeful confrontation ends with Rhoda packing a suitcase as a possible escape.
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Rhoda
Jimmy
Pinky Duggan
Pinky
Jim
Megan
Eiher
Pop
Jins
Wife Leaps to Death After Husband Sues for Divorce
Mrs Anita Sarchet, 40, leaped from the MacArthur Bridge after her husband filed for divorce. A note in her purse said Louis is a free man by God's wish. Her body was recovered by a police boat in the Mississippi River. her brother Russell Lehr of Sweet Springs, Missouri, said the couple had been separated for months and the husband was suing for divorce. his whereabouts are unknown.
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ST Louis
Anita Sorchet
MacArthur Bridge
Louis
Mississippi River
Russell Lehr
Sweet Springs
Sarchet
Lehr
Trade-In Cheating by Auto Dealers Exposed in Philadelphia
Philadelphia reports reveal dealer schemes where cars are bought at tiny trade-in values and resold at high wholesale prices. Transactions show profits over $1,000 per deal as dealers limit used car supply and exploit 30 to 90 day warranties by delaying needed repairs until after guarantees expire.
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Philadelphia
North Philadelphia
Cashiered Army Officer Wins Legion of Honor Award
Capt. Ted H. Cohen of Binghamton New York received France’s Legion of Honor at the French embassy in Washington for World War II air force service. Cohen, cashiered after a Paris court-martial convicted him of conspiring to establish a France to North Africa smuggling route, was sentenced to dismissal from the army six months confinement and forfeiture of pay and allowances. He is assigned to Mitchell Field on Long Island pending judge advocate general review.
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New York
Ted H. Cohen
Binghamton
N. Y
France
Cohen
Army Air Forces
Mitchell Field
Long Island
Washington
Paris
North
Africa
National Guard Reports Drive Progress Toward 1951 Goal
Washington report shows the National Guard has enrolled 85,909 officers and men toward a 682,000 strength target by January 1, 1951. Maj. Gen. Butler B. Miltenberger, chief of the National Guard Bureau, cited the yearlong recruiting effort and postwar reorganization.
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Washington
National Guard
Butler B. Miltenberger
National Guard Bureau
Judge Fines Himself Two Dollars for Overparking
Sauk Centre Minnesota municipal court Judge W M Parker fined Mayor Walter Otteson two hours overparking. Parker told Otteson the score was even noting the judge had just fined himself two dollars for overparking.
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Sauk Centre
Minn
W. M. Parker
Municipal Court
Walter Otteson
Parker
Otteson
Secret cancer surgeries on Grover Cleveland aboard yacht
Dr M C Seelig reveals two secret operations on President Grover Cleveland performed at Long Island Sound while Congress faced a financial crisis. A yacht hospital housed six surgeons and a dentist fitted a rubber jaw as Cleveland’s voice remained strong during the 1893 emergency.
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St.louis
Grover Cleveland
M. C. Seelig
Congress
Daniel Lamont
Long Island Sound
Seelig
Cleveland
Washington
Philadelphia Press
L.clarke-Davis
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Boy Robber Learns Mate Was a Girl in Saloon Theft
Bobby Wiggs a 12 year old boy robs a saloon with John Marryfield a 14 year old wearing boyish clothes. Marjorie Marryfield a 17 year old girl from Boston admits she posed as John while being held in Audubon county jail in Iowa. The trio were arrested for selling cigarettes and stealing eight dollars and fourteen cartons of cigarettes last Labor Day.
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Atlantic
Iowa
Bobby Wiggs
Marjorie Marryfield
Boston
John
Marjorie
Audubon County
Audubon
John Marryfield
Bobby
Young Hunter Forces Pal To Dance to Gunshots
In Lincoln Park Detroit a 15 year old boy forced a playmate to dance to rifle shots after the latter refused to surrender a duck. The other boy fired four shots at the dancers feet, wounding Robert Ferguson slightly in the foot. Ferguson says he retrieved the duck the friend had shot.
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Detroit
Mich
Lincoln Park
Robert Ferguson
Ferguson
Hiroshima Leads in Reconstruction Efforts Despite Slow Housing Restorations
General MacArthur reported that Hiroshima heads most Japanese cities in rebuilding yet has restored only about one fifth of housing destroyed by the atomic blast. He stated wartime destruction left more than half the dwellings in major cities gone, and the housing shortage has been eased only slightly.
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Tokyo
Hiroshima
Douglass MacArthur
Japan
MacArthur
Brazil’s Vast Resources Fuel Its Growth and Coastline Reach
The article notes Brazil’s size, coast extending far along the Atlantic, and a boom in natural resources. It highlights coffee, rubber, mahogany, carnauba wax, quartz, iron ore, industrial diamonds, chrome, mica, and manganese, with development limited by transportation issues and dominant coastal population.
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Brazil
Republic
Portugal
United States
Alaska
Portland
Key West
Fla
Electric Fences Warned As Possible Death Traps
North Carolina State College warns that electric fences can be deadly if not fitted with safe controllers. Farm experts cite two recent tragedies in the state, noting ground conductivity and unsafe voltages can turn fences into lethal hazards for people and animals.
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North Carolina State College
Diphtheria Deaths Rise in 93 U.S. Cities
The American Medical Association reports that diphtheria deaths increased by 121 in 93 large U.S. cities, with 329 deaths in 1946 among 88 cities since 1923 data. No city exceeded a rate of 10, while 30 had no deaths in 1946, up from 36 in 1945. New England saw the largest rise. East-South Central showed the clearest decrease. A slight shift toward older age groups is noted.
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U. S
American Medical Association
New England
A Rose Is a Rose in History and Symbolism
Grace Douglas Kunkle of Los Angeles told delegates at the Telegraph Delivery service convention that the rose remains the monarch of flowers. She notes diverse rose colors convey messages from love to remembrance, while orchids signify the compliment of beauty to women.
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Grace Douglas Kunkle
Los Angeles
Isaiah
Desert
India’s Cities Divided Among Hindu Dominion Leaders
Nine of India's top twelve cities fall under the Hindu Dominion of India led by Na tional Geographic notes. Calcutta and Bombay anchor the list with populations around 2.5 million and 1% million respectively, followed by Madras. Hyderabad remains outside both India and Pakistan for now. Lahore and Karachi are the two Muslim cities in Pakistan with populations above 350,000.
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India
National Geographic Society
Calcutta
Bombay
Madras
Hyderabad
Pakistan
Lahore
Punjab
Karachi
To Have The Last Word With A Woman Apologize
A compact note urges careful behavior and records in a farm business context. It stresses keeping orderly records and rearranging fences to install a new windbreak. The guidance hints at social prudence and practical farm management.
Notice of Claim Day in Estate of O P Tharp
Public notice for the estate of O P Tharp in Clark County Illinois sets March 1 1948 as the claim date. Creditors may file claims with SNAVELY MILLER Attorneys in Marshall Illinois before the deadline without summons.
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O. P. Tharp
Clark County
Milinois
Milk House Cooling Tank Idle in Winter
Instructions note the cooling tank in the milk house may stand idle in winter. Water cools milk twenty one times faster than air and preventing freezing improves accuracy of tests when payday arrives.
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Dom
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Terre Haute, Ind
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