Western Union’s Century Headlines Telegram History
Western Union marks 100 years with anecdotes on its wires and busy past. It notes 200 million wires yearly and 400 million blanks, with a billion telegraph blanks printed and 600 million recycled or discarded. Notable users include Flo Ziegfeld and a Long Island heir staging cavalry-fever telegraphs. The longest telegram, 41,000 signatures, greeted President Roosevelt in Birmingham in 1934.
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Western Union
Flo Ziegfeld
Birmingham
Ala
Roosevelt
Cartoonist O Malley Finds Nuns Are Human
Chicago AP report on Bill O Malley, now 47, whose Two Little Nuns cartoons rose from anonymity to bestselling lists. The Carmel California artist created simple black and white drawings with captions, with popular pieces like the nuns driving a jalopy and visiting a zoo. The work began with Extension Magazine editor Eileen O Hayer and faced mixed reaction from some nuns. The first book sold about 60,000 copies and more printings followed. O Malley recalls parochial school memories inspiring his humor and insists there is no hidden message beyond entertainment.
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Chicago
Bill O’malley
O'Malley
California
Air Express
Carmel
Calif
Rembrandt
Father Quinn
Eileen O'Hayer
Extension Magazine of
United States
Extension
San Francisco Call-Bulletin
Miss O'Hayer
O'Milley
Western Union Milestones From Tangled Telegraph Tales
A stretched line traces 1290 feet with 80 360 words sent at 1148 minutes costing 1157 18. A man asked his girl to marry him by telegraph. She sent no text first, then signed yes with joy. Western Union began April 1 1851 five years after Morse telegraphed What hath God wrought.
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Western Union
Samuel F. B. Morse
Washington
Baltimore
Armco Researchers to Speak at Cincinnati Meeting
R. S. Burns associate director of Armco Steel research labs will be a main speaker when the Cincinnati chapter of the American Society of Metals hosts Columbus and Dayton chapters on April 12. C. L. Altenburger of Great Lakes Steel will also speak. The event takes place at Cincinnati's engineering society headquarters.
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R. S. Burns
Armco Steel Corporation
Cincinnati
American Society of Metals
Columbus
Dayton
C. L. Altenburger
Great Lakes Steel Corporation
Engineering Society
Nurses Hurt In Car Mishap Near Cincinnati Wedding
Two Mercy Hospital nurses were injured yesterday returning from a wedding in Cincinnati. On State Route 4 near the Fisher Body Plant, Jeanne Whalen and Helen Mather suffered facial injuries and cuts. Whalen, 21, of Cincinnati, drove the car that collided with James P. Deam Jr. of Hamilton. Honchell, a Hamilton contractor, was struck by a hit-and-run truck on Route 4 near Mulhauser Rd, receiving severe head cuts and being treated at Mercy Hospital. Deputy sheriff reports the hit-skip driver continued southbound.
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Hamilton
Mercy Hospital
Cincinnati
Fisher Body
Jeanne Whalen
Helen Mather
Dayton St
Louis Fritz
Whalen
James P. Deam, Jr
Custer A. Hondell
Mulhauser Rd
Honchell
A. N. Peters
Peters
Police Briefs Reported Dis orderly Conduct and Cadging Charges
Police said James F. Walker, 38, of 1304 Young St, was charged with dis orderly conduct after being taken into custody in the 1300 block of Garfield St. George Foster, 50, of the B and . labor camp, faced a cadging charge after arrest near Verity Pkwy and Central Ave. A prowler report on Yankees Rd drew no one found. Two soft drink bottles shattered a residence, Sam Johnston, 30 South Clinton St, told police.
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James F. Walker
Young St
Garfield St
George Foster
Verity Pkvy
Central Ave
Yankees Rd
Sam Johnston
South
Clinton St
Hold-Up Nets $4,000 at High Hat Cafe
In Steubenville two phoney deliverymen admitted after closing and stole four thousand dollars from the High Hat Cafe. They threatened three teenage helpers guarding the cafe with a gun and knife, according to police.
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Steubenville
High Hat
Poice
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Saul Pett
AP News
New York
New York Public Library
Bridge
Long Island
Jimmy Smith
South Africa
Stephanus Kruger
Philadelphia
George
May Company
Engineering Bldg
Lydia Pinkhams
Lydia Pinkham
Los Angeles
O’ Malley
Armco
Middletown
Middletown Journal
Ohio
Macht Woden
Emes
Midot
Winford E. Lacey
West State ST
Trenton
Montgomery Ward
Streifthau's
Sears, Roebuck G CO
Reed-Klopp CO. Knott’s
Gabardine
New Spring Classics
Fea
Nets
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