AWOL 40 Years. Now He's Hoping For Pension
Homer M. O'Dell, 66, of Brookfield Missouri, says he has been AWOL from the Army nearly 40 years. He spoke at Whiteman Air Force Base where officers sent him home to report later. He seeks to straighten his record to qualify for a World War I pension after serving May 1914 to April 1919 and later in the Army Air Corps. He left to tend to his dying brother in Iowa and did not return.
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Homer M. O'Dell
Brookfield
Army
Whiteman Air Force Base
O'Dell
Army Air Corps
el Paso
Tex
Red Oak
Iowa
Roy
Memorize This Gin Ad and Recite It at Parties
An advertising pitch touts Smooth American Gin by Schenley as a modern, smooth and dry gin. It claims the gin ends the debate on martinis, invites sipping neat, and promotes the code 334B with a price of $3.61 a fifth. Distilled from 100 grain neutral spirits at eighty proof by Schenley Distillers Company, New York City.
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Schenley
S.A
Schenley Distillers Company
New York City
Sheinwold On Bridge Look Around Before Playing
Alfred Sheinwold discusses planning in bridge by considering all four suits. The article analyzes a North dealer situation where South must decide whether to win the first heart trick, showing how holding up or taking the heart changes the outcome. It argues the best line leads to four hearts, three diamonds, and two clubs, ensuring the contract even if East holds three hearts.
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West
East
South
Declarer
Boy Shot Dead in Columbus Play Accident
A Columbus boy, Douglas Roy Thorp, died from a .38 caliber gunshot while playing with a revolver found on a closet shelf. The shooter, 14-year-old Charles Blackburn, son of a Columbus police sergeant, reportedly fired accidentally as both boys played.
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Columbus, Ohio
Columbus
Douglas Roy Thorp
Charles Blackburn
Thorp
Labor foes blamed for UAW probe in Toledo
UAW vice president Richard T. Gosser accused Sen. Carl Curtis of pressuring to abolish labor, linking Curtis to a Senate Rackets Committee probe that followed questions posed behind closed doors. Gosser spoke before 450 labor leaders at a pre Labor Day banquet, saying Curtis seeks to pile on legislation to restrict the labor movement and curb its representation of American workers.
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Richard T. Gosser
United Auto Workers
Carl Curtis
R-Neb
Curtis
Senate
Gosser
Washington
Toledo
Ohio
Senate Committee
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