Professor Outlines New Chemical World in Newark
Harvard chemist Prof Eugene G. Rochow envisions a future without hot dogs or ice cream due to geochemical limits. He predicts adobe houses built by machines, edible pajamas, and a diet centered on trees converted from cellulose into sugars, with synthetic clothes eaten as sugar. He won a $1,000 prize for sand-derivative research and promotes geochemistry as the solution to resource depletion.
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Newark
N. J
Eugene G. Rochow
Harvard
Rochow
North Jersey
American Chemical Society
Right To Tote Gun Is Up For Hearing
Chattanooga AP report on James Elsen sworn as a special deputy for a liquor raid who carried a pistol. The chief deputy arrested him after seeing the weapon. A court hearing was scheduled to decide if the deputy had a right to carry the gun.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
James Elsen
Beaver Found Out In Lake Near Houghton Michigan
Two fishermen found an exhausted beaver five miles from land in Lake Superior. The animal swam to their boat and was briefly placed in a fish box before escaping back toward the lake.
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Houghton, Mich
Lake Superior
Eisenhower May Get Free Georgia Driver’s License
In Atlanta AP dispatch General Dwight Eisenhower may receive a free lifetime Georgia driver’s license if Augusta, Georgia is his legal residence. Lt. F M Davis of the Georgia Public Safety Department wrote that a war veteran with Augusta as residence qualifies for the lifetime license after Eisenhower recently obtained a regular license and listed Augusta as his home while resting after illness.
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Atlanta
Dwight Eisenhower
Georgia
Augusta
F. M. Davis
Georgia Public Safety Department
Prison Comforts Await Palley After Burglary Conviction
Robert Palley, 49, sentenced by Rockland County Judge Robert Doschee to 18 to 36 months for burglary. Palley endured two and a half months as the sole occupant of the Bader Hotel in Clarkstown with no water, shaving with hand soap, washing in seltzer water, and living on canned soup after entering through a cellar window in January. Harry Bader, the hotel owner, found Palley sleeping on a blanket under the hotel stairs. Police say Palley, a former hotel employee, admitted lingering after the entry.
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New City
N. Y.Y
Sing Sing
Robert Palley
Rockland County
Robert Doschee
Palloy
Bader
Clarkstown
N. Y
Harry Bader
Palley
Major Parties Open Canada’s Political Drive
Canada’s general election campaign opened with mild speeches by Liberal Prime Minister Louis St Laurent and Progressive Conservative leader George Drew. St Laurent urged a personal mandate for June 27 while Drew outlined his party program including higher tax exemptions and 65-year-old pensions without means testing.
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Ottawa
Canada
Louis S. St. Laurent
George Drew
Charlottetown
Drew
Sydney
St. Laurent
Maritime Provinces
Tehachapi Ex-Actress Sentenced In Kidnap Case
Tehachapi Cal AP Madge Meredith ex actress began a five year to life sentence today in Tehachapi prison for women on kidnap beating charges. She hopes Hollywood friends may obtain a pardon and plans to study English to aid a future picture career. Meredith 27 was convicted of conspiring with three men to kidnap and beat her former manager Nick Gianclis over a joint property dispute. In Hollywood Zasu Pitts and producer Charles Weinstraub circulated a petition for Governor Earl Warren to review the case.
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Tehachapi
Cal
Madge Meredith
Miss Meredith
Nick Gianclis
Gianclis
Hollywood
Zasu Pitts
Charles Weinstraub
Earl Warren
Actress Eva Gabor Wins Divorce Over Yacht Rivalry
Eva Gabor testified that her husband Charles Isaacs preferred his yacht to her. The 38 year old sportsman and investor was awarded a divorce settlement granting Gabor $1,000 monthly for 11 years or $600 monthly if Isaacs dies. They wed in 1943 and Isaacs kept his yacht Serenade.
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Los Angeles
Eva Gabor
Charles Isaacs
Isaacs
Reign at Stake in Jersey City Vote With Hague Power
In Jersey City, Frank Hague faces his toughest local race as John V. Kenny fronts the Freedom Ticket against Hague’s nephew Frank Hague Eggers. Hague, retired mayor since 1947, risks losing city sway and possibly his grip on New Jersey Democratic leadership.
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Jersey City
N. J
Frank Hague
City Commission
John V. Kenny
Hague
Freedom Ticket
Frank Hague Eggers
Eggers
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dewey
Truman
New Jersey
Judge Sustains Demurrer In $150,000 Suit
Judge P. P. Boli of Common Pleas Court on Monday sustained a demurrer, dismissing for hearing the $150,000 petition by Calvin Bevis of Middletown against Armco Steel. The ruling cites Ohio constitution limits direct suits circumventing the Industrial Commission. Bevis alleges silicosis and concealment after prior exams. Three other cases in which plaintiffs sought industrial compensation were ruled in favor of the plaintiffs.
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P. P. Boli
Common Pleas Court
Calvin Bevis
Bellomonte St
Middletown
Armco Steel Corporation
Boli
Ohio Industrial Commission
Bevis
Hunting and Fishing Film To Be Shown Tonight
Two Technicolor sound films produced by Nash Motor Company titled Hunting and Fishing in Alaska will be shown at the Sportsmen's Club regular session in West Middletown. Programs begin at 7 30 p m with a bridge luncheon offering popovers with creamed chicken and a salad of asparagus vinaigrette on greens, followed by a fruit cup and crisp chocolate cookies.
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Nash Motor Company
Alaska
Sportsmen’s Club
West Middletown
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