Six Months After Tornado Raced Through Waco
Waco reflects on the six month anniversary of a tornado that killed 114 people, injured about 500, and caused up to 58 million dollars in damage. Downtown is rebuilt with new storefronts while square-area ruins persist around the old city square. The mayor, shoppers, and local businesspeople discuss recovery, employment, and ongoing donations aiding reconstruction.
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Waco
Tex
Texas
Old City Square
Osie Johnson
Liberty
Alvis Terry
Ralph Wolf
F._ E. James
Texas Employment Commission
Fifth Street
Brazos River
Red Cross
Wolf
1918 Problem Is Solved By 1953 Divorce
CINCINNATI Ohio date line Alvin C Savige 61 Milford Ohio testified in Common Pleas Court that his wife Ida Pearl 55 Dayton Ohio left him in 1918 while he served in World War I. Believing he had divorced her he later married Marie Ward in 1936 while Ida Pearl wed Albert Williams in 1924. They later learned no divorce had occurred and Judge John M Renner granted Savige a divorce on grounds of wilful absence.
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Cincinnati
Alvin C. Savige
Savige
Milford
Common Pleas Court
Ida Pearl
Dayton
Ohio
Albert Williams
Marie Ward
John M. Renner
Hand Mangle in Car Repair Sparks Dallas Accident
Walter Sexton, 35, suffered a mangled hand while fixing a car’s headlights in Dallas. He removed what looked like copper tubing from the light fuse and started to cut the end before a dynamite fuse exploded. He says he has no enemies and believes it was a prank.
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Dallas
Tex
Walter Sexton
Sexton
Hot Ashes Turn Rubbish Trucks Into Fire Hazards
St. Louis street and sewer officials warn that hot ashes from coal heated homes are set in rubbish trucks. About twenty trucks catch fire as ashes are dumped into pits and then into moving vehicles. Fire stations receive the smoke and drivers head for safety as new signs urge cool ashes.
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ST. Louis
Frank Kriz
Convict Roberts Escapes Draper Prison in Truck
SPEIGNER Ala. L. C. Rob erts, an eight year term for forgery and larceny, escaped Draper Prison in a state owned truck. He hired a man for 50 dollars weekly to work for him and sent him back to the prison with the truck. A note in the glove box read Be back tomorrow. Roberts has not been seen since.
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Speigner
Ala
L. C. Roberts
Draper
B. R. Reeves
Roberts
Fire Engine Sold to Florida Event by Santa Fe Railway
The Santa Fe Railway sold its 30 year old fire engine to the James Melton Autorama in Florida. The company said it preferred to rely on the city fire department.
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Albuquerque
Santa Fe Railway
James Melton Autorama
Florida
Worry Clinic urges youths to seek value over riches
Dr George W Crane counsels Larry W a Michigan college professor and other readers to choose work for psychological rewards and social good rather than cash. He condemns vice, liquor, tobacco, gambling, and narcotics as moral dangers, touting legitimate fields like food manufacture auto work religion nursing journalism and teaching for lasting satisfaction. An ancient note adds goats as early domesticated meat animals in Iran.
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Larry W
Michigan
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