Freedom Train To Start Tour In Gettysburg Anniversary
The Freedom Train tour opens in Gettysburg on the 85th anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. Attorney General Tom Clark attends to speak as the traveling exhibit recreates the platform scene and Lincoln's notes are shown. A postage stamp first day issue marks the date with 1.2 million stamps produced and 236 000 first day covers ordered. The morning ceremony airs nationwide on 488 Mutual stations at 10 a.m. EST.
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Gettysburg
Lincoln
Tom Clark
Traveling Museum of Historical Documents
Mutual
Lincoln Square Boys Club hosts bare handed fishing contest
In Worcester Massachusetts the Lincoln Square Boys Club held its annual fishing contest by 75 youngsters diving into the club swimming pool to catch fish with their bare hands.
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Worcester
Mass
Lincoln Square Boys Club
Numerical puzzle fortune game with name based key
A daily message puzzle instructs counting letters in a first name. If letters ≥ six subtract four, else add three. The result is a key number to trace across a rectangle from the upper left. Read the letters under checked figures left to right to reveal a message.
Countess Gambler Sprung Jail Takeover Sparks Jail Swap
Virginia City AP report details Miss Henya C. A. Krasnodebsky of Philadelphia known as the Countess using a bad $2,200 check to free poker partner Burdette Beveridge of Vancouver Washington. After uncashed funds, Beveridge fled while the Countess took over his jail cell and publicized long-distance efforts to cover the check.
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Virginia City
Nev
Robert Berry
Henya C. A. Krasnodebsky
Philadelphia
Burdette Beveridge
Vancouver
Wash
Berry
New York
Beverly Hills
Mexico City
Beveridge
Len Haffey
Haffey
Beveridge Were Dismissed. He Left Town. But Then Miss Krasnodebsky
Drexel and Biddle Bank
Survivors From Donora to Enjoy Week in Wilmington
Fifty survivors of the Donora smog will visit Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach, hosted by the local Junior Chamber of Commerce. They will stay in cottages, sail and tour plantations, and attend oyster roasts as a welcome relief from the deadly fog. One traveler, Steve Kostelex, expresses excitement at flying for the first time and visiting North Carolina.
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Wilmington
N. C
Donora
Wrightsville Beach
Elizabeth Ostrander
Donora Board of Health
Steve Kostelex
North Carolina
Inventor unveils 250 shot long-range pea shooter
Vernon C. Helberg, a father of three, produced a swallow proof 250-shot pea shooter and plans to patent the design. A former war plant is gearing up for production.
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Chicago
Vernon C. Helberg
Southeast Asia Houses Half World Population
The region holds nearly half of humanity as Southeast Asia sustains dense populations across multiple nations and urban centers, highlighting demographic concentration in the area.
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Southeastern Asia
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Cirilo
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Madame Renauld
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