Crop Damage Heavy In Florida Cold Wave
An intense cold snap hit South Florida with freezes down to 25 degrees. The Lake Okeechobee bean crop suffered severe losses, potentially 2.5 million dollars, while total crop damage could reach 5 million. Other crops faced damage but citrus and hardy vegetables escaped major harm. Temperatures fell across central and south Florida and frost appeared on surfaces.
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Johnson
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Gold Coast
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Florida
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West Palm Beach International
Cecil Gentry
Miami Weather Bureau
Brisk Steel Market Seen In Early 750
Cleveland AP report quotes Steel magazine predicting a brisk steel market in early 1950. Buying is slower but production nears pre strike levels with capacity at about 80 percent and potentially 85 percent by week’s end. No general price rise is expected in Q1 1950 though one producer lifted hot rolled and semifinished steel by 5 a ton last week.
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Cleveland
Steel” Magazine Today
Parole Sought For Prisoner In Scranton Case
SCRANTON PA AP Judge Linius Hoban had sentenced George Hreben to 30 to 60 years 11 years ago and now seeks parole for the 32 year old. Hreben, who wrote the judge regularly and sent a ship model, asks for release as part of his fourth appeal next month. The judge told the pardons board he once believed the man had a criminal path but now sees potential rehabilitation. Hreben was convicted February 21, 1939, of a series of burglaries.
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Scranton
Linius Hoban
George Hreben
Hoban
Hreben
Horizon to Horizon Flying Creature Puzzle Reveal
A crossword style puzzle lists horizontal and vertical clues about birds and related terms. It includes entries like long billed bird and various word fragments, with clues for days, states, and Latin abbreviations, inviting filled grid completion.
Child’s Sight May Be Saved in Oregon Surgery
In Portland Oregon a 12 year old girl Mary Hope Hodgen may retain vision after surgeons at the University of Oregon medical school attempted a procedure to seal the retina. The girl has guided her blind parents for years reading to them and delivering their mail. The operation occurred 12 days ago as doctors fought to halt the retina’s deterioration.
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Portland
Orc
Mary Hope Hodgen
Lee Hodgdon
University of Oregon Medical School
Lettered prayers surround recovering Mary after surgery
Mary shows signs of recovery after an operation and may return home within a week. Her parents preserve hundreds of letters and packages from supporters nationwide, planning to read them to her once she is home while avoiding any strain on the injured eye.
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Mary
End Coming Slowly Says French Scientist Predicts 6 Million Years
A French scientist warns the Earth’s end arrives slowly via its own respiration, predicting about six million years until the planet ends. The article also notes historical farming aid from Indians teaching colonists to plant squash, pumpkin, and beans between crop rows.
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