Blackout the Spotlight and a Park Date Twist
Marguerite Western learns to cope with dating woes until Joe Martin returns from the navy and they share an evening at Riverview. Joe steals the show at a shooting gallery winning Marguerite a teddy bear while she clutches a Gold Sharp Shooting pin from a prior meet. The pair grow closer amid flirtation and shared laughs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverview
Pre
Joe Martin
Barkers
Marguerite
Joe
Maguerite
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
Child Hit By Train Gets Bump On Head
In Bristol a four year old boy, Eric Stock, was found beside a railway line after a train raised alarms when the driver shouted I ve killed a kiddy. The child suffered only a bump on the head and was checked by a porter who called it a miracle as the train appeared to be moving at about 40 miles an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
England
Fred Western
Eric Stock
William Kelly
Crossword puzzle with scattered clues and errors
A partially legible crossword grid lists horizontal and vertical clues with many garbled words and misspellings. Several entries mix languages and include unclear numbers and positions, showing widespread OCR issues and incomplete phrases throughout the puzzle.
Youngster Proves Advertising Pays in Coat Return
Falls City Nebraska resident Larry Smith placed a tongue in cheek ad in The Falls City Daily Journal offering no punishment if the finder returned his coat at the Oil City theatre. The coat was returned and no one was punished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falls City, Neb
Larry Smith
Falls City
Gems of Thought Quotations
A collection of short moral and motivational sayings. Notable lines include guidance on purpose facing opposition and perseverance, by David Starr Jordan Hamilton Mabie L Talbot and Mary Baker Eddy. The passages emphasize determination prayer and honest achievement as keys to success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton W. Mabie
L. H. Talbot
Bovee
Mary Baker Eddy
Bulwer-Lytton
Proximity fused water bombs eyed for forest fires
National Bureau of Standards scientists propose testing proximity fused 4 000 pound water bombs dropped from fighters to combat forest fires. The system uses a radio proximity fuse to trigger detonation at a set height, spraying fire extinguishing chemicals over the blaze from above. Tests planned at Great Falls Montana with cooperation from the Army Air Forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Bureau of Standards
U.S. Forest Service
Bureau
Chief of Ordnance
War Department
Army Air Forces
Great Falls
Mont
Bottle With Note Found In Fish Off Nova Scotia Shores
New Harbor Nova Scotia a Canadian fisherman found a corked perfume bottle inside a mackerel seized during cleaning. The note inside bears Private A Huchinson Headquarters Company Seventh Battalion Parachute Regiment M E L F. The unit served in Europe and Palestine during the war and is linked to a dropped signal message now carried by currents to Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Harbor
Garcia
Nova Scotia
Thomas Greencorn
A. Huchinson
Seventh Battalion
Parachute Regiment
M.e.lf
Four Year Old Boy Found Alive In Icebox In Albany
In Albany a four year old, Marcello Basco, was discovered alive in an old icebox at the rear of his home after hiding from playmates for 18 hours. He was treated for exhaustion, cuts and bruises from attempts to free himself and cried for his father.
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Albany
N.Y
Marcello Butch Basco
John Basco
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Auguerite Weston
Navy
Marguerite Western
Matilda
Maggie
Aunt Matilda
Great Lake
Knocks & Printer’s
Hare
Freeman
Western
Europe
Midred Geil
Guelph
Ont
Hamilton
Sweden
Miss Geil
David Starr Jordan
India
Simon Lake
Germany
America
U.S. Navy
Pittsburgh Baseball
Tchier and Baker
GOPR
NEA Service
7. M. Reg. U. & Pat. Off
Little Reggie
Henry Wolff
Broan
Margarita
Reggie
Peggy
Chuck Thurston
Priscilla
Mr Mervin
Sever
al Vermeer
wesBe
Lorna
Jabber
MR. Tiller
Rankles
Les Carrol
Paw
Scabber
Icebon
Gottleib Daimler
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