Air Rescue Service Proves It's Worth Saves 750 United Nations Men
ARS crews search long after a bailout at sea, dropping an A-1 lifeboat to reach a survivor. The piece highlights Flight D of the 2nd Air Rescue Squadron based at Anderson AFB Guam and notes ARS saves extend to both military and civilian rescues worldwide.
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U.N
Andrew RK. Boone
CPC
Tokyo
Joe Doakes
Korea
Straits of Korea
Joe
ARS
3Rd Air Rescue Squadron
Boeing Flying Fortress
Air Force
Air Rescue Service
United States
2Nd Air Rescue Squadron
Anderson Air Force Base
Guam
Iwo Jima
Kwajalein
Manila
Flight D
Horace Martin
Pacific
California
Alaska
8Rd
United Nations
Try and Stop Me by Bennett Cerf
An elderly scholar living hand to mouth tries robbery for extra income. A second man appears, the highwayman orders “Stick em up” and is told by the scholar to avoid mixing him up as this is his first job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennett Cerf
No Men Allowed at London Fashion Show
A London department store barred men from its fashion shows to prevent crowding of women. An official from C. and A. Modes stated that men arriving with wives or girlfriends would be asked to wait outside.
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London
C. and
A. Modes
Old Superstitions Die Out Yet New Ones Arise
Chicago reports psychologist Dr. Eugene Levitt of Columbia University says many old superstitions and misbeliefs are dying out, yet new ones emerge. In tests with 110 college students, beliefs such as innate knowledge of good and evil and eye contact signaling dishonesty declined, while other false notions persist.
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Chicago
Eugene Levitt
Columbia University
American Psychological Association
Stallions to be sold for over $100,900 in Lexington
Four thoroughbred stallions Salmagundi Olympic Zenith Valdiia Orphan and Rounders will be sold to a Chicago couple for over 100 900. Breeder Henry H said the horses go to Mr and Mrs Howard Reineman who earlier this year purchased Almahurst Farm Missouri stock.
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Lexington
Chicago
Henry H. T
Howard Reineman
Almahurst Farm
Old Custom In Europe Feeds Friday Hangman Belief
In Europe the custom of executing criminals on Friday dates to the Middle Ages and earned Friday the title hang man's day due to the practice.
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Europe
Girl Adopted By Swedish Royalty Becomes Princess
Three year old Monika Heissler becomes Countess Monika Bernadotte after being adopted by Count Karl Johann Bernadotte, son of Sweden's king. The Salzburg foster child was among 19 orphans adopted by Swedish families during a wave of royal interest at the railway station and music festival.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Monika Heissler
Monika Bernadotte
Salzburg
Karl Johann Bernadotte
Ban on barrels for apples proposed by NS growers
The Nova Scotia Fruit Growers Association urged the federal government to ban barrels for apple shipments overseas. They recommended crates and tiered wrapping, cold storage from packing to shipment on refrigerated ships. Annapolis Valley growers plan a new marketing agency as the Apple Marketing Board ends due to loss of financial aid.
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Kentville
N.S
Nova Scotia Fruit Growers Association
United Kingdom
Nova Scotia
Annapolis Valley
Apple Marketing Board
Oceania’s Area Among Continental Groups
Oceania, the smallest continental group, covers 3 645 294 square miles in area.
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Oceania
Romance recalled of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip
The article recounts Elizabeth and Philip’s marriage, their wartime romance, engagement in 1947, and life at Clarence House. It notes her views on family life, their five week tour plans, and their children, plus details of the wedding and early royal gifts.
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Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Greece
Prince Andrew
Andre
Philip
Philip Mountbatten
Canada
Britain
Clarence House
London
Bear Killed After Reported 40 Head of Cattle Loss
A female bear said to have killed more than 40 cattle on a forest reserve near Pincher Creek Alberta was killed by stock rider Roy Marshall. A $200 bounty had been on the bear's head for two years as traps and guns failed to stop it.
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Pincher Creek
Alta
Roy Marshall
Peace Treaty Marks Japan’s Century of Expansion and Decline
A Central Press Canadien analysis traces Japan from 1854 when Commodore Perry opened the country through 1942 when the empire peaked at about 3.0 million square miles and 625 million people to today’s return to the four home islands with 84 million people and 135 thousand square miles.
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Central Press
Canadien
Japan
U.S
Perry
Sakhalin
Formosa
Korea
Pacific
Peshi Harbor
Manchuria
North China
Southeast Asia
Racing Death By Speed Limits And Highway Safety
An article by Joseph Lister Rutledge discusses the Pennsylvania Bureau of Highway Safety findings on highway fatalities. It notes that speed is the top killer and shows how death rates vary with state speed limits from 40 to 60 mph, highlighting lower death rates where limits are stricter and cautioning that even small delays can cost lives.
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Joseph Lister Rutledge
Bureau of Highway Safety of Pennsylvania
Bureau
United States
Massachusetts
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Manessi Heskth
Weller
Central Press Canadian
U.S. Army
M. Harrison
North
South
BEAR
IAG
Ijapan
Borpi
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