O'Dwyer Backs Legal Gambling In New York
Mayor William O'Dwyer urged Albany to legalize and regulate sports betting, arguing current enforcement is costly and futile. The proposal met Republican opposition and mixed reactions from sports leaders, with debate centering on morals and state oversight.
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Fort Ue
New York State
William O'Dwyer
State Capitol
Albany
Sporting World
New York City
O'Dwyer
Community Networking Notes From Orangeville Social Digest
Mrs Glen E Bolender hosts Sunday evening gatherings with multiple families visiting from Cedarville Monroe Freeport and Rockford. Local couples and guests share birthdays and attend weddings with extended kin from Lena Chadwick Evarts Warren and Monroe in a busy social scene across towns.
Twin Grove Social Roundup from Beightol and Local Visits
J H Beightol and William Plate attended a feedman meeting in Oregon Thursday. Families from Beloit Monroe and Orangeville visited Floyd Chambers and Ralph Reed. Various local residents hosted and visited relatives through the weekend. The note adds that the American population is growing at an estimated rate of 10,000 a day.
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J. H. Beightol
William Plate
Feedman’s
Oregon
Glen Chambers
Patricia
Beloit
John Chabers
Kay
Peggy
Monroe
Floyd Chambers
Oscar Walters
Kenneth Reed
J. Reed
Ralph Reed
Orangeville
Joyce Due
Edyth Ann Orton
Albert Bell
Walter Share
Argyle
Charles Wood
Ray Fetterhott
Footville
J. H. Emricks
Nellis Wunscher
George Junior
Sweeney
Freeport
Don Gibson
John L. Pinnow
Brodhead
Frank Wunschel
Dr Gnagi Sister to Take Caribbean Light Plane Flight
Mrs Helmes sister of Dr W B Gnagi and her husband will fly as passengers in one of four planes on a voyage billed as the largest and longest flight of its kind in the United States. The caravan will depart from Middletown Morey Airplane Co airport, enter Central America via Brownsville Texas, and journey to Tampico and Vera Cruz Mexico before heading west over the Tehuantepec isthmus toward San Jose, continuing south along the coast toward the Pacific.
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Mexico
Tehauntepec Isthmus
Pacific Ocean
San Jose
Rev Maier Radio Pastor Dies After Recurrent Heart Attacks
Rev. Walter A. Maier, 56, conductor of the Lutheran Radio Hour, died today after a fourth heart attack in under two weeks. Widely known since 1935 for his broadcasts, the program airs on over 1,200 stations weekly and is transcribed in 36 languages. Born in Boston, he graduated from Boston University and Concordia Institute in Bronxville, with early broadcasts originating in Detroit and Cincinnati.
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St. Louis
Walter A. Maier
Lutheran’ Radio Hour
Boston
Maier
Boston University
Concordia Institute
Bronxville
N. Y
Detroit
Cincinnati
Flooded Home Burns In Indiana After Evacuation
In Shoals Indiana floodwaters from the East Fork of the White River rose to the front door of David Street's home. As the family prepared to evacuate both people and furniture, the house burned to the ground before they could complete their move. The article notes a Biblical aside about King David's subjects using raisins in bartering taxes.
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Burns Shoals
Ind
White River
David Street
Street
David
Monroe toy tide mirrors US response in drive
The American Legion toy collection for overseas shipment grew to a four by four foot box holding about 100 toys, aided by merchants and nationwide responses. Crates are sent weekly to CARE for France Belgium Poland Yugoslavia and other nations. CARE expects over 5,000,000 toys. Pravda accuses Truman of hypocrisy over peacemaking, calling him ill starred.
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Modtoe
American Legion
Toda Uy
Paul W. Ritsehard
Chfford H. Snively
Philadelphia
France
Germany
Austria
Italy
Belgium
Poland
Yugoslavia
CARE
Overseas Relief Agency
Joseph N. Weaver
Moscow
Pravda
Communist Party
Truman
United States
Communist Organ
Congress
Town Hall Dairy Co operative elects officers at annual meeting
The annual meeting at the Washington township factory re elected Robert Zimmerman as president and Ivan Marty as vice president. Directors named for terms include Zimmerman Marty and Werner Gerber. Frank Loveland E W Marty Sylvan Bidlingmaier Leon Gempeler and Fred C Marty named to various terms. Sam Babler remains cheesemaker as the plant shifts from limburger to Swiss cheese production with 34 patrons and a forecast of 12 wheels daily during peak season. The Brager Cheese Co plant in York township also plans intake changes and recent improvements included a new floor and fresh paint. Present officers are Ben Watrud president and Sever Benson secretary treasurer.
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Helen E. Stears
Town Hall Dairy Co-operative
Washington Township
Robert Zimmerman
Ivan Marty
Zimmerman
Marty
Werner Gerber
Frank Loveland
E. W. Marty
Sylvan Bidlingmaier
Leon Gempeler
Fred C Marty
Sam Babler
Bahler
Brager Cheese Co
York _ township
Fred Schiedegger
Ben Watrud
Sever Benson
Judge Orders Pine Lake School Board To End Fight
Judge H F Steele urged Pine Lake School Board to resolve a parents strike over the continued employment of bus driver Elmer Curby. Avery Hill, arrested in a test case for keeping his child home, was acquitted after testifying he would not send his 12 year old daughter to school due to safety concerns about riding with Curby.
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Sy — Weld
H. F. Steele
Pine Lake
Elmer Curby
Avery Hill
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