Anniversaries and Birthdays in Know America Today
Maryland lawyer Reverdy Johnson was born in Annapolis and died February 10, 1876. Anna C Brackett born in Boston, a St. Louis school principal and New York educator, died March 9, 1911. Thomas C. De Leon, Mobile editor and author, born in Columbia, died March 19, 1914. Southgate Leigh, Norfolk surgeon, born in Lenehbure, died March 5, 1936. Charles J Bullock, Harvard economist, born in Boston, died March 47, 1941. Glenn J. Tutts, Hammondsport pioneer in aviation, died July 23, 1930.
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Reverdy Johnson
Maryland
U. S
Annapolis
Anna C. Brackett
St. Louis
New York City
Boston
Thomas C. de Leon
Mobile
Ala
Columbia
S. C
Southgate Leigh
Norfolk
Lenehbure
Charles J. Bullock
Harvard
Glenn J
Hammondsport
N.Y
Baltimore
Andrew Jackson
National Lottery of the Red Cross
Washington
Clars Barton
Department of Agriculture
U.S
Nicaragua
Charles A. Lindbergh
Paris
Atlantic
Italy
Sugar Loafe Hill
Okinawa
Russia
Geneva Economic Commission
Europe
Congress
Eisenhower
Churchill
Bermuda
Secret Service
Urbanus E. Baughman
Camden
N. J
Robert Montgomery
Beacon
N. Y
Cyrus
Ching
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Canada
Chan Gurney
Civil Aeronautics Board
Yankton
Laurence T. DuBose
Albert C. Jacobs
Trinity College
Hartford
Evening Broadcast Schedule Summary
Radio and TV listings show a dense lineup across CBS NBC MBS ABC networks with multiple sports, news, and entertainment programs from 6:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Highlights include News and Commentary segments, Dinner Date, The Symphonet, Lone Ranger, Mr Keen, Jack Gregson, and boxing coverage, plus Ozzie and Harriet and Bob Hope programs.
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Ebs
Abe
Mbs-West
Abe-Eart
Nesseast
Rbe
Abe Tennesses Ernle
Mba
Reulah Eketch
Abe the Symphonet
Lone Ranger
Abe Sercy Como
Dingh Shore
Mr Keen
Trace
Jack Gregson
RK Stratenta
Bob Hope
Abe Godfrey
Cbs
Phil
Aliee
Abe Ozzie and Harriet
Fischer & Molly
Nbs
Nbc-Tv
Crossroads
Heart of News
Nobe
Washington
Nbe
Deans Taylor
News & Variety
Eil Nets
Television Schedule Excerpt Highlights 1930s DuMont Era
The listing shows a DuMont and NBC weekday schedule with programs like News Broadcaster, Perry Como, Mama Sketch, Topper, Playhouse, and Boxing Bouts. A note credits Alexander Graham Bell as a teacher of the deaf before inventing the telephone.
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DuMont
Tak—Tahn
Abe
Mairge
Jif—LuMont
Playhouse
Hartman Fyley
fecDuMont
Miss Brooks
Cbe
Nbc
Nbo
Irma
Chance of Lifetime
de Col. Plack
Alexander Graham Bell
Lenox China Display Highlights American Presidents
A Lenox china display opens at a shop on North Ararat Street featuring 44 pieces from various services produced for U S presidents and notable figures. The exhibit traces American production from the 19th century to presidential sets including Woodrow Wilson Truman and Eisenhower era pieces.
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Fersenhaues
Alarael Street
New Jersey House
White House
Walter Scott
Woodrow Wilson
Roosevelt
Truman
Lenox
FAV Alumnae Plan Fashion Show at Key Hotel
The Frederick Academy of the Visitation Alumnae Association sponsors a fashion show and card party Tuesday evening at the Francis Scott Key hotel. Mrs. Charles Beatty, president, is general chairman. Show starts 7:30 PM in the ballroom with summer fashions from Town and Country Shop and hats from Snyder's Hat Shop. Washington and Baltimore alumnae groups aid.
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Francis Scott Key
Frederick Academy of the Visitation Alumnae Association
Charles Beatty
Snyder
Washington
Baltimore
Frederick students stage chaotic uptown rainout
In Manhattan the picnic faced a downpour as hundreds of students fled to the West Side subway at 242nd Street. The disruption drew comparisons to a prior Columbia University incident, with several hundred youths behaving wildly and the mood turning stormier as rain intensified.
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West Side
242Nd St
Columbia
Ugher
Riots by Hundreds of NYC High School Students on Subway
In New York City on May 20 hundreds of high school boys and girls rioted in subway cars, surging through stations and smashing fixtures. Police rounded up 24 boys and 19 girls for questioning after about 1,500 students from four large schools gathered at Van Cortlandt, tearing up trains, pulling emergency cords, and delaying service.
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New York
Mottgats
Polie
van Cortlandt
Kidnappers Identified In Rancher Extortion Case
Wealthy Pete Rudolph of a South Texas ranch near Victoria identified two of four men as kidnapers who forced him to pose nude with a white woman. Sidney Miller, 45, and Frieda Ashley, 35, face kidnapping and extortion charges after arrests in Texas and New Mexico.
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Lbbock
Tex
Dallas
Pete Rudolph
South Texas
Victoria
Sidney Miller
Raymond Waters
Frieda Ashley
Lovington
Victora
Lubbock
Rudolph
Doctors Threaten Time Trick After Incident
Officers learned of the incident Monday after doctors threatened him with a time elapse claim within two days.
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Qeome
Polio Case Surge Reported Across Nation
The Public Health Service reports 151 new polio cases last week, total 2,273 for the year. The polio season began April 4, with 714 cases in six weeks, up from 636 and 520 in comparable periods. California led with 160, Texas 152, Florida 4, while year totals surpass 1953 and 1952 in several states. A Myersville banquet by the Women’s Society of World Service drew 57 attendees.
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Washington
Public Health Service
California
Texas
Florida
No Longer Strangers and India the Missionaries Task
Film strips titled No Longer Strangers and India the Missionaries Task were shown. Harold Miller organized the event with five daughters and floral decorations. Mrs Carroll Harshman welcomed guests and led invocations as Miss Florence Baker directed group singing with Mrs Roger Reech at the piano. Mrs Elmer Harp oversaw the program including hymns, devotional segment by Mrs John Eldridge, a litany by Mrs Louie Rice and daughter, Dos vocal trio by Mothers Bible with Jean Yvonne Rice and Annabelle Kline. Cara corsages were given by Mrs Starshman to several distinguished mothers including Mrs Lorenzo Miller and Mrs Columbus Haupt, plus young mothers Mrs Richard Warp and Mrs George Blickenstaft. Lawrence Miller also received a card. A Czech shoe firm president has an office movable between factory floors.
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Harold Miller
Carroll Harshman
Florence Baker
Roger Reech
Elmer Harp
John Eldridge
Louie Rice
Dos
Mothers Bible
Jean and
Yvonne Rice
Annabelle Kline
Starshman
Lorenzo Miller
Columbus Haupt
Richard Warp
George Blickenstaft
Lawrence Miller
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FAV Alumnae Assn
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Java
Beatty Sats
Sidney Hammond
Libertydawn
Visitation Sisters
Margaret Tfartmann Celiman
Tucker Committee
Sepive Schaefle
Manhattan
Ponce
Rignda— Palmist
Rhonda
Pennsylvania Ave
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Monocacy Motors
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Dodge
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Big Savings
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Best Buy
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D! Nash Statesman
Plymouth Cpe
Jefferson & Pearlsts
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Women’s Society of World Service
Richard Harp
Albert C
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India
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Lincoln Loan Service
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