Holiday Fires Claim 7 Children Across Several States
Fires killed seven children before Thanksgiving observances and injured many others. In Canastota New York four children Anson Mason Jr Polly Ann Mason Hattie Smith and Lorraine Smith died in an old frame apartment blaze. In Plainfield Vermont Laura Jean Bancroft and Carton Eugene Bancroft perished as their father Wayne Bancroft tried to reach them. On Long Island Maryland Scheck age 7 died and her father George Scheck suffered a heart attack. Other fires claimed a baby in Vermont and damaged a lumber yard complex in Bluefield West Virginia leaving eighteen displaced.
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Upstate New York
Canastoia
Anson Mason Jr
Polly Ann
Hattie Smith
Lorraine
Plainfield
Avotots
Laura Jean Bancroft
Carton Eugene
Wayne Bancroft
Port Washington
N. Y
Long Island
Marylon Scheck
George Scheck
Marlow
Clifton Chambers
Bluefield
W. Va
Weather Bureau tests new boatmen weather reporting system
The Weather Bureau experiments with six hour condition recordings attached to an automatic telephone device for Ches apeake Bay and lower Potomac River boatmen. The system uses a secret telephone number issued to yacht and marina owners and may see more devices if successful.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Chesapeake Bay
Potomac River
Experiment to publish ephone numbers urged by congressman
Rep Richard E. Lankford of Maryland pressed for publishing ephone numbers. He argued the service would be needed in late summer when weather builds up on the day without notice.
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Richard E. Lankford
D-Md
Macy's Thanksgiving Parade Winds Through Manhattan
Thousands of children in heavy coats watched as the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade moved through Manhattan. In the lead was the Charleston West Virginia High School Mountain State entry with bands and floats captivating the crowd.
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New York
Manhattan
Charleston
W. Va
High School Mountain
World of Fantasy Parade With Giant Dragon Balloon
The Lion Band led by Robert Williams joined 11 other bands in a parade totaling about 1,200 marching musicians. Balloon figures displayed included Gorgeous Gobbler and Popeye, with The World's Happiest Dragon measuring 72 feet long 20 feet high and 36 feet across. At Times Square the crowd was large.
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Lion Band
Robert
Bob) Williams
Gobbler
Popeye
Times Square
Prague glass factory lags in production despite brisk demand
Pravda reports the large state glass factory near Rovne in Bratislava is about three months behind schedule. Temperatures in the 40s and an eight mile per hour breeze noted as conditions, with importers saying demand remains strong but production slow.
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Vienna
Austria
BoeUn
Bratislava
Pravda
Rovne
Lengthy Lane Trans-Canada Highway Planned for 5000 Miles
The ambitious trans-Canada highway would run about 5,000 miles from St John’s Newfoundland to Vancouver and Victoria British Columbia. It would connect Atlantic and Pacific coasts, spanning provinces and linking major cities as a national project.
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St. John’s
Newfoundland
Atlantic Ocean
Vancouver
Victoria
British Columbia
Pacific Ocean
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