Centralia Oil Patch Brings City Royalty Woes
In Centralia Illinois officials face a paradox as an oil strike in a park and nearby lake yields substantial royalties since 1937 yet threatens water supply. A proposed northern Marion county reservoir site stalled by drought compels purchase of farmland for a wildcat well, risking petroleum riches alongside drinking water needs.
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Centralia
Ill
Lake Centralia-Salem
Lake Centralia
Marion County
Fara
Paul Doran
Friday
Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company Super Store Opens
Thousands of shoppers visited the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company Super Store Jamestown Market yesterday for its grand opening. The new store sits at Pacific Avenue and Sixth Street, under the management of Connell with D P Johnson in charge of the market.
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Atlantic & Pasific
Tea Company
Jamet
Rifice Avenue
Sixth Street
Connell
D. P. Johnson
Knot in shoelaces delays rescue of child in creek
In Ellensburg Washington four year old Wayne Edwards delayed by a knot in his shoelace failed to rescue his 14 month old sister Mary Lou after she fell into Cooke Creek. He went home to ask his mother to untie it and Mary Lou was revived with artificial respiration.
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Ellensburg
Wash
Wayne Edwards
Mary Lou
Cooke Creek
Wayne
Eugene Edwards
Once Over Lightly On Kids Who Robbed a Store
A narrator recalls talking to two youths aged 13 and 14 picked up for breaking into a shop. They swore constantly, trying to steal cigarettes, while the narrator reflects on his own childhood ban on curses and eventual decision to abandon swearing in favor of other rough methods.
Americans in Berlin Smile at Jew Story
Berlin reports a rumor that Germans in the United States were forced to wear the swastika while Jews in Germany must wear a yellow star. Officials and press offices denied any government involvement and noted no corroboration from Milwaukee or other sources. The piece also mentions a drop in public school registrations across regions.
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Berlin
United States
Germany
America
Associated Press
Milwaukee
Wis
Inquirer
Service Men May Use Old Licenses
Tallahassee Florida Sept 26 Soldiers and sailors stationed in Florida won t need Florida auto license plates until their home state licenses expire even if they send children to public schools Non residents who come to Florida except in military service must buy Florida licenses if their children attend public schools Motor Vehicle Commissioner Henry J Driggers stated this policy applies to service members but not to other non residents
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
Henry J. Driggers
Barney Childs Restaurant to Open Tomorrow
Barney Childs announces the opening of Childs Restaurant Inc at 505 Harrison Avenue with a gala tomorrow. New equipment, fluorescent lighting, tile floor, and green ivory color scheme mark a modern design. A soda fountain serves up to 125 people at a time and the kitchen is open for inspection per health specifications.
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Barney Childs
Lunccheonette and
Fountain Service
Childs Restaurant, Inc
Harrison Avenue
Childs
Edgar A. Barrett
State Board of Health
Principal exports of Soy beans and byproducts
Soy beans and byproducts, Siberian timber and dried fish are listed as the principal exports in the report, highlighting agriculture, forestry, and fishing commodities as leading trade goods.
Inventors Patent Bullet-Firing Fish Hook Trap
A novel angling device, patented by two inventors, captures a large fish with a hook that first snares the quarry and then fires a bullet. The idea is described amid notes that southern Crimea enjoys mild winters, sheltered by three mountain ranges.
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Crimea
Selectee Dick McFarland Drawn for Army Induction
Number Magic St. Joseph Missouri report notes selectee Dick McFarland with 13 letters was the 13th man drawn August 13 for induction. At Fort Leavenworth he drew an army serial number ending 13113 and his draft registration number also ended in 13.
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Magic ST
Joseph
Dick McFarland
Fort Leavenworth
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