Aviation gas backfire blows man from car in Columbus
A Columbus driver, Smith, escaped serious injury when an explosion in his 1936 Fore car’s aviation gas tank blew the door open. Firemen arrived to fight the blaze, with one minor finger burn cited. The incident occurred on Broad Street near the Air Station area. Separately, a historical note mentions Addi son Igleheart developing a finer cake flour blend around the turn of the century.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Seaman Beryll
Smith
Columbus Naval
Broad St
Aamiling
Addison Igleheart
Fitzpatrick Principal Urges School as Neighborhood Center
Mason Bragg, principal of Fitzpatrick Elementary, advocates using the school as a hub for neighborhood activities rather than a mere community center. He emphasizes participation, recounting plays with mixed-age students, extra funding from personal pocket, and projects like scaled, framed art lessons to boost eighth grade education and town involvement.
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Mason Bragg
Fitzpatrick
Bragg
Hood
Worcom Fitzpatrick School
Airs. Vernard Pack
Shirley Welch
Mabscott
Pack
National Mine Service Company
Woodrow Wilson High School
Irene Eisner
Shady Spring
Tiny
Herbert Jackson
Norma Lee Scarbrough
Iaa Kester
Kenneth Persinger
Guy Pack
Farmer MacDonald
Bobby Cole
Donald Pack
Korea Watching Troop Movement
The US signals readiness to quit Korea as armaments pile at Inchon port. UN elections in the south created a Korean republic, while some blame the US for the country’s strife. Russians push northward as Koreans fear a shift in power and polarizing influence.
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Associated Press
Inchon
Korea
U. S
United Nations
Korean Republic
U.N
South Korea
Orient
R J Scott Lapses Into Words and The Racoon Survey
A column mix reports on Miss Jane Underwood assigning 50 word themes to high school sophomores and trimming a clever reply grade. Separate notes cover Kentucky wildlife trends showing rising raccoon and opossum populations and fox population shifts across regions. A Santa Fe Laundry startup by three college students operates with $600 gear and a small shared setup. Public notices include a West Virginia adoption petition detailing Bragg and Bragg seeking to adopt and rename Maureen Muriel Harvey with court actions scheduled.
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Associated Press
Crossville
Jane’ Underwood
Billy Higginson
Miss Underwood
Santa FE
N. M
St. Michael’s College
Edward 5. Frost
Harry Frost
W. Roosevelt Blvd
Philadelphia
Victor F. Petro
B. Petro
Blue Island
Acell Earl Bragg
Mary B.bragg
Ife
Maureen Muriel Harvey
Hen H. Ashworth
Circuit Court
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Hazel Harvey
Ecell Earl Bragg
Mary
Bragg
Oswald
Mureen Muriel Harvey
Court House
Ben H. Ashworth
Beckley
Varation
Wita
Mary B. Braga
Acell Far
MARY B_ BRAGG
Leo Saidi
New American Court Reforms German Trials in Berlin
The new U S military government court system in postwar Germany, moving toward American legal norms, replaces civilian judges with a reform plan that forgoes juries for now. Critics had warned of constitutional rights being denied, and a jury system is expected to be added when feasible.
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Berlin
U.S
Germany
U. S. Army
Earl Carroll
San Francisco
Cal
U. S
Geo. Luclus D. Clay
U. S. Supreme Court
Palestine Indonesia Test UN Authority
The United Nations Security Council faced challenges to its authority over Palestine and Indonesia. Egypt demanded an emergency hearing on Israeli attacks in the Negev, while reports from The Hague suggested the Dutch would delay cease fire in East Indies. Dutch and Republican sides reportedly defied the council order, prompting debate over the Good Offices Committee and potential changes.
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Associated Press
Paris
United Nations Security Council
Palestine
Indonesia
Negev
Council
Netherland
The
Hague
East Indies
Netherlands
U. N
Security Council
Holy Land
Egypt
Ralph Bunche
William E Riley
Holland
Jan Herman van Royen
Good Offices Committee
Good Offices
Firms Help Find Jobs For Men After Layoffs In Cleveland Area
Two Cleveland area manufacturers Apex Electrical Manufacturing Co and Permold Co plan to place workers they have laid off. Apex, with about 1000 employees, cut 300 two weeks ago and 400 more by Jan 1 due to government credit restrictions. The Permold Co, Medina’s large producer of aluminum castings, laid off 75 from a 350 payroll. Apex set up a placement bureau with IAM officials, placing 18 workers and arranging 40 interviews. The bureau is canvassing major employers for jobs in the Cleveland region.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Apex Electrical Manufacturing Co
Petmold Co
Medina
Apex Electrical
Lon
Apex Placement Bureau
International Association of Machinists
Ind
Greater
Bureau
Permold Co
Permold Copany
Beaver Lions Net S110 For Shady High Lights
The Beaver Lions Club earned 110 dollars from Beckley area Christmas tree sales to fund flood lights for Athiatin Field. The sale, run by Lowell Lilly and others in Summers County, reflects a community effort to upgrade local facilities.
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Beaver Lions
Shady High Lights Organization
Forrest Hill
Sum [Mers County
Beckley
Beaver Lions Club
Eta Athiatin
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