Fired from a railroad job sparks Morton Downey’s rise to stardom
Sean M Downey of Wallingford Conn is fired from a New Haven Railroad news butcher job after singing his wares at a benefit. He shifts to pursuing music, moves to Brooklyn, adopts his middle name Morton Downey, and soon sings for Paul Whiteman’s band. Downey later stars in England and hosts a radio program. His firing, he says, redirected him to success.
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Sean M. Downey
Wallingford
Conn
New Haven Railroad
Hartford
Ews
Brooklyn
Coney Island
Paul Whiteman
Morton Downey
England
First Chilean Congress Opens Founding Session
The first national congress of Chile, with 46 members, convened on July 4 1811 to establish the new republic and set its constitutional framework.
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Chile
National Congress
To Start You Reminiscing
A nostalgic column recalls events from ten, fifteen, and fifty years ago. Notes include Glenys Heininger at Big Silver Lake with relatives, a corn roast with twenty friends, trips by Mr. and Mrs. Finkbein er and by Henry Leutheuser and Dr. Prout to Europe, a gasoline accident injuring Raymond Alber, local visits, school reunions, and motor trips.
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Glenys Heininger
Big Silver Lake
Paul Braun
C. D. Finkbeiner
Newberry
Grand Marais
Manistique Lake
Henry Leutheuser
G. J. Prout
Ronald Tower
Fair Street
Ann Arbor
Doris Neithammer
Esther Cerdt
York Township
George Steele
Dexter
Aaron Luckhardt
Saline
Macon
Matilda Boettner
Lawrence
Bridgewater
Conrad Boettner
Guther Briggs
Pontiac
Albert Schaible
Lodi
R. E. Jedele
Cailers
George Walker
Leo Westphal
Hine Gross
Mackinaw
Sow
Leo
Esther Sturm
St. Lawrence
Quebec
Niagara, Falls
Buffalo
Bert Giller
East Henry St
Bert
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Michigan
Myron B. Gallagher
Myron B. Gallagher, Jr
East Lansing
Chigan Press Services, Inc
Dale Carnegie
D. Carnegie
Michigan Ave
Ann Arbor St
Aes Eo
Saline Mercantile
Musse
GEG Geograpy
SSS
I Chapin
County School Board
Washtenaw County
Louis Wolfe
Ryojun Kinoshita
Oshka Imperial University
Tokyo
Japan
Herbert Hoover
California
Russia
William Odem
Chicago
Uruguay
Don Luis Battle Berres
Tomas Berreta
George C
Maumee
Har—k Kuder
Walter Smith
Fred. Wild
Clara Schroen
Chester
BH. T. Nichols
Associated-Telephone
General Telephone System
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