Window Trimmer Spends Life With Tacks and Poles
G H Patrick, a veteran window display artist, recounts a lifetime in trimming using much tack and pull. At five years old he began, claiming about 1500 pounds of tack placed in his mouth over 60 years without swallowing a bite. He credits caution, never laughing or talking to onlookers, for the feat. He notes a vast travel history, having driven and traveled extensively across southwest Texas, knowing every druggist and grocer in the area.
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G. H. Patrick
Patrick
Texas
British Reinforcements Reach Malaya and Singapore
An official communique reports heavy British reinforcements including work troops and war equipment arriving in Malaya and Singapore on December 23.
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Malaya
Bingapore
Raid Stops Game At Four-Story House
New York December 23 771 Rou latte wheels clicked merrily away as a dice game drew a crowd of society folk in a four story house. Hi Neighbors alerted police who arrived to raid the scene early Sunday morning. Twenty bluecoats broke in the door arresting five men and confiscating gambling apparatus including chips worth $1000 each. Among the detainees was George Herrick described by Heltzmann as a leading roulette expert in the country.
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New York
Polig
George Herrick
Heltzmann
Gas leak kills patient and nurse in chiropractor office
Columbia, December 22. Ben M. Sawyer, state highway commission chief and Army lieutenant colonel, was asphyxiated while being treated by nurse Lucile Hazood in a chiropractor's office. Coroner Sargeant cited illuminating gas from a nearby water heater as the cause. The nurse, a Black woman, also died. Sawyer was ordnance officer of the 30th division at York Jackson.
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Columbia
S. C
Blate Highway Commission
Ben M. Sawyer
National Guard
John A. Sargeant
Lucile Hazood
Sawyer
York Jackson
Original Cowgirl of Theater Killed in Truck Crash
Lucile Mushill known as the original cowgirl of the stage was killed in a truck collision near her Oklahoma ranch yesterday. She was 56 and had retired in 1917 after touring in America and Europe. The driver, Jean Berkeley aged 45 of Cythiric, was injured in the crash.
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Guthrie
Okla
U—. Mins
Lucile Mushill
America
Europe
Jean Beregley
Cythiric
Bite
Firemen Deliver Toys to 16 000 NeedyChildren
Fire Chief C. A. Hart led the Light-five department toy drive delivering toys to about 16 000 children in back apartments and villages. The route included homes with influenza and poverty, where families struggled to eat while awaiting Christmas cheer.
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Molly Hewlman
C. A. Hart
Bowie Street
Juanita Esquivel
Esquivel
Niagi
Christina
Hart
Sonny
Chief Hart
Central Fire Headquarters
Army Food Service Growth At Maxwell Field
Army feeding is big business as Maxwell Field in Montgomery Alabama serves 1800 recruits with cafeteria style meals. The operation requires about 110 pounds of staples daily and produces thousands of biscuits and vast quantities of vegetables, salads, drinks, and other essentials for three daily meals.
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Army
Montgomery
Als
Maxwell Field
Air Corps Sau
Waterfall
Man Invites Self to Jail After Drunken Plea
A drunk man said he should be in jail in a garbled plea to police from the 400 block of West Houston Street. Officers booked J. T. Taylor, 20, of Kellyfield, on intoxication charges after investigating the bizarre dispatch.
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Jai
West Houston Street
J.T. ‘Taylor
Kellyfield
Brazilian Planes Depart From 8. A.
The report notes military planes en route with an overnight stop at Kelly field. Seven planes arrived Saturday and departed for Brownsville Sunday afternoon. Additionally, statistics reference forest area in Colorado and 1939 domestic sowing, plus counts of prairie dogs and gophers on large acreages.
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Brazil
Kelly Field
Brownsville
San Isabel
Colorado
U. S
Penny Counting Leniency Reward in Augusta
William F Choate used Judge Farrington’s delay to save funds and paid a speeding fine with pennies totaling fourteen thousand fifty nine dollars. The case highlights a novel method of settling a fine amid a wartime economy and a local family named Waeapple referenced in the report.
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Augusta
Mns
William F. Choate
Frank A. Farrington
Mls
Rattlesnake Park Idea Bites Lake County Oregon
Portland reports Lake county residents and boosters plan a rattlesnake park to attract tourists. Ray Conway of the Oregon State Motor Association suggested the concept to the Lake County chamber of commerce noting visitors would travel long distances to view rattlesnakes in their natural habitat.
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Oregon
Portland
Ore
Lake [County
Unigus Park
Ray Conway
Oregon State Motor Association
Lake County
Rains Delay Move Into Alazan Courts
Rain slows work at Alazan Courts delaying residents' move in. Ray Mackey of the San Antonio Housing Authority said construction halted due to muddy streets, with three weeks of finishing tasks expected after the rain subsides.
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Alkwan
Ray Mackey
San Antonio Housing Authority
Mackey
Hunteroskillers Believed Shot in Georgia manhunt
Decatur telegraph reports fresh troopers and bloodhounds aiding a three day search for a Georgia highway patrolman killer. Bloodstains near Ringgold after Cpl W F Blok was fatally shot Friday as he stopped a reckless vehicle. A woman companion, likely escapee Charley Butler, fled. funeral held for the 20 year old trooper in Macon with a posthumous sergeant promotion.
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Tent
Cleorgia
Geore 88
Georgian Public Safety Coumis
Sullivan
Ringgold
W. F. Blok
Georgia Eftpital
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