Mary Hill and the Wild River Bridge Job Accident
On the Wild River bridge project near Barret Falls Center a fatalish accident occurs when Clem Sask drops a spanner hitting Jack Benz on the head causing a fall from a platform. Dave Johnson saves Jack by grabbing a suspension line and pulling him back. Jack is transported first to a local hospital then to a city hospital as Mary Hill absorbs the gloom.
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Mary Hill
Wild River Bridge
Barret Falls Center
Mary
Jack Benz
Clem Sask
Dave Johnson
Benz
Jack
Dave
Clem
Sask
Pen tagon of a Bridge Crew and a Lady
Charlie, injured, reflects on Mary and handyman Dave as the Elite Lunch owner Mary chooses independence over marriage raised by ailing Charlie. After hospital, Mary reveals Dave asked her to marry him but she plans for a safer life while Charlie recovers. Charlie finally asks Mary to marry him, and she agrees.
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Clem
Dave
Mary
Picture House
Jack
Charlie
Doc
Bunny
Pentagon
Eternal Life Lesson for Easter 1948
Easter message recalls Jesus risen and to live with him forever. It outlines eternal life as God’s gift to believers, shown by the fruits of the Spirit and a life lived in Christ, supported by verses from John, Colossians, and I John. Copied from religious teaching notes.
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Henry Burton
Christ
Paul
Jesus Christ
John
Enamel Coated Tin Cans Used in Atomic Plant Experiments
U S department of agriculture scientists at Oak Ridge replace clay pots with enamel coated tin cans in greenhouse tests of radioactive chemicals. After each experiment they bury the used cans and soil to prevent contamination, ensuring a fresh starting point for tracer measurements and accurate control of radiant energy.
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Oak Ridge
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Scripture Devotional Readings Highlight Key Verses
A devotional guide gathers John 21 1 14 Colossians 3 1 4 12 17 I John 1 11 12 and John 14 2 6 to reflect on faith transformation, identity in Christ, and the path to eternal life through belief and residence in the Father. The readings invite reflection on Jesus as the way, the truth, and the life for believers in daily practice and hope.
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John
Our Richest Treasure The Bible’s universal reach praised
Henry Van Dyke describes the Bible as a global treasure that walks the world’s paths and enters lands, guiding children, inspiring wise men, warning the wicked, soothing the wounded, and shaping love, friendship, memory, and hope into cherished speech.
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Henry van Dyke
New York Court Affirms Legitimacy of Test-Tube Baby
A New York supreme court justice ruled that a child born via artificial insemination is legitimate. Justice Henry Clay Greenberg held that Antoine Straad, the estranged husband, had a right to visit his daughter Antoinette, despite Mrs. Straad's claim she was not his offspring after winning custody in a separation last October.
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New York
Supreme Court
Henry Clay Greenberg
Julie Straad
Antoinette
Atomic Danger Zone Around Eniwetok For 1948 Tests
The Atomic Energy Commission posted a Danger Keep Out notice covering 39 000 square miles of the Pacific Ocean around Eniwetok Atoll. Hazards will exist in a rectangle about 173 miles by 226 miles and the danger continues through 1948.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Pacific Ocean
Eniwetok Atoll
Plane crosses Tasman with one engine dead
An Australian flying boat carrying 29 passengers and a crew of six landed safely in Sydney after flying 380 miles across the Tasman Sea with one engine out. among the passengers were Episcopal Bishop G. Ashton Oldham of Albany New York and his wife.
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Sydney
Australia
Tasman Sea
G. Ashton Oldham
Albany
N. Y
Railway passengers gassed and robbed on Romanian night train
A group of thieves used gas to put travelers in a Bucharest to Iasi night train to sleep and robbed the carriage. Passengers woke at Iasi station to find all their luggage missing.
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Bucharest
Romania
Iasi
Natiunea
Farm Mechanization Boosts Production to Record Level
Hoban of B F Goodrich told Midwest Implement Dealers that mechanization lifted U S farm output to a new peak in 1947 with 20 million more acres harvested than 1940 on 3 million fewer workers and 200000 fewer farms. He noted doubled tractor population since 1940 and cited gains in exports and efficiency from rubber-tired tractors saving days and gasoline per 150 acres.
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Omaha
Neb
Joseph A. Hoban
B. F. Goodrich Company
Midwest Implement Dealers Association
America
Hoban
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Frederick Skerr
Ann James
Ead
Jesus
Sea
Tiberias
International Council of Religious Education
WNU
Dr. Newton
Loday Crace
Nell Crowell
International Sinus
Soretone Liniment
Kellogg’s
Ie Lee
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