Die As Gas Blast Smashes Antique Shop
Five killed and five injured in a Birmingham Michigan gas explosion that wrecked a three story house and antique shop on North Woodward Avenue. Fire inspector Lee Carroll died. Florence Wilson seriously hurt, others injured including two police officers.
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Edith Jones
Mother and Son
North Woodward Ave
Wilson Jones
Lee Carroll
Birmingham
Ruth Bramson
Bloomfield Hills
Arthur B. Wilson
Dearborn
Wilson
Florence
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
Pontiac
Birmingham Fire Department
Carroll
Robert Pepperell
State fire marshal to probe Central junior high blaze
Rock Island December 12 AP the state fire marshal will investigate a rapid fire that destroyed the three story Central junior high school leaving about 500 pupils without space in the crowded system Fire Chief Burke said the board will form a committee with the fire marshal Hanson estimated losses at 250000 with a 1 million replacement cost and noted the structure built in 1902 did not incite a panic by spreading to Lincoln Elementary despite strong winds
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Rock Island
Central
Joseph W. Burke
Earl H. Hanson
Hanson
Lincoln
O'Dwyer to Convalesce in Fort Lauderdale
Mayor William O Dwyer, released from Bellevue hospital after two weeks rest for heart strain and fatigue, traveled by train to Fort Lauderdale Florida for a similar convalescence.
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New York
William O'Dwyer
Bellevue Hospital
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Free Rheumatism Book From The Ball Clinic
Excelsior Springs Missouri December 12 A free book titled Rheumatism explains why drugs fail and how to obtain lasting relief from rheumatism and arthritis. Write to The Ball Clinic Dept 1252 for the enlarged book with no obligation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Excelsior Springs
Ball Clinic
Dept
Missouri
Over-Weight Operations and New Provocations by Truckers
State police report ongoing weight evasion on Route 66 near McCook with continuous warning flares and a bypass route into Chicago. A trucking firm allegedly trained drivers in an elaborate signaling scheme with cloth strips and bonuses for overloads, aided by scout cars, but the plan is reportedly failing as drivers resist heavy fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCook
Chicago
New Invisible Hearing Device Gains Deaf Users
An advertisement touts the Phantomold by Beltone that lets deaf users hear clearly without an ear receiver button. It promises private testing at home with a free brochure from Beltone, Dept. 40, 1450 W. 19th St., Chicago Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Tll
Beltone
Dept
19Th St
United States Britain and Canada aim for atomic union plan
The three powers nearly completed a plan to pool atomic weapon production with Britain and Canada taking major roles in research while the United States would lead weapon delivery. Congress would authorize such cooperation under a North Atlantic pact framework.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Britain
Canada
State Department
Congress
Congressional Atomic Investigation
U. S
Congressional
Chemical Warfare Service
Belgian Congo
England
Body of Dimitrov On View in Sofia
Bulgarian Communists filed in homage before the embalmed body of Georgi Dimitrov placed on view in Ninth of September square Sofia. The body, like Lenin in Moscow, was preserved by a Soviet process said to endure indefinitely. Dimitrov, founder of Bulgaria's postwar Communist government, died in Moscow of diabetes last July at age 67.
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Georgi Dimitrov
Sofia
Nicolai Lenin
Moscow
Red Square
Dimitrov
Bulgaria
Governor Adlai Stevenson Hosts Christmas Party for Springfield Children
Gov Adlai Stevenson will host a Christmas party December 24 from 9 30 to 11 30 a m at the state armory Springfield for local boys and girls about 6000 expected Santa Claus will attend the annual event dating back to 1941. The article notes beaver pelts reportedly spurred Canadian exploration and development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Springfield
Adlai Stevenson
State Armory
Santa Claus
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Birmingham, Mich
Detroit
St.Joseph
U.S
Plan Atomic Union
Illinois
Admiral Mine
DE Soto, Ill
Carbondale
Truckers
and Consumers
Reeder Accounting Service
Bookkeeping Service
Tax Service
Reeder Accounting
Dell’Era Building
North Park Avenue
Herrin, Illinois
Canenaan W. Milligan and Son
Tasing Boon
Sti Beer
Hyde Park Breweries Association
St. Louis
Kroger
Mediately
Ings
Avondale
Libby
Libby Peas
Kroger Peas
Sree Roy En
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