West Frankfort School to Get Adjoining Lots
G I Van Buskirk of Jerseyville says he will carry out the wishes of his late uncle, Robert P Patterson, by leaving four frame houses and two adjoining lots to West Frankfort Central Junior High School. Patterson, a retired federal agent, died of a heart attack in a West Frankfort bowling alley. Van Buskirk plans to deed the property to the school eventually as a memorial to his mother and intends to donate it once his efforts are complete.
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New York
West Frankfort
G. I. van Buskirk
Robert P. Patterson
Patterson
West ‘Rankfort
West “Rankfort
Central Junior High School
van Buskirk
Jerseyville
Largest 42 Foot Santa Claus Built in Central Texas
Kerens plans to claim the world's largest Santa Claus at 42 feet tall and 1,500 pounds. The bearded figure, assembled and dressed prone, features a 42 foot height, 26 foot girth, and 14 foot shoulders. OCUSTS FLY HAIRLINE LONGON reports on locust hairs guiding flight.
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Kerens
Santa Claus
Texas
St. Nick
Santa
Nature
T. Weis-Fogh
Stalin's Stars Foresee 1950 Ambition for Stalin
The AP report cites astrologers Hellene Paul and Lynn Wells assessing Joseph Stalin's birth stars. They describe him as humble yet dictatorial, shrewd and ambitious, likely to gain more territory in 1950 while facing potential health and position pressures from late 1950 onward.
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Siberia
Hellene Paul
Stalin
Lynn Wells
New York
Uranus
Saturn
Five Steel Firms Raise Prices in Industry Move
Five more steel companies joined U S Steel in lifting prices. Jones & Laughlin Allegheny Ludlum Bethlehem Pittsburgh and Wheeling Steel Corp announced the increases yesterday. Bethlehem's rise ranged two to six per cent while Jones & Laughlin Pittsburgh and Wheeling averaged about four per cent. Allegheny Ludlum boosted silicon electrical sheets five to sixteen per cent with other alloy prices left unchanged.
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U. S. Steel Corp
Jones & Laughlin
Allegheny Ludlum
Bethlehem, Pittsburgh
Wheeling Steel
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Pittsburgh
Wheeling
University of Illinois Receives $10000 Grant
Du Pont announced its second annual grants aiding fundamental chemical research with ten universities receiving $10000 each, including the University of Illinois. The program, begun last year, aims to boost U.S. research. Chicago also received a $20000 grant for a 1950 metals institute membership.
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E. I. du Pont de Nepjis & Co
University of Illinois
du Pont
University of Chicago
Institute For the Study of Metals
Former Browns Pitcher Convicted of Murder
Ralph Blackie Schwamb once pitched for the St. Louis Browns is found guilty of first degree murder in the slaying of a Long Beach doctor. Co-defendant Ted Gardner pleaded guilty. both face sentencing January 23 with a life imprisonment recommendation from the jury.
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Ralph ‘‘Blackie
Schwamb
St. Louis Browns
Long Beach
Ted Gardner
Daniel Grocer Gives Gifts with Christmas Bonus Expanded
Daniel Grocer Co of Murphysboro adds gifts to the Christmas bonus for staff. Bonuses range from 125 dollars for 25 years plus service to 5 dollars for one month to six months. Gifts run 100 dollars for three or more years full time and 10 dollars for under three months. All regular part timers hired before July 5 1949 receive gifts. Signatures include W S Daniel B A Daniel and J C Daniel.
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Daniel Grocer Company
Murphysboro
Fried ants touted for high vitamin content in South Africa
Some South Africans eat fried ants claiming a high vitamin content. Reports note the practice among certain communities and its cultural context while highlighting nutritional remarks from observers.
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South Africa
Gable Marries Fairbanks Widow in Secret California Ceremony
Clark Gable wed Lady Sylvia Stanley the widow of Douglas Fairbanks Sr in a surprise ceremony at a Santa Barbara area ranch. The couple, married yesterday, plan a Honolulu cruise and honeymoon while neighbors recall Gable’s marriages and car passions. The Rev Aage Moller officiated in the ranch living room with close friends present.
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Clark Gable
Sylvia Stanley
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr
Santa Barbara
Calif
Hollywood
Honolulu
King
Sy'via Long
Aage Moller
Solvang
Lady Sylvia
Basil Bleck
Santa Monica
Lynn Gilham
Gable
Canasta Tourney Schedules Feb. Ninth In Weslaco
Weslaco Texas announces a February ninth and tenth canasta tournament to crown the world champion of the new card craze. Rio Grande Valley Chamber of Commerce manager Jack Drake says preliminaries may be held anywhere with no entry fees. Participants already signed up from Michigan Iowa and Mexico.
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Canasta
Jack Drake
Rio Grande Valley Chamber of Commerce
California couple weds with champagne at reception
A couple celebrated their wedding with champagne flowing at a reception after a San Luis Obispo marriage license was issued earlier in the day. Mrs Gable cut a four tiered wedding cake with a sword during the ceremony.
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San Luis Obisopo
Calif
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