Meteorites More Powerful Than H-Bomb, Astronomer Claims
Mississippi State College astronomer John M. DeMarche says meteors could have destroyed half the US if they hit today, though most are small and infrequent. He cites 800 pound meteorite near Paragould Arkansas and Sibera 1908 meteor shower with vast damage.
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Starkville
Miss
U.P
United States
North
South Carolina
John M. DeMarche
DeMarche
Mississippi State College
Mississippi River
Paragould
Ark
Siberia
Germany
England
Baldwyn
Brannau
Bohemia
Pile Torture Soothed in Few Minutes
Quick relief promised for piles with Peterson's Ointment. The ad asserts fast cooling soothing effects and years of use, noting itching relief and a money back guarantee. Available at druggists in 40 cent boxes or 70 cent applicator tubes.
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Peterson
Jungle Fire Fails Against Malayan Reds
In Kuala Lumpur Lt. Gen. Sir Harold Briggs reports napalm bombs effective against Korean Communists did not work on Malaya's Communists. Despite numerous fire attacks the jungle proves resistant and cannot be driven out by flame.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaya
Harold Briggs
Turn Discards Into Cash The Your Classified
Classified ad urges readers to turn unwanted items into cash via a call-in service with a 1 581 number. It promotes selling household goods and services through a local classifieds system.
Six Die in Fire at Ohio Inn Family Tragedy
In Dillonvale near Steubenville a family of John Gall, 39, owner of Johnny's Inn, perished with five of his children after smoke from a first floor fire reached the second floor where they hid. Neighbors said Gall refused to toss the children to safety from a second floor porch.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Dillonvale
John Gall
Gall
Anna
Patricia
Barbara
Joann
John, Jr
Frank
Andrew Rose
John
Frank Rose
Arabian American pipeline opens to ship oil from Saudi fields
The 750 mile pipeline of the Arabian American Oil Company began operations at Sidon Lebanon. The $200,500,000 line takes oil from Saudi fields to Mediterranean tankers cutting a 3000 mile Persian Gulf voyage via Suez.
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Sidon
Lebanon
Arabian American Oil Company
Mediterranean
Persian Gulf
Suez Canal
Noted Hoosier dies in Kokomo after long career
Thomas Harris eighty year old breeder of prize Cheviot sheep and former superintendent of Kokomo Steel and Wire Co. died yesterday in Kokomo Ind One of his three sons Robert D Harris of Kokomo newly elected state representative from Howard and Tipton counties will speak at the funeral set for Wednesday afternoon
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Kokomo
Ind
Thomas Harris
Kokomo Steel & Wire Co
Robert D. Harris
Howard
Tipton
City Gets Its Time by Artillery
Halifax Nova Scotia reports a daily routine as artillery booms from the historic citadel. A centuries old fortress still marks the day with a scheduled time cue, giving residents a symbolic drumbeat of local life.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
U.P
Halifax Citadel
City Timekeeper Sets Noon With 25-Pounder Gun
John O Connor, 26, primes a 25 pounder daily at noon to mark time for the city. He fires after a signal from the wireless station in Washington that provides the official exact time. Guards against imagined French and American attacks as the noon stroke booms.
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John O'Connor
Washington
Ransom Reelected NAACP Leader in Indiana
Willard B. Ransom of Indianapolis was re elected state president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. James McKinnie of East Chicago was elected first vice president and Hollis King of Kokomo was named second vice president at the Saturday night meeting in Evansville.
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Evansville
Ind
Willard B. Ransom
Indianapolis
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
James McKinnie
East Chicago
Hollis King
Kokomo
Terre Haute Couple Granted Marriage Licenses
Special to The Brazil News Clerk Stanley L Palm of Clay Circuit Court issued licenses to four couples including Robert W Rowe a Terre Haute city fireman and Frances Cole a Terre Haute general office clerk Charles Andrew Murphy of Allison Brazil and Barbara Jean Funkhouser a Brazil bookkeeper both couples listed with occupations and hometowns.
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Brazil
Ind
Stanley L. Palm
Clay
Robert W. Rowe
Terre Haute
Frances Cole
Charles Andrew Murphy
Allison
Barbara Jean Funkhouser
Divorces and Guardianships in Clay Circuit Court
New cases filed in Clay Circuit Court include divorces for Helen Kiefling and Georgia Riddle and custody orders in the Schlatter case. Roxy Brown restored to Hardman name. Contempt finding against Henry Gibbons Jr. and jail until purge. Guardians appointed for James Bees and Dr. James Van Sandt, with bonds approved. A change of venue suit Bowman vs Kohl settled out of court.
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Brazil
Ind
Clay
Helen Pauline Kiefling
Charles Kiefling
Georgia Riddle
Harrel Riddle
Robert B. Stewart
Roxy Jean Brown
Sanford Brown
Roxy Jean Hardman
Patricia Schlatter
Carl Schlatter
Esther Leith
James D. Bees
Coleen Bowman
James F. Kohl
Vigo County
Mary Irene Buck
Robert Buck
Blanche Nelson
James W. van Sandt
Anna Lois Gibbons
Henry Harold Gibbens Jr
Blair to aid police in murder case lie detector test
Willard Blair, 36, who confessed to killing a man and woman near Grand Rapids, Michigan, agreed to a lie detector test. Michigan State Police Lt. Johnson said Blair’s story appeared plausible and he would help locate the bodies after testing. Blair also faced charges for passing bad checks and was arrested with an Ottawa Indian girl.
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Centralia
Ill
Willard Blair
Grand Rapids
Mich
Edward C. Johnson
Michigan State Police
Blair
Johnson
Michigan
Steel unions seal wage deals with two firms
Pittsburgh report says Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp and Wheeling Steel Co sign agreements with the CSO United Steelworkers granting a 16 cent an hour average pay increase. The deals cover 29 000 workers.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation
Wheeling Steel Company
C.so. United Steelworkers
Fire kills four in Emmitsburg home explosion
Mrs Grace Elizabeth Wills and her three young children died in a log house fire caused by an oil stove explosion. Flames trapped them on the second floor as the building burned. Neighboring residents reported the blaze in Emmitsburg Maryland on December 4.
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Emmitsburg
Grace Elizabeth Wills
Indiana February draft quota set at 1431
Indianapolis reports Indiana’s February draft quota is 1,431. State Selective Service headquarters announced the figure as part of the national call for February totaling 50,000. The January quota for Indiana is 1,130.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Selective Service
Five Die in Blaze at Osceola Arkansas
A fire killed William R. Dyess and his wife aged 26 along with their two sons William Jr 7 and Richard 3 and seven year old playmate Donald Blodgett Jr in their temporary Osceola home. The Dyess family had moved here while their plantation residence was remodeled on a 1000 acre plantation nearby.
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Osceola
Ark
William R. Dyess
Here
William
Stove blast fatal at West Side filling station
A fire and explosion at a West Side filling station in South Bend Indiana killed 18 year old Ronald Stallman and left his brother Roger 20 in critical condition. The brothers were scrubbing the floor with gasoline using brooms when the blast occurred.
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South Bend
Ind
West Side
Ronald Stallman
Roger
Navy transport plane crash near Asheville kills three
A navy transport plane crashed into a mountain side 10 miles southeast of Asheville North Carolina killing three crew members and seriously injuring a fourth. Identification of the victims was withheld.
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Asheville
N. C
Here
Kirk Leaves Russia For Vacation From Moscow Trip
Ambassador Alan G. Kirk departed Moscow by air today for a vacation in the United States. He travels with his wife and planned a stop in Germany en route home.
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Moscow
Uss
Alan G. Kirk
United States
Kirk
Germany
Death blamed on November snow near Syracuse Indiana
Indiana state police report Thomas Clyde Crouch a 69 year old North Webster man died from exhaustion while digging out his car from a snowbank beside Ind 13 four miles south of Syracuse after a November 25 snowstorm. He had become exhausted while shoveling to free the vehicle.
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Indianapolis
Thomas Clyde Crouch
North Webster
Ind. 13
Syracuse
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