Inaugural Racket Squad Screens Curb Salesmen
Washington reports the inaugural committee forms a rocket squad to regulate peddlers and prohibit advertising along the parade route. Prospective sellers must obtain a $25 peddler license and wear a badge on inaugural day. Normal C. Kal of the BBB chairs the unauthorized practices subcommittee. Several seek to sell souvenir buttons flags noise-makers soap roasted nuts and more. The Eisenhower-Nixon team bans ads from official publications and parade banners keeping focus on a formal government image.
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Washington
Rocket Squad
Rocket Group
C. Kal
Better Business Bureau
Kal
Beauties feud over Miss Indiana title in Indianapolis
Two Indianapolis sisters dispute who holds the Miss Indiana title. Ann Garnier claims the state-wide crown from winning a Miss America route, while Virginia Ann Johnson asserts she is Miss Indiana as Miss Universe representative. A local paper photo sparked the feud and threatens endorsement plans. Promoters of Miss Universe intend to file copyright papers and reserve the Miss Indiana title through state channels.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Ann Garnier
Virginia Ann Johnson
Virginia
Holidays Bring Recruiting Slump at Terre Haute
Armed forces recruiters in Terre Haute report enlistments dipping due to the holiday season while a strong influx is anticipated at year’s start. Volunteers listed include four Marines Rex L. Landis Jasonville James E. Francis West Union Ill Charles Gardner Coal City and Thomas H. Baker Seeleyville Air Force Lawrence Shannon and David J Underwood Army Wallace E. Perius Darrell L. Burton Keith A. Hennecke Navy Kenneth R. McConkey Andrew T. Kellett and Henry M. Bryant.
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Terre Haute
Marine Corps
Rex L. Landis
Jasonville
James E. Francis
West Union
Charles Gardner
Coal City
Thomas H. Baker
Seeleyville
Air Force
Lawrence Shannon
South Sixth Street
David J. Underwood
North Fourteenth Street
Army
Wallace E. Perius
Lewis
Darrell L. Burton
Merom
Keith A. Hennecke
Navy
Kenneth R. McConkey
R R
Vermilion, Ill
Andrew T. Kellett
Wabash Avenue
Henry M. Bryant
Vermilion
Treasury to teach Maine students tax return basics
The U S Treasury will sponsor courses in Maine junior and senior high schools to teach students how to prepare income tax returns, aiming to help families with filings.
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Augusta
Maine
U.S. Treasury
Churchill to Visit U S for Talks After Inauguration
Prime Minister Winston Churchill plans a February or March trip to the United States for talks with President Eisenhower. He may bring Foreign Secretary Eden and Chancellor Butler. Arrangements hinge on Eisenhower's January 20 inauguration, with March favored to allow White House setup.
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London
Winston Churchill
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Churchill
Anthony Eden
R. A. Butler
Eisenhower
House of Commons
Washington
White House
Window Washer Gazes at Beauty Then Marries Boss’s Notice
In Birmingham Ed Patterson, 25, a window washer, admired Barbara Bonds through a City Hall window. Barbara made a disparaging remark to her boss. The couple soon married.
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Birmingham
Ala
Ed Patterson
Barbara Bonds
Barbara
Patterson
Gas Types Compared: Manufactured Gas More Poisonous
A historical note states that manufactured gas is considerably more poisonous than natural gas, underscoring safety concerns in fuel handling and public health.
Toys and moral lessons mix in Boston exhibit
John B. Knox notes at the Boston Children's Museum exhibit on 19th century toys that Puritan influence shaped Christmas gifts. The display shows devices like a phenakistiscope and zoetrope, walking dolls, and parchesi based games reflecting early American humor and instruction.
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Boston
France
Moral Hindu Dice Game Delights Puritan Audiences
The article describes a dice game judged as an instructive moral amusement with squares representing virtues like justice and honesty and vices such as drunkenness and poverty. Players advance toward happiness or retreat to punishment, with risk of landing in the house of correction or prison, noted as suitable for Sunday play.
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House of Correction
The Mansion of Happiness Play by Ives and Co
An 1864 Boston and Salem publishing collaboration titled The Mansion of Happiness calmed parental concerns about a game built partly on throwing. The work tied to the 1843 influx of American boys and girls from India.
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India
D. ?. Ives and Company
Boston
S. B. Ives
Salem
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