Wheelchair Graduates Cheer Illinois Hospital School
Graduation at Illinois Children's Hospital School features 5 high school and 6 grade school seniors receiving diplomas in wheelchairs. Supt. Richard Eddy notes efforts to foster independence and normal activities as 92 pupils live on campus in a converted eight story facility. Dr Otto Bettag congratulates the graduates as Frank Meglan delivers the valedictory from his chair.
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Chicago
Illinois Children’s Hospital School
State of
Illinois
Marilyn Monroe
Richard Eddy
Otto L. Bettag
Public Welfare
Frank Meglan
Sonja Henie Wed to Niels Onstad in Manhattan Ceremony
Ice queen Sonja Henie 43 and Norwegian shipping magnate Niels Onstad 46 wed in his Manhattan apartment on Saturday. It is Henie’s third marriage and Onstad’s second. Henie’s prior spouses include Dan Topping of the Yankees and Winthrop Gardiner Jr. The Gardiner marriage ended in divorce last month. Onstad chairs Alpaca Shipping Corp. his first wife died in Norway in 1951.
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New York
Sonja Henie
Niels Onstad
South
Henie
Manhattan
Dan Topping
New York Yankees
Winthrop Gardiner Jr
Gardiner
Onstad
Alpaca Shipping Corp
Norway
Young Iowan Plans To Hold Auto On Back
Archie Vanderpool a 28 year old Woodbine resident boasts the world’s strongest man title. He plans to lift a car with a harness, claiming 5000 pounds capability and 1740 pounds off the ground with his hands. He lives with his parents, is single, sober, and earns mainly from local performances and wagers.
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Woodbine
Iowa
Archie Vanderpool
Vanderpool
Archie
Paul Anderson
Mr. Universe
Body recovered in boat mishap near Lake Conway
D. H. Franks 18 of Michigan City Ind. drowned after a motorboat accident on Lake Conway. Franks and his brother in law Bill Womack of Little Rock were returning Saturday when Franks asked for the tiller. The boat spun in circles and Franks was thrown overboard. Womack also went over but survived.
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Conway
Ariz
D. H. Franks
Michigan City
Ind
Lake Conway
Franks
Bill Womack
Little Rock
Womack
Naval Board Pushes Inquiry In Race Riot
A naval board of inquiry will convene to draft charges against sailors tied to a Pearl Harbor race riot. Ten men are held for questioning after a Friday night clash outside Ford Island recreation hall left one dead and three injured. Airman Apprentice Willie Dansby 18 of Graceville Florida died. Seaman Apprentice Johnny Green of Vicksburg Mississippi admitted stabbing Dansby.
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Pearl Harbor
T. H
Naval Board of Inquiry
Navy
Recreation Hall
Ford Island
Naval Air Station
Willie D. Dansby
Adell W. Dansby
Graceville
Fla
Johnny Green
Vicksburg
Miss
Dansby
Primatene Lead Asthma Relief Sold Without Prescription
The asthma formula doctors prescribe most for private patients is now available without prescription. Primatene comes in small tablets that open bronchial tubes loosen mucus and relieve nervous tension, with a money back guarantee at 98 cents.
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New York, N. Y
Whitehall Pharmecal Company
Riot Among Sailors Leaves Two Wounded in Navy Dockyard
Story details a clash involving about 20 sailors including N. O. Vela, 18, an apprentice from Alice, and Short and Medley who suffered non serious stab wounds. A beer can struck Vela on the head during the altercation sparked by racial remarks as sailors waited for transport back to their ship.
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N. O. Vela
Alice
Short
Medley
Vela
Navy
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