Novel Written In Ohio Prison To Be Published
A 24 year old inmate at Ohio Penitentiary says his long hand novel Positions Unknown will be published by Little Brown and Co. He wrote 75000 words in his cell and mailed pages 17 at a time to his mother who sent them to the publisher. The book centers on an air plane crash in Labrador inspired by 1943 newspaper reports.
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Columbus
C. Henry
Robert E. Preyer Jr
Ohio Penitentiary
Preyer
Little, Brown, and Co
Boston
William Sidney Porter
O. Henry
Leller
Austin
Texas
Labrador
American Transport Command
Quebec
New Ship Shore Station Receives FCC Approval
Washington Lorain County Ohio Radio Corp won FCC authority to set up a short range radio telephone service for vessels on Lake Erie. The transmitting station will be located near Geneva.
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FCC
Washington
Loraine County
Steak in Brake Oil Pleases Explorers
Washington reports from a National Geographic Society expedition in French Equatorial Africa note rugged life and odd mishaps. The native cook fried steaks in brake fluid and stewed prunes soaked in can water, drawing comment from Walter A. Weber and sponsors National Geographic, American Museum of Natural History, and Dr and Mrs Carnes Weeks.
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Washington
French Equatorial Africa
Walter A. Weber
National Geographic Society
National Geographic
The
American Museum of Natural History
Carnes Weeks
Medway Plantation
South Carolina
Think Fast Work Hard Act Decisively Mottos Misfortune
A beggar tells a well fed man that a motto once hung above his desk and spurred wealth, yet a cleaning woman burned it. Joe Laurie Jr discusses giving a talk to the Society of Midland Authors for free, remarking on the payoff.
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Joe Laurie, Jr
Abel Green
Show Biz
Chicago
Fanny Butcher
Society of Midland Authors
Mr. Laurie
Miss Butcher
Joe
Bennett Cerf
King Features Syndicate
Nurses Needed for Polio Patients in Cleveland and Akron
The Lorain County Polio Chapter calls for nurses for City Hospital Cleveland where polio care is available. Akron also needs nurses, per H. Y. Johnson, with at least one Lorain county case reported in Akron, David Linden of Murray.
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Cleveland
Lorain County
H. Y. Johnson
City Hospital
Akron
Johnson
David Linden
Murray
Children's Hospital
Cleveland City
Hy, Johnson
Lorain
Ohio
Lorain Brass Company
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