15 Feb 1952
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1952
Page
1
The royal funeral procession for the king moves from the castle to St George's Chapel amid crowds along High Street. Sailors of the Royal Navy pull the five ton gun carriage a 1690 yard march as innkeepers sell seats for high prices and the crowd braces for the royal rites.
An old notice notes King Edward VII decreeing the Royal Navy would draw all British sovereigns to their final resting place. The procession description suggests a dignified, orderly carriage through a ceremonial event.
Jack Crofcot, manager of the Manufacturers Life Insurance Company office in Baltimore, will address a noon meeting of the Hagerstown Life Underwriters Association at the Moose House. He will discuss Suggestions To Improve Individual Sellers of Life Insurance, with Frederick J. Gladwin presiding. CHAPEL PROPOSED in Washington.
A 19th century notice describes a booklet of to do patterns with cotton crepe fabric and sizes for home sewing. It highlights arts praise, a station in Chelsea New York, and names Alice Brooks Needty. The ad mentions twenty cats and printed patterns inside the book.
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, famed WWI ace and Eastern Airlines president, forms a committee to push a safety program for air routes near populated areas. The panel, created after three crashes in two months around Elizabeth, Nova Scotia, would involve major tracks and state racing concessions as part of the aviation safety push.
The nation pays homage as King’s bier rests in Westminster Hall then moves to Windsor. Royal family members and dukes salute, crowds pass the coffin on a gun carriage, and flowers flood the scene with President Truman among donors. Bagpipers mourn in full Highlands tradition.
In Logansport Tau February 14 a scout leader allegedly showed two 13 year old boys how to start a fire in a barn on George Grunsenmiewer's farm. The blaze spread and burned the barn to the ground.
The United States Immigration Service has ordered Serge M. Rubinstein to depart the country. The deportation order cites a conviction for moral turpitude related to draft evasion in World War I and notes ongoing court actions since his arrival.
Police recovered two slot machines and six backs from Hubert Stine and two others after tip reports from American Legion Club thefts in McConnellsburg Pennsylvania. Investigators say machines were illegal to possess locally and federal law may apply, with proceeds around 1500 dollars.
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