New York Declares Air Raid Siren Silence For All
New York City officials ban sirens on all emergency vehicles to signal atomic attack warnings. Fire and police respond with flashing lights as commotion grows, forcing officials to rethink alert methods amid early trials. A separate note: Raymond Koontz of Halfway weighs a 345 pound cucumber he found in his garden and may exhibit it at the local fair with his 4-H Club son.
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New York City
New York
Raymond R. Koontz
Nursery Road
Halfway
Morning Herald
Koontz
Friends Fear Marshall Health May Fail In New Defense Post
Washington rumors say General George C. Marshall may retire January after taking Secretary of Defense. Friends question his health under the demanding duties and stress of the role, noting past strain and calls for limited tenure.
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Marshall
Ashington
NEA
George C. Marshall
Secretary of Defense
James Forrestal
Louis Johnson
Johnson
Defense
Defense Department
Korea
Robert A. Lovett
Afr
Army
Pentagon
Lovett
Marx Leva
Crowth
Barbs and Breaks in Quiet Town Notices
Slightly injured Barbara Ellen Irvine of 200 Hock Tiryan Place fell and injured her left arm in two places after a fall. Hospital staff sutured the cuts in the emergency room and she returned home. Wanda Olivia Weaver of 600 Mack Stratford Avenue sustained arm injuries in a swinging incident with bruises.
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Barbara Ellen Irvine
Hock Tiryan Place
Wanda Olivia Weaver
Mack
Stratford Avenue
Western Maryland trains to run express to New York Central
President Bush of the Western Maryland Railroad announces that within fifteen months pointed express trains labeled New York Central will pass over the Western Maryland. Henry T. Hatter is appointed constable for the Hancock district and has qualified, promising to handle all duties entrusted to him.
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Bush
Western Maryland
Henry T. Hatter
Hancock
Squirrels and bass legend at Williamsport fishing outing
James Bird reportedly bagged four squirrels and caught 14 bass yesterday above Williamsport. A separate item recalls a 20 year old guest at the Great Hagerstown Frdp event, the Japanese ambassador, who sat in a special box at the races and was warmly greeted by attendees. The diplomat stated Japan aims to maintain full relations with both the United States and China.
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James Bird
Williamsport
Hagerstown
Frdp
Japan
United
Communist China tool requests reach Alaska dealers
Postcards bearing Mao and tanks from Communist China were sent from Tientsin asking for industrial tools to aid Red China’s war effort. The cards, smuggled via Hong Kong, urge catalogs and discount charts and to be added to merchant mailing lists. Local dealers fear the attempt to obtain tools for rebuilding industries.
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Lachlan MacDonald
Anchorage
Alaska
Star Boyles
Wis Opera
Bel
North China
Fryport Corporation
China
Man Tze-tung
Mao
Red China
Hong Kong
Wa Yang ‘Trading Company
The Blind Have Insight To Speak frankly on blindness
A physician who became totally blind early in his career explains that blindness is a nuisance only if one gives up. The piece profiles Dr. Robert H. Babcock of Chicago (1851 1930) who pursued medicine with a reader, taught at Colleges, wrote a heart disease text, and built a notable practice.
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Robert H. Babcock
Chicago
Altho
Lfe
Arthur H
Virginia T. Keeney
Babcock
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Cook County Hospital
Lucky in Life and Effort
A poem by Edgar A. Guest contrasts luck with effort. It notes that fortune favors those who seek it and work, while the quitter is passed by. The piece urges readers to strive and place themselves where luck can aid their aims.
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WEASE
Yesteryears
Boyle
Coolumn
Warnesboro
Render Musey
Maryland Health Department
Harry Eavey
YMCA
Chautauqua
N.Y
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Sherwood Scientific
Maryland
Sherwood Oil
Sherwood Oil Heat
IE & Sinclair
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Dr. Babcook
Gopure
Agra
Ise
St. Joseph Oa An
Pratt and Lambert's
Harry C. Garvin
Mipnows
Just Folks
Edgar A. Guest
Stopette
Pss
Emrenierd
Chester
Peoples Service Drug Stores
Studebaker
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