Murder Rumor Rips Pleasant Grove as Meg Faces Blame
Backed by rumors and late afternoon chatter in Pleasant Grove, Alicia's death sparks talk of murder. Tom Fallon and Meg confront suspicions at home while Meg’s father notices the strain, as they recall being out late and a tense exchange about alibis.
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Atory
Alford Staverton
Pleasant Grove
Tom
Alicia
Meg
Jim MacTavish
Tom Fallon
Annie
Larry
Miss Meggle
Megan
Truth on the Ridge and a Shattered Alibi
Megan confronts her father about Alicia Stevenson’s murder as an inquest reveals no weapon, a possible motive, and a husband in the west sending money. Laurence, Megan’s ally, explains the case while Annie faces social pressures and Megan contemplates forbidden love with Tom Fallon.
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Thadt
Megen
Tom Fallon
Tom Fal
Jon
Alicia
Megan
Tenserness
Aha
Fallon
Alicia Stevenson
Darling
Draft Board
Jim
Betty Hendrix
Bill Logan
Mrs. Stuart
Annie
Laurence
Larry
Amos
Utah plans centennial celebration for Brigham Young arrival
Salt Lake City outlines 1947 centennial of Brigham Young and 142 travelers entering the Salt Lake Valley on July 24 1847. A wagons train from Omaha to Salt Lake will retrace the pioneers trail. Centennial commission members and organizers are named.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Brigham Young
Great Salt Lake Valley
Caen
Intermountain Territory
Train of Pioneers
Omaha
Salt Lake Valley
Herbert Man
John M. Wallace
Ward C. Holbrook
John F. Pitzpatrick
Frederick P. Champ
James A. Howell
Gus FP. Hackman
Hackman
Albert J. Southwick
Devoted Lifetime to Making World Clean
MANKATO MINN R G Bachertz, 70, has spent most of his life improving cleanliness. For 58 years in business and half a century as owner of the Mankato broom works he makes five kinds of brooms. He estimates producing over a million brooms including regular, whisk, toy, and junior styles.
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Mankato, Minn
R. G. Bachertz
Mankato
Bachertz
Great Salt Lake Faces Drying Over Centuries
Salt Lake City reports a long term decline in Great Salt Lake levels. Geologist Ralf Woolley of the U.S. Geological Survey warns the lake could reach Bonneville-like dryness within 300 years if the downward trend continues. Since 1850, elevations show a steady loss of about one foot in depth every 15 years.
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Salt Lake City
Great Salt Lake
Bonneville Salt Flats
Ralf R. Woolley
U.S. Geological
Lake Michigan
Cure found for plant wilt and athlete's foot fungus
Washington DC department of agriculture scientists report tomatin as a chemical that combats tomato wilt in tests. They claim it also fights fungi causing athlete's foot and ringworm, though still in the test tube stage.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Roosters Ride to Town Hidden in Pickup
Mr and Mrs Roe parked on Main street in Valentine Nebraska when Buck Junod heard roosters crowing and found three birds perched on the drive shaft beneath the vehicle. The roosters had ridden to town with the Roes in the pickup during a recent evening.
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Valentine
NEBR
Wm. Roe
Main Street
Buck Junod
Southern Girl Is M KNOXVILLE
Mary Porter Fain, a 17 year old freshman in 1942, graduates May 3 with a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from the University of Tennessee. She matched male classmates, aims to design engines or household appliances, and plans to work in the South though she would move north for the right job.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Mary Porter Fain
School of Mechanical Engineering
University of Tennessee
Mary
Miss Faln
Murphy
N. C
Yankees
Kitten Romance Tea Towels Pattern No 5084
Charming embroidery transfer set features a six inch kitten romance design in bright outline and darning stitches for tea towels. Send 20 cents, plus name and address, to obtain 6 transfer patterns and color chart for Kitten Romance Towels Pattern No. 5084.
Answers to a 1920s general knowledge quiz
The Q and A present a quiz with humorous or historical pointers. It notes sirens on the Queen Mary at a lower bass A, solder melts at 356 degrees, Colorado hosts many peaks, James Monroe was wounded in the Revolutionary era, Big Ben has four dials, the right to confrontation rests on general legal principles, Horace Greeley was a presidential candidate, and the equator spans 360 degrees.
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United States
London
Colorado
James Monroe
Rome
Horace Greeley
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