Rail Tragedy Investigation Under Way
Death toll from the Buffalo Limited wreck near Wayland rose to 28 with Paul King of Williamsville succumbing. Federal and New York state hearings opened in Buffalo to determine the crash cause, subpoenas issued to crews of the passenger and freight trains.
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Wayland
Buffalo Limited
Here
Paul King
Williamsville
WN. Y
Buffalo
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York Public Service Commission
The
Limited
Ich
Estapi
Gremlin Special and Short Snorter Named in Cadet Training
At Yale University’s Army Air Forces Technical Training Command School cadets recognize nicknames for exercises. Gremlin Special involves a precise plank and leg movement while Short Snorter is a similar move performed flat on the ground. Instructors once explained each drill, now cadets only hear the phrases and respond.
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Washington
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command School
Yale Univer 7
Mayor Becomes Junior Hostess at Keesler Field
Miss David Woodall, former mayor of Hillsboro, Alabama, has become junior hostess at Keesler Field service club. A former schoolteacher who led Hillsboro women in 1940 to address civic needs, she resigned the mayoralty a few weeks ago and prefers to focus on wartime duties rather than town politics.
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Keesler Field
Hillsboro
Ala
David Woodall
Woodall
Shortage Grows In Safety Boxes
A Northwestern National Life Insurance Company report says safety deposit box demand has surged as war bonds and cash hoards drive new renters into banks and trust companies. Prewar occupancy was about 3 percent of 11 million boxes. now estimated at 75 to 85 percent, with smaller boxes likely exhausted by year end.
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Minneapolis LP
U. S
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
United States
Unwounded Soldiers Face Tougher Adjustment, Doctor Says
Dr W H McCullagh of Halloran Hospital notes that soldiers returning without visible wounds may struggle more to readjust to civilian life than maimed peers. He cites high inpatient share from combat zones, similar war neurosis rates to World War I, and urges immediate, manageable activity to aid rehabilitation.
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Staten Island
W. H. McCullagh
Halloran Hospital
Halloran
ASON
McCullagh
Kibitzer Loses Argument in Saratoga Arrest
Anthony Eichler of 2 James Street Saratoga Springs was arrested in Schenectady Tuesday on a disorderly conduct charge after arguing with a policeman who had stopped a car. He was released under $50 bail for a later hearing.
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Anthony Eichler
James Street
Saratoga Springs
Schenectady
Once Dead Thrice Buried in Big Laurel VA Tale
Franklin P. Salyer was killed in Knott County Kentucky by gunman Taft Hall. His father moved the body after initial burial, reinterring it on a hill. After Norton railroad construction condemned the old cemetery, the body was moved again to a new graveyard about 300 yards uphill.
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Big Laurel
Norton
Franklin P. Salyer
Frank Salyer
Salyer
Knott Countty
Kentucky
Taft Hall
Wise
Salver
Sam Salver
Record Ship Launch Breaks Time Barrier in Boston Yard
The destroyer escort H M S Fitzroy slid down Bethlehem Steel’s Hingham Ways eight and a half days after keel laying setting a second national record in two days for destroyer-escort construction. The prior Har mon at Fore River was delivered in 92 days after keel laying, accelerating wartime ship output at Bethlehem Shipyards near Boston. The Har mon’s launch marked a 92 day record. Fitzroy’s eight and a half day launch hints at another possible delivery record.
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Boston
Fitzroy
Bethlehem Steel Corps Hingham
Bethlehem
Fore River
First Naval District
U.S.S. Harmon
J. M. Irish
U. S&s Navy
New York
Harmon
Halfmoon Frank Uber and Harold West Not in Camp Upton Contingent
Halfmoon Frank Uber and Harold West were deferred and not part of the Camp Upton contingent, contrary to previous reports they had left for service.
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Frank Uber
Harold West
Camp Upton
You May Never Have To Take Another Laxative
Advertisements claim Espotaba offers gentle, regular bowel movements with morning results and no weakness. It promotes taking at night for a comfortable movement the next day and urges purchase at druggists for 25 cents.
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Win Agatain
Kibitzer
George Martin
International Falls
Minn
Painesville
Chicago
Minnesota
Halfmoon
Denby's Service
Tion Shoes
Oli G
Jenly
Dresser
Dorea
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