Heating System For Basementless Houses Outlined
An article details a duct heating method using vitrified clay pipe embedded under a concrete floor to heat basementless houses. The system, paired with a warm air furnace and French drains around the foundation, aims to reduce fuel use and improve winter comfort amid metal shortages. The piece also briefly covers a separate police report and a local journalist’s reaction to a robbery story.
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Cleveland
Sanitary Engineering Committee
Honest borrower returns Christmas loan to Columbus contractor
A Columbus contractor was repaid last summer by an unnamed borrower who returned $15 mislaid from a wallet with an unsigned Christmas card. The note explained the borrower needed funds to pay bills and hoped the owner would not miss the money.
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Columbus
Ohmo
Marybe
Foreign Reporter Detained as Suspect in Milwaukee Theater Robbery
A visiting Swedish reporter for Stockholm Expressen was detained by Milwaukee police as a suspect in a local theater robbery. He was en route to a police party when the arrest occurred and police later apologized as the case unfolded.
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Milwaukeef
America
Stockholm Expressen
Apol
Marine Embarrassed After Sleeping Through Battle
Private First Class James W. Flett slept through a fierce night battle in Korea while Chinese forces attacked. Artillery, machine guns, and grenades roared as Marines fought within 100 yards of his fox hole, and the next morning he awoke to a counted heap of 112 enemy bodies.
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Korea
James W. Flett
Flett
Baja California Moves Toward Statehood in Mexico
The northern Baja California region seeks statehood after a decade of rapid population growth. If admitted, Mexico would have 28 states and three territories and the territory would become the 11th state with a population near 225,000 in 1950 and an area slightly larger than West Virginia. President Miguel Aleman has sent the bill to Congress for approval.
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Washington, DC
Mexico
Baja
California
Baja California
North District
South District
Quintana Roo
Yucatan Peninsula
Mexicali
Wacy
Congress
Miguel Aleman
Peninsula
West Virginia
Baja California state status and population growth noted
The article discusses Baja California's potential state status extending to the 28th parallel with growth figures from the 1940 census and compares it to other Mexican regions. It notes Baja California's cities Tijuana Mexicali and Ensenada, irrigated northern agriculture, and distances from the border. It also mentions a medical report on a patient whose postoperative recovery and mental condition were favorable after a procedure, with a 50 to 60 contractions per minute maintenance detail.
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U.S
Baja California
Tijuana
Mexicali
Ensenada
Pacific Coast
Imperial Valley
San Quintin Bay
Carter
Wife Helps Husband Trap To Augment Family Income
Hall's Landing Ontario family adapts to high living costs by trapping and hunting. Mrs George McKuskey joins husband in pursuit, selling raccoon pelts in Peterborough after securing the first catches for 11 dollars each.
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Halls Landing
Ont
George McCluskey
Hall's Landing
Peterborough
Mre McCluskenvy
Man Recovers After 25 Minute Heart Stoppage During Surgery
CHICAGO The December issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association reports the complete recovery of a 63 year old man whose heart stopped for 25 minutes during chest surgery. Doctors used manual heart massage injections and artificial respiration while briefly closing the aorta to reroute blood to the brain, preserving brain function.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
Man G. Carter
Boston City Hospital
Boston
Marine Mustaches in Korea Get Careful Attentions
Marines in Korea enjoy elaborate mustaches as a notable style. Initial attempts with wax failed. sailors tested colloidal, chopsticks, and axle grease. The solution now is GI saddle soap, which proves effective for shaping and maintaining the facial hair.
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Korea
French hurdler George Andre places in 1908 and 1924 Games
French Olympic hurdler George Andre, member of the French team, competed in hurdle events at the 1908 London games in Leiden and again at the 1924 Paris games, earning placements in both encounters.
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George Andre
Leiden
Paris
Urge Restoration of Azilum French Settlement on Susquehanna
Pennsylvania officials push to revive the 1798 wilderness retreat Azilum near Towanda on the Susquehanna. The French exiles founded by Louis de Noailles and Antoine Omer Talon thrived briefly, then fled to France amid the Revolution.
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Washington, D. G
Pennsylvania
Asylum
Susquehanna River
Towanda
Scranton
Grande Matson
Marie Antoinette
Asvilum
France
Napoleon
National Assembly
Bastille
Vicomte Louis de Noailles
LaFayette
Antoine Omer Talon
Robert Morris
Penns Woods Asylum Colonists Pursue Leisure and Home Growth
The article recalls colonists at the Susquehanna riverfront enjoying picnics, boating, concerts, and amateur dramatics at the Grande Maison while building homes and gardens. Hoses were installed, windows added, and forests felled for tar and potash as colonists left wealth in France to return amid Napoleon's safer era.
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Buna
Susquehanna
Grande Maison
America
France
Rhubarb Found High on Himalaya by California Academy Team
The Himalayan Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences reports rhubarb at 17 500 feet near the Nepal Tibet border. Lead explorer F A Charlton-Thomas notes superb flavor and proposes seed collection for possible cultivation in high mountains. Officials will consider communications from mountaineers before action.
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California Academy of Sciences
Nepal-Tibet
Robert C Miller
Acad
F. A. Charlton-Thomas
Academy
Birds of Paradise Feathers Trade Clamped in Early 20th Century
In the 1980s and 1990s about 50,000 New Guinea plume shipments a year fueled a rush that threatened extinction. By the 1920s a ban halted the trade, and today several once decimated species have recovered.
Too Young to Kiss stars June Allyson with Frail humor
A Paramount release stars June Allyson as a concert pianist thwarted in pursuit of an audition by manager Van. Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett script this funny fast paced tale, building on their Father of the Bride success with sharp wit and lively scenes.
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June Allyson
Frances Goodrich
Albert Hackett
June
Hehe
Hiimself
June Allyson and Van Johnson Lead New State Run
June Allyson and Van Johnson star in M G M cine romance Too Young to Kiss now showing at the State theatre. The lighthearted comedy promises ample laughs and brisk romantic humor in a polished studio presentation.
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June Allyson
Johnson
M-G-M
van Johnson
Bituminous Coal Loadings Rise for Lake Shipment
Toledo and Olite report first year high bituminous coal loadings for lake shipment. The surge indicates strong demand and increased export activity through regional ports.
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Toledo
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