Virginia Expert Perfects Fuzzless Peach After 25 Years
Dr. Fred W. Hofmann of the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station in Blacksburg reports a waxy skinned fuzzless peach achieved after a quarter century of breeding. Beginning with the plum peach in 1912, Hofmann crossed it with Elberta and J. H. Hale to produce a larger, round fruit with yellow flesh, red around the pit, and a glossy reddish orange skin.
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Burglar Slips Gun to Grocer After Alarm Fails
In Seattle Perry Biggs faced a masked bandit who pressed a pistol to his back after the alarm failed. The thief took 270 dollars from the grocer before fleeing the scene.
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Suspected Phantom Burglar Held For Questioning In Hagerstown
Hagerstown Maryland August 31 Henry Williams 34 a negro is held for questioning after police booked him as a phantom burglar suspect Captain Carl H Mc Cleary said Williams was taken into custody by an officer on a patrol. He will be grilled this afternoon by police.
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Hagerstown
Henry Williams
Williams
Carl H. McCleary
Fireman Griven Battles Blaze as Bulldog Caps Rescue
St Paul fireman Peter Griven responded to a household fire at the Gust Peterson home when Peterson’s bulldog knocked Griven back. Neighbors alerted the fire department after smelling smoke. Griven entered via a rear window, extinguished a fire on an ironing board, but the bulldog then knocked him out of the room.
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Peter Griven
Gust Peterson
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