Six USO Camp Shows Set for Overseas Christmas Tour
Six USO Camp Shows troupes totaling 97 guest artists depart from Burbank for a global Christmas tour. They will perform at Army Navy Marine and Air Force posts in Japan Korea Iwo Jima Guam the Philippines and many other locations, with a return window January 6 to 12. The project is led by George Murphy and supported by the Winchester-Frederick Community Chest.
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Air Force
Lockheed Air Terminal
Burbank
California
George Schaefer
Camp Shows, Inc
USC
U. S
Hollywood Coordinating Committee
George Murphy
Murphy
Japan
Korea
Iwo Jima
Formosa
Guam
Philippine Islands
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Kwajalein
Midway
Alaska
Greenland
Labrador
Baffin Island
Newfoundland
Germany
France
Libya
Greece
Turkey
Crete
French Morocco
Bermuda
Puerto Rico
Cuba
Joseph F. Goetz
USAF
Armed Forces
Department of Defense
The
USO
Winchester - Frederick
Eisenhower Tours Gettysburg Farm With Denver Friend
President Eisenhower shows Aksel Nielsen around his Gettysburg farm in Pennsylvania. Nielsen, a Denver mortgage banker and owner of a mountain fishing lodge, is the second old friend to visit in two days amid Christmas events.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Colorado
Aksel Nielsen
Nielsen
Denver
Milton
Pennsylvania State University
White House
Lincoln Square
Hisenhowers
Gettysburg Hotel
Paul Dudley White
Boston
Farmer crushed in tractor overturn death near Covington
Nathaniel O. Fridley aged 37 was killed when the tractor he operated overturned on his father’s farm in Alleghany County. He was a resident of the area and died yesterday from the injuries.
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Covington
Alleghany County
Nathaniel O. Fridley
Recover Bodies Of Two Men Buried Alive In Ark Excavation
Fort Smith Arkansas two men buried when a deep excavation wall collapsed were recovered after a two day search. Lee Otis Sivley a Fort Smith firefighter and Donald Daggs an 18 year old construction worker from Hartford died almost instantly as the pit caved in during work at the Arkansas Waste Paper Co foundations for a heavy paper baler.
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Fort Smith, Ark
Lee Otis Sivley
Fort Smith
Donald Daggs
Hartford, Ark
William H. Pope
Arkansas Waste Paper Co
Grimm Service Tomorrow Afternoon
Funeral service for Charles W. Grimm of 257 Millwood Ave will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home. Rev. Forrest B. Oglesby will officiate. Pallbearers include Earl Hawkins John Anderson Thurman Perry Stephen M. Rosenberger George H. Eagle and Ernest Ondorf. Interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Remains at the funeral home until service time.
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Charles W. Grimm
Millwood Ave
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Jones Funeral Home
Forrest B. Oglesby
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Earl Hawkins
John Anderson
Thurman Perry
Stephen M. Rosenberger
George H. Eagle
Ernest Orndorff
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Blimp Altitude Records and Navy Helium Airships
Veterans report 12 000 feet as the highest ascent for blimps with no official record. Blimps generally cruise much lower, often above the ocean. Following a blimp comeback the Navy operates nearly 50 helium filled airships in commission.
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CNY
Navy
Cold Spell Holds Fast Across Nation
A mid December cold spell dominated the nation with temperatures below freezing from the Southeast to the Gulf region. Readings reached 30 in San Antonio and 31 in Mobile as arctic air expanded eastward. Snow and flurries fell from northern New England to the eastern Great Lakes and the Appalachians, with South Bend and Syracuse reporting about an inch of snow.
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Associated Press
Gulf Region
San Antonio
Tex
Mobile
Ala
Plains
Texas
Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
Michigan
Midwest
New England
Great Lakes
Appalachians
South Bend
Ind
Syracuse
N. Y
Gatun Lake: World’s Largest Man Made Lake
Gatun Lake in Panama, part of the Panama Canal, is described as the world's largest man made lake. The feature highlights its role in canal operations and its vast size.
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Gatun Lake
Panama Canal
Mrs. Eunice Gwaltney Barnett Dies in Roanoke Hospital
Eunice Gwaltney Barnett 66 of Roanoke mother of Mrs. Virginia B. Dyer, dies Thursday in a Roanoke hospital. Survived by two sisters and three brothers, all Roanoke residents. Funeral at 10 a.m. tomorrow at Oakey Funeral Chapel. Burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Mrs. Barnett belonged to Green Memorial Methodist Church.
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Eunice Gwaltney Barnett
Roanoke
Virginia B. Dyer
Dyer
Walter R. Hancock
Mary Gwaltney
W. W. Gwaltney
C. S
Gwaltney
Harry Gwaltney
Oakey Funeral Chapel
Evergreen Cemetery
Barnett
Green Memorial Methodist
Roanoke Leader with Altrusa and Eastern Star Ties
A church figure and former Altrusa Roanoke president is noted for service and community involvement as a member of the Eastern Star.
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Altrusa Club
Roanoke
The
Eastern Star
F D Roosevelt first sitting president to fly by airplane
The article notes that Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first sitting U S president to fly in an airplane, marking a milestone in presidential travel.
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F. D. Roosevelt
U. S
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