Secret engraving on White House tub revealed on TV
Herman Perlman, a glass carver, says his engraved message on the President Truman tub and a panel for Margaret Truman were seen after he carved designs for five baths during White House renovations. He claims his secret line about a man with a heart that serves his people was included as a hidden message.
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Man
White House
Washington
Herman Perlman
U.S
Truman
Perlman
Mrs. Truman
Margaret Truman
Yperiman
Blood Plasma Gag Draws Publicity for Miami Store
In Miami a veterans surplus store operator said he bought plasma to gain attention. William A Weintraub claimed 43 pints came from Memphis via Army surplus, but the Memphis depot denied shipments and the Defense Department opened an inquiry. He later said 21 pints plasma and 21 pints water were received, with labels showing Red Cross donation.
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Miami
Miami Daily New
William A Weintraub
Marine Junk Co
Mobile
Ala
Weintraub
Army General Depot
Memphis
Tenn
Defense Department
Washington
Weintrath
Red Cross
Sale Directory Listings and Auctions Noted
JAN 3 9 30 am at G W Way two miles north Elizabethtown features office equipment farm machinery tractors posts hogs hardware with six auctioneers. JAN 10 11 am Estate of Benjamin C Hulver auction in front of Frederick Court House includes three parcels in Back Creek District Byron C Brumback auctioneer.
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G. W. Way
North Elizabethtown
Benjamin C. Hulver
Frederick Court House
Back Creek
Byron C. Brumback
West Side
G. K. Wagner
Sale Mer
Frederick County Court House
Mountain Falls
Frederick County
Virginia
George H. Wright
Circuit Court
Pemebroke Springs
A V Plain
M. M. Lynch
Jeed
Newton W. Borden
Jonah Holtzer
France Blames Private Stills for Spread of Alcoholism
At a Paris conference, lemonade dealers argued private distilleries fuel alcohol abuse in France. They cited four million private stills and rising liver death rates from 1944 to 1948, noting farmers can legally brew up to ten liters annually with no drinking restrictions for farm liquor.
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Paris
France
Escape ejection seats to be fitted in B 47 bombers
The Air Force will install escape ejection seats in new B 47 jet bombers after next February to improve crew survival in emergencies. The three man crew will be launched upward by explosive charges, then parachutes deploy as speed reduces. Some reports claimed the B 47 could be a death trap, but officials dismissed those claims.
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Washington
Air Force
Rise of musical comedy as high-class entertainment
Musical comedy existed in the Civil War era but did not become respectable until Gilbert and Sullivan's Pinafore appeared in 1878. Later Reginald De Koven and Victor Herbert added their works, making it a permanent field of entertainment.
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Gilbert and Sullivan
Reginald de Koven
Victor Herbert
Second Grandma Bank Robber May Be at Large
Two elderly women suspected of bank robberies in Los Angeles area may be at large. Police link Mrs. Ethel Arata to multiple holdups after she was arrested Christmas Eve in Arcadia for a bank attempt. Witnesses say another gray haired grandma may operate similarly.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Area
Grandma No
Ethel Arata
Arcadia
June North
Union Bank & Trust Co
Eleven Eastern Women Barred From Prison Christmas Visit
A court injunction barred eleven Eastern women from approaching Tatnall Prison to visit Rosa Lee Ingram, the life term prisoner in the 1947 murder case. Highway patrols enforced the order, with Mrs. Mabel Thompson of the Negro Labor Council claiming the plan was a Christm as greeting. Ingram and her two sons faced protests after their 1948 murder conviction, later reduced to life terms, amid debates over self defense and the mule grazing dispute.
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Tatnall
Mabel Thompson
Negro Labor Council
Rosa Lee Ingram
John Stratford
Ellaville
Ingram
Stratford
Wallace
Sammy
State's Mental Hospitals Better Equipped for '53
Dr. Joseph E. Barrett, Virginia hospital commissioner, reports 1952 brought 14 new buildings, larger staffs, and higher doctor to patient ratios. Four mental institutions averaged 392 patients per doctor in 1952, with a goal of 225 per doctor and more attendants. Expanded psychotherapy and brain, insulin, and electroshock therapy accompanied a $9.4 million budget and 2,198 discharges, plus 14 clinics treating 6,040 people nationwide.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Department of Mental Hygiene
Joseph E.barrett
Barrett
Doomed mother chooses baby's life over her own
Jean Garrett a 27 year old Hawthorne California mother of three faces a Caesarean for her fourth child despite Hodgkins disease. Doctors fear surgery will shorten her life but the infant may be normal. She says a baby has as much right to live as anyone else and plans to attend Christmas with husband Thomas and their three boys.
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Los Angeles
Jean Garrett
Hawthorne
Calif
Garrett
Thomas
Angelus Hospital
Agaiety
Thomas, Jr
Robert
Raleigh
Police Sergeant Gets Annual Gift
The Roanoke Police Department presented Det. Sgt. Joe Jennings with the annual Christmas gift. Jennings was shot on September 28, 1945, while making an arrest and has been paralyzed at Lewis Gale Hospital since then. This year’s gift totaled $406, presented by Supt. Frank H. Webb.
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Roanoke
Joe Jennings
Jennings
Lewis Gale Hospital
Frank H. Webb
Question on fly sizes from BBS
Insects vary greatly from tiny ones that can slip through fine mosquito netting to larger flies with a wingspan of about 3 inches. Flies inhabit nearly all regions where humans live, reflecting vast diversity.
Boston Lawyer Tied to Brink's Loot Secret
Reports say a Boston lawyer, acting as a front for the Brink's robbers, was to place about $1.2 million in 40 safe deposit boxes across banks. FBI notes indicate $236,500 traced to vaults and $30,000 used for government bonds. three suspects died while hiding.
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Boston
FBI
Carleton M. O’brien
Rhode Island
George R. Killeen
Brink
Louise the Pig Uva
Killeen
Nuns Freed After Prison in Canton Orphanage Case
Two of five Canadian nuns escaped a five year sentence over the Canton orphanage murder case and entered Hong Kong. Sister An toinette Couvrette and Sister Jermaine Gravel, both with Canadian origins, described an unexpected expulsion after nearly two years in custody. They were pardoned and banished with no reason given, while other nuns had earlier left for Canada. The case drew world attention starting in December 1951.
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Hong Kong
Canton
Antoinette Couvrette
Joliette
Que
Jermaine Gravel
Three Rivers
Jermaine Tanguay
Nashua
N. H
Inulda Laperriere
Penrouge
Elizabeth Lemire
la Baie du Fevre
Couvrette
Gravel
Laperriere
Lemire
Canada
Nuns Targeted as Reds Jails Highlight 1951 Trial
In Canton a four hour public trial broadcast on radio exposed nuns jailed March 19, 1951 amid murder charges against orphanage workers linked to infant deaths. The piece notes harsh poverty in China and depictions of nuns recalling a fragile state amid the so called dumping grounds for unwanted babies.
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Canton Radio
Reds
China
Army rotation system in Korea tied to points
The system awards points for service in combat zones. About 36 points or 9 months makes a front line soldier eligible for rotation, while others may require 38 points and up to 19 months. The theater commander sets the point thresholds, and replacements must be ready to take over.
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Korea
JY. A
Normal Life Is Christmas Gift To Afflicted Man
A Seattle surgeon and the Sisters of Providence funded life saving heart surgery for 20 year old Frank Gunderson of Thompson Falls Montana. The operation corrected a patent ductus arteriosus and gives him a normal life with 40 to 50 years ahead. His 19 year old brother Alfred will undergo the same procedure soon.
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Seattle
Sisters of Charity of Providence
Frank Gunderson
Thompson Falls
Mont
Gunderson
Providence Sisters
Providence Hospital
Frank
Alfred Gunderson
Prank
Alfred
Would a Million One Dollar Bills Weigh a Ton
A reader asks if a million one dollar bills weigh more than a ton. The answer shows that a million bills weigh about 2 030 pounds, slightly more than 2 000 pounds, a short ton.
Jail Break Foiled at Norfolk City Jail
Christmas Eve escape bid by four or five prisoners is halted when a jailor discovers one jail bar fully severed and another bar about half sawed at the Norfolk City Jail.
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Norfolk
Norfolk City
Quiz answers listed for Page 4 feature
Below are the answers to the quiz questions printed on Page 4 including Arkansas and entries such as Originally published by the New York World and World Telegram Sun. Also cited are Work Progress Administration South Simon Bolivar China Chance Emmanuel Yes and Soubrette.
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Arkansas
The
New York World
World-Telegram and Sun
Work- Progress Administration
Simon Bolivar
China
Chance
Emmanuel
Soubrette
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New York
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Barbara Anne
Dwight David II
Major John Eisenhower
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Hardie
Gehl and A
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Winchester, Va
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FE. Plccadilly St
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Washington, D. C
Joseph B. Love
Phoenix
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van Fleet
International Soundphoto
Elizabethtown
Tony Curtis
Janet Leigh
Hollywood Women’s Press Club
Tony
Janet
McCulloch
Martinsburg Pike
C. I. Brumback & Sons
N. Cameron St
Coles
Kelvinator
Kelevinator
Matic
E. Boscawen St
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
Beulah H. Anderson
Paul Anderson
Reuben Hulver
Ethel W. Hulver
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Marie Hulver
Almesiia L. Hulver
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Wallie Hulver
Byron CC. Brumback
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