Baltimore School Children Demonstrate Air Raid Drill
Fifth graders at Thomas Jefferson Elementary calmly perform an air raid drill under teacher supervision. Dr. Charles W. Sylvester, head of Baltimore Public Schools Civil Defense, notes general calm and cooperation with parents, while drills vary by school to avoid glass hazards. A separate notice reports a new appointment: an assistant maintenance engineer becomes Virginia State Highway Department secondary roads engineer in Richmond.
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Baltimore
Johnny
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School
Charles W. Sylvester
Civil Defense Committee
Sylvester
State Highway Department
Richmond
Virginia
Baby Sitter Jailed On Assault Charge
A 19 year old sitter Frances Elizabeth Garnett of Fredericksburg was jailed on a assault charge after admitting a severe beating of 27 month old Donald William O'Donnell. The infant showed extensive bruising and was treated by a doctor. Garnett was held on a $500 bond pending a Monday hearing.
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Fredericksburg
John T Croxton
Donald William O'Donnell
Marine Corps
Croxton
Frances Elizabeth Garnett
Spotsylvania County
Express Agent Loses Fight With Chimp in Barred Containment
Henry Massey, a railway express agent weighing 200 pounds, was injured by a chimpanzee traveling from Miami to Allendale as it broke from its crate in a boxcar. After Massey patted the animal, the chimp attacked when a chain was used, leaving Massey with about a dozen puncture wounds. The chimpanzee was placed behind bars for quarantine observation.
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Jacksonville
Henry Massey
Massey
Railway Express Agency
Miami
Allendale
D. C
Express
Murder will out phrase origin tracing with Chaucer
An official notes the saying murder will out from Chaucer's The Prioresses Tale dated around 1290. The inspector mentions a 10 day quarantine and ties to a Jackson vale Health Department inquiry, while crediting earlier writers as possible originators.
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Jacksonvale
Chaucer
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