Hunters rescued on Alaska mountain amid long search
Dr Elville T Cook 79, his wife, and Pilot Carrington were rescued from a 3200 foot Alaska mountain 50 miles north of Fort Yukon after a week of air searches. Their Cessna crash landed on tundra. they survived, ate eggs raw and cooked, slept inside the plane, and signaled for help. A 10th Rescue Squadron B 17 spotted them as planes circled the area during the hunt. Richmond Virginia noted for cigarette production, unrelated to the rescue.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Elville T. Cook
Uisiana
Bill Curington
Arctic Circle
Fort Yukon
Carrington
Dr. Cook
C. E. Hale
Prisoners Marry In Jail As Minister Jailed
In San Diego on July 11 a prisoner married by cellmate Rev Joseph Belton Stacy, 39. Groom James Edward Burns 26 previously married in Chicago under the name Flynn and said to have escaped a Washington State reformatory in 1947 after assault. Burns and wife Edith Hollingshead have a one month old daughter and hope to go to Des Moines when funds allow.
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San Diego
Joseph Belton Stacy
James Edward Burns
Chicago
Flynn
Burns
FBI
Washington State Reformatory
Stacy
Faith Home Rescue Mission
Los Angles
Edith Hollingshead
Des Moines
Unemployment Trends From 1930s Through Postwar Years
The article traces unemployment levels from the 1930s through the 1940s, noting 25 percent joblessness in 1933 and 1.01 percent in 1944 with 65.89 million in the labor force. It cites 1946–48 averages around three to four percent and current rates near five to six percent, projecting winter risks if 5,000,000 remain unemployed.
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Bie
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Tina Leser
Aghunters
Fromlaska Mountain
Bak
Richmond
U. S
Atlantic Hot Weather Service
Atlantic
the Atlantic Refining Company
Dhrive
Hodgson & Brown
Optometrists
W. Boscawen St
America
J. J. Luby
Miller St
Dial
Repuane Sale
Rca-Victor
Columbia
Glenn “Ler
Radio-Phonograph Department
W. Boscawen Sr
Winchester
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