Prison Convict Closes Nine Hour Perch at Joliet
Statesville prison guard Parille, 25, spent over nine hours atop a girder 60 feet above the mess hall after climbing a steam pipe during breakfast. He finally came down when Chaplain Rev Jervase Brinkman persuaded him to. Warden Ragen said the act was motivated by anger over a Chicago White Sox Senators game decision and a bid for publicity.
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Joliet
Statesville
Marshal Parille
Jervase Brinkman
Joseph E. Ragen
Parille
Chicago White Sox
Washington Senators
Washington
Ragen
Purina Farm Management Course Enrolls Frederick Man
Alvin Lee Ruble of Frederick Md is among students in a Purina farm management course. The program conducted by Ralston Purina includes four more sessions and field projects to train company men to assist farmers in farm management and disease control efforts.
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Alvin Lee Ruble
Saleman
Purina
Frederick
Ralston Purina Company
Estimation of US lawyers and judges count
The Department of Labor notes about 200,000 lawyers and judges in the United States roughly a year ago, including over 4,000 women. About two thirds earned most income from independent practice.
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Department of Labor
United States
Evening Radio Schedule Highlights Mixed Network Listings
A dated listings page outlines 6 PM to 11 PM radio programming across networks. Programs include News Broadcasts, Sports Discussion, Jack Smith Show, Barrie Craig, Dr Kildare, Bob Hope, Fibber and Molly, The Lineup, and News with Music, ending with News & Variety across networks.
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Abe-Chs
Abe-Mba-East Kiddies
Abe
Cbs
Abe News
Abe Reulaha
Cbs News
Jack Smith
Cbe
Mbs
Abe Pegey Lee
Cbs Silver Eagle
Abe Gabriel Heatter
One Man's Family
Cbs Evening Newsreel
Irama
Ace Black Museum
Barrie Craig
Abe Mr. and
Mrs. North
Dhs
Kathi Norris
Abe Dr. Kildare
Bob Hope
Luigi
Molly
Cbs News & Music
Kenton
Cbs Orchestra
News & Variety
All Nets
Evening TV Schedule From 3 to 10:30 PM Across Four Stations
A day's list of programs for WNEW Channel 4 WTTG Channel 5 WMAL Channel 7 and WTOP Channel 3 shows what viewers could watch from 3:00 PM through 10:30 PM. It includes news, dramas, comedies, variety shows, and sports as listed with start times and titles.
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Bryson Rash
Milton Q. Ford
Jurors Acquit Ousted Revenue Bureau Official
In San Francisco James G. Smyth, once a Northern California revenue collector, was acquitted by a Federal Court jury of backdating his 1945 income tax returns to defraud the government. Co-defendants Dennis W. Delaney and James P. Finnegan had been convicted earlier.
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San Francisco
James G. Smyth
Internal Revenue Bureau
Dennis W. Delaney
Boston
James P. Finnegan
St. Louise
Smyth
California
Truman
Actress Dorothy Lamour Sheds Sarongs and Fame
Paramount Pictures notes several hundred Lamour sarongs fill college rooms service quarters and museums. She says one sarong rests in the Smithsonian in Washington. During World War II many sarongs were sold for bond drives and a Texas bidder paid 397850 for one garment.
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New York
Dorothy Lamour
Paramount Pictures
Smithsonian Institute
Washington
Flash Storm Hits New York City
A flash storm with winds up to 84 mph struck the New York metropolitan area disrupting 90 percent of Long Island Lighting facilities serving about 800 000 people. One man died after being blown from a roof and a fisherman drowned when his rowboat capsized off Long Island.
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New York
Long Island Lighting Company
Long Island
Corseting Experts Urge Full-Body Help
In Omaha experts from a corsetieres school led by Miss Betty Vincent urged using the whole body to fit a corset. They emphasized stiffening the elbow and giving full effort to shape the silhouette rather than relying on wrists alone.
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Omaha
Betty Vincent
Asian Beauty Contest in Kuala Lumpur Seeks Miss Orient
Contest organizers in Kuala Lumpur plan a regional beauty competition to crown Miss Orient inviting contestants from Hong Kong Bangkok Rangoon Manila Colombo and Malaya regions to compete in Kuala Lumpur.
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Kuala Lumpur
Southeast Asia
Hong Kong
Bangkok
Rangoon
Manila
Colombo
Malaya
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Bufflick Road
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