Backyard Bird Dogs Triumph In Amateur Training
New Haven Connecticut Henry J Townsend Jr plant superintendent at Marlin Firearms trains setters and pointers in his yard Since 1948 his dogs have earned 20 firsts 18 seconds and 13 thirds in weak classes His top win came at Peace Dale Rhode Island in November as Raynhams Beau Tinker won the Eastern Field Trial Association amateur pheasant tests Townsend uses a single bird wire trap with a long trip string to control flushing birds arguing that amateurs can train top dogs and still enjoy ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl F. Bissell
New Haven
Conn
Henry J. Townsend Jr
Raynham
Beau Tinker
Tink
Townsend
Youngish Townsend
Marlin Firearms Company
Peace Dale
R. LI
Canada
Connecticut
Aumont Pursues Work and Playwriting After Maria Montez
Hollywood column details Jean-Pierre Aumont filling life after Maria Montez's death. He works hard, laughs off dating, and spends time with friends and sister-in-law Adita while his daughter Maria Christina visits Santo Domingo. Aumont drafts a new play with Victor Whitlock and eyes Paris for a future home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Jean-Pierre Aumont
Jean-Pierre
Maria Montez
Paris
Aumont
Adita
Maria
Maria Christina
Santo Domingo
Lili
Jean- Pierre
M-G-M
Victor Whitlock
Guthrie McClintic
Warner Brothers
Two girls found dead in abandoned ice box
Irene Forte and Beverly Pingree, both six, were found dead in an abandoned ice box in Saugus Mass eight hours after their parents reported them missing. Police said the children climbed inside while playing house and the door shut, suffocating them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saugus
Mass
Irene Forte
Beverly Pingree
Rotary Sponsors Blood Donor Clinic Visit on June 2
The Rotary Club will sponsor the Red Cross Bloodmobile visit in the city on June 2 with a quota of 144 pints. Charles Tone chairs the Rotary committee, assisted by Howard Melton F L Sargent Jr Paul Vance Dr Tunstall Powers and J W Green Jr. Blood donations can be registered May 28 29 9 am to 5 pm or May 31 9 am to 12 noon at the Red Cross office in the George Washington Hotel Building or by calling 5412. A nursery will operate during the clinic at the Presbyterian Church from 10 am to 4 pm for donors mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Red Cross
Charles Tone
Rotary Committee
Howard Melton
F. L. Sargent, Jr
Paul Vance
Tunstall Powers
J W. Green, Jr
National Fruit Products Company
Andrew Babb
George Washington
Presbyterian Church
Worms Strip Trees In Minnesota
In northern Minnesota a record infestation of forest tent caterpillars covers 11 million acres. The inch long caterpillars swarm over unprotected trees, causing branches to look like ropes. They block rails and halt locomotives and threaten highway traffic. Housewives report washed clothes covered by worms moving between trees. Masses of worms shovel from home thresholds in wooded areas.
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Hibbing
Minn
Minnesota
Dewey Urges Spiritual Moral Growth to Prevent War
Governor Thomas A. Dewey told 1,200 Presbyterian leaders that only spiritual and moral strength can avert a third World War. Speaking at the 164th General Assembly, he warned that material progress has outpaced spiritual values and demanded renewed church-led moral development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thomas A. Dewey
Church
164Th General Assembly
Dewey
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HILL
Loudoun St
B. F. Goodrich
Winchester News
St. Loudoun St
Roy Rogers
King of
the Cowboys
Ozark Ike
By Ray Gotte
Blondie
Chic Young
Henry
U.S
By Carl Anderson
Secret Agent X-9
Phil
Big Sister
Quer
U.S. Patent Office
By Mel Graff
BY Les Forgraves
Etta Kett
Patent Office
By Paul Robinson
Etta
Darlene
Duke
Dion
Mugg and
Skeeter
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Effie
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