Rapid mine shaft lifts rival NYC skyscraper elevators
Lifts in some South African gold mine shafts travel up and down at 3500 feet per minute, more than twice as fast as New York City's fastest elevators. The U S Mint sold over 113 million dollars worth of gold bars in 1946 for industry use.
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Quiet room reveals Mrs Kingsley’s stroke and love triangle
Anne confronts John and Alec at Stone House as Julia falls ill. A telephone reveal shows Alec’s marriage to Chloe, shocking Anne who realizes she loves John. Julia consoles her. both face a shared disappointment as a stroke seals a turning point.
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America
Alec
Stone House
Auntie
Mist’ John
Miz Doremus
Julia
Anne
Honolulu
Chloe
Madame Kingsley
Mrs. Kingsley
England's new small-house furniture designs emerge
England introduces lightweight three piece aluminum bedroom set for compact homes. On moving day the dressing table and chest fit inside the wardrobe and are sent in one crate.
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Dionne Quints Turn 14 As Ontario Celebrates Birthday
The Dionne quintuplets Yvonne Emilie Annette Cecile and Marie are 14 years old and healthy they take a day off from school to share a five layer cake. Yvonne leads birth weight at 130 pounds while Marie remains the smallest at 110 pounds with four sisters nearby in height.
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Callender
Dionne
Yvonne
Emilie
Annette
Cecile
Marie
Grimes Community News From Grimes Virginia May Meeting
The White Hall Mite society met at Mrs. Ida Shepard’s Forty Oaks Orchards. Local residents visited Brucetown memorial services. Robert Clevenger Sr. received a letter from son Robert Jr. in San Francisco and wedding trip to Mexico. Major Cecil G. McVay promoted to eastern manager of Potomac Edison Electric Company in Williamsport Maryland.
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Robert Jr
San Francisco
Navy
California
Mexico
Carl Boone
Woorbine
McCormac
Fimer Uhi
Boone
Grover Teets
H.B. McCormac
Snow Hill
Jonah Good
Cecil G. McVay
Potomac
Edisin Eiedric
Williamsport
McVay Family notables and local harvest updates
The McVay family of this place, former Triangle farm owners, are mentioned with Mrs. McVay née Carrie Clevenger of Rose Hill farm. Farmers finish spring corn planting and begin alfalfa hay harvest as strawberries come in. U.S. personal savings rose from 7.3 billion in 1940 to 38.9 billion in 1944 but then fell in following years.
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Charles FE. McVay
Triangle Farm
Carrie Clevenger
Rose Hill Farm
United States
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