Boston night club fire kills hundreds at Coconut Grove
A disastrous blaze at the Coconut Grove club in Boston Saturday night killed at least 484 people and left nearly 200 injured as patrons panicked at a revolving door and other exits. A 16 year old bus boy sparked the flames with a match and a paper palm tree. Buck Jones and other victims were cited among the dead.
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Farm Income Hits Peak Revealed by Henderson to Congress
Leon Henderson, federal price administrator, told Congress that net farm income has peaked, surpassing 1919 by a full billion dollars and buying vastly more. He cited 90.1 percent growth for Mississippi Delta male farms and 204.5 percent for winter wheat farms between 1939 and 1942.
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Lucky Locomotive Strikes Army Jeep in Cal Crossing
Four soldiers leapt clear as a freight train struck an Army jeep near Inglewood California. They stood, dusted off, then moved 50 yards along the track, righted the jeep and drove off. The locomotive sustained only minor damage.
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Fort Smith tops North Little Rock in Arkansas race
EL Dorado and Hot Springs share conference lead as Ft. Smith defeats North Little Rock to press Arkansas football standings. Community Chest-Arkansas Crippled Children's drive nears goal, needing 47 000 more of 713 989. Chester Holland named president of the Arkansas Municipal League. CAP boasts highest national state population percentage membership.
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Georgia News Summary From Barnesville to Baltimore
Georgia to send $100 Xmas gifts to ex-employees in armed forces. cotton crop up 39 percent. Brunswick housing project valued at $538,000. Cane grinding resumes in South Georgia. Pardons for Bill Chappell, son of Carroll County official, after life sentence for murder. Large fire near Camp Atterbury. church debt paid off in Sioux City. farmers using group riding plan in Northwest Iowa. Adj. Gen. Elmer Straub called to active duty. trials and legal actions ongoing in Bloomington and Louisville.
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Pete) Straub
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Marign County
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