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Arriving at Butlin's Filey Camp on the Yorkshire coast last fortnight with his wife Mary, their two children and some 400 other workers from the Midland's woolen-weaving city of Bradford, Alf Murgatroyd had little time to stand and wonder what next. Bustling all around him on the long, flat station platform was a group of bright young girls and athletic men in red blazers. Bursting with good cheer, they whisked Alf and his friends over green fields to a cluster of glass-sided buildings topped by a huge white tower bearing the word "Butlin...
...Sodium fluoride is being added to drinking water in long-range dental experiments in at least ten U.S. and Canadian cities: Newburgh, N.Y.; Grand Rapids, Mich.; Bradford, Ont.; Sheboygan, Wis.; Midland, Mich.; Marshall, Tex.; Ottawa, Kans.; Evanston, 111.; Crossett, Ark.; Lewiston, Idaho...
...Competition. After soaring speculation came the crash; British railways settled down to healthy competition. In World War I competing railways had to cooperate, under national control. Then Britain's 123 lines were amalgamated into four great groups (the London, Midland & Scottish, the London & North Eastern, the Great Western, and the Southern). A mellow, golden age began for travelers on British trains. Unlike their U.S. counterpart, British railways have consistently made money from passengers, consequently gave them attentive service. British first-class compartments were among the most comfortable in the world. Dining cars offered deferential waiters, seats without queuing...
Foundries and factories all over Britain were shutting down. London Midland & Scottish long-distance trains were running three to four hours late because the coal supply was irregular and of poor quality. In Sheffield 20,000 steelworkers had an enforced six-day Christmas holiday while firms scraped together enough coal to carry on. Day after the holidays, absenteeism reached 80% in one mine. But 95% of the men showed up that night to collect their pay. The hum of industry was turning everywhere into a mournful wail: "We have only three days' stock of coal in hand...
Return Address. In Midland, Pa., James Aeschbacher stole Ernest Albert's car, a few days later called for a blind date, found she was Albert's daughter...