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Pools of Flame. Eastern's DC-4 had gone down in a woodland between the village of Port Deposit on the Susquehanna River and Perryville on the Pennsylvania Railroad; within a few minutes, automobiles from nearby towns and farms were headed for the spot. Fire equipment and naval enlisted men from nearby Bainbridge Naval Training Station soon joined them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Smoke in Maryland | 6/9/1947 | See Source »

Richard W. Southgate, of 3200 Woodland Drive, Washington, D. C., and a graduate of St., Mark's School, Southborough, Mass...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scholarship Awards | 5/29/1947 | See Source »

Ultimately the judges wee forced to choose one afternoon and one evening dress. "The neatest neck-line in years" won the former contest, while a costume entitled "Just right for a woodland nymph" copped the latter. The pajamas "to slip into after a swim," lost out primarily because nobody could figure out when they should be worn--although Vaughn had a knowing look...

Author: By William S. Fairfield and Burton S. Glinn, S | Title: Hopes Rise as Necklines Fall at Copley Fashion Show; Seerscukered Crimeditors Judge Beribboned Beauties | 5/9/1947 | See Source »

...counties, 57 farm contractors (80% of them veterans) were helping farmers grade land, pull stumps, build terraces and ditches, spread fertilizer. Farmers soon found that the contractors could save them time and money. Example: one contractor charged only $150 to clear 20 acres of cut-over woodland in a day, a job that would have taken the farmer weeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AGRICULTURE: The Strickland Plan | 1/20/1947 | See Source »

Winged Victory. In Woodland, Calif., duck hunter Charles Roller found a pelican with a broken wing, started to set it, had to struggle to keep the bird quiet, got his head caught in its 15-inch beak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 25, 1946 | 11/25/1946 | See Source »

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