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In 1940, injuries reported in three incidents

12 years ago

From The Odessa Record

March 7, 1940

The Marlin dance hall will reopen with the first spring dance. The hall has been closed for a short period, during which dances would have conflicted with the Firemen’s Ball and other scheduled dances. The manager, Stanley Wraspir, indicated that the special dances are over and he will resume dances every two weeks.

The crew working at the Harrington warehouse for the Odessa Union Warehouse company, razing the structure preparatory to converting it into a bulk wheat storage place, found four of its members injured when the rafters collapsed.

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