For more than sixty years, Ellis Island served as an immigrant processing center, but eventually the process was changed, and the island was closed. It was the end of an important era in U. S. history. What else was being reported in newspapers on that famous day?
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“Allen High School Is Ripped By Violent Gas Explosion Monday.” The Ada Weekly News (Ada, Oklahoma), November 11, 1954. www.newspapers.com.
“Allen, Oklahoma.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, September 20, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen,_Oklahoma.
Associated Press. “Allen School Blast Probed To Find Cause.” The Daily O'Collegian (Stillwater, Oklahoma), November 10, 1954. www.newspapers.com.
Associated Press. “Cop On Stand In Sheppard Trial.” The Advocate-Messenger (Danville, Kentucky), November 12, 1954. www.newspapers.com.
Associated Press. “School At Allen Is In Shambles After Gas Explosion.” The Seminole Producer (Seminole, Oklahoma), November 9, 1954.
Associated Press. “Widower With 12 Children Married, Family Reunited.” The News Journal (Wilmington, Delaware), October 1, 1955. www.newspapers.com.
“Blast Hero Takes Blame In School Explosion.” The Daily News Leader (Staunton, Virginia), November 12, 1954. www.newspapers.com.
“Chronology of a Murder.” PBS. Public Broadcasting Service. Accessed January 12, 2023. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sheppard/chronology3.html.
Diamond, Edwin. “Science Discovers New Wild Fruit Drink Loaded With Vital Vitamin C.” Corsicana Daily Sun (Corsicana, Texas), November 12, 1954.
“Ellis Island Closes.” History.com. A&E Television Networks, November 24, 2009. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ellis-island-closes.
“Frank a ‘Fireball’ Hudak.” Find a Grave. Accessed January 12, 2023. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131873584/frank-a-hudak.
“Mary M. Hudak (Obituary).” The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania), November 25, 2008. www.newspapers.com.
“Oral Histories.” National Parks Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. Accessed January 12, 2023. https://www.nps.gov/elis/learn/historyculture/oral-histories.htm.
“Sheppard Murder Case: Encyclopedia of Cleveland History: Case Western Reserve University.” Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case Western Reserve University, November 11, 2020. https://case.edu/ech/articles/s/sheppard-murder-case.
Smith, Victoria. “Dr. Sam Sheppard.” Cleveland Historical. Accessed January 12, 2023. https://clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/590.
United Press. “Progress Closes Ellis Island.” The Indianapolis News (Indianapolis, Indiana), November 12, 1954. www.newspapers.com.
“Widower's 12 Kids Open City's Hearts.” The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York), November 12, 1954. www.newspapers.com.
SOUND SOURCES
Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.
Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.
Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.
