Maritime halt feared as sugar and coffee supplies tighten
Government officials warned a complete maritime shutdown could trigger a sugar pinch within days and an industrial slowdown within two months. Coffee supplies would run low in weeks, bananas and other fresh fruit could vanish in 48 hours, and essential imports such as manganese and tungsten would strain steel production, with ships on foreign routes stalled by longshoremen.
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Washington
Commerce Department
John D. Small
Caribbean
Agriculture Department
Wa Ipping
CIO
Two Pearls Found After Millions Of Oysters Opened
Pittsburgh story notes Walter Tyler who has spent 30 years as head oyster and clam man at a downtown restaurant says he opens about 2000 oysters daily. After a lifetime of shucking, his tally reaches 29 952 000 with two pearls found among them.
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Pittsburgh
Walter Tyler
Tyler
Little Talk by Big People Gives McLemore Hobby
Buffalo column notes readers suggested a hobby and McLemore pursued collecting little remarks of big people as reported in the daily press. The piece cites Eisenhower, MacArthur, Truman, John L. Lewis, King George and others, urging the tongue in cheek project as a commentary on public figures.
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McLemore
Buffalo
Mortimer A. Sullivan
Roy Doolittle
Albin Holder
Jean Holder
Otis Acey
Kate Urban
Daily Press
General Eisenhower
America
Ike
Tokyo
MacArthur
Eisenhower
General MacArthur
Doug
Japan
Truman
Vaughn
White House
John L. Lewis
King George
London
Butcher
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Writers Invited To Conference In Corpus Christi
The third annual Southwest Writers Conference will be July 10 to 12 in Corpus Christi. The event, sponsored by The Byliners and the Corpus Christi Junior Chamber of Commerce, will use White Plaza Hotel as headquarters and offer lectures by successful writers editors and publishers on writing and selling fiction non fiction and verse.
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Southwest Writers Conference
Corpus Christi
Byliners
Corpus Christi Junior Chamber of Commerce
White Plaza Hotel
South, Southwest
Review
Reader’s Digest
Kaleidograph
Epic Century
Magazine Digest
Saturday Review of Literature
John Erskine
Stanley Vestal
W. S. Campbell
John A. Lomax
Cleo Dawson
Joe O. Naylor
Jovita Gonzales Mireles
Carancahua
Britain Aims to Reopen South American Markets
Britain presses to restore prewar trade with South America. Argentina remains a top customer and supplier as British missions for aviation and shipbuilding visit, alongside official and personal trips by Hore-Belisha and Templewood drawing attention to renewed overseas commerce.
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Buenos Aires
Great Britain
South America
Argentina
British South American Airways
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Lord Templewood
Pressure areas and wind directions by hemisphere
The text explains that in the northern hemisphere low pressure lies to the left when you face the wind, while in the southern hemisphere it lies to the right. It outlines how Coriolis effects influence perceived wind direction.
FASTEETH Alkaline Powder Promises Secure Dentures
Many denture wearers fear embarrassing slips as plates drop or wobble. FASTEETH alkaline powder is advertised to hold false teeth more firmly, prevent souring, and reduce denture odor so wearers feel more comfortable. Sold at drug stores.
Telegram Rates Jump for All But Government
The FCC granted Western Union a flat 10 percent increase on telegrams for one year affecting day and night letters and press messages. The commission also allowed elimination of toll rates for long telegrams free forwarding and floor to floor exchange. The 20 percent discount on government telegrams was rejected.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Western Union
Albatross Trap in Australian Gorge Ends in Crashes
A natural trap in Australia funnels albatrosses into a steep valley wall where still air makes them lose height and crash into a cliff at the enclosure end. This causes repeated bird collisions as the flock navigates the narrow pass.
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Australia
Musicians Predict Truman Veto of Case Bill at AFM Meet
At the 49th AFM convention in St. Petersburg Florida Joseph A Padway says President Truman will veto the Case Bill calling it the worst we have faced He challenges Rep Dondero Michigan who urged a test of whether labor leaders exceed government authority Petrillo and Padway defend the constitution believing leaders do not rule over the government The delegate report shows a poll of about 800 ballots on Petrillo’s leadership perception.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Joseph A. Padway
American Federation of Labor
Truman
American Federation of Musicians
Padway
James C. Petrillo
Dondero
Michigan
Washington
Petrillo
United States
AFM
Public funeral for five Jews slain near Nowy Targ
Dr. Joseph Tenenbaum of New York, president of Jewish federations, investigated the attack near the Polish Czecht frontier. He said the five were killed simply because they were Jews.
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Cracow
Poland
Nowy Targ
Joseph Tenenbaum
New York
American and World Federations of
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