Women Achievements Marked By Postwar Roles Worldwide
The 1947 year saw women entering policy making at United Nations, cabinet, and city levels, with figures like Mrs Franklin Roosevelt and Mme Pandit shaping decisions. Nations assigned ministerial roles to women, and Argentina and Venezuela granted women their first vote. A parachute device for mine cages debuted in Moscow, improving safety in coal mines.
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Timent
United Nations
United
Franklin Roosevelt
United States
Vajaya Lakshmi Pandit
India
France
Mme
Germaine Poinse- Chapuis
Denmark
Fanny Jensen
Sweden
Karin Koch-Linbert
Mme. Pandit
Russia
M. Z. N. Witte- Veen
Netherlands
Anna Pauker
International Communist Information Bureau
Romania
Czechoslovakia
Ludmila Jankovcova
Bulgaria
Poland
Argentina
Venezuela
Moscow
U.P
Learn to Judge Fabric Weaves
Learn to judge fabric weaves to secure bargains at mid winter sales. Firm closely woven fabrics resist shrinking and hold shape. test by holding to light, checking yarn uniformity, and pulling fibers to see if they shift. Examine inside seams for frayed edges indicating loose weave.
What, Change the Name of Bowery Never
The Bowery Improvement Committee of the Fast Side Chamber of Commerce surveyed merchants in the historic area about renaming The Bowery. Sammy Fuchs, owner of Sammy's Bowery Follies, opposed the idea, remarking a name change won’t improve the Bowery.
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Bowery
New York
Fire at Right Time Spurs Perry Firemen Rally
A blaze at Jack Newton's house broke out during the Perry Oklahoma volunteer firemen's monthly meeting. Firefighters quickly responded, summoned by the call, and contained the flames. No injuries reported.
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Perry, Okla
U.P
Jack Newton
Princess Elizabeth Named Woman of the Year for 1947
The Associated Press poll names Princess Elizabeth of England as Woman of the Year. Other top honorees include Gerty Cori in science, Dorothy Shay in radio, June Lockhart in drama, Barbara Jo Walker Miss America, and leaders in education, sports, business, literature, and public service.
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Associated Press
Elizabeth of
England
Gerty Theresa Cori
Ferdinand Cori
Pretty June Lockhart
Gene
Kathleen Lockhart
Barbara Jo Walker
Memphis
Atlantic City
Tember
Iliar
Sarah Gibson Blanding
Vassar College
Bergman
Didrikson Zaharias
Dorothy Shaver
New York
Lord and Taylor
Rebecca West
Eleanor
United Nations
Man finds stolen car in own garage days after report
A Springfield man who reported his car stolen from a downtown parking space several days earlier found the vehicle in his own garage. The discovery followed police reporting that the car had been stolen.
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Springfield
Mass
Sawdust Core Stock Could Build Next Year’s Furniture
Six Michigan furniture makers financed tests to repurpose mountains of sawdust. The experiments found that compressed sawdust yields a superior core stock, forming the framework of furniture and solving disposal and air pollution issues.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
U.P
Hitch Unhitches Reno Hitch Ends in Fall River Divorce
Married at Reno Nevada Mr and Mrs S Russell Murray were divorced here in less than three years by Probate Judge Mayhew R Hitch. The report notes a Reno ceremony and the subsequent divorce in Fall River Massachusetts.
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Ee Hitch
Reno Hitch
Fall River
Maas
Reno
Nev
S. Russell Murray
Mayhew R. Hitch
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Adelaide Kerr
AP News
Edwards
Member
Camera Craftsmen of America
Tse
Gerty Cor
Dorothy Shay
Princess Elizabeth
Service
Eleanor Roosevelt
Babe Didrikson
June Lockhart
Sarah Blanding
Ingrid Bergman
Brercered
Polk
Like Kirk
Marie
Earle
Herbert
Amarillo
Kidwell's Model Shop
East
Sweetbriar
Shoe Department
Beauty Shoppe
A Polk
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