Cartel Alleged Ties Diamond and Swedish Match Firms
A House small business committee investigation reports that Diamond Match Company and Swedish Match Company effectively control the world match market through a cartel. The firms allegedly influence the British, Japanese, and Russian match industries and limit production at Savannah Georgia Barberton Ohio Chico California Oshkosh Wisconsin and Springfield Massachusetts plants. The study calls the industry highly monopolized if not the world’s largest cartel.
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Washington
House
Small Business Committee
Diamond Match Company
Patman
Texas
Diamond
Savannah
Barberton
Ohio
Chico
Califorwero
N. Y
Oshkosh
Wis
Lt John McGowen Returns Home After 40 Months Overseas
Lt John R C McGowen, Amarillo officer decorated for service with the Alamo Scouts, is back in the United States after 40 months abroad. He wired his mother from the West Coast saying he will be home next week. In nine days he earned three medals.
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John R. C McGowen
R. L. Thompson
Lipscomb
West Coast
Amarillo
Alamo
McGowen
Mushroom Culture Prodigy Claims No Mushrooms Grown
In Albuquerque on July 7 R L Van Nostrand admits a magazine paid $106 for his mushroom culture ideas yet he had never grown one. He notes that most material suggests mushrooms are easy to cultivate.
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Albuquerque
N. M
R. L. van Nostrand
Land Mine Among German Souvenirs
Capt. W. D. Harris of the 82nd Division remains in Berlin but sends home a collection of German souvenirs including a 20 inch aluminum land mine with the killing part removed. The trooper’s nephew, Robert Harris, and family receive a Nazi helmet a slide rule and a sword, exciting and puzzling readers.
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W. D. Harris
Berlin
Robert Harris
H. W. Harris
Kentucky
Harris
Mulkeys and Huke Family Return From Tulia Lake Fishing
Mr and Mrs J D Mulkey of 2805 Jackson and Mr and Mrs Alfred Huke with family of 1403 Ong have just returned from a fishing trip to Tulia Lake.
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J. D. Mulkey
Jackson
Alfred Huke
Ong
Tulia Lake
Dodson Private Dies on Okinawa
Dodson Private Morgan Painter, grandson of Mrs. Joe Morgan, was killed in action on Okinawa May 11. Born Sept. 23, 1924, he had served overseas since February and was a Dodson High School graduate who married Zelda Welch in 1943. He is survived by his parents, a brother, two aunts, and a cousin marine Pvt. Bryan T. Burton.
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Pvt. Morgan Painter
Dodson
Joe Morgan
Jackson
Okinawa
H. A. Painter
Hawaii
Marianas
Private Painter
Dodson High School
Zelda Welch
Tolbert Painter
John Whitehead
Wiley E. Thompson
Austin
Marine Pvt
Bryan T. Burton
Pacific
Vacation in Canyon With Patricia Donovan and Grandmother
Patricia Donovan and her grandmother Mrs. B F Harper are spending their vacation in Canyon.
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Canyon
Patrica Donovan
Polk
B. F Harper
Mendaco Promises Relief From Bronchial Asthma Attacks
An advertisement touts Mendaco as a tasteless tablet that eases bronchial asthma by relaxing congested airways and loosening phlegm. It claims quick blood action, improved sleep, and renewed energy, urging readers to ask their druggist for Mendaco with a money back guarantee.
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Mendaco
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Springfield
Mass
United States
Irnock
John McGowen
States
Army
Farley's
Cal Farley
Fillmore
Reich Army
Saar
Potter County
Selective Service Boards
New York
Germany
Saar Valey
Stewart E. Reimel
General Reimel
Army Service Force
Rhineland
Charles D. Redman, Jr
Kennett
America
Redman
O. P. A. Odd Lot Release
Tan
Black Patent
Virginia and
Clifford Hurd
Taylor ST
Clifford
Virginia
Cliff
Golden Light, Coffee Co., of
Borden's Products
Borden
State Cafe
Vaughn Plumbing Co
Pierce Ph
City Sign CO
Harrison
New
Joe Shields
Refrigeration CO
Sally Ann
BON Ton Bakery
Cliff and Virginia
New State
Virgil Reagor
Builder's Supply CO
7Th St
Finkler Electric CO
Cliff and
New State Cafe
Taylor
Doty Packing Company
Virginia and Clifford's
Southwestern Store Fixtures CO
Polk St
Kuykendall's
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