OPA Revived to Issue 142 Price Orders
The OPA returns to life after 25 days, issuing 142 pricing orders but excluding meat dairy eggs poultry grains tobacco and petroleum until after August 20. Truman signs revival bill reluctantly while NAM CIO UAW and meat industry groups respond with warnings of inflation and chaos in prices.
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Conrad’s Full Name and Hull’s Early Law Practice
The notice mentions novelist Joseph Conrad under a false full name Josef Teodor Krand Kor zeniowski and notes Cordell Hull practicing law in Tennessee before reaching voting age. Globe News Want Ads Get Results.
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An Old Way to New Life from Digest true stories
August Reader's Digest profiles true life cases where individuals struggle with despair and health issues. A broker battles drink, an elderly woman faces weeks to live, and a self conscious girl seeks healing. Each story reveals a simple therapeutic truth about helping others to heal oneself.
What’s wrong with marriage a rise in breakups
The piece cites a one in five breakup rate and quotes Philip Wylie arguing men marry for sex not fatherhood and women for romantic love A related feature recounts a deathbed miracle and a skeptic father Signe Toksvig notes the miracle that altered his mind The issue also previews Buckminster Fuller’s futuristic house and a family mealtime row with its health impacts
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Finds Own Auto Then Cops Close in Rawlins
Clinton Daugherty of Greeley Colorado reported his car stolen in Baggs Wyoming. He located the vehicle, drove toward home, was stopped by Rawlins officers, and jailed for theft until proper identification was confirmed five hours later.
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Truth as Lesson Sermon in Christian Science Services
The Lesson Sermon on Truth will be read in all Christ Scientist churches on Sunday July 28. The Golden Text emphasizes committing one’s spirit to God the Lord of truth, with Psalms 31 5 and 25 5 cited. A cited passage from Science and Health explains how mortal mind becomes a clearer transparency for Truth as materiality fades.
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Mary Baker Eddy
Grocer Solves Kid Trouble With Mini Playground
In Memphis, Arthur N. Sessel Jr. creates a miniature playground outside his store to deter children from wandering inside. The setup includes swings, slides, seesaws, sandpiles and other playful bribes to keep Junior and other youngsters away from the merchandise. The tactic reportedly works, easing patience for clerks and customers alike.
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Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad
An old advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a herbal kidney medicine. It claims to relieve aches from excess acidity, improve urine flow, and ease bladder irritation with a blend of 16 herbs and roots, available at all druggists.
Worker Survives Year Round In 7 Below Cold Vault
H D Shelton of 1010 Cleveland works at the Borden Company cold storage vault where the thermometer reads seven degrees below zero. He dresses in a wool cap, gloves, and a mackinaw and notes the place is air conditioned. He prefers heatless summers and avoids illness despite the extreme environment. The piece also mentions Winston Churchill’s early army career with the Bengal Lancers in India.
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Aquatic Threats Warn of Water Tigers in Tanks
A science note outlines the danger posed by water tigers, tropical aquarium predators with pincers that allegedly suck blood from their prey, highlighting the risks to hobbyists keeping tropical fish in home aquariums.
35 Amarillo Vets To Be at WAA Sale
At Eagle Mountain Lake Marine Corps air station near Fort Worth surplus used vehicles go on sale with 35 Amarillo World War II veterans invited as prospective buyers. The sale includes sedans station wagons jeeps panel trucks pickups trailers and miscellaneous trucks. A new WAA plan in the region will issue a surplus vehicle catalogue provide an inspection period and allow mail orders with awards based on the oldest dated certificate holder for each vehicle type.
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WAA Inspects Ordnance Plants Before Sales to Avert Disaster
The War Assets Administration reviews ordnance shell loading and explosive manufacturing plants to prevent public danger before offering them for sale. The effort aims to stop any accidental blasts that could devastate nearby communities.
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