Shine Boys in Amarillo Face Police Tension
In Amarillo the army influx feeds a bootblack trade with boys charging three to five dollars a day. Wilson Barnes shines Pvt Loreto Bonetti’s shoes at USC Auditorium on the way from Amarillo Army Air Field to Lowry Field. Police say the youths clutter sidewalks and seek order to prevent blocking traffic while some soldiers complain about language if refused patronage or tips.
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Shine Boys
Amarillo
Wilson Barnes
North Johnson
The
Globe
Loreto F. Bonetti
Amarillo Army Air Field
Lowry Field
Denver
USC
Lawrence Jackson
Higgins Plants Idle as 7000 Workers Walk Out in New Orleans
In New Orleans three Higgins industries sit idle as about 7000 AFL members stay off the job. Union leaders rejected a 15 day truce proposed by the Young Men's Business Club amid a dispute over Higgins hiring returning servicemen without union membership.
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New Orleans
Big Higgins Industries
Young Men's Business Club
Boat
American Federation of Labor
War Labor Board
Shipbuilding Commission
Andrew Jackson Higgins, Sr
New Orleans Metal Trades Council
John P. Frey
International
The
Metal Trades Council
Higgins
Labor
French Hero Prefers Art And Beethoven
General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is hailed as a consummate French leader at the Berlin four power talks. Described with distinctive features and a sabre scar, he commands attention from correspondents traveling with the Sixth Army from the Riviera through the Vosges to Germany.
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de Lattre
Rethel
Vichy
North Africa
de Gaulle
Patch
Seventh
Saint Tropez
Germany
Jacques Leclerc
Lake Chad
Africa
Pierre Koenig
Paris
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Berlin
Sixth Army
Riviera
Vosges Mountains
Hat style test says if husband curses it’s in
Mrs. Ella Murphy a 71 year old milliner in Marengo Indiana says the only sure sign a woman's hat is in style is if her husband reacts with horror and a curse after she tries it on. She notes she has served as a milliner for 55 years and offers the quip as a lighthearted gauge of fashion.
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Marengo
Ind
U.P
Ella Murphy
Tower of Toothpicks Stands in Chicago Suburb
Peter Ohlwein, 13, of Highland Park, Illinois, built a seven foot replica of the Eiffel Tower in Paris using 36,600 toothpicks, showcasing a remarkable miniature engineering feat.
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Tower OF Matchsticks
Chicago
Peter Ohlwein
Highland Park, Ill
Paris
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SNC
Art
Beethoven
George Tucker
SEARS
China
Fabric Oxfords
Panama
Wood Arms
Allstate
Boyville Jr
Fed
Sears Best Motor
Polk
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