Biggest Store in History Nears Exit Under Larson
The former Army colonel and administrator Jess Larson, head of the War Assets Administration, sees the largest surplus store in history winding down. Billions of wartime goods have sold, leaving about six billion dollars in assets chiefly real estate. Problems include unused wares like elderly pigeons and rivets, plus mislabels and other bungles noted by Congress.
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Vasim
Washington
Jess Larson
Oklahoma
Larson
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Philadelphia
Wacs
Jess
Norfolk
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WAA
Congress
Chicago
Pennsylvania
United Feature Syn
Cancer’s Danger Signals and Early Detection Efforts
New York reports that cancer kills more men than women but women show greater interest in early detection. The American Cancer Society directs clinics and information, with 135000 requests since September. The society operates 200 detection centers nationwide and stresses that early treatment via surgery, x ray, and radium offers the best chance.
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Doyle New York
Lmen
American Cancer Society
Society
Russell G. Smith
Paving Planned for Umbarger to Buffalo Lake Route
Randall County will pave the Umbarger to Buffalo Lake farm to market road as a hard surfaced highway after engineering plans are completed. James G. Lott of the Texas Highway Department spoke to Panhandle Outdoor Sportsmen's Club directors about the project urged by the group. The road is heavily used by sportsmen each week. Return from Sweetwater Mr. and Mrs. Sam Crutcher visited Mrs. Crutcher's mother last week.
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Umbarer
Lake
Randall County
Umbarger
Buffalo Lake
James G. Lott
Texas Highway Department
Panshandle Outdoor Sportsmen's Club
British Foreign Office backs State Department on Russia peace talks
London May 19. The British foreign office expressed complete solidarity with the US State Department in rejecting Russia's second peace talk offer.
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London
US State Department
Russia
United States
AP to dramatize 10 biggest stories on NBC broadcast
The 100th anniversary of the Associated Press will be observed with a special NBC program next Sunday at noon. AP Executive Editor Alan J. Gould will speak as the news cooperative marks a century of news with dramatizations of ten major events. The list includes the gold rush westward expansion, the War Between the States, Franco-Prussian War and German empire, the Spanish-American War, Marconi and the science century, World War I, and the abdication of Edward VIII.
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Associated Press
NBC
Alan J. Gould
News
America
Marconi
Edward VIII
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