The Magic of Believing by Claude M Bristol
A compact study of suggestion and belief linking Rockne's pep talks to market mood and mass fear. It argues thoughts shape outcomes, from war and finance to superstition, ritual, and visualization guiding subconscious action.
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Claude M. Bristol
Knute Rockne
Notre Dame
Rockne
Fielding Yost
Michigan
Dan McGugin
Vanderbilt
Herbert Crisler
Princeton
Gonzaga University
Washington State
Mike Pecaro
Gonzaga
Mike Pecaarovich
Ireland Increases Planting of Trees
Cork correspondent reports Ireland plans to raise tree planting to 25 000 acres annually and maintain that pace until one million acres are planted. The effort follows decades of timber scarcity with wartime wood consumption at sixty percent of softwood stock and highlights strong tree farms in County Wicklow.
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Cork
Ireland
County Wicklow
Repair Any Make Watch or Clock 1 Year Guarantee
Repair service offers 12 month guarantee on fixing any make watch or clock. Prompt turnaround and parts included where applicable. Details vary by model and diagnosis.
Five Montgomery officials indicted in election irregularities
A Montgomery County grand jury indicted five election officials for certifying a false election return. Indicted are John Monroe Precinct 1 election judge Willis, W. D. Pangburn tabulator Willis, John Williamson tabulator Willis, Virgil Gilliland Precinct 20 Monroe, and Ross Wells Splendora tabulator. Sentences range two to five years. The report urged recounts, broader audit of all boxes, and reform of absentee ballots. The probe follows earlier indictments over absentee ballots.
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Conroe
Montgomery
Ernest Coker
Ninth District Court
John Monroe
Willis
W. D. Pangburn
John Williamson
Virgil Gilliland
Monroe
Ross Wells
Splendora
Coker
Montgomery County
Japanese War Criminal Dies
Tokyo reports former Japanese prime minister Koiso Ku niaki, 76, died in an American Army hospital of a chest tumor while serving a life sentence. He succeeded Hideki Tojo as premier during the war and had been in Sugamo Prison after Tojo’s execution. Koiso was admitted to the 361st Hospital in October.
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Tokyo
Kuniaki Koiso
Koiso
Hideki Tojo
Tojo
Sugamo
Aviation Trophy To B-50 Crew
The Mackay trophy, a top aeronautical award, will be presented Tuesday to the crew of the B-50 bomber Lucky Lady II for its 1949 globe circling 94 hour flight. Fourteen Air Force men aboard the plane share the honor, including Captain James H. Morris of San Antonio as third pilot and Staff Sgt. Robert R. McElroy of Alvarado as radio operator.
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Tucson
Ariz
Globe
Air Force
James H. Morris
San Antonio
Robert R. McElroy
Alvarado
Fox Roams Coal Ville Streets With Owner’s Pet Bond
Mrs. Lillie Mabe walks her five year old red fox through Coal Ville England. The animal roams streets and enjoys free run of the house and garden without a leash.
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Lillie Mabe
Coal Ville
England
What They Write Loses Billfold
A note from Mrs. Maxine Cunningham of 720 Dover St Memphis Tex asks the finder of a billfold lost in Amarillo on Thursday November 1 to return it. The message says the billfold contained $17, a driver's license and Social Security papers and requests the money be kept and the papers returned, with contact by phone 52 W or mail.
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Amarillo
Kress
Yellow quilted bedspread lost near Wolflin School
A reader reports a yellow quilted bedspread missing around Wolflin School on Tuesday Oct 31. A reward is offered for its return. Call 6789 or 3-9271.
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Wolflin School
SEEK RENT HOUSE
Dear Tack. Wonder if you would help find a house that rents reasonable, furnished or unfurnished. We have two babies, 2 and 3 years old. Guarantee good care. Phone 3-8206.
Lost puppy Tabou in Amarillo near South Grand
Tuesday, Oct 31, a small reddish brown dog part spitz and part pekingese slipped from a car in front of the post office or a grocery on South Grand. It answers to Tabou. Family seeks help to find it. call 3-1063 or write to Mrs. A M Jackson Route 2 Box 709 Amarillo.
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Tack
South Grand
Tabou
A. M. Jackson
Amarillo
Trade offer for brown leghorn rooster contact
A reader seeks to trade or sell a brown leghorn rooster and provides a contact phone number 3 8481 for interested buyers or traders to reach out.
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Tack
Borrowed kidney puts woman back on her feet
Chicago reports a dead woman's kidney transplanted into Mrs. Howard Tucker, 44, functioning but below par. The operation, described in the Journal of the American Medical Association, marks a potential frontier in whole organ transplantation. Tucker, who endured progressive polycystic kidney disease, was mobilized to attend a convention ten weeks post op.
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Chicago
Journal of the
American Merciiial Association
Howard Tucker
Presbyterian Hospital
Rockefeller Considered For Point Four Advisory Board Post
President Truman said Nelson Rockefeller may be named to a high post in the Point Four program for aid to underdeveloped countries. The White House later clarified that Rockefeller is under consideration for chairmanship of the advisory board, not managing director.
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Washington
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller Center, Inc
New York
Truman
Rockefeller
White House
China Communists target 24 million tons coal by 1953
The piece notes the Communist regime in China setting an ambitious coal production goal of 24,000,000 tons annually by 1953. It appears in a brief item alongside an advertisement slogan from Globe-News urging readers to use Want Ads for results.
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China
Phil Harris named mayor of Encino in jokey post
In Encino California the chamber of commerce selected comedian Phil Harris as mayor to fill the vacancy left by the death of Al Jolson. Harris will be inducted at the Encino all star show on December 1, a benefit for the community youth building. Jolson served a second term as unofficial mayor of the Los Angeles suburb before his death.
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Encino
Cal
Chamber of Commerce
Phil Harris
al Jolson
Harris
Jolson
Los Angeles
Water report notes water sufficient for crops except NM reservoirs
The Reclamation Bureau said on November 3 that Texas New Mexico Colorado and Oklahoma crops have not suffered from water scarcity this year. The exception is Elephant Butte and Caballo reservoirs in New Mexico on the Rio Grande with only 376,500 acre feet of water, far below last year’s 782,300.
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Washington
Reclamation Bureau
Texas
New Mexico
Colorado
Oklahoma
Elephant Butte
Caballo
Rio Grande
Shrimpers Begin 10 Day Texas Gulf Coast Holiday
About 150 local shrimpers take a voluntary 10 day layoff from Sabine to Brownsville to ease a glut after unusually strong recent catches that swamped freezing plants. A spokesman noted the break starts Wednesday and aims to balance market supply.
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Brownsville
Sabine
Mirror Lets Drivers See Around Corner
A large mounted mirror at a blind T intersection in rural Ohio prevents wrecks. Set about four feet high at the right angle, it lets drivers glimpse around the corner. No accidents have occurred at the junction since its installation four years ago.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
West Indies woman makes living from a hen’s gift egg
A neighbor’s nesting hen produced an egg that, through successive transactions, funded a comfortable living for a West Indies woman today.
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West Indies
Minnie Loses 1 000 Points In Canasta Lesson
Oswald Jacoby recounts a Canasta hand in which Minnie the Medier discards aces and, despite two canastas on George's side, ends with a near thousand point loss for her team. Analysis suggests better play would have allowed Minnie and Hold-up Harry to control discards and go out earlier, reversing the outcome.
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Oswald Jacoby
Minnie the Medier
Minnie
Harry
George
Theater Owner Appeals Film Ban After Fines
In Beaumont on November 2, attorney Robert H. Park said the appeal of a $200 fine against Marshall theater manager W. L. Gelling for screening Pinky will go to the state criminal appeals court and, if needed, to the US Supreme Court. Gelling defied Marshall censorship board ruling that the film was prejudicial to Marshall's interests. he was jailed February 15 and fined.
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Avondale
Marion Jones
Tyler
Hubert Cole
Thek
Orson Wells
Mercury Theater Players
H. G. Wells
Mars
Jersey
British Columbia
Henry Danciger
IM Mthe Aead and
Bulova Watch Companies
Seevi
Webster
Blackburn
Shaw
Pierce
Aviation Trophy
Ridgerunners
Meebe
Marquette
Msfadden
Globe-News
Sala Ate
Deason
Dial
Koehler
Bray
West
6Th Avenue
Rey
Amarillo National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Cooperation
the Panhandle
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