NO SHOPPING DAY BLUES Pin Money Saleswomen Use Cards
Thousands of home based saleswomen sell dresses suits and accessories to neighbors and friends using kits of cards with pictures and measurements. They work after chores and dinner and earn about thirty dollars weekly, with New York leading sales among cities and small towns interlinked by fashion through back home networks.
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New York
Detroit
Philip Meyers
Fashion Frocks Inc
Cincinnati
Meyers
Iowa
Oil man electrocuted when pole hits wire near Crane
Cecil Forbes, about 40, of McCamey, was electrocuted at an oil well location three miles southeast of Crane. He finished swabbing and was placing a gin pole on his truck when the metal pole struck a high voltage line. Forbes worked for McCamey Well Servicing Company and is survived by his wife, a son, and a daughter, all of McCamey.
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Crane
Cecil Forbes
McCamey
Forbes
J. T. McElroy
McCamey Well Servicing Company
Mrs Truman Donates White House Print at Roselle Park
Mrs Harry Truman’s gift to the Community Methodist Church women’s society was a print of the White House. It sold for 10.50 at the bazaar after bids led by Mrs Waldo Emerson White of Roselle Park. The gift answered a penny postcard appeal from Miss Mary Dennick.
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Roselle Park
N. J
Harry Truman
Women's Society
The
Community Methodist Church
White House
Washington
Waldo Emerson White
Mary Dennick
Father Son Presidents Adams Duo Sets United Record
John Adams and his son John Quincy Adams are the only father and son to have both served as presidents of the United States. The pair mark a unique political legacy in American history.
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John Adams
John Quincy Adams
The
Jurisdictional Row Involves Artists Unions
New York November 14. A clash among three artist unions triggers debate on who may perform in night clubs. Arthur Godfrey claims musicians on his program must not laugh or sing to avoid AFRA jurisdiction and higher pay. Meanwhile AFL musicians in four Midwest cities halt playing as the Variety Artists union asserts control over musician entertainers. Officials say the fight is sectional and not expected to spread.
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New York
Arthur Godfrey
American Federation of Radio Artists
AFRA
AFL Musicians Union
Godfrey
AFL
Midwestern
American Guild of Variety Artists
Lincoln
Omaha
Nebr
Des Moines
Iowa
Wichita
Kas
Variety Guild
Musicians Union
Expert Wheat Farmer To Aid French Farms
Thomas D. Campbell of Hardin Montana, a leading wheat producer, plans a three week trip to Africa to help France boost North African wheat output at no cost. He will be joined by his daughter Catherine and travel with State Department approval to demonstrate potential crop gains.
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New York
Thomas D. Campbell
Hardin, Mont
Campbell
Africa
Catherine
State Department
Soil Saving Meeting Slated in West Texas
The Burlington Lines sponsored third annual conservation tour heads to five West Texas towns this week with five meetings. The trek begins in Decatur Monday at 2 p m in the high school auditorium to press the need for soil conservation among residents along the line.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Burlington Lines
Decatur
Italian Reds Demand Dole From Aid Fund
The Italian Communist Party announces it will push to use Marshall Plan funds for a large winter dole and public works. Committees will present demands to Parliament as layoffs threaten workers’ living standards and as De Gasperi’s government faces pressure from American reactionaries.
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Dole
Rome
Italian Communist Party
Italy
Alcide de Gasperi
UT Fine Arts Fete Opens With Hungarian String Quartet
The Seven Annual Fine Arts Festival at the University of Texas begins Monday at 8 30 p m with a recital by the Hungarian String Quartet in the Music Building Recital Hall Prelude to the festival is an art faculty exhibit. Additional events include Piche organ recital English Duo Symphonic Band Glee Clubs and A Cappella Choir performances and the play She Stoops to Conquer in X Hall Tuesday through Saturday nights. The Hungarian ensemble features Szekely Moskowsky Kormanyi and Palo with works by Bartok Schubert Beethoven and Mozart.
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College of Fine Arts
University of Texas
Deergaren
Bernard Piche
X Hall
Europe
Zoltan Szekely
Alexander Moskowsky
Denes Kormxny
Vilmos Palo
US College Rolls Reach New Peak
Washington reports 2,410,000 students enrolled in American colleges this year, up 72,000 from prior records. War veteran students total 1,022,000, down 100,000 from last year as enrollments appear to plateau despite an all time high across 1,800 colleges and universities.
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Washington
Office of
Edication
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Downtown
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Tuy
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Piche
Montreal
Canada
United States
Royal Conservatory
Brussells
Paris
Viola Morris
Victoria Anderson
Lionel Electric Trains
Holgate and
Playskool Educational Toys
Schaffer’s “the Cardees Card Center
Armstrong
Areea
W. 6Th St
WML
Meltia
Freund-Gammon-Cuthbertson
Capital Stock Insurance
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