Drought Rains Offer Relief and Price Shifts
Rain across New England and parts of the South eased the drought for remaining corn, tobacco, cotton, and vegetables, while triggering higher prices and scare buying in canned fruits and vegetables. The Commerce Department notes no broad business slump yet, and federal relief programs expand drought-area eligibility.
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Windsor
Judge Seeks Lost Word in Old Court Dictionary
In a North London court, Judge Frank Powell struggled with the word ambivalent while reading a report about a girl. The 1856 court dictionary lacked the term, prompting a quip about its dustiness. A modern psychiatric source defines ambivalence as contrasting emotions held toward the same person.
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London
Frank Powell
La Crescent Youth Wins The J. T. Gillick Scholarship
Leonard B. Fowler of La Crescent Minnesota won The J. T. Gillick Scholarship sponsored by the Milwaukee Road for railroad employee sons. Fowler, 17, is the son of Ernest F. Fowler a signal maintainer. the scholarship honors James T. Gillick, retired vice president in 1948 after 62 years. Winner may attend any four year college or university. The article also notes watermelon production across Florida Georgia Texas South Carolina Missouri and Arizona.
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Chicago
Milwaukee Road
Leonard B. Fowler
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Ernest F. Fowler
Carl J. Kuehnert
J. T. Gillick
James T. Gillick
Glencoe
Treasure Hunt Ends in Prescott Ark Publicity Stunt
A hidden $84 treasure found in Prescott by Mrs. Gus McCaskill ending a month and a half of town chaos caused by KXAPF publicity stunt. Radio station manager L B Tooley said over 500 people gathered in the city park after the discovery.
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Gus McCaskill
L. B. Tooley
He's Last Cowboy in New York Bronx
Harry Abramowitz a Bronx settler nicknamed the last cowboy runs a scattered ranch in the borough. In a three story stable he houses 43 horses 12 goats and a dog while five lots hold wagons of many types for rent advertising bond rallies parades and other events. He started in 1910 buying 64 carriages from a Vanderbilt family member for 50 dollars.
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New York
Harry
Hopalong
Abramowitz
Bronx
Vanderbilt J Family
Stevenson to Meet Truman and Cabinet Next Tuesday
Governor Stevenson will visit Washington to sit in on a meeting with President Truman and the Cabinet. The session offers Stevenson a chance to assess Cabinet members and discuss campaign strategy while keeping distance from full identification with Truman. The White House gathering aims to solidify Stevenson’s national profile and address concerns about his Chicago convention prestige and relative public recognition.
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Stevenson
White House
Truman
Roosevelt
Chicago
Nllinois
Springfield
B29s Destroy More Than 90 Percent At NK Gold Mine
Far East Air Forces said its B29 Superforts destroyed more than 90 percent of buildings linked to North Korea's Hoechang gold mine in a raid Tuesday night. The strike targeted mine and ore processing facilities 34 miles east of Pyongyang, the first attack on the site noted for funding war materiel.
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Tokyo
Far East Air Forces
North Korea
Hoechang
Pyongyang
Can't See Trees for the Limbs in Hagerstown
In Hagerstown Maryland P Women in bare legs have been drawing too much attention. The article notes competition from these feminine participants and discusses local reactions and implications for women's sports coverage.
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Hagerstown, Md
Athletes Foot Cure Ad Claims One Hour Result
An old advertisement touts a fungicide named T-4-L sold at K. O. Wold drug store promising to kill athlete’s foot fungi on contact within one hour. The copy emphasizes sloughing off outer skin and quick, greaseless, instant-drying action.
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K. O. Wold
City Parks Beautified by Park Board Order
The park board plans to clear public parks of women in shorts, stating the only limbs allowed are those on trees. Paul L. Snyder, board chairman, leads the push to enforce this order.
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Park Board
Paul L. Snyder
Bernies Accuses Rose of Fabrication in Libel Writ
Beverly Hills California Mrs Ben Bernie seeks arrest of showman Billy Rose in a municipal court warrant claiming he presented an affidavit by her former maid accusing her and Eleanor Holm of improper conduct. The district attorney may not extradite Rose from New York but a California arrest is possible if he visits.
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Calif
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Billy Rose
Eleanor Holm
Rose
Bernie
District Attorney's
New York
California
Alberta Jones
Los Angeles
Joyce Matthews
Milton Berle
Herman Bernie
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Shackled Wife Divorce Granted in Hamburg Case
In Hamburg a night watchman’s wife won a divorce proving he tied her to the bed nightly for six weeks to bar her from leaving. The court dismissed any claim of consent or mutual agreement and granted the separation based on abuse and coercion.
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Hamburg
Germany
How To Hold FALSE TEETH More Firmly in Place
Do your false teeth slip or wobble while you eat or talk Try FASTEETH sprinkled on plates This alkaline powder holds teeth firmly with no gummy taste It also helps control denture odor Get FASTEETH at any drug store.
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