Derby Track to Aid Louisville Medical College
Phillips Churchill Downs plans a Derby fundraiser for Louisville medical college with Colonel Matt Winn leading the effort. The column imagines stethoscopes, sedatives, and exam day traditions mixing with racing, presenting a humorous take on linking horse racing to medicine.
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Churchill Downs
Louisville Medical College
Dr. Kildare
Downs
O. R
Derek
School of Medicine
Derby
Churchill
Canam
Nation Alters Former Habits In Dollar Use
University of Illinois economist Margaret Reid analyzes a Federal Reserve survey showing postwar 1948 savers rising among the rich, with the poor accumulating less wealth and the middle groups holding, while overall spending slowed as saving increased. Spending trailed income after the war, with 7 percent saved of disposable income in 1948, below prewar levels.
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Chicago
Margaret Reid
University of Illinois
Federal Reserve Board
Economist
Business Review
Reid
Famed Wartime Swoose Flying Fortress Joined Smithsonian Museum
The World War II Swoose Flying Fortress bomber landed at Chicago Douglas field to join the Smithsonian air museum. Col. Frank Kurtz and five crew members, aboard for the final leg, were greeted by civic leaders as B-26 escorts from Illinois Air National Guard aided its arrival. Built in 1941 the Swoose fought in the Philippines and Australia until V-E Day.
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Chicago
Douglas
Smithsonian Institution
National Air Museum
Ilinois
Hamilton Field
Calif
Swoose
Philippine
Australia
Islands
Pearl Harbor
Britain's Own Sinatra Hits 42 and Causes a Buzz
London reports Britain's first homegrown crooner Donald Peers age 42 television star dubbed Cavalier of Song draws female fans with a light baritone voice. A BBC fixture after five broadcasts he inspires devotion with claimed personal magnetism though critics call his act corn. He has a 17 year old daughter and stands five feet six inches.
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London
Britain
Donald Peers
BBC
Bobby Sucksers
Peers
Donald
Linens Interest Easy Embroidery Pattern Boosts Charm
Linens Interest introduces an improved embroidery pattern to simplify needlework. The kit includes transfer charts photos and concise directions for projects ranging from 22 by 1 inches to 6 by 10 inches.
Quick Kitchen and Home Tips From the Era
Sliced bananas resist browning when spritzed or dipped in citrus juices including grapefruit orange lemon or pineapple. Rayon sharkskin garments iron more easily if chilled in the refrigerator first. Warming clothespins in the oven before hanging laundry helps keep fingers warm on a cold day. Inlaid linoleum should be waxed rather than varnished.
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Phillips
Matt Winn
Margaret Fishback
New Mexico
Shadda Haddim
Gulfstream
Jamaica
P. S
Iowa
Ye Gotham Bugle & Banner
South Pacific
North Atlantic
Peter Donald
Europe
Uncle Sam
Johnny Coy
Bronx
Steve Belloise
Belloise
Marcel Cerdan
St. Albans
Tommy Billings
St. Albans Naval Hospital
Tommy
Richard Gaillard
Senate
Truman
Tom Connally
Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
North Atlantic Alliance
Tromas
Herbert S. Miller
White House
Margaret Thors
United States
Winchester
Evarts
Robert McLain
Shirley Anne Martin
Syracuse
N. Y
St. Ann
Virgin Mary
Nation
Sewing Circle Needlecraft de
W. Randolph St
Yancey Laboratories, Inc
Uttle Rock
Arkansas
WNU
Kansas City
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