No Argument On Date for Thanksgiving
The article notes there is no dispute over the Thanksgiving date this year, since four Thursdays exist in November, making the holiday fall on the last Thursday. It traces the 1939 to 1941 shifts urged by President Roosevelt to aid Christmas shopping, the 1941 federal standard, and current status pending final authority between Congress and states. It also reports turkey supply estimates and per person consumption, with military demand being down.
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Ashington
Congress
Tennessee
Arkansas
Roosevelt
Lincoln
House
U. S. Supreme Court
Turkey
Japan
Washington
International Association of Machinists
IAM
AFL
The
Carpenters
Harvey Brown
Illinois defines a college student in odd terms
Champaign Illinois dispatch reports University of Illinois president George Dinsmore Stoddard defining a college student as an otherwise qualified person who has housing and can arrange for a teacher, highlighting shortages of instructors and classroom housing.
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Champaign, Ill
University of Illinois
George Dinsmore Stoddard
Miss Cedar Rapids of 1946 Evelyn Berry Crowned
Evelyn Berry a 19 year old five foot six and a half inch Cedar Rapids girl wins Miss Cedar Rapids 1946 at the Policemen’s ball in the Memorial Coliseum. Kathryn Barrier named as runner up and Dick Kemp her fiancé in the army cannot attend the presentation.
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Evelyn Berry
Policemen
Cedar Rapids
Tenth Street
Tommy Tucker
L. N. Bruce
Leland Nelson
Dance Committee
Miss Berry
Dick Kemp
Camp Stoneham
Calif
High Seas
Public Safety
Gordon Hughes
Policemen’s Protective Association
Barker
Heroine of Plane Crash Honored for Bravery
Violet H. Ulen, 43, of Washington, survivor of a fatal plane crash on Glade Mountain Virginia, crawled seven hours in freezing rain to find help for three exposed passengers. She endured fractures and frostbite and received a bronze medal from the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission among 32 honorees.
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Pittsburgh
Violet H. Ulen
Washington
Ulen
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Glade Mountain
Virginia
McKinley Teacher Appointed to Education Association Post
Miss Ruth Griffith of McKinley high school has been named state cir of the United Business Education Association a division of the National Education Association. The group promotes better business training in public schools after merging the National Council for Business Education with the NEA department of business education.
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Ruth Griffith
McKinley High School
United Business Education Association
National Education Association
National Council For Business Education
NEA Department of Business Education
Woman Kills Another On Downtown Street
Mrs. Virginia M. Boston 26 was fatally shot on a busy Pawtucket street by an unidentified woman. Eyewitnesses say the killer accused Boston of undue friendship with the attacker’s husband, fired three times, and fled into the crowd.
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Pawtucket
R. I
INS
Virginia M. Boston
Boston
Looking Ahead to Winter Contracts and Industry News
The World staff reports John Lewis aims to shift contract talks with coal operators to winter, hoping a strike threat strengthens leverage. Also notes Camus predicting a bumper French brandy year, optimism about champagne, and US economic forecasts with warnings of a minor 1947 setback.
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Ashington
John Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Operatiee
Paris
Michel Camus
Optometrists Hear Chicago Lecturers at Iowa Meeting
Iowa chapter of the American Academy of Optometry meets in Cedar Rapids with James H. Grout D D S from Chicago and Fay M. Whitsell M D from Chicago as speakers. Grout discusses astigmatism correction and latest eye examination techniques at Northern Illinois College of Optometry Monday. Whitsell covers glaucoma diagnosis, fundus pathology, and eye surgery with color film demonstrations on Tuesday. Banquet in Roosevelt hotel Monday night followed by a business session. Cedar Rapids doctors Warkentine Grim Hayes Wheelock lead the executive council of the statewide optometry group.
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James H. Grout
D.os
Iowa
American Academy of Optometry
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Hotel
Fay M. Whitsell
Chicago
Grout
Northern Illinois College of Optometry
Whitsell
American Academy of Ophthalmology
Army Medical Corps
George H. Warkentine
Dawson E. Grim
Ralph J. Hayes
Harlan
Arthur P. Wheelock
Des Moines
Japan To Break Feudal Estates Into Individual Holdings
TOKYO farm commissions to be elected Tuesday aim to partition Japan's feudal estates into individual holdings up to 7.35 acres. The work will take two years. NEW YORK consultants for 48 state education departments plan consolidation of schools into one to six teacher buildings with 12 grade structures. Local boards choose the type that fits.
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Tokyo
Japan
New York
Nuernberg Trial Game Fatal to German Child
In Kiel a German child playing a game titled Nuernberg trials was accidentally hanged when the group proclaimed a death sentence and hung him from a lamp post. The mother cut him down but his neck was broken.
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Hamburg
News Guardian
Nuernberg
Kiel
Vaudeville Influences Hawaiian Campaigns Before Election Day
The article notes how Hawaiin campaigns blend music and spectacle with ukeleles hula and leis. It highlights candidates adopting Hawaiian names and using local speech to appeal to voters while entertainers perform during speeches. The piece contrasts showy campaigns with serious contenders.
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Hawaii
Islands
Sam
Labor unions prepare action over high cost of living
In Dublin unions plan protest and labor action as wartime wage controls have expired after setting price and wage limits. The end of the wartime order removes wage pegs, prompting organized response to cost pressures.
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Dublin
Newman Company Marks 75 Years In Retail History
The Newman Company celebrates 75 years since founder Joseph Newman began selling wares with a pack. Now four stores in Joplin Missouri Enid Oklahoma Pittsburg Kansas Cedar Rapids Iowa plus New York Chicago St Louis and LA buying offices and 800 employees. A merchandising festival throughout the month honors the diamond jubilee.
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Newman Company
Joseph Newman
America
B. J. Newburger
Harrisburg
Pierce City
Newman's
Newman
Albert
Sol
Milton
G. F. Newburger
Joplin
Enid
Okla
Pittsburg
Kan
Cedar Rapids
Ounders
Pittsburgh
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Los Angeles
Carl Ettinger
Nine Nabbed for Plotting Overthrow in Venezuela
The interior ministry in Caracas says nine people were arrested for plotting to overthrow the Venezuelan government. The plot, uncovered before last Sunday's elections, involved two former presidents in exile in the United States. Authorities say arrests were delayed to avoid unnecessary alarm before the vote.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Ministry - the Interior
United States
Soap Fracas at Columbus Store Ends When Stock Clears
About 35 women mob a Columbus chain store stock bay in a rush for scarce soap flakes. In the scramble one woman loses a tooth before the crowd disperses after the flakes sell out.
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Columbus
Ohio
Stock Bay
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