New Look Bird May Preview Turkey’s Future
FOTO FACTS previews a so called New Look Bird with plans from an NEA artist. Rex Conn explains it’s a speculative gag about future turkeys and its impact on farms like Maplecrest Turkey Farms in Wellman. Gus Schrader recalls a joke about turkey anatomy while noting a shift in wing design and wishbone usefulness.
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Rex Conn
Gazette
Maplecrest Turkey Farms
Wellman
Gus Schrader
Gazette Sports
The New Bird Plans and Family Thanksgiving Tricks
The piece riffs on holiday turkey rituals and playful improvements such as extra wishbones and drumsticks for families and pets. It imagines a suction cup carving aid to prevent slips and even jokes about training a turkey to flop over.
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Papa
Shmoos
Jeweler Refuses Tax Collector Role in Ontario
Pembroke Ontario jeweler George Simpson announced he would sell his wares tax free starting Monday. He said he was sick of acting as tax collector for the government and would repay the government out of his own pocket if caught within 10 days. If not, he would continue until brought to trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pembroke
Ont
George Simpson
Vandenberg Proposes 90 Percent Rule for Emergency Vote
Senator Vandenberg calls for a rule change to force national emergency legislation to an immediate vote if 90 percent of those voting favor action. He says the proposal aims to curb filibuster paralysis during crises while avoiding hampering free debate. He stresses the measure is for urgent welfare needs, not civil rights fights.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
Congress
Deadlines Set for Pacific Area Yale Mail Reach
The navy announced Christmas mail deadlines for Pacific area personnel. Letters to China Japan and the Philippines should reach the fleet post office in San Francisco by December 5.
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Pacific Area
Yale Mail
Washington
Navy
Pacific
Fleet Post Office
San Francisco
China
Japan
Philip
Military assignments listed for Pacific islands
Pines Okinawa and Truk Peleliu appear in a Cedar Rapids Gazette brief noting transfer or scheduling of duties. The report lists Guam Saipan Kwajalein Samoa Hawaii and Midway with dates in December and November 1948.
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Pines
Okinawa
Truk
Peleliu
Cedar Rapids
Mon
Guam
Saipan
Kwajalein
Samoa
Hawaii
Midway
New York Truck Drivers Strike Ties Up Freight
About 2,000 AFL Teamsters truck drivers who haul railroad freight walked out in New York on Monday affecting 300 small firms. They demanded a 22.5 cent hourly raise while owners offered 20.5 cents, compounding a citywide disruption alongside a separate AFL longshoremen walkout.
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New York
AFL
Portland
Hampton Roads
AFL International Brotherhood of Teamsters
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Grandma
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Spacek, Distr
9Th Ave
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Glendora
V. 6. Block Co
Dial
Kenmore
SEARS
Third Ave
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
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