Marines In Korea O T Prefer Rations In State Of The Ee
The article explains front line soldiers in Korea favor ration lists such as First Marines and PX items. It notes preferred snacks like tuna sandwiches and dried prunes with sugar cubes, canned foods, and daily confections. It mentions cigarettes, candles, flashlights, batteries, bulbs, and stationery as common needs. Air mail reach is about eight or nine days, parcel post about a month with special handling for faster service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
I Remember by the Old Timers recollections
Readers share memories from past rural life from various states including Minnesota Texas Colorado Ohio and West Virginia reminiscences cover oxen teams water breaks house to house singing hops for bread bed straw wash days and a note on old style railroad talk
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Petty
Goldshale
Texas
European workers live and study in U.S. under MSA program
A pilot group of 300 European workers is living, working, and studying in six American college communities under the Mutual Security Agency program. They will help counter communist propaganda by experiencing life in the United States while training for future placements.
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Washington
Our
U.S.A
Uful
United States
Mutual Security Agency
MSA
Our Town
Free Europe
American International College
Springfield
Mass
Bridgeport University
Bridgeport
Man Overcomes Despair by Helping Others
Miss Marguerite Perry recalls a 14 year old boy whose nightmare of murder and suicide haunted him. Simple counsel to serve others, long hikes, and nightly exertion restored his sleep and hope. He later sang in church and studied engineering at university.
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Marguerite Perry
Clanton
Alabama
Alabama Baptist Children’s Home
Troy
John
Miss Perry
University
Aging Nomura Keeps Mystery Fire Alive in Japan
Tokyo's Kodo No mura nicknamed Conan Doyle of Japan for 340 plus Heiji detective tales. Nomura, 72, crafts new mystery fiction while also writing essays and lecturing. Heiji solves crimes with steady, melodramatic tales featuring Heiji and sidekick Hachigoro in Edo Tokyo setting.
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Earnest Hobbrecht
United Press
Tokyo
Kodo Nomura
Conan Doyle
Japan
Sherlock Holmes
Nomura
Shigeru Yoshida
Yedo
Heiji
Hachigoro
Back-Seat Driver Has Good Points
Motor vehicle executive L. S. Harris lauds back seat questions to keep drivers alert and urges coffee stops for safety. He cites New York University data on the split second decisions and lists five rules for safer summer motoring including rest, fresh air, coffee breaks, light conversation, and pulling off to sleep if doubt arises.
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L. S. Harris
American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators
Har‘ris
New York University
Safety Center
New York City
Harris
Year Round Tomatoes Claim From Australian Botanist
An Australian botanist, Gilbert Pritchard, curator at Portland Botanic Gardens, reports a method to grow tomatoes year round by grafting onto kangaroo apple roots. The grafted plants resist frost and wind better, grow bigger, and the fruit remains unaffected. Plants may live three years in a glasshouse, longer outdoors with space.
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Gilbert Pritchard
Botanic Gardens
Portland
Victoria
Pritchard
Helicopter Buses Predicted for Australia
Ian Holyman son of Australian National Airways managing director recently returned from world tour suggests helicopters with eight to twenty passengers could replace buses on outer routes in Melbourne and Sydney. Holyman trained under ANA cadetship, studied airline operation globally and outlined a six year training path ending with overseas tours.
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Melbourne
Sydney
Ian Holyman
Australian National Airways
Holyman
A.N.A
Malaya
Siam
Indo-China
Europe
Britain
United States
Bucksport Bachelor Ball aims to raise marriage rate
In Bucksport Maine the Bachelor Ball drew more than 200 attendees including bachelors, bachelor girls and married couples at the high school gym. Civic groups sponsored the event to encourage young people to marry and boost the marriage rate, though no definite outcome was reported.
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Bucksport
Submarine warfare may decide future wars says Canadian navy
Ottawa report quotes Vice Admiral Mainguy stating antisubmarine power could determine victory in a third world war. He notes Soviet submarine strength is 300 to 400 vessels with rapid expansion, faster designs, and calls for heavy emphasis on protecting sea lanes and developing countermeasures against underwater threats.
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John Alius
U. P
Ottawa
U.P
E. R. Mainguy
David Bushnell
New York
Charleston
N. C
Israelis Laugh Amid Troubles and Navy Tale
A Haifa bound sailor recalls orders to save shells to the letter and reflects on naval duties amid Israel economic strains. The piece blends wartime bravado with humor about currency shortages and national optimism versus pessimism, ending with a Canada Britain Isles contrast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tel Aviv
U.P
Haifa
United States
Gibraltar
Israel
Bees Loose at Post Office Stampede Through Busy Day
Charles W. Rittenhouse, mail superintendent, faced a buzzing chaos as 3,000 bees shipped to A. R. Reigieman of Kirtland escaped. Reigieman arrived to quiet the swarm while postal workers watched. Only one man suffered a sting.
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Willoughby
U.P
Charles W. Rittenhouse
A. R. Reigieman
Kirtland
Reigieman
Rittenhouse
Fragmentary note on a man’s dyspeptic views of insects
A garbled line portrays a “civilized man” who eats fish crabs oysters snails and eggs while scorning insects as Hottentots and calling a plague manna from heaven. The fragment hints at prejudiced language and misapplied comparisons.
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Heven
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