Teen-Ager Gets Hollywood Trip
Sixteen-year-old Suzanne Tracy of Milwaukee visits California for the first time and her reaction to Hollywood is a steady stream of Jeepers. She compares Hollywood and Vine to downtown Milwaukee and questions where the stars are while watching a passing convertible with a presumed movie star inside.
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Hollywood
Suzanne Tracy
Milwaukee
Wis
California
Vine
Suzanne
Hada
Hadacol touted as cure for nerves stomachs and more
A Baton Rouge reader-testimony extols HADACOL claiming relief from nervousness insomnia and poor appetite after vitamin B1 B2 niacin and iron deficiency. The ad pitches trial and family sizes with prices 1.25 and 3.50 and urges refusing substitutes.
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Flavia C. Kaufman
70Th Ave
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Mildred Gore
Hadacol
Adv
The
LeBlanc Corporation
War Notebook From Korea Details Red Tactics And Soldier Attitudes
Hal Boyles field report describes North Korean use of South Korean recruits, frontline artillery accuracy, and the aim to stabilize lines with proper reserves. It notes atrocity claims, prisoner treatment, and contrasting views of older noncoms versus younger soldiers. The piece also captures mood, cinema glimpses, and quiet countryside sounds amid the conflict.
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Hal Boyle
U. S
Korea
Red Army
James W. Snee
Wilkes Barre
South
Lin Antia Thea
Dic Sai
Joe
Snee
Government family allowances debated as wartime aid returns
The proposal would restore and raise military family allowances with a wife given 75 dollars if 30 saved and 45 added by the government plus 25 per child while parents would receive support but siblings would not. The bill targets non commissioned and commissioned Army ranks, contrasts past laws, and notes changes since 1949 while addressing eligibility and draft age limits.
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Congress
House Armed Services Committee
Army
Alabama Press Association Opens Summer Session in Biloxi
Alabama newspapermen gather in Biloxi for a playful summer meeting of the Alabama Press Association. The session is billed all play and no work though one major business matter may be transacted over the weekend.
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Biloxi
Miss
Alabama
Alabama Press Association
Government allowances for WWII enlisted soldiers with families
The report explains during World War II the government gave allowances to armed forces members below commissioned ranks. It cites a private with a wife who had $22 of his monthly pay set aside as an example of these allotments.
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Washington
Dangers of Beryllium Poison in Modern Industry
A 1950 report outlines beryllium as a dangerous modern poison used in alloys and fluorescent light linings. It notes serious illness from handling broken beryllium linings, high mortality in animal tests, and unclear antidotes, while urging caution and further study.
Draft policy shifts as 100000 draftees expected
The text explains the draft system allowing only those without dependents to be drafted and deferment for dependents. It notes a change due to the Korean crisis, with voluntary enlistment failing to meet needs, and predicts about 100,000 draftees in the coming months as National Guard units are mobilized.
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Armed Services
National Guard
Cannon Shells Used as Door Stops Spark Warning in Khartoum
Suda government warns Khartoum residents after old artillery shells found in offices explode during building work. The shells date to the 1884-85 siege and are still kept as door stops in several buildings.
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Khartoum
Suda
Khartou
Guardsmen seek family allowance to ease service burden
The passage argues that many guardsmen and reservists have families who would suffer when the breadwinner is called to active service and urges the introduction of a family allowance to support them.
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Herman WN. Bundesen, M.D
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King
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