Washington Monument Welcomes 20 Millionth Visitor
Private First Class Taormina of Brooklyn New York is the 20,000,000th visitor to the Washington Monument. He is a Walter Reed Hospital patient and veteran who lost a hand in Belgium and France. Assistant Secretary Oscar L Chapman welcomed him and gave a guided tour as work on the shrine traces its 1885 dedication and 1888 public opening.
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Gay Gadgets for Parties From Old School Columns
A column describes party games like Blind Date Line Grab Bag Cold Wave and Mothball Mixer as playful crowd pleasers. It suggests pairing guests by chance, masking appearances, freezing on beat, and using rubber balls to switch partners for humorous results.
Young Author Rene Kuhn Wins Hopwood for 34 Charlton
Rene Kuhn at 22 wins the Major Hopwood prize for fiction 1944 for 34 Charlton a three generation New York tale. The Swarthmore College and Michigan alumna has also won a 1943 short story prize and writes from a family background of journalists and artists.
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Black market dollar soars in Chungking and Shanghai
The black market rate in Chungking jumped to 1800 Chinese dollars per U.S. dollar after China halted gold sales. The rate later dipped toward 1600 and rose to about 1700. In Japanese occupied Shanghai rice reached roughly 5600 dollars per pound amid inflation.
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Nuts About Nursing and Seamy Side of Life Readers Pick
Teen readers praise nursing as a dream career and rank Vera Croinin's Green Years among favorites. They also favor A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Forever Amber and The Robe while noting film adaptations and Hemingway in To Have and Have Not.
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Trixie Teen Advises Home Front Makeover
The columnist playfully chides readers about shabby living rooms from platter parties and crowded sofas. She urges more care and less wear if families hope to start a brighter Home Front.
Minute Make-Uns By Gabrielle Wear Eyeshadow To Match Jewels
Guide for coordinating eye makeup with jewelry and dress accents. Recommends emeralds with deep green shadow, black lashes tipped with green, sapphire tones with deep blue shadow, and blue mascara to fringe lashes. Ledger Syndicate WNU Features.
Wine surge promises plenty for Rhineland food shortage
Germans along the Rhine and Moselle face possible starvation this fall while wine output rises 50 percent above normal. Fully processed, the harvest will yield about 158 million quarts of wine as occupation authorities race to secure bottles and corks by October.
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Washington Digest on Truman Mettle Tests Domestic Unity
The piece analyzes how postwar diplomacy and the Big Three meetings affect Truman’s early presidency. It notes Hull and Vinson shaping foreign policy collaboration while domestic issues like civil rights and New Deal reforms test his ability to maintain party cohesion and public support.
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Barbs 59 Bankhage directs Senate radio operations in Washington
Under Harold McGrath the senate radio gallery oversaw catering and studio setup at conference HQ. Radio stations were accommodated and hundreds of recordings were mailed by air. FHA field offices now accept applications from private tending institutions for principal loan insurance with GI Bill loans backed by VA guarantees.
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