Jet Airliners Cross U S In Four Hours Dream Realized
An early preview describes jet airliners replacing propeller planes with 200 passengers aboard a sleek jet craft. It details jet exhaust, retracted gear, pressurized cabin at 8000 feet while cruising at 500 mph, and smooth flight from Los Angeles to New York over about three and a half hours.
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Coronet Magazine
Los Angeles
New York
Dayton
Ohio
la Guardia Field
Washington, D. C
National Memorial Stadium
Anacostia Park
Theodore Bilbo
Mississippi
Senate Commission
Cats and dog inherit large estate in dramatic will
George William Barbier, a character actor, left 2080 to Skippy the dog for life biscuits and bones and bequeathed two grand to the dog in return for the dog's comfort. Barbier's estate totals 175000 with the rest going to Skippy. A British cat with a white coat and a black mask and gloves also features in the tale.
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Skippy
Hollywood
George William Barbier
Barbier
Carrie
Naval P O Speeds Up Magazine Deliveries
The Navy expands bulk magazine shipments to 15000 kits weekly since August 1 1945 to deliver 32 titles per kit via fast surface mail and air where possible. The program reduces second class mail load and speeds reading material to forward areas, building on Army Special Service kit experience.
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Navy
America
Army Special Service Division
Lady Lumberjacks Work in Sawmills at MT Sterling
MT Sterling Illinois resident Peggy Martin 21 wields an ax and crosscut saw at a stave mill while Emmett Seybold’s wife operates an edger and runs a steam engine at her husband’s sawmill. The feature notes that local women are employed in heavy mill work.
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MT. Sterling
Ill
Paul Bunyan
Peggy
Martin
Emmett Seybold
Gay Gadgets and Rules for Jools Fashion Tricks
Fashion notes offer playful guidance on wearing jewelry in bold ways. Ear tops necklace ribbons and pins on pockets redefine style while joking about romance and daring looks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jools
Radio Active Atoms Used In Plant Experimentation
Scientists from the department of agriculture and the Ohio agricultural experiment station use cyclotron tagged atoms to trace chemical movement in plants. They hope to explain chlorophyll formation, starch to sugar transformation, and phosphorus movement by monitoring irradiated phosphorus and other elements with a Geiger counter.
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Department of Agriculture
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
J. D. Sayre
Agricultural Research Administration
Midriff Trouble Ends Banana Split Era
A humorous verse about abandoning a year of banana splits and malts due to weight gain. The speaker laments midriff trouble and questions how to wear a bathing suit with a split garment as the scale presents a riddle.
Gloomy teen fashion warned against by Trixie
Trixie Teen quips about sophisticate looks and weary attitudes in girls. She notes that enthusiasm suits youth and mocks the trend of the worldy worn weariness, warning juniors against the mood of the Gloom and Bored lifestyle.
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Trixie Teen
van Johnson
Minute Make-Ups By Gabrielle
A simple beauty masque recipe blends oatmeal rose water and glycerine. Mix until smooth and apply to damp skin for about twenty minutes for a home treatment.
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Ledger Syndicate
WNU
Reds Order Gold Coins Turned in by Germans
Berlin radio reports the Soviet military administration in Germany ordered all firms and institutions in Russian occupied areas to surrender to the state bank all gold and silver coins and wares, foreign bank notes and coins, and currency issued in former German territories.
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London
Berlin
Germany
Washington Digest: Europe Needs More Food Imports
A Washington digest discusses Europe's postwar food gap, noting Europe will need about 25 percent more food and textiles next year. It compares wartime and peacetime production, explains Europe’s limited self-sufficiency, and stresses continued U.S. role in supplying protein foods and dairy as Britain shows higher efficiency under tighter rationing.
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Maryland
Washington
United States
Europe
Department of Agriculture
Canada
England
America
Britain
Iowa
Indiana
Texas
Maine
Idaho
Wisconsin
New York State
District of Columbia
George Washington University
Barbs and Blunt Jabs at Surrender Day Attentions
The piece mocks surrender day at the White House with pointed epigrams and jokes about officials disappearing. It questions reconversion and redeployment, hinting at reemployment delays and noting a silk hose salesman and a retired auto salesman visiting after surrender day.
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White House
State Department
Byrnes
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Kitty and
Naval P.O
By Nancy Pepper
King Cole
Gabrielle
Oatareal
Telefact
Ives
CBS
Washington Digest
Baukhage
Eye Street
Bankhage
Great Falls Meat CO
Great Falls
Montana
Billbnogs
Jess
Central Avenue
West
Leggat Hotel
Butte
Acme Hotel
Loretta Rice
Billings On Broadway
WA. Mitchell
Main Street
Miles City
Moot
Hedle
3Rd St. Ss
Montaca
B. F. Goodrich
China
Begoodrich
Soretone
McKesson & Robbins
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lydia
Ave
Doans
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