Queen Elizabeth sets Oct 16 maiden voyage after reconversion
The Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth, 83,763 tons, resumes service from Southampton to New York on October 16 with return October 25. War refurbishments replaced, decks relaid, 21,000 furniture pieces, 4,500 tail sets, 10 miles of carpets, and 10 miles of cables. One way fares start at 165 dollars for tourist class and 365 dollars for first class.
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New York
Cunard
Southampton
Atlantic
Cunard Line
United States
Australia
One-man School Expands as Veterans Flock for Ratings
Dr. John C. Unger leads a statewide effort turning the state house senate chamber into a two hour test center. About 2,318 veterans earned high school equivalency certificates in 10 weeks with credits for service training. The program aids job applications and college entrance, testing grammar math science literature and social studies. The oldest candidate was 47 and the youngest 19.
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Denver
Colo
John C. Unger
Colorado
Senate Chamber
State House
Veterans’ Administration and Armed Forces Institute
Unger
Trinidad
Camp Carson
Colorado Springs
Lowry Field
Fitzsimmons General Hospital
Kansas Sun's Rays Ignite Glass on Bag
Topeka report describes a heat wave with temperatures at 105 degrees as Deora Lanham awaited a bus. The sun's rays were blamed for igniting a glass handle on her purse, causing a small fire and attention to extreme heat dangers.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Deora Lanham
Wedding Drinks Tip Most Britons Off Wagon
London report finds weddings as the main trigger for tipping alkies off the wagon. A survey by the British Temperance League of 1200 respondents from varied professions lists toasting at weddings loneliness not wishing to be different and pleasure of the drinking group as top causes.
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London
British Temperance League
Tipplers
Herbert Jones
League
Apathy of Parents Blamed for School System Flaws
Public school teachers from across the nation urge parental education and involvement to fix flaws in the U S education system. They cite regional gaps in understanding school problems, facilities, and funding, and call for stronger parent teacher associations and greater public support to improve salaries and resources.
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WIU
United States
Columbia University
Midwest
South
East
Detroit
Helen Gilmartin
Mary E. Evans
Booker T. Washington School
Richmond
E. H. Ralls
Thankful Elementary
North Wilkesburo
N. C
Robert K. Stuart
la Moille Central Academy
Hyde Park
Stuart
Postwar Aviation Boom Drives Record Orders and Growth
Postwar aviation, the year after V J Day, shows the busiest period in four decades. Civil and military orders total over a billion dollars with personnel near quadruple prewar levels. Civil aircraft output surges to 3 000 in July as private planes double from 32 480 to over 60 000. Farmers buy planes at 33 44 percent above urban buyers, using them for spraying, irrigation, hunting, herd management, and wildlife control.
Troubles Multiply For Farm Family In Colo
Greeley Colorado reports the Louis Andolsek family faced a series of accidents when Ed Andolsek struck a 7000 volt line with a haystacker and was pinned to the wire. The father, then John, and a brother in law John Adams all suffered burn injuries while rescuing him. An hour later Ed’s wife was rushed to hospital with acute appendicitis. All are said to be recovering.
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Ed Andolsek
John
John Adams
John Andolsek
Andelseks
Unmentionables Missing From Clothesline in Great Falls
In Great Falls Montana a theft report notes a woman’s nylons rayons slips and six other items vanished from a clothesline. A pair of footprints suggests a female suspect may be linked to the scene.
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Great Falls
Mont
Town Still Claims No Nighttime Fires
PAULS VALLEY OKLA Nighttime fires are rare in this town. At 145 a.m. volunteers raced to a mattress factory where smoke poured from the building. Firefighters found a factory employee smoking mosquitoes indoors as they entered.
Air Transport Association Proposes New Airport Classification
The Air Transport Association proposes a system rating airports by operations per hour. The manual on selection and layout of airports is the first of six presenting scheduled airlines viewpoints on required facilities. A second manual on airport lighting facilities is ready for distribution as part of ATA's program to tackle current operations problems.
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Air Transport Association
Washington Digest: Busy Capitol Despite Summer Slump
The piece notes Washington remains active after Labor Day with busy House and Senate offices as well as White House and State Department. It cites ongoing probes, diplomacy over Yugoslavia and Russia, and measures by the OPA while cartoonist Herblock comments on summer lethargy. Old Hickory propels reflections on leadership and national resolve.
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WNY Service
Eye Street
N.W
Washington, D. C
Washington
Herblock
Washington Post
Herb
Capitol
House
Senate
White House
State Department
Jackson
Lafayette Park
New Orleans
Europe
United States
Andy Jackson
Great Britain
Andy
Congress
William Kiplinger
Willard Hotel
Pennsylvania Ave
14Th Street
Hill
Paris
Yugoslavia
Russia
Dardanelles
Department of Justice
Mead Committee
OPA
Prices and policy mix in wartime controls amid public debate
A reader questions OPA price controls after Congress reshaped the act to require higher prices, arguing profits and wages fueled inflation. The note asks who caused high prices: producers on contracts or workers with higher pay. A new pest control rival to DDT is noted, promising a week to ten days of pest-free results.
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New Orleans
White House
Potomac
Pentagon
Atlantic
Europe
Lafayette Park
United States
Andy
OPA
Congress
Barbs and Pranks Show Loose News Snippets
A Houston boy earns 25 dollars from a magazine for his life as a German prisoner after his essay was salvaged by his sister. A pet shop monkey tears up letters with bills but spares the check. A hitchhiking snake in a plane forces a landing, prompting light remarks on thumbs.
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Publishers
Houston
Crocheted Butterfly Pineapple Chair Set Pattern Notice
Public notice offering the Giant Butterfly Chair Set pattern No. 5155 with enlarged photographic detail. Send 20 cents plus name address and pattern number to obtain complete crocheting instructions.
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