Vicksburg 4-H Girls Build Dressing Table Set
Abby Ellard Ada Holloway and Marjorie Nortom of Pistare high school 4-H club create a home economics project titled Making a Dressing Table. They build a peg table with a matching cloth skirt and stool, display the outfit in the school rest room, aided by Miss Maude Lee. The project showcases home crafts and weekly bedroom care and woodwork skills as part of 4-H club activities.
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Abby Ellard
Ada Holloway
Marjorie Nortom
Pistare High School
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Ihis
Demona i
Marjorie
Advar
Maude Lee
Coun
Vicksburg
Vicksburg Etd Gana “Ite
Holloway
Marjorie Fay Norton
Ing
Eagle
Island of Ceylon to woo travelers for Southeast Asia
Colombo awaits a three year push to lift tourism revenue from six million to around twenty million rupees as Cedric Senaratna outlines a bold plan. The drive includes a large advertising blitz, better hotels and resthouses, cleanup of hawkers, and campaigns to attract Americans via Saudi Arabia oilfield workers' holidays. Stopovers by visiting ships are sought, with 400 arrivals every two months targeted at Nuwara Eliya. The program covers resthouse expansion offering meals and lodging at about 20 rupees daily.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Britain
Southeast Asia
Tourig
Saudi Arabia
Cedric Senaratna
Nuwara Eliya
Senarantna
Passene
Qlsate
Is- Pr
Dothan Area Shows Steady December Business Activity
December activity in the Dothan area remained solid with bank debits totaling 14,939,000, up 1.1 percent from November and 11 percent from December 1947. Savings, postal receipts, and mortgage counts showed mixed movements amid an overall upward trend for 1948, while unemployment filings rose as applications outpaced placements.
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Dothan
University of Alabama
Bureau of Busines Research
Houston County
Alabama State Employment Service
Two Men On Trial In Pensacola Narcotics Ring
Clifford Brewer and Clyde James faced trial on charges of breaking and entering unlawful possession of narcotics and grand larceny in connection with drug thefts from Pensacola stores. Their alleged operations extended to Atlanta Jacksonvilles and Gainesville, Florida as part of the ring.
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Florida
Clifford Brewer
Clyde
James
Seveveral
Pensacola
Atlanta
Jacksonville
Gainesville
Fla
Retired professor marks 91st birthday with routine march
PARTLY RETIRED Newton Massachusetts professor Joseph R. Taylor formerly of West Newton and a 50 year BU veteran in Greek Latin and drama celebrated turning 91 by his daily mile walk market visit and eight hours of study continuing a steady schedule since retirement in 1941.
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Newton, Mass
Joseph R. Taylor
West Newton
Boston University
Georgia House moves on Talmadge tax referendum plan
In Atlanta the Talmadge tax plan gathered steam for possible Thursday passage in the Georgia House of Representatives. Floor Leader Frank Twitty pushed the measure through the Ways and Means Committee, sidestepping Rep. Frank Gross's rival plan and an amendment to switch from county unit to popular vote. Twitty said the referendum carries no legal force and that final action remains with the General Assembly.
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Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
House of Representatives
Frank Twitty
House
Ways and Means Committee
Frank Gross
Stephens County
Talmadge
Twitty
General Assembly
Talmadge plan offers four tax choices in referendum
The Talmadge plan presents four voter options on taxes including a 3 percent sales tax with income and corporate taxes, mixed sui tance taxes, or letting the General Assembly designate the tax, or no new taxes. State Auditor Thrasher warned choice one would raise funds but require cutbacks to about 35 million dollars. opponents cited representatives Hollis, MacPickard, Miller, and Gowen. The committee also backed bills to reclassify receivables to intangibles for taxation and require auto tag applicants to show paid ad valorem taxes.
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Talmadge
General Assembly
E. Thrasher
Sd Charles Gowen
Givnt
Fulton
Muscogee County
Six Germans Hanged by U S Army at Landsberg
Six Germans were hanged here by the United States Army today for crimes against Allied internees and concentration camp inmates. The executions occurred at Landsberg with details from the war crimes proceedings and Allied justice efforts. Entitled to due process, the defendants faced capital punishment for their actions in the camps and occupation era offenses.
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Landsberg
Germany
United States Army
State Legislatures Consider Budgets Of Greater Expenditure
Governors seek larger budgets as state governments face rising costs. California Governor Earl Warren requests 1,061,587,939 for the next fiscal year, about 40 million over the current authorization. New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey requests 436 million for one year, exceeding the 1948-49 level.
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Chicago
Earl Warren
California
New York
Thomas E. S
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J. L. Harris Roofing Company
East Troy
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Kresky
Crosley and Universal
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