Brothers on an Island Create a Quirk Trade War Tale
Two Englishmen wash ashore on opposite sides of a desert island after a shipwreck. Potter hates oranges and seizes the island in the Crown name while Cuddleston loves oranges and loathes turtle meat. They divide the isle and dine separately, sparking a humorous standoff on trade and taste.
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Taft
South Seas
Wilfred Cravinsford Potter
London Times
Iero
J. Arthur Cuddieston Waas
Bond Street
Cuddieston
M. P
Potter
Cuddlestoun
Cuddleston
Black Tie
Jules
Ture
Algernon Smythe
Algy Smythe
Balmoral
Cud Gleston
Feres
Little Algy Smythe
Algy
Marble Arch
Surrey
Trey
Orance Grove
Arthur Cuddleston
Billy Rowe
Health Authorities Of Seven Counties To Confer March 6
Health officials and volunteers from seven counties will meet at the Houston Hotel on March 4 to discuss programs funded by Christmas seal sales for tuberculosis control. Delegates include leaders from Houston, Coffee, Barbour, Geneva, and other counties. the Alabama Tuberculosis Association secretary notes statewide data and local participation.
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Houston Hotel
J. A. Roberts
Henry
J. L. Barnes
Wale
Mia
George Owens
Pike
W. D. Moorer
Barbour
Garland Weidner
Coffee
Sicily Plans New Road Up Mt Etna For Tourist Traffic
Palermo Sicily High Commissioner Giovani Selvaggi unveils Strada Mare Neve a 31 mile semicircular road from Taormina to near Etna summit at 9570 feet. The plan aims to boos foreign tourism and Sicilian employment with potential alpine luxury hotels. Selvaggi also oversees a hydro power expansion project promising a 200 percent increase in Sicily by 5 years.
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Sicily
Mt. Etna
Palermo
Europe
Giovanni Selvaggi
Taormina
Mount Etna
Catania
Stelvio Pass
Selvaggi
Mount Etndé
Etna
Boy Scout Mayor Collected Fines From Offenders
In Salem Alabama a Boy Scout mayor for a day named Bob Gofstetter collected 50 dollars in traffic fines. The mayor, C A McGraw, paid one dollar for illegal parking. McGraw’s protest to city attorney Alfred Myers failed.
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Salem, al
Bob Gofstetter
C.A. Mce- Graw
McGraw
Alfred Myers
Statisticians Prova: Figures Don't Lig
Richmond AP report notes garbled text about births and family counts with unclear names and numbers. The readable fragments mention a birth of a girl in the Donnshoe family and a claimed need to revise a report, but details are inconsistent.
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Donnahoe
Donnshoe
Percy Donnshoe
Nessary
Alabama Tuberculosis Conference Highlights Local Funds
The 1945 year saw 220 active TB cases in the area with 13 deaths in Houston County and six deaths in 1946. All Christmas seal funds largely stay in Alabama and at least 75 percent remain in the county of origin. Five percent supports the National Tuberculosis Association. The Dothan conference is one of seven meetings across Alabama.
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Houston County
Alabama
National Tuberculosis Association For Research
Dothan
Electronic Candle Promises Egg Grading Breakthrough
At Cornell University, Prof. Alexis L. Romanoff introduces an electronic grading device for eggs. Placed in a radio frequency field, the egg absorbs power and a meter displays results. It overcomes multiple candling steps though cannot detect blood spots, and may aid hatchery selection among hundreds of billions of eggs sold yearly.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
Alexis L. Romanoff
Child Rescued After Gargage Pail Entrapment in Newton
In Newton Massachusetts Johnnie Huntington six was trapped in a sunken garbage pail. Neighbors alerted police and fire crews who freed him by tearing the pail away with an air drill. Tim Key helped in the rescue as responders worked.
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Newton
Mass
Johnnie Huntington
Tim Key
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