Maggie Halden Keeps U S Newsmen in Line at Big Four Talks
U S correspondents cover the Council of Foreign Ministers at a New York hotel with Maggie Halden, the press liaison, fielding questions and managing access. Reporters crowd the fifth through seventh floors while ministers meet on the top floor. McDermott briefs, then Maggie relays news in a high pressure, nonstop newsroom routine.
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New York
NEA
U. S
Asiawe
Council of Foreign Ministers
Margaret
Maggie’) Halden
Michael J. McDermott
Cial
James F. Byrnes
Oll
Byrnes
Maggie
International Secretariat
Security Council
Ira
Fogland
Mexico
United States
McDermott
Council Chamber
Marroie
Cote
U.S. Cities Boost Budgets 100 Percent
Chicago report shows American cities raise budgets up to 100 percent over 1941 levels. Reasons include municipal raises, expanded urban services, higher equipment costs, and wartime repair delays. Dallas will spend more than double its 1941 outlay in 1946-47 as services to new areas grow.
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Chicago
International City Managers’ Association
Dallas
Tex
Minneapolis Seeks $10 Million Yearly for Growth
City officials say annexed areas require an extra 10 million dollars annually for the next five years to catch up with rapid growth. The request aims to fund services, infrastructure, and planning as Minneapolis expands beyond its current boundaries.
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Minneapolis
Pea Eating With Knife Made Easy Long Ago Found
Douglas Lyons of Hotel Allerton used a 19th century pea knife found in the hotel silver. Staff identified it as a British pea knife once used by English gentry. Lyons tested it on peas and said it works, the peas rolling up the alley like bowling balls. The article notes wartime spending figures for World War II.
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Cleveland
Douglas Lyons
Lyons
Allerton
Bulgaria Relies Heavily on Farming and Livestock
More than four fifths of Bulgaria's 6 500 000 people live by farming and raising livestock, highlighting the agrarian basis of the economy and employment patterns across the nation.
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Bulgaria
Buckley’s Canadian Cough Remedy Ad
A vintage sale pitch touts Buckley’s Canadian Mix as a fast acting cough remedy. It promises relief from coughing due to colds with a single dose and urges readers to buy today at drug stores, naming Harrison & Lisenby Drug Co. as distributor.
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Buckley
Canada
Folke
U.S.A
Harrison & Lisenby Drug Co
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Hersheys
Robin Hood Flour
Octagon
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