International stock show to surpass prior fairs
Ogilvie projects the event starting Nov 30 will attract over 13 000 cattle horses sheep and swine registered with prize money around 100 000 matching last prewar totals. Walter Bigger of Dalbeattie Scotland will judge the grand champion steer and 29 breeds will be judged including cattle sheep swine and draft horses. The International Junior Live Stock Contest will feature more than 1500 entries from farm youths 10 to 21.
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Ogilvie
Walter Bigger
Dalbeattie
Scotland
Twins Celebrate Different Birthdays in Split Time Record
William Dale Whitehead was born at 11:35 p.m. and Marilyn Gayle Whitehead at 12:12 a.m. the next day, making their birthdays differ by the calendar date. The birth occurred in the Whitehead family as reported.
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Herrin, I
Whitehead Twins
William Dale
Marilyn Gayle
Aviation Industry Showcases At Cleveland Bomber Plant
The National Aircraft Show opens Nov 15 at Cleveland airport with exhibits from about half of 18 helicopter makers and 40 aircraft manufacturers plus army and navy planes. Displays cover small jeeps to large ships, including a Martin 202 cutaway mock-up with interior access. The show aims to show industry potential and future footing after wartime peak.
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Cleveland
Army
Navy
Los Angeles
Fisher
Glenn L. Martin Co
Clyde Vandeburg
Aviating
Wos
Vandeburg
Bicycle Santa Claus Gets Into Trouble
In Indianapolis a 22 year old James Stoltz played Santa by giving penniless youths stolen bicycles. He admitted to stealing about 17 bicycles over three months and was charged with vagrancy by police.
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Indianaolis
Indianapolis
James Stoltz
Man Severely Burned In Gasoline Flames
Marianna special report says Charlie May 26 of Cypress near Marianna and a road department employee was severely burned on face chest and hands when a bucket of gasoline used to heat a road department truck overturned outside the eastern city limits. May treated at Jackson Hospital. Farmers in corn borer areas report silage made from corn kills borers in stalks.
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Marianna
Charlie May
Cypress
Trace State Road Department
Road Department
May
Jackson Hospital
Easter
FALSE TEETH IMPROVE COMFORT WITH FASTEETH POWDER
An old advertisement touts FASTEETH tooth powder that stabilizes dentures preventing slipping and wobbling. It promises a smooth taste free of gummy feel, no nausea, and a neutral breath odor with non acid formula. Available at drugstores.
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Mareure
Scent Coffee Bows Out of Boston
The Phenix Coffee Mills near Scollay Square raises coffee price to four cents from three, reflecting the high cost of living. The long standing coffee house announces closure as costs climb.
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Boston
Phenix Coffee Mills
Scollay Square
Meat Packing Industry Emerges in Nineteenth Century
The text notes that the meat packing industry did not become geographically partitioned or highly developed until the nineteenth century, marking a shift in industry structure and regional organization.
Streamlined Pig Is Better Eating
Portland, Oregon reports a new pig shape from the Department of Agriculture based on the Danish Landrace. Breeders aim to reduce excess lean-ness and overly white skin while increasing weight in high priced cuts such as ham loin bacon and shoulder butt.
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Portland
Ore
Department of Agriculture
Hollywood
Beltsville
Denmark
Living Pine Tree Sign Honors World War Dead in Lancaster
A nine year project honors Lancaster World War II dead. Eight hundred pine trees were planted along a barrel wall east of the city in 1947 by high school graduates to spell Lancaster for air travelers. The sign measures about 400 feet.
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Lancaster
Hiea
Kentucky debates designation as state or commonwealth
Attorney General Eldon S. Dumit ruled that Kentucky is one of four states designating itself as a commonwealth in its first constitution, though admitted to the Union as a state under a federal act. The ruling concerned a Burgin high school group and reflects terminology questions in state law.
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Eldon S. Dummit
Burgin
Kentucky
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