Scarce Venetian Glass Hints War Damage on Murano
Venice's famed glass industry is crippled by wartime shortages. AVEM owner Sergio Bacci says only about 10 of 52 Murano glassworks are operating, employing around 280 workers, far fewer than prewar levels. Loss of coal wood sand and silica from Germany France and Yugoslavia halts furnaces, signaling scarce prices ahead but hoped lasting markets.
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Sergio Bacci
Arte Etraria Murano
AVEM
Murano
Ork
Germany
Fontainebleau
France
Yugoslavia
Bacci
Venice
England
United States
Glass mosaics outshine rivals in craft and price
Mu rano rivals lack the workmanship and high labor costs to match. Mosaics made from thousands of glass pieces take five to six days to assemble even for a tiny picture. Despite issues, Bacci asserts their work remains the best in the world.
Teacher Gets Cigars Instead Of Apples
In Chicago AP report former GI freshmen at Loyola University gift Professor Paul S Leitz cigars instead of apples. Leitz notes he receives about eight cigars weekly from new fathers among the freshman veterans though he says I dont smoke.
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Chicago
Loyola University
Paul S. Leitz
Bay Line veteran Miller becomes road foreman after 40 years
Miles A. Miller, long tied to the Bay Line from Dothan to Panama City, is named road foreman and will ride as passenger when duties call. A City Hall and Bay Line veteran, he returns to lighter duties after four decades at the throttle and shares tales from Okinawa to leadership roles.
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Bay Line
Miles A. Miller
Dothan
Panama City
Miller
Mr. Miller
City Hall
Mullins Recall Ocean War Trials as Merchant Marine Chief Engineer
Pat Mullins, longtime merchant mariner, recounts wartime service from 1942 when three of his ships were torpedoed off the Atlantic coast. He was rescued twice at Miami and once at Fort Lauderdale after brave sea ordeals. He sailed worldwide including a perilous trip to Russia aboard the freighter Mur-
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Pat Mullins
Merchant Marine Service
New York
Florida
Atlantic
Miami
Fort Lauderdale
Russia
Copeland Re-Elected President of Jackson County Junior Red Cross
Harry Copeland of Marianna was re-elected president at a luncheon session of the Jackson County Junior Red Cross Council held at Hotel Chipola. Miss Mary Lee of Atlanta spoke, with Rev. S. G. Renfroe delivering the invocation. Additional officers include Nettie Je Cogburn as vice president Jane Averitt secretary and Sue Andreason treasurer.
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Harry Copeland
Jackson County
Junior Red Cross Council
Hotel Chipola
Mary Lee
Atlanta
Southeastern
American Red Cross
S. G. Renfroe
Trinity Baptist Church
W. H. Harrison
John Baxley
A. E. Budde
Nettie Je Cogburn
Sneads
Jane Averitt
Sue Andreason
Greenwood
Gordon Pittman
Douglas Gilbert
Cottondale
Roy Burch
Grand Ridge
June Mays
Malone
Elizabeth Willis
Lillian Henderson
Ann Garnant
National Children's Fund
Irma Hall
Walter Smith
Zade Streetman
Hortense Gilley
Nettie Jo Cogburn
Cool Summer Injures New Jersey Corn Crop
New Jersey farmers face spoiling corn due to unseasonably cool summer. Rutgers extension specialist Carlton S. Garrison notes many fields will not mature before first frosts and will have high moisture content. Spring rains delayed planting and cool wet growing season worsened the problem.
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New Brunswick
N. J
New Jersey
Carlton S. Garrison
Agricultural Extension Service
Rutgers University
Garrison
Doctor Attends Doc Who Delivered Him in Maysville
In Maysville Kentucky country physician Charlie Graham once attended the birth of Mitchel B Denham now a doctor at the local hospital. Both are world war veterans with Graham from World War I and Denham also served in WWI. Meanwhile the Production and Marketing Administration will subsidize soil improving practices in Alabama farmers programs by paying part of costs for winter legumes lime phosphate slag muriate of potash and 0 14 10 and for terrace construction.
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Maysville
Charlie Graham
Toflesbor
Mitchel B. Denham
Mitchel Denham
Graham
Denham
Alabama
Democratic rally planned in Dothan for Oct 18
A Democratic rally in Dothan is planned for October 18 to raise funds for the party. It may be held at Wiregrass Memorial Stadium or City Hall with speakers including Lister Hill Sparkman and Jim Folsom. Admission will likely be one dollar, all proceeds to the National Democratic Executive Committee.
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Democratic Party
Dothan
Wiregrass Memorial Stadium
Alabama
W. Guy Hardwick
Lister Hill
John Sparkman
Jim Folsom
National
Democratic Executive Committee
Guy
Democratic
Brennan's Homework Brings City Hall Drill to Dothan
Jim Bromman new City Commissioner explains he studies city affairs by taking records home. He says learning the job is tough and that city government is the biggest challenge in this part of the county.
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Jim Bromman
City of
Dothan
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