Steaks Parade to Open 47th International Livestock Show in Chicago
The 47th International Livestock Exposition returns Nov 30 after a wartime blackout, with 15,000 animals entered and potential prize money near $2,000,000. Exhibitors seek top steers like "Lucky Strike" and "Tomahawk" as the event features cattle, hogs, sheep, breeding stock, and livestock auctions. Crowds of up to 5,000 exhibitors from the U.S. and Canada fill the arena, while the grand championship steer draws youth to the spotlight and historic bidding records.
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AP News
Chicago
William E. Ogilvie
American Agriculture
Tomahawk
Recep Peker Turkey’s decisive premier with firm stance
Recep Peker, born 1888 in Istanbul, leads Turkey as prime minister guiding reform amid tense Russia ties. He is described as decisive and principled, advocate of Western alliances, and keeps a modest, unpretentious image while traveling by regular coach with passengers.
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Edwin B. Greenwald
Istanbul
Recep Peker
Turkey
Russia
Peker
Ataturk
New National Assembly
Peoples Party
Hakimiyeti Milliye
Snukru
National Assembly
Pork Barbecue Banter Turns Political Farce in Hagerstown
Dozens of hungry Democrats gathered at Ralph Funkhouser’s home expecting a roast pork banquet. The host claimed Republican forces had invited them and asserted he knew nothing about any banquet or having a pig to serve.
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Hagerstown
Ralph Funkhouser
Sugar Production Ranking Highlights Cuba and India
The note states that Little Cuba ranks second to India in sugar production, underscoring Cuba’s significant role in the global sugar industry and its proximity to major producers.
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Cuba
India
Giving Till It Hurts Recipient's Patience
Salt Lake City AP reports Mrs. Mary Brewerton gave a friend a unique birthday gift by changing a $5 bill into 350 separate coins of varying denominations and wrapping each coin individually in tissue paper inside a stylish box.
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Salt Lake City
Mary Brewerton
Super Desk with Gadgets Amazes Executives of the Future
A Tec desk in the article packs an ice box bar safe radio inter office com phone light and dictating machine with hidden features and two clocks. The press notes promise a dignified hor eplay tone and a four figure price, though no underwater writing.
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NEA
Rand Rapids
Mich
Tec
White Hat Beau Nash Through Early Modern Europe
Beau Nash stands out as the sole figure of his era to wear a white hat. He lived from the reign of Charles II to that of George II, bridging a long span of British history.
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Beau Nash
Charles
George II
Lonely Sailor Seeks Email Meeting in Texas Note
A U S Navy seaman from Great Lakes, Indiana, asked Texas postmaster Dan Quill to deliver a letter to the prettiest girl, 18, five feet three inches with brown hair, seeking an email meeting. The note was addressed to Some Pretty Girl Somewhere USA.
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San Antonio
Tex
Texas
Dan Quill
Quill
Dick McGinnis
Great Lakes
Night school keeps 62 year old Mrs Dick learning
In Pittsburgh a 62 year old widow, Mrs Margaret Dick, moved from New Jersey 29 years ago and enrolled in night classes at her husband’s urging. She has since studied bookkeeping chemistry dressmaking cooking public speaking millinery and commercial law, exhausting two curricula and making new friends along the way.
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Pittsburgh
Margaret Dick
New Jersey
Harris Denies Yankee Manager Rumor
Stanley Harris known as Bucky Harris rejects reports that he has accepted the 1947 Yankee managerial post. He states he is content as administrative assistant to Mr. MacPhail and has no plan to become field manager.
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Bucky
NEW York
Stanley
Bucky) Harris
New York ‘Yankees
MacPhail
Harris
Yankee
Wyoming Joins Union as 44th State
Wyoming becomes the 44th state admitted to the United States on July 10 1890. The addition follows congressional approval and marks the completion of a long territorial path to statehood.
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Wyoming
Auto Auction Enlivens Divorce Case Hearing
In Fort Worth Texas District Judge Bruce Young presided as auctioneer in a divorce hearing over a community car. The husband’s attorney bid 400 dollars against the wife’s offer, triggering a bidding spree with bids rising to five hundred or more while both sides pressed to keep the vehicle. The judge joked bold remarks as the auction concluded.
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Worth
Tex
Bruce Young
Huska
Young
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