Schools plan to open lunchrooms in eight facilities
Columbia Vicksburg Kinsey Cowart Webb Madrid Gordon schools will open lunchrooms once equipment and staff are in place. Cottonwood Ashford lack space. a new room must be built, delaying opening by two to three months. Three Negro schools Columbia Ashford Spain already have lunchroom equipment and will open soon. Houston County white and Black schools approved for lunchroom programs pending gear and workers.
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Lancarooms
Solomon
Baxter
County
Sus
Columbia
Vicksburg
Repho
Beth
Kinsey
Cottonwood
Ash‘ford
Ashford
Spain
Houston County
Peace Hopes Waning As Chinese Fight On
AP reports government forces push deeper into the Yenan Kalgan line aiming to isolate key Red cities and dampen peace hopes. Communist Wang Ping-nan concedes possible losses but insists the war can’t be won if troops stay intact. Reds refuse political talks without an unconditional ceasefire from Chiang Kai-shek.
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Nanking
Yenan- Kalgan
Wang Ping-nan
Reds
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Squatters Petition Declined by Attlee in London
Prime Minister Clement Attlee refused to meet squatters who filed a petition with 2,000 names seeking electricity relief and other aid. Government officials indicated no further discussion would be held on the request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attlee
London
Clement Attlee
Squatters at Fountain Court Seek Restore of Public Services
Delegation arrived at No 10 Downing Street to deliver Attlee's refusal to accept a petition. G C O'Dell, chairman, said the letter would be read to the Fountain Court squatters for a decision. Five Communist leaders charged with conspiracy over apartment seizures remanded on bail until Sept 24 after Bow Street hearing.
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Fountain Court
No. 10
Downing Stree
G. C. O'Dell
Attlee
O'Dell
Bow Street Court
Cat Found Alive After Laundry Bag Mixup
Workers at a New Westminster laundry discovered a cat accidentally bundled into a laundry bag. The feline was found swimming in a washer, emerged alive and well though annoyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Westminster
B. C
U.P
One-Eyed Motorist Seeks Jail As Home
Emil Neumann, 24, a Monterey man who drives with one eye, asks to return to Folsom Prison after confessing to stealing a car last month and driving it briefly. He cites inability to obtain a license and notes prison life as preferable, including meals and care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monterey
Cal
Emil Neumann
Folsom
Neumann
Farm Lads Prefer Sewing To Sawing
A typographical error at the Ohio State Fair changed a planned boys sawing contest into a sewing contest. The junior fair announced a sewing event for farm boys, and the typo drew many entries, leading organizers to run a needlework contest for these future farmers.
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Columbus, O
U.P.1
Gasoline Pump Lets Drivers Fuel Without Attendant
A Buffalo inventor, Philip M. Schneckenburger, created an automatic gasoline pump that dispenses the proper amount and can make change after a money deposit. The device, ready for market since 1942, aims to serve all night motorists at busy stations and operates without an attendant.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Philip M. Schneckenburger
Red Cross Urges Veterans to Guard Original Discharge
Houston County Red Cross warns veterans to keep their original discharge safe. Record it at the county probate office and make photostatic copies for papers. A certificate in lieu is not acceptable and pensions apply only to wife, dependent children, or mother of a deceased veteran.
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Houston County
Red Cross
Lawrence T. Oakley
Bicycle Built For Two Shelved In Hong Kong
In Hong Kong the pillion bicycle, a war time mode of transport, is banned under a new ordinance effective Sept. 1. All rickshas and pedicabs must obtain licenses. About 2,000 pillion bikes were in operation.
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Hong Kong
Scents Better Markets For U. S. In Europe
CHICAGO U P American industry has an unprecedented opportunity to expand foreign markets in areas once controlled by European producers. T Albert Potter president of the Illinois Manufacturers Association spoke after a seven week trip to the continent. Sweden and Switzerland are rapidly taking over manufacturing previously done in Germany. England, whose facilities were disrupted by the war, lags Sweden and Switzerland in entering the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
T. Albert Potter
Tlinois Manufacturers Association
Sweden
Switzerland
Germany
England
Potter
Trouble Comes Double For Unwary Driver
Newburyport Massachusetts. Oani A. Isakson, 21, of Troy New York, involved in a highway collision. He stepped out to exchange credentials with the other motorist and was charged with driving so as to endanger. The other driver was James Z. French, 60, a state motor vehicle inspector from Newburyport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newburyport
Mass
U.P
Oani A. Isakson
Troy
N. Y
Isakson
James Z. French
Don’t Play FBI Man To An FBI Agent
In Steubenville a stranger told Robert Murphy he was an FBI agent then threatened to close the restaurant. Murphy, who is an FBI agent himself, took the man to a station and arrested him for impersonating an FBI officer. The suspect identified as Robert J. Nichols of Farmville NC.
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FBI
Stubenville, O
Robert Murphy
Murphy
Robert J. Nichols
Farmville
N. C
Forest land figures and migrant labor centers cited
The United States contains 630000000 acres of forest land with 196000000 acres publicly owned. Organic matter binds soil particles, increasing resistance to runoff. Galveston sits on an island in the Gulf of Mexico. Texas sets up migrant labor reception centers to aid traveling farm workers.
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United States
Galveston
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Viennese Girls May Wed In 20 Years
Vienna officials note a gender imbalance with 938,501 women to 663,736 men, a ratio of 1.5 to 1. The city bureau says population trends give hope if birth rates continue. by May 1946 births showed 476 boys and 395 girls.
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Vienna
Air shipment cuts weeks in furniture delivery
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Seven firms shipped 4,000 pounds of bedroom living room and library furniture by air to a Yakima Washington dealer who chartered a cargo plane for a 2300 mile 13 hour flight. The gesture slashed shipping time by about two weeks.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Yakima
Wash
Hybrid corn's wartime surge drives postwar growth
Hybrid corn, a product of scientific research, reached its most vigorous commercial development when World War II raised food demands to the highest point in history.
Wheat and Vision Study Highlights Wyoming Horses
Fragmentary notes reference the Better Vision Institute and a study on blinking rates from three per minute to higher, linked to patient careful work. Mentions horses in Wyoming and a long development period of about a thousand to twelve years.
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Better Vision Institute
Wyoming
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