American scholar wins Fulbright Malaya research award
Dr. Paul B. Means of the University of Oregon becomes the first American awarded under the Fulbright Act to conduct research in Malaya during the 1950-51 term at the University of Malaya. He spent a decade as a missionary in Malaya and Sumatra and studies changes in Southeast Asian religious thought while supporting Malay literary efforts.
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Stories
Singapore
Paul B. ‘Means
University of Oregon
Malaya
University of Malaya
Means
Sumatra
Aaasia
Hadacol Claims Relief for Aches in Widow Williams Winn Article
Local testimonial from Mrs Rose Williams Winn of St Louis describes Hadacol easing leg pains after four weeks of use. She works in a drug store and cites life improvement and advice to friends. Company claims include vitamin deficiencies cited, money back guarantee, and pricing for bottle sizes.
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Rose Williams Winn
St. Louis
Missouri
Wiha
The
Leniane Corpore
Animals Live At Ease In Manitoba Estate Story
Two collies Shep and Bounce and a 17 year old horse Rock enjoy a leisurely life after inheriting a $5,160 estate when their mistress Mrs. Elinor Scott died at Fisher Branch Manitoba. The pets are cared for by heirs and continue in the same home environment.
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Winnipeg
Shep
Bounce
Collies
Rock
Elinor Scott
Fisher Branch
Maner
Pipes Thrown Out In Britain
In Britain pipes fall out of favor as Britons from Bond Street to dockyards switch to cigarettes. An ounce of tobacco costs 56 cents, seven cents more than a pack of 20 cigarettes. Pipe makers and sellers form a national conference with tobacco associations and allied industries to protest.
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London
Bond Street
Tobacc
Malachin
Pilgrims in Mecca face poor conditions says Malayan councillor
Singapore Moslem pilgrims returning from Mecca report dark stuffy rooms, inadequate sanitation, and lack of ambulances and doctors. Tuan Sheik Ahamad asserts each pilgrim paid $56 to the Saudi government and it should provide sanitary comforts, urging moslem governments to appeal to Riyadh.
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Singapore
Mecca
Tuan Sheik Ahamad
Former Countess Likes Dairy Farm Tale
ABBOTTSFORD British Columbia reports a former countess and French resistance member, once sentenced to death by Germans, now linked to a dairy farm life. The article outlines her wartime actions, postwar fate, and current residence, highlighting her survival and adaptation.
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Abbottsford
B.C
Countess of Dampierre Finds Life on Local Dairy Farm
Or Comtesse de Dampierre now Mrs Lloyd Moore enjoys life on a dairy farm near here. She was first married to Count de Dampierre who fought in the French army until France fell and later joined underground with his wife. He failed to survive Gestapo torture and died in a boxcar en route to exile in Poland. The former countess endured capture and prison transfers, escaping execution twice and torture, before fleeing to stay out of the enemy's reach until liberation. Two years later she married Moore, then with the American Army at Nuremberg, and they settled here in 1948.
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Lloyd Moore
Count de Dampierre
France
Gestapo
Poland
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