Nation eyeing voluntary driving curb to save gas
President may urge Americans to reduce pleasure driving as oil and coal supply strain grows. Officials cite tanker shortages, steel limits, and tool shortages on oil, plus coal car shortages hindering mining. East of Rockies may face oil shortages next year. farm and diesel demand up sharply.
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James Marlow Washington
Rockies
Oscar L. Chapman
Interior
Congress
United States
Europe
West Virginai
Midwestern
South Eastern
New England
Haggis, Social Scottish Dinner, and a Reversed Ban
The St Andrew's Society of Highland plans a Nov 30 St Andrew's day dinner and must have haggis. An earlier U S Bureau ban on transporting haggis due to disease risk was reversed, allowing the dish to be enjoyed in Illinois again. The piece notes cultural pride and lingering jokes about haggis.
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Mark Twain
St. Andrew's Society of Hlitv
Scotland
Bureau of Animal Industry
Illinois
Gambling Crusades and the Arizona Gambler Prohibition Debate
The Arizona attorney general faces conviction under gambling laws amid wide press coverage of city anti gambling campaigns. Analysts warn momentary disruptions fail to curb the growth of large criminal networks that corrupt officials and communities, challenging the effectiveness of prohibition and local enforcement.
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Arizona
New discovery credits Sarah Catherine Martin with Old Mother Hubbard
A New York bookseller reveals that the 1804 nursery rhyme was written by English girl Sarah Catherine Martin, daughter of Sir Thomas Byam Martin. Her romance with Prince William led to the poem inspired by a housekeeper, with links to Mary Had a Little Lamb misattributed to Mother Goose.
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William
Sarah
Hubbard
Sarah Josepha Hale
Mary
Havana hosts joint talks on world trade for economic equality
Latin American nations join Australia in Havana to discuss a new trade system. The group, calling themselves economically young, asks the UN to shift focus from import export rules to making all nations economic equals. UK hints at relief from barriers. US pledges openness.
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Lake Success
London Council of Foreign Ministers
Havana
Australia
Far East
U. N
United Kingdom
United States
Howev
Sequences of Ancient Giants and Oddities Across Regions
A jumble of claims cites sequoia trees in California and a "Cypress of Tule" with lifespans of thousands of years, plus mentions of Burma, pickled tea, and a product named "lepet." It references a U.S. postal savings department and large lead pipes, but the text is fragmented and unreliable as a coherent report.
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Cali
Tule
Burma
U. S
On the Air Today Color TV and Radio Schedules
Eastern standard time overview of color television status with CBS NBC ABC and MBS listings for 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. programs and notes on color research. Also explains tea origins by manufacturing process and regional sources.
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C. E. Butterfield
Eastern Standard Time
New York
CBS
Federal Communications Commission
NBC
Ethel Barrymore
Moss
Rose Abc
Lone Ranger
Groucho Marx
Paul Whiteman
Sammy Kaye
MBS
Scotland Yard
Charlie Ghan
Alan Lomax
Legend Credits Bodhirdharma With Tea’s Origin
A Japanese legend attributes tea’s origin to Bodhirdharma the Bodhisattva who kept vigil for five years, fell asleep, cut off his eyelids to stay awake, and from the discarded lids tea plants sprouted. The tale links tea to Zen awakening and marks a famed origin story in East Asian lore.
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Bodhirdharma
Reveal Contest to Honor Farming Families and Merchants
Charles Jarrett of the Rotary club will award prizes. Charles N Prickitt will discuss what the Board of Trade can do for farmers. Dr Robert F Gerkin presides as toastmaster with Rev A F Shomo giving the invocation. Paul W Shahan leads group singing with Kiwanis and Rotary hosts introducing guests. A quartet will perform vocal selections. Local merchants listed as prize contributors include J Ray Keener Musgrove Wholesale Grocery Evans Hardware Evans Furniture C Penney Archdeacon Turners WV Farm Supply and Grafton News. The invited guests are the 1947 Farming for Better Living contest winners and their families plus dozens of local couples and individuals.
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Rotary Club
Charles N. Prickitt
Taylor County Board of Trade
Board of Trade
Robert F. Gerkin
A. F. Shomo
Paul W. Shahan
Grafton Senior High School
Kiwanis Club
Lloyd Reid
Rotary
Kiwanis
Richard Leonard
Merrett Feather
Bill Beall
Ralph Redinger
Clair Woodyard
R. Kinsey
Ridley Law
BE. W. Lough
Bertha Montromer
Carl Smith
Henry Vincent
Earl. Findley
H. W.rogers
George S
Poe
W. M. Brown
John C. Stout
Ernest Findley
J. A. Poe
Darcus Bolyard
Charles Miller
J.C. Nuzum
Everett Lamb
W. A. Bolyard
Ross Luzadder
Harry Anderson
R. W. Roberts
Jonas Murray
West Charleston bar owner fired five shots wounds two men
Police report Ally Hamden, 50, proprietor of a West Charleston beer establishment, wounded two men after an argument outside his bar last night by firing five shots into a group. Jesse Walker, 25, was shot in the groin and W. M. Short, about 50, was also injured. Hamden was charged with feloniously shooting.
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Charleston
Walter L. Cavender
West Charleston
Cavender
Ally Hamden
Jesse Walker
W. M. Short
Walker
Weather map shows severe cold in Dakota and widespread rain
The analysis notes freezing temperatures in the Texas Panhandle and a low of 15 below at Pembina North Dakota. Elsewhere, readings are near normal. Heavy rain drenched the lower and middle Mississippi Valley east to the Ohio Valley and Pennsylvania, with snow in southern New England and light snow in the Rockies.
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Texas Panhandle
Pembina
N. D
Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
Pennsylvania
New York
New England
Rocky Mountain States
Prisoner Arranged Veryumen Seen as Model Inmate
Since his arrival at the prison, Veryumen has been described as a model prisoner. He talks little, uses a radio briefly, and often reads a worn bible. Visitation has been from his father Rev. R. A. McCauley and Mrs McCauley, plus two sisters, with daily visits by Chaplain Rev. E. M. Flanagan. Authorities say the gallows have been tested and deemed ready.
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R. A. McCauley
E. M. Flanagan
McCauley
Little cabin scene foreshadows new beginnings and gifts
Gail watches the cottage dream fade into reality as Lissa and Martin settle a plan to restore the old house with modern comforts. Paul volunteers to join the farm, and Charles signals a warm welcome as the group parts, hopeful for rebuilt ties and fresh starts.
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Kate
Lissa
Martin
Charles
Prentice
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