Mother's Day Founder Anna Jarvis and her legacy
The late Miss Anna M. Jarvis of Philadelphia started Mother's Day by lobbying officials and editors. By 1914 President Wilson signed the resolution designating the second Sunday in May, and the idea spread abroad with 43 nations observing Mother's Day. The founder warned against overcommercialization and her life remained embittered by failed efforts to stop it becoming a money-making device.
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Anna M. Jarvis
Philadelphia
Wilson
Miss Jarvis
International Ruhr plan eyed to end German war potential
Six power London talks consider an international Ruhr authority to control coal coke and steel output for Europe. French delegates propose safeguards to keep Nazi power from Ruhr industries while others doubt debasing steel production enough for peaceful use. Still, international control of war resources here could curb German war aims.
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France
Ruhr
Germany
London
Europe
Plas
Bible Thought for Today Inspires with Proverb Verse
A Bible Thought for Today notes that the influence of the spirit on the body is measureless and that a merry heart is like medicine, while a broken spirit dries the bones. Courtesy: Press Radio Bible Service Cincinnati Ohio.
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Press-Radio Bible Service, Inc
Cincinnati, Ohio
Bergen extends deal as radio stars eye CBS move
By CB Butterfield New York Dec 8 reports say Edgar Bergen’s NBC deal with Standard Brands keeps him on the air while rumors link him to CBS via a potential transfer of sponsors. Bergen will voice Charlie McCarthy as Sneezy and Mortimer Snerd as Bashful in a screen version of The Seven Dwarfs for NBC Christmas week.
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Butterfield
New York
Saite
Edgar Bergen
NBC
Standard Brands
Bergen
Jack Benny
CBS
Ephansers
Screen Guild
ABC
Mort Downey
Bing Crosby
MBS
Dennis Day
Manhattan Playhouse
Grandmother Confesses in New York Divorce Mill Probe
Milicia Gredel Bozick, 42, mother of key witness Sara Ellis, testified after being questioned by prosecutors. She said she substituted for her daughter as co respondent in multiple phony raids used to obtain divorces.
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District Attorney's Office
New York City
Milicia Gredel Bozick
Sara Ellis
Bozick
International
No Major Tax Legislation Seen for 1949 Congress
The new Democratic Congress is unlikely to pass major tax laws this session. President Truman may push an excess profits tax, but passage seems doubtful. alternatives depend on a looming budget deficit. Expect extension of enlistment tax exemptions and officer credits beyond December 31.
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Central Press
Ashington
New Democratic Congress
Truman
Congress
80Th Congress
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Scott W. Lucas
Illinois
United States
Dinner and Love Tangles in a New York Flat
In a foggy New York evening a fat man and his bored wife dine with a waiter nearby. A couple at a corner table leave after a flirtation, while the fat man schemes for a better table. Gail and Sam, amid a tense romance, debate marriage as they return to a brownstone flat and confront their uneasy future.
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Jack
Sean
Faith Baldwin Cu
Magaine
East River
Gail
Sam
Evie
Water main project prompts citywide restrictions
At last night’s meeting Mr. Decker described progress on cleaning the 12 inch main feeder from St. John street to the reservoir atop the hill. East Grafton will lack water for about a day while West Grafton receives supply via a 16 inch line, with an eight hour conservative allotment. A specific start time will be announced a day in advance.
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Beech Street
Decker
Women Veterans Offered Equal GI Benefits in World War II
A wartime notice informs women who served in the armed forces during World War II that they are entitled to the same GI benefits as their male counterparts. The statement emphasizes equality in compensation housing and education programs for eligible veterans.
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Virginia
Latrobe Street
Grafton
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Eldora M. Bolyard
Associated Press
Inland Newspaper Representatives, Inc
Chicago
Wrigley
Detroit
Penobscot
Kansas City
Board of Trade
St. Louis
Syndicate Trust
Mother’s Day Founder
Pittsburgh
Mike
Alan Maver
Arthdeacon
Washington
Alaska
Air Force
Army
Gene
Voich
Dewey
White House
Mr. Truman
Los Angeles
H. G. Wood
Alliena Pellett
Phyllis Steiner
Faith Baldwin
King Features Syndicate
Rusty
Rusty Rogers
Aleg
Betty
U. S
Patent Office
Stanley
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