Computer Plays Chess and Wins
International News Service reports Bell Labs scientist Dr. Claude E. Shannon described an electronic computer that can play chess and be programmed to defeat a human opponent. He said the interest is theoretical and could aid solving telephone engineering problems. The note adds a 1936 pest loss context from grasshoppers.
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International News Service
New York
INS
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Institute of Radio Engineers
Claude E. Shannon
Shannon
Incomplete fragment summarizes no clear story
Unable to determine a coherent news item from the provided fragmented text. It appears to mention a figure named Cole, a sales figure since 1928, a money back offer, and references to relief or medicines, but no verifiable event, date, or organization is identifiable.
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Cole
Bridges challenges CIO purge of Communist unions
Harry Bridges, president of the ILWU, acknowledged delegates’ applause at the union convention in San Francisco after his keynote. He challenged the CIO’s right to purge member unions of Communists, addressing the union’s stance on the purge.
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International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen’s Union
Harry Bridges
San Francisco
Bridges
National Cio
International
Grasshoppers as Food Amid Drought in American West
In the summers of drought settlers report grasshoppers forming a significant food source for Indigenous peoples and communities in the American West. The harsh conditions pushed reliance on local insects as a survival measure amid scarce crops and water.
Greensboro Spring political fervor grows as election nears
Greensboro gears up for a busy spring with the city election filing nearing, 9 candidates so far for seven council seats, and campaigns to register voters. Issues include one way streets, tax and liquor questions, housing and recreation.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
Mother Nature
Hargrove Bowles
Benjamin Cone
Cone Mills
ABC
A Real Relief For Stomach Distress And Indigestion
An old time tonic claims to ease stomach distress by toning the stomach to release digestive juice. It markets SSS Tonic and S88 Tonic as effective without soda or alkalizers, promising improved appetite and vigor. Sold at drug stores with a persuasive health claim.
Oak View Eighth Graders Visit Raleigh on Government Study
Oak View School eighth graders toured North Carolina's capital in a government study trip. They visited the governor's mansion museums Meredith and State colleges the School for the Blind and the birthplace of Andrew Jackson. The group met Lieutenant Governor Pat Taylor and Governor Kerr Scott with Senate recognition highlighting the visit.
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High Point
N. C
Governor's Mansion
Meredith
State School For the Blind
Andrew Jackson
University of North Carolina
Duke University
Blanche H. Owen
Parent- Teachers Association
Bill Wireless
M. W Mabe
Ada Goodson
Senate of
North Carolina
Kerr Scott
Raleigh
Oak View School
Pat Taylor
George Penny
Taylor
Shoe show figures forecast most footwear under one dollar
Figures from the U S Department of Commerce indicate that 92 percent of all footwear purchases in 1949 will be for under one dollar pair. The pre war figure was 95 percent.
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New York
U. S. Department of Commerce
Record crop by 20000 garden plots across Britain
Twenty thousand lineside gardens along British Railways border report a record 1948 harvest. Each plot averaging about 1/16 acre, collectively yielding vegetables valued at over one million dollars.
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British Railways
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