Black Market Road Helps Jews Buy From Arabs Near Jerusalem
In Jerusalem area a route to Abu Ghosh remains a path for Jews and Arabs to trade. Separdi Jews mingle with Arabs as eggs apples and chicken move across the border market. Prices rise under wartime rationing and some police intervention occurs against illegal sales while notable pitchers from New York City teams appear in local games.
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Jerusalem
Nea
Black Market
Jewish Jerusalem
Abu Ghosh
Holy City
Coi Casi
Abou Ghosh
World War II Allied command and trivia mix
Questions on wartime leadership and measurement plus a slice of history. Aug 24 1944 Paris liberated as Marseille and Grenoble fall. 1812 White House burned. notes on fortune and travel. biographical snippets on Leigh and Randolph Scott.
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Paris
United States
Marseilles
Grenoble
U. S
White House
Washington, D.C
Randy West Bastes Into Screen Fame From California Theatres
California born actor Randy West, 6 feet 2 inches tall and 190 pounds, with football and boxing background, studied at the Pasadena Community Playhouse for two years before a 1931 screen debut in Sky Bride. He is a veteran of many film fights.
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California
Randy
Pasadena Community Playhouse
Heroic Navy Doctor Retired Admiral Living in Colorado Springs
Dr. Corydon Wassell, famed for aiding wounded sailors from the Marblehead and Houston and guiding them to Australia, is now a retired rear admiral in Colorado Springs. He recalls the perilous mission and the men she helped, who are now out of hospitals and living normal lives. President Roosevelt praised him in 1942.
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Colo
INS
Corydon Wassell
Navy
Wassell
Marblehead
Houston
Australia
Roosevelt
Dr. Wassell
Birthday cheers for McKim Beerbahn Foster and Gowdy
Notables Charles McKim Max Beerbahn Preston Foster and Hank Gowdy receive birthday congratulations. Gowdy, once a World War I first uniform player, is noted as a former catcher now coaching.
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Charles McKim
Max Beerbahn
Preston Foster
Hank Gowdy
Don't Correct Others Pronunciation Alone
A personal guideline advising not to correct another person’s speech in public or in group settings unless requested and only when the two individuals are alone. It emphasizes restraint and respect for social boundaries.
General Foch and Other Notables in 39 Inch Measure
General Foch, a meter equals 39.37 inches, and references to Oliver Wendell Holmes appear with a note on actions. The fragmentary item ties military figure, measurement standard, and a legal or literary figure in a concise, period-toned teaser.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Decertification Election Discussed at Proximity Mills
Greensboro August 24 a move to decertify the Textile Workers Union of America CIO as bargaining agent at Proximity Cotton Mills part of Cone Mills Corporation the date likely to be set at a conference this afternoon with officials from the National Labor Relations Board and the three parties involved the petition was signed by three workers and included the home addresses of 450 more workers with roughly selection pending at the local plant
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Greensboro
Proximity Cotton Mills
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
Nationa Labor Relations Board
Cone Mills Corporation
North Carolina Sees Big Drop in Traffic Deaths
North Carolina recorded a 19 percent drop in traffic deaths from 1946 to 1947, reducing deaths from 1 028 to 836, as part of a national 3 percent decline from 33 411 to 32 300. Night deaths also fell sharply due to improved street lighting.
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Cleveland
North Carolina
87 year old teacher honored for 70 years of service
Mrs. Sarah Raymer, an 87 year old Methodist Sunday School teacher, was celebrated at a dinner marking her 70 years of teaching the Sunday School.
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Atkinson
Ned
Sarah Raymer
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