Rails Leaders In Advance Of Stock Market
New York stock market gains lift rails shares and other issues. Carriers advance about two points while oils climb. notable movers include Santa Fe Nickel Plate Illinois Central Chesapeake and Ohio Baltimore and Ohio New York Central Plymouth Oil Sinclair Oil Pacific Western Oil U S Steel General Electric and others.
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Santa Fe
Nickel Plate
Illinois Central
Chesapeake and Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio
Central
Plymouth Oil
Sinclair Oil
Pacific Western Oil
U. S. Steel
Youngstown Sheet
Chrysler
Schenley
Texas Pacific Land Trust
Cerro de Pasco
Owens- Illinois
General Electric
Studebaker
Lockheed
American Smelting
Mission Corp
Eastern Airlines
Motor vehicles dominate U S passenger travel mileage
The article notes motor vehicles account for 85 percent of all passenger travel mileage in the United States. It also states billiard balls are made from female elephant tusks, claiming this ivory is superior to that of males.
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United States
West Virginia Beauty Queen Rides Herself Out of a Job
Tillie Pancake Miss Keyser 1948 rode a parade float and skipped a restaurant shift to appear at the West Virginia state firemen convention pageant. The restaurant owner discharged her, but local Jaycee leader Stan Hagen pledged to replace lost wages and find a part time job for the senior, while firefighters broadcast the tale of her sacrifice. Tillie, a high school senior, won Miss Keyser last week.
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Keyser
W. Va
Miss Keyser
Mason W. Stranhagen
Keyser Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycee
Tillie Pancake
West Virginia
Tillie
Stanhagen
Memorial room for Carrie Jacobs Bond manuscripts opened in UCLA
In a UCLA music building a memorial room has been set aside for the manuscripts and personal belongings of late composer Carrie Jacobs Bond. Among her 200 original songs on file are A Perfect Day Just A-Wearying For You and I Love You Truly. A square yard of leaf surface yields one third of an ounce of sugar per day.
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Los Angeles
Carrie Jacobs Bond
University of California At Los Angeles
Wallace Faces Hostile Durham Crowd in 1940 Campaign Stop
Wallace is greeted by boos as eggs and firecrackers disrupt his speech in Durham. He calls for a federal program to boost southern industry and agriculture, proposing a billion dollars annually for four years with half for factories and half for farming, while urging peace among supporters and rejecting foreign-leaning backers. His itinerary includes stops from Durham to Winston-Salem with an evening rally at Southside baseball park.
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Sreecat
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Moscow
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Chapel Hill
Burlington
Greensboro
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Winston-Salem
R. J. Reynolds Tocco Company
Southside Baseball Park
Canadian Heat Relief Deals With Nationwide Toll
Heat wave continues across the north Atlantic and New England as 90s linger in the plains and Midwest. Death toll climbs to 173 in 16 states with New York reporting 42 fatalities including eight drownings.
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New England
Plains
Midwest
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Otas
Montana
Washington
Portsmouth
New York City
U. S. Weather Bureau
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Huntington
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Michigan
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
Maryland
Wisconsin
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Virginia
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Maine
Milk Depots Expand In Swedish Cities And Provinces
Swedish Red Cross plans to set up more milk depots across cities and provinces to boost collection and distribution to children hospitals. In Stockholm last year volunteers collected and distributed about 4000 gallons to hospitals. The encyclopedia notes 100 to 200 snakebite deaths occur annually in the United States.
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Stockholm
Red
United States
Britannica
Teaching of Democracy Neglected by American Education
General Omar N. Bradley criticized U S education for neglecting the democracy learnings needed by soldiers and citizens. He said youths lack awareness of liberties and duties, urging two way democracy with service as a duty. He spoke at the Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment outlining stronger army education.
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ST. Louis
Omar N. Bradley
United States
Army
Bradley
Veterans of Foreign Wars
General to visit California as talk of Korean unification rises
The general will fly to Fairfield California tomorrow at 1 p m eastern time in a C 54 awaiting him in Carbondale Illinois Hodge opines that Korea may unite someday depending on the success of the new South Korean government
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Carbondale
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Fairfield
Calif
Hodge
North
South Korea
Teen Volunteers Put Skills to Work in City Aides
More than 150 Philadelphia junior and senior high students spend their vacation aiding hospitals nurseries and summer camps. The council on volunteers places them where they can serve the community and sample careers they may pursue.
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Philadelphia
Council On Volunteers
Prevention of rickets by vitamin D injections for infants
Article explains rickets cause and the role of vitamin D. It reports a cheaper preventive method using intramuscular vitamin D injections starting around day eight, with doses of 12,500 units for protection six to twelve months, varying by sun exposure and infant maturity, and suggests annual repeats in fall or early winter.
Weather outlook for North Carolina coastal and interior areas
Cooler conditions spread across the coast with interior cooling. Scattered thundershowers are expected Monday afternoon in central and western areas with considerable cloudiness. Rain and showers will affect the eastern port sections this afternoon and into the evening.
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North Carolina
Tar Heels Brace For Coastal Hurricane Storm
As a powerful hurricane threatens North Carolina residents prepare with shuttering hotels lining the Outer Banks and coastal towns. Red Cross disaster workers are mobilized and boats are moved to safety while forecasters warn of increasing winds and a path inland by night.
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Manteo
Red Cross
Atlanta
Atlantic
Oregon Inlet
Cape Hatteras
Federal Storm Warning Service
North Carolina
High Point Tops 109-City Traffic Safety Ranking
High Point ranks high among 109 U S cities in traffic safety for the first half of the year. The National Safety Council listing covers cities with 25 000 to 50 000 population and uses traffic deaths relative to population and vehicle registrations. No traffic fatalities have been recorded in High Point since January.
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High Point
Public Safety
National Safety Council
Weed Producers Hold Meeting In Washington
Tobacco producers and trade representatives met with agriculture officials in Washington to discuss exportable tobacco surpluses ahead of EU recovery program plans. James E. Thigpen, director of the tobacco division, said the meeting aimed to gather grower and industry input before class and type exports are decided.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
James E. Thigpen
Department
Tobacco Division
Subpoena Served on J Peters Also Known as Alexander Stevens
The House Committee on American Activities served a subpoena on J Peters described by Whittaker Chambers as head of the Communist underground in the United States. Peters, aka Alexander Stevens, appeared to answer deportation questions and said he would consult his counsel before deciding about attending the committee hearing. Local attorney Mrs. Carol King noted he is under immigration service jurisdiction.
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New York
House On American Activities Committee
J. Peters
Whittaker Chambers
United States
Peters
Alexander Stevens
Immigration and Naturalization Service
House Committee
Carol King
Immigration Service
unAmerican
Evening Radio Schedule for Monday August 30
A detailed listing of radio programming by time slot including News Report at 6:00, Silent Hour repeats, Kiddies Hour, Music Time, various commentary and drama programs, and closing with News and Dance Band performances into midnight. Notable items include Lowell Thomas repeats, Bob Crosby, The Lone Ranger, Inner Sanctum, and Vaughn Monroe segments.
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Sacuetiner-de Fulton Lewis, Jr
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Godwin
Abe Freddie Martin
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