Ban on Conventions Divides Hotel Executives
The Associated Press report shows hotel leaders split over the war era convention ban starting today. New York Philadelphia New Orleans and Cleveland expect relief from crowded rooms while others fear sharp revenue drops. Some cities report hundreds of cancellations or limited attendance with Denver Milwaukee Des Moines Atlantic City and Galveston singled out as hard hit.
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Associated Press
New York
Philadel- New Orleans
Cleve
American Hotel Association
Joseph E. Mears
Philadelphia Hotel Association
New Orleans
Cleveland
New York City
Howard F. Dugan
Hotel Statler Company
Denver
Milwaukee
Des Moines
Statler Company
Boston
Buffalo
Detroit
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Chicago
New York Central Railroad
Relieve Eczema with San-Cura Ointment at Bedtime
The ad promises relief from torture and itch of eczema with a small jar of San-Cura ointment. Apply liberally at bedtime for quick relief. Suggests San-Cura is superior to all competitors and guarantees satisfaction or money back.
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Alwage
Mann Drug Company
Notice of Commissioner Sale in High Point NC 1945
Commissioner under a 1945 High Point case City of High Point vs Low H Hamilton widow will sell the Lot 1, Block 3 Emerywood West Plat Guilford County at the City Hall front steps at 11:00 AM. Sale subject to unpaid city and county taxes and local improvement assessments. January 8, 1945. J Witeen Jr, Commissioner. 1/18-25 2/1-8.
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Low Hamilton
Low H. Hamilton
High Point
Bech
N. C
Emerywood West
the Register of Deeds
Guilford County
North Carolina
J. ¥. Witeen, Jr
Bong Rings Bell and Cards in Rummy Tale
Maj Richard Bong, America’s leading ace, is described as a skilled rummy by S/Sgt Charles Stewart Jr of Charlotte. Stewart says Bong joined his unit in New Guinea in 1943 as a new pilot and quickly proved tough to beat in their rummy games.
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Baton Rouge
Richard S. Bong
America
Charles Stewart, Jr
Charlotte
N. C
Chiff
Harding Field
Pacific
Maj. Bong
Bong
New Guinea
Stewart
Becca
Rank party joke echoes at Chicago social gathering
Mayor Kelly and his son Joe attended a Chicago party with Army and Navy officers but the mayor was unable to attend due to urgent business. Upon returning, Joe quipped that he had been out ranked, a light moment captured in the social note.
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Chicago
Kelly
Joe
Army
Navy
Bees Grounded in Britain After War Beekeeping Decline
London report notes beekeepers doubled since the war while 1944 honey yield fell to a 20 year low due to bad weather.
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London
Britain
Somma Volcano Shields Not Vesuvius, New Evidence Emerges
Researchers clarify a common misconception about the 79 AD eruption, noting that the flowing lava and ash affected Somma rather than Vesuvius itself, altering interpretations of the event and its impact on Pompeii and nearby settlements.
Modest St Louis Mayor Receives Letter From Teacher
Aloys P Kaumann, a long time St Louis resident and mayor for seventeen months, kept a letter from a local high school teacher noting his mayoral rise. The piece mentions the surprising discovery of his position after a lengthy career. In a separate note, it states the Army has a new explosive method affecting telegraph poles without digging.
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ST. Louis
INS
Aloys P. Kaumann
Kaufmann
Harding era first nose broadcast era enunciators
In the early days of radio, President Warren G. Harding led the way as a pioneering figure in the nascent field. The term enunciators described those who spoke clearly to audiences, a role associated with broadcast communication during that period.
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Warren G. Harding
Chaplains Praised For Service To Wounded Soldiers
In Birmingham on February 1, Episcopal Bishop Henry Wise Hobson praised chaplains for uplifting soldiers in Europe and Army hospitals. The House of Bishops also unanimously approved a $5,000,000 campaign to aid reconstruction and advancement work in foreign fields, targeting large donors.
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Birmingham
Ala
Henry Wise Hobson
Episcopal
Ohio
House of Bishops
Hobson
Europe
Robert D. Jordan
Jordan
Mrs. W. M. Creasy Dies At Home Of Daughter
Mrs. W. M. Creasy a longtime leader in Daughters of the Confederacy DAR and Colonial Dames died at her daughter Mrs. Ernest B. Hunter's home in Charlotte She was a former state recording secretary of the DAR and an early student of what became UNC Greensboro Survived by daughter Mrs Hunter a son Col W. M. Creasy serving in India a brother Charles Bagby and a sister Mrs C E Mason with two grandchildren Burial details not reported
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Charlotte
W. M. Creasy
Ernest B. Hunter
Daughters of the Confederacy
Atlantic Coastle Railroad
George Kendrick Bagby
Helen Malissa Dunn Bagby
Kinston
Lenoir County
Jericho
Hunter
Charlotte Observer
Col
Regular Army
Ceylon
India
Inter-Allied
Charles Bagby
C. E. Mason
Wilmington
Combat Poppy Evil Chungking
Information from Anhwei reports extensive poppy cultivation around Hsiaohsien and nearby districts. A civilian self defense corps is formed under the Chinese Army to fight the drug evil. About 210 acres have been cleared of early poppies.
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Chungking
INS
Hsiaohsien
Anhwei
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White House
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