Calcutta Portrait From the Sky and Street Scenes
A correspondent recalls arriving in Calcutta from Dum Dum as a Royal Air Force flyer. He notes stark poverty, heavy pollution, and dense crowds including laboring women in sarees, beggars, and a crowded transport scene. He contrasts Calcutta with Bombay’s Gateway to India arch.
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India
Royal Air Force
Calcutta
Dumdum Airfield
Dumdum
London
Naples
Bombay
Lincoln Display At Richardson's Washington D C
A Lincoln exhibit in Richardson's department store show-window traces life from childhood to assassination. A Lincoln cabin replica and a facsimile of the Gettysburg Address are included. The Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company sponsors the display, open through Thursday.
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Richardson's
Abraham Lincoln
Ford Theatre
Washington, D. C
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company
Richardson’s
President accepts Ickes resignation. Chapman new acting interior head
The president accepted Ickes resignation as of February 15 and will have Oscar L. Chapman act as secretary until appointment. The move follows Senate testimony on Edwin W. Pauley’s navy post, which Ickes cast as pressure from oil interests. Truman reaffirmed Pauley’s nomination despite Ickes’ testimony.
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Ickes
Oscar L. Chapman
Ross
Senate
Edwin W. Pauley
Tholdoverckes
Pauley
California
Truman
Capitol
Prosecution Links Pair to Local Lottery Rackets in Raid
Prosecutor Walter Johnston notes the woman may testify to antecents while the defense declines. Police tie the couple to butter and eggs and racing numbers schemes in Winston Salem and High Point. They were arrested February 6 at their home with a bag of lottery slips totaling 974.48 and $164 cash found. Slips matched codes from a December raid on Lynwood Avenue showing similar tickets. Authorities say one day's gross may total nearly $1000 for a bank section. The case moves toward higher-ups as bonds were posted pending trial.
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Walter Johnston
Winston-Salem
High Point
Woodleigh Street
Lynwood Avenue
Hollifield
Fellowship Meeting Dinner Talk at First Methodist Church
Members of the Men’s Fellowship club at the First Methodist church will hold a February dinner meeting Thursday at 6:30 PM. Rev. Milton Hadley, pastor of the Springfield Friends church, will deliver the talk. All men are invited regardless of church membership.
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First Methodist Church
Milton Hadley
Springfield Friends Church
Georgia's Congresswoman Wins Georgia House Seat
Georgia's first congresswoman Helen Douglas Mankin won the fifth district seat with 10 922 votes to 10 114 for her nearest rival Thomas L Camp. She plans to live in Arlington Virginia and will focus on freight rate reform and federal education aid. Her wartime service and leadership in the Womens Overseas Service League are noted.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Helen Douglas Mankin
Washington
Virginia
Mankin
Robert Ramspeck
Thomas L. Camp
Railroad Association of Georgia
Congress
Ellis Arnall
France
Womens’ Overseas Service League
Guy Mankin
Southeast
Guy Mankin, Jr
Merchant Marine
World Today puzzle shows zone in flood humor
The piece depicts a flooded zone with a housewife on a tiny island with eggs, a large pig on another island, and a farmer on a submerged barn roof. Colonists dig as spring nears. government pays losses and replaces houses. It notes 5300 German Jewish colonists sent to Germany during wartime. about 20 returned, the rest reportedly dead.
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Palestine
Germany
Drought Drives Rome Church to Three Day Rain Prayer
Rome's church authorities announce a three day prayer service to beg for rain as central Italy endures an acute drought. The observance begins Friday with solemn prayers across the city and diocesan measures to seek relief from dry conditions.
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Rome
Italy
NFTW unions weigh nationwide phone strike over pay
In Philadelphia workers demanded a 25 cent hourly rise. NFTW attorney Alexander Eltman said leaders would decide Monday on a strike call that could halt countrywide telephone service and shut local lines in 21 states. The walkout could involve about 75,000 members backing 17,000 Western Electric workers and NFTW wage demands of a $2 daily raise.
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Alexander Eltman
Independent
National Federation of Telephone Workers
New York
NFTW
Eltman
Western Electric
British War Brides To Live In Carolinas
Eleven British war brides of American soldiers arrived in the Carolinas to establish homes. Four drove to South Carolina towns from Charlotte while others headed to Greensboro Durham Mt. Airy Statesville Candler Asheville and Salisbury. Local couples met the brides and arrangements placed them with host families and communities. Edwin B. Hall will live in Greensboro and several brides were assigned to North Carolina cities with relatives awaiting them.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
Charlotte
South Carolina
Greensboro
Durham
Mt. Airy
Statesville
Candler
Asheville
Salisbury
North Carolina
James Davnes
Columbia
D. C
John Mustard
Hopkins
S. C
Glenwood Outlaw
Fort Oglethorpe
J. W. Outlaw
Roland Bates
Fort Jackson
Annette Bates
Edwin B. Hall
Lee Porter
Thomas Fletcher
Mt. Airye
Garland Sisk
Sylvia Barbour
Dorothy Collings
Joan Fussel Palmer
Salisury
Truman backs price boost as wage dispute nears settlement
The stabilization chief signaled a possible seven percent wage rise linked to a five dollar per ton steel increase aimed at restoring about 750,000 CIO workers to their jobs with higher hourly pay. Officials discussed reverting to wartime board practices, while Wirtz joined talks as Bowles was forecast to assume broader wage and price authority.
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Truman
White House
CIO
War Labor Board
Stabilization Board
WLB
Collet
Missouri
OPA
Chester Bowles
Amnesiac man held by McDowell County sheriff
In Marion on February 13 a man who says his name is Walt Mc Clone and who appears amnesiac is being kept by Sheriff Grady Nichols. The man, about 27, 5 ft 6 in, 150 pounds, was found huddled over a fire near the McDowell Buncombe county line, wearing overalls jacket and overshoes.
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Marion
Walt McClone
Grady Nichols
McDowell County
Stolen Plates Fuel Auto Theft Rings in North Carolina
Raleigh February 13. Auto mobile theft rings in North Carolina use stolen license plates on their cars. Highway Patrol Major H J Hatcher reported 205 of 301 cars reported missing last month were recovered. A pressure spray gun is best for watering seedlings.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Highway Patrol
H. J. Hatcer
Hatcher
General Stock Market Edges Down and Cotton Textile Dull
Stock prices in New York slipped fractions with some industrials retreating after early gains while key names like U S Steel and Allied Chemical fell. The cotton textile market was dull as mills resisted price relief amid rising raw cotton costs and wages, with woolen demand brisk and rayon quiet. Chicago hogs and cattle were active with steady to higher prices amid brisk beef cow demand and scarce vealers.
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New York
U. S. Steel
Chesapeake & Ohio
J. I. Case
Pennsylvania
Eastern Air Lines
Union Carbide
Allied Chemical
Johns Manville
Chicago
USDA
Better Air Service To Be Discussed
Howard E Kennedy assistant to the president of the Pennsylvania Central Airlines was scheduled to arrive in the city today to discuss with city officials and civic leaders the present service and plans for improved service City Manager Roy Braden said he had not been notified of Kennedy's pre conference and did not know if it would be held here or in Greensboro
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Howard E. Kennedy
Pennsylvania Central Airlines
Roy Braden
Kennedy
Greensboro
Two Cairo Students Killed in Anti-British Clashes
Two students died during clashes with police at Zagazig 40 miles north of Cairo as anti-British demonstrations spread from Cairo to other cities. Authorities closed Guad and Azhar universities and police patrolled around the campuses as disturbances continued. The article notes that the first apartment houses in the United States were called French flats.
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Cairo
Zagazig
Here
Guad
Azhar
United States
State College Man Returns From Australian Wool Tour
Dr. Frederick T. Pierce of North Carolina State College conducted an extended tour of Australia. He studied wool production programs for the Commonwealth government and met with producers, chemists, engineers, and others to promote broader wool research. He noted US and Australian efforts and the existence of an international wool secretariat.
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Raleigh
Frederick T. Pierce
School of
North Carolina State College
Retu
Australia
Australian Commonwealth Council For Scientific and Industrial Research
Peirce
England
Shirley Institute
State College Research Eart
Europe
United States
Fuller Development ‘of Wool Industries
The
Wool Institute
Associated Wool Industries
Floured scissors used to cut dried fruits mix
A kitchen note describes using floured scissors to cut dried fruits marshmallows and raisins. The practice aims to prevent sticking and improve even pieces for later baking or snacking.
Photographers to Meet at Pinehurst Midwinter Session
The Carolinas Press photographers association holds its annual midwinter meeting Sunday at 11 oclock at the Pinehurst club. Rocky Mount photographer Bugs Barringer is listed as a participant.
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Pinehurst
Carolinas Press Gigg
Ers Association
Bugs Barringer
Rocky Mount
Seeeihen
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