Dress donated for overseas relief resold in United States
A maroon crepe dress donated in 1946 to a Fairdale North Carolina clothing drive was traced from a note inside to a Chicago mail order house and then sold in Hazelton South Dakota for 18 cents. Senate investigators, led by Sen. Milton Young and Sen. George Aiken, are gathering evidence of similar cases of donated overseas relief clothing being sold domestically.
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Douglas Larsen
Washington
NEA
Senate
United Nations Clothing Collection
Fairdale
N. C
Europe
Chicago
Hazelton
U. S
Milton R. Young
North Dakota
George O. Aiken
Vermont
Young
Committee On
Aiken
Lars Midlaas
Lars Jans
Ge Ae Ohlhouser
John A. Jansek
Rahway
N. J
Kentucky
Wisconsin
Portnoy Ar
Miss Ohlhouser
State Students Aid Tower Fund Boost Expected
Raleigh February 13 The campus war memorial tower at State College is estimated to gain about 4000 dollars after February 22 as student donations rise. About 93 percent of State students voted to forgo attending the Steve Davidson basketball game on that date freeing 3200 tickets for sale to the public.
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Raleigh
State College
Teusday
Lawmakers clash over 1948 defense cuts and national security
Republican and Democratic members of the budget subcommittee spar over a proposed one billion dollar reduction in the war department budget. Rep Engel argues cuts can be made without harming army readiness while Rep Symington warns such cuts would endanger U.S. security and air power is essential. Officials caution reductions could affect military and aid to occupied areas in Germany, Japan, and Korea.
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Engel
R-Mich
House Military Appropriations Subcommittee
War Department
Rep. Cannon
D-Mo
Rep. Mahon
D-Tex
W. Stuart Symington
Air
United States
Symington
Three Days Cough Warns of Danger and Creomulsion Offer
An old ad warns a three days cough signals danger risking chronic bronchitis if untreated. It promotes Creomulsion as a potent remedy to loosen phlegm and soothe inflamed bronchial membranes and promises money back if it does not quickly relieve the cough.
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Oceans
Nine-man Coal Cabinet Powers Daily Action Across Mines
The Daily Express calls the order ruthless and fears neighbor to neighbor spying. The coal cabinet of nine includes Attlee Isaacs Cripps Shinwell Dalton Barnes Hyndley Hobson Milne and holds daily decision powers over state owned mines.
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Tificates
Lord Beaverbrook
Daily Express
Coal Cabinet
Attlee
Isaacs
Stafford Cripps
Board of Trade
Fuel and Power
Emanuel Shinwell
Hugh Dalton
Exchequer
George Barnes
Lord Hyndley
National Coal Board
Harold Hobson
Central Electricity Board
Sir James Milne
Railways Executive Committee
Reciprocal trade gains support amid tariff clash
The GOP program continues into another year while Vandenberg and Taft clash over the Vandenberg Millikin plan giving the president authority to overrule tariff changes. Taft calls the plan unsatisfactory though existing law already lets the president adjust tariffs with limited congressional input. Glassmaking marks colonial industry beginnings as early as colonial America. Bee Rock Tunnel near Appalachia Virginia is noted as the nation’s shortest railway tunnel at 30 feet.
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Minnesota
Vandenberg
Taft
Vandenberg-Millikin
State Department
Congress
Appalachia
Buckley’s ADIOS Mixture Promises Quick Cough Relief
Buckley’s ADIOS Mixture offers quick relief for persistent coughing from colds. Take a few cents’ worth at a drug store, sip at bedtime, and expect pungent action to loosen phlegm soothe irritated membranes and ease coughing. JEFE'S DRUG STORE widely advertised Buckley’s CANADIOS Mixture.
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Buckley
Marty
Jefe
Senate weighs highway funds and state projects
The North Carolina Senate discussed recalling a joint resolution on cooperation with the Bugs Island Roanoke river flood control and hydroelectric project. It considered measures on emergency fuses for vehicles, tobacco hogshead fastening, and a name change for the North Carolina College for Negroes to North Carolina College of Durham. A statewide liquor referendum bill and a board to license funeral directors advanced.
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Northup and
Roanoke River
Bugs Island
Orton
Sen
Allsbrook
Halifax
Sen. White
Vance
Sen. Eason
Caswell
North Carolina College For
North Carolina College of
Durham
North Carolina
Rep
Kerr
Warren
League of Municipalities
Woodrow Jones
Rutherford
Frank Huskins
Yancey
State Highway Commission
General Assembly
George Penny
Guilford
Allied Church League For
Penny
Senate
Julian Allsbrook
N. C
Army Engineers
Buggs Island
Virginia
Joseph Branch
R. L. Harris
Bertie
Charles Jenkins
State Department
Sen. Penny
Allied Church League For Prohibition of
Odus Mull
Cleveland
Mull
Merrick Afloat After Rudder Damage In Antarctic Ice
A 17 000 ton vessel with 323 men battled Antarctic pack Tuesday night. the Merrick crashed into ice, its rudder disabled, as Northwind towed and a line fouled causing hull damage. Byrd calls Antarctica a potential world refrigerator.
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Northwind
Burton Island
Olympus
International News Service
Lee van Atta
Merrick
Little America
Richard Byrd
H. D. Quigg
The
United Press
Antarctic
Lawmakers push labor bills as Taft eyes senate parity
A. L. Miller clashes with the push for strong labor laws saying unions must bow to law and order while Hartley aims to bring a House labor bill to the floor by March 15. Taft and Hartley report harmony as committees tour Hollywood to inspect jurisdictional strikes and theater labor issues.
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A. L. Miller
R-Neb
Hartley
R-Nj
House
Senate Labor Committee
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Hollywood
Cecil B. DeMille
House Committee
Rep
Nixon
R-Calif
Irganist Executions Postponed After Palestinian Raid
An unauthorised Jewish immigrant was fatally wounded aboard a blockade runner. Three Irganists were sentenced to death. Lt. Gen. Sir Evelyn Barker paused the execution of Dov Bela Gruner pending appeal to Britain's supreme court. The case could drag on for months or a year. Gruner had been slated to hang for a police raid but declined to sign an appeal. lawyers acted for him at the request of his uncle Frank Gruner, a Florida resident.
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Evelyn Barker
Palestine
Dov Bela Gruner
Britain
Supreme Court
Privy Council
Gruner
Frank Gruner
Florida
Pin-Worm Mystery Solved and Remedies Promoted
A historical notice claims pinworms are finally solved by science and urges prompt action with Jayne's PW as a medical treatment. The text warns of rapid spread and rectal itch and promotes a drug remedy for pinworm infection.
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Jayne
Essr
Stocks Rise Amid Profit Taking in New York Markets
Market leaders slipped on profit taking while several favorites like Phelps Dodge Kennecott American Smelting and N Y Central advanced on February 13. Cotton futures opened higher with noon prices 5 to 36 cents per bale up, led by March May and July contracts.
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New York
Phelps Dodge
Kennecott
American Smelting
N. Y. Central
Chesapeake & Ohio
American Woolen
Packard
Houston Oil
Warner Bros
North American
Schenley
Bethlehem
General Motors
Montgomery Ward
Woolworth
American Telephone
Dow Chemical
American Can
du Pont
Cotton Textile Market Reports Quiet Trading In New York
DRY GOODS NEW YORK. The Cotton Textile market was quiet with scattered sales of print cloths and sheeting for second quarter delivery. Many houses sold up for the first half of the year and expect more active selling for third quarter delivery. Wool goods remain in demand while mills study prices for fall lines. Some allocations of rayon goods to converters for the second quarter were reported.
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New York
Nicholas Appert and early food preservation method
Nicholas Appert conducted experiments in 1809 to preserve foods by sealing them in airtight containers and boiling them, a method developed before germ theory and bacteriology.
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Nicholas Appert
SSS Tonic Promises Boost in Blood Strength
A health ad urges readers to check for pale skin and fatigue as signs of low blood count and promotes SSS Tonic as a cure. It claims the tonic raises red blood cell activity, improves appetite and digestion, and enhances energy, sleep, and overall vitality with claims of millions of bottles sold.
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Oz Drug Store
Tonio
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