Don Whitehead Wins LIU 1950 Award for Korea Reporting
Don Whitehead honored by Long Island University for outstanding wire service reporting from the Korean front. The Brooklyn based university lauded his vivid front line dispatches that highlighted American soldiers inadequately equipped for winter combat, noting the impact on supplying clothing and gear to troops.
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Long Island University
University
Brooklyn
Aword
Whitehead
Korea
Columbia Broadcasting System
Greece
LIU Journalism Department
New York
Tristram Walker Metcalfe
America
Anti-Strike Proposal Moves Forward in House
The House Armed Services Committee shows strong support for a new labor law to bar wartime strikes. Rep. Howard W. Smith says the bill would revoke seniority rights and Taft Hartley protections for unions and workers who engage in a concerted work stoppage endangered by presidential proclamation.
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Washington
House
Armed Services Committee
Howard W. Smith
D.va
Vinson
D.ga
Smith
British Plan New Aluminum Plant in Borneo
The British Aluminum Co. of London plans a 33 million dollar project to build a giant aluminum plant in British North Borneo. The facility will be the Far East's largest and will process Rhio Archipelago bauxite, near Singapore, with a river providing power for the plant.
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Singapore
The
British Aluminum Co
London
British North Borneo
Poconees
Far East
Rhio Archipelago
Borneo
Ant
Hadacol Aid Claimed For Sleep And Energy Boost
Henry Duke of Tramond Missouri reports Hadacol relief from insomnia fatigue and stomach upset. He says after using 12 bottles he sleeps well and eats better and can work again at the quarry. Trial size $1.25 large bottle $3.50. LeBlanc Corporation markets the remedy.
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Henry Duke
Tramond
Missouri
The
LeBlanc Corporation
Advertising Men to Hear Experts on Salesmanship
Greensboro reports two top salesmanship experts, Philip Salisbury and Gene Flack, will speak at the Winter meeting of the Newspaper Advertising Executives Association of the Carolinas in Burlington February 16–17. Salisbury will address a luncheon session and Flack will speak at the annual banquet. The convention opens February 16 with sessions and ends February 17 with a banquet.
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Greensboro
Philip Salisbury
Gene Flack
America
Newspaper
Advertising Executives Association of the Carolinas
Burlington
Salisbury
Flack
Sunshine Biscuits, Inc
Alamance
England
Leet
Ser
New York
Ingersoll Watch Company
Dartnell Corporation
Bill Brothers Publishing Corporation
Sales Management
American Marketing Association
Dotted Line Club
Society of Business Magazine
National Sales Executives, Inc
Sales Executives Club of
New Os Rid
Committee For Economic Development
United States Trea . War Food Administration
Unity Servicerganizations
National Sales Etives
Advertising Federation of America
Distribution Council
United States Department of Commerce
Committee On Advertising
United States Chamber Commerce
United States Treasury
Board of Junior Achievement
National Urban League
United States Associates of International Chamber of Commerce
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Long Island City
Burlington Times-News
High Point Enterprise
Rudy Fonville
Times- News
C. W. Patterson, Jr
End of Beginning foretold in a love tale
A reflective fragment recounts a girl Florence Staton who courted the narrator with small gestures and verse. Her brother staged a mock marriage, breaking the spell, before Florence wed a preacher and her brother rose to mathematics professor and acting university president.
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Florence Staton
Florence
Staten
Readers condemn fascist badges at Hungary rally
A reader letter criticizes enemies of the people's republic for wearing badges linked to foreign fascist groups. It notes youths displaying reactionary boy scout insignia in Budapest as part of anti democratic protests.
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Budapest
Our People’s Republic
Hungary
Prague speeds up apprentice training to meet manpower needs
Czechoslovakia accelerates apprentice programs to reduce time to full work. Some industries cut training from three years to two, others to one year or even six months. Women are encouraged to join the workforce as well.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
British Government Takes Over Steel Industry
The British labor government nationalizes the steel industry, forming the government holding company the British Iron and Steel Corporation to set prices and expansion. The move, part of socializing twenty percent of the economy, ends private ownership and boosts steel prices as Britain reorganizes its industry amid Cold War tensions.
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London
British Iron and Steel Corporation
House of Commons
World Communications
Bank of England
Winston Churchill
Seaf
Attlee
United States
Russia
Texas Tree Care and Blue Bonnet State Flower
A historical note links early forestry to Roman foresters who cared for trees. It also identifies Texas state flower as the Blue Bonnet, noting its botanical color and local pride.
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Texas
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