South Enjoys Peak Year In Industry In 1946
Industry in the agrarian south expanded in 1946 with 96 textile projects in nine states, creating about 22 975 new jobs. Cotton prices rose to over 30 cents, tobacco hit all time highs, and expansion continued in hosiery knitting and spinning. Steel and shipbuilding faced declines amid postwar shifts, while Florida faced crop damage from rains and citrus faced a glut at year end.
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New Orleans Exchange
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Birmingham Valley
Fairfield
Pascagoula
Miss
Citrus Commission
Chicago
OPA
Congress
Agriculture On
Farm Surpluses Possible During The Coming Year
In 1946 wheat and hogs drew politics into farm debates as record crops spurred potential surpluses for 1947. Experts foresee possible price declines from 1946 highs, with a record crop output projected and a spring pig goal up 11 percent.
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Chicago
Halls of Congress
Agriculture Department
Prospector's Friend aids miners and funds hopefuls in Nevada
Harold V. Lankford, a self taught mining engineer behind the Prospectors' Friend Inc in Nevada, offers free assays and guidance and provides cash to struggling prospectors. Illinois car owners in 1945 faced dogs chewing soy bean license plates.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Friend, Inc.,” of
Nevada
Harold V. Lankford
Goldfield
Illinois
Russian war bride praises America in East St Louis
The Russian-born former Soviet army nurse Zinaida Zibrowa now Mrs Anton J Milulicz says America is a wonderful place. In Raleigh North Carolina the first statue of George Washington was placed on the state capitol lawn. Cambridge Massachusetts, home of Harvard University, was once called Newtowne.
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East ST. Louis, Ill
Inl
America
Zinaida Zibrowa
Anton J. Milulicz
East St. Louis
George Washington
State Capitol Lawn
Raleigh
N. C
Cambridge, Mass
Harvard University
Newtowne
Guard Against TB Across Mississippi With Mobile Examinations
In Mississippi every area will be traveled every two years to offer free tuberculosis exams at citizens' doors. Dr. C. W. Smith of the State Board of Health announced five mobile units will provide the screenings. Animal tracks show front feet paired behind hind feet indicating climber origin.
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Jackson
Miss
INS
C. W. Smith
Mississippi State Board of Health
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Sinclair
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