Tiny models propel rockets to massive savings in tests
At Moffett Field NACA and ordnance experts test miniature rockets and planes in wind tunnels. Models weigh a quarter ounce and reach speeds up to 5 000 feet per second, captured by high speed photography. The tiny carriers shed after firing, enabling precise measurements and rapid development of future military aircraft and missiles.
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Rising Prices Hit Austere Britons Harder
London reports show rising retail prices across essentials as wholesale increases from 1950 and wartime shortages push costs higher. Oil firms Shell Mex and British Petroleum raised motor and tractor oils, automakers hiked prices, and clothing and candles gained, reflecting broader inflation and winter hardship in Britain.
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Britain
Hugh Gaitskell
Shell-Mex
British Petroleum
Armstrong-Siddeley
Singer Motors
Administrator's Notice of Estate Claim Deadlines
Qualified as Administrator of the estate of Elizabeth F Allred late of Guilford County NC all persons with claims must present them verified within one year from this date or be barred. Creditors should settle promptly. Dated December 7 1950 E M Allred Administrator.
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Guilford County
North Carolina
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Council Approves Leasing Of Land In Wilmington
The council of state approved leasing an additional 40 by 100 foot strip of land at Wilmington to Trumbull Asphalt Company, enlarging a previously leased 400 by 100 foot plot for expansion. The same meeting authorized selling a Granville county tract at Camp Butner from the State Hospitals Board of Control to Hensine Hosiery Mills Co. of New York, with plans undisclosed.
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Hensine Hosiery Mills Co
Rising costs press on average households
A price surge across basic goods pins inflation on workers with higher costs. Parffin candles cost about 16 cents per pound, tires rise to 13.45, batteries and gasoline have climbed, and worsted fabrics up to 40 percent. Consumers brace for autumn clothing impact as summer demand winds down.
New Tidbits From The Times Weird and Witty Roundup
A collage of brief items notes child coupon habits, a jaw strength gadget, old installment buying roots, and a university TV study plan. It recalls a secretary gadget, factory tours for garment workers, diet truths, courtroom clock stories, and quirky reflections on radios, braille, trains, and ancient chairs.
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Minneapolis
Xavier University
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Iveal
New England
Washington
Mr. X
Sea Bird Puzzle Clue Answers Across and Down
A crossword style grid lists numerous clues with across and down entries. Answers include animal, astronomy, chemistry, geography, and everyday terms matched to numbers and abbreviations for a Hampshire area puzzle solution.
Quiz Bag and Odysseys of a Bygone Era
A mixed page item featuring today’s trivia answers on constitutional amendments Libby prison and Columbus birthplace questions plus a brief historical date list from 1777 1940 1944. It also presents biographical guesses for a Nobel laureate Danish author born May 20 1882 and a New York bar admitted lawyer born February 13 1892 with career notes.
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Turner
New York Bay
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Denmark
Kristin Lavransdatter
Hestviken
Horn
Spring Creek
New York
Jamestown
Bureau of Internal
Name of U S chief counsel for Axis war crimes trials
The column cites a figure who served as assistant attorney general in 1936, solicitor general in 1938, attorney general in 1940, chief of counsel for Axis war crimes prosecutions, and an associate justice since 1941. It asks for his name. The text also notes birthdays for Clement Attlee and others.
Bridge defense lessons from an undoubled contract
A bridge column explains defensive strategy when holding West with a single diamond and East bidding three diamonds. It analyzes risk versus reward, noting the best NS contract is three no trump and detailing the hand where misdirection and careful ruffing could have forced a set.
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Truman to Deliver State of the Union Next Monday
President Truman will address a joint session at 1 p.m. in the new year. The budget message detailing defense expenditures will follow on January 15, with an economic message to be sent to the Capitol on a date to be chosen.
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Williamsburg
Joseph Short
A Promising Year for Study and Intellectual Growth
A future year is seen as favorable for study and self advancement. The message notes that a child born on this date is likely intellectual with many outstanding qualities.
Confederate Prison at Richmond in Civil War Era
A historical reference notes a Confederate prison located in Richmond during the Civil War. It mentions its role in wartime captivity and reflects on the prison’s place in Southern military history.
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Richmond
Louisiana
Louis XIV
Genoa
Italy
Television Schedule for Wednesday January 3
WXYZ-TV lists 10:45 Sports Final 11:00 Open House 12:00 News in Brief 3:30 Music News 3:45 TV Tune Time 4:00 Homemakers Exchange 4:30 Vanity Fair 5:00 Comics 5:15 Piedmont Party Time 5:30 Howdy Doody 6:00 Kukla Fran and Ollie 6:30 Showroom 6:45 Carolina Clambake 6:55 Whats The Record 7:00 Chance of a Lifetime 7:30 News 7:45 Perry Como 8:00 Arthur Godfrey 9:00 Somerset Maugham Theatre 9:30 TV Club 10:00 Boxing 12:00 Sign Off.
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