What Would a House on the Moon Be Like
Adler Planetarium planners model a lunar base to study liveability and the problems of weather, gravity, and landing on the moon. The piece notes missions, rockets, and potential atmospheres while weighing feasibility and legal claims.
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On the
Moon
John F. Sembower
Central Press
Hicago
Unitedates Department of the Interior
Aple
Adleranetarium
Willy Ley
Wmer
Germanet Society
Adler Planetarium
Walter H. Haas
University of New Mexco
ECA Official Given Royal Austrian Welcome
Clyde N King American Marshall Plan official tours Austrian provinces of Styria and Carinthia on a four day visit. He meets farm cooperatives irrigation labs and farm girls in a reception marked by meals gifts and traditional Austro Hungarian hospitality. He reassures his role as responsible American representative while touring.
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Vienna
INS
International Harvester Com
Yugoslavia
Titoland
Austria
King
Interreter
Marshall Plan
Corinthian
America
State Paving and Stabilization Progress Under Road Plan
Raleigh report shows the State Highway Commission and contractors paved 1,256.8 miles of secondary roads and stabilized 2,304.9 miles last year at a cost of 77.95 million dollars. The effort counts toward Governor Scott’s rural roads goal of 12,000 miles hard-surfaced and 35,000 miles stabilized over four to six years.
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Raleigh
State Highway Commission
Scott
Highway Commission
Henry Jordan
Toorth Carolina
Jordan
Tide of Toys Shipped From High Point to Europe
The American Legion Post collects over 4000 toys for European children and ships them from Philadelphia. Leigh Harper oversees packaging with messages to each child and Andrew Jackson Post 87 thanks HPT and D Railroad for free shipping. The annual Department Officers Conference starts January 28 in Raleigh, with 40 & 8 activities and Legion events.
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Europe
High Point
Philadelphia
American Legion Post
Legionaires
Leigh Harper
Andrew Jackson Post 87
Hpt&d Railroad
Post Officers Conference
Department
Raleigh
Legion
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Yankees
Andrew Jackson Post
Post
Russell J. Holt
Winston Salem
Russ
Veiture
Ford Truck Prices Cut In Detroit Price Reductions
Ford Motor Company announced price cuts on several truck models by 20 to 80 dollars with a 148 dollar drop on the Detroit list price of the Ford V-8 station wagon. The six cylinder F2 express truck now lists at 1295 dollars. A related note describes an electromagnet used to keep lamp glass clear of metal particles.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Ship Leaves to Probe Mystery of Ocean
The British research ship William Scoresby will launch a ten month voyage from London to study humpback whale breeding and migrations off Australia and deep ocean currents off Southwest Africa. Scientists aim to fix whale hunt quotas and uncover nutrient upwellings and new species while testing deep water catching methods.
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London
Eng
William Scoresby
Australia
Africa
South America
Indian Ocean
Man to Face Charge Over Worthless Check
Edward Haywood twenty year old Negro laborer of Gray Street will be tried January 30 in recorder s court on a charge he issued a worthless check to Dolan Bowers of Thomasville. Haywood was arrested yesterday and is free on a one hundred dollar bond.
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Thomasville
Edward Haywood
Gray Street
Recorder’s Court
Dolan Bowers
Haywood
Truman to Seek Tax Hike on Business Income
Sen. Harry Byrd predicts President Truman will include higher taxes on business income in the annual tax message. He cites rising government competition with private business and warns that deficit spending undermines confidence and American money's integrity. He says federal programs erode state sovereignty and self government.
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Charleston
S. C
Harry Byrd
D-Va
Truman
Byrd
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
Joint Committee On
Lather Normal spoof nails mock basketball win
A satirical piece imagines a soap-ad copy turning a Chicago A. and M. game into ad copy. The mock report mocks a center, guards, and a rout as Lather Normal soaps up the court, finishing first after a shower and easy victory.
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Dick Kleiner
NEA
Chicago
Chicago A
Lather Normal
Luther Normal
M. Tattle Tale
Grays
Dirt
Grimes
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United States Air Force
School of Aviation Medicine
Randolph Field
Tex
Hubertus Strughold
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Earth
R. W. Porter
General Electric Ordnance Systems Division
Schenectady
N. Y
National Security
Alfred Buescher
ECA
Tina Leser
New York Metropolitan Museum of Art
Theresa Buick
Buick
Henry J. Taylor
ABC Network
W. F. Mauldin, Inc
N. Main ST. Hones
Fisher
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