Czechoslovakia Sells Goods in Rockefeller Center Exhibit
In Rockefeller Center the Czechoslovak exhibit showcases products worth about a million dollars including Ta tra 87 cars and Skoda engines aimed at American buyers. The display features shoes, car parts, liquors like slivovice and Carlsbad liqueur, with pilsner samples for visitors and trade officials. Dr. Karel Fink notes Prague seeks Western markets to boost its economy and American partners are welcome.
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New York
NEA
Kremlin
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Balkan
Museum of Science and Industry
Rockefeller Center
Farouk
Egypt
Skoda
Jablonec
Ziln
United States
Karel Fink
Hazen's Baby Brings Brisk Play in Bridge Hand
Lee Hazen of New York, noted bridge expert, shared a hand with his 16 month old son Thomas. Hazen claimed he had to make six spades after the baby, via a “go goo” cue, while detailing a sequence of clubs and diamonds and the final tricks in a challenging deal.
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Lee Hazen
New York
Thomas Lee Hazen
Hazen
Lee
West
Dummy
East
Nation's First Regional Blood Banks Reach One-Year Assets
The Rochester center models a peacetime Red Cross blood program that collected 97 000 pints and supplied immune serum globulin serum albumin and anti hemophilic globulin to 614 hospitals and 32 clinics. A nationwide system now includes 19 centers and a mobile unit with expansions planned in Portland Boise Philadelphia Nashville and Louisville.
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NEA
Rochester
N. Y
American Red Cross National Blood Program
U. S
America
Red Cross
Armed Services
Wichita
Kans
Tucson
Foreclosure Sale Promised on Guilford County Property
Sam Little and wife Gertrude Robinson Little mortgage holder Thos W Sprinkle trustee will sell at public auction in High Point NC on February 4 1949 at 1130 AM to satisfy a deed of trust dated November 12 1946 recorded in Book 1141 Page 615. The parcel lies in High Point Township bounded by Tudor Street and a 950 ft line, described by survey William F Freeman November 5 1946. Sprinkles Coffield Ay di-18-25 w handle the sale.
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Thomas M. McDaniel
Edna Staley McDaniel
Thos. W. Sprinkge
the Register of Deeds
Guilford County
North Carolina
West Green
South Main Streets
High Point
High Point Township
High Point Development Company
Office of the Register of Deeds
Park Street
Thos. W. Sprinkle
Sprinkle & Coffield
Attys
Sam Little
Gertrude Robinson Little
Register of Deeds
Tudor Street
Tutor Street
William F. Freeman
Thos
W. Sprinkle
Sprinkie & Coffield
Allys
Quick Quiz From Today’s Page on Language and Arts
The item blends trivia questions with a short biographical note on Philip Barry and Stella Roman. It mentions Barry’s plays from 1922 to 1944 and his residences on Jupiter Island Florida and East Hampton New York. Stella Roman reportedly sang first on horseback in the Carpathians.
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Philip Barry
Rochester
N. Y
Code
London
Morrow
Liberty Jones
Barry
Jupiter Island
Hebe Sound
Fila
Still Pond
East Hampton
Stella Roman
Metropolitan Opera
Carpathian Mountains
Stella
Miss Roman Makes Ninth Met Season on Stage Horseback
By Lilian Campbell, Central Press Writer, notes Miss Roman’s ninth season with the Metropolitan Opera. The Romanian born soprano previously studied at Bucharest Conservatory after being urged to move to the capital. Her notable role includes Minnie in Puccini’s The Girl of the Golden West with a dramatic horseback entrance in the third act.
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Bucharest
Romania
Miss Roman
The
Metropolitan
Minnie
Notable birthdays for Furtwangler Maugham and Alexander
William Furtwangler, European orchestra conductor, William Somerset Maugham, English novelist and playwright, and Ernst F. Alexander, Swedish scientist, are recognized today for cake with candles.
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William Furtwangler
William Somerset Maugham
Ernst F. Alexander
Laws Like Cobwebs Quote by Jonathan Swift
A concise quotation notes that laws catch only minor offenses while stronger acts slip through, attributed to Jonathan Swift.
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Jonathan Swift
January twenty fifth historical quick facts
The entry lists notable events dated January 25 across history including the St Paul conversion in AD 35, a Chillan earthquake death toll in 1939, the West India Company slave trade license granted in 1659, and the birth of Scottish poet Robert Burns in 1759.
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St. Paul
West India Company
Robert Burns
WHPE Radio Schedule Day Part List
The schedule lists programs from 7:30 breakfast patrol to 6:30 sign off with WHPE News, music blocks, film time, and special features including Marine Story, March of Dimes, and Wanderers of the Wasteland. A detailed lineup features multiple news briefs and entertainment segments throughout the day.
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Whpe News
Martin
U.S. Employment Service
A.P. News
Record Review
Marine Story
AP News
BI Ourharts
Wanderers of the Wasteland
Radio Schedule Notes Silent Hour and varied programs
A dense listing of daily broadcasts across CBS ABC and MBS networks with news, talk shows, dramas, and musical programs. Items include Newscasts with Lowell Thomas and Bob Hope, This Is Your Life, You Are viewing various talk and entertainment segments, and late night music and dance programs during a Weekday schedule.
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Abe
Cbs Network
Abc-East
Abe-Weat
Mbs-East
Mbs- West
Cbs
Abe Lowell Thomas
Abc
Cbs News
Abe Fulton Lewis, Jr
Abe Jack Smith
Cbs Daily
Abe Hob Crosby
Cbs Counter Spy
Cbe
Abe Geo. O'Hanlon
Alan Foung
Mrs. North
Iy Gardner
Abe M. Amsterdam
Mbs
Detroit Symphony
Corn
A Krackin
Pay Phones Sharply Guarded Against Slugs
Pittsburgh reports that pay phones have largely defeated slugging after state and federal laws. Slugging fell to one tenth of 1933 levels as nickel gauges updated to steel and stricter coin products blocked oversized slugs. Some thieves still lose thousands yearly, while reforms curb losses. a religious group halting 25 cent prayer discs is noted.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Nickie
Forecast of fortune and intellect for next year
Be cooperative now and others will help you. A turn of unexpected good fortune is likely in the coming year. Born on this date a child may become highly intellectual and moderately fortunate in life.
Etiquette Note on Rising for Introductions
A woman need not rise when introduced unless the person is much older or very distinguished. In most cases she remains seated.
Latin America Deceptive One Area Drainage Theory
A puzzle style prompt lists Latin America and a deceptive one plus a defined drainage area. It references the Pentagon in Washington D C and superstitions such as walking under ladders breaking mirrors black cats crossing paths spilling salt and neglecting to pick up a pin.
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Latin America
Pentagon Building
Washington, D. C
Diaper Device Banishes Pins
Casper Wyoming Mrs Dorothy Miller creates a pinless diaper using a triangle plastron that lies flat under the baby and fastens with snaps. The mother of a seven month old says she avoided pin pricks by making the method herself to remove the safety pin hazard.
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Casper
Wyo
Dorothy Miller
Spain's Franco widens peseta gap with new import export scales
Generalissimo Franco tightens dollar controls to avert full devaluation. Aimed at boosting dollar income, Spain taxes nonessential imports in pesetas while rewarding exporters of favored goods, with rates shifting toward true devaluation and affecting wages, food costs, and industrial needs.
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New York
Francisco Franco
Spain
Juan Antonio Nco
Industry and Commerce
Instituto de Moneda
Money Institute
United States
Tangier
North Africa
Suances
Westminster Abbey crowns most English monarchs since William the Conqueror
The record notes that from William the Conqueror onward all English sovereigns have been crowned in Westminster Abbey with two exceptions, Edward V and Edward VIII, reflecting a historic coronation pattern.
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William the Conqueror
Edward V
Edward VIII
Westminster Abbey
Administrator's Notice in the Guilford County estate case
Ronald A. Phillips administrator of the estate of A. W. Phillips deceased in Guilford County North Carolina calls all creditors to present verified claims within one year and all debtors to settle immediately. Notice dated January 20 1949 and filed with D. D. Whitley Jr assistant clerk of the Guilford County Superior Court.
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Superior Court
Guilford County
Haynes
Mildred Day Haynes
Wadesboro
N. C
T. Sloane Guy, JR
D.B.N
Taylor & Kitchin
A. W. Phillips
North Carolina
Ronald A. Phillips
Pickett Street
High Point
D. D. Whitley, Jr. Ass't
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Howard J. Dobson
Annie Cline Dobson
Dedenfant
M. W. Nash
J. Allen Austin
Akqno A
Val
South West
William EF. McKenney
America’s Card Authority
Central and
South America
Embasey
Lilian Campbell
Central Press
Happy
Associated Press News
A.M
Eventide Echos
Mayne Albright
Ite Delivery Company
Grand Street
Associated Press
Alburn D. West
Americas
France
England
Italy
Switzerland
Consule
Meinhard, Greeff & Co, Inc
Madison Avenues
New York City
Southern Office & F. Setamer
Johnson Building
Charlone, N.C
Charice
Bank
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Wachovia
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
Southeast
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