It's A Slow War Without Spoons on the Western Front
On the Korea front a late shipment of U S Army C rations lacked plastic spoons causing soldiers to eat pork and beans with their fingers. Quartermaster officials call it a mistake and advise troops to carry a spoon. In Tel Aviv Israel tires will be produced locally for 75 units yearly at a new plant in Petach Tikvah aiding Kaiser Fraser Haifa assembly.
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Western Front
Korea
U. S. Army
J. Edward Sheeham
Rockland
Chicago
Tel Aviv
General Tire and Rubber Co. (Israel), Ltd
Petach Tikvah
Kaiser Frazer
Haifa
Esther to Royal Italian puzzle word list
A compact grid style clue set lists word answers from Esther to magnesium across chemical and geographic terms. Includes names, places, elements, and common words forming a themed puzzle with numbered positions and cross clues.
Misfit Hand Bidding and Play in Bridge Commentary
A Detroit correspondent analyzes a bridge hand where West opens diamonds and South ends in a doubtful contract. The author argues the main error was in play at the first trick and offers a line to conserve entries and fulfill the game contract with careful trump management.
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Detroit
West
East
South
Declarer
North
Sheriff Clancy Confronted Over Testimony in New Orleans Hearing
Jefferson Parish Sheriff Frank Clancy refused to answer Senate Crime Committee questions on swank gambling operations in his parish citing potential self incrimination. Senator Estes Kefauver warned him as the two day hearing in New Orleans concluded and officials said the inquiry will move to Detroit.
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Frank Clancy
Jefferson Parish
Louisiana
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Clancy
Senate Crime Committee
Senate
New Orleans
Detroit
North Carolina tax tables confuse tax origins and where paid
A Raleigh examination shows state franchise taxes mislead by where paid rather than where owed. Direct property taxes go to local treasuries while most indirect taxes rely on where goods are purchased or services used. The article argues collection points are administrative and not the true source of revenue.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
Michigan
North Carolina
Oregon
Maine
Joint Finance Committee
The
Mecklenburg County
Wake
New Hanover
Edgecombe
Mecklenburg
Forsyth
Guilford
Charlotte
Duke
Carolina Power
Wilmington
Tidewater Power
Tarboro
Carolina
Bell Telephone
Atlanta
Virginia Electric
Norfolk
Currituck
Yadkin
Brunswick
Wayne
Polk
Gas Confab At Durham On Thursday
Sixteen cities and towns will send representatives to Durham Thursday to discuss obtaining natural gas locally. City manager Jt. W. Flack announced the meeting at a Pinehurst city managers association session. Attendees include Asheville Raleigh Durham Chapel Hill Lincolnton Newton Fayetteville Wilson Morganton Rocky Mount Kings Mountain Mooresville Sanford Monroe Hickory. None would be furnished gas by Piedmont Natural Gas Co under a federal franchise award.
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Durham
Jt. W. Flack
City Managers Association
Pinehurst
Asheville
Raleigh
Chapel Hill
Lenoir
Lincolnton
Newton
Fayetteville
Wilson
Morganton
Rocky Mount
Kings Mountain
Mooresville
Sanford
Monroe
Hickory
Postum Ad Pact Bans Grave Effects Claims
Washington January 30 The Federal Trade Commission announced a stipulation with Foods Corp New York makers of the cereal beverage Postum agreeing not to imply that drinking coffee causes marriage problems divorces business failures factory accidents juvenile delinquency traffic accidents fires or home foreclosures The action aims to curb misleading advertising about coffee harms.
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Washington
Postum
Federal Trade Commission
Foods Corp
New York
General Foods
Judge approves name change for Jack Jackson to Narcisco Saccomani
District court in West Palm Beach grants a petition allowing Jack Jackson to legally change his name to Narcisco Saccomani. The brief item notes the proceeding date as January 30 and includes unrelated state flower trivia mentioning magnolia as Louisiana’s flower.
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West Palm Beach, Fra
Joseph §. White
Jack Jackson
Narcisco Saccomani
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Sherwood Development Corporation
Register of Deeds
Guilford County
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N. Co
Wm. F. Freeman
N. C
Office of the Register of Deeds
Lester Brothers
Owen Reese
WM. F. Stone
Sir Wa Raleigh
England
Mr. Coffee
Magnolia
BIG White
Hosiery Package Store
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Desoto
Groucho Marx
NBC
Southern Motor CO
Plymouth
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