Porcelain-Enamel Houses to Sell for 8000 Dollars
Lustron Corporation of Columbus plans to mass produce porcelain enamel houses at a rate of 30,000 yearly. A model exhibition in New York drew 2,500 buyers in five days. Hinsdale showcased a prior model to 100,000 visitors. President G Strandlund aims to build a nationwide network with 100 homes across major cities this year.
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Lustron Corporation
Mbus
Ce Toon
New York
Hinsdale
Ill
G. Strandlund
Iron
Washington, D. C
Bos
Detroit
Chicago
Milwaukee
Des Moines
Strandlund
Atlantic Danville Asks For Adjustment
Atlantic and Danville Railway Co. requested the Interstate Commerce Commission authority to adjust mortgage obligations due today. The company plans to pay cash amounts of 3000 dollars on first mortgage and 1,525,000 dollars on second mortgage, issue new first mortgage bonds to each holder of 1000 dollars, and issue new 750 dollar second mortgage bonds to each holder of 1000 dollars.
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Washington
Atlantic and Danville Railay Co
Intertate Commerce Commission
Tne
Eisenhower viewed as Democrats' man of the hour
New York reports Eisenhower told an audience he is more convinced than ever that Columbia University president Dwight D. Eisenhower is the Democrats choice for the nomination. Alabama Lt Handy Ellis will head the Alabama delegation to Philadelphia. A party official says the general may be drafted and could refuse to seek the nomination.
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Eisenhower New York
Columbia Unity
Handy Ellis
Alabama
Philadelphia
Allone
Eisenhower
Kansas
Ellis
Edic
Blockade Note Drafted By Three Powers
Whitehall sources say the United States Britain and France drafted a joint note to Russia demanding an end to the Berlin blockade and restoration of four power rule. After approval by Marshall Bevin and Bidault the note will be sent to the Kremlin.
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London
Whitehall
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Berlin
Sven
Tate Marshall
Ernest Bevin
George Bidault
Kremlin
U. S
Lewis Douglas
Rene Massigi
Mrs Booth To Quit Politics Says She Has Confidence
Clare Booth Luce, former congresswoman and writer, announced in Ridgefield that she is through with politics as an officeholder or campaigner. She cited the Dewey Warren ticket as self sufficient and expressed a desire to return to writing, planning to attend the Democratic convention as a writer.
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Ridgefield
Conn
Clare Booth Luce
Connecticut
Bridgeport Post
Farm Workers Settle Dispute With Harvester
Chicago July 1 The International Harvester company and the CIO united farm equipment workers settled a length wage dispute after a strike by about 35 000 union members in nine plants. The contract provides an 11 cent an hour wage increase and retention of old contract provisions. The union called the settlement satisfactory and noted the two day walkout was the shortest successful strike this year.
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Chicago
International Harvester Company
CIO United Farm Equipment Workers
Dewey Outlines Foreign Policy Discussions With Republicans
Dewey describes a series of meetings with Republican leaders on national and international affairs. He spoke after a conference at the executive mansion with foreign policy adviser John Foster Dulles, and noted plans to draw conclusions as the campaign begins.
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China
Dewey
Executive Mansion
John Foster Dules
Dulles
Native Liger Scratchy Impresses Salt Lake City Zoo Fans
Joseph L. Sloan of Salt Lake City Parks watches the liger, rare offspring of a tigress and a lion at Hogle Zoo, as caretakers prepare infant formula every few hours. The cub sleeps in a cardboard box and awaits a name from a News contest.
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Salt Lake City
INS
Joseph L. Sloan
St Lake City
Hogle Zoological Gardens
Tvity
United States
Sloan
Daisy
The
Desert News
Huey
Junior Police Force Slows Delinquency in Mattoon
In Mattoon Illinois the Junior Police Force, started by the police chief in 1946, engages youths aged 10 to 16 under five rules. More than 400 youths volunteered in the first week and many peers have adopted the five-point program to curb juvenile arrests by a reported 97 percent in a year.
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Mattoon
Ill
Young Big Spring trainer earns national acclaim
Frances Weeg, 13, of Big Spring High School, rises as a noted juvenile horse trainer and trader. From a $150 cow pony five years ago she now controls a stable of quarter horses and palominos valued around $30,000, achieved without outside financial help.
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INS
Big Spring
Frances Weeg
Frances
Women Artists Still Pay Dues In Their National Association
American women in the arts continue paying yearly dues to NAWA despite long fought equality. 800 members across 44 states support a national showing with 360 works at the National Academy on Fifth Avenue. 275 members earned prizes across New York New Jersey Connecticut and beyond, highlighting diverse but conservative trends and ongoing encouragement for women artists.
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New York
INS
Grace Treadwell
Rate As! Association of Womenists
Treadwell
National Academy
Upper
Fifth Avenue
Canada
Puerto Rico
Art Center of
Mary van Blarcom
Point Pleasant
Lucia Tallarico
Princeton Junction
Laura L. T. Winter van Buskirk
Arlington
Annie Lenney
West Caldwell
Connecticut
Gladys Edgerly Bates
Mystic
Dina Melkov
Jane Vasey
Sybil Kennedy
Association
Anne Cole Phillips
NAWA
Digs His Own Grave Then Lies In It
Corpus Christi the traveling showman T J Jones buries himself for periods from a week to 24 days in an artificial cave six feet underground. He uses a mattress a radio and a secret plumbing system and emerges only when time allows.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
INS
T. J. Jones
Jones
Old Bay
Law Meeting on Personal Finance Law in September
A conference on Personal Finance Law will be held in Seattle on September 6 in conjunction with the American Bar Association annual meeting. The event aims to encourage research in personal finance law and advance improvements by discussion and publication.
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New York
INS
Seattle
Washington
American Bar Association
Conference Will Debate Installment Law Reforms
Assistant Secretary Linn K. Twinem announces a conference to discuss if current installment law enforcement protects buyers from abuses or if new state legislation is needed. Participants include Robert C. Bell Jr. Fowler White Gillen Yancey Humkey Tampa and James D. Fellers Oklahoma City and Richard H. Keatinge Los Angeles. Guam's 1898 cession noted.
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Linn K. Twinem
Robert C. Bell, Jr
Cummings and Lockswood
William A. Gillen
Fowler, White, Gillen, Yancey, and Humkey
Tampa, Fla
James D. Fellers
Suits and Fellers
Oklahoma City
Richard H. '‘Keatinge
Los Angeles
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