Distance by Cleaning and Distance by Cleaning PASS
Residents facing high dry cleaning costs in Alaska mail items up to 2000 miles south to maintain service. Grants Pass cleaning estate has received parcels for six months prompting a reciprocal trade proposal to Cor negotiate. Wilder, 1938 Nobel Prize drama winner, attended a missionary boarding school in Stamford Illinois from 1866 to 1869.
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Pass
Ore
Alaska
Rant Pass
Grants Pass Cleaning Estatt
Cordova
Jack Ackley
Dry Cleaners of
Cor
Woman Throws Away Ten Pairs of Shoes
Local woman discarded eleven pairs of shoes after trying various types to ease foot pain. A friend suggested PED-EX, used repeatedly, which relieved soreness and allowed wearing regular shoes again. PED-EX is designed for foot sufferers and sold in professional sizes at drug stores.
Prowler Sought After Knife Attack on Youth in Newton
Police renewed the search for a masked intruder after Billy Rudisill, 15, said a man wearing khaki clothes and a white sack over his face attacked him with a butcher knife on a neighbor’s sun porch. The incident follows five weeks of similar break ins and unsigned notes tied to Judge Rudisill’s prosecutions.
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Newton
Billy Rudisill
Superior Court
J. C. Rudisill
Rudisill
George Gilbert
Sheriff's Department
R. B. Knox
Gilbert
Ralph Pitts
Retired Banker Journeys in Boxcar to Wyoming
Benjamin Cook a 61 year old ex investment banker from Newport Rhode Island traveled by boxcar through Buffalo with cows goats geese chickens a cat horses and feed to reach the 5000 acre Box B ranch at Cora Wyoming. He is delivering gifts for his daughter Mrs Walter W Lozier including six sleighs and sand for grandchildren.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Newport
R. 1
Benjamin Cook
Cora
Wyo
Walter W. Lozier
Wyoming
Cook
Atlantic
Rock Springs
New York City
Hornblower and
Weeks
Atomic Rays Kill Numerous Animals at Bikini Atoll Test
Report on the first atomic bomb test at Bikini Lagoon states about 25 percent of 3,353 animals aboard ships died from radiation, with one third of survivors ill. Draeger notes many could have survived with crews and treatment, and full details will take months to conclude.
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Bikini Lagoon
Bikini
Adm
William H. P. Blandy
R. H. Draeger
Blandy
Drager
Draeger
Fiery Cross at Stone Mountain Sparks Controversy in Georgia
A columnist argues the Ku Klux Klan’s origin at Stone Mountain and its cross burnings insult Christian faith, while safety notes describe Westinghouse contact lights guiding night landings at Pittsburgh airports.
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Georgia
Stone Mountain
Pitts Burgh
INS
Westinghouse
Sale Notice of 4 Acre Jamestown Property in Guilford County
Under order of the Guilford County Superior Court the commissioner will sell at noon August 12 1946 the former Widdows place land in Jamestown Township Guilford County North Carolina to the highest bidder for cash subject to court confirmation. The tract of about 4 acres lies adjacent to Bates Heire Oakdale Manufacturing Company and is described by four 139 yard bounds with stakes and stones. Eugene G Shaw commissioner and attorney 501 Jefferson Standard Bldg Greensboro NC. 7/15 7/22 7/29 8/5
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Superior Court
Guilford County
W. O. Osborne
Frank W. Osborne
Mary Marthcia Osborne
Jamestown
Jamestown Township
North Carolina
Bates Heiré and Oakdale Manufacturing Company
Widdows Place
Eugene G. Shaw
Jefferson Standard Bldg
Greensboro
Army Public Relations Chief Advocates Open News Policy
Greenville South Carolina July 22 Maj Gen F L Parks head of the war department public relations division urged a goldfish bowl approach to army news. He said an alert press acts as an inspector general and the truth should be published promptly even if the army errs.
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Greenville
S. C
War Department
F. L. Parks
South Carolina American Legion
General Parks
Anderson
Clemson College
New Leader of War Assets Body Takes up Duties
Maj. Gen. Robert McGowan Littlejohn was sworn in as administrator of the War Assets Administration succeeding Lt. Gen. Ed Gregory who resigned due to ill health. The new head acknowledged the difficult task of disposing of an estimated 30 to 50 billion dollars in surplus war goods and plants as 500 workers looked on. Gregory had credited with a 37 percent rise in surplus sales in four months.
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Washington
Robert McGowan
Littlejohn
War Assets Administration
Mund B. Gregory
West Point
WAA
Gregory
Bolivia Reels as Provisional Government Forms After Coup
Educators and labor groups take control forming the institutional government after Villarroel falls. The revolt sees chaos in La Paz with patrols, street fighting, and bodies hung from lampposts as planes strike and crowds murmur for unity. An inmate exodus and free political prisoners follow. An unemployment spike and shortages appear alongside rapid mobilization by doctors and hospitals.
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Villarroel
Bolivia
la Paz
Army Air Corps
Kim Sigler poised as potential Michigan governor run
A Nebraska born lawyer Kim Sigler rose from obscurity to win the Republican nomination for Michigan governor, riding from special prosecutor to front runner. He defeated Lt. Gov. Vernon Brown and two other candidates, gaining wide national attention as a reform fighter.
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John Creedy
Central Press
Detroit
Nebraska
Michigan
Kim Sigler
Sigler
Frank PD. McKay
State Republican Party
State Liquor Commission
Sigier
Senate
Vernon Brown
Brown
Raymond J. Kelly
American Legion
Edward J. Jeffries, Jr
Grand Jury
State University At
Ann Arbor
University of Detroit
Highland Park
Ford Motor Company
Hastings
Statute
Leland W. Carr
State Supreme Court
Jay W. Lindsey
Grand Rapids
Carr
Tom Dewey
Homer Ferguson
Five assassins attack King David Hotel in Jerusalem
Eyewitnesses say five attackers planted an explosive after shooting at a British officer and driving workers to the walls at the King David Hotel grounds. A blast at 12 30 p m caused a fire and a curfew as army officials announced arrests and raids targeting Jewish militants. Maj. Gen. Sir Evelyn Barker rushed to the scene.
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Jerusalem
Perion
King David
Jewish Agency
Palestine
Army
Evelyn Barker
Pearl Harbor inquiry eyed as Congress weighs next steps
The Pearl Harbor committee urged separate probes into Hawaiin defense delays before the attack. witnesses and subpoenas tangled with a House group over Wyman and German associate Hans Wilhelm Rohl, owner in Hawaii Constructors, a defense contractor. Congress may act on findings if the GOP gains control.
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Man Matter
Pearl Harbor
Senate
House
Brewster
Mead
D-Ny
War Investigating Committee
Senate Committee
May Committee
Wyman
Hans Wilhelm Rohl
Rohl
Hawaii
Congress
Mead Committee
Wyman-Rohl
GOP
Cotton Spinning Shows Increase in June
The census bureau reports the cotton spinning industry operated in June at 115.1 percent of capacity on a two shift 80 hour week, up from 110.5 percent in May. Spindles in place totaled 23,855,342 with 21,942,878 active during the month and active spindle hours totaling 8,787,430,064 averaging 368 hours per spindle.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Bread rationing begins as housewives stock up in cities
Army plans indicate rationing starts in many areas with housewives filling shelves before the cut in. Edinburgh reports surplus bread sold without coupons by bakers under food officer supervision. The ration holiday lasts through today to curb waste as queues are light in London and elsewhere. Northern Ireland notices quiet conduct. A London bakery notes twelve clerks quit rather than collect coupons.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Northern Ireland
London
Three brought to hospital after scooterbike collision
Three persons, including Hughes, Westmoreland, and High Point, were taken to a hospital for slight injuries after a scooterbike collided with an automobile driven by William Woodrow Sheaf of 304 Centennial Avenue. Police had not completed their investigation by early afternoon.
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Hughes
Westmoreland
High Point
Route 5
William Woodrow Sheaf
Centennial Avenue
Inquiry call follows Pearl Harbor questions in 1941 probe
Rep Keefe and eight of ten committee members back a new inquiry noting the investigation did not reveal all facts about Pearl Harbor. They fault former Secretary Henry Stimson for unanswered questions and diary entries from December 2 to 6 1941. Also a note on New England seafood catch totaling six hundred million pounds in a typical year.
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Rep
Keefe
R-Wis
A Committee
Pearl Harbor
Henry L. Stimson
New England
Chinese Communists claim landing blow on coastal plain
Reports say Communist forces captured 12,000 government troops and the commander of the 49th Army on the coast between here and Nanking. Madame Sun may reenter politics. Tokyo reports anticipate broader aerial fighting if full war erupts.
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Here
Nanking
Madame Sun
Tokyo
China
Japan
Kwantung Army
Manchuria
United States
Funeral for Benjamin H. Jones Held in Thomasville
Benjamin Harrison Jones aged 45 of 616 Lexington Avenue died suddenly Friday of a heart attack. A Sunday service at 3 p.m. at Walker Funeral Home chapel was officiated by Rev. Harrod Simpson with hymns sung by local women and piano by Miss Catherine Tew. Pallbearers included Horace Deaton Clyde Everhart Herman Bray Robert Byerly Rufus Williams and Bynum Bowers. Interment followed in Thomasville City Cemetery.
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Thomasville
Benjamin Harrison Jones
Lexington Avenue
Walker Funeral Home
Harrod Simpson
First Methodist Church
Alex Lloyd
C. W. Tew
Frank Hooker
William Thrower
L. R. Jarrett
Bill Jarrett
Jesus
Catherine Tew
Horace Deaton
Clyde Everhart
Herman Bray
Robert Byerly
Rufus Williams
Bynum Bowers
Thomasville City
Compromise on OPA bill advances amid price control debate
A House-Senate conference ends five day deadlock on an OPA compromise and sets another vote for today. Key issue is whether a presidential appointed three member control board can restore price controls and when to decontrol items including meats dairy and grains. Strike threats loom in Detroit unless price controls return by August 3.
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Truman
House-Senate
Control Board
Senate
House
Tomorow
Detroit
Independent Foreman’s Association of America
OPA
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Man claims brick in stomach vanishes after 2 days
An unnamed man reports ten years of a constant lump in the stomach and severe bloating. After using INNER-AID with twelve herbs his digestion improves, bowels regular, and headaches and gas disappear, with claims of renewed energy. Drug stores sell INNER-AID.
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