Flaked ice reshapes postwar refrigeration careers
Ex-GIs eye careers in the growing refrigeration sector as flaked ice and ribbon-freeze machines expand food packing, hospital, and restaurant uses. York's program trains veterans from foundry work to advanced lab courses, with hands-on modules and on-site trouble-shooting to build skilled technicians.
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Gi‘s
Bert H. Davis
Central Press
York, Pa
York Corporation
Navy Department
New York State
York
W. H. Shank
Army
Navy
Air Force
Hugh Hunter
Delaware
York Institute
Penn State College
T. M. Sharkey
Scores Of PWS Escape From Toulon Camp
Scores of German prisoners of war escaped from Toulon camp in civilian clothes with forged papers and money. They headed toward Strasbourg or Switzerland, evading weak military control and selling goods on the black market. Watches and other valuables were stolen from a freight train, highlighting lax security at the harbor and arsenal.
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Toulon
France
INS
Strasbourg
Switzerland
M.E.D
M.E.D. Loc
United States
UNRRA staffed by 10,000 from 43 nations
Iceland’s early settlement traces to a Culdee colony around 800 A D serving as Celtic hermits from Scotland. This excerpt notes UNRRA’s international civil service totaling about 10,000 people drawn from 43 nations.
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UNRRA
Iceland
Scotland
Make It A Million Enlist Before July First
Advertisement urging enlistment in the Regular Army with calls to enlist before July 1 at Greensboro post office building and Army recruiting stations. Mentions securing Army family allowance for dependents and notes over three-quarters of a million have enlisted to date.
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Army
U. S. Army
Biltmore Odds Golfers Revise for Quarterfinals
ASHEVILLE June 20 Golf followers revised odds books today for the Biltmore Country club men's invitational quarter finals after yesterday's opening round match play. Ed Gravely of Richmond Virginia and Rocky Mount showed as title contenders with Gravely continuing his drive for the championship on the par 71 Biltmore Forest layout against G Hamer of Georgia.
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Asheville
Biltmore Country Club
Ed Gravely
Richmond
Rocky Mount
Biltmore Forest
Hamer
Oe Ee Ga
Special Snails Move From France to London Annually
More than two million edible snails are exported from France to London each year for restaurant consumption. The snails are fed on vine leaves and lettuce to prepare for the trade.
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France
London
Catawba Names Elizabeth Foster New Commerce Professor
Miss Elizabeth Foster, former commerce professor at Winthrop College, is appointed to the commerce department at Catawba College. She is a Ohio native, holds a Northwestern masters, and will also serve as home counselor at Claremont hall as the department expands. Dr. A. R. Keppel announced the move.
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Salisbory
Elizabeth Foster
Winthrop College
Catawba College
A. R. Keppel
Ohio Wesleyan
Catawba
Claremont Hall
Keppel
Commerce
W. Lyle Willhite
New Agency To Take Up Food Relief Work
Washington reports a new international agency to manage famine relief with Latin American aid, after Hoover's survey across 11 South American nations. He says 800000 tons of extra food may be supplied and Argentina may provide more. the council will allocate supplies through 1947.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Latin America
Hoover
Truman
Argentina
Combined Food Board
International Emergency Food Council
Russia
Australia
Belgium
Brazil
Chile
China
Cuba
France
Greece
India
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Siam
Turkey
Union of South Africa
Great Britain
Canada
United States
International Food Conference
Colombia
Venezuela
Uruguay
Mexico
Ecuador
Peru
Sleever
Invented Celluloid by Printer for Billiard Ivory Substitute
A New York printer who sought an award from a billiard ball maker for ivory substitute is credited with developing celluloid, enabling an early plastic industry and replacing animal ivory in manufacturing.
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New York
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Arthur Mcleod
Lynbrook, L. 1
Jack Abler
Eddie Schwartz
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Greensboro, N
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Charles Summer Values
Charles
Ays Ice
Priscilla
Charlies
Cotex
Drene
Kotex
Westmore Woodbury
Law
Marquisett
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