Philatelic Notes Inaugurate Airmail Service June First Bend Kansas
Airmail service will begin around June 1 at Bend Kansas over Route A M 29, with May 15 inauguration planned at Borger Texas on Route A. The Post Office Department lists stamps available including commemoratives and air mail issues, plus tourist series stamps featuring Mount Fuji and Cebu.
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Bend
Kans
Post Office Department
Borger, Tex
Wasington
Minnesota
Washington and Lee
Puerto Rico
Annapolis
Edgar Allan Poe
Samuel Gompers
Freedom
Executive
Boy Scouts
Indiana
Judicial
California
Air Mail
Filiam H. Harrison
Tyler
Polk
Taylor
Fillmore
Commonwealth stamp set marks 50th anniversary in Australia
A new four stamp issue celebrates fifty years since federation. The 5d blue shows Melbourne opening of parliament by the Duke of York later King George VI. Canberra Parliament House is featured on the 1s 6d stamp with Federation history highlighted. Threepence stamps honor Sir Edmund Parkes and Federation themes. Czechoslovakia also issues four new airmail stamps depicting planes over Carlsbad Pis tany Marienbad.
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Mount Fuijiama
Mount Fujiama
Phoenix Temple
Yorimichi Fujiwara
Commonwealth of Australia
Melbourne
HR Duke of York
Parliament House
Canberra
Commonwealth
Edmund
Fon Parkes
I Parkes
Czechoslovakia
Carlsbad
Pistany
Marienbad
Hints of Show Biz and Politics From Page Four
The column blends theater chatter and public affairs notes. It highlights Flahooley and Ernest Truex, a card trick bout by Fred Kea, boxing buzz, and media jibes with Washington coverage. It cites President Truman’s mood, Wall Street sentiment, and a reference to Juliet’s age last Christmas.
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Flahooley
Ernest Truex
Fred Kea
Jimmy
Fred
Truman
Aed
Warhine
Nas
Ringling Circus
Mike
Marsha Hunt
Washington
Potomac
Newsweek
Washington Post
Juliet
City Observes Animal Week Celebration Begins
Today marks the local observance of Be Kind to Animals Week aligned with national SPCA events. The program is led by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and supporting groups promoting animal welfare.
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High Point
Society For Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
S.P.C.A
Plans for better and stronger Junior Order meeting
Plans for a better and stronger Junior Order will be the agenda at 7 30 Tuesday night of the Junior Order United American Mechanics Council No 347. Initiation of new members is also scheduled.
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United American Mechanics
European Industrial Growth Tied to Marshall Plan Aid
The UPA report shows Western Europe production index at 130 in 1950, about 11 percent above last year and 30 percent above 1938, aided by Marshall Plan funds. Britain and Ireland no longer need dollar help. Foster hints more countries may see aid halted early. Industrial increases include steel ingots, pig iron, vehicles, cement, and cotton yarn as defense demand grows. The ECA has financed 137 plants and roughly $5 billion in machinery purchases.
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William Galbraith
Washington
Pss Seat
Cooperation
ECA
Europe
Great Britain
Ireland
United States
William C
Foster
Probe Witness Loses Beer License in Iowa
The Iowa Tax Commission refused to renew the wholesale beer distributor permit for Lew Farrell on Saturday. The commission did not disclose grounds for its unanimous decision. Farrell testified before the Senate Crime Committee denying any connection to a Des Moines race wire.
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Iowa Tax Commission
Lew Farrell
Kefauver Committee
Commission
Farrell
Senate
Gime
Des Moines
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Winchell
Republic
Med Press
Roger Siclare
Chris Dundee
Jim Norris
Mad
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Snooks
Beeson Hardware Co
Main ST
North State
Jewel Ladies
Bulova
Ladies Smart
Dewel
Elgin
Onppy
Buick
Dreamune
Fisher
W. F. Mauldin, Inc
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