Fleas Flee Pomerantz- An Exterminator Honored Again
Charles Pomerantz, a 54 year old exterminator and amateur entomologist, has a flea named after him Stivalius pomerantzi by the Army Medical Department in recognition of his work on rickettsial pox. His fame grew after discovering a mite linked to the disease and he later received a personal flea replica at a National Pest Control Association convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard
Kleiner Nea
New York
Charles Pomerantz
Pomerantz
Jabel
Queens
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Stivalius Pomterantzi
Philippines
Army Medical Department
National Pest Control Association
Stivalius Pomerantzi
Odd Fact Repeats Legendary Crash in Netheravon House
A 32 ton army truck crashed into the living room of a Netheravon house weeks ago, mirroring a previous accident when the same army division held maneuvers last year. In baseball, the New York Yankees went through a World Series without an error, the 193 Yankees winning four of five against the Giants with perfect fielding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Netheravon
England
New York Yankees
Yanks
Giants
Deaths and Funerals Lewis J Varner and Mary Alice Kivett
Death notices: Lewis J Varner of 2202 Hansel Street dies Monday. funeral at Oak Hill Friends Meeting conducted by Rev. D Virgil Pike with pallbearers Harold Aubert Roy Copley Jack S Jackson Herman Burton Leslie Gurley and A G Workman. Interment Floral Garden Park Cemetery. Mary Alice Stout Kivett 85 widow of Tom Meredith Kivett dies at son Jesse L Kivett’s High Point home. Born Randolph County April 1 1866 she had lived in High Point 35 years. Surviving: daughter Mrs W O Olivee three sons Jesse L Kivett Lester Kivett T Cecil Kivett 120 great grandchildren. Funeral from First Pilgrim Holiness Church Saturday at 11 am, interment Floral Garden Park cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis J. Varner
Lewis J Varner
Hansel Street
Oak Hill
Mary Alice Kivett
Mary Alice Stout Kivett
Tom Meredith Kivett
Jesse L. Kivett
High Point
Route 3
Randolph County
John Stout
Cynthia Brower Stout
T. Cecil Kivett
Cullipepper
J. C
Green and Sons Funeral Home
Thomasville
First Pilgrim Holiness Church
Hamilton Street
Kivett
Floral Garden Park Cemetery
Mount Vernon Itinerary Reveals Royal Visitors
Mount Vernon details show the royal couple’s visit with Princess Diana-like moments. Reporters noted a relaxed scene at a Washington press reception where speakers used informal language and dropped formal titles, reflecting a shift in official decorum during their stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Philip
Atlantic
Truman's News Security Rule Born in Pentagon
An editor's note introduces a three-part dispatch on the Washington scene examining the White House order requiring federal agencies to adopt military style information handling rules. It traces the policy to Pentagon drivers, notes President Truman's distrust of newspapers, and recounts early battles in Congress and press exposure. The piece cites James Forrestal, Nar Finney, and ASNE figures while signaling a looming debate over the order's necessity and impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Pentagon
James Forrestal
Defense
Congress
Truman
Nar. S. Finney
Cowles Publications
Raymond Clapper
Combined Intelligence Board
Finney
American Society of Newspaper Editors
James S. Pope
Paulsville Courier-Journal
ASNE
Infaringa Ton
Combat Experience With Jets In Korea Sparks Big Change In Air Force Tactics
In Korea, U.S. Air Force combat with Russian jets changes planning and tactics. Jets prove hard to destroy in air battles, prompting upgrades in fire control and radar aided aiming. Ground destruction becomes more vital to control the skies, while escort missions retain strategic value for bombing runs.
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Korea
Washington
U.S
U. S
Vandenberg
America
Yalu River
Weekend Menus With Notable Tech Players Notes
The page lists meals for Friday Saturday and Sunday dinners including macaroni dish, fricassee, and cranberry sundae. It also notes Georgia Tech players Leon Hardeman Dick Goudy Glenn Turner and Phil Cavarretta with brief biographical details and weights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Hardeman
Dick Goudy
Georgia Tech
Goudy
Hardeman
All Ears for Children: 25 Years of Broza’s Talent Scouts
Philadelphia radio host Stan Lee Broza has auditioned about 130000 child performers over 25 years. His children hour program, begun in 1926, reflects changing tastes from Jolson to Sinatra. He notes kids imitate adult stars, shifting from violin ensembles to saxophones and drums, with accordion now most popular.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Kleiner
NEA
Philadelphia
Stan Lee Broza
Broza
Ers
al Jolson
Eddie Cantor
Nora Bayes
Sophie Tucker
Russ Columbo
Rudy Vallee
Bing Crosby
Letty Boop
Frank
Sinatra
Frankie Shore
Dinah Ore
Joseph ©. Smith
Vallee
Krupa
Tommy Dorsey
Stock List MeW York Pl p. im. pees
A dense stock list from a historical newspaper page shows numerous corporations and approximate percentages and values. Companies include Admiral Corporation American Can American Tobacco Anaconda Copper Bethlehem Steel Boeing Airplane Chrysler Coca Cola Continental Can General Electric General Motors International Nickel North American Aviation Packaged as a marketplace tally with figures, prices, and percent estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mew
York
Dante Express
Steckees
Admiral Corporation
Alaska
Juneau
Wees
Alleghany Corporation
Tee
Allis’ Chalmers
American Car & Fdy
American Power & Lt Weeneee
American Rad & St S
American Smelt & Ref
American Tel & Tel
Weeneeelake American Tobacco
Bate
Armour & Co
Eraveese
Atchison Top & SF
Seetennees
Bia
Atlantic Coast Line
Atlantic Refinery
Atlas Powder
Avco Manufacturing
Baldwin - Lima
Baltimore & Ohio R
Bendix Aviation
Asane Dsr
Bethlehem Steel
Boeing Airplane
Borden Company
Borg Warner
Briggs Manufacturing
Budd Company
Burlington’ Mills
Burroughs
Calumet & Henster
Canada Dry
Canadian Pacific
Carolina Power & Lt
Caterpillar Tractor
Champion Paper & File
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chrysler Corporation
Coca Cola
Columbia Gas & Elec
Consolidated Edison Seesencer
Consolidated Vultee
Continental Can
Continental Motor
Coe SF Continental Oil
Zorn Products
Curtis Wright
Senennee
Davison Chemical
Delaware Lack & West
Douglas Aircraft
Dow Chemical
Dupont Dz Nemour
Eastern Airlines
Eastman
General Motors
Gillette’ Razor
Glidden
45Th
Goodrich Rubber
Goodyear Rubber
Sofeas Graham Paige
Great Northern
Ru Pf
Hudson Motor
Beaees
Hupp Corporation
FAE International Harvest
Johns Manville
Kennecott Copper
Sess Goes Kroger Company
Libby Owen Ford Gl
Liggett & Myers
Wee
Lockheed Aircraft
Osesee
Loews
Lorillard & Company
Louisville & Nashville
Mack Trucks
Magnavox Radio
Missouri Kansas Texas
Montgomery Ward
Motorola Radio
Ervey Sok Nash Kelvinator
Agesees i National Biscuit
National Cash Register
National Dairy Product
National Distillers Eeee
National Lead
Eeee
National Power & Ltd
New York Central
North American Avia
North American
Northern Pacific
Ohio Oil Company
Sereee
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Galbraitr
Mount Vernon
Douglas Lansen
Joe Short
Security Advisory Board of
State, War and Navy Coordiinating Committee
Douglas Larsen
NER
Russia
Glenn Turner
Talladega
Ala
Turner
Baylor (Chattanooga
Phil Cavarretta
Chicago Cubs
Cubs
By Hershberger
Right
Elliott Lawrence
Otis Elevator
Pacific Gas & Elec
Paramount’ Pictures
Penney J.C. Co
Penn - Tan
Philco Corporation
Phillips Petroleum
Pittsburgh ‘Plate Glass
Pittsburgh Ser & B
Pullman” Company
Eseenessase
Pure Oil Co
Omaton
Obadseespe
Keith Orpheum
Remington Reno
Republic Steel
Reynolds
Seaboard Airline RR
Sears Roebuck Oseneasereseca
SOA Socony
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
T Sperry Corps
Standard Brands
Standard
Oil Calif
Standard Oi
Standard Oil NJ
Evacueseae Th Stevens, J. P.;co
Studebaker Corp
Swift & Company
Texas Company
Shes eSeeeeses
Sts Tex Gulf Products
Textron Corporation
Timken Det
Eneest
Trans & Western Air
Trans America Union
Carbide Union Pacific
Eneec
United
United Corporation
Ake
United Fruit
United States Rubber Alere'pee Tal U. S. Smelting & Ref
United States Steel
Eens
Vanaium Corporation
Virginia-Care Chemical
Warner Pictures
West
Maryland
ING Western Electric
Wilson Packing
Youngstown
Ceeeenesaly Zenith Raio
Tolp
Soraya
Shah of
Iran
Rome
Shah
Tahran
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