Pull Up a Chair Luggage Limits Echo a Times Past
A collage of cultural notes spans fashion basements and war memories from 1898 to 1952. It recalls modest luggage rules, the Spanish American War’s budgeting and impact, Reader’s Digest’s 1922 birth, postwar media plans, and a CBS television city goal for Hollywood by 1952. The piece blends humor, history, and social commentary through cross-era vignettes.
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Smigly-Ridz
Hitler
Poland
Louis A. Johnson
CBS
Hollywood
Hal Boyle on Frontline Entertainment via Tape Skit Shows
Hal Boyle reports Air Force Sgt. Howard Jackson's plan to record brief skits by Hollywood stars on tape for troops in Korea. Jolson already taped performances, played at Inchon beachhead, gaining big audience. Jackson seeks stars to mail tapes, enabling shows at regimental posts by Jeep-mounted players.
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Seoul
Korea
Howard Jackson
San Antonio
Tex
Hollywood
California
U.S.O
al Jolson
United States
Jolson
Jackson
Taegu
Inchon
Why BC Relieves Headache and Neuralgia So Quickly
This piece promotes BC Headache Powder and Tablets as fast acting relief for headaches neuralgia and minor aches. It asserts the formula combines multiple popular pain relievers for superior effect and claims safety when taken as directed. It notes both tablet and powder forms provide the same BC formula with two tablets equal to one powder and mentions small 10c and 25c sizes.
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Meet Opens In Pinehurst
Pinehurst October 2 Gen Joseph F Batley of Washington and John F Dempsey of Chicago were featured speakers at the 40th annual Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association opening session. Malcolm McDermott dean of Duke Law School was slated to address the banquet tonight. Tomorrow Rep Thomas B Stanley of Virginia will speak. The gathering will conclude after officers and directors are elected.
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Pinehurst
Joseph F. Batley
Washington
D. C
John F. Dempsey
Chicago
Southern Furniture Manufacturers’ Association
Malcolm McDermott
Duke University Law School
Thomas B. Stanley
Dva
First Seoul visit for Ezell after Korean War battle
Ezell recalls turning just as a North Korean aimed a tommy gun at Marines. another Red fell to Tech Sgt Leslie Cox. Benny Day credits Ezell for saving his life as a foe appeared from a rice paddy. Maj. L F Garrett of Beaumont, Texas, was the first Seventh Infantry miltary man credited for shooting a North Korean in self defense during setup.
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Han River
Seoul
Raymond Lohmeyer
Kalamazoo
Mich
Theodore Swierczek
Hollywood Ave
Aldan
St. Arthur House
N. E. Alameda
Portland
Ore
F. G. Ezell
King Street
Greenville
Tex
Ezell
Leslie Cox
Troutdale
Pfe
Benny Day
Phoenix
Ariz
Evell
Jack
Seventh Infantry Division
Maj
L. FE. Garrett
Broadway
Beaumont
Garrett
Draft form opened despite Christmas memo
Buffalo officials reported that selective service workers ignored an envelope containing a filled in draft questionnaire. The outside note read do not open until Christmas, raising questions about handling and security of sensitive documents.
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Buffalo, N. Y
Selective Service
Wake Forest Coach D C Walker and Mrs Florence Watts Wed
Raleigh reports that head football coach D C Peahead Walker of Wake Forest College wed Mrs Florence Watts of Raleigh yesterday. The ceremony took place in Raleigh with local acquaintances attending the nuptials.
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Raleigh
D. C. (Peahead) Walker
Wake Forest College
Florence Watts
Raeleigh
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By Neal O'Hara
Teddy Roosevelt
Dewey
Leonard Wood
Cuba
Chicago Daily News
M—C
New England
Elmer
DeWitt Wallace
Reader's Digest
New York
Generous George
West
George
East
Dummy
Wegson
North East Pass
South IN
Hal Boyle
Battlefront
G. I. Joes
Don Whitehead
Hospital Care Association
Any
Cosupec
Charleston
W. VA
Cincinnati
Amd
Penn
Penragon
Pew Jefferion Monument
Mellon Art Gallery
Officiel
SPEAL
C. C Schiffeler
WRG
Geser
Furniture Group
High Point
Randleman, Asheboro and Southern Railroad Company
Hich Point
Southern Railway
Mangum Street
North Carolina
Board of Directors
R. L. Eddington
Zel
Combat Engineers
U.S
Institute of Life Insurance
Madison Avenue
N.Y
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