Contesters Thrive As Hobby, Couture Says In Cleveland
Albert Couture of Cleveland's contest club argues contests are America's top hobby with millions entering yearly. He cites a member who amassed cars and jewelry from contest winnings, outlines tips on writing winning statements, and notes tax implications for top prize earners.
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Cleveland, C
Nea
America
Albert C. Couture
Cleveland
Couture
Cleve Landers
Mrs. X
Internal Revenue Department
Barbers Idle as Men Grow Beards in Saline Centennial
Harrisburg men celebrate Saline county October centennial by growing beards. Barbers report a drop in business while women approve the facial hair, calling some beards cute. One wife jokes she must shave her husband every other day.
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Harrisburg
Saline County
Ord Growing Committee
Appalling Appetite Elephant Mice Comparison
A humorous note compares an elephant's food needs to a mouse. It states a mouse would require a proportional 10 tons daily, while actual elephant consumption is about 100 pounds. The piece highlights the vast difference in scale.
Insect Burden for Robins in Pennsylvania
A rough calculation envisions one robin nest per acre with four young. It suggests 3000 tons of insects would be needed to feed all hatchlings for a single day.
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Pennsylvania
City wins right of way to widen Broad Street
The city secured a long sought agreement with the Southern Railway granting use of the right of way from Phillips to College streets and from North Hamilton to the Perry Street bridge approach for widening Broad Street. City officials expect to remove a major traffic bottleneck as plans include extending West Washington and a traffic Y near the Elks home.
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Southern Railway
Southern
Broad Street
Grover H. Jones
Phillips
College Streets
Hamilton
Perry Street
Charles L. Amos
College Street
Amos
Washington and College
College and Broad
Morris-Knowles
Washington
Elm
Elks
Jones
Council
Broad and
College
Dr. James E. Shepard Dies at Durham Home
Dr. James Edward Shepard, 72, educator and founder of the North Carolina College at Durham, died at his home after months of declining health. He established the campus in 1910. the college grew from 130 to 1,500 students with a $3.5 million plant. Funeral set for Thursday at Duke Auditorium on campus.
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Durham
James Edward Shepard
North Carolina College At
Shepard
Durham College
Duke
ACL Will Assist In Conservation Plan
President C. McD. Davis announced that starting today the Atlantic Coast Line will remove meat from Tuesday dining car menus and eggs and poultry from Thursday menus. He cited President Truman's radio appeal and said the changes will continue until further notice.
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Wilmington
C. McD. Davis
Atlantic Coast Line Railway
Davis
Truman
Hickory Furniture Maker Ordered to Reinstate Worker and Permit Union Ties
The National Labor Relations Board ruled the Piedmont Wagon and Furniture Manufacturing Company of Hickory N C must allow employees to join or assist the CIO or other labor organizations. The board also ordered the reinstatement of George W. Cline, a cabinetmaker discharged allegedly for union activity.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Piedmont Wagon and (Furniture) Manufacturing Company
Hickory
N. Ill
CIO
George W. Cline
Royall To Inspect Buggs Island Plant
Norfolk Virginia October 7 inspection of the Buggs Island project will be made by Kenneth C. Royall secretary of the army on Wednesday Col George C Derby US army district engineers said today
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Norfolk
Kenneth C. Royall
Army
George C. Derby
U. S. Army District Engineers
Charlotte Depot Retained By Army For Two More Years
Rep. Hamilton C. Jones says a letter from Secretary Royall confirms the Charlotte quartermaster depot will stay in operation at least two more years. The facility is fifty percent occupied with usable supplies and serves as a distribution center for World War II dead returned from overseas for North Carolina South Carolina and Southern Virginia.
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Charlotte
Army
Hamilton C. Jones
Kenneth C. Royall
Royall
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Witty Versifier Dies In Calif
Samuel Hoffenstein a 57 year old witty versifier and screenwriter died of a heart attack in Hollywood California. He came to the United States from Lithuania at age four and graduated from LaFayette University. Hoffenstein worked on the New York Sun editorial staff for 20 years and later shifted to stage productions and screen scenarios. His credits include Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde The Great Waltz and Love Me Tonight. His best known verse collection was Poems in Praise of Practically Nothing. Funeral plans awaited the arrival of his brother David from New York.
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Hollywood
Samuel Hoffenstein
United States
Lithuania
Hoffenstein
LaFayette University
The
New York Sun
David
New York
Old Timers Day Marks Goldsboro Centennial Celebration
Goldsboro observes its centennial with an Old Timers Day program and an old fashioned picnic. Josephus Daniels editor of the Raleigh News and Observer spoke last night saying Goldsboro’s leaders valued public schools as central to the community’s heart.
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Goldsboro
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh News and Observer
War on Waste Will Cut HCL Aid Hungry Millions Overseas
The war on food waste aims to free 100,000,000 bushels of grain for hungry Europe. Charles Luckman chairs the Citizens Food Committee and promotes anti waste posters as part of a drive to cut living costs and reduce reliance on rationing. The article notes rising wages and profits since 1939 and shows charts linking demand, prices, and costs.
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Europe
Charles Luckman
Citizens Food Committee
America
WicKenney On Bridge By William F. McKenney
William F McKenney presents a bridge guide outlining strategies and tips for common contracts. The column analyzes bidding ideas and defensive plays to improve reader skills and confidence at the table.
False Carding On Opening Lead Wins
National championship play is debated after a diamond opening. East wins first trick and may avoid diamond return to prevent a ruff, but South can drop the king of diamonds to force East to misplay. Bertram Lebhar Jr argues South should play king of diamonds, revealing no trump and enabling a successful sequence including heart and spade finesses.
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East
Bertram Lebhar, Jr
New York
South
Declarer
West
One Man Reported Killed In Jail Row
Detective Chief M A Hinds said a Negro trusty was killed and two deputies wounded when a prisoner went berserk in the county jail in downtown Memphis. He reported heavy confusion prevented entry and that the incident began just before noon Monday as a shooting jail break.
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Memphis
Tenn
M. A. Hinds
Hinds
Nds
Truck Sideswipes Montlieu. multiple arrests noted
Charles Gilbert 53 of Daniel Brooks apartments was arrested on two counts reckless driving and hit and run after his truck side-swiped a car in the 600 block of Montlieu Avenue causing 700 in damage. No injuries reported. Carter Paul 20 of Clinton Street faces assault with deadly weapon and affray with bonds 300 and 100. Roy Colbert 31 on Lake Street has bond 800 for failing to appear on assault abandonment and non support charges.
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Charles Gilbert
Daniel Brooks Apartments
Gilbert
Montlieu Avenue
Carter Paul
Clinton Street
Roy B. Colbert
Lake Street
Potato Growers Plan 1948 Marketing Meeting
Lead ing potato growers from six southeastern states plan a Raleigh meeting on October 22 to discuss a marketing program to keep lower grades off the market. Growers from Alabama Florida Virginia and the Carolinas met yesterday and will vote on Oct 22 with Georgia Mississippi Maryland and a USDA official. J W Whitfield of Burgaw NC chairs the fruit and vegetable committee of the NC Farm Bureau and says approval requires a two thirds vote in a referendum.
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Raleigh
Southeastern
Alabama
Florida
Virginia
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Mississippi
Maryland
U. S. Department of Agriculture
J. W. Whitfield
Burgaw
Fruit and Vegetable Committee
N. C. Farm Bureau
Prize Essay Reveals Bowery Visitor Becomes Sights
New York October 7 A ninth prize winner of five dollars in an East Side chamber of commerce essay contest titled How and why I came to the Bowery is named in the clipping. The author says I came to see the sights. Now I am one of them.
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New York
East Side
Jewel Robbery Victim Warned After Luxurious Heist
Mrs. Sam G. Hilton, estranged wife of hotel magnate C. N. Hilton, was held at gunpoint by a well-dressed thief who stole jewels valued at 600000 to 700000 dollars from her New York penthouse. A masked man threatened to shoot her six month old daughter Constance as two assistants were overpowered. Calls warning her to stay silent followed the robbery.
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York
Sam G. Hilton
C. N. Hilton
Body of Boat Pilot Found Near Cape Fear River
Dallas Large, a tug boat pilot from Abbeville South Carolina, was recovered Monday from the Brunswick county side of the Cape Fear river just below Wilmington. He fell from a dredge last Thursday while employed by McWilliams Dredging Co of New Orleans deepening the Cape Fear near Wilmington.
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Wilmington
Dallas Large
Abbeville
S. C
Brunswick County
Cape Fear River
McWilliams Dredging Co
New Orleans
Cape Fear
Serposs To Be Heard At Fellowship Meet
Emile Serposs of High Point College will present a musical program at the First Methodist Men’s Fellowship club supper meeting on Wednesday evening at 6 30. Tyson Ferree, president, will preside.
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Emile Serposs
High Point College
First Methodist Men's Fellowship Club
Tyson Ferree
Raleigh credited with origin of term Irish potato
The text notes Sir Walter Raleigh is said to have originated the term Irish potato and that he grew them on his estate in County Cork, Ireland. It also mentions Norway’s lengthy jagged coastline of more than 12,000 miles, compared to New Mexico’s size.
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Sir Walter Raleigh
County Cork
Ireland
Norway
New Mexico
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