Cotton House Housing Trials Grow in South
Henry Lesesene reports on farm security tests of cotton duck homes under the FSA. Five room houses cost under 1500 dollars and may replace tobacco road cabins, serving as beach or mountain cottages. Early Florida and Alabama projects show durable, paintable cotton duck structures with simple seams and fire resistant canvas. Region V projects expect vast postwar housing needs for tenant farmers and sharecroppers.
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Henry Lesesne
AP News
Atlanta
Farm Security Administration
Natorial Cotton Council
South
FSA
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
South Carolina
Coffee County
Ala
Blackman
Fla
Pahokee
Region V
Cadet Phil Warner Honored on Fishburne Honor Roll
Waynesboro Virginia Cadet Phil Warner son of Lt and Mrs Phil A Warner of High Point is named on Fishburne Military School honor roll for the month ending October 12. Major Charles M Pace Jr headmaster announced the list after monthly tabulations.
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Waynesboro
Phil Warner
Phil A. Warner
West Farriss Avenue
High Point
Fishburne Military School
Charles M. Pace, Jr
Hollywood Buzz Dives Into Babies and Deals
Veronica Lake expects her baby around October 22. Bill Goodwin seeks legal action to void a 10 year old stock gift tied to publicity. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz discuss future South America work. Gloria Jean gets a Copacabana Rio offer. Leo McCarey’s assistant Harry Scott dies. Anil Kumar Mukjee adopts Greer Garson as sister. Westmore becomes grandfather. theater deals and film projects noted.
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Hollywood
Veronica Lake
Bill Goodwin
Goodwin
Midwest
Lucille Ball
Desi Arnaz
M-G-M
Desi
Lucille
South America
India
Greer Gacson
Anil Kumar Mukhjee
Greer
Greer Garson Mukirjea
Broadway Echoes Atomic Bomb Mania In Nightlife Fad
Broadway reacts to Hiroshima and Nagasaki with a surge of atomic themed acts. Clubs feature routes dubbed the atomic bomb and the atomic era becomes a fixture in cabarets and tours. Hollywood names like Bogart and Bromfield loom as stage plans and USO tours sail toward Asia.
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Jack O'Brian
New York
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Broadway
Philadelphia
Funny Man
Monogram Pictures
Bod Freeman
Hallowe'en Cupid's Day, Says Writer
Arlene Wolf reports on regional love customs tied to Hallowe'en. From apple-dunking and cabbage omens to Newfoundland letter spells and seaside fireside treats, various practices promise future mates, with playful rituals and cautious odds.
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Arlene Wolf
Newsfeaures
Cupid
Funeral Rites for George R Boggs Held at Home
Funeral service for George Robert Boggs will be held at the residence 1698 English street Sunday at 3 PM with Rev. Watkins, Rev. Taylor and Rev. Miller officiating. Pallbearers include Albert Ingold Atlas Rhew Howard Fitch Starling Boggs Joe Marsh and S T Pope. Interment in Floral Garden cemetery.
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George R. Boggs
George Robert Boggs
English Street
Mr. Watkins
S. E. Taylor
H. O. Miller
Albert Ingold
Atlas Rhew
Howard Fitch
Starling Boggs
Joe Marsh
S. T. Pope
Floral Garden Cemetery
Broadway Brims As Stage Stars Return To City
Film crews and stage acts flood New York as The Sin of Harold Diddlebrook shoots on Wall Street with Howard Hughes and Preston Sturges. Blithe Spirit opens at Winter Garden drawing crowds and formal dress. Life With Father road company tours again while Center Theater marks five years of hosting Sonia Henie and Arthur Wirtz’s Hats Off To Ice.
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Wall Street
Preston Sturges
Harold Diddlebrook
New York
Financial Street
Sturges
Howard Hughes
Noel Coward
Winter Garden
Broadway
Father
Stewart Granger
van Johnson
Sonia Henie
Arthur Wirtz
Be Horizontal and Vertical Word Puzzle Analysis
A scrambled word puzzle list with numbered clues in two directions. Contains extensive cross references for nouns verbs adjectives and abbreviations across themes of flora fauna and legal terms.
Life's Extras and October Weather Stir Reflections
A columnist muses on Archibald Rutledge's Life's Extras noting joys beyond price and a storm scene, then sketches autumn’s red maple colors and a nod to Helen Hunt Jackson. The piece praises living with heart, cites wartime conscientious objectors, and urges compassionate endurance in peace and war.
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Liff
Archibald Rutledge
Autumn
Helen Hunt Jackson
Conchie Medal of Honor Recipient Faces Public Scrutiny
A conscientious objector won the Congressional Medal of Honor from President Truman for medical service in hot war zones. Despite wounds he served on. The Society of Friends member spoke of two sons in the service, one in England after Western Europe, the other in the Philippines after the Pacific. The sons, like their father, belong to the same church.
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Truman
Society of Friends
England
Europe
Philippines
Pacific
Action vs Planning Bridge Delay in War Tale
The general asks an engineer how long to build a river bridge. The engineer says three days, engineers delay drawings. Three days later the bridge is ready but drawings are not, yet troops could cross if they wait for no drawings.
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Jim
Drafsmen
House on 92nd Street Opens at Center Theatre
At Center theatre the 20th Century Fox film The House on 92nd Street debuts with FBI cooperation. Starring William Eythe Lloyd Nolan and Signe Hasso the thriller follows a deadly espionage plot and the pursuit of the enemy within in a wartime shadow.
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Japan
Hollywood
20Th Century-Fox Studios
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
92Nd Street
William Eythe
Lloyd Nolan
Signe
Big Government Plant At Burlington To Be Sold
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation plans to dispose of a Burlington plant used in wartime for ordnance and later Firestone operations. The 262 acre site includes a 300000 sq ft main building, airport, railroad siding, and utilities, with occupancy possible soon for diverse manufacturing. Negotiations will be handled by the Charlotte RFC office, with title held by RFC as successor to Defense Plant Corporation.
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Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
RFC
Surplus Property Administration
Burlington
Charlotte Agency
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Defense Plant Corporation
Charlotte
Carolinas
Campbell
Carolina
States
Connecticut
Chicago
Seven Women in the Hall of Fame Noted Figures
The Hall of Fame lists Emma Willard educator Alice Freeman Palmer who was president of Wellesley College at 26 Harriet Beecher Stowe author of Uncle Tom's Cabin Charlotte Cushman actress Maria Mitchell discoverer of the first telescopes Frances E. Willard founder of the Womans Christian Temperance Union and Mary Lyon educator.
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Emma Willard
Alice Freeman Valmer
Wellesley College
Harriet Seecher Stowe
Charlotte Cushman
Maria Mitchell
Frances E. Willard
Women’s Christian Emperance Union
Mary Lyon
Veteran Secret Service Agent Recalls 45 Years of Daring Work
Rowland K. Goddard of Denver district 13 reflects on four and a half decades in the U S Secret Service. He recalls the Orville Harrington gold heist in 1922 and other high profile cases that shifted the agency from counterfeiting to guarding government property. He notes how his findings led to Harrington’s arrest after hidden gold bars were uncovered in a mint theft.
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Denver
Vns
U. S. Secret Service
Rowland K. Goddard
District 13
U. S. Service
Sherlock Holmes
Goddard
Orville Harrington
Harrington
Gerdard
Dictor
Cole
Secret Service
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Pat Kirkwood
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Alfred
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King Features Syndicate. Inc
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Red River
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Rialto Theatre
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Loretta Young
Lorine Theatre
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