Princess Margaret sheds little sister role gains glamour status
London notes Princess Margaret Rose, age 18, steps into the public eye as Britain’s leading glamour figure. After Princess Elizabeth’s marriage and pregnancy, Margaret appears daily in court notices and at Ascot, with Dowager Queen Mary and King George guiding her camera-friendly early fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Doerflinger
Ational News Service
London
INS
Margaret Rose
Britain
Elizabeth
Duchess of Edinburgh
Margaret
Mary
George
South
Powerful Foot Relief Ad Prompts 35¢ Back Offer
An advertisement for TEOL at Cecil's Drug Store promotes a full strength penetrating product claimed to kill germs and relieve itching with a 35¢ back offer. The short copy urges today only purchase at the Cecil's location. Authorities estimate 11,000 Americans will die in fires this year with more than double that number badly burned.
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Cecil’s
Old Album Highlights 1580 Mississippi Steamboat Photos
Chester Illinois veteran river man John Meredith preserves 1580 historic Mississippi steamboat pictures. The collection includes boats such as the Belle Memphis Robert E Lee and Natchez linked to 1870 river races and recalls events like the Bluff City fire of 1897 and the Savanah sinking with twelve fatalities. Meredith collaborates with collectors from Pennsylvania and Colorado, keeps two large scrapbooks, and updates a detailed index.
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Clinton Bliss
Natchez
Meredith
Bluff City
Chester
St. James
St. Louis
Cranes Island
Savanah
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Duplin Farmer Builds Profitable Dairy Herd
R E Holland of Warsaw Duplin county after two years grows a seven cow Grade A dairy herd yielding about 143 dollars monthly per L F Weeks county agent. He started with six acres small grain and two acres Ladino clover plus kudzu, bought four cows and a Jersey bull, moved from local to Wallace plant, plans 12 to 15 cows and eight stanchion barn. He helped start Coastal Artificial Breeding Association and sits on its board. The group will begin breeding in Duplin Pender and nearby counties this fall. Fire in a dwelling is noted as occurring every two minutes.
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Raleigh
R. E. Holland
Warsaw
Duplin County
L. F. Weeks
State College Extension Servce
Holland
Wallace
Coastal Artificial Breeding Association
Duplin
Pender
Divorce scourge in Britain as cases rise steadily
The observer reports Britain's divorce trend climbing with 1945 to 1947 totals showing a sharp increase. It cites 1947 with 56 033 divorces and notes court processes speeding to less than three months for undefended petitions, amid claims of perjury and arranged divorces.
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London
INS
Britain
Betwen
Warehousemen Drop Suit Against Buyers
Ware housemen from Aberdeen Carthage Fuquay Varina and Sanford dropped a Wake County suit seeking to force major buyers to sign them before the market opening. Judge Harris ruled no conspiracy evidence. warehouses appealed to the state supreme court as four markets opened August 19 in the eastern belt and the middle belt began today.
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Raleigh
Sept
Wake Superior Court
Aberdeen
Carthage
Fuquay-Varina
Sanford
W. C. Harris
State Supreme Court
Middle Belt
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Michigan State College
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Pebiy
Otamon
Marie
South Main ST
Ole Miss
Observer
United States
SEARS
Harmony House
Axminister
Sears Harmony House
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North Main Street
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