Labor Eyes Gains Readies Plans for Additional Ones
Labor groups tally 1951 achievements and unveil 1952 goals. AFL officials decry wage price controls and bipartisan foreign policy splits while pledging a broad political education drive. Meany blasts Republicans and Southern Democrats as a “reactionary bloc” and urges a line around the Iron Curtain. Kaiser and Tobin underscore unions as democracy’s answer to communism.
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Truman Will Launch War Bond Drive Tonight
President Truman opens the governments biggest bond drive since World War II with a nationwide radio appeal from San Francisco at 9 56 p m EST. Treasury Secretary Snyder joins from Grand Rapids Michigan urging every voice to buy bonds amid preparations for a Japanese peace treaty conference. The drive uses all sales techniques including door to door volunteering in rural areas. The target amount remains undisclosed.
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Crowd Nearly Lynches Cop In Virginia
In Colonial Beach Virginia a tense scene unfolded as officers protected a police man from a violent mob. Charles White and another officer hid in a locked restaurant while the crowd outside pelted the building after arresting Washington man Rogers J Roberts. Roberts and his brother Everett claimed they were robbed of 200 dollars during a waterfront brawl. White said Roberts assaulted him and used abusive language before allegedly striking him and the mob threatened violence. State troopers arrived to disperse the crowd.
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Monkey Gland Doctor Dies in Susanne Switzerland
Dr Serge Vornoff the 85 year old advocate of rejuvenation through monkey glands died after a brief illness in Susanne Switzerland His body was taken to Italy for burial His marriage history links to Miss Gertrude Schwaetz and a Romanian royal connection His fame arose after World War I with the monkey gland theory once mocked by medical authorities.
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Romania
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Margaret Truman Named Perfect Model by Florists
Washington UP reports Miss Margaret Truman and Miss America 1950 were selected as perfect models for the 10 favorite corsages by the Florists Telegraph Delivery Association. Truman was chosen for the camellia while Yolande Berbeze of Mobile, Alabama earned the Rothchild lily designation.
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Margaret Truman
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Mobile
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Atlantic City
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Group Will Name New Jordan King
An extraordinary session of Jordan's National Assembly opened to decide the next king. Prince Naif, regent since King Abdullah's assassination, is expected to weigh in as Switzerland issues a test related to Prince Talal, heir to the throne. A quick decision is unlikely.
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Nationalists say they will not be bound by San Francisco treaty
Taipei Formosa UP The Chinese Nationalist government announced it would not consider the San Francisco treaty binding and would keep its relations with Japan unchanged citing that the treaty will in no way affect China Japan relations. The Nationalists oppose the Anglo American draft that left open participation by Nationalists or Communists.
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Shirtsleeve Service Sundays to Continue
Miami pastor Rev. Roy Lee Barron said he will keep shirt sleeve Sunday nights for a few weeks, noting he won’t join the colorful brigade again due to dressing constraints. The piece also offers home remodeling safety tips, including shoe mats, paper strips to protect floors, and daily vacuuming to control dust and grit.
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Roy Lee Barron
Biscayne Gardens Baptist Church
More Gals Sleep In Nude But Husbands Objecting
New York, Sept. 1. A boudoir survey by M. C. Schrank reports 10 percent of women under 40 sleep nude, with 76 percent of husbands not liking it. 49 percent prefer nightgowns with lace, 27 percent accept pajamas, 24 percent mind women waking wearing nothing. Three of four women wear pajamas most of the time. The study cites upkeep and cost of lace nightwear as reasons against bare sleeping, noting the firm makes both nightgowns and pajamas and watching the trend closely.
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New York
M. C. Schrank
Schrank
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America
Schrank Organization
Farmers To Get Higher Net Income
The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond reports 1951 net farm income in its district will exceed 1950 despite higher costs. Crop output should be 5 to 96 percent above 1940-49 averages, with peach output up 343 percent. Prices are about 12 percent higher, and farmers will use gains to repay debt, invest in farms, or buy homes and durable goods.
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Mysterious Flares Dropped Over Allied Lines Again
Red lights from Communist territory floated over Allied lines for a fourth night. Eyewitnesses described them as chandeliers and said balloons or helicopters carried them at about 2,000 feet before the lights drifted back into the rear areas. United Nations officials offered no explanation.
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