Government Faces Loss In War Supplies 0 Billions of May Hit f Dollars
Washington reports show lawmakers estimating a large loss from surplus wartime materials. Rep Manasco says about 105 billion dollars of surplus property remain, with possible costs and disposal questions. He notes dismantling battleships and bombers is expensive and not always marketable. Domestic industry debate centers on not ruining industry by dumping four years of supply.
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Washington
D-Ala
Manasco
Senate House
House
Delega
Seo
Hermore
Naval Corps
Monasco
Anasco
Europe
Carbology at Texas Christian University Skiff
The Skiff, Texas Christian University’s student newspaper, lampoons campus jargon with garbology style nicknames for students. It lists terms like Bijit Stegule and Glammie-Pie and mocks their behavior while noting entertainment and social dynamics on campus. A separate notice reports Russian scientists claim a new apricot variety with 30 percent sugar when ripe.
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Fort Worth
Tex
INS
Texas Christian University
Skiff
One Minute Test Answers And Etiquette Hints
The item lists a three part quiz with answers: the boy who would not grow up is Peter Pan, the queen with 37 living grandchildren is Queen Victoria of England, and the line about not being hugged for a thousand years refers to a French madame from Arm entieres. It includes wisdom on etiquette for secretarial roles and notes about personality traits and future prospects.
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Peter Pan
Queen Victoria of
England
Unrest in India Blamed on Gandhi by Ghiasuddan
M Ghiasuddan of the central legislative assembly accuses the Congress Party led by Mahatma Gandhi of forcing the fish to crush other parties. He notes India backs war effort and recalls about 50000 Indians captured by the Japanese after the fall of Singapore.
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India
Gandhi
Portland, Ore
INS
Congress Party of India
Mahatma Gandhi
M. Ghiasuddan
Ghiasuddan
Central Legislative Assembly of India
Congress Party
F Ish
Unionist Party
Sydney
Australia
Singapore
Willing Happiness and the Art of Willing Joy
Dr. Adrian Gibbs discusses happiness as a skill and the need to notice daily wonders. He cites examples from Einstein and billboard art, argues people take beauty for granted, and describes a therapy of willing happiness to curb gloom and health issues.
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Adrian Gibbs
Princeton
Einstein
New York
London
Parise
Weston tobacco market signs of a fine crop in Missouri
Weston Missouri reports its finest tobacco crop in history with W B Hull Jr estimating about 7,000,000 yards of tobacco worth 3,000 dollars will be gathered in Platte County. Growers note quality and high prices, with Arthur Watson highlighting tobacco mostly going to cigars and taxes accruing to the government.
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Weston
Mississippi River
W. B
W. R. Hull, Jr
Platte County
Missouri River
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Missouri
South
Kentucky
Tennessee
Arthur Watson
Posthumous Silver Star for Lumberton Man
Pvt. Rufus L. Beaver of Lincolinton North Carolina, son of Mrs. Carolina N. Beaver, received the Silver Star posthumously for gallantry after losing his life during a January 1944 Mediterranean river crossing. His unit faced heavy artillery, mortars, machine guns and mine fields while crossing 700 yards of exposed terrain. The attack succeeded despite severe casualties.
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Washington
Rufus L. Beaver
Carolina N. Beaver
Lincolinton
N. C
Beaver
Mediterranean
State News Briefs Tie Earth Conference Heads
State briefs report W Piddie Morris of Kenly reelected superintendent of the North Carolina conference of the Pentecostal Holiness church at the 84th annual session. Also noted are a military funeral for Pvt. Robert M Gambrell at Fort Bragg, German POW labor on North Carolina tobacco markets, and an upcoming choice for the Utilities Commission chief clerk to replace R Self.
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Falcon
W. Piddie Morris
Kenly
North Carolina
Pentacostal Holiness Church
Fayvertteville
Robert M. Gambrell
California
Post Chapel
Fort Bragg
Pvt
Gambrell
Guadalcanal
Wilson
Caroline
Seymour Johnson Field
Goldsboro
Kinston
Greenville
Raleigh
Utilities Commission
R. ©. Self
Stanley Winborne
Broughton
Woman Outfoxes One Of Slyest Egg Thieves
Bedford Indiana story of Mrs Havel Blackburn who laid a brush hideout to catch a fox raiding turkey eggs on her Fayetteville area farm. She waited as the fox approached the nest then shot it, the animal measuring 39 inches from nose to tail.
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Bedford
Ind
Tns
Havel Blackburn
Fayetteville
Baby Rescued After Lifeless Birth in Brooklyn Hospital
A blue eyed seven pound newborn, born unable to breathe and apparently lifeless, was revived by a Brooklyn hospital doctor who spent several hours resuscitating the child. The baby is the son of a seaman serving overseas.
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New York
Brooklyn
Soldier Freeman Brougher Clears Mont Saint Michel
Pvt Freeman Brougher entered Mont St. Michel in Normandy as the first GI with a rifle to march into the town and was proclaimed its savior in a dramatic wartime moment.
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Jerome
INS
Pvt Freeman Brougher
Roosevelt
Mont St. Michel
Normandy
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