Ruby lore and markets through history and gems
Uncle Ray discusses rubies including birthstone ties to Leo, the ruby versus diamond value, famous ring prices, Burma sources, pigeon's blood rubies, and historic Mogul treasure. He notes small North Carolina finds and offers a health leaflet promotion for readers.
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Asia
Burma
Ceylon
Thailand
China
North Carolina
Uncle Ray
Publishers Newspaper Syndicate
Consultant At Library Of Congress Dies
Long Beach California AP reports David Baumgardt age 73 died Sunday of a heart attack. He served as a consultant in philosophy and political ideology at the Library of Congress from 1940 to 1953.
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Long Beach
Calif
David Baumgardt
Library of Congress
Catholics Urged To Lead Racial Fight in Milwaukee
The Rev Louis J Twomey of Loyola University New Orleans urged Catholics to front the race issue. He called the NAACP one of the great American institutions and praised the Supreme Court 1954 desegregation ruling during a Marquette University workshop in Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Louis J. Twomey
Loyola University of New Orleans
Father Twomey
Marquette University
Social Order
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
The
Supreme Court
Auto Buyers Spreading Out Repay Loans
AP News notes auto buyers are making smaller payments and longer terms in a growing but uneven trend. Higher car values and fierce dealer competition boost lending, with many contracts now around 32 months and some markets offering 42 to 48 months. Ford Credit Co reassures it will stick to 36 months.
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New York
Federal Reserve System
Ford
Robert S. Olson
Ford Motor Credit Co
Stolen fur coats valued at eleven thousand dollars
Milwaukee police said a top professional job was behind the weekend theft of coats valued at $11,000 from the South Side store of C C Twelmeyer Furs Inc. The incident is under investigation and no suspects were named.
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Milwaukee
South Side
C.C. Twelmeyer Furs, Inc
Savings Plans Costly Benefit Highlighted by Union Carbide
The Hall Syndicate notes that employee savings plans, though costly to employers, are a rising fringe benefit for about two million workers across the U.S. Corporations like General Motors and Coca Cola support plans with employee payroll deductions and company matches, investing in stock or government securities. The initiative serves to recruit and retain staff, foster stock ownership, and promote systematic saving, but growth is limited by high costs.
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Union Carbide
U.S
General Motors
U.S. Steel
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Coca-Cola
duPont
la Crosse Tribune
Lee Enterprises, Inc
The
Tribune
National Industrial Conference Board
NICB
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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J. R. Williams
Uncle Ray’s
Leo
London
India
Susie
Chicago
Twin Cities
M. Hiawatha
Centra
A.M. Hiawatha
la Crosse
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Red Wing
Winona
New Lisbon
Portege
Glenview
Ioneer Limited
Hiawathas
Overnight Pioneer Limiteds
P. J. Malo
St. Andrews and
Caledonia Sts
Wisconsin
AP Business News
By Sylvia Porter
the Hall Syndicate, Inc
Hilton’s Prescription Pharmacy
Winona General Hospital
Winona General Hospital Association
Minnesota
Community Memorial Hospital
Winona County
Lot
Block 4
Bolcom
Ewing and
7Th Streets
7Th Street
Nurses Home
Block
Lot 7
Lincoln Street
Coolaire
Winona, Minnesota
E. J. Sievers
Ralph
Bologna
C ‘Na
Kingsbury Beer
Thrifti
Rose and Clinton Sts
F.D.L.C
First Federal Savings and Loan Association OF
LA Crosse Sixth and State Streets
Max
Cpnt
MacGregor
Rawlings and Sonnett
Coleman
Kofloch
Raichle
Bavaria
Kofenemtamm
Northland
Leon Hells
Macgregor Ng
GOLF
Heddon
Karmann
Shakespeare, Johnson and Pflueger
Woit
Remington and Winchester
Riviera
Louisville
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