New York Soap Makers Report Price Increases
New York reports rising wholesale prices on household soaps with Proctor and Gamble Colgate Palmolive Peet and Lever Brothers announcing increases around six percent. Retail impact would be about a half cent per cake of soap and two cents per package of soap powder.
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New York
Proctor and ‘Gamble Company
Land Colgate,Palmolive-Peet Company
Lever Brothers
Economic Stabilization Agency
Fabulous escape halts Cedar Rapids jail tale
Kenneth Kitts, 32, famed for bank robberies across four states, vanished from Linn County jail amid an ongoing case for a $38,000 Laurens bank heist. FBI and local authorities sought him while linking a Council Bluffs operator to the escape and noting a two tone 1940 Cadillac possible getaway vehicle.
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Cedar Rapids
Kenneth Kitts
Natty Kitts
Linn County
Kitts
U.S. District Court
Laurens, Ia
U.S
Fred Bierman
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Omaha
Council Bluffs, Inc
Lone
James L. Dalton
FBI
John F. Quinn
Quinn
Kitt
Ben Anderson
Des Moines
Dalton
Laurens
Iowa
Garretson
S.1
Nebraska
Supreme Court
Knoxville
Tenn
Oleomargarine Used in Place of Butter Reported
Three dairy groups accuse restaurants in Kansas Oklahoma and Georgia of serving oleomargarine instead of butter. A 12 city survey found 69 of 109 outlets used substitutes despite legal notice requirements. Margarine makers urge clear identification and continue education campaigns.
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Washington
Kansas
Oklahoma
Georgia
American Butter Institute
National Creameries Association
National Milk Producers Federation
National Association of Margarine Manufacturers
Congress
Charles W. Holman
Federation
Holman
Wichita
Manhattan
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Stillwater
Ponca City
Atlanta
Macon
Savannah
Augusta
la Grange
Pirate gold hunt outlined for China sea treasure
Rye England January 24 plans disclosed for a ten man expedition to gamble 33300 on a pirate treasure hunt in the China sea. The project aims to sail in May in a 65 foot motor trawler with about 280000 in gold cached by Captain Kidd as bait. The map guiding the hunt is an ancient parchment once in a lawyer’s pirate lore collection and the British Museum has verified its period. Kidd was executed for piracy in 1701.
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Rye
Eng
China Sea
James Brownlie
Hye
Captain Kidd
British Museum
Kidd
Judge Grants Divorce For Driving Wife Home
In Ueveland on January 23 Judge Julius M Kovachy ruled that giving only an automobile for a home is gross neglect of duty and granted a divorce to Bobbie Lee Robinson 16. Robinson testified she lived in her husband’s automobile from last May to September then returned to her mother’s home.
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Ueveland
Julius M. Kovachy
Bobbie Lee Robinson
Mother
Smuggling Diamonds Found In Heels Of Shoes
Miami and New York customs arrest three trans Atlantic passengers on charges of smuggling industrial diamonds valued at up to 1 5 million from Europe. Arrests include Eli Stern of Brooklyn 29 held on 5000 bail and Eta Hoffman 26 of Belgium with 1 million in diamonds in shoe heels. Weitman 81 Austrian detained with 500000 in diamonds.
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Miami
Fla
United States
New York City
New York
Europe
Roger Edward Davis
Davis
Stern
Eta Hoffman
New York International
Belgium
Lesser Weitman
Weitman
Amsterdam
Offutt
Montreal
Havana
U.S
Frank J. Parker
40 Day Fast Ends Early for Luther Ratliff
Luther Ratliff a 65 year old bachelor salesman from Menlo Georgia ended a 40 day fast two and a half days ahead of schedule. He said his heart began to hurt at the danger point and he could not continue. He weighed around 100 pounds at the start and broke the fast with orange then planned to eat raw foods.
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Menlo
Luther Ratliff
Ratcliff
Saving habits falter as many strive yet fall short
The fragment notes that many people try to save and succeed occasionally, but often the habit remains weak. It hints at the broader challenge of forming lasting savings behavior.
Yanks in Korea Drop Contemptful Gook Term
After seven months of war in Korea American troops reduce use of a slur for Koreans and learn to see Koreans as people. The piece notes Koreans call Americans Megook meaning foreigner and describes improved understanding between Gaoks and Megooks as the extended police action narrows cultural gaps.
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Gan
North
South
Korea
Conrad
Jailed for Forging 50,000 in Bogus Checks
St Louis January 24 Edgar Ler Leak an expert forger known for passing 50000 in bogus checks to fund a grand lifestyle has been jailed. FBI agent Gerald R Norris said the 21 year old had operated nationwide except Missouri and the New England states until his arrest after arraignment. Leak could not post 6500 bail.
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St. Louis
Edgar Ler Leak
Gerald R. Norris
F.B.L
Moecigan
New England
Highway Patrol
Dorseyold
F.B.I
Cuba
Soldiers Warm to Koreans Amid Hard Campaign Pressures
A frontline voice describes a campaign of retreat and hard fighting in Korea where soldiers shed dehumanizing terms and grow to respect and empathize with Koreans. The troops praise civilian refugees for courage and note acts of kindness that reveal deeper human resilience beyond hardship.
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Lawrence Coca-Cola Bottling CO
Coca-Cola Cos
Pusan
Syngman Rhee
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Dexter
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