Two Out Of Three Americans Drink Says Gallup Poll
Gallup finds about two thirds of U S adults drink while two to one oppose national prohibition. The survey notes long standing pro prohibition sentiment since 1936 and shows higher dry votes in cities, with abstainers about one in three and more men than women drink occasionally.
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George Gallup
Institute of Public Opisins
Rinceton
N. J
Institute
U. S
MOSS
Ceed
Tea at Hitler’s Eagle Nest Cost 2500000
Berchtesgaden August 31 Associated Press reports the Eagle Nest tea house atop the mountain cost about 2.5 million dollars to build and about 100 cups of tea were served over 18 visits by Hitler Goering and Martin Bormann. Heinz Koerner, a former Wehrmacht soldier, describes the restricted hilltop retreat and its gatekeeping telephones.
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Tom Reedy
Associated Press
Berchtesgaden
Heinz Koerner
Fuehrer
Heinz
Italy
Germany
Hitler
Goering
Martin Bortmann
Gestapo
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Berchestagen
United States
Yugoslavia Charged Over U S Transport Shootdown
Washington reports the State Department expects Yugoslavia to pay for loss of life and damage after Yugoslav fighters shot down two U S transports. Five Americans died on August 19. the August 9 crash-landing caused no fatalities.
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Washington
State Department
Yugoslavia
U. S
Dean Acheson
Bridegroom 39 Says The Boys Won't Take My 77 Year Old Bride
Vinita Oklahoma August 31 Charley Pease 39 set up housekeeping with his 77 year old bride Mrs Ellie Day Pease mother of four and grandmother of 12 after a justice of the peace wedding in Joplin Missouri The bride called their romance whirlwind and said she first met her husband two months ago when he passed her home on the way to the grocery Pease said it was his first marriage and the third for his wife who has three daughters one son and 12 grandchildren all as old or older than the groom
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Vinita
Okla
Charley Pease
Ellie Day Pease
Pease
Joplin
Mary Walker
Artist prisoner paints Galena jail into scenic art
Merle Sankey, serving time for passing worthless checks, transformed Galena Illinois jail into a colorful gallery. He painted 18 cells with pastoral murals and created 15 canvases, earning prize recognition and selling seven works. The jailer notes it as a paradise wall to wall.
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Sankey
Chicago Art Institute
George Herman
Cotton Prices Show Strength In Week’s Closing Sessions
New York traders saw cotton futures rise despite a falling stock market as favorable crop prospects and rising textile prices spurred active buying and covering. News of export interest from Europe and a possible Brazilian embargo fueled the rally, while a USDA report suggested China held ample stock. Drought relief from rains in Texas and Oklahoma added to market momentum.
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New York
Brasil
England
Holyand
France
Czechoslovakia
Brazil
Department of Agriculture
China
Drouth
Texas
Oklahoma
Fixer Reflects on Narrow Escape from Jail
A man recalls repeatedly ignoring warnings and playing reckless games, saying his risky behavior nearly got him jailed but ultimately spared him. He believes his luck changed and credits the turn for saving his life.
Assembly Of God Revival To Begin In Lindale
A two weeks tent revival opens tonight at Ninth and Avenue N across from the Assembly of God church in Lindale. Rev. James Mc Keehan of Lindale will lead the event with Rev. W J Piersol directing music. Services start at 8 p m daily.
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James McKeehan
Lindale Assembly of God Church of Houston
Ninth and
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Assembly of God Church
W. J. Piersol
Cotton Parity Rises as December Delivery Remains Quiet
Traders noted crop prospects uncertain as the 1947 season expands and southern growers hold back until after the government report. The parity price climbed to 25.30 cents by August 15, while the average price farmers received reached 34.55 cents a pound, up from a month prior and well above a year ago.
Lunchroom operator loses hidden bank funds in Chicago
Blanche West, who runs a bank lunchroom, reported to central police that she found her cupboard bare of between 8000 and 10000 dollars. She said she placed the money in a tin box last November and had not checked for six months.
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Chicago
Blanche West
Miss West
Central Police
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