Manufacturers Protest Against Court Ruling Sparks Industry Alarm
U S manufacturers protest a Supreme Court price ruling affecting cement steel and building materials. Michigan dealers cite higher costs and threatened closures from Detroit to Petoskey as firms consider moving operations to steel producing centers to cut transportation. Senators Capehart Brooks Donnell and others face rising petitions as movement could cause regional unemployment.
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Washington
Phollers
Supreme
Congressional
Congress
Supreme Court
Supreme “Court
Steel Industry
Reading
Muskegon
Detroit
Muskegbn
Petoskey
Adrian
Mich
Ionia
Grand ~ Rapids
Pittsburgh
Youngstown
Gary
Michigan
Ferguson
SenatorsCapehart
Indiana
Brooks
Illinois
Donnell
Missouri
Chadron Chamber Secretary Juggles Wide Daily Duties
Chester A. Allen Chadron chamber secretary outlines a varied day listing tasks from raising flags for visiting groups to selling event tickets. He welcomes campers to the state park, canvasses for lodging for students, and delivers Christmas toys to 52 needy children.
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Chadron
Chamber of Commerce
Chester A. Allen
Chadron Chamber
State Park
Auto for Disabled Vets Features Strong Design
A San Francisco built automobile for handicapped veterans by Edward T. Adkins showed a successful shakedown with usable steerage via an airplane style stick and push button controls. It runs on gasoline or electric power and sports an electric torch drill a movie camera radio magazine rack and an automatic fire fighting device. The designer noted a missing license plate requirement when crossing the Bay Bridge.
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San Francisco
Edward T. Adkins
Navy
O. K
Palo Alto
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
Adkins
Opportunity Reveals True Selves on Train Car
A tale unfolds aboard a dining car as Abigail Harrington, recalling her past and her husband Arch, argues that given opportunity people reveal their true nature. A wallet and a mislaid purse spark a moral vignette about temptation, deception, and consequences.
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Paul
Abigail Harrington
American Newspaper Celebrates Second Anniversary in Siam
Bangkok reports celebrate the Bangkok Post marking its second year in Siam. Editor Alexander MacDonald, a New Englander, guides the eight page daily printed by hand with no type setting machines. He defies censorship by leaving space where content is ordered cut.
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Bangkok
Siam
Rome
Manila
Bangkok Post
Alexander MacDonald
Strategic Services
Anna Leonowens
MacDonald
Post
400 Bottles of Milk Survive Train Collision
Bernard Berliner, 32, a milk vendor in Fort Worth, escaped unharmed when his panel truck was struck by a southbound train after misjudging a crossing. The vehicle toppled into a fence, injuring no one and causing $150 in damage while all 400 milk bottles remained intact.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Bernard Berliner
Berliner
Manuscript of Old Bible Found in Palestine
Yale University announced the discovery in Palestine of the earliest known manuscript of the Old Testament book of Isaiah. The scroll, dating to the first century B C, was preserved in a monastery in the Holy Land and came from the library of the Syrian Orthodox ROHEEHEIY of St. Mark in Jerusalem.
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New Haven
Conn
Palestine
Yale University
Holy Land
American School of Oriental Research
Jerusalem
Millar Burrows
Yale
Near East
St. Mark
Jerusaem
Runaway Auto Kills Atlanta Woman
In Atlanta Georgia Mrs Loyce J Threlkeld was killed when her car rolled away with her as the sole occupant The taxi driver Mark Corley said he opened a door to reach her and she then apparently stepped on both the starter and accelerator The vehicle spun in circles and struck her on the third and fourth passes before stopping against a curb
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Atlanta
Loyce J. Threlkeld
Mark Corley
Threlkeld
Corley
Mrs. Threlkeld
California Gives Salmon A Lift Over Dry Stretch
California uses five tank trucks to ferry salmon along a 30 mile San Joaquin river stretch during spawning as drylands create sandbars. Steelhead in Monterey gain new spawning grounds after wardens blasted a rock blocking runs. Rainbow trout minnows from Mount Shasta are raised to six inches in a warm valley hatchery to speed growth.
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San Francisco
California
San Joaquin
Monterey
Big Sur
Mount Shasta
Iron Ore Supplies Dwindle as U S Faces Shortfall
Secretary Krug warns high grade iron ore is limited and Lake Superior reserves could run out in 20 years. Mesabi range dominates output, supplying 80 percent of U S ore before peace era demand. Foreign sources like Labrador and Brazil pose costly logistics for steel plants.
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Washington
the Interior
Julius A. Krug
Congress
St. Lawrence Seaway
Mesabi Range
Minnesota
Mesabi Pits
America
Germany
Japan
Lake Superior
Labrador
Brazil
St. Lawrence
Great Lakes
Atlantic
Antarctic Sailors Find Matches From Shackleton Campsite
Los Angeles Navy ice breaker Burton Island returns from a five month cruise after cataloging charts and photographs from a prior expedition. Crew report rescuing Finn Ronne expedition, a helicopter crash with no injuries, a heavy swell dousing deck, and discovery of a metal match case at Shackleton 1908 campsite with matches intact.
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Los Angeles
Burton Island
American Antarctic Society
Finn Ronne
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Cmdr
E. A MacDonald
Armenian Healer Arrested by Immigration Authorities
Arak Hagopian a 21 year old Armenian faith healer and his two servants Smbad Eghfasarian and Gevork Sahakian were arrested in Miami on warrants claiming illegal entry. They were to be released on bonds of 500 each pending a hearing to determine cause for deportation. no date set. Visas for Hagopian and his servants had expired.
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Miami
Fla
Arak Hagopian
Hagopian
Smbad Eghfasarian
Gevork Sahakian
French Fans Shower Wrestlers With Beer
Paris crowd at Salle Wagram hurls beer and cigarette butts at wrestlers amid jeers and insults. Balcony patrons, standing-room guests, and ringside elites contribute to a raucous, class-patterned display as combatants endure taunts from all sections.
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Paris
France
Voici
Pierre
Singapore
Scott’s Bluff
Nebr
Salle Wagram
Arch of Triumph
Detectives Open Battered Safe In baffling crime shock
Denver detectives Fred Zarnow and John Toll opened a 750-pound safe after a six hour break in at Morton Pea Co. The safe was battered beaten cut hacked and burned by burglars using the shop’s own tools. The safe finally yielded in 90 seconds with the owner present.
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Denver
Morton Peabody Incorporated
Fred Zarnow
John Toll
Yeggs
Zarnow
Toll
Phantoms and Banshees Redefine Aircraft Vocabulary
Philadelphia based SKF Industries notes aviation advances demand new terms like Banshee Phantom Stratojet and XS-1. Anti friction bearings power gas turbines and engines, with engines often using a hundred bearings across a dozen types in modern airplanes.
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Philadelphia
R. R. Zisette
SKF Industries
Air Force
Zisette
Pear ripening and storage guidance
The keeping quality of pears depends on when and how they were picked and where they were stored. Pick pears when they are hard ripe and full size. Store pears in a cool moist place. Pears that ripen on the tree should be used immediately.
Oil industry adopts war era electronics for pipeline leak tests
Modern locators and leak detectors using wartime electronics help oil companies spot breaks in pipelines instantly, saving oil, time and money.
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J. L. Manwaring
National Dixie Hotel
Marshall
Morris van Lines
Nation Wide Service
Harvey Morris
Crawford St. Paris
Clinois
Carl A. Newlin
Hutsonville, Il
David F. Smilie
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