Battle of Records Speeds Divides Industry
Hollywood AP reports a race between Columbia 33 1/3 and Victor Capitol 45 RPM, with Decca staying on the sidelines. Columbia begins seven inch LPs, while Victor and Capitol push 45s. no player handles all speeds yet, and pricing for the new disk is undecided.
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Hollywood
Columbia
Victor
Capitol
John Q. Diskbuyer
Decca
Capitol Record
Glenn E. Wallichs
Wallichs
Carter's Little Liver Pills Adapte to Bile Flow
An old style medical ad warns that sluggish bile can cause indigestion and gas and promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills as a quick fix to restore bile flow. The copy uses period slang and bright health claims to urge readers to buy the product today.
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Carter
Cows Become Fussy After Water Failure
In Vicksburg Michigan farmer Jim Green reports his cows refused creek water after a barn water system failed and endured 17 hours without water until the pipeline was repaired. The note also mentions pamphleteer Thomas Paine as an inventor who proposed an iron bridge in 1787 to interest Britain and France.
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Vicksburg, Mich
Jim Green
Green
Thomas Paine
U S Marines Leave China Few Remain
Two transports with 1600 Marines left Tsingtao for San Diego as a band played California Here I Come. About 800 Marines remain unaccounted for and are likely withdrawn to other Pacific bases while one battalion stays in Tsingtao. Vice Admiral Badger says one battalion here and one in Shanghai should cover emergencies.
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Tsingtao
China
U. S
San Diego
Enrico
Renfield
California
Guam
Shanghai
Pacific
Adm
Oscar C. Badger
U.S. Western Pacific Fleet
Gerald Thomas
U.S
Edgewater Mansion
Badger
Cost Of Several Top Commodities Drop Below OPA Levels
New York AP report notes wholesale prices for top commodities such as corn oats rye and lard slipped below their closing OPA ceiling levels from June 28 1946. Coffee remains near January 1948 post war peak while many items near OPA figures. retail prices lag wholesale moves as retailers stock shelves from prior purchases.
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New York
City Noise Ordinance Regains Legal Status
Middletown city regains enforceability of its noise law after a Supreme Court decision clarifies that local bans on amplified sound can be used to curb nuisances. City attorney Fred J. Schatzmann notes the ordinance was toothless since last spring but the ruling reinstates its authority.
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Middletown
Supreme Court
Fred J. Schatzmann
Schatzmann
Divorce Petition Filed In Butler County Court
Michael M Epstein of Wahoo Nebraska appears in Butler County Ohio court records dated February 7 1949 Barbara Epstein filed for divorce child custody care and support alleging gross neglect of duty The defendant must answer by February 26 1949 or petition will be taken as true Clerk IKEP Deputy MERSE ERLING MO FINKELMAN attorney February 23 1949
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Gwendoline Elizabeth Bewley
Harry Avenue
Idcombe
New South Wales
Australia
Wilbur Frank Bewley
Common Pleas Court
Butler County
Ohio
Joseph T. Kiep
Merle Eberling
Harold G. Dance
Michael M. Epstein
c/o McGraw Instruction Co
Wahoo
Nebraska
Barbara Eptein
Butler Lee
Foserh i. Kiep
Merse Erling
Deuty MO Finkel Man
Atlors
Vannest Area Survey Moves Forward for New Thoroughfare
Surveyors arrived to plan a 60 foot wide road from Vannest Ave to Route 73 with narrowing to 40 feet near Route. C. F. Myers of the Dixie Heights Improvement League says two days of surveying will determine final length. The project aims to connect Vannest with east side routes and improve the North Middletown area. Governor Lausche and Paul Wilson of the Middletown Safety Council are involved in the planning discussions.
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Vannest Ave
Manchester Rd
C. F. Myers
Dixie Heights
Vannest
New York Central
Sutphin St
Frank J. Lausche
Paul Wilson
Middletown Safety Council
Wilson
North Middletown
Myers
North Dakota budget board urges higher two year appropriations
The North Dakota state budget board says government costs rise with living costs and recommends raising normal government appropriation for the next two years by 5,867,393 to total 46,603,026. The note links rising expenses to inflation and includes a brief aside on Georgius Agricola’s zinc discovery in the 16th century.
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Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota
Buena Vista Water Lines Contract Let
Bater County Commissioners awarded the water lines contract to C. F. McCurdy of Cincinnati for 49 709 05. Work to begin within three weeks if weather allows, with completion as soon as possible. Costs will be assessed on 90 district landowners along Oxford St Road Locust Hickory and Station streets. A January public hearing at Hamilton courthouse drew little opposition.
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Buena Vista
Bater County
C. F. McCurdy
Cincinnati
Oxford St
Locust
Hickory
Station Streets
Hamilton
Harry Duane
Injunction Sought to Halt Burke Golf Stockholders Meeting
Burke Golf Company Inc president files for a restraining order in Licking County Common Pleas to stop the February 21 stockholders meeting. He accuses secretary and fiscal manager John T. Gilfillan of fraudulently manipulating stock and funds to gain control. Mrs. Gilfillan is a co-defendant. A hearing is set for next Monday at 9 30 a.m. before Judge Hobtsberry.
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Newark, C
Burke Golf Company Inc
Licking County
Common Pleas
Charles B. Hobtsberry
Not Going Back Says Flynn's Wife
Nora Eddington Flynn, Errol Flynn's red haired wife, announced plans to sue for divorce. She said Flynn knew of her decision and she would file once details are settled. They wed in Mexico in 1943 and have two daughters, Rory and Deidre, with recent social sightings of Nora with singer Dick Haymes and his wife Joanne Dru filing for divorce.
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Hollywood
Errol
Errol Flynn
Nora Eddington Flynn
Nora
Mexico
Rory
Deidre
Dick Haymes
Joanne Dru
Convicted Thief Corrects Judge In Court
DETROIT AP Frank McHale 47 a convicted thief interrupted a judge during sentencing and argued for a lighter term saying it should be a year less He contended he had the same sentence before Recorder Judge Christopher E Stein ordered a three to four year term for burglary from a store despite the protest.
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Detroit
Frank McHale
McHale
Recorder's
Christopher E. Stein
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the Schoenling Brewing Company
Ohie
William Furginson Distributing CO
Cleveland Ave
Hamilton, Ohio
Vannest Area Survey
Georgius Agricola
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