Caught Amid Booms The Help Wanted Sign Taken Down In Alaska
Alaska faces a lull after wartime booms as federal spending slows and construction stops. Despite generous payrolls at Ladd Field and nearby bases, shortages shift to defense needs, while gold mining and fishing falter and newcomers face hard finances and uncertain jobs. The 1949 1950 outlook remains unclear as a rebuilding construction schedule is forecast.
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Alaska
James H. Ferguson
Fairbanks
America
Anchorage
Milton Wade
Territorial Employment Service
Wade
Merrill Weir
Alcan
Ood
Merrill
Fort Richardson
Elmendorff
Ladd
Eielson Fields
Ladd Field
Congress
Treasury
al Anderson
Alaska Mining Association
Anderson
Gulf of Alaska
Southeast
Panhandle
First airplane photo captured over Cenocelli Italy
Orville Wright reportedly took the first known photograph from an aircraft over Cenocelli in Italy, marking a milestone in aviation history with a historic image captured from an airplane.
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Cenocelli
Italy
Orville Wright
More Ways Than One To Skin Through For Sheepskin
AP reports on diverse college scholarships and admission quirks in the United States. Col. Clarence E. Lovejoy catalogs unusual grants including Yale Princeton ties, Navajo and Indian awards, and restrictions on behavior. Institutions vary widely in eligibility and abundance of scholarships, with some names like Leavenworth and De Forest proving hard to fill.
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United States
Col
Clarence E. Lovejoy
Lovejoy
Simon and Schuster
Columbia University
Yale
Princeton
Charles G. Paulding
Will Rogers Foundation
Henry Nelson Pierce
Sarah Lawrence College
University of Michigan
Secretary of the Interior
Westmont College
California
Leavenworth
Murphy
Harvard
University of Chicago
Chicago
New York
Pittsburgh Clean-Up Effort Transforms Smoke Blighted City
Pittsburgh undertakes a high priced cleaning drive costing nearly a million dollars to scrub soot from buildings. From Mount Washington vantage point, Gold en Triangle towers appear as a checkerboard after restoration. Pa Pitt's Partners backs the move, remodeling a condemned office building into a modern headquarter as part of the cleaner city goal.
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Bart Hickman
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Station
Do YOU Own A Scratching Dog
Advice column promotes Rex Hunters Dog Powers and Worm Capsules as cures for itching, scratching, and hair loss in dogs. Claims quick improvements and includes anecdotal testimony about a setter regaining hair and states economy sizes and prices. Warns about possible worm infections with rectal itching and diarrhea.
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Rex Hunters
Pittsburgh Smoke Control Enforced After Coal Switch
Pittsburgh's smoke control program, seven years old, bore fruit last winter as residents switched from high volatile fuels to cleaner coal or other fuels. Fines fell on violators who persisted with smokier coal, and some black market dealers were brought to court.
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Pittsburgh
Foot Fungus Killer Promises Quick 35c Relief
An advertisement touts a strong fungicide for athletes foot costing 35 cents. It claims to kill germs within one hour with 90 percent alcohol for fast, on contact action. The ad urges readers to ask any druggist for the product today.
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Freie
Mobile, Ala
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Atca Deels
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Bryn Mawr
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Monongahela River
Golden Triangle
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Indiana Cab Company
South Bend
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Middletown Gas & Electric Service
STNG
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Vaag Oil
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