Fall arrives energizing business and shoppers nationwide
As autumn settles in, retail trade picks up with department stores reporting higher dollar volume than a year ago in New York and Philadelphia. Consumers face higher clothing prices due to pay boosts and wool costs, while fuel prices remain high with ample supplies but potential distribution glitches in blizzard scenarios.
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New York
Eisenhower
Boston
Congress
Philadelphia
Bell-Ans advertised relief for gas and indigestion
An advertisement touts Bell-Ans tablets as the fastest known relief for acid indigestion and gas. It invites readers to mail an empty carton to Bell-Ans in Orangeburg to receive the product.
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Bell-ans
Orangeburg
Green Finn Foam Restores Bright Colors to Rugs
After World War II a green cleaning liquid named Finn Foam entered homes for rugs and upholstery. It restores bright original colors, is as safe as water, and lets amateurs achieve professional results. Hotels use foam for bulk cleaning and The Central Store carries Finn Foam downstairs.
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Fina Foam
Ingenious plan by Oklahoma City dope pushers
Oklahoma City narcotics officers describe a scheme where marijuana seeds are spread on residents lawns by pushers as a planned new supply method. Victims unknowingly cultivate the crop and the pushers harvest it later.
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Oklahoma City
Parrot Waldo Saves Couple From Fire in Redwood City
In Redwood City California a three year old parrot named Waldo awakened Mr and Mrs Zurita as their upstairs apartment burned from a garage fire. The talking bird cried help prompting the couple to escape with the bird. Fire officials said the Zuritas would have been overcome soon without Waldo's alerts.
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Redwood City
Calif
Waldo
Robert Zurita
Zuritas
Fire Department
Richard Driven
Zurita
Separate Decrees Granted to Morrez Couple in Fresno
In Fresno California Superior Court Judge Edward J Kellas granted separate divorce decrees to Genevieve and Antonio Morrez after ruling the high court allowed both parties to obtain individual decrees when neither is innocent of charges. The Morrezs, married seven years, had filed mutual cruelty charges.
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Fresno
Calif
Genevieve
Antonio Morrez
Calva
Superior Court
Edward J Kellas
California
Supreme Court
High Court
Prisoner Uses Cigarette Pack Tie in Jail Window
A cord of cloth hung from a Wake County Jail window with a note asking to tie a pack of cigarettes to the string. Passersby suspected a jailbreak and saw the prisoner hoist a two-thirds full pack away with the cord.
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Raleigh, N. C
Wake County
Net earnings drop at American Shipbuilding Co
Cleveland based American Shipbuilding Co. reports net earnings of 703259 dollars for the year ended June 30, or 6.40 dollars per common share. This compares with 1067658 dollars, or 9.73 dollars per share, in the prior year when an unused excess profits tax credit carried forward was available.
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Cleveland
American Shipbuilding Co
Puzzle Book and Authors Across Fifty Five Clues
A list of crossword style clues with across entries including references to famous works and authors such as Les Misérables, Elegy in a Country Churchyard, Tristram Shandy, and Hemingway, plus various defined terms, names, and language roots.
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Victor
Char
Charlotte
Ireland
Jane
Latvia
Colonel Pearson Named PIO for UNCREG in Korea
Lt. Col. Ralph E. Pearson, a former Middletonian, is designated public information officer for the United Nations Command Repatriation Group based in Mun san Korea. He previously led the Inchon press center during Operation Big Switch. Brig. Gen. A L Hamblen commands UNCREG.
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Ralph E. Pearson
Kiwanis Club to Hear Chief Blackmore at Lunch
Police Chief Joseph Blackmore will discuss police methods at the Kiwanis Club luncheon at the Manchester Hotel. Captain Ralph Bauer heads the program. Candidates for club offices and director positions in the October 1 election will be announced. The club surpassed its goal by selling over 800 dozen roses to fund eye surgery for underprivileged children.
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Joseph Blackmore
Kiwanis Club
Manchester
Ralph Bauer
al Decatur
Bogart and Warner Brothers End 17 Year Ties
Hollywood reports an amicable split after 17 years between Humphrey Bogart and Warner Brothers. Bogart seeks release from a 15 year contract signed in 1946 to make one film annually, and the studio agrees. He heads a personal production firm, Santane, and departs Sunday to film for Paramount in New York.
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Hollywood
Humphrey Bogart
Warner Brothers Studio
Bogart
Santane Productions
Paramount
New York
Estate Inventoried After Deaths of Hahn Couple
The estate of Emil P. Hahn, 50, founder of the Tohn Sg ty Co., is valued in probate court. His wife Helen died last month from injuries sustained in a Daytona Beach, Florida automobile crash. No will was left by either spouse.
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Cleveland W
Emil P. Hahn
Tohn Sg Ty Co
Helen
Daytona Beach
Policeman Ticket Warns On Visible Valuables In Cars
Cleveland police issue a new kind of ticket warning drivers of leaving valuables in plain sight. The note says no traffic violation but exposure of property risks theft and higher costs if stolen. Police report about 300 automobile trespass cases monthly.
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Cleveland
Bulldozer Reveals Hidden Money From Chicken Yard
In Los Angeles, a bulldozer at an auto yard site unearthed three glass jars containing about $1,000 in silver and currency. Constance Mertens, who learned of the buried stash from her uncle years ago, watched the dig and shared coins with eight workers.
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Los Angeles
Constance Mertens
Miss Mertens
Doan's Pills Offer Kidney Relief
Nagging backache and loss of energy may signal slow kidney function. Doan's Pills, a mild diuretic used for over 50 years, claim to relieve discomfort by aiding kidney filtration and flushing waste, promising happy relief for many sufferers.
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Dean
Doan
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