Nine American Women Receive Camp Fire Girls Medal
Nine American women were awarded Camp Fire Girls Silver Medals in New York City for outstanding service in girl guidance. Recipients include Mrs. Edward Shepter Baltimore Md Mrs. Helen A. Davis St Augustine Fla Mrs. Eunice Le Blanc Beaumont TX Mrs. Howard Wood Berkeley CA Mrs. Grace Hawkins Spokane WA Mrs. Alma Hastings Overland Park KS Mrs. Orville Hanson Hawley MN and Mrs. Alveda Hocker Mishawaka IN for planning programs aiding health character welfare and patriotic activities during war efforts.
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New York City
Martha F. Allen
Camp Fire Girls, Inc
Edward Shepter
Baltimore
Helen A. Davis
St. Augustine
Fla
Eunice LeBlanc
Beaumont
Texas
Howard Wood
Berkeley
Camp Fire
UNRRA
March of Dimes
Injured Farrier Says Shetland Pony Wounded Him
Edgewater Colorado tale of Red Schaeffer a Golden blacksmith and former bronco buster. He shoed a 33 year old Shetland pony a woman requested. Days later he felt chest pain and doctors diagnosed a broken rib from the pony pressing his foot during the shoeing.
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Edgewater
Colo
Red
Schaeffer
Golden
Tung Orchards Signal New Southern Industry
In Tallahassee Florida tung oil once a guarded East Asian secret returns to peacetime use. Grown along the Gulf coast from Gainesville through Georgia Alabama Louisiana and Mississippi tung orchards mark spring with blossoms. Marshall Ballard Jr secretary of the American Tung Oil Association says tung oil offers southern farmers a strong cash crop option.
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Tallahassee
Fla
U. S
Gulf of Mexico
Gaines Ville
Georgia
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
Florida
Marshall Ballard Jr
American Tung Oil Association
Oldest Working Horse Dies in Melbourne at 51
In Melbourne Australia the horse known as Nig ger died at age 51. Owned by John Croker of Footscray the animal known as the oldest working horse in the world collapsed in the harness after a long life of light work.
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Melbourne
Australia
John Croker
Footcray
Maiden Rock Vigil of Indian Maiden Childheart Ends in Tragedy
Local legend from Montana tells of Childheart the Indian maiden who waits at Maiden Rock for Red Hand. After an attack that killed many and drove off her horse, Red Hand vanished chasing an enemy. She climbed the mountain, cried, and leapt to her death, her broken body found among the rocks.
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Maiden Rock
Childheart
Red Hand
Bozeman, Mont
Bridger’s Canyon
Montana
Homebody From World Stage To Iowa Kitchen
Lois Bernhardt recalls her wartime roles as secretary to James Byrnes and as a typed contributor to the Japanese surrender terms and the United Nations charter. She later left the State Department for family life in Schaller and now works in Iowa State purchasing. her husband Robert Bernhardt studies dairy industry.
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Lois Bernhardt
Robert Bernhardt
Iowa State College
Ames
United Nations Organization
Potsdam
James F. Byrnes
Mrs. Bernhardt
Lois Kevans
Schaller
Iowa
Byrnes
American Institute of Business
Des Moines
Bernhardt
War Department
Washington
State Department
San Francisco
Navy
South America
Indian Scout Ash Dies At 95 In South Dakota
Ben Ash a 95 year old Indian scout and peace officer from South Dakota died recently at the State Soldiers home in Hot Springs. He served as wagon master for General Custer and as an Indian scout in the Messiah war from 1889 to 1890. He earlier was a deputy U S marshal at Pierre and Hughes county sheriff, ran a Moreau river cattle ranch, and is credited with building the first house at Bismarck North Dakota.
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Hot Springs
S. D
Ben Ash
South Dakota
Ash
General Custer
Pierre
Hughes County
Moreau River
Perkins County
Bismarck
N. D
Home costs 44 percent higher than 1940
Minneapolis reports it now costs 44 per cent more to build a home than in 1940. A house costing 5000 in 1940 would run about 7200 today and higher in six months. A Northwestern National Life InsuranceCo survey shows four of five veterans favor homes at 6000 or less. After World War I both materials and labor costs rose quickly.
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Minneapolis
Northwestern National Life Insurance Co
Aviation Notes from scattered flights and pilots
Terrell county Georgia buys 259 acres near Dawson for an airport. Aberdeen Flying Service Idaho shows an aerial photo of its city to the local paper. Starr Nelson 80 of Delta Colorado plans to fly to Grand Junction to see his girl when weather allows. B A Otto Goodland Kansas recently flew to Washington. Jim Eccles Wold Point Arkansas adds a Fairchild PT 23. Nancy Fowler Glacier Park talks coyotes from a plane with pilot Thor Thorstenson Plentywood Montana. Dewey Tatro Decorah Iowa airport graded three runways for larger planes. Ray Lauterbach near Sumner Iowa flies for parts in Decorah. Former Lt Ted Carroll AAF now instructor in Decorah Iowa.
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Terrell County
Georgia
Dawson
Aberdeen Flying Service
Aberdeen
Idaho
Starr Nelson
Delta
Colo
Grand Junction
Colorado
Otto
Goodland
Kan
Washington
Jim Eccles
Wold Point
Ark
Nancy Fowler
Glacier Park
Thor Thorstenson
Plentywood
Mont
Dewey Tatro
Decorah
Iowa
Ray Lauterbach
Sumner
Ted Carroll
AAF
Hoover refuses to reveal Truman talk details at press conference
President Truman's remarks to Herbert Hoover remain confidential as Hoover dodges questions on European emergency measures and rationing. Norman Kirk eases army limits on medical corps officers while older dentists face longer service. Governor Kerr mocks John L Lewis coal dispute and a trainmen dispute past arbitration. Capitol chaff notes fascist Argentina candy, Barkley, Pehle and Amerika circulation shifts.
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Norman Kirk
U. S. Army
Kirk
Argentina
House of Representatives
Senate
Alben Barkley
John Pehle
Treasury
State Department
Amerika
CAA Proposes New Airports Plan in National Review
The National Airport Plan aims for even airport distribution across towns, industrial areas, and sparsely settled regions. It proposes 3,050 new airports and improvements to 1,625 existing fields to meet postwar air traffic needs.
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CAA
The
Kellogg's All-Bran touted as remedy for constipation
A testimonial letter from Thomas Banon of Philadelphia praises Kellogg's All-Bran for eliminating years of constipation without laxatives. The ad invites ten days trial with a money back offer and explains All-Bran is a wholesome non purgative cereal made from wheat bran.
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Thomas Banon
Sansom Street
Philadelphia
Kellogg’s
Kellogg Company
Battle Creek
Michigan
Omaha
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Maiden
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Silvaire
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Lewis
Bob Kerr
Oklahoma
John L. Lewis
Kerr
Barry Truman
Cio-Afl
Roosevelt
Whitney
Atlantic
Burma
Ny High
32Nd St
A. K. Seckinger Grand Rapid
Minnesota
Farm Machinery & Equip
YMCA
Radio Engineering Institute
Ymca Bldg
Omaha, Nebraska
Wisconsin
C. Q. D. Ernest Schneider
Whitewater
Rock Road
John Dittmer and Sons
Lacena
Waitlert & Guntzler
Saint Louis
Tae
Errret Hg Tat & Chemical Coe Se EL Eae
Leds
Omaha Standard Body Corp
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