Rubber policy and global talks shape future of rubber supply
The United States plans to dispose of surplus synthetic rubber plants while Washington, London, Canada, Belgium, Holland, Britain and France explore natural rubber futures. Prices drive policy as natural rubber seeks higher returns abroad, with synthetic costs projected to fall to 15 cents per pound. American tire makers urge restraint and warn synthetic is still inferior for heavy tires, prompting calls to maintain a synthetic base to deter foreign price shifts while retaining a domestic capability for future leverage.
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United States
Washington
London
Canada
Belgium
Holland
Britain
France
U. S
America
Jabor
Card Playing At Summer Hotels and Boarding Houses
Card playing at summer hotels and boarding houses is a popular evening diversion. Patrons enjoy quiet bridge games to exercise memory and planning, while skilful players focus on strategy and courtesy. The scene blends concentration, mild rivalries, and lessons from newspaper features. Bamboo can expand 16 inches in a day.
Government Surplus Teeth and Odd Surplus From War Assets
Washington reports the War Assets Administration holds over two million single false teeth from a lend lease contract, mostly for Russia, never sent, stored unused. Also sold was a slightly used human skull for eight dollars and twenty‑five cents. Surplus items inspire veterans and small businesses to repurpose gear into noodles machines, underbrush clearers, and aviation services, with former pilots and Flying Tigers using surplus planes for civil work nationwide.
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War Assets Administration
Russia
Veterans’ Administration
WAA
Army
Atlanta
Flying Tigers
Midwest
New York
California
Kansas City
Pinehurst
N.C
Cuarolinas
Sureplus Navy
Massquiio
Long Island
Anniversary Of Death Of Playgrounds Founder
Letter to the editor commemorates the ninth anniversary of Joseph Lee founder of the playground movement. It lauds his social work in recreation, quotes his beliefs play as growth and democracy, notes his roles in legislation education World War I service and funding the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and urges public remembrance of his legacy credited with America’s modern playgrounds.
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Playgrounds
the News
Joseph Lee
Frederick
America
Boston
Lee
Massachusetts
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Commission On
Sally Worthington
Frederick City
Questions and Answers on Plans and Costs in Hotels
In hotels the American plan includes meals in the quoted rate while the European plan does not. The Thames at London is about 100 feet wide. There are 281 federal judges including Supreme Court Justices. After war overtime pay ends, people are spending more for recreation per Commerce Department data.
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Cme
Thames River
London
Supreme Court
Streivari violin makers tied to Cremona home
Statement cites figures showing recreation spending 1.725 billion through June 1946 vs 1.455 billion in 1945. The query asks where the Streivari family, noted violin makers, lived. answer given is Cremona.
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Streivari
Cremona
Haly
Lufburrow Advice on Focused Effort
A succinct maxim from Lufburrow about avoiding overreach. It cautions that chasing too many fronts at once wastes energy, and urges concentrated thought and action to reach objectives and ensure satisfaction.
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Luf
Matt
Lufburrow
National Guard Parade Draws 25 000 Jam in Frederick
Fifty years ago a huge crowd estimated at 25 000 crowded Frederick for the National Guard parade. The event eclipsed eight decades of local activity and featured a grand ball at Junior Hall in honor of Gov Lowndes and the Maryland National Guard officers. A Baltimore sailor nearly drowned in the Monocacy river but was saved by friends after a long resuscitation. The Fourth Regiment Band headlined the Key Monument fete with a prize flag contest between National Guard regiments nearing result nightfall.
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Frederick
Electric
Braddock Heights
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Fourth Regiment
Hammond Urner
Twenty Years Ago Local Items From The News July 24 1956
Frederick slipped from the grasp of the nationwide heat wave as storms yesterday lowered the temperature from 96 to 67. The Democratic County central committee discussed holding a county convention to select a county ticket and avoid a primary figue. Water rents collected during the rear landing June 13 totalled $43,000, per Ira L. Miller’s audit to the mayor and aldermen. A severe electrical storm struck cattle on William Barton’s Centerville farm, killing five. Lightning also damaged James Sappington’s shed near Liberty.
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Frederick
Democratic County Central Committee
Masor
Ira L. Miler
William 5
Barton
Centerville
James Sappington
Liberty
Sergeant Smith Portrait on a Train to New York
An interview aboard a train to New York reveals Sergeant Smith, a Valley Forge veteran and former B-24 top turret gunner from Italy, sharing his calm resilience and future plans. He carries new facial prosthetics from burns, yet stays hopeful about marriage, work, and returning to Brooklyn as he anticipates meeting his girlfriend at Penn Station.
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Smith
New York
Sergeant Smith
Brooklyn
Valley Forge General
Tay
France
Penn Station
Italy
Foggia
Music Inspires Noble Deeds Across Nations and Faith
Strength for Today By Earth presents a meditation on music’s power in history from the French Revolution to biblical psalms. The essay praises church music and warns against dictating what music nourishes souls, arguing that the value lies in its resonance with listeners.
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Napoleon
Alps
Mount of Olives
Babson Newspaper
Today in History and Birthdays Show Big Names Collected
A Long list marks Today in History with births of Benning Wentworth John M Clayton Josiah Holland Alonzo Hepburn William Gillette Amelia Earhart and more. Also notes Detroit founded in 1701 Salt Lake City founded 1847 and Kellogg Briand Pact 1929 along with birthdays Kenneth Royall Homer Groninger Ralph Williams and others.
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New Hampshire
Mass
Portsmouth
N. H
John M. Clayton
Delaware
U. S
Sussex Co. del
Josiah G. Holland
Springfield
New York Magazine
Belchertown
Alonzo B. Hepburn
New York State
New York City Bank
St Lawrence Co. N. Y
William Gillette
Hartford, Conn
Amelia Earhart
Atchison, Kans
South Pacific
Detroit
Cadillac
Montreal
Pennsylvania
Salt Lake City
Utah
Brigham Young
Pacific Coast
New York
American Hayes
Lonedon
Roosevelt
S. S
Kiska
Vatican
Rome
Poland
Japan
Kenneth €. Royall
Goldsboro
N.C
Homer M. Groninger
San Francisco
Port. Royal Pa
Ralph C. Williams
U. S. Public Health Service
Washiton
Russell Co
Ala
Philip DO. Wagoner
Underwood New York Hava
Somerville
Nlt
All for Love candidate Frank Boykin runs for Senate
Mobile congressman Frank Boykin travels north to win votes, addressing a crowd at a general store in a Tennessee town, while acknowledging Alabama ties and the unsureness of voters in the northern part of the state.
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Washington
All For Love
Frank Boykin
Alabama
John Bankhead
U. S. Senate
Boykin
Mobile
Frank
Tennessee
Elevating Daily Vocab With One Word A Day
Readers are urged to broaden their lexicon by mastering a single word daily. Today’s focus is gravity in its senses of seriousness and importance. A note mentions Mrs. George W. Tabler of Urbana returning home after a hospital stay at Frederick City Hospital.
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Frederick Md
George W. Tabler
Urbana
Frederick City Hospital
Bobby
Don Juan
Dorothy Dix Says Dear Miss Dix on Marriage and Men
Dororthy Dix answers readers on married life fidelity and teen pregnancy with blunt social observations. A letter asks about punishing teen lovers and the wife’s role, while another seeks advice on a humdrum view of marriage and a lipstick anecdote ends with a cheeky rebuttal from Bob.
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Miss Dix
Lunching women dispute who pays tip at lunch
Two women dine together with one insisting on paying both checks. The other offers to handle the tip. The hostess should be allowed to pay the tip, guiding future guest behavior to treat the hostess accordingly.
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Chinn
Reed College
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Post Office
McKellar
Bikini Lagoon
New Mexico
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Ralph McDonald
National Committee On Atomic Information
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McDonald
Secretary Wallace
Genttleman
Phooey
Henry
Tozt
Secretary of Commerce
Sumner
Dorothy Dix
Doraifiy Dix
Bob
John
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