4 H Girls Win Scholarships Through Skill With Needle
Twelve girls from as many states won $200 scholarships at the National 4-H clothing achievement contest in Chicago tied to the 24th National 4-H club congress. Winners include Dixie Lee Nuttall, Mae Cagle, Ruth Erb, Kathryn Johnson, and Eleanor Zaharis, among others, with alternates listed.
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Chicago
Spool Cotton Company of
New York
Dixie Lee Nuttall
Dragoon
Cochise Co
Ariz
Mae Cagle
Cantons
Cherokee Co
Rhua Slavens
Ruth Erb
Ruth
Kathryn Johnson
Eleanor Zaharis
Marie Weisheit
Marie
Dixie
Bonnie B Christison
Doris Clopper
Doris
Arizona
Gerry Keathly
Oklahoma
Edna Slavens
Montana
Bonnie Christison
Wisconsin
New Hampshire
Eleanor Zgharis
Oregon
Georgia
Meta Marie Keller
Ilinois
Maryland
Marie Weissheit
Indiana
Billie McCoy
Tennessee
Foreign visitors learn from American 4 H congress in Chicago
The 24th annual 4 H club congress in Chicago welcomed 66 foreign youths including 18 Chinese invited by their government to study 4 H methods. Venezuelans Costa Ricans Peruvians Canadians and Quebecers joined exchanges sharing meals and tours while Xi Che Shen and others described the event for Chinese youth via shortwave.
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America
Chicago
United States
Shih-Che-Shen
Owen Perry
Malcolm
Neb
Early 1948 Presidential Candidate Talk in Washington
Washington observers forecast Truman likely to head the Democratic ticket with Vice Presidency open for light contenders. Possible GOP contenders include Vandenburg Stassen Bricker with McMahon as a dark horse, while Dewey faces city political hurdles and potential New York shifts loom.
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Truman
Dewey
New York
WNT Service
Eye Street
N.W
Washington, D. C
Washington
Harry S. Truman
Gonlessy
New York City
William O-Dwyer
Thomas E. Dewey
O'Dwyer
Josiah Goldstein
LaGuardia
Little Flower
Albany
Cate
Amity
Vandenburg’s
Stassen
Vandenburg
San Francisco
Internatona
Bricker
United States Senate
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Kenneth McKellar
Senate
House
Congress
McKellar
Brian McMahon
Connecticut
John Danaher
Thomas Dewey
Department of Justice
Harlan Mine
White House
California
William F. Knowland
Jim Eastland
Mississippi
Eastland
U.S
Germany
Marshall
American Red Cross
China
GOP
Mel Maas
Minnnesota
Marine Aviation Reserve
Pat Hurley’s colorful rise and China ambassadorship
The article recalls Pat Hurley’s career from Oklahoma lawyer to influential China envoy. It notes earlier testimony in Congress, clashes with Wedemeyer in Chungking, and his role as Chiang Kai-shek’s ally, culminating in a famed resignation and public persona.
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Pat Hurley
China
Washington
Pat
Oklahoma
Senate Insular Affairs Committee
House
Indian Affairs Committee
Webster Ballinger
Hurley
Oklahoma i
Orge
Adm
Henry B. Wilson
Joe Stalin
Near East
Chiang Kaishek
Chungking
al Wedemeyer
Wedemeyer
Robert B. McClure
Marshall
Fdr
Mrs Dye Advocates Faultless Starch For Longer Lasting Overalls
Mrs L E Dye of Oklahoma shares a letter praising Faultless Starch for making overalls and work clothes wear longer and look better. She notes lighter rubbing, dirt removal, and smoother fabric that reduces chafing, urging readers to use Faultless Starch in daily wash days.
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Pitcher
Oklahoma
L. E. Dye
Fay
Bej
Adv
Four health champions named at 24th 4-H Congress in Chicago
The four health champions gaze from the congress headquarters balcony. Eleanor Chapman 17 from Centerbury Ohio Louise Hale 17 of Randlett Ohio John Savoy 17 of Cameron Louisiana and Harris Reinholdt from Marshall Minnesota display the 4 H Club rules for health under the slogan Building for a Stronger America: Work and Play Hard Sleep 8 to 10 hours Eat Meat and Vegetables.
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Chicago
Congress
Eleanor Chapman
Centerbury
Ohio
Louise Hale
Randlett
John Savoy
Cameron
Harris Reinholdt
Marshall
Minn
America
Barbs by Bankage on postwar capitalism and unity
The piece argues the United States remains an island of capitalism amid leftist peers and warns internal factionalism would aid state socialism. It recalls Admiral Nimitz's Washington visit with planes spelling his name and notes a parade crowd mixup involving police and service members, resolved by the K-Nine dog detachment.
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United States
Admiral Nimitz
Washington
Eisenhower
Do It Yourself Laundry Bag and Pockets Guide
Instructions from Book 8 of a home craft booklet cover sewing a 54 by 18 inch door pocket piece, a 30 inch deep laundry bag, and multiple pockets. It details fabric, bias tape, pocket tops, pleats, and finishing steps, with note of the 15 cent postpaid booklet containing 32 pages.
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Ontario
Quebec
Mario Perez
Venezuela
Gilbert Hescock
Rita Lefebvre
Chandler
Normand Laferriere
Bertheir
Miss Lefebvre
Canada
Washington Digest
Guess
Arthur Vandenburg
Michigan
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
John Bricker
CSE
Ballinger
Comtree
Patrick J. O'Hurley
Leslie Arends
Capitol
Arends
Mutual
Herald Angels
Harve Tibbett
Pennsylvania
Paul Shafer
Harry Towe
New Jersey
Fr Fellows
Maine
William
Colorado
Adeline
Macon Reed
Mutual News
Reed
Mrs. Dye
Bankhage
Broom Pracen
Mes
Ruth Wyeth
Spears
Scott's
Scotts
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