CARE Food Aid Urged To Help Starving Europe
A speaker urges Americans to support CARE Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe to send food and supplies to war torn nations. A $10 package yields 40963 calories meeting critical needs in Germany and other countries, with blankets, cotton goods, and clothing requested for Austria Belgium Czechoslovakia Finland France Greece Italy Hungary Netherlands Norway Poland Romania and Germany plus UK regions.
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Germany
United States Army
CARE
Europe
United States
Austria
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Finland
France
Greece
Italy
Hungary
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Romania
England
Wales
Scotland
Northern
Ireland
Uncle Sam
Eign
Postal Boost Foreseen Amid Inflation Concerns
A House bill proposes the first general postal rate revision since 1879 raising parcel post by 30 percent and air mail to six cents an ounce. It would also lift second class rates by about 30 percent for out of county newspapers and keep the three cent local first class rate beyond July 1. The plan would take effect 60 days after passage. Federal Reserve economists predict a price re adjustment rather than a slump, with wage dynamics and postwar demand influencing inflation controls.
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House of Representatives
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Sewing Circle Patterns for Cool Summer Dresses
Delightful house dress patterns with brief sleeves and tulip pockets in two styles. Pattern 1607 offers sizes 34 to 48 with yardage for 35 or 39 inch fabric and trim. Pattern 1628 covers sizes 10 to 20 with cap sleeves and incrac trim. Free pattern print inside the Summer FASHION book. 25 cents. Send order to Address.
Ask Me Another Quiz Questions
A general knowledge quiz covering earthquake depth, white gold, orchid blooming, Italian pasta origin, the word with most definitions, baseball speed, Canada’s formation, Bride of the Sea city, Sahara area, and peacock feather anatomy.
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Bobby Feller
Dominion of
Canada
Sahara Desert
Oklahoma battleship sinks amid Pearl Harbor aftermath
The battleship Oklahoma, once a symbol of the super-dreadnought era, never fired on an enemy in 31 years of service. Based in Berehaven during World War I, it found action only at Pearl Harbor where 1941 torpedoes sank it, later salvaged and sunk again in deep Pacific waters. END THE WAR: Chiang Kai-shek clamps down as 25,000 Chinese students strike across cities to demand ending the civil war.
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WNU
Eye Street
N. W
Washington, D. C
Washington
America
London
Yerba Buena
San Francisco Bay
Crow’s-Nest
York
Junius Wood
Pacific
Mount Vesuvius
Din Grand Central
Kremlin
Mr. Wood
National Press Club
Congressional
Karl Mundt
South Dakota
Wood
Congressional Record
Mary
Russia
Chicago Daily News
Junius
West Point of
International Lenin School
Moscow
United States
Siberia
Hushbush
Mark Aldanov
Chicago
State Department
FBI
Leningrad
Stalingrad
Oklahoma
Pearl Harbor
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Shanghai
Nanking
Peiping
World Food Outlook Is Critical For 1947 48 Crop Year
The Agriculture Department warns the world food situation will stay critical in 1947 48 due to foreign crop losses. Despite higher outputs in major nations, declines in grain production in import reliant countries will require more grain in international trade.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Office of For
Asia
Department
Lend Lease
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
United States
Fragmentary Q&A from a historical text item
A set of terse facts appears as numbered lines covering distances, metal alloys, time spans, historical notes on sugar and diffusion, dictionary definitions, speed, a date, a large area, and ornithological terminology about peacock tail feathers. The phrases resemble a quiz-like excerpt with varied topics.
Rigid Arm Punch Barred After 1889 Dempsey Bout
George Le Blanche used a rare rigid arm punch in a San Francisco bout with Jack Dempsey in 1889. He kept his right arm rigid from the shoulder and delivered a whirling knockout, leading to the punch being banned from professional boxing thereafter.
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George le Blanche
Jack Dempsey
San Francisco
Collier’s
le Blanche
Dempsey
English royal consent rules for princess marriages
The text states that English royal princesses must obtain the king's consent to marry until age 25. After turning 25 they may marry without consent if Parliament does not disapprove within a year of notification.
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England
Wake-Up Lemon Drink Beats Harsh Laxatives
A reader is told to drink juice from a California Sunkist Lemon in water first thing each morning to combat constipation and support regular bowel action. The ad touts lemons as rich in vitamin C and other nutrients, and claims improved energy and digestion.
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Sunkist
California
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