Break in Cotton Prices Shoots Market Into Readjustment
Western Newspaper Union reports a sharp cotton price drop amid inflation fears and OPA disruption. Analysts cite over optimistic buying by cloth users and speculators, political plots speculated, and calls to tighten futures controls as hearings probe losses of 225 to 250 million dollars while prices plunge from 40 cents a pound.
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Washington
OPA
New York
Senate Agriculture Committee
Thomas
Oklahoma
Texas
Mississippi
Talking Books Give Sightless Inkling of Authors Identity
The American Foundation for the Blind promotes Talking Book discs where leading authors read portions of their works for the blind. Notables include Jan Struther Glenway Westcott Somerset Maugham Eleanor Roosevelt and Dorothy Caruso. Discs are distributed by the Library of Congress to 27 regional libraries and postage free for readers.
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Edna Ferber
New York Sound
American Foundation For the Blind
New York
Foundation
S ‘Rary
Congress
Jan Struther
Mrs. Miniver
Glenway Westcott
Athens
John Mason Brown
Somerset Maugham
Lin Yutang
Eleanor Roosevelt
Thomas Mann
John Kieran
Oliver LaFarge
Dorothy Caruso
Library of Congress
Former Prisoners in Atlanta Plan Santa Visit to German Children
Atlanta's Barbed Wire club made up of former prisoners of war schedules a Santa Claus visit for German youngsters in Bad Nauheim. Club president Horace Wood says donations of toys are welcome and recalls POW memories of kindness from German youths and citizens.
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Atlanta
Santa Claus
Bad Nauheim
Germany
Barbed Wire Club
Horace Wood
Wood
Musical Pillow Advances In Home Harmony Devices
New York reports a pillow speaker integrated with bedside radios aims to reduce marital irritation. Devices slip into pillow cases, claim to be shockproof, and debuted in army hospitals. Airlines test these pillows for long flights, with plans to distribute on trans oceanic hops.
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New York
Idle Vessel Sought for Housing in Camden Area
In Camden area a surplus navy vessel is sought to house 500 families made homeless. The plan targets one of three unfinished idle ships in the Philadelphia Camden region. Welfare agencies backed by the Community Chest lead the drive to shelter evicted and veterans families until better housing is built.
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Camden
N. J
National Association of Housing Officials
Navy
Philadelphia- Camden
Community Chest
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn
Earl Hallock
North Bass Island
Sandusky
Ohio
Doolittle Keeps Promise To Town Named for Him
Lt Gen James H. Doolittle visits Doolittle Missouri for the town dedication. The community formerly Center ville was renamed in his honor in 1944 after residents urged the war hero to attend ceremonies along Highway 66. He unveils a bronze plaque and gives a speech.
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Doolittle
James H. Doolittle
Eighth Air Force
Tokyo
Missouri
Highway 66
St. Louis
Centerville
Medicine Output Hits New Peak with Aspirin Leading
Washington report from the chemical division of the tariff commission shows American medicine consumption reached a record. About 40 million pounds were used last year while medicinal production by chemicals topped 44 million pounds. Aspirin led the list with eleven million pounds produced, followed by sulfa drugs near six million pounds, boosted by war demand.
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Washington
Chemical Division
Tariff Commission
Chemical Industry
Died in 1950 Sign Grips Wisconsin Cemetery
John H Aplin born 1865 died 1950 is engraved on his gravestone after he told the cutter to add his name when his wife died. The monument also lists his wife Alice born 1865 died 1946. Aplin, a carpenter in Eagle, Wisconsin, is known as an individualist with a whisky bottle legend tied to the old schoolhouse era.
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Dousman
Wis
John H. Aplin
Ottawa
Eagle
Alpin
Alice Aplin
Aplin
John Aplin
Stewart
Jar of White House labeled plum preserves fetches top bid
In Kansas City the Woman's City club harvest festival saw a jar of regular plum preserves with a White House label bring a high bid of 2 dollars. The preserves were contributed by Mrs. Harry S. Truman.
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Kansas City
Woman's City Club
Harry S. Truman
White House
Blondes Sold In Cebu Market After War Said to Be Byproduct
Blond babies with blue eyes described as a war byproduct now sold openly in Cebu Island markets for 250 pesos each, about 125 dollars, drawing attention from residents and authorities.
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Manila
P. I
Cebu Island
Teacher Gets Cigars But Sighs for Apples
Loyola university professor Paul S. Leitz recalls old teaching days as he laments cigars from new veteran freshmen. He says apples once popular for teachers, now the pattern is eight cigars a week from freshmen who recently became fathers. He does not smoke.
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Chicago
G.I
Loyola University
Paul S. Leitz
Small Town Air Mail Boon Promises Faster Rural Links
Aviation notes describe helicopter air mail as a boon to connect off route towns with scheduled services, aiding speedier goods delivery and faster communication. Officials align timetables with postal schedules as the Civil Aeronautics board weighs helicopter operator approvals.
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Post Office Department
Civil Aeronautics Board
Smokers Get Two Great Gift Items This Christmas
Aimed at gift givers, the ad suggests Camels for light cigarettes and Prince Albert pipe tobacco in a pound tin as ready to give gifts. Displayed at dealers, both items come in holiday dress with no extra wrapping needed.
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Prince Albert
Adv
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Jacob Deshaser
Seattle Pacific College
Doolittle, MO
A. R. Cook
Ozark Mountain Foothills
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Mary Wooten
Pan American World Airways
Los Angeles
Auckland
N. Z
Producton Soars
Aircraft Industries Association
Milber
Army Air Forces
Lonely Wright
Kitty Hawk
N. C
Manteo-Ocracoke Line
Aviation
North Carolina
International Air Transport Association
Ruth Wyeth
Bedford Hills
Spears
Vicks
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Dental Nurses’ Training School
San Francisco
Market Street
Garfield
Union Carbide Cocnine
Eveready
National Carbon Company, Inc
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