Princess Margaret's Can-Can Delight Shocks Few
Royal parents approve a rehearsal can-can by Princess Margaret as modernizing winds sweep Britain. The piece notes King George VI and Queen Elizabeth’s permissive stance and Dowager Queen Mary’s quiet consent, amid wider shifts toward relaxed royal parenting and public fondness for lighter royal moments.
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Margaret
Lowe
Mary
Britain
George V
George
George VI
Granny Mary
Queen Elizabeth
Princess Margaret
Ex Miss America Bess Myerson Plans Music School
Bess Myerson now Mrs Allan Wayne lives in Manhattan with husband and 18 month old daughter Barbara. She runs a music teaching studio from her apartment with two sisters and plans a fall opening for a music school. She continues fashion modeling and has done radio and TV work. Page 3 column 37.
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Sew
York
Bex Myerson
Bess Merson
Atlantic City
Allan Wayne
Manhattan
Barbara
Bear
Law to Cut Age of Every Living Jap
Washington dispatch reports that by year’s end Japan will adopt the Western age-counting method, making every Japanese person appear one or two years younger. Under ikazoe-doshi the infant age rises with each new January, but the Diet’s reform shifts to a fixed system. The National Geographic Society writer notes varied explanations for the traditional method and cites sociological comment.
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Washington
Japan
Frederick.g. Vosbarzh
National Geographic Society
A Hobby a Day Keeps the Blues Away Port Washington
A column discusses hobbies as a way to relieve mental strain and the costs of hobbying. It cites kite flying birdwatching chess gardening and winter gardening as persistent interests from youth into adulthood, noting how hobbies provide relaxation and even prestige while suggesting moderation to avoid burnout.
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Port Washington
Weather control dreams from Prof A M Low spark future cities
A sensational feature quotes Prof A M Low of Britain predicting weather and climate control breakthroughs that could transform life in peace and war. The piece sketches a sky roof city model with astronomical observatories and linked skyscraper systems to steer sunshine and rainfall.
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A. M. ‘Low
London
Pai
Low
British
Royal Flying Corps
British Institute of Engineering Technology
New York
A. M. Low
Etservatory
Suport
Father Son Signals Link Rail and Plane
In Denver Colorado reports describe Clarence Chapman 64 and his son 31 Leroy Chapman repeatedly signaling a rail line by flashing a plane wing light. The two have long staged near night flights and train commutes between Denver and Cheyenne, a ritual Clarence calls a greeting to his son.
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Denver. Colo
United Allies
Denver
Cheyenne
Colorado
Southern
Clarence Chapman
Leroy Chapman
Chapman
Clarence
Education ministry ponders teen motherhood courses
In London a government pamphlet notes teens challenge educators and parents. It discusses when girls should study parenting skills, citing mixed views on age 13 to 15 and shifting interests toward peers. The ministry contemplates expanding parent craft in schools.
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London
Gsi Mar- Wiest
Ciris
Turkish Flag Hoisted on Two U S Navy Destroyers in Charleston
In Charleston a Turkish flag now flies on two mothballed U S Navy destroyers, the Gaziantep and Gemax, formerly Lansdowne and Lardner, part of a Greek Turkish aid program approved by Congress last year.
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Charleston
3. C
INS
U. S
Here's One Gypsy Band That Comes to Rest
William Gober profiles Marie Stephenson and a Gypsy family living on Adams Street in Jacksonville Florida. The piece explores roaming life versus settling, palmistry as a trade, and cultural pride amid a quest for stability.
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Acksonville
Spain
Florida
Marie Stephenson
Jacksonville
Adams St
Economic Cooperation Administration urges winter European tour promotion
The Economic Cooperation Administration urges Americans to take a winter trip to Europe to boost the Marshall Plan era recovery. It projects over two billion dollars in European vacations in three years but cites transportation and hotel shortages as obstacles and notes Cunard Caronia and Ile de France service easing travel.
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Washington
Europe
Marshall
ECA
Ee BF
fEuropean Travel Commissione 1S
Cunard
Caronia
Ie de France
Atantic Air Service
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Sharmss Dougiss
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Mrs. Wayne
Andrew P. Newcome. JR
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