Christmas Tree Prices May Be Under 1947 Levels
Washington Forest Service reports supply should be ample and prices may drop. Last year auctions and bids from Pike Forest, Colorado, rose to 12 cents, this year averaging around 3 cents. Douglas fir remains the popular choice, with premium trees from Colorado blue spruce and California red fir fetching higher prices.
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Los Angeles
Pike Forest
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Idaho
Montana
California
Canada
Great Lakes
United States
Ira J. Mason
King George VI Plans Quiet Birthday Celebration
London reports King George VI, age 33, continues to recover from a dangerous leg condition as the royal family plans a formal celebration for the 334th birthday anniversary. A medical bulletin offers reassurance though official birthday events will wait until June with a subdued national display.
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London
George VI
Boots Found In Guam Case
Ruth Farnsworth died today after a brutal kidnap and rape. A pair of paratroop boots with possible blood stains were found in the jungle near where she was left to die. Navy officials sent the evidence to Washington for study as investigations intensified.
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Oman
Washington
Navy
Dayoff Slated For B and C Workers At Baltimore And Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad plans furloughs for ten percent of clerical staff and 2 755 shop workers for two weeks starting next Monday due to a slump in freight revenues.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Blast Kills Miner and Injures Four in Kentucky Mine
In Goody, Kentucky, a gas explosion deep in a drift coal mine killed one miner and injured four others. About seventy other workers escaped uninjured. The mine is operated by Pond Creek Collieries and the exact cause of the blast was not announced.
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Ealed Nuar
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Williamson
Oregon River Falling Fast
Flood waters of the Willamette River retreating in Salem area as up-river points drop. Red Cross sees no distress calls from warned farming districts. Across western Oregon a Pacific storm caused four deaths, power and phone outages, landslides and widespread highway inundation.
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Salem
Ore
Willametle River
Oregon
Red Cross
Seener Lower Valley
Probe of Jap Note To Truman Urged
Members of the Japanese House Foreign Affairs Committee pressed for a formal investigation into a reconfirmed message from Emperor Hirohito to President Truman. They rejected Al Gaverainen’s explanation that the note was unofficial and warned the matter involves serious diplomatic signals.
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POKYO
Japanese House Foreign Affairs
Hirohito
al Gaverainen
Lrumant
Joseph Keenan
Tokyo Way
Brias
Toshiaki Wada
New York Grain Harvest Tops 1947 Output by 32.7 Percent
New York 1948 grain production reached 1,094,000 tons, up 32.7 percent from 1947's 716,000 tons, per the State Agriculture Department in a Federal state report. Hay crop stood at 6,192,000 tons, down 0.7 percent from last year’s 6,200,000 tons.
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