Blind Man Builds $15 Million Candy Store Empire
Detroit born John D Hayes, blind for decades, built a Fanny Farmer candy chain with 400 stores and seven factories from Maine to Des Moines. He trusts managers to handle banking, travels to offices, and insists on open access in a faith driven by his sight loss. Hayes moved from Canada to the United States after becoming blind, then expanded the business to include 460,000 pounds of butter and 164,000 gallons of cream used in about 27 million pounds of candy yearly. He cites faith in people as his guiding principle despite opportunities to cheat.
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William T. Noble
Detroit
John D. Hayes
Hayes
Fanny Farmer
Maine
Des Moines
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Faith
Lourdes
France
Rochester
N. Y
Belleville
Onto
Canada
Wexford
Ireland
John McCormack
Frank O'Connor
Laura Secord
United States
Space youngsters mail plans for ship 8,003 feet long
A flood of letters from youths nationally to White Sands base sketches a far reaching dream of space travel, with drawings, questions, and fuel ideas. Twelve year old Wade Williams of Kansas City leads eager applicants aiming to be aboard the first ship to Venus, Mars, or the Moon. Officials note many letters propose space ships, rockets, and fuel concepts as they acknowledge the growing curiosity about space.
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Lanky Trimblecliff
David Higgins
White Sands
Ground
N. C
el Paso
Antocan
Patricia Ann Meadows
Ozark
Tutfield Ellenwood
Don
Ohio
William Hagggard
Venus
Mars
Moon
Wade Williams
Kansas City
C. E. Rouse
Public Information Office
Joe Williams
Pittsburgh
Shrewd French Envoy Murville Brings English Style
France names Maurice Couve de Murville as ambassador to Washington. A brilliant 51 year old economist and former Vichy director of exchange controls, he replaces Henri Bonnet after 10 years in the capital. His colleagues note his frosty, Anglo English demeanor and refined fin de siècle bearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Glass
Paris
Nana
France
Washington
Maurice Qouve de Murville
la Belle France
Henri Bonnet
Couve de Murville
England
Mendes-France
Vichy
May Test Democracy in French North Africa Crisis
Morocco faces rising unrest as mosques see dwindling attendance and public support for democracy grows shakily. French rule, long brittle, battles terrorism from Berber regions while Fez and Casablanca endure political pressure and violence amid calls for reform. The piece notes deep social strains and the colonial backdrop shaping tensions across the protectorate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French North Africa
Capone Style Gangs Terrorize Morocco
Casablanca reports a surge in counterterrorism and nationalist violence in French Morocco. American bases face unrest as gunmen bomb and shoot in urban areas, while the French residency tightens security amid calls for police-led responses.
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Morocco
John K. Cooley
Casablanca
French Morocco
Rose guide rates 365 varieties led by Peace at 9.6
The 1955 Guide for Buying Roses by the American Rose Society names SOLOMBUS Peace as the top rose with a 9.6 rating. The new Grandiflora class appears with Carrousel leading at 8.8. The guide classifies color and quality for both old and new varieties to aid growers in selection.
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Moroc
al Capone
Gun Bullets
Qider
Casablanca
Case
Burnaby
Charlotte Armstrong
Helen Travel
Bandas
Frenth
Solombus—Peace
American Rose Sily
Carrousel
Overbrook Hospital and the Challenge of Mental Health
A report from Overbrook Hospital in Cedar Grove New Jersey describes the scale of mental illness in the United States and how public institutions meet the need. Dr Joseph G Sutton superintendent and Dr Beny Davidson discuss psychiatry, costs and staffing as 4 000 patients annually are cared for on the Essex County campus.
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Charles Mercer
Joseph G. Sutton
Frank Antonacci
Cedar Grove
N. J
Essex County Overbrook Hospital
Overcrook
Overbrook
Robert B. Tuckman
Berlin
U. S
Army
Tony
Kreeze
Benty
A Davsanen
American
Balk
Sutton
Davidson
American Psychiatric Association
New Jersey Neuralpsychiatric Association
LOM
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Blind Man’s Trust
Denver
Charles Jeffry Nelson
Joona
Hasja
Rochard
Michael McGee
Phoenix
Robert Cragin. II
Schenectady
Nice
Inter Celestial Body
Outer
Space
Earth
Spaces
Jreston
Grover
Fez
Africa
Casas
Mona Hine
Sim
Henry Davidson
Rabat
White Hands
lQuai
Orsay
Jalion
Uke
Receferens
W Ho
White Seads Proving Ground
X. M
Hoover
Fenner
Herbert Hoover
U.S
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