New York Doll Industry Tops 100 Million in Sales
A state study by Commissioner Edward T. Dickinson reports New York firms produce over 70 percent of U.S. dolls and stuffed toys. More than 300 companies employ about 9,000 workers with 1954 doll sales above $100 million, aided by the Toy Center in New York City and a yearly two-week Toy Fair drawing thousands of buyers.
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Albany
New York State
United States
Edward T. Dickinson
New York State Department of Commerce
New York
New York: State Commerce Review
Department
Toy Center
New York City
Riety
Canada
Latin America
Japan
West Germany
United Kingdom
Sunhaven and Richhaven Peach Varieties Introduced
South Haven Michigan. Stanley Johnston at the South Haven Agricultural Experiment Station introduced two new peach varieties, Sunhaven and Richhaven, from crossing Redhaven and SH-50. Sunhaven ripens 10 days before Redhaven for fresh markets. Richhaven is dual purpose for canning with thick skins for shipping. Trees are large, vigorous, self fertile, with some trees surviving the November 1950 freeze.
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South Haven
Mich
Richhaven
Stanley Johnston
South Haven Agricultural Experiment Station
Michigan
Johnston
Pickpocket Uses Hooked Pole In Morning Burglary
Police in Tel Aviv arrest a thief who used a hook on a long pole to reach bedroom windows and fish money from trousers. He discarded the trousers after removing cash, with a haul of five pairs from one home.
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Tel Aviv
Nana
Military Commands Snarled in Pacific
In Tokyo a U S Army airmen report war planning shows fractured command lines across the Pacific. Generals say responsibility is split among services and question who would issue orders in a conflict. The Air Force highlights its scatter of wings and calls for a unified Pacific command.
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Tokyo
Nana
Pacific
Navy
Air Force
Lyman Lemnitzer
Felix Stump
Sailmaker Ratsey Teaches Speed Through SAIL Setting
New York story quotes Colin Ratsey of Ratsey and Lathorne on sail trim and rigging. He stresses tight sails, firm jib leading edge, and crew kept below decks. He notes synthetics boost speed 15 to 20 percent, but cotton sails still excel for long offshore work.
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New York
Nana
Colin Ratsey
Ratsey
Colin
George
Ratsey and
Lapthorne
England
Cowes
City Island
Long Island Sound
Tweenties
Orson
Dacron
Syria narcotics patrol on camel road to Turkey near Aleppo
A Syrian anti narcotics expedition led by Capt Ghassan Aboudani moves with four jeeps toward the Turkish border near Aazaz. The patrol, including the reporter, waits at concealed points beside a camel track that serves as a narcotics shipment route between Syria and Turkey.
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Aleppo
Syria
NANA
Turkey
Aazaz
Ghassan Aboudani
Syrian Customs Agency
Kilis
Pilgrims Sold Into Bondage: Slavery in Mecca Pilgrimages
British Anti Slavery Society secretary W W Greenidge cites estimates of 100000 to 125000 slaves in Saudi Arabia and 750000 to 1000000 in the Arabian peninsula. The case of Awad E Goud, an African servant sold during a pilgrimage, underscores alleged pilgrim servitude and slave markets in Jedda.
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London
Nana) Co
W. W. Greenidge
British Anti-Slavery Society
Saudi Arabia
Arabian Peninsula
Greenidge
Awad E. Goud
French Equatorial Africa
Mecca
el Goud
Assembly of the French Union
A& Rich
Abdullah Feisal
el Good
Equatorial Africa
Jedda
Sudan
Egypts Children Fight Cotton Worm Threat to Nile Crops
In the Nile delta an army of children marches under red flags to pick worm egg masses off cotton plants. Officials call the infestation serious with up to 6,000 egg masses per score, a dramatic rise from 200 last year. Children and others are harvesting by hand, as the only effective method.
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Cairo
Egypt
Nile
Libya
Coal Queen contest struggles with dull title charm
Britain’s national coal board admits candidates avoid the Miss Area No.7 pageant as the National Coal Queen contest lacks glamour and sounds like a basement address, prompting calls to jazz up the title and appeal to entrants.
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London
Nana
Britain
National Coal Board
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