Homecoming Year Aims to Boost Greece Tourism
In 1951 Greece plans a nationwide homecoming year to lure Greeks abroad and friends of Greece back to visit. The plan targets large expatriate communities in the United States and Egypt, with publicity campaigns, information centers, and potential tourist currency to offset higher living costs due to postwar devastation.
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Athens
INS
Friends of Greece
Paul
Greece
France
Italy
Austria
United States
Egypt
South Africa
Abyssinia
Canada
City of York Medal Rose Wins National Gold Medal
Harrisburg reports City of York, a new white large-flowered climber, awarded the National Gold Medal by the American Rose Society at its Washington convention. The honor cites its strong performance across 15 districts in five years. Fashion, a coral-peach rose by E. S. Boerner of Jackson and Perkins, won the David Fuerstenberg prize of 100 dollars as the best new American-origin rose.
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Harrisburg
York
New
American Rose Society
Washington
City of York
Mathias Tantau
Germany
Conard-Pyle Company
David Fuerstenberg
E. 8. Boerner
Jackson and Perkins Company
Two Thousand Child Deaths Annually From Home Fires
A Baltimore couple loses four children in a January house fire caused by a kerosene stove. The piece notes 2,000 fire deaths of children under five yearly and cites a study by the U.S. Office of Education on fire causes. It underscores home fire dangers and preventive insights.
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Baltimore
John
Childern
Fire Department
National Board of Fire Underwriters
U. S. Office of Education
True Magazine
Henry
J. Taylor
Frank Scully
Guinea Cow creates midget beef breed in Florida
In Florida, W. E. Sexton crossed the tiny native guinea cow with Brahma to create a diminutive beef strain. The pygmy calves average 301 pounds in 126 days on grass, not grain, and Sexton tops Kissimmee market with the animals while organizing the American Guinea Breeders Association of which he holds all offices.
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Vero Beach
Fla
W. E. Sexton
Florida
Sexton
Kenansville
Kissimmee
American Guinea Breeders Association
Columbium: From Obscurity to Strategic Metal in WWII Era
The piece traces columbium or niobium’s rise from forgotten material to a critical metal for steel strengthening and high temperature resistance. It covers its WWII significance, stockpiling by Congress in 1946, Nigeria as a key source, and a 1949 spike in U S imports amid shifting global dumps.
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Columbium
Congressional
U. S
Nigeria
Great Britain
U.S
Flying Saucers Debunked by Air Force Chief Says They Do Not Exist
Investigators contend flying saucers remain unproven as Air Force Colonel Harold Watson insists sightings stem from optical tricks and mass hysteria. He notes no captured bodies or craft, cites routine checks by OSI FBI and Post Office inspectors, and confirms the disbanded Project Saucer ceased activity after fruitless probes.
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Harold E. Watson
Air Force
Wright Field
Air Materiel Command
Colonel Watson
Col. Watson
TWA
United
Eastern
Chicago
Southern
Watson
Arcas
Ak. the
Air Force I
Iit
OSI
Office of Special Investigation
FBI
Post Office Department
Eae
INWS
Frank Scully
Dr. Gee
Venus
United States
Aztec
Scully
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Guinea
Florida Wastes
Metal
National Geographic Society
New England
A. F
U.S. Air Force
Bob Considine
By Bob Considine
Harvard
Donald H. Menzel
Harlow Shapley
Oservatory
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