Traditional Nile Wedding Day Draws Crowds At Ancient Ceremony
Cairo reports mark the annual wedding of the Nile ceremony near suburban Roda upstream from Cairo. A certified report noting the Nile reached initial food level is ceremonially thrown into the stream by Gov. Mahmoud Ghazeli Bey. The rite, steeped in 7,000 years of belief, blends Koran readings with lavish hospitality as crowds witness the river’s symbolic blessing.
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Nile
Ragher
Cairo
Egypt
Mahmoud Ghazeli Bey
Roda
Farouk
Arm Ibn el Aas
Abd Allah Omar
Toj
Berat
God
Amr
EU Refugees Seek Homes As Housing Plan Expands
NEA report on Eve Lyn Scheyer, former New York teacher and resettlement specialist in Paris, as she coordinates housing for Europe’s displaced. She notes refugees face varied personal problems, harsh living conditions, and a need for integration near work sites, with Schleswig Holstein set to receive 10,000 new dwellings under a Marshal Plan counterparty funding program.
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NEA Foreign Service Parix
NEA
Mre
Evelyn Scheyer
New York
House-Hunt‘ling
Europe
Habor
Economic Labor Division
Economic Cooperation Administration
Paris
Ther
Germany
Austria
Scheyer
Lehtesche-Holstein
ECA
Schleswig-Holstein
IRO
Their Home Now Once Grist Mill
A professor from Emory University Dr Stephen W Grav and his wife convert an 1830 grist mill in Deratut Georgia into a home four miles from Decatur. The couple remodeled largely themselves with student help. The mill played a Civil War role turning out Confederate supplies.
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Deratut
Stephen W. Gravp
Emory University
Decatur
Mercerburg Educators Shift Roles At Berkeley Springs High
Roland Taylor formerly of Paw Paw will coach at Berkeley Springs High and teach physical education social studies. Thomanx EB Quinn receives a one year leave to study. Other teachers named include Elsie Rice Ruth Banks Neroshy Hratthwaite and several others across Paw Paw and North Berkeley. Schools to open on Eastern Standard Time. Personal notes mention visits and a service member in Korea and Charles Widmyer sailing to the Orient.
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Patria
Central Asia
Aussia
Yugoslavia
Germany
Mis
Scheyer
Roland Taylor
Paw Paw
Berkeley Springs High
Thomanx EB. Quinn
Elsie Rice
Orleans Crosse Roads
Ruth Ellen Banks
Neroshy Hratthwaite
Spheres Cross
Reads
Clarice Place
Pleasant Dale
Pearl Sprigsa
North Berkeley
Eileen Kerns
New Hope
Mary Margaret Parlow
Big Pool Girl Aims for Maryland Farm Queen Honors
Bhirley Mason of Big Pool, Washington County, seeks the Maryland Farm Bureau crown at Timonium Fairgrounds on August 26, joining 22 state contestants. She earned the county title after beating eight rivals at a Boonsboro meeting. Judges include Dr. T. G. Pullen.
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Bhirley Mason
Big Pool
Miss Mason
Clarence B. Mason
Trinonium Fairgrounds
Maryland Farm Bureau
Timonium
T. G. Pullen
Washington County Farm Bureau
Boonsboro
Senate Acts On Service Family Allowance Bill
The Senate quickly approved a bill to pay monthly allowances for families of enlisted personnel. Payments range from 85 to 155 dollars, with dependents and pay levels determining exact amounts. The measure moves to the House, which proposed retroactivity to August 1 and a 242 million dollar cost through mid-1951.
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Washington
Senate
House
Tydings
Armed Services Committee
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marines
Coast Guard
Sucaryl Sodium A Calorie Free Sweetener From Abbott
Abbott Laboratories begins production of Sucaryl Sodium a calorie free sugar substitute aimed at diabetics and dieters Unlike saccharin it remains sweet in cooking and can be used in pies jams and canned fruits FDA approves sale without prescription Three generations of rat tests found no harm though slow sodium excretion requires cautious use for severe kidney disorders under medical supervision.
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Chicago
Abbott Laboratories
America
Food and Drug Administration
Abbott
Future cemeteries to feature parks like landscapes
Predictions by the American Cemetery Owners Association suggest future cemeteries will resemble parks with landscaped grounds and small bronze plaques instead of tombstones. The article notes softwoods can yield harder lumber than some yardwood trees.
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American Cemetery Owners’ Association
Parke
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Martin Storage
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Gayle Ziler
Whippany
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
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Lester Michael
Bernard W. Stodler
Calvary Division
Korea
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Set
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Orient
France
Akron
Rudy's Rexall Pharmacy
N. Jonathan Street
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