How Dry We Are Aseociated Press News Features
Washington reports a native in the Pacific islands could subsist on about a gallon of fresh water daily. Engineers surveyed water supply across the Marshalls Cayolinas and Marianas noting a family may rely on a single coconut palm for drinking water most of the year. People collect rain from fronds and trunks into tubs. Descriptions include cooking with leaf-wrapped foods, drinking unripe coconut milk, reef bathing, and minimal laundering with mats and scant clothing.
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Washington
Marshalls
Cayolinas
Marianas
India’s food needs press New Delhi to boost farming
Industry and Supply Minister Dr. Shyamaprasad Mookherjee laments that with 75 percent of India’s 325 million people being agriculturists the country cannot meet its own needs. He notes India imports about 2 million tons annually at roughly $300 million and says a 10 percent rise in production would cover the shortfall.
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India
New Delhi
Industry and Supply
Shyamaprasad Mookherjee
Mookherjee
Gays
Germans Worry About Language
Berlin residents fear language change under four occupation armies. The piece notes American slang like Okay and Hello spreading widely and questions replacing German phrases such as auf Wiedersehen. It laments needing French or English names for goods and asks if German can be preserved or must adapt to foreign tongues.
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Berlin
Tiny Gastonia Newsstand Moves to New Quarters
The Gastonia Newsstand founded by Capt. C. M. Nolen will close temporarily next week and relocate about 100 yards to the former Duck Bowling Alley building at 224 West Airline Avenue beside The Gazette. Dixie News Company will continue operations with a 25 by 20 foot space. Ernest Williams plans to reopen the old site by June or July. The landmark shop has long served the public from a tiny 161/2 by 11 foot building, averaging 1,700 to 2,000 dollars weekly in recent years, selling newspapers magazines and assorted novelties.
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Gastonia
C. M
Mac) Nolen
Dixie News Company of
Charlotte
Southern Railway Company
Dixie News Company
Airline Avenue
Gazette Building
Ernest Williams
Kennedy Drug Store
Ing
Captain Nolen
Southern Railway
Bubble gum etiquette campaign and local news notes
NEA staff writer outlines a bubble gum etiquette drive aimed at teaching children to chew and blow with decorum amid adult opinion that the product is overused. The piece references gum’s appeal to kids and cultural reach from Time to Flash Gordon, plus a historical Gastonia note on Capt. Nolen and local newsstand culture. Dixie News Company operates 22 Piedmont area stands with Ralph Miller new manager in Charlotte quarters, replacing Red King.
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NEA
Stits
Sis
Junior
Time
Newsweek
Flash Gordon
the Shadow
Capt
Nolen
Gastonia
Capt. Nolen
Dixie News Company
Piedmont Area
Charlotte
Chester
S. C
Rock Hill
S. C. Statesville
Ralph Miller
N. S
Red) King of
Statesville
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Bird's
Carolina Hardware & Supply Co
East Main
INCL
Morris
Bulova
Mac Nolen
C. M. Nolen
Ruth Millett
Cient Day
Ward
Spencer-Rhyne CO
R. J. Wheeler
Rawlings-Todd Company
Carolina Avenue
Hillcrest
N. C
William Severance
Wren
Youngstown
Ravwlings-Todd Company
Kaiser and Frazer
Kaiser
Frazer
John Edwards
Airline
Gastonia, N. C
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