Nationwide Skipper's Cup Speedboat Contest Open to Boys
Boys nationwide search for junk materials to build model speedboats under sponsor Eveready Battery and Boys' Clubs of America. Local winners receive tiny motors and batteries. seven regional winners earn Skipper's caps and a shot at finals in Washington on April 10 under judges including Guy Lombardo and Bill Stern.
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United States
Tr Holla
Boys’ Clubs of America
Eveready Battery Company
Washington
Douglas Rolfe
U. S
Lincoln Memorial
Guy Lombardo
Bill Stern
Hoover
Boys’ Club
David W. Armstrong
Woman Lighthouse Keeper Quits Post After 22 Years
TURKEY POINT MD. Mrs Fannie Salter the last woman lighthouse keeper on Chesapeake Bay has resigned citing tired feet. She served 22 years at Turkey Point since Feb 13 1925 after succeeding her husband. On sick leave since September she plans rest and to visit relatives while staying near the water.
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Turkey Point
Sust Reat
Fannie Salter
Chesapeake Bay
Salter
Calvin Coolidge
War Vets Respond To Blood Drive At Lawson Hospital
Twenty four veterans with Purple Hearts lined up at Lawson veterans hospital in Atlanta to donate blood. The call for plasma during wartime memories drew a grateful response from veterans who recalled blood saving their lives on battlefields from Luzon to St Lo.
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Atlanta
Luzon
St. Lo
Lawson Veterans’ Hospital
Proud Son Sees Widowed Mother In Cap and Gown
Ithaca New York report recalls Jonathan Hartwell Harwood III age four watching his mother Virginia Oake Harwood graduate from Cornell. The tale describes her late husband Normandy invasion veteran, her motivation to finish college, and their life in Ithaca with their young son attending nursery school and moving to kindergarten.
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Ithaca
Cornell University
Jonathan Hartwell Harwood III
Virginia Oake Harwood
Jonny
College of Home Economics
Normandy
Jenny
Cornell
Lockport
N. Y
Dad
Fort Bragg
England
D-Day
Sale of Loafing Space To Restore Old Plaza
Albuquerque Historical Society offers loafing privileges in the plaza to raise funds for restoring the old town plaza. Donors can buy square foot loafing space for 8.55 dollars, with higher tiers up to 50 dollars for footprint rights, reports show success of the campaign.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Albuquerque Historical Society
Old Town Plaza
Man Sucks Mosquitoes for Living in Baltimore
Harald J. Franklin, a Baltimore laboratory technician, repeatedly inserts his arm into cages containing thousands of mosquitoes to test repellents. He counts bites after each insertion, repeating until he achieves about sixty bites per trial. This grueling routine measures repellant effectiveness.
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Baltimore
Harald J. Franklin
Franklin
Dark Horse Watch in GOP Race Taft Dewey Favored
The column weighs possibilities for 1952 Republican nomination amid Dewey and Taft strength. Stassen polls strong outside the solid South but faces primary limits. Eisenhower’s withdrawal shifts dynamics as observers name Joe Martin as a potential compromise candidate while examining other favored leaders.
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Empire State
United States
Dewey
Roper
Harold Stassen
Eisenhower
Mr. Truman
Stassen
Solid South
Democratic Party
Taft
Washington
Joe Martin
Congress
Tait‘Hartley
Joe
House
Senate
Fromen
Jods
Tax Cut Hurdles Seen Amid Market Slump Powers Split
Senate finance members including Lucas Brewster and Byrd warn price declines could erode tax receipts and block any major income tax cut. Debate shifts to soil conservation control as House hearings push federal to state transfer with grants. Taft touts foreign aid controls linking home economy to policy. UN meet site choices eyed for 1948 assembly with Paris Brussels Geneva or The Hague favored.
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U. S
Scott Lucas
Senate Finance Committee
Lucas
Owen Brewster
Rep
Finance Committee
Harry Byrd
Dem
Treasury
Byrd
Robert Taft
Ohio
G.O.P
White House
West
United States
Chicago
Taft
Congress
United Nations
Paris
Brussels
Geneva
The
Hague
Trygve Lie
U. N
General Assembly
Europe
Federal soil service drives conservation plans nationwide
The Federal Soil Conservation Service operates on a 38 million dollar budget with 10,500 staff aiding farmers. It has prepared conservation plans for 478,128 farms covering 131,855,608 acres of the nation’s farmland, which total about one billion acres.
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Federal Soil Conservation Service
Science Still Trying Plague History 1348 to 20th Century
The article traces the Black Death from 1348 through centuries of devastation in Europe and Asia, noting estimates of deaths, origins in Egypt and India, and the role of rats and fleas in transmission. It covers historical spread, modern rodent plague presence, and medical advances like sulfa drugs streptomycin and new pest control methods.
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Europe
China
India
B. C
Egypt
Asia
U.S. Health Service
Kansas
United States
Spider Cautious On Its Web To Avoid Its Own Trap
A spider avoids sticking to its own silk by treading only on nonsticky strands and keeping its body off the web. It secretes a liquid that reduces the silk’s stickiness, yet accidents can still occur when a spider becomes ensnared in its own web.
Farmers eager buyers for wood bros cornpickers now
Farmers rush to purchase Wood Bros cornpickers at 81 085 each, brand new and unused. Advertises monthly price increases and bonus avoidance, urging readers to box 276 or call 380 in Waurika Oklahoma. Also promotes Savabar corn combine attachments with dealer-only sale, plus multiple farm sale notices across Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin featuring several farm properties, equipment and feed listings.
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Wood Bros
Waurika
Oklahoma
Anls-Chalmers
Rolfe
Iowa
Wanted to Buy Barber Shop in Princeton MO Under 2000
Wanted to buy a barber shop in Princeton Missouri for less than two thousand dollars. State price and all details in first letter to Box 23. Include contact information and terms of sale.
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Iowatown
State Brice
Princeton
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