British Prices At New Highs After Pound Devaluation
News reports show clothing and household goods sales surging in Britain after the pound devaluation. October and November wholesale prices reached record highs, with clothing up 37 points to 168 percent and households up 27 points to 148 percent of the 1938 average. A heart attack ended the life of staff cartoonist Henderson, a St. Paul native who worked for the National Editorial Association and other outlets.
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Board of Trade
Dance Journal
Foster Center
St. Paul
Minn
Henderson
National Editorial Association
Keystone ‘Features
The
McClure Syndicate
Old Life Magazine
Journal
Wife Of Governor To Ask Divorce
Mrs Adlai F Stevenson wife of Illinois governor is expected to file for divorce in Las Vegas district court today. Her attorney John Small Reno said the suit alleges extreme cruelty mental in character. Custody of three children and a property settlement have been agreed upon. They married in 1928 and she is Ellene Borden heiress of a Chicago family. The Illinois Democrat formerly served as assistant secretary of the navy and UN representative.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Adlai F. Stevenson
Illinois
John Smnall
Reno
Stevenson
Small
Ellen Borden
Chicago
Illinois Democrat
United States
United Nations
Noted Cartoonist Of Providence Is Dead
PROVIDENCE R I December 12 James Henderson 63 nationally known cartoonist for the Providence Journal died after a long illness at his home in the city His sudden passing leaves a vacancy in the paper’s art staff and a loss to the magazine cartooning scene.
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Providence Is
Providence
R. I
James Henderson
The
Provi
Soviets Push English Language Bulletin to U.S. Schools
Washington reports indicate the Soviet Information Bulletin in English is freely sent to many American schools despite being banned by several city districts. Officials cite lack of board approval, while the State Department says no U.S. law bars the publication.
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Washington
Hobart M. Corning
Board of Education
Corning
Columbus
Ohio
NG. Pawcett
Massachusetts
Fall River
U. S
United States State Department
State Department
Sian
Russia
Amerika
America
Moscow
Soldier Killed By Fireworks In Arkansas Station
A 26 year old Army sergeant Maurice E. Mims of Clanton Alabama was killed when stacks of Christmas fireworks ignited in a small service station in Turrell Arkansas. His cousin William E Clackler 23 escaped through a glass door and operator Ed Haskett followed to safety. Clackler said a penny package of lighted firecrackers started the explosion and set off the front stack. They were en route to Seattle for Mims to report for duty and stopped to repair a flat tire.
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Turrell
Ark
Maurice E. Mims
Clanton
Ala
William E. Clackler
Ed Haskett
Clackler
Mims
Seattle
Wash
Paradise Valley to Fight Power Lines Protest Meeting
Paradise Valley landowners plan a mass meeting in Scottsdale next Thursday to protest Bureau of Reclamation power lines from Davis dam to Coolidge. Temporary chairman Raymond O. Mitchell says the lines would ruin valley scenery and a prior protest has been filed. Rep. John Murdock will back efforts as 150 to 200 residents are expected to attend and the Paradise Valley Improvement association will be formed.
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Scottsdale
U.P
Paradise Valley
Valey
Raymond O. Mitchell
Bureau of Reclamation
Davis Dam
Coolidge
Mitchell
Bureau
John Murdock
Ariz
Paradise Valley Improvement Association
Austria 1948 Vital Statistics Show Surges in Marriages and Births
In 1948 Austria recorded 69 000 marriages and 119 000 births while deaths reached 82 000, the only figure to fall since 1937 was deaths. The data reflects postwar demographic changes across the country.
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Austria
Navy Seeks Lease For Two Giant Lockheed Planes
The navy, strapped by budget cuts, offers five year leases on its two 180 passenger Lockheed Constitutions to commercial airlines. If unleased the aircraft will be stored at Litchfield Park base, Arizona. Airlines are being asked to submit requests within ten days.
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Washington
Navy
Litchfield Park
Ariz
Free Book Offer Promises Rheumatism Relief
Excelsior Springs Missouri December 11. The Ball Clinic announces a free book titled Rheumatism explaining why drugs fail and how to obtain lasting relief. No obligation awaits readers who write promptly to The Ball Clinic Dept 2408 Excelsior Springs Missouri.
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Excelsior Springs
Ball Clinic
Missouri
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Tito
Mexico City
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Speedway
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George and
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Satan
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Orphan of Chincoteague
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Lois Lenski
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