Farm labor imports for 1948 total 42,750 workers
U S employment service reports 42 750 imported foreign workers will aid American farming this year with 27 500 from Mexico 2 10 000 Canadians 3 3 050 Jamaicans and 4 2 200 Bahamians Holdovers from 1947 numbered within the totals Most workers are in California and other western states Farmers now contract directly and pay travel costs reversing wartime practices
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Washington
United States Employment Service
Employment Service
United States
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Idaho
Utah
Montana
Nebraska
Maine
Florida
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
Wisconsin
Ohio
Minnesota
Edward's Isle Votes Liquor
Charlottetown Prince Edward Island reports voters rejected prohibition at a plebiscite. With 239 polling places tallied, 19,814 voted against and 7,338 for prohibition. The new temperance act allows islanders to buy liquor or beer weekly.
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Charlottetown
P.E.L
Prince Edward Island
Fifty five thousand U S civilians work in Guam
A reported figure indicates fifty five thousand United States civilians are employed in Guam. The statistic highlights civilian labor presence on the island and reflects employment patterns within its economy.
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United States
Guam
Stage Screen Honor Carroll Funeral Tributes At Forest Lawn
Hollywood notables and showgirls honored Earl Carroll at a June 29 funeral in Glendale after his death in the Mt. Carmel Pa plane crash on June 17. About 500 mourners attended the Church of the Recessional at Forest Lawn. Jack Oakie and Venita Varden’s brother and Beryl Wallace’s mother were among the attendees.
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Earl Carroll
Mt. Carmel
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Carroll
Jack Oakie
Venita Varden
Fanny Wallace
Beryl Wallace
Boyer Named Chief of Prescott Police
O E Boyer assistant Prescott police chief was named acting chief to succeed W R Fitzgerald after the city council and mayor dismissed Fitzgerald who led the department for more than a decade. Fitzgerald joined the force in 1913 and served as chief since 1937 with a break as U S marshal at Jerome in 1920.
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Prescott
O. E. Boyer
W. R. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
U. S
Jerome
Derby girls essays reveal single house wife choice
Forty Derby schoolgirls wrote essays on future goals and jobs. Only one girl chose house wife as what she would like to be when she grows up.
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Moscow
Orient
Johnny Gekas
Paulos
Charlie Fowler
George Donnerly
Talk O’ the Town
Adv
Derby
England
Meteors From Comet Debris, Says Whipple
Dr. Fred L. Whipple reports a device using two cameras spaced 25 miles apart determines meteors’ orbits and speeds. Analysis of 45 meteors shows most bright shooting stars come from comet debris rather than asteroids or meteorites.
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Pasadena
Calif
Fred L. Whipple
Harvard University
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Whipple
American Astronomical Society
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