Sailors Picket New Navy Uniforms in Norfolk Protest
Norfolk sailors voice strong opposition to the proposed roomier blue uniform with zippered pockets. A Columbus cruiser poll showed none favored the change, with sailors from Peregrine and John Weeks arguing the new gear erodes tradition and practicality.
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Norfolk
Uncle Sam
Navy
D. R. Feria
Philippines
Feria
Atlantic Fleet Headquarters
Columbus
Jack R. Cunningham
Ashtabula
Ohio
Bobby J. Davis
Athens
Ala
Davis
John Weeks
Duke of Norfolk to Auction Arundel Lands Over Tax Pressure
The Duke of Norfolk will auction a large Arundel Sussex estate over heavy taxes. The sale includes eight Georgian houses along with the borough offices, bank, library, fire station, bus company offices, a petrol filling station, shops, and a leased tearooms complex. The duke, citing ongoing taxation, has conducted multiple Arundel property sales since 1947.
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London
England
Arundel
Sussex
Duke of Norfolk
Westminister Bank
County Council
Southdown Bus Company
Ye Olde
Honeybuns
Tennant
Newland, Tompkins & Naylor
Longtime King of Hoboes Stripped of His Laurels
In San Francisco Jeff Davis age 67, known as the King of the Hoboes, says his credentials are gone along with about 350 honorary cards photos and a golden railroad spike. He misses the light leather briefcase that contained them and asks for their return so he can prove his identity when traveling. He laments that without the papers people will not recognize him as the former king of the road.
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San Francisco
Jeff Davis
Jeff
America
Knights of the Road
Workmen Find Pocket Watch Lost More Than 50 Years
George Warner received a gold engraved pocket watch in 1892 as a birthday gift. The watch was lost years later, and Warner died in 1937 after moving to Los Angeles. His sons Clarence and Frank were told it would turn up someday, and workers clearing land at Grandview cemetery in Johnstown district found it.
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Johnston
George Warner
Johnstown
Warner
Los Angeles
Clarence
Frank
Grandview Cemetery
Desert Temperatures Sudden Night Cold in Sahara
Deserts show extreme diurnal swings with daytime highs near 100 degrees Fahrenheit in the Sahara dropping to below freezing at night. The passage notes sand as a symbol of warmth, yet temperatures flip dramatically after sunset.
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Desert
Sahara
Navy color girl at Annapolis for June week
Navy Color Girl ARL Cotte Anderson, 20, of Knoxville, will serve during June at the U S Naval Academy, Annapolis. Her escort will Robert R Monroe, also of Knoxville, who commands Company 14, winner of a color competition International.
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Arl Cotte Anderson
Knoxville, Tenn
U. S Naval Academy
Annapolis
Robert R. Monroe
Knoxville
Company 14
At the Hospital Yesterday A Sojka Child Arrives
Mr and Mrs George Sojka welcomed a son in City at 12 22 p m yesterday with the birth noted in local hospital records.
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George Sojka
City
Methods to vary broiling heat in electric ovens
The article explains how leaving the oven door partly open can create temperature variations by keeping the heating unit on and preventing smoking. It also suggests adjusting the broiler pan’s distance from the heating element to change broiling temperatures.
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Diana Svet
Evelyn Kral
Glendale
Diana
International
Florida
Ross Allen
Florida Reptile Institute
Jacksonville
Allen
Life
Mademoiselle
Harper's
Bazcar
Jom DuneAux
Washington
Duke
Thomas Jefferson
Princeton University Press
President Truman
Library of Congress
Harold W. Dodds
Princeton
W. McLaughlin
Chris Ditimer
C. V. Crull
John W. Lee
Joan Wilson
Joan Siegel
Lemmion
Fred E. Bourgeois
Plymouth
Chrysler Corporation
Detroit
Michigan
New Plymouth
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