American women missionaries among nineteen Chinese scientists honored
An American woman, exiled in Chengtu, was the only female among nineteen Chinese scientists awarded four cash prizes by the Ministry of Education for science and technology contributions. The piece also notes the Woman's Society of Christian Service as the world’s largest women’s club with 26,962 societies and over 1.2 million members, and mentions plans in 1946 to license certain women lay readers at missions. It highlights Miss Heia Chih Jung, a Cinling College graduate, and the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis seeking 5,000 trained physical therapists with scholarships for graduates in nursing, physical education, or biology.
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Foochow
Ministry Education
Hein
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Methodist Church
America
Asia
Africa
South America
Eloise A. Woolever
General Convention of the Protestant Church
National Council
Heia Chih-jung
Cinling College For Women
Christan Institution
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Broadway
New York
N. Y
Wood for Fuel Prompts Local Shift From Coal Shortage
With coal supplies tight last winter and feared again, residents increasingly turn to wood as a supplemental fuel. Mayor Anderson cites a state release noting wood provides about half the heat of coal per pound, and suggests community wood piles, stove length stock, and coal dealers helping by stocking wood and redirecting old burning farmers.
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C. R. Anderson
John J. Howard
Retailers File Reports On New Pricing Chart Rules
More than 800 Roanoke retailers filed reports with the district office under the MPR 580 pricing chart. An additional 800 claimed exemptions based on net sales or consumer share. Charts from 179 retailers were still pending. May 4 filing deadline threatens sales bans after May 10 without acknowledged receipt. Exemption claims require a certificate from the War Price and Rationing Board.
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Roanoke
OPA
Bernard C. Goodwin
Goodwin
Market Quotations New York April 30
In New York at market open stocks slipped as cautious profit taking paused gains. Selective buying later reduced fluctuations with many issues trading near the unchanged or modestly higher area by midday. Traders weighed fears of a long postwar boom against hopes for peace and continued bidding for peacetime favorites.
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New York
Butter Creamery Butter Sold At Local Markets
Local markets list Butter Creamery butter at 50 cents per unit with standard disclaimer about typographical errors in daily listings and market accuracy.
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The
Star
Soviet Forces Make Inroads Toward Baltic Port Area
Moscow reports 54 000 German troops captured over three days as the Red Army closes on Berlin from the north and southeast. Zhukov and Rokossovsky link for a sweeping advance 85 miles from Montgomery’s British troops, capturing Anklam Fried land Neubrandenburg and Lyndan and closing to 56 miles from Rostock.
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Wilmersdorf
Berliner Strasse
Moscow
Red Army
Berlin
Wesendorf
Gregory K. Zhukov
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Germany
Marshal Montgomery
Rokossovsky
Anklam
Friedland
Neubrandenburg
Lynden
Mecklenburg
Baltic
Swinemuende
Rostock
Star Coverage Promises Complete Local and World News
The Star offers full coverage with local, national, and world news. Readers can expect timely reports, in-depth analysis, and broad perspectives from staff reporters across regions and topics.
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the Star
Baltimore Market Reports Show Mixed Produce and Livestock Activity
Produce prices hold and demand varies as apples, poultry, and eggs show firm or steady notes. Baltimore market services report 11 a.m. quotes with cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep trading steady to higher, while Chicago and other markets indicate broader livestock pressure and mixed prices.
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Bubas US
W Va
Baltimore Livestock
WFA
Office of Market Services
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Kansas
Chicago Grain Quotations
Chicago grain quotations show most futures, except oats, fractional declines in dull trading. Oats rise slightly with opening prices for May wheat and July corn, while Rye slips about a cent.
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Chicago
Jly
Swiftly Moving Developments in World Affairs
Reporters note mounting tension as Allied powers press toward end of war. Senator Connally predicts Germany’s surrender “momentarily” with no strings attached at the United Nations Conference. The piece also cites the 1940 census: 11 million foreign born residents and 23 million with at least one parent born abroad.
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Germany
Washington
Mr. Truman
Senator Connally
San Francisco
Connally
White House
United States
J. V. D. A. Acording
Pay hike urged for postal workers by Bristol column
A Bristol column argues the U S Mail Service deserves higher pay after wartime strain. It notes increased mail flows to and from overseas service, staffing losses, overtime, and the complexity of air mail routing, urging Congress to raise wages for postal employees.
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Mail Service
Gov. Departments
Civil Service
Pearl Harbor
Armed Service
New Guinea
Africa
England
Italy
India
Congress
Rural telephone expansion planned in Virginia after the war
The Frederick county area aims to raise rural home telephone access to 55 percent, from about 30 percent now. C P rural service plans would reach 26 000 additional rural families within three years as manpower and materials permit. The Bell System program seeks to add one million farm telephone connections after the war.
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Frederick County
Virginia
Sammis
C. & P .Company
Bell Telephone System
Roosevelt the Man: Amusing Feats and Quiet Time Lessons
The article sketches Franklin D. Roosevelt's playful side and private moments at Hyde Park. It recalls eluding reporters in a touring car, joking with Gus Gennerich, and humorous exchanges about rattlesnake meat and metacentric height during press sessions.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Associated Press
Mr. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Martha of Norway
Hyde Park
N. Y
Let’s All Back the Attack Buy War Bonds
National drive urges public support for war bonds with posters and speeches. Citizens encouraged to invest in future victory through purchases, join community events, and promote patriotic sacrifice across towns and workplaces.
Bombing raid hits Honshu airfields near Tokyo
A force of 100 to 150 B 29s and accompanying escort struck Japanese military installations on Honshu. Tokyo radio reported Mustang fighters escorting the bombers to Tachikawa airfields 24 miles west of Tokyo. Sunday's raid by a similar force was described as crudely good with one Superfortress damaged.
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Inawa
Tachigawa Army Air
Tokyo
Tachikawa
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