Pearl Harbor Attack Meant Naught to Bayou Fisherman
A Bayou Louisiana memory recounts the surprise of Pearl Harbor and the day of December 7, eight years earlier. Two fishermen recall the calm bayou, a camp with a nameless guide, and the radio news that shattered their quiet with the disaster of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Pearl Harbor
James Marlow
Washington
Dec
Louisiana
New Orleans
Bayou
S Bayou
Sam
Cleveland
Arizona
Sandra
Jack
Celanese Sued for Absorbing Tubize Rayon
U S Attorney General McGrath filed a civil anti trust suit in New York City charging Celanese Corp of America illegally absorbed Tubize Rayon Corp. The suit seeks divorcement of the two firms and a court injunction blocking Celanese from acquiring competing firms without court consent.
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Washington
McGrath
Celanese Corp. of America
Tubize Rayon Corp
U. S. District Court
New York City
Tubize
Celanese
First Home of the Department of State Found in Philadelphia
The Department of Foreign Affairs, predecessor to the Department of State, first occupied 13 South Sixth Street in Philadelphia from 1781 to 1783. A single clerk and the interpreter worked on the ground floor while the Secretary of Foreign Affairs used the front room on the second floor.
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Department of State
P.c. A
Department of Foreign Affairs
South Sixth Street
Philadelphia
Department
Secretary of Foreign Affairs
Sunnyside Mansion Tea Party Orbits A Gallery Visit
Natalie Andrews guides Fran Phillips through Miss Trent’s Sunnyside home a museumpiece garden and a terrace scene as they discuss Jaffray family legacy theater life and a forthcoming social gathering. Morrie Grove arrives prompting light banter and a hint of domestic drama amid refined social settings.
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Nats
Fran
Sunnyside
Myles
Natalie Andrews
Jaffray
Rebecca
Crocker
New York House
Digbys
Gene
Morrie
Grove
Miss Phillips
Nat
News from the political front and Miss Tassie’s guest
Emilie Loring frames a summer social swirl as Miss Tassie invites a painter to Sunnyside while a former navy lieutenant and Dunkirk casualty becomes a point of intrigue. The scene blends backstage drama with small town gossip as characters speculate on trust and charm.
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Fran
Nat
Morrie
Natalie Andrews
Tassie
Sunnyside
Miss Phillips
Sharke
J.g
Dunkirk
Morrison Grove
Belgium
Ares Syndicate
New York imposes car wash ban as water runs scarce
In New York City water shortages force a ban on car washing. Water Commissioner Stephen J. Carney orders non essential use cut and mobilizes civilian water wardens to check homes. Leaking faucets incur fines rising to five dollars daily. a Brooklyn magistrate fines a man ten dollars for washing a car.
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New York City
New York
Stephen J. Carney
Brooklyn
Eisenhower Warns Americans Share Responsibility for Future
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower warned 15 000 at the Houston chamber of commerce that finding a dividing line between government control and citizen responsibility is Americas biggest problem He said Americans are worried about where they are going and urged self assessment during the December 8 gathering in Houston Texas.
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Houston
Tex
America
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Houston Chamber of Commerce
Small Mines Sign Coal Contracts Amid Labor Push
The United Mine Workers push to leverage a shorter work period faces resistance from major operators. Midwest and South soft coal firms joining since Tuesday return to a five day week. Agreements with Kentucky Indiana Illinois Ohio raise welfare royalty to 35 cents per ton and daily wage by 95 cents to a $15 base.
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Washington
United Mine Workers’ Jeader
Midwest
South
Lewis
Kentucky
Indiana
Ilinois
Ohio
Estimated South America population figure misspelt
OCR fragment notes a population estimate for South America, citing a rough figure of one hundred million people though the digits appear garbled. No location specifics, date, or source organization are given.
Virginians Named Directors of NAM
The National Association of Manufacturers elected 29 new directors and six directors at large. Included are Virginia figures such as Clifford Miller Jr., secretary of Miller Manufacturing Co. in Richmond, and W. J. Tilley, president of Bristol Steel and Iron Works.
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New York
National Assn. of Manufacturers
Vir
Clifford Miller Jr
Miller Manufacturing Co
Richmond
W. J. Tilley
Bristol Steel and Iron Works
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Hit
Celanese Corp
U. S
Tubize Corp
Studebaker
NASH
DODGE
FORD
Pete
Emilie Loring
King Fei
Johann Sebastian Bach
W.N. A. Bach
Andren
Winchester
Front Royal
Eisenhower
Singer” Portable
Singer Sewing Center
N. Loudoun St
Mig
Ameri
NAM
Boscawen Street
Winchester, Virginia
Penney’s
Thrift Crestwood
ASTOR
Wn Po
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