Secrets of Charm and Hair Do Styles by Powers
Instructional article urging readers to sit while performing household tasks to reduce fatigue and improve posture. Includes chair fitting steps for proper height and support, then promotes six hair styles designed for six face types with model demonstrations and a request to mail 10 cents for details.
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Burt
P. S
John Robert Powers
Powers
National Newspaper Service
Michigan City
Indiana
Uncle Sam Needs 96 Empire State Buildings for Offices
A Congressional committee estimates federal office space outside Washington averages two Empire State buildings per state. The plan cites rising rents and inadequate records, with prewar rents exceeding 100 million dollars annually, plus 90 million for military establishments. The breakdown covers 372 cities with 1 862 200 square feet in Virginia.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Joint Congressional Committee
Byrd
D-Va
General Services Administration
Virginia
Self-employed must pay social security if earnings hit $400
Under the new law any self employed person earning $400 or more is required to pay social security contributions. Those earning less than that amount are not obligated to contribute.
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Irving Berlin
Cole Porter
Mount Lamington Eruption Triggers 4000 Casualties in New Guinea
Australian officials estimate four thousand dead and injured after Mt Lamington eruptions near Port Moresby. European casualties, missing traders and missionaries raise concerns as ash clouds reach forty thousand feet and rescue efforts struggle with isolation. The disaster follows six major blasts since Thursday amid collapsed northern slopes.
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Sydney
New Guinea
Mt Lamington
New
Port Moresby
Big Island
Australia
Lamington
Ivan Champion
10 Success Rules from Ray Evans and Jay Livingston on Songwriting
Hollywood interview with Evans and Livingston reveals ten guiding principles for aspiring writers. They cover sincerity, originality, avoiding scam publishers, aiming for stars, learning piano, getting recordings, collaboration, persistence, luck versus merit, and adapting Mona Lisa into a hit. The pair recount their own breakthrough with Mona Lisa and note that many hits are luck as well as skill.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
United States
Ray Evans
Jay Livingston
U. of
Johnny Mercer
Jay
Ray
Alan Ladd
Frank Sinatra
Perry Como
Vic Damone
King Cole
Jay and
Rites Held Today for B F Davis Retired Merchant
Funeral services for Benjamin Franklin Davis 63 a retired grocery merchant and owner of the Davis Dry Cleaning Plant were conducted this afternoon at 3 at his home 119 Peyton Street. The Rev William E Eisenberg Grace Lutheran Church officiated with interment at Mount Hebron.
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Benjamin Franklin Davis
Davis Dry Cleaning
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Peyton St
William E. Eisenberg
Grace Lutheran Church
Mount Hebron
Pallbearers named for late resident of Winchester
Funeral services were held for the deceased with pallbearers Robert Bell Joseph Miller Charles Harper Ralph Yount Boyd Hamman and John Rosenberger. Survivors include widow Julia Clowe a grandson Benjamin F. Davis III in Colorado Springs two nieces Evelyn Lowery Lacie Seldon of Winchester and nephew Leyburn Brill of Yellow Springs. A note mentions W. Wa Isinglass obtained from fish swim bladder.
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Robert 8. Bell
Joseph P. Miller
Charles H. Harper
Ralph P. Yount
Boyd H. Hamman
John H. Rosenberger
Julia Clowe
Benjamin F. Davis, III
Colorado Springs
Col
Evelyn Lowery
Lacie Seldon
Winchester
Leyburn Brill
Yellow Springs
W. Wa
Cost of the Revolutionary War to England
The war cost England nearly $500 million including financial outlay and the broader toll of losing the colonies and about 50,000 soldiers.
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England
U. D
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Judah
Lydia E& Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia Pinkham
Lydie
Switzerland
W.C
Walter Robert Corti
Trogen
Pestalozzi
B. F. Davis
Florida
Tangerines
Ven
L. J. Luby
ST. Loudoun ST
Montgomery Ward
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