Soap firms face subpoenas in antitrust grand jury
A federal grand jury in Washington investigates alleged antitrust violations by Colgate Palmolive Lever Brothers and Procter and Gamble. Subpoenas demand all manufacturing and sales records back to 1924, but firms say compliance would require massive resources and time. Proctor and Gamble estimates one worker would need 594 years to review its files.
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Washington, D. C
Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Company
Jersey City
Kansas City
Berkeley
Calif
Jefferson City
Ind
Lever Brothers
Edgewater
N. J
Hammond
St. Louis
Baltimore
Los Angeles
Cambridge
Mass
Proctor and Gamble
Telecast plan could shift boxing to theaters
Plans for the Joe Louis vs Lee Savold fight at the Polo Grounds aim to bar home TV viewing and transmit the bout by coaxial cables to distant movie houses. Promoters and theater owners hope to fill seats at theaters while preserving telecast revenue, signaling a social shift in where audiences watch fights.
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Joe Louis
Lee Savold
Polo Grounds
New York City
Pight
Pélo Grounds
National Collegiate Athletic
One Way Traffic in Staunton Since 1947 Improves Flow
Current Opinion notes Staunton’s one way street plan since 1947 has sped traffic and increased parking with added signals and markings. Winchester and Harrisonburg face similar congestion and are adopting or expanding one way systems amid mixed reactions from merchants, residents, and officials.
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Staunton
Pay as you watch television era sparks debate
Distant theater owners seek a return from home viewership as subscription telecasts, possibly restricting college sports and other programs. The scheme risks legal questions since TV channels are public property and FCC approval remains uncertain. Viewers may welcome ad free access but miss current televised promos.
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Federal Communications Commission
Slip-Shod Satirical Take on Women and Fashion
A Saturday Evening Post piece mocks fashion vanity noting how a woman may spend $20 on a beautiful slip yet feel annoyed if it shows, highlighting social expectations and hypocrisy in mid century attire and gender norms.
Winchester-Double Tollgate transmission opens power line
Officials switched on a new $70 000 power line to the Winchester-Double Tollgate transmission, with Jammer Philip Carbaugh, chief radioman USN, cited for aiding the effort while serving under Vice Admiral Charles T Joy in Tokyo. Palace contest winners Betty Jean Alger Patricia Dunn and Bonita Starliper. Berryville High School graduates 47, largest class. salutatorian Wirginila Mackie and valedictorian Philip Barnhart named. H L Maugy reelected president Gainesboro District Council of Religious Education.
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Northern Virginia Power Co
Philip Carbaugh
USN
Harry N. Carbaugh
Brepens City
Charles T. Joy
Far East
Tokyo
Japan
Palace
Betty Jean Alger
Patricia Dunn
Bonita Starliper
Route 1-A
Winchester
Wirginila Mackie
Philip Barnhart
Berryville High School
Laura Drury
Elizabeth Hereford
Herbert Duke
Norma Lee Tenary
H. L. Maugy
Gainesboro
Berryville Mayors Reelected and Boyce Races Result
Leonard H. Bell was reelected mayor of Berryville while W B Stuart defeated Dr J Casey for mayor in Boyce. The piece notes Mrs Carrie K Spates at 123 East Clifford and mentions family waivers and an obituary-like note for Mrs Minnye H Barr and Mr P A Venter of Wenatchee as a native of the city.
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Leonard H. Bell
Berryville
W. B. Stuart
J . Casey
Boyce
Carrie K. Spates
East Clifford
Hed
Minnye H. Barr
P. A. Venter
Wenatchee
Ventor
E. M
Handley High School Senior Class President Named
Delmer Robinson Jr. served as president of the Handley High School senior class. The brief item notes the student leader and mentions a continuation with the phrase Miss, indicating a follow up line.
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Delmer Robinson, Jr
Handley High School
Summer Vacation Crowd Gathered Across West Virginia Towns
Misses Virginia Lamp Anna Seabright Sara Bayliss Pauline McQuay and Bertha Carter were in Shepherdstown for summer school at the State Teachers College. Miss Viola Williams of Washington DC vacationing with parents in Stephens City. Chester and Wilbur Riley, Lynchburg College students, visiting Mr George W Riley at his home.
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Virginia Lamp
Anna Seabright
Sara Bayliss
Pauline McQuay
Bertha Carter
Shepherdstown
West Virginia
State Teachers College
Viola Williams
Washington, D. C
Stephens City
Chester
Wilbur Riley
Lynchburg College
George W. Riley
City Hall to Burn Gas as Council Rejects Electricity
Fifty years ago the city council voted against using electricity in City Hall and planned to burn gas entirely. The Handley estate gained value with rising Virginia bonds, aided by a late Pennsylvania judge and Winchester’s benefactor who wisely invested.
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Handley
Virginia Bonds
Pennsylvania
Winchester
Truman Faces FPC Clash with Capitol Hill Block
Washington column reports liberal critics accuse President Truman of betraying them on natural gas price regulation. The Federal Power Commission's cautious stance blocks action affecting Missouri Iowa Wisconsin Michigan gas costs tied to Oklahoma interests.
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Washington
Truman
Texas
Oklahoma
Capitol Hill
Sam Rayburn
Senate
McFarland
Tom Connally
Bob” Kerr
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Americans For Democratic Action
Roosevelt
Kerr
Missouri
Iowa
Wisconsin
Michigan
Mon Wallgren
Wallgren
National Security Resources Board
Senator Kerr
Mr. Truman
Ada-Ers
Locating Brain Tumors with Radioactive Dyes
A 1961 report explains using radioactive dyes like fluorescein to locate brain tumors. After injection and skull opening, a Geiger counter maps tumor location with 91 percent accuracy in 95 cases. The method aids tumor type identification and guides removal while limited use for spinal cord tumors.
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Stures Syndicate, Inc
Rainfall Totals and Monthly Averages From Historic Records
The report lists rainfall figures including 24 hour total to 7 am, June to date 2.91 inches, 1951 to date 18.04, 39 year average 26.73 inches, and a 38 year monthly breakdown with values for January through November.
How's Your I Q A Quick 10 Day Scoring Quiz
A teaser quiz with 10 questions and a page turn to check answers. It asks about Iaje country biblical phrase of earth earthy who saw a telescope who showed bashful eyes Bahamas colony status Carver education huffing and puffing nursery tale US president with most children surveying PA Maryland line and hydrogen isotopes deuterium and tritium.
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Institution of Learning
George Washington Carver
Salome
Bahamas
South
United States
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Hudson Valley Calm and Faith in Everyday Beauty
The Hudson River valley offers enduring beauty in every season. A historic scholar once sailed the river, preferring books about God to the landscape itself, reminding readers to heed divine wonders in nature and trust in a larger plan beyond personal fears.
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Hudson River
Hudson
God
God is a Spirit Eternal in His Being and Truth
A devotional quote asserts that God is a Spirit without season, observing his glory at all times. It proclaims God’s infinite unchanging nature in being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth.
Cancer Victim Offers Himself As Guinea Pig
In St Louis a 30 year old automobile mechanic Howard P. Da offers himself as a human guinea pig for cancer research after his incurable illness worsened. He previously had a tumor removed in 1947 and the cancer has spread to his right lung according to a radiology report. His telegram to Milton Berle was read during the Damon Runyon Memorial Cancer Fund telethon.
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ST. Louis
Howard P. da
Aoe
Jimi Davis
Sergeat
Europe
Davis
Milton Berle
Damon Runyon
Lucky the Bride and a Quiet Office Romance
Julie recalls a past romance as she plans a hurried meeting with Cy at a park near Lost Lake. The dialogue hints at secrecy about her work and a nostalgia for Bayport and a romantic summer, while discussing future growth in the Northwest and Oregon.
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Julie
Lost Lake
Mahiy
Wetans
Quiet Lake Romance Teases Future Plans
Julie and Cy share a moonlit moment by a lake retreating from romance as they discuss timing and finances. He proposes delaying marriage until Julie finishes school and they become financially stable, while an ambiguous calm and a distant call hint at upcoming tension.
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E. J. Ott
Retail Merchants Association
Harrisonburg
Rockingham
Association
Th University of Pennsylvania
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the Star
White House
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Boyle
Denver
Thomas Buchanan
Commission
Middle West
Rayburn-Connally - McFarland-Hayden-Kerr
Rayburn
Car
Hayden
Arizona
California
Allan Shivers
General MacArthur
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Dy Werman
N. Bundesen
M.D
Scott
Hope
Acini
King Features Syndicate
Ie World Rights
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Escraps
I.Q
Earl U. Douglas
D. D
R. J. Scott
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Tefete
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Oregon
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Bowl
Jeffrey Douglas
Penny
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Joe Saat
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