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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1946)
MEMPHIS COTTON CARNIVAL TO REOPEN , . . Dedicated to the past, present and future of the cotton industry, the Memphis Cotton carnival will resume this year after bowing out to the war effort since 1941. Photograph shows previous carnival which will be outdone this year. The 1946 carnival will sparkle with a series of parades depicting growth of the Mid-South, lively street dances and songfests. Exhibits will show uses of cotton as tgell as new applications and artificial fibers and plastics. JAPANESE HOLD OPEN ELECTION . . . An estimated 24,000,000 voters went to the polls in Japan to select representatives for a new national house of representatives. Unheard of—Japanese women exercised their right of suffrage. Typical of most voting places was the Votsuya ward office, Tokyo, where the women outnum bered the men. Final results will not be known for some time, but Red element has admitted defeat. t UNCLE SAM’S OLDEST REGIMENT . . . The color guard of the 3rd regiment, oldest in the U. S. army, with some members wearing the costumes of the Colonial wars, is shown during colorful ceremony at Heidelberg, Germany, which marked the dc-activation of the 7th army under Lt. Gen. Godfrey Keyes. GREECE HOLDS ELECTION ... A voter of the future looks over the array of posters put up by various parties and candidates to boost their chance in the recent Greek elections. In contrast to the bitterness of the pre-election campaign, the voting itself was quiet, with Com munists and left wing groups fighting a losing battle to persuade voters to boycott the election. Populist party won. / SOVIET AMBASSADOR . . . Niko lai V. Novikov, present charge d’afTairs in Washington, who has been named to replace Andrei A. Gromyko as Soviet ambassador to the United States. Gromyko will remain with UNO. SEARCH OF TITLE . . . Billy Conn, Pittsburgh Adonis, who hopes to wrest the world’s heavyweight boxing crown from Champion Joe Louis, when they meet in New York in June. TWO KIDS WITH QUINTUPLET KIDS ... The goat population on the Foltz (arm near Ludlow, Ky., Is increasing rapidly these days. Five kids is a rare (eat (or one birth, even in goatdom. Shown here with the mother and her quintuplets are the proud Foltz children, Edward and Janet. LEGION OF fOMEN VETERANS HEADS WOMEN VETERANS . . . Mrs. Patricia M. Dcuse, Astoria, N. Y., national commander of the Legion of Women Veterans, a new all-women veterans group, believed to be the first of its kind in Amer ica, is shown at her desk in Brooklyn. Mrs. Deuse is an ex-marine and served for 19 months in the women’s reserve of the U. S. marine corps. Before that she wrote for California newspapers and radio. NOT IMPRESSED BY BASS CATCH . . . Little Bill Rogers shows only disdain at the catch of nine-year-old Susan off pier at Blunt’s Bay, Colington, N. C. Spring arrived on time at this North Carolina coast village and Susan is out to repeat her record of last year—which she says was best in the region. Bass have increased during the war. TOO YOUNG FOR LICENSE . . . Young Jackie Fiorillo, 16, Flushing, V. I.. N. Y„ is pictured in cockpit of his light plane on completion of solo flight from Reading, Pa., to Flushing airport. George W. Edwards greets the young flyer. Jackie is still a student. He must wait until his 17th birthday, August 9, before he will be granted a pilot's license— which will permit him to fly. IKE DON'T WANT TO GAMBLE . . . Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower told members of the senate mili tary affairs committee that fail ure to extend the draft art meant to gamble with peace and security of the world. On various occasions General Eisenhower has asked for continued draft. ROYAL HAT STYLE . . , Exhibit ing a gracious smile and wearing her Easter hat, Princess Elizabeth of England leaves Town Hall, Not tingham, England, aftef attending a concert given by a children's choir. BREAKS WORLD RECORD . . . Joe Verdeur, Philadelphia Turn ers club, who broke two world’s records at AAU meet held at Bainbridge, Md, He eclipsed the 200-meter and the 200-yard n.arks, following navy discharge. ONLY CIVIL WAR NAVY VET ... A chipper skipper is Henry Doll, 97, who claims to be the only living naval veteran of the Civil war. He is now living at Philadel phia Naval hospital. WOMAN PADRE . . . The Rev. Elsie Chamberlain has been ap pointed by the Royal Air Force as its first woman chaplain. She is 35 years old and a graduate of King’s college, London. f&Gdcpfis CORN in Kellogg*. VARIETY—6 different cereal., 10 generous packages, in on. handy carton I COLD PREPARATIONS Limiid — Tablets — Salve — Noee Drop. Has satisfied millions lor yean. Caulkw Use only ae directed sZifTTR*F0R m'jjlww tAIDEN S8&Jmoms Sith Black Leaf 40. 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