McLemore Plans Party To End All Parties
Montreal June 6 Henry McLemore invites readers to a July party celebrating the Bikini Atoll atomic bomb test. He imagines a live shortwave broadcast from the Pennsylvania with a disintegrating microphone and a ticking metronome signaling destruction. The event promises suspense and absurd revelry with ether punch and deadly snacks, ending with ominous remarks about civilization’s possible end.
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Henry McLemore
Montreal
Canada
Bikini Atoll
Army-Navy
Washington
Pennsylvania
Receiver Ils Named For Idle Railroad
Federal Judge J LeRoy Adair appointed Fred Windish of Galesburg as receiver for the Toledo Peoria and Western Railroad strikebound since 1945. The court enjoined the carrier’s ownership and 13 striking brotherhoods from interfering with operations.
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Peoria
Ill
J. LeRoy Adair
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad
Fred Windish
Galesburg
Siam King Plans Washington Visit in June
King Ananda Nahidol of Siam arrives in San Francisco June 16 and spends three days in Washington to meet President Truman on June 19. He travels with the queen mother and a royal party. The State Department announced the visit as a guest of the U.S. government.
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Washington
Ananda Nahidol
Siam
San Francisco
State Department
Truman
Fry named acting chief of international broadcasting
The State Department announced Kenneth D. Fry as acting chief of the international broadcasting division. Fry previously led the agency's San Francisco office. The report notes the new appointment comes as the department reorganizes information duties.
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Washington
State Department
Kenneth D. Fry
International Broadcasting Division
Office of International Information and Cultural Affairs
Fry
Agency
San Francisco
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