Navy officer restored to active duty after cancer scare
Lt. Comdr. Edwin M. Rosenberg, who was told he might die of cancer in 1946, is set to be restored to active Navy rolls by a Senate-approved bill. He served in the Pacific, beat a cancer setback, taught at Annapolis, and now aims for shipboard duty in the Far East if the House agrees.
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Washington
Navy
Senate
Edwin M. Rosenberg
Rosenberg
House
Pacific
Boston Naval Hospital
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Far East
Baptists Seek End to Racial Discrimination at Alliance
A Baptist World Alliance resolution opposing racial discrimination and segregation was introduced in Cleveland during a six day congress. Led by Dr. Benjamin Mays of Morehouse, it calls for protecting Jews Orientals Mexicans and Negroes and links prejudice to totalitarian ideologies. Dr. F Townley Lord was elected president of the alliance.
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Cleveland
Baptist World Alliance
Social Justice
Benjamin Mays
Morehouse College
Atlanta
F. Townley Lord
Bloomsbury’ Baptist Church
London
Alliance
Oscar Johnson
St. Louis
Two Are Killed By Hot Wire Near Knox City Farm
In Knox City Texas a 14 month old girl Carolyn Cox was spared moments before reaching a live fence where her parents R L Cox 23 and his wife 19 were electrocuted. Cox touched a power line to the farm fence and was killed. The wife rushed to help and died attempting to free him.
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Knox City
Tex
Carolyn Cox
R. L. Cox
Here
Naval Maneuvers Begin in Aegean Sea under US Greek Command
In the Aegean Sea today joint naval maneuvers started under Vice Adm. John J. Ballentine commander of the US Sixth Task Fleet. The Greek force includes three destroyers and three submarines.
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Athens
Greece
Aegean Sea
Adm
John J. Ballentine
Mediterranean
Polio Rampant In Virginia
Wytheville Virginia reports a deadly polio outbreak with 59 cases in town and 75 in Wythe County since July 1. Health officials call the area tense as four new cases and two deaths were recorded, raising alarm over a 15 percent mortality rate far above the normal four percent. Doctors warn paralysis outcomes remain uncertain as the epidemic spreads.
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Wytheville
Virginia
Wythe County
L. J. Roper
Roper
Newsboy’s Brother in Guard Boots Prints Back Page
New Haven Journal Courier readers found the reason their morning paper was folded backward. The delivery boy is the brother of Staff Sergeant William Kelly, a National Guard anti aircraft battalion member activated Aug. 14. His photo appeared on the paper’s back page.
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New Haven
Conn
New Haven Journal Courier
Set
William Kelly
National Guard
Kelly
Health officials rule out quarantine amid outbreak
State health department and Wythe County health officials have ruled out a quarantine as ineffective to curb spread. Daily life is on hold with frightened parents keeping children home and all branches of the armed forces declining enlistees or draftees from the area until the outbreak subsides.
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State Health Department
Wythe County
Classic condensed tomato cheese rarebit recipe
Melt cheese in undiluted tomato soup with dry mustard and seasonings to taste. Spoon over crackers or toasted bread for a quick, savory rarebit snack.
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Nstall
Texas Underground
Bocaroy
Panhandle
Chain-Link Fence CO
J. D. Vandergriff
Canyon Road
Amarillo
Fillmore
J. C. Higgins
SEARS
Homart
Plymouth
Polk
Amarillo, Texas
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