Stranded Farragut students face uncertain future after college closes
Farragut College and Technical Institute will not reopen for the fall term. Directors said reserve funds will be distributed to hardship cases as veterans and families seek new schools. About 80 students and several faculty remained on site, while property will be distributed under War Assets Administration supervision with Idaho claiming first on the assets.
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Farragut
Idaho
Farragut College and Technical Institute
James Anderson
Anderson
Pend Oreille
Bill Thomas
San Antonio
Texas
Changsha Rumors On Red Capture Stir Central China
Private reports late Thursday night said contact with Changsha was lost as communists threatened the Nationalist bastion in Central China. Rumors claimed Changsha had fallen or surrendered, though unconfirmed, while Nationalist troops withdrew toward Hengyang and Suichwan was reported captured.
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Canton
China
Changsha
Hengyang
Red
Suichwan
Peiping
Reds Failure To Okeh Probe Delays UN Inquiry Commission
In Geneva the USSR refusal to approve an on the spot investigation of forced labor may push back for six months or more the UN ECOSOC plan to create a commission of inquiry. Brazil Denmark and India proposed delaying action until the next council session, saying answers from governments do not ensure a workable inquiry.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Soviet Union
UN Economic and Social Council
Council
Brazil
Denmark
India
Commission of
Hawaii Strike Complicated by Union Squabbles
Honolulu August 4 The longshoremen strike disrupts relief cargo from the Aorangi as six AFL Teamsters picket the pier. ILWU refuses to cross, the Davies company negotiates a pre strike wage deal, and cargo valued at 200000 dollars risks sailing if unloading does not resume.
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Honolulu
CIO
AFL Teamsters Union
Theo H. Davies and Company
International Longshoremen'’s and Warehousemen's Union
Davies
The
Aerangi
Gerald R. Corbett
Governor's Emergency Food Compublic
ILWU
Davies Company
Aorangi
Henry Schmidt
Matson Navigation Company
Schmidt
W. J. Malone
Independent Marine Firemen's Union
Malone
Diplomat Ditches Dress Code at Nevada Reclamation Talk
Ambassador Jefferson Caffery, longtime diplomat to France and Egypt, spoke to regional directors at a Reclamation Bureau conference in Boulder City Nevada. He disregarded formal dress in the heat, praised Western U S development, and linked Nile Valley irrigation to Egypt, while endorsing the Marshall Plan to boost European recovery and U S exports.
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Boulder City
Nev
State Department
Jefferson Caffery
France
Egypt
Reclamation Bureau
Caffery
Nile Valey
East
Bureau of Reclamation
United States
Near East
Nudist Conference Sparks Debates On Bathing Suits
Mildred of Topeka Kansas at a nudist gathering criticizes French bathing suits as the most sex provocation and impractical for swimming. She says nudism aids housework with no clothing, while Ed of Texas defends the lifestyle amid mixed company.
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Denver
Mildred
Topeka
Kas
Here
Texas
Lost Sons Found After 41 Years for Aging Seaman
In Detroit an elderly Navy veteran, William Geddes, 67, spent 25 cents for a battered San Francisco directory to locate sons Harold and George after 41 years of separation. Harold, a Detroit attorney, phones the hospital to relay the reunion as Geddes battles a heart ailment and plans to rest before further contact.
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Detroit
William Geddes
San Francisco Marine Hospital
Geddes
Rochester
N. Geddes
Harold
George
Corry
San Francisco
Troit
Harold Geddes
West
Merchant Marine
Pacific
Approval Likely For Cut in Cotton Acreage in 1950
Washington reports a quick House Senate agreement to send to President Truman a bill to cut cotton acreage starting in 1950. The measure aims to balance production with demand and stabilize prices, with a potential refer endum for planter approval and state by state allocation.
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Washington
House
Senate
Truman
Gon Lowen
Representative
Pace
D-Ga
Secretary of Agriculture
Platinum's 200-Year Reach Known in Science
The passage notes that platinum has been known to the scientific world for roughly two centuries, highlighting its relatively recent discovery and recognition in scientific history.
Body Found in Ditch Near Town in Valley
In Edinburg on August 4 a badly decomposed body of an unidentified man was found in a ditch south of La Blanca. Deputy Sheriff Tom Wingert said the death appears to be from a blow to the head.
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R. J. Viola
Bossier City
Viola
Opal Koonce
Raymondville
Texas
Raymond L. Head
Edinburg
la Blanca
Tom Wingert
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Young Austins
Sunbacks
Chambray
SAN Souci
Batiste
Children’s Dept
Reds
Okeh
Hawaii
Johnson Walton, Ltd
Vancouver
B. C
Matson
Matson’s
Pacific Maritime) Association
Matson Lines
Rule
Zelon
Dirac
House-Senate
Erika Raeder
Hitler
Berlin
Moscow
Minsk
Sachenhausen
Terminix CO
Tata
Hilda Marie
Baby Coos
Real Fines
Lamar Blvd
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