White Queen Accepted by Bechuanaland Tribe
Bechuanaland's Bamangwato tribe voted to recognize Ruth Williams as white wife of Seretse Khama, despite opposition from regent Tshekedi Khama. The vote followed three days of discussions in Serowe with about 9 000 members. roughly one fifth opposed the union.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Ruth Williams
London
Serowe
Bechuanaland
Tshekedi Khame
Seretse
Oxford University
Britain
South African Protectorate
Sekgoma
Federal Union
Luxembourg
Atlantic Union
Delaware
Two World Government Plans Aim for Same End
S Burton Heath outlines two rival world government movements. United World Federalists seek to reshape the United Nations into a limited world government and abolish veto power to enforce majority will. Federal Unionists push a regional Atlantic Union and broad democracy to deter totalitarians and end wartime causes. Both view Russia as the pivotal obstacle to universal peace.
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NEW York
NEA
United Nations
United World
Atlantic Union
Russia
Security Council
Europe
Rhode Island
California
Federal Union
United World Federalists
Moscow
Norman Cousins
Saturday Review of Literature
UWF
Kremlin
UFW
United States
Met Fire Toll Put at $10,000
New York officials report the Metropolitan Opera House fire caused $10,000 in damage to the dress circle and upper floors. Repairs will begin immediately as an inquiry into the blaze proceeds, ahead of the 1949 season opening on November 21.
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New York
INS
Metropolitan Opera House
Ward Johnson
The
Met
Truman Okehs Fund Increase With Rebuke for Congressmen
President Truman signed into law a bill raising House members’ annual clerk hire and expense allotment by 3 500 to 12 900 per member plus 700 for equipment. Senators keep 15 000 salary with varying expense allowances by state size. He praised the measure for efficiency but criticized Congress for denying pay raises for key officials.
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Truman
House
Congress
Average American meat consumption in 1900 and 1948
The record notes that in 1900 the average American ate 151 pounds of meat, six pounds more than in 1948. This brief comparison highlights historical shifts in dietary intake.
Thief Digs Up Zoysia Matrella in Birmingham Lawn
Birmingham police seek a thief who has dug up zoysia matrella from C. Howard Alversons lawn twice in a month. The Philippine grass is valued at about five dollars per square yard and the case highlights a strange local crime.
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Birmingham
Ala
INS
C. Howard Alverson
Girl Dies After Living Out Rare Operation
Linda Jean Markham aged four died of pneumonia in Borger after surviving a rare operation in Houston last August. Doctors removed her bladder from outside her body and reimplanted it, an operation described as successful though followed by illness. The child was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Markham.
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Borger
Linda Jean Markham
C. H. Markham
Houston
Shades of Caesars Tile Work in Ancient Baths
Clay tile walls and floors, typical of 20th century bathrooms, were used in Rome's public baths during the reign of the Caesars, reflecting enduring tile traditions in ancient facilities.
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Rome
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Frankfort Distillers Corp
N.Y
Pathlite Honey
R. K. Shannon
Optometrist
Truman Okehs
Peke
Zale
Zale’s
Sirgen
Nent
Owelers
Austin, Texas
Southwest and
Middlewest
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