Siamese Twin Girls Born in Tasmania
Dr John Starr reports the birth of Siamese twin girls joined at the top of their heads near Burnie Tasmania. The babies and their mother are well though the heads form a three inch diameter join and cannot be severed. The birth occurred Saturday night and the girls are daughters of a timber cutter and his wife from Natone District Burnie with five other children.
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Sydney
Australia
John Starr
Erskine Smith
Burnie
Tasmania
Natone
Truman approves housing loans for 13 states
President Truman on March 7 approved planning loans totaling 1 795 400 for 6 009 planned low rent units under the federal public housing program. Texas approvals include Center Gladewater Hearne Kaufman Mineola Sweetwater with specific unit counts and loan amounts. Harlingen received 150 units and Alamo 3 with planning requests of 55 000 and 12 000 respectively, subject to presidential approval.
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Truman
Public Housing Administration
Harlingen
Alamo
Texas
Center 50
Gladewater
Hearne
Kaufman
Mineola
Sweetwater
Oklahoman Nabbed n Theft of Plane
Tulsa man Robert Pryor Jr. 27 is jailed in Danville awaiting grand jury on a federal charge of transporting a stolen airplane across state lines. Pryor waived preliminary hearing. grand jury set for March 20. Plane stolen near Amarillo Texas last week found at Mt Carmel Illinois airport. Pryor arrested at Mt Carmel hotel after three witnesses identified him.
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Ill
Robert Pryor Jr
Tulsa
Okla
Pryor
Vermilion County
Ray Foreman
Amarillo
Texas
Mt. Carmel, I
Mt. Carmel
Wabash County
RE. N. Kennard
Light Earthquake Felt In Central Philippines
An earthquake frightened people from their homes in the Central Philippines on Tuesday. The main shock occurred at 10 07 am and was rated intensity four described as like a heavy truck hitting a building. No damage was reported.
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Manila
P. 1
Philippines
Mexico Sends Worst Criminals to Islas Marias
Mexico's most dangerous inmates and those with sentences over five years are being moved from local jails to the central penitentiary in Mexico City and Guadalajara before being sent to the penal colony Islas Marias in the Pacific.
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Mexico City
INS
Mexico
Islas Marias
Pacific
Central Penitentiary
Guadalajara
Islands
Trade Gap Narrows as US Imports Rise in January
Census Bureau reports January imports at 622.7 million dollars, up 17.6 million from December, while exports fall to 743.6 million. The January excess of imports over exports narrows to 120.9 million, improving the trade balance from December and January 1949 levels.
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Washington
America
Census Bureau
First hard surfaced road linked Philadelphia and Lanchester
The earliest notable hard surfaced road in America was built in 1794 between Philadelphia and Lanchester, marking a major advance in U S infrastructure.
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America
Philadelphia
Lanchester
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