French Foundry Reproduces 49 Liberty Bells in France
In Paris on May 7 1950 a French foundry produced 49 Liberty Bell reproductions to accompany the US Savings Bond drive for 48 states and DC. The Paccard shop, directed by Henri Paccard, used exact measurements of the original Philadelphia bell but without the crack, crafted by generations of bell makers. The project funded by copper-industry firms includes Ford Motors transport to state capitals. bells are tuned by Maurice Collomb and others to six tones each.
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America
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Treasury Department
States
District of Columbia
England
Delaware River
John Marshall
Treasury
Annecy
Henri Paccard
Paccard
Antoine Paccard
French Alps
Lake Geneva
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Washington
Assembly of the Province of
Pennsylvania
Edouard de Reydet
Edouard
Maurice Collomb
Maurice
France
Marseille
US Treasury
Czechs Mark Liberation Day With Massive Prague Parade
In heavy rain crowds as large as half a million gathered in Prague to honor liberation by the Soviet Army five years earlier. The May Day style event drew 500000, with 70 special trains bringing visitors and protests over American Army participation.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
U. S
Berlin
Soviet Union
Pickup Truck Flips in Presidio Wreck Kills Man
In Presidio Texas on Saturday night Horace Lee 55 of Stephenville died when his pickup rolled one and a half times and stopped in front of a Presidio store. Smith Brewer of Holden Tennessee was injured. Both men worked for the Ned B Hoffman Construction Company of Fort Worth.
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Presidio
Texas
Horace Lee
Stephenville
Smith Brewer
Holden
Tenn
Lee
Ned B. Hoffman Construction Company
Fort Worth
Philippine Strikers Reach Gold Mine Agreement
Manila May 7 1947 Six thousand five hundred workers at the Benguet Bala toe gold mine reach a one week strike settlement. Wage terms remain undisclosed. Company says operations will resume in two weeks due to sabotage of the power house.
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Manila
Benguet-Balatoe
Philippines
Humble Spanish Worker Sainted in Roman Canonization Rites
Anthony Maria Claret, a Spanish textile worker who rose to become Archbishop of Cuba, was canonized by Pope Pius XII in St. Peter's as part of the Holy Year ceremonies. The event drew 55,000 pilgrims and highlighted the Claretian Fathers, with a celebration marking Claret's death anniversary October 24.
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Vatican City
Anthony Maria Claret
Cuba
Pius XII
Rome
Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Claretian Fathers
St. Peter's
Sistine Chapel
Pepe
Donna Carmen Polo Franco
Villaverde
Vatican
Anthony Claret
Lent
Vich
Barcelona
Z ‘A
Ippines
Tired of Living Model Veronica Norman Found Dead in New York
Veronica Norman a 23 year old fashion model was found dead from gas poisoning in her West 90th Street apartment. A note near the body read I'm just tired of living and police said she had been down after recent family arguments.
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New York
Veronica Norman
West 90Th Street
Sweden Reports New Anti-Aircraft Weapons
Defense Minister Alan Vougt says Sweden has developed a 48 inch Bofors anti-aircraft gun with a rate of 70 to 75 rounds per minute and a ceiling above 40,000 feet and a maximum range over 60,000 feet. He noted Sweden also has a radar proximity fuse to explode shells near targets.
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Stockholm
Alan Vougt
Sweden
Gaevle
Senator Martin Attacks Trade A greements Hurting Workmen
Senator Edward Martin of Pennsylvania condemned reciprocal trade agreements as harming American workers. He warned that 17 nations including the U S will meet in London on Sept 28 to discuss tariff concessions on 2 500 items and fear a flood of cheap labor imports. He cited watch making oil and textile sectors as hit hard and argued concessions extend to slave labor produced goods from Communist Russia and other Iron Curtain nations.
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Washington
Edward Martin
Martin
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