State Department shakeup nears completion under Acheson
State Department officials say Secretary Acheson is near finishing a top command shakeup to streamline policy and improve public news flow. Hoover Commission reforms consolidated Europe, Latin America, Far East, and Near East into four divisions under assistant secretaries with added policy and public affairs roles.
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Washington
State Department
Acheson
Department
Hoover Commission
Europe
Latin America
Far East
Near East
Africa
James Webb
Princesses' Beau Marries Duchess of Devonshire Kin
Michael Tree, longtime candidate for Princess Margaret, wed Anne Cavendish at Chatsworth private chapel. Anne is Duke of Devonshire’s younger daughter. Jeremy Tree stood as best man. The couple, childhood friends of Princess Margaret, married amid royal marriage rumor chatter.
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Eng
Michael Tree
Margaret
Anne Cavendish
Thursay
Anne
Duke of Devonshire
Tree
Ronald Tree
Chicago
Marshall Field
Michael
Jeremy
Ditchley Park
Oxfordshire
Service for Hill Scheduled Today
George A. Hill Jr., 57, president of the Houston Oil Company and a VP of the National Petroleum Society, will be buried in Houston Friday. He died in Greenville, South Carolina, after being stricken on a train en route to Washington. The funeral will be conducted by Bishop Clinton S. Quinn. Hill was a petroleum adviser on the Anglo American Oil Treaty 1944–45. He was a Corsicana native from a family with deep Texas oil ties. He leaves a wife, two sons, and a daughter.
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George A. Hill Jr
Houston Oil Company
National Petroleum Society
Hill
Greenville
S. C
Washington
D. C
American Petroleum Institute
Corsicana
Texas
Pioneeer
George A. Hill
Beaumont
Clinton S. Quinn
Texas Episcope
Four men admit sewing machine thefts across four states
Dallas dispatch reports four men signed statements admitting theft of more than 128 sewing machines in Texas Oklahoma City St Louis and Shreveport. Deputy Binford expects charges after full scope of burglaries is determined with possible total near 300 machines.
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Dallas
Bill Binford
Binford
Texas
Shreveport
Oklahoma City
St. Louis
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Houston
Wichita Falls
Amarillo
Shamrock
Lordsburg
Coloradoan Held For Threatening Truman
Parker Crommett Kendall 41 founder of United World Movement was held in Durango Colorado under 10000 bond on a charge of threatening President Truman. A US Secret Service complaint filed by Earl E. Schoel cites a letter addressed to Truman and Stalin claiming if they begin a war Kendall would blow their brains out. Kendall says the I refers to Ethereans who send him messages.
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Durango
Colo
Truman
Parker Crommett Kendall
United World Movement
Incorporate
Dolores
Secret Service
Earl E. Schoel
Denver
Adolph Soens
Mr. Truman
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Kendall
Sailors Refill Plane on Maui Highway in Storm
Two sailors from the Valley Forge ran out of gas in a rented airplane over Maui. They landed on a highway, walked to a nearby airport, bought five gallons of gasoline, and returned to refuel. After fueling they took off as police cleared the highway with no ticket issued.
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Honolulu
Maui
Carlton B. Sumner
Roy Jennings
Valley Forge
Jet or atomic power cars may not work soon
Charles F. Kettering, 75, GM official and inventor, doubts that atomic energy or jet propulsion can be applied to cars. He said fuel use has dropped a third with Ethyl gasoline and high compression engines may cut it again by a third in the coming years.
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ST. Louis
Charles F. Kettering
General Motors
Society of Automotive Engineers
Kettering
Egypt King Accepts Leader's Resignation
King Farouk accepted Prime Minister Hussein Sirry Pasha resignation and asked him to form a new independent cabinet. Elections are expected soon though date not yet announced. Sirry Pasha has led a coalition cabinet since July with five independents and Saadist Wafd and Liberal Constitutional party representatives.
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Cairo
Egypt
Farouk Thursday
Hussein Sirry Pasha
Liberal-Constitutional
Investment Securities 315 Capital Nav Bank Building
Investment securities firm listed with address 315 Capital National Bank Building and phone contact 6 2649.
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Nav. Bk
BC Headache Powders and Tablets Advertisement
An advertisement promotes BC brand headache relief powder and tablets. It touts multiple active ingredients for fast, effective relief from headaches neuralgic pains and minor muscular aches. The copy notes same formula in powder or tablet form and states two tablets equal one powder, priced 10c and 25c.
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