Coast Guard Probes Red Fire Balls Seen Over Cape Cod
Coast Guard planes and police investigated reports of fiery red splotches seen near Fal mouth and Portland. Explanations ranged from glow on bridges to Boston lights visible over Cape Cod with an air sea search finding no wreckage or explosion.
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Falmouth
Portland
Cape Cod
Sagamore
Bourne
Cape Cod Canal
Timothy Hanley
Blue Hills Observatory
Boston
Hanley
Providence
William L. Lockhart
Coast
Lockhart
Bolivia Charges POWs Executed in Potosi Revolt
In Potosi, Colonel Alfredo Delgadillo accused rebels of decapitating 14 prisoners of war. Unofficial tallies from the 13 day National Revolutionary Movement revolt report about 361 dead and 764 wounded, with Santa Cruz as the main rebel stronghold and Comaparapa reportedly captured by government forces.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Alfredo Delgadillo
Potosi
National Revolutionary Movement
Santa Cruz
Comaparapa
1700 Bodies Found In China Fire Ruins
Chinese reports say 1700 bodies were counted in the Chungking waterfront fire that swept a crowded residential and business district. Origin undetermined. two suspected arsonists were executed Sunday.
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China
Canton
Chungking
Wedding of Twins at St Philip Neri Church in St Louis
The wedding features multiple twins among the party. Bride Marie Parker and groom John Arens are both twins, with Marion Parker as matron of honor and Frank Arens as best man. Twin pairs Christine and Maxine Purdle Tom and Werner Sawhill and Arthur Warner are among the attendants, all connected through the St Louis Twins Club.
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ST. Louis
St. Philip Neri’s Catholic
Marie Parker
John G. Arens
Marie
Marion
John
Frank
Christine
Maxine Purdle
Tom and
Werner Sawhill
Arthur Warner
Kentucky On The March ends after wake up drive
Louisville citizens launched a campaign titled Kentucky On The March to reveal state shortcomings in education health housing and infrastructure. A 14 report program led to 27 improvements by 1949 including better schooling and public services amid a broader push to revive Kentuckys early leadership.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Committee For
Harry W. Schacter
Commonwealth
Schacter
Kentucky Medical Association
Soviet Domestic Progress Dominates Red Press Coverage
Moscow reports focus on internal life in the USSR highlighting afforestation, rural electrification, tractor use, and factory cleanliness. Kentucky data on schooling, salaries, farm improvements, and public aid contrast with Soviet emphasis on housing, healthcare, and women’s needs.
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Moscow
Ussr
Houston Butcher Union Restrained
District Judge William Holland ordered the butchers union to stop picketing Pauly Packing Company delivery trucks at the Houston plant after a strike began Tuesday. Police reported pickup followings to Liberty and Galveston and grocers were urged not to accept meat deliveries. About 20,000 pounds of meat were returned Tuesday night as grocers honored the union’s requests. A hearing on a temporary injunction is set for Friday.
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Houston
William Holland
Pauly Packing Company
Liberty
Galveston
Holland
National Labor Relations Board
Airlines Rights in Canada Delayed by U S Action
Ottawa reports the Air Transport Board said US carriers must wait for Washington to act on the Canada US air agreement before hearings. The board may review the temporary Gander field permit expiring Sept 30 as US court challenges halt further concessions. Five US lines seek Canada traffic rights at Gander and Edmonton while Northwest seeks Edmonton rights and Western targets trans border routes.
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Ottawa
United States
Canada
Washington
Air a@Transport Board
J. R. Baldwin
Gander
Mld
Baldwin
Pan American Airways
Trans-World Airlines
American Overseas Airlines
Northwest Airlines
Edmonton
Alaska
Orient
Western Airlines
Great Falls
Mont
Washington Haircut Prices Drop to Four Bits
Washington barber shops reintroduced a 50-cent haircut at the Deluxe Barber Shop near the White House on Thursday while other shops still charged 73 cents to $1.25.
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Washington
White House
Czech Priests Defy New Church Law in Prague
About 4,900 Roman Catholic priests signed a defiant declaration opposing a government bill to legalize state control over church appointments finances and administration in Czechoslovakia. Archbishop Beran and church leaders condemn the measure as curbing religious freedom while the government pushes for Parliament action.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Josef Beran
Central Action Committee
Voice of America
British Broadcasting Company
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Bride McSweeney
New York Botanical Garden
Red Press
Russia
Evening Moscow
Houston Butcher Union
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Chiropi
Rio Grande
Terminix CO
E. Tenth
Aimee
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Scarbrough & Sons
Scarbrough
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