US Ambassador Kirk Visits Stalingrad Turning Point War Site
US Ambassador Alan G. Kirk completed a three day unofficial visit to Stalingrad praising the city’s defense as a war turning point per Roosevelt. The trip marked his first visit to the Soviet city in wartime.
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Russia
Stalingrad
Harrison E. Salisbury
Alan G. Kirk
Roosevelt
America
Soviet Union
Germany
Kirk
Hitler
Panzer
Volga
Red October
Moscow
Confederate Veterans Parade Draws 20000 in Little Rock
In Little Rock Arkansas 20000 spectators lined the streets to honor four elderly Confederate veterans as they rode past flags and bands marking the 59th reunion. The procession featured the Marine Band Army Navy and other groups while attendees anticipated Biloxi Mississippi as the 1950 reunion site.
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Little Rock
Ark
Southland
Arkansas
South
Truman
Men In Gray
US Marine Band
Army
Navy
Marine
Sons of Confederated Veterans
Order of the Stars and Bars
Confederated Southern Memorial Association
Daughters of the Confederacy
James W. Moore
Selma
Ala
Thomas E. Riddle
Wichita Falls
Texas
James A. Thrasher
Moore
Charleston
S. C
Biloxi
Robert E. Lee
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
Episcopal Lay Leader Calls For Aid in Battle for Supremacy
Harvey S. Firestone Jr., head of the Episcopal Church laymen committee, urged all laymen to join an all-out evangelical program in the church’s battle against forces he said seek to erase religion. He spoke at the church’s triennial convention in San Francisco, noting lay work since 1943 and praising the lay movement’s evangelism.
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Episcopal Church
San Francisco
Protestant Episcopal Church
Harvey S. Firestone Jr
Presiding Bishops Committee
The
United States
Firestone
House of Deputies
House of Bishops
Switch to Calvert Whiskey Promoted by Reporter
Washington reporter Armnold Fine endorses Calvert Reserve Blended Whiskey as lighter smoother and milder. Calvert Distillers Corp announces Calvert Reserve at 86.8 proof with 65 percent grain neutral spirits.
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Washington, D. C
Armnold Fine
Washington
Calvert
Calvert Reserve
Calvert Distillers Corp
New York City
Yale Polio Victims Show Improvement
Physicians reported favorable progress on three Yale students affected by infantile paralysis. The illness had forced the cancellation of Yale vs Fordham football slated for next Saturday.
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Yale
New Haven
Conn
Weather forecast for Austin area shows warming trend and higher clouds
The Weather Bureau reports a rising temperature trend with increasing cloudiness and southerly winds for Austin Texas. Hourly readings show temperatures from the upper 60s to near 80s with warm highs and cool overnight lows, plus details on moon phases and local lake elevations.
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US Weather Bureau
Austin
Texas
Bethies
P. m
Acca
S.i
Mone
Montopolis
Lake Buchanan
Lake Travis
Marshall Ford
Clayton Calls For Democracy Union
Clayton argues that none of the postwar steps like Lend Lease UNRRA World Bank Fund Marshall Plan and Atlantic Pact will suffice without a Federal Union. He says Atlantic Union would dissolve Western Europe’s economic barriers boost production efficiency fix its dollar problem reduce war fear and unleash global labor genius and capital.
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Federal Union of the
Free
Lend Lease
UNRRA
World Bank and Fund
Union
Atlantic Union
Europe
Rites Set Today For Taylor Mishap Victim
Funeral services for Joe Romanek, 77, Williamson County farmer, will be held at Condra Funeral Home Friday at 2 p.m. The Rev. H. E. Beseda will officiate and burial will be in Taylor City Cemetery. Romanek was hurt when he jumped from a neighbor's pickup as it stopped to let him off.
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Taylor
Joe Romanek
Williamson County
Condra
H. E. Beseda
Caldwell
Taylor City
Romanek
Jimmie's Hitch-Ride Luck Ends as Trunk Stowaway Found
In Amarillo six year old Jimmie Choate secretly hid in the trunk of his family car after his father refused a trip to Oklahoma City. The father later checked the trunk at a store, found Jimmie, and brought him home. Police and highway patrol had been alerted beforehand.
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von Paulus
Volga
Kirk
Vasily I. Chuikov
Volga Bank
Amarillo
Jimmie Choate
Oklahoma City
Jimmie
Highway Patrol
Big steel firms cut operations across major plants
Portsmouth Ohio based steel firms halted furnaces and banked blast furnaces as U S Steel Bethlehem Republic and Youngstown reduced output. The dispute centers on whether workers should fund part of pensions and insurance while federal mediators plan to join talks.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Steel Corporation
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel Company
Republic Steel Corporation
Phillip Murray
Truman
Steel Company
Inland Steel Company
Indiana Harbor
Chicago
Republic Steel
Lorain
National Tube Company
Bethlehem Steel
Pennsylvania
New York
Maryland
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Youngstown
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Indiana
Bethlehem
Republic
Presidential
Russia's Atomic Bomb Reshapes Western Europe Defense
Russia develops atomic bomb capable of guarding a western front with guided missiles, challenging the idea that Europe can rely on its own armies while the US strikes supply lines. The blast potential raises defense costs, prompts calls for broader air defenses, and shifts strategic pressures on Spain and a rearmed Germany.
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Russia
Western
Europe
J. M. Roberts JR
Western Front
United States
Congress
Stalingrad
Leningrad
Spain
Germany
Fatal Accidents Mar Navy Show At Boston Beach
A Navy and Marine Corps assault demonstration at Carson Beach in Boston during a Marine Corps League convention left one civilian dead and several injured. Photojournalist Morris Fineberg was killed as mortars and parachute bombs simulated naval fire while Marines landed. Navy injuries included Lt. Hugh E. McStay and Ensign William Langone, with Lt. Cmdr. E. G. Meade among others treated at Carney Hospital.
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Boston
Navy
Marine Corps
Marine Corps League
Morris Fineberg
Boston Post
Fineberg
James L. Callahan
Boston Globe
Carson Beach
Callahan
Carney Hospital
Hugh E. McStay
Little Creek
William Langone
First Naval District
E. G. Meade
Amphibious Force
McStay
Earl of Harewood Marries Austrian Pianist in London
The Earl of Harewood, king’s nephew and heir to succession, wed Marion Stein a 22 year old Austrian refugee pianist at St Mark’s Church in Mayfair. Royal family attended with 600 guests while thousands gathered outside to glimpse the couple and the scene. American tourists paid high prices to watch from church windows.
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London
Earl of
Mayfair
Audley Street
Queen Elizabeth
Elizabeth
Duke of Edinburgh
Princess Margaret
Queen Mother Mary
Duchess of Kent
Louisiana Car Wreck Fatal to Dallas Man
Carl Shumaker of Dallas Texas was killed and Charles Leach also of Dallas was injured seriously in an automobile accident near Opelousas. The car left the Krotz Springs Lebeau Highway and struck a tree with Leach listed in critical condition at St. Landry Clinic.
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Opelousas
Carl Shumaker
Dallas
Texas
Charles Leach
Leach
St. Landry Clinic
Krotz Springs- Lebeau Highway
Murder Trial Opens Over Victim Identification In Texas
Darious Goleman pleads innocent as murder trial begins over the death of Mrs. Cloyce Eloise Twitchell of Beaumont. Key witnesses include Dr. Ellen Surey who could not positively identify the body, and two of Mrs. Twitchell’s friends who linked identification to physical traits. The case also involves Alex Leviness, already sentenced to death, and pictures of the victim and car introduced as evidence.
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Kountze
Darious Goleman
Hardin County
Cloyce Eloise Twitchell
Beaumont
Ellen Surey
Big Thicket
Dr. Surey
Goleman
Alex Leviness
Girl Swimmer Sues Crosby for Privacy Invasion
Aquatic performer Judy Cook sues the Crosby brothers claiming a Chicago newspaper ad using a nude image from her aquacade routine violated her privacy. She seeks 100000 dollars, alleging the Crosbys published the photo without consent to promote the show. Larry Crosby denies Bing’s involvement and says the aquacade was his promotion.
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Hollywood
Judy Cook
Crosby Brothers
Bing, Everett
Lawrence
Crosbys
Chicago
Crosby Interests
Cook County Fair
Judy
Larry Crosby
Bing
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Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
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