Scourge of Rats Plagues Philippine Mindanao Island
Pulitzer tone dispatch from Lambayang Mindanao describes a rat infestation devouring Cotabato and Davao provinces rice crops. Up to 200000 starving residents face hunger while authorities rush food and medicine, with 2 million pesos emergency funds and malaria tablets dispatched.
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Philippine
Mindanao
United Press
The
Philippines
Gene Symonds
Manila
Egypt
Liguasan
Lambayang
Guerrero
Cotabato
Davao
Ramon Magsaysay
Department of ‘Agriculture
Tomas Cabill
Liberal Wing Of Young Democrats To Meet In May
In Austin on April 7 the liberal faction of the Young Democrats announces plans for a state conclave to be held in San Antonio on May 8 and 9. They opposed a scheduled speech by Senator Joseph McCarthy. A conservative group met at Mineral Wells seeking recognition from the national organization to unify Young Democrats after disputes over the 1954 national convention. Also noted is a Secret Service warning about counterfeit currency smells like coffee and North Carolina reports about 9,250,000 laying hens.
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Austin
Fexay Democrats
San Antonio
Joseph “R. Me~ Carthy
San Jacinto Battleground
Houston
Mineral Wells
St. Pau
Wildwood
N. J
U. S. Secret Service
Service Club
Crossword style foreign loan words and clues
The list presents a dense set of crossword style clues and partial answers across across and down entries. It includes terms from various languages such as Arab Jap and Chin plus common words like cushion alter tint and together. The puzzle mixes definitions for objects animals and places with length indicators and misprints typical of vintage puzzles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arabia
Manila
Province
Chin
Mission progress to be reviewed at Baytown Assembly
The Assembly of God mission program and enlargement plan will headline the Baytown convention at Central Assembly. Rev Maynard Ketcham, former North India superintendent, will share India experiences and show pictures including the film I Was A Witch Doctor. Services run Thursday through Sunday at 10 am and 7 30 pm.
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Assemblies of God
Central Assembly of God Church
Lonnie Bowlen
Maynard Ketcham
Land of
India
Ketcham
General Council of the
USA
Assemblies of God of North
Lost Emerson Poem Reveals Early Emerson Life
In Hanover New Hampshire the Friends of Dartmouth Library publish for the first time a long lost Ralph Waldo Emerson poem titled Indian Superstition. Kenneth Cameron of Trinity College analyzes its significance, noting it was written when Emerson was an 11 year old Harvard undergraduate. The limited edition comprises 450 copies and the work is owned by a private New York City collector.
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Hanover
N. H
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Friends of Dartmouth Library
Kenneth W. Cameron
Hinglish
Trinity College
Hartford
Conn
Cameron
Emerson
Harvard
New York City
Rape Killer Is Given Stay Of Execution
Willie Lee Gage, convicted of rape and sentenced to the electric chair in Fort Worth, won an 11 day stay of execution from Gov. Allan Shivers. Acting on a Board of Pardons and Paroles recommendation, Shivers moved the Huntsville State Prison deadline from April 8 to April 23 to allow time for an appeal.
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Austin
Willie Lee Gage
Fort Worth
Allan Shivers
Shivers
Board of Pardons and Paroles
Gage
Huntsville State Prison
Elzie Jones Elected Mayor in Write-In Win
Paducah Texas April 7 Elzie Jones discovered he had more friends than expected after winning the mayoral race in the northwest town of 2600 with 233 write-in votes There were no official candidates on the ballot and Jones was declared mayor by write-in tally.
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Paducah
Elzie Jones
Jones
Texas
Churchill Burdened by H Bomb Fears and Declining Health
Aging statesman Winston Churchill grapples with the hydrogen bomb threat as he works on a House of Commons speech. At 78, he shows signs of fatigue and deafness while still delivering sharp debate. His struggle to reconcile wartime triumph with new dangers shapes a tentative push toward retirement.
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Charles M. McCann
United Press
Winston ‘Churchill
House of Dormimons
Churchill
Commons
Britain
United States
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Bar
Tto
Salvador
Jose Guerrero
Arsenio de la Cruz
Philippine Islands
Annual Missionary Convention
God Man
Naird
Baytown
Texas Ave
DIAL
Carrie
General Telephone System
General Telephone Company of the
Southwest
America
General Telephone
Geeming Wishfier
Liberal
Young Democrats
North Carolina
Rossword
EISIO
Gioimie
Grair Island
Baytown Assembly
Winston Churchill
Laborites
Hear J. L. Pritchard
Church of Christ
7Th Street
Davis Road
Carl Trenckmann
F.H.A
G.I. Loans
Rand
Ois & Appliance CO
Rheem Manufacturing Co
Newark, California
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