Bloodiess Revolt In South Africa Negro Groups Break Jim Crow Laws
A large group of Negroes marched through Port Elizabeth and other regions flouting apartheid rules. Police arrested participants, who faced charges as part of a coordinated nonviolent civil disobedience campaign led by Dr J S Moroka and supported by Indian and half caste allies. White opposition coalesces with veterans to resist Malan government while fearing escalating crackdowns could drive civil war.
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Editor Lets Blank Space Speak on Truman Vote
Grenada Mississippi editor W W Whitaker used 219 column inches of blank space beneath a front page heading to signal his political leanings without writing a line. The piece, titled Why A Democrat Like Truman Should Be Elected, extended on page seven of an eight page weekly.
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W. W. Whitaker
Truman
Bandit Wears Odd Disguise in Summer Robbery
DETROIT July 16 19 year old W-Robert Fournier wore an overcoat and two scarves in 83 degree heat to disguise himself for a $75 candy-store robbery. A child’s dart gun was used, and the suspect fled in a stolen chartreuse automobile after the victim described his bizarre attire.
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Detroit
Mid
Robert Fournier
Fournier
Curbs On Steel Buying Loosened
Washington officials eased steel purchase limits for civilian goods on July 16, permitting manufacturers to buy warehouse steel not needed by the military. The Defense Production Administration moved to prevent stockpiles from lying idle while protecting military supply, after separating military steel from lighter civilian grades.
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Washington
Henry H. Fowler
Fowler
Fisherman Finds Watch With Magnet In Lake Brownwood
Brownwood Tex July 16 Ralph Homesley recovered the 373 wristwatch he lost in 30 feet of water at Lake Brownwood by dragging the area with a 46 pound magnet tied to a fishing line. The magnet also brought up bobby pins spark plugs fish hooks a pocket knife and a full can of cool beer.
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Brownwoond
Tex
Ralph Homesley
Lake Brownwood
Homesley
English Lovers Slow and Steady Says Actress Joan Rice
New York July 16 Actress Joan Rice says British lovers are slow to excite and Englishmen focus on a girl's mind. She is en route to the Fiji Islands to film East Meets West with Burt Lancaster while engaged to Martin Boyce, manager of an auto parts factory. Rice recalls waiting 15 months for a proposal. She contrasts English restraint with American boldness and notes she had no dates while studying dramatics in London.
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Joan
Rice
Fiji Islands
Burt Lancaster
Miss Rice
Martin Boyce
Auto Paris
Martin
Ane
Boyce
London
America
Highlands Urges Sanitary System For Town
Highlands Rotarians heard state health official George Thompson urge a modern sanitary system to dispose of garbage and sewage. He warned flies and roaches can carry disease and supported a countywide landfill demonstration in West University Place. A three acre Highlands landfill will serve five years with Health Department help.
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George Thompson
State Health Department
Rotarians
Thompson
Highlands Rotary
Harris County
West University Place
Johnson
Health Department
Government grants CAB power to prosecute rogue air ticket agencies
President Truman signed legislation bringing all air transportation sellers under Civil Aeronautics Board regulation. The measure aims to curb unscrupulous agencies that promised seats on non scheduled airlines, often leaving passengers stranded. CAB says it received 206 complaints last year and can fine up to 5 000 dollars for price violations below CAB regulated rates.
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Washington
Truman
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Congress
Ford Co Loses Bid for Higher Materials Allocations
Washington July 16 Ford Motor Co lost its bid with the National Production Authority for a 10 percent rise in materials allocations. The appeals board denied Ford's request to raise its share of metals for passenger cars from 21 percent to 23 1/2 percent, saying allocations were proper based on 1947 to 1949 average quarterly production.
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Ford Motor Co
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U S Crude Oil Production Dips Week of July 12
Tulsa July 16 United States crude oil production fell 27 900 barrels daily from the prior week to 6 081 450 barrels on the week ended July 12 the Oil and Gas Journal reports Texas down 32 375 barrels daily while Oklahoma leads gains up 8 300 with Louisiana New Mexico Colorado and Arkansas posting smaller increases Kansas Illinois and others retreating per state figures
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Air Conditioning Planned For Two GM Cars
Detroit July 16 General Motors will offer optional air conditioning on two GM car makes next year. GM president Cr. Wilson announced Frigidaire division has perfected an air conditioning unit that cools the car to the desired temperature within six blocks of driving. The feature will be offered on Oldsmobiles and another GM model.
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Detroit
General Motors
Cr. Wilson
UN Patrol Rescued By Chinese Reds In Korean Clash
CENTRAL FRONT Korea July 16 Chinese Communist troops accidentally rescued a United Nations patrol after it was ambushed by a second Chinese unit near a Red communication trench west of Yonchon. The Allied force retreated as Chinese and mortar fire intensified, then a second Chinese group opened fire on the first, prompting the UN unit to call in artillery on both sides.
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Korea
United Nations
Yonchon
Will These Roaches Glow In The Dark
A health department experiment places a disease carrying roach named Mr Roach in sewers to observe its return to homes. The roach will be tagged with radioactive matter and tracked with a geiger counter to confirm if it is the same insect entering households. A representative will seize the roach from vents and return it to the lab for testing.
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Health Department
Ike
George Thompson
Boatner Named Deputy Commander for POW Affairs in Korea
Brig. Gen. Haydon L. Boatner, who restored order on Koje Island, was appointed deputy commander of prisoner of war affairs for the Second Logistical Command in Pusan Korea. He succeeds Brig. Gen. Francis Dood, captured and released by prisoners, and will oversee all POW enclosures under the command. Boatner's home is New Orleans Louisiana.
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Pusan
Korea
Haydon L. Boatner
Koje Island
Bostner
Koje
Francis Dood
New Orleans
Mexicans Clear Way For Gulf Air Route
Mexico grants Eastern Air Lines permission to operate a direct New Orleans to Mexico Gulf route linking New York City and the Mexican capital. A Mexican airline will receive reciprocal rights on the same route.
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City
Eastern Airlines
New Orleans
Agustin Garcia Lopez
Eastern
Gulf of Mexico
New York City
Garcia Lopez
City Dads Get Bill For Spoiled Meal
Duluth city officials faced a $5.50 bill after a housewife blamed the city for ruining her dinner when the gas was turned off while she cooked three fish and a sponge cake. Mars Jotn Natali sent the bill, saying the meal was a total loss.
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Duluth
Minn
Mars
Natali
Contracts to Build Up Europe Authorized by Defense
The armed forces awarded about 684 million dollars in contracts for military production in Europe for fiscal 1931 52. Roughly 600 million is funded from Mutual Security funds, with 84 million from regular defense appropriations. Equipment targets NATO allies, while U S forces receive part of the purchases. Army Navy and Air Force negotiated all deals. In Buenos Aires the foreign minister said Argentina studies a U S protest over last week’s bombing of the U S Information Service library.
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Shout
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Defense Department
U.S
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Air Force
Buenos Aires
Jeronimo Remerino
Argentina
United States
U.S. Information Service
Hemorina
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