Georgia Posts Sweet Georgia Port Manager Appointed
Savannah July 6 Henry W Sweet longtime Alabama docks official was named general manager of Georgia ports authority. He led a 10 million dollar expansion at Mobile and expanded offices in New York and Chicago. He previously headed Jefferson county real estate and insurance work in Birmingham and was ousted by Governor Folsom before Georgia offered him the job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Georgia
Alabama
Henry W. Sweet
Georgia Authority
Sweet
Mobile
New York
Chicago
Jefferson County
Birmingham
James Folsom
Herman Talmadge
Gulf Ports Association
American Association of Port Authorities
For sale dog house built by owner in Penn Yan
Cookie the black cocker spaniel snores and howls in Penn Yan New York. Her owner M Andrew Newton Jr built a new dog house and advertised it for sale saying it is newly built and never used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn Yan
N. Y
Cookie
Andrew Newton, Jr
Newton
Georgia Waterways Keep State On Track For Growth
D. Leon Williams will stay as assistant general manager with headquarters in Atlanta while Sweet takes a regional role and Georgia waterways expansion remains a priority. The report notes Williams has been acting general manager and will continue in the assistant post as leadership concentrates on state projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rgia
Sweet
D. Leon Williams
Atlanta
Uncle Sam’s Korean intervention under scrutiny
Mackenzie reviews US Korea policy amid recent setbacks in Osan and Pyongyang’s advances. He urges calm, cautions against overestimating quick victories, and notes Truman’s shift to United Nations backing as North Korean forces press into South Korea.
India film industry faces crisis amid taxes and censorship
India's cinema sector, the world’s second largest, confronts a serious crisis outlined by the Indian Motion Picture Producers Association. Officials cite heavy taxation, social prejudices, government censorship, financing gaps, talent shortages, theatres, release facilities, and material supply shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
India
Indian Motion Picture Producers Association
Immigrant settlement in northern Israel named for Truman
A new immigrants settlement in northern Israel will be named in honor of President Truman. Officials say the settlement may be established by the end of 1950 to recognize his friendship and support for the Jewish state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiberas
Israel
Truman
Zionist Organization
MacArthur Faces Harsh uphill fight to rescue Korea
The column warns the rescue of the Southern-General is a Herculean task with forces air and sea moved over long distances. It notes setbacks are likely early in operations but expresses confidence in MacArthur and in America and UN nations fighting to repel North Korean and possible Manchurian Chinese Communist incursions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MaccArthur
Korea
MacArthur
America
North Korea
Crocodile Lover Tale Surfaces in Sudan Report
A 1935 tale from Blue Nile Province reports a crocodile shapeshifter abducting a woman from Afodi Village. Five villagers saw the creature seize her, then she reappeared near Aba Island on the White Nile with memory of her life in Afodi. Local rumor links a rejected suitor to a wizard who transformed into a crocodile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khartoum
Sudan
Blue Nile
Afodi
Fund
Aba Island
White Nile
France uses Radio Diffusion Francais as cold war weapon
Paris reports that Radio Diffusion Francais broadcasts news music and culture for about 150 hours weekly, aimed at the iron curtain. Government controlled operation plans additional outputs as part of Cold War efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Voice of France
Radio Diffusion Francais
Prefer Own Funerals Darwin Skeletons Stolen for Aboriginal Burials
Report claims large scale body snatching in Darwin by aborigines who dig up skeletons from orthodox graves and move them at night to Arnhem Land for tribal burial. Local tribes oppose white burials in public cemeteries and seek their dead relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darwin
Arnhem Land
France Expands Language Broadcasts For Global Reach
French radio adds English Spanish Italian Arabic and Dutch daily shortwave programs to existing Czech Polish and Hungarian services. The effort aims to tell the world about France and its problems through multilingual broadcasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Also Mentioned on This Page
Georgia Post
Wil Mitchell
Barting -Hannallyjornson
Princess
Humboldt
Tenn
R. I. Grace
Loyd
Onus
MacKenzie
Uncle Sam
Osan
U. S
United States
United Nations
Southorea
South Korea
Seoul
Patent Office
Newry
Leonard
Brand Names Foundation, Inc
2Nd Ave
Ad Star
Sterchi
Neal Stephenson
Decatur
Austinville
ATTIC
Davidson Coal & Feed Co
Holly St
Automobile
Moody’s
Cain
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!