Osa Johnson Plans New Safari to Africa
Osa Johnson, famed jungle explorer, plans another Africa safari with two station wagons six jeeps and a helicopter. She seeks to film wildlife in an undisclosed valley and produce a full length color film while continuing her writing and cooking projects from a Park Avenue apartment filled with African souvenirs.
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Tito proposes sealing Yugoslavia Greece border
Premier Marshal Tito announced plans to seal the Yugoslavian border with Greece to protect workers from the Greek civil war. He addressed about 40,000 people in Pola after a major policy speech covering the border issue, Western loan talks, the cominform boycott, the five year plan, Trieste, and Austrian Carinthia.
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Trieste
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Carinthia
Europe
Cominform
Communist International Information Bureau
West
Monroe Doctrine Announced by President Monroe in 1823
In his 1823 message to Congress President James Monroe announced the Monroe Doctrine, signaling a new American policy against European colonization and interference in the Western Hemisphere. The declaration framed the United States’ stance on regional sovereignty and foreign relations.
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Fashion Note Prices Fall Skirts Rise For Fall Styles
New York July 11 Prices will be lower and skirts higher next fall editors at the New York Dress Institute press week preview. Christian Dior fascinated editors with a Swiss French looking group featuring the bloused back suit and slim skirts, some with slits or floating panels.
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Night clubs decline in Shanghai as patrons dwindle
Night club operators in Shanghai report a sharp drop in business now focused on brewing coffee to keep musicians alert and serving "tin roofs" to broke patrons. The free drink, cheap vodka and water, signals a deteriorating economy once thriving under the nationalists and now constrained by the Communist takeover.
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Shanghai
Repairs Soviet Ships at Antwerp Increase to Six
Three more Soviet vessels from Leningrad arrive for repairs and modernizing at Antwerp, bringing total ships in port to six. The Sevan, 1500 tons, the Simen, 1300 tons, and the Pskov, 7200 tons, are among the latest arrivals.
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Leningrad
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Simen
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King Acts To Break Strike On London Docks
London July 11 King George VI declared a state of emergency to end a crippling London docks strike. 5,000 dockers at a mass meeting voted to continue the stoppage as 10,278 of about 25,000 failed to show for work leaving 112 ships idle. 1,700 troops were ordered to stand by after a government warning and a prior threat proved effective last year.
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Albert Timothy
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Truman to deliver economic report amid looming labor and trade debates
Washington observers brace for a summer of economic drama as President Truman prepares his annual economic report. Congress will weigh renewed trade accords, anti monopoly probes, and potential arms spending for Europe. Drought relief and crop losses linger in the Northeast, with New Jersey weather easing drought but crops still at risk.
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Drought Relief Arrives With Widespread Rainfall
The Associated Press reports southeastern drought relief as rain fell across eight northeastern states ending a 49 day dry spell. A steady all day shower delivered near an inch and a half of moisture to various locales, aiding thirsty crops and easing conditions.
Pike's Peak discovery and first ascent dates
Pike's Peak was discovered in 1806 by Gen. Zebulon M. Pike and was first ascended in 1819 by Major S. H. Long.
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