The lone peacock that outlived the League of Nations
In Geneva the League of Nations building complex sits as a deserted monument to failed world peace. One peacock remains amid empty halls once crowded by officials and tourists, while Charles Bechtold recalls the era from its start in 1929 to its end in 1939.
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Geneva
Ague of Nations
Lake Geneva
Parthenon
Colosseum
League of Nations
United Nations
League
Charles Bechtold
Bechtold
World League
Woodrow Wilson
Report Held Up By House Over Russia Critique
Washington June 10 A House Foreign Affairs subcommittee delays publication of a report critical of Russian policy toward Poland the Balkans and Iran. Mundt says the material is factual but sections are hot and some members seek language changes. The report also questions Yugoslavia leader Mihailovic and a trial affecting him proceeds.
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Clair Johnson
James Marlow
Washington
Foreign
Russia
Europe
Poland
Balkans
Iran
Rep. Mundt
R-Sd
Mundt
Moscow
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
House
Draja Mihailovic
Tito
Mihailovic
Quoted Fragments Reveal Oddities and Stereotypes
A collection of disparate lines spans jokes and social commentary about bigamy Puritans Indians and laundry charges. The phrases mix wit satire and dated attitudes reflecting a living archive of clipped dialogue and opinions.
Notice of Petition to Probate Will in Morgan County
Noble J. Russell petitions Morgan County Probate Court to admit to probate an instrument claimed as the will of Maggie Wilson deceased. The hearing is set for June 24, 1946, with interested parties notified to appear and contest if desired. Attest by T. Co. Almon, Judge of Probate. Dates: June 3, 10, 17.
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Alabama
Morgan County
Noble J. Russell
Maggie Wilson
Arthur Buford
South Pk Way
Apt. No. 2
Chicago
Illinois
Robert Batts
Gusta Ave
Springfield
Ohio
Will Mitchell
Duck Alley
Nashville
Tennessee
T. Co. Almon
India’s ruling princes face upheaval under independence plan
Mackenzie notes Nehru's push for democratizing native states within a projected federal India. Many princes may be merged into provinces with pensions, retaining only nominal status. The Nizam of Hyderabad stands as a powerful, wealthiest figure, while some maharajahs already back a democratic federation.
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India
Pandit Nehru
All-India Congress
Mahatma Gandhi
Nehru
Harrow
Cambridge University
England
Nizam of
Hyderabad
Kansas
Nizam
All- India Congress
British India
University men discussed by students and a child’s story
The excerpt depicts students debating college men and a remark about uniforms with a college shortage looming. A four year old wakes early seeking a story, and a mother reassures that the father will return home soon to tell a tale.
Major Held in Gem Theft
Washington reports a hush hush attitude as the Army notes developments in the greatest jewel robbery of modern times the Hessian crown jewels looted from a Rhineland castle. Major David F Watson of Burlingame California is jailed in Germany and a discharged GI corporal linked to the case is sought. Col Durant and his wife Lt Col Jack W Durant WAC Captain Kathleen Nash Durant remain in military detention.
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Washington
Rhineland
War Department
David F. Watson
Burlingame
Calif
Germany
Jack W. Durant
WAC
Kathleen B. Nash Durant
Col. Durant
Frozen dinners go on sale aboard flights and in homes
Postwar frozen dinners move from planes to kitchens, with steak and potato meals in pulpwood plates. Pan American Airlines serves them on transoceanic flights and Pennsylvania Central plans domestic routes using rapid whirlwind ovens to heat meals in minutes.
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Virginia van der Veer
Washington
Naval Air Transports
Pan-American Airways
Pennsylvania Central Airlines
Pan- American
Reading readiness varies by age in children
Many children lack enough visual maturation to start reading before seven or eight years old.
Wife of Veteran Killed in Fall
Birmingham reports Mrs. Rose Ullman Goldsmith 35 wife of discharged veteran at the University of Alabama fell from the 10th floor of the Jefferson to a lawn in front of the hospital. Coroner Joe Hilderbrand ruled death by suicide after a physician noted she was in low spirits. The Goldsmiths had lived in Demopolis.
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Birmingham
Ala
Rose Ullman Goldsmith
University of Alabama
Jefferson
Joe Hilderbrand
CIO PAC Targets Talmadge in Georgia Governor Race
The CIO Political Action Committee aims to defeat Eugene Talmadge at any cost as the four time candidate resumes his campaign after a layoff for hoarseness. The 70 000 member group listed him as a political enemy and may back another contender before the July 17 primary while canvassing all candidates for office.
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Atlanta
CIO
Political Action Committee
Eugene Talmadge
Talmadge
South Georgia
PAC
Charles H. Gillman
Quitman
Winderee
Gillman
Georgia
Army probes theft as charges loom for court martial
Reports say charges to be filed against two DuRants in court martial in Germany. Army officials pursued another active duty officer and a discharged enlisted man to complete the case. Maj. Watson’s arrest in Germany raised questions on his link to the theft as officials declined to disclose connections.
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Germany
Durants
Army
Maj
Watson
Frankfurt
Georgia to file civil suit to dissolve Klan charter
Georgia plans a civil action to dissolve the revived Ku Klux Klan charter in Fulton County Superior Court. Attorney General Eugene Cook, backed by Governor Ellis Arnall, said sufficient evidence exists and will seek DOJ cooperation if available. Civil case targets the Klan while criminal matters go to circuit prosecutors. Highway fatalities in 1945 rose 20 percent from the prior year with about 20,000 deaths and up to 1,000,000 injuries.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Eugene Cook
Cook
Ellis Arnall
Cooke
U. S
Tom Clark
Department of Justice
Fulton
North Georgia campaign schedule announced for week
James V. Carmichael will deliver eleven speeches in North Georgia starting tomorrow morning in Winder. Former Governor E. D. Rivers began the week with a radio address on WAGA. Hoke O Kelley arranged for several radio appearances to bolster campaigns.
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James V. Carmichael
North Georgia
Winder
E. D. Rivers
Waga
Hoke O’kelley
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