U S Seeks Arms on Freighter Wyoming at Panama Canal
U S customs inspectors searched the 8693 ton French freighter Wyoming at the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal amid Guatemala arms shipment claims. The ship carried seven boxes of sporting weapons from Antwerp destined for Guatemala and El Salvador, though the agent denied arms aboard. The State Department indicated no question was raised about the weapons.
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Central America
U.S
Atlantic
Panama Canal
Cristobal
Wyoming
Guatemala
U. S
Edmond Lanier
French Line
Paris
Antwerp
Belgium
San Jose
la Libertad
Salvador
Lanier
U.S. State Department
Mau Mau Burn Hotel at Treetops Lodge
Mau Mau terrorists burned the Treetops Hotel in Nairobi Kenya where Princess Elizabeth learned of King George VI’s death. The event occurred last night, with Elizabeth set to become queen. King George VI died February 6 1952.
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Kenya
Treetops
Elizabeth
England
George VI
Nicaragua and Guatemala Trade Mutual Dislike Amid Cold War Tensions
The Associated Press reports a decade‑long feud between leftist Guatemala and rightist Nicaragua. Diplomatic breaks followed Guatemala's arms shipment from Poland and U.S. arms airlift to Nicaragua and Honduras. Tensions trace back to Arbenz era reforms and accusations of plots, with Nicaragua accusing Guatemala of hostile actions and both sides denying U.S. meddling.
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Associated Press
Central America
Guatemala
Nicaragua
United States
Panama Canal
Honduras
Baker Scholarship To Sewanee For Floyd Sherrod
Henry Floyd Sherrod Jr the Decatur High School valedictorian in 1954 received one of five Baker scholarships to the University of the South Sewanee Tennessee The four year grant comes from the George F Baker Trust of New York City Sherrod son of Mr and Mrs H Floyd Sherrod Sr of 415 Grant Street is a straight A student National Honor Society member and active in drama debating and scouting He intends to study law and is active in Methodist youth work.
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University of the South
Sewanee
Tenn
Henry Floyd Sherrod, Jr
Decatur High School
George F. Baker Trust
New York City
Young Sherrod
H. Floyd Sherrod
Grant Street
Decatur
Sherrod
Chicago
Alabama
Central Methodist Church
Order of the Arrow
God and Country
Local Shriners Plan to Attend Birmingham Ceremonial
The Decatur Shrine Club and the Muscle Shoals Shrine Club plan 85 candidates for the Zamora Temple spring ceremonial in Birmingham on Saturday. Shriners meet at Legion Home at 8 30 a.m. to form a caravan with a police escort traveling Bank Street Lee Street 2nd Ave Gordon Drive to highway 31.
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Zamora Temple
Birmingham
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Muscle Shoals Club
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Calvacade
Bank
Trip ends in Toledo: Italian immigrant dies on train
Vito Carbonaro, 64, who had lived in America 47 years and hoped to visit Italy to see his sister Lucille, died of a heart attack aboard a train to New York after a farewell with his brother Peter in Chicago. He had saved for years but had no money left.
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Honduras
Guatemala
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Arevalo
Central America
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Nicagarua
Arbenz
Somogza
el Salvador
Dominican Republic
Venezuela
Somoza
Guatemala City
Managua
Toledo
Ohio
America
Vito Carbonaro
Italy
Lucille
Chicago
Peter
New York
Vito
Stevenson Decries Encroachments in Constitutional Crisis Claim
Adlai Stevenson warned in Meridian that President Eisen hower's reluctance to defend his office and the Army McCarthy hearings signal a constitutional crisis in American government. He said congressional encroachments threaten separation of powers as the Republican party fractures. He spoke before about 15,000 at Hillbilly Day with hillbilly music performers honoring Jimmy Rodgers.
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Miss
Adlai Stevenson
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Republican Party
McCarthy
Jimmy Rodgers
Rice, the Staple for Half the World
Rice serves as the basic food for more than half of the global population, underscoring its central role in world nutrition and food security.
Diesel engines first built around 1895
The earliest diesel engines were developed in the mid 1890s with initial construction dating to about 1895. This period marks the advent of a system later used in locomotives ships and industrial machinery.
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