Noahs Ark Fever Draws Searchers to Ararat Peaks
MILWAUKEE Wis Many Bible students and amateur scientists pursue the fabled ark on Turkey s Ararat mountains as Soviet neighbors watch. British explorer Sir EGERTON SYKES leads a team claiming flood legends support Noah s voyage while earlier reports of a possible ship's prow appeared during the unusually warm 1948 summer.
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Wis
Turkey
Ararat
Jesus
Mesopotamia
Beresus
Iran
Armenia
Moscow
Pravda
Egerton Sykes
Noah
Sykes
Poland
Atlantis
Ararat Hills
Army's Assistant Boss Gets Nickname Sugar
Washington reports the newly installed assistant secretary Archibald S Alexander known jokingly as Sugar. The incident arose from a telegram by Army Secretary Gordon Gray inviting guests to his swearing in, referencing the phonetic alphabet with Sugar echoing the letter S. The nickname drew a red face from Gray as the mix of initials and naming ran through the invite.
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Washington
Army
Sugar
Gordon Gray
Archibald S. Alexander
Stephens
Able
Baker
Charlie
Bugar
Alexander
Gray
Archibald Sugar Alexander
the Army
Bass Bites Forefinger Near Prairie du Chien
In Prairie du Chien Wisconsin C M Brooks boat livery owner recounts a bass bite incident on the Mississippi opposite McGregor Iowa. A 12 inch bass grabbed his forefinger, held on briefly and released. Brooks notes bass have no teeth and jokes about the story.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
C. M. Brooks Boat Livery
Mississippi River
McGregor
Iowa
Brooks
Boy Risks Life to Save Dog as Copperhead Bites Him
In Ligonier Pennsylvania 13 year old Billy Brant leapt onto a copperhead to defend his dog Boots. The snake struck his leg and he was hospitalized in critical condition but recovered after a week. Boots later died from complications in her litter while Boots was saved. The snake was killed by a cousin of Billy.
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Ligonier
Billy Brant
Boots
Billy
Alibi Seeker Leads Police to Three Theft Suspects
Brooklyn truck owner Anthony Caulo sought an alibi after his van vanished and was filled with stolen TV sets. Detectives traced the tale, recovered the gear, and charged Caulo Carmine Marrone and Allen Edwards with a $4000 theft, following investigation of a Vim Radio Stores garage break in.
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New York
Anthony Caulo
Brooklyn
Samuel Katz
James Ward
Poplar Street
Caule
Carmine Marrone
Vim Radio Stores, Inc
Allen Edwards
Edwards
Caulo
Katz and
Ward
Infantryman Saves Life Of Buddy as Chute Fails
NORFOLK VA An airborne infantryman saves a fellow soldier during an assault landing exercise at Camp Pendleton Virginia The event occurred during the final phase of training for about 880 cadets from West Point and Annapolis midshipmen Pfc Eugene F Cushing of Modesto California prevented Private Richard Rusk of Independence Missouri from a fatal fall by grabbing Rusk s collapsing chute and guiding them down together on Cushing s parachute
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Camp Pendleton
West Point
Annapolis
Eugene F. Cushing
Modesto
Calif
Richard Rusk
Independence
Rusk
Cushing
Pep Tablet Turns Child Into Liveliest in Town
In Leeds England Janet Wheelwright a two year old stayed awake for 27 hours singing dancing chattering and playing with toys. A doctor prescribed a sedative after she refused sleep and it emerged she had chewed pep tablets belonging to her brother Dennis returning from service in the Middle East.
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Leeds
England
Janet Wheelwright
Sandman
Janet
Dennis
Air Force
Middle East
Raising Chicken Bottle Not Cruelty, New Jersey Court Rules
A New Jersey court reversed a cruelty conviction against George Richardson of Pennington after ruling that raising a chick in a five gallon bottle to demonstrate feed value did not constitute abuse. Judge Giordano upheld the ruling and remitted a $25 fine.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
John C. Giordano
George R. Richardson
Pennington
Richardson
Farm Vote and Party Strategies Across Postwar Elections
A veteran reporter analyzes how both Democrats and Republicans ignored the farm vote after 1948. He notes Truman’s shifts on grain storage and CCC policy, then argues farmers remain nationalist with global trade interests amid rising awareness of world markets.
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Truman
80Th Congress
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Farmers Targeted in Foreign Policy Debate Says Reporter
A reporter notes Republican leaders plan to attack administration foreign policy to appeal to farmers. They argue ECA loans and aid are wasteful and socialist. The piece suggests farmers may favor cautious, fiscally conservative approaches and highlights a Democratic frame asserting farmer gains under past administrations and Brannan farm policy as a long term solution.
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Senate
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Europe
Brannan
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