Toast Of Two Continents Singer Lies Unclaimed In Chicago
The body of May de Sousa once a famed light opera star lay unclaimed in Cook County morgue after dying of starvation at 66. Her career spanned Chicago, London, Paris, and Shanghai with marriages to English nobleman Arthur Haines and Dr. William O Hara. She died poor, unidentified for days, before being claimed or buried. Concurrently, Agriculture Department officials forecast a record 3.506 billion bushel corn crop could push beef, pork, and poultry prices higher soon, though midterm supply may ease prices later then 1949 outlook.
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Chicago
May de Sousa
Europe
America
Cook County
Miss de Sousa
John Coughling
Loop
London
Drury Lane Theater
Australia
William O'Hara
Shanghai
O'Hara
Je Sousa
Potter's Field
Washington
Agriculture Department
Dork
Porter
American Meat Institute
Campobello Island Home Of Roosevelt A Summit Site
Campobello Island stretches ten miles in length and two miles in width and hosts the former president F D Roosevelt’s summer home.
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Campobello Island
F. OD. Roosevelt
How Allied Fleet Heard Surrender News In 45 Recalled
Three years ago yesterday, on the King George V bridge, three British officers stood as the Allied fleet under Admiral Halsey patrolled the Japan coast. American battleships and giant aircraft carriers loomed to the north and east while Japan lay to the west, planes swarmed above the islands, and the crew scanned for kamikazes and subs amid tense anticipation.
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Earnest Hoberecht
Japan
Wiliam F. Halsey
Jananess Islands
Wealearys
Demonstration Club Scholarship Winner Has Good School Record
Grace Skipper, 15, winner of Houston County home demonstration clubs secretarial scholarship, has an A average and a record of 4-H leadership, Beta Club participation, and Good Citizenship. The $135 award, presented at the Farm Bureau meeting, funds shorthand and typing courses at Nehobobo High School in Mas. Grace plans to start September and assists on the family farm in the meantime.
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Grace Skipper
Rehobeth High School
Grace
J. N. Skipper
Dothan
Eagle
Houston County
Calataterian
Nehobobo High School
Mas
Farm Bureau
Solomon Baxter
Iorston County
Ute
Edna Earl Kirkland
J. T. Kirkland
Webb Route One
Tatee Paul
Floyd J. Paunh
Ashford
Annie Grace Alley
Carrton Alley
Newton
Skipper
Geneva Legion Posts Jinx Show Promises Night of Tricks
Geneva Wiregrass Post No. 59 American Legion plans a Jinx Show at the high school auditorium featuring Everett Lawson of Atlanta performing tricks like suspending a girl in midair and catching live pigeons. Proceeds support Americanism efforts including a junior baseball team, Boy State participation, and a high school oratorical contest. Rogers Grubbs served as Boy's State delegate. the Legion team placed second in the 9th district, losing to Troy.
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Geneva
Wiregrass Post No. 59
American Legion
Ralph Paul
Everett Lawson
Atlanta
Legion
Auxijliary
Paul
Troy
Rogers Grubbs
El Paso farmer grows 12 1 2 pound musk melon
El Paso Texas farmer E Z Sims reports a 12 1 2 pound musk melon grown in the Lower Rio Grande valley. He says it took four months from planting and credits rich soil and good fertilizer for the large fruit. Also notes Chattanooga Tennessee has the nation’s highest divorce rate, countering Reno Nevada rumor.
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EL Paso
Texap
E. Z. Sins
Rio Grande Valley
Sims
Sins
Chattanooga
Tenn
United States
Reno
Nev
Moscow to United States Collaboration Through Abandoning World Revolution
A column argues that real collaboration with the United States hinges on Moscow dropping world revolution and Bolshevist subversion. It recalls Soviet history from 1917 to 1933, critiques recent broadcasts, and suggests a path where democracy and communism could crisis-manage together only if Moscow ends aggressive propaganda and underground activity.
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Moscow
Russia
United States
America
Czechoslovakia
Red
Washington
Roosevelt
War Ends as Japan Surrenders and Emperor Remains
In a tense mood, soldiers react to news that Japan has offered to surrender. The Allied plan allows the emperor to stay on the throne temporarily under occupation, with future status to be decided by Allied authorities. President Truman confirms the terms as observers await full details.
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Japan
St Ceader
Suremder
Hierhite
Truman
Ponta
Rebel Hero's Grave Moves With Railroad
In Allatoona Georgia the Unknown Rebel Hero grave near the North Carolina and St. Louis Railroad will be moved half a mile as reservoir waters approach tracks. N C and St L officials say the grave must be relocated onto Georgia land with federal permission. The move follows Georgia Public Service Commission approval due to the tracks being leased from the state.
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Atlanta, Ga
NEA
Georgia
North Carolina and St. Louis
Allatoona
John L. Tye
Atlanta
Tye
U. S. Department For Cemeteries
Georgia Public Service Commission
N. C
St. L
State of Georgia
Unknown Hero Memorial Beside Trains Inspires Mourning Salute
A grave marker reads An Unknown Hero. The inscription notes he died for a cause he believed right. Trains thunder past and engineers give a mournful salute, while a nearby metal sign reads An Unknown Hero vibrating as if a Rebel flag fluttered.
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Sorrells & Bradford Milling Co
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