Truman Sees Hope for World Peace in Bolivar Ceremony
President Truman declared the world may endure delays but can succeed in peace through Pan American cooperation. Venezuelan President Romulo Gallegos attended the Simon Bolivar statue unveiling in Merriman, Missouri, presenting a 10 foot bronze statue and urging teachers to frame Bolivar as a symbol of perseverance toward liberty.
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Merriman Smith Solivar
Presi
Truman
Russia
Missouri
Simon Bolivar
United Trons
Mr. Truman
Simon Bolir
Romulo Gallegos
Vezuela
South Africa
George Washington
Bogota
Colom
Logos
America
Bolivar
Ely
Washington
Gallegos
Chicago
55 Holiday Deaths Reported Across Several States
The weekend death toll rose to 365 as travel peaks near holiday travel rush. Traffic fatalities reached 206 with drownings at 106 and miscellaneous deaths at 41, with Alabama Florida Georgia and Tennessee among states reporting figures.
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Associated Press
Renard
Statesite
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
South
Bonifay Man Killed Three Others Hurt
One Northwest Florida man was killed and at least three Marianna residents injured in scattered automobile accidents yesterday and last night. Isah Stevens, 23, of Bonifay, died in a Gadsden County crash between Chattahoochee and Quincy. C W Lockey of Marianna, a passenger, was hurt and hospitalized in satisfactory condition. In Bay County, two Marianna girls suffered minor injuries and three others in the car escaped injury. Jean Skinner, Dekle Sapp and Robert Sapp were released after examination. Jo Ann Skinner and Essie Jean Pittman were treated. A fourth accident near Malone, Jackson County, saw a car overturn. driver Carlos Webb, a Columbus soldier, was arrested for driving while intoxicated. The car occupants' injuries were not yet determined. Stevens' body remained at Neal Funeral Home.
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Marianna
Bay County
Jean Skinner
Dekle Sapp
Robert Sapp
Jo Ann Skinner
Essie Jean Pittman
Alabama
Stevens
Neal Funeral Home
Legion Commander condemns Congress for UMT failure
Montgomery AP Legion Commander James F. ONeill denounces Congress for not passing universal military training and urges a special session to enact UMT along with a veterans housing program and Mundt Nixon bill. He says national security outweighed political self interest and stresses public support to ensure law in the next session.
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Montgomery
American Legion
James F. O'Neil
Congress
O'Neil
Legion
Russia
Soviet Union
O’neil
United States
Million Dollar Salaries Seen as Prewar Artifact in 1946
Treasury figures show no one earned a million dollars in 1946 corporate pay. Theater owner Charles Skouras topped the list with about 90000. Betty Grable earned 290,388 and Bing Crosby 325,000, while Leo M ated others far below the seven figure mark.
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Washington
Treasury
Charles Skouras
Betty Grable
Wen
Husman
James Gh
Pelae
Bing Crosby
Paramount Pictures
Leo Mceorhil
U. S
Crosby
Miss Grable
Two Men Questioned In Death Of Girl In Seattle
Police questioned two men after the nine year old Ellen Jane Fulchler was found dead in Carkeek Park Seattle with suspected homicide. Autopsy showed suffocation and facial injuries. Her father Oral Fulchler and a housekeeper found the body near the picnic area following a missing child report.
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Seattle
Ellen Jane Fulwhler
Carkeek Park
Adam Lyskoski
Eisenhower Boom Grows as Democrats Rally Behind Him
Eisenhower watchers saw a surging unpledged movement while Truman remained noncommittal. Delegates instructed for the general rose past 100 as New Jersey leaders backed his bid, signaling a possible Republican shift amid ongoing party realignment.
Four Ohio Youths Arrested In Florida Cafe Robbery
Four Ohio youths were arrested near Marianna by Florida highway patrol after a gun point robbery of Howard Jimmerson at Hinson's Cafe near Chipley. Richard Bittner, Theodore Long, Gordon Duggar, and Edmond Duggar face armed robbery or accessory charges. The group, from Akron and Cleveland, said they were traveling to Tallahassee.
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Chipley
Florida
Ohio
HH. C. Martin
Martin
Richard Earl Bittner
Akron
Theodore Long
Cleveland
Gordon Glenn Duggar
Edmond Duggar
Bittern and Loy
Howard Jimmerson
Hinson
Jimmesson
Jimmerson
Marianna
E. B. Jordan
Highway Patrol
Jordan
J. J. Dorsey
Chipley Station
Bittner
Long
Duggars
Tallahassee
Sylacauga Cab Driver Slain in Robbery Case
Sylacauga taxicab driver J. W. Pike nicknamed Uncle Bud, 60, was found slain in his cab with his money belt emptied. Sheriff Earl Howell said a Black woman discovered the body early today and police believe robbery was the motive. A toxicology action was requested. Survived by a widow and a daughter.
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Sylacauga
Ala
J. W. Pike
Uncle Bud
Earl Howell
Pike
Howell
JM Hughes
Trectate Toxicologist
Auburs
Newide
Truman Aides Confident on First Ballot Nomination
On the presidential train toward Bolivar Missouri Truman aides say opposition within the party will fade at the Democratic National Convention. They insist Truman has sufficient votes for a first ballot renomination and deny plans to seek a separate statement from Eisenhower. The president spoke with Venezuelan President Gallegos and dined with him and Mrs. Truman aboard the train.
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Associated Press
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Eisenhower
Missouri
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Bolivar
Romulo Gallegos
Venezuela
Frank Hiasue
New Jersey
Cincinnati
Hague
White House
Philadelphia
Washington
George F. Allen
Six Trappist Priests Slain in Manchuria
Vatican officials reported that six Trappist priests from Yangkisping in northern Manchuria were killed by Communists last February. Chinese escapees to the Vatican offered the information, suggesting the priests were stoned to death. all but one were Chinese, with one French national among them.
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Peiping
Yangkisping
Vatican
Yangkiaping
Oan
Manchuria
Searchers Renew Hunt For Baby Boy Missing In Woods
Volunteers renewed their search for 22 month old Donald Collier missing since Friday from a mountain vacation site in Somerset Pennsylvania. State police rejected fears of kidnapping and ransom and urged continued careful searches.
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Somerset
Aps
Donald Collier
Bow
Liard C Ollier
Ridge
J. R. Dodson
Cosher
U N Hopes for Longer Truce in Palestine
The United Nations pressed for an extension of the one month cease fire in Palestine as Arabs and Jews rejected Count Bernadotte's peace proposals. The plan would redraw partition lines, ceding Jerusalem to Arabs while linking Trans-Jordan with an independent Israel, and would affect Negev and Western Galilee holdings.
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Robert Manning Lake Success
N.Y
U.N
Negev
Israel
Galilee
Jeraush
Jerusalem
Bernadotte Urges Extension of Palestine Truce
United Nations mediator Count Bernadotte called for extending the Palestine truce set to expire next Friday. He travels to Tel Aviv to seek Arab and Jewish agreement and to push negotiations after rejection of plans for permanent peace. Bernadotte proposed extending the 22 day truce with no stated length for the extension.
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Rhodes
Falke Bernadotte
Palestine
United Nations
39 Persons Dead In London Crash
A collision between a Swedish SAS DC-6 and a Royal Air Force York near London killed 39 people, including two Americans. The incident, Britain’s worst civil disaster, prompted an official inquiry led by Sir Edward Gent. The SAS flight from Stockholm to Copenhagen carried 25 passengers and seven crew. the York carried six RAF crew and one passenger.
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London
Britain
Edward Gent
Federation of Malaya
Malaya
Scandinavian Airlines
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Frank Wederholt
Gustav Richard Boerger
Royal Air Force York
Malta
Amsterdam
York
Northholt
Douglas Pobjoy
Sweden
Nationwide heatwave forecast signals hot humid days
The nation faces continuing hot humid conditions ideal for crops with temperatures from 90 to 100 degrees across the Great Plains to the Atlantic seaboard and into New England. The Carolinas Georgia and the far Southwest especially Arizona are noted as the hottest areas.
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Chicago
Great Plains
Atlantic Seaboard
New England
Maine
Carolinas
Georgia
Arizona
Air Supply Line Stepped Up After 300-Flight Peak
Berlin reports show the aerial supply route reached 360 flights as the third week of the Russian blockade began. British and Allied officials discuss air corridor tensions while Sunderland flying boats are redeployed to the Elbe estuary to ferry 6 ton loads to Gatow.
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Walter Rundle
Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
U.S
Tempelhof
Gatow
U. S
Southampton
Elbe
Hamburg
Berli
Western Powers Plan Protest Over Berlin Blockade
Washington sources say United States Britain and France will deliver to Moscow within days a note or notes protesting the Berlin blockade. The Western powers aim to demand lifting the blockade in the strongest terms short of a ultimatum and may not disclose content until after delivery.
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Washington
CUP
Berlin
Russia
United States
France
Moscow
Britain
Vassily DD. Sokolovsky
Box Score On Democratic Votes As Party Convention Nears
President Truman’s support at the upcoming Democratic National Convention weakened but remained above the needed 618 votes. New Jersey shifted to Eisenhower, cutting Truman’s pledged total. California and New York show stating roles, while Mississippi’s Wright and other blocks split amid uncommitted and anti-Truman factions.
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Army
Eisenhower
New Jersey
Frank Hague
Hague
Truman
United States
Washington
Trumat¢és
Dwight D. Esenhower
California
Saimes Roovevels
Promoung
Drake Eisenhower
Philadelphia
New York
William O'Dwyer
Wright
Mocsissipp
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