Many Responsibilities For Truman In Four Years
James Marlow surveys Truman’s first four years highlighting wartime ending, the UN, inflation, Congress clashes, Fair Deal ambitions, and the Truman Doctrine. He notes domestic prosperity amid growing defense spending and rising tension with the Soviet Union as World War II memories fade.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
Roosevelt
White House
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Japan
United Nations
United States
Greece
Turkey
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Russia
Mr. Truman
Five Tar Heels Die Violently On Week-end
At least five North Carolinians died in violence and accidents over the week end. A prison guard, Basil Williams, 41, died after being thrown from a skidding car near Raleigh. John Thomas Mayo, 26, was killed when his car overturned near Endell. John A. Kohler, 47, of Kinston, died in another overturning car near New Bern. Bud D. Morrow, 75, died in a Murphy brush fire while clearing land. Lizzie Deese Morgan, 47, of Concord, died from head wounds after a drinking party. an inquest was planned. an unidentified man is held.
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Basil Williams
Raleigh
John Thomas Mayo
Endell
New Bern
John A. Kohler
Kinston
Murphy
Bud D. Morrow
Concord
Lizzie Deese Morgan
N. J. Mitchell
Baxter A. Robinson
High Pointer Seeks State Alumni Post in Raleigh
State College alumni vote by mail for 22 candidates to fill 13 offices in the General Alumni Association. Polls close May 16 at 4 30 P M with results to follow. Candidates include Henry E Kendall Raleigh and C W Tilson Durham seeking president, Kendall a 1926 civil engineer and Tilson a 1924 agriculture graduate.
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Durham
Farmers Mutual Exchange
Kendall
Shelby
State College
Tilson
Mars Hill
Charles M. Sprinkle
Winston-Salem
J. K. Ae
High Point
Bus Strike Paralyzes Columbia Area Transit
Union workers for South Carolina Electric and Gas strike at 4:45 a m causing immediate bus service disruption across ten mid state counties. Columbia's 75 000 population metro area loses local service as supervisors assume operations. token pickets remain. Over 400 union members voted last week to strike if no new contract by midnight Sunday.
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D. C
South Carolina Electric and Gas Company
Alex George
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
AFL
George
Two Killed In Head On Crash Near Kitzmiller Maryland
A head on collision on route 38 about four miles north of Kitzmiller Maryland killed two women from Vindex Maryland and injured 11 others. The dead are Mrs Jeannete May Simms 49 and Mrs Stella Pennell 28. The 10 passenger car carried many injured and a 15 year old girl and a 16 year old girl were among the critical. The drivers were Junior McRobie 23 crippled World War II veteran and Robert Pennell husband of one victim.
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W. Va
Vindex
Route 38
Kitzmiller
Potomac Valley Hospital
Jeannete May Simms
Stella Pennell
Simms
Pennell
Wilma Hean Simms
Elsi Tasker
Maxine Peter
Junior McRobie
Robert Pennell
Delegates Named To Miners Parley
Ben Filer of Carlos Maryland and Charles Losh of Pierce West Virginia will represent District 16 at a United Mine Workers policy meeting in Washington on April 25. They were elected at a district meeting in Cumberland yesterday. Leslie Foote of Lonaconing Maryland and Lee Moore of Davis West Virginia were chosen as alternates.
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Carlos
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Pierce
W. Va
United Mine Workers Policy
Washington
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Lonaconing
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Davis
Who was Samuel Taylor Coleridge and other quick facts
Answers cover Coleridge as a poet and philosopher, the solar system’s largest planet Jupiter, painters Reynolds Velasquez Raphael Rembrandt with nationalities English Dutch Italian Dutch, a military term distinction between furlough and leave, and an aircraft powered by propeller or jet depending on context.
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Reynolds
Velasquez
Raphael
Rembrandt
Infamous Conquistador's Looting of a Rich Indian Empire
A Central Press column recounts a ruthless 16th century conquistador who toppled an Indian emperor, looted the realm, clashed with partner Diego de Almagro leading to civil war, and was assassinated three years after his leader’s death.
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Ted
Kid) Lewis
England
Clinton
N. Y
Mickey Walker
William J. Breslin
Trujillo
Spain
Diego de Almagro
de Almagro
Hidalgo
Honest man’s word as good as his bond says Saavedra
A quotation attributed to Miguel Cervantes asserts that a man’s honesty matches his commitment, reflecting a standard of integrity and trust in personal honor.
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Saavedra Miguel Cervantes
A Child Born Today Signals Ambition and Kindness
The reading suggests a moderately happy and successful year ahead with unexpected gain. It notes qualities of ambition, hard work, diplomacy and a kind heart in a child born today, encouraging acceptance of new responsibilities with confidence.
Split of Italian Colonies May Bring New Kingdom
AP analysis notes Cyrenaica in eastern Libya could gain a new kingdom under Emir Sayid Mohammed Idris el Senussi if the UN General Assembly approves a British trusteeship. The proposal aims to shield Cyrenaica from Italian rule and leverage its strategic Mediterranean base while promising local governance with British guidance.
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Cyrenaica
Sayid Mohammed Idris el Senussi
United Nations General Assembly
United States
Libya
Britain
Mediterranean
America
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Rommel
Cairo
Sayid
Mussolini
Cleopatra
Marshall Graziani
Strangle Son To Death To Stop His Gambling
Tokyo reports detail a family council over a 25 year old fisherman Tsunezo Ebinuma. Police say his father and four relatives strangled him with his belt while bathing to end his gambling problem. Three days earlier Tochigi police had been informed of the death. The arrests include the father and four other family members.
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Tokyo
Tsunezo Ebinuma
Gambl
Ebinuma
Tochigi Prefecture
Tsunezo
Woodmen Meet In Greensboro Draws 200 Delegates
Greensboro hosts the 18th biennial North Carolina camp Woodmen of the World with over 200 delegates. A flag pole was presented to the city at the library as National director Charles A. Hines presided. Judge Aubrey L. Yantis of Shelbyville will be the keynote speaker tonight.
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Greensboro
North Carolina
Woodmen of the World
Charles A. Hines
Aubrey L. Yantis
Shelbyville
Birthday greetings for Paul Douglas Glenway Wescott and Sep Palin
Happy birthday greetings go to Paul Douglas actor Glenway Wescott novelist and Sep Palin veteran harness horse racer celebrating today with best wishes from the community.
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Paul Douglas
Glenway Wescott
Sep Palin
Espionage Defined Spying Practice and Origins
The term espionage refers to spying on others or employing spies. It originates from the French word espionnage describing covert intelligence gathering.
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Espionnage
Notable English poet and historical notes
English poet of the 18th and early 19th centuries appears beside references to Jupiter and languages English Spanish Italian Dutch. The text defines a furlough as leave granted to enlisted men and notes commissioned officers receive a leave of absence. A glider is also mentioned with unclear phrasing "OLIVIq OOPUMIG UO NOUS ET".
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Jupiter
Duke Economist Assigned as Visiting Professor in Guatemala
Duke University economist Dr. Robert S. Smith will join the University of San Carlos in Guatemala City as a visiting professor this summer. The assignment, arranged by the U S State Department, comes at the invitation of the Central American university. The visit is part of a broader exchange program.
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Robert S. Smith
Duke University
University of San Carlos
Guatemala City
Guatemala
United States Department of State
Central American University
Smith
Camel 30 Day Test Promises Mildness and Flavor
An advertising pitch urges readers to try a Camel 30 Day Test to evaluate Camel mildness. It claims doctors found no throat irritation and encourages personal assessment of taste and throat comfort with Camel tobacco.
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