Levees Hold as Mississippi Flood Threat Persists
The Mississippi flood in Iowa Illinois and Missouri keeps levees holding though overflows threat remains. Sabula and Clinton face seepage risks while Sabula residents sandbag flood walls. Canton Missouri reports flooded US 61 and school closures as rain lingers.
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Daily Quiz From Historic Page: Births Wars and Names
Questions recall Tafts birthplace and the shot heard around the world, OPS meaning in defense, current US treasurer, and caffeine in tea. The item notes births of Walter de la Mare Ella Fitzgerald, St Mark feast, Cromwell Marconi UN conference 1945 and a “FOLKS OF FAME” guessing game about a Montgomery born senator and a Liverpool born foreign correspondent.
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William H. Taft
United States Defense
United States
St. Mark
Oliver Cromwell
Guglielimo Marconi
United Nations Conference On International Organization
San Francisco
Cal
Council of Foreign Ministers
James Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
Viacheslav Molotov
Georges Bidault
Paris
Italy
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Finland
Montgomery
Ala
House of Representatives
Senate
Liverpool
England
New York
Mystery roving correspondent who won major prizes
By Lilian Campbell Central Press Writer details a roving American syndicate correspondent in Europe and Japan who won the O Henry prize and the Pulitzer. It lists his works and asks who he is, with names at the bottom of the column.
British Labor Chiefs Smash Leftwingers
In London on April 25 the Labour Party high command quashed a leftwing rebellion over rearmament and pledged support for Prime Minister Attlee. Aneurin Bevan Harold Wilson and John Freeman resigned from government posts amid the largest revolt since 1945.
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London
Labor Party
Britain
Attlee
Aneurin Bevan
Bevan
Harold Wilson
John Freeman
Man neglects blaze as Senate hearing captivates Philadelphia resident
A Philadelphia man failed to notice his house ablaze after becoming engrossed in televised Senate crime investigation proceedings in New York. Authorities report the fire started in a shed and spread to the second floor before discovery.
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Philadelphia
Senate
New York
Words of the Wise on the miser who hoards wealth
A reflection attributed to Benjamin Franklin noting the miserliness that sacrifices comfort, generosity, and social esteem for wealth. The speaker laments that the poor man pays too much for his whistle by choosing accumulation over benevolence and friendship.
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Benjamin Franklin
Supine and Sluggish Traits Tied to Birth Date
The note defines supine as lying on the back and contrasts it with prone, with poetic senses of leaning backward and dull state. It adds a social tip about selling oneself by effort to gain listeners, suggesting a productive year ahead. It ends with a mention of a child born on this date.
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Supinus
Unclear fragments reference price and OPS
Fragmentary text mentions Cincinnati Georgia Neese Clark and Office of Price Stabilization with an unclear prompt.
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Cincinnati, O
the Revolutionary Wet
Office of Price Stabilization
Georgia Neese Clark
Counterattack Hurled at Reds Near Yanggu and Inje
The report describes Communist forces striking Yanggu at the eastern end of the Hwachon reservoir and being halted. A U N tank column moved north into Inje, with allied forces realigning lines below the town.
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Hwachon
U. N
Inje
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Scoeanen
Red Offensive Threatens United Nations in Korea Clash
DeWitt Mackenzie reports on the massive Chinese and North Korean assault against UN lines in Korea. General Ridgway warns the battle could be decisive as 400000 Reds press the defense with 300000 reserves, signaling a dangerous escalation and possible world war risk.
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Korea
Matthew B. Ridgway
MacArthur
China
United Nations
Moscow
Russia
America
Asia
Estern
U. As
Stalin
United States
Houses of Congress
U. N
U. N. Front
Local Scouts to Attend Atlanta Meet
Six men from the High Point Scout district will represent the area at the annual Scout meeting in Atlanta Georgia. Scout Executive B W Hackney announced the lineup as Odonr Harrisin Covington J Mile Bob Ames and Pa participate in the all day event.
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High Point
Atlanta
B. W. Hackney
Odonr
Harris
Covington
J Mile
Bob" Ames
Andi Pa
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