Swiss Celebrate Independence Day With Gala Festival
Swiss Independence Day festivities grace all 22 cantons as tourists join mountain fireworks parades and yodeling contests. The nation’s citizen army system, dating to 1291, supports defense and unity among four language groups, amid famed watches, textiles, and banking prowess worldwide.
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Zunich
INS
Switzerland
Mountain Republic
Uru
Schwyz
Unterwalden
Lake Lucerne
Duke of Burgundy
U. S
National Council
House of Representatives
States Council
U. S. Senate
Federal Council
Vigilantes Mobilize in Manila Against Communists
About fifty thousand anti Communist vigilantes are being recruited by Manila civic leaders and official allies to counter propaganda. The movement is led by a combined committee of civic leaders and veterans organizations including the American Legion and USAFFE Veterans of the Philippines. The plan centers on patriotic rallies and holiday emphasis while gathering subversive information for the Filipino Congress on Un Philippine Activities.
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Manila
INS
Phillippine
Frank S. Tenny
American Legion
Usaffe Veterans of the Philippines
Chinese Kuomintang Party
U. S. Veterans of Foreign Wars
Philippine Veterans Legion
Noted Architect Willis Irvin Dies in South
Funeral services will be held in Augusta for Willis Irvin Sr. 59 a leading southern architect who died at his Aiken South Carolina home yesterday Irvin was famed for designing fabulous South Carolina low country estates across the country
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Augusta
Willis Irvin, Sr
Aiken
S. C
Irvin
South Carolina
Words of the Wise on loneliness and seeking contact
A reflection on how religion life art and expression center on the human soul breaking its loneliness to contact others or God. Don Marquis emphasizes the universal striving to reach connection through faith and shared longing.
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God
Don Marquis
Oldest American self propelled vehicle is a 1868 steam carriage
The oldest surviving self propelled vehicle in America is a steam carriage built by Richard Dudgeon in New York around 1868, representing early experiments in mechanized transport.
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America
Richard Dudgeon
New York
North Carolina Cotton Crop At Smallest Since 1870s
North Carolina's 1948 cotton crop is forecast at 230000 bales on 564000 acres, the smallest since the Reconstruction era. Last year produced 466000 bales on 860000 acres. Poor weather boll weevil and lower yields push per acre output to about 196 pounds, with national totals also down from 1947.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Federal State Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Catlike Wood Duck Carries Young by Neck Skin
A wood duck adult lifts its young using the loose skin at the nape of the neck, a method compared to how a cat carries a kitten. The behavior underscores strong maternal care in waterfowl.
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