Democratic National Committee bars States Rights members
The Democratic National Committee barred Louisiana and Mississippi delegates from the August 24 meeting to elect a new chairman as J. Howard McGrath leaves for Attorney General. The move also impacts Alabama and South Carolina members amid ongoing party tensions and past convention actions.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
J. Howard McGrath
McGrath
Louisiana
Mississippi
William M. Pore, Jr
Vo Ke
Morath
Alabama
South Carolina
J. Strom Thurmond
Anne A. Agnew
Columbia
Marion Rushton
Capitol Hill
Rushton
Lennard Thomas
Democratic Party
Woman Pilot Poised For Atlantic Hop After Greenland Flight
Mrs richarda morrow tait a 26 year old british housewife ready for a near final leg of her year long world flight after a so called wrong way corrigan from canada to greenland with royal canadian air force bomber escort. she left goose bay for greenland landing at bluie west one six and a half hours later. canadian authorities say she is outside canadian jurisdiction and the bomber will return to goose bay.
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Halifax
N. S
Richarda Morrow-Tait
Corrigan
Canada
Greenland
Epen
Iceland
Goose Bay
Labrador
Bluie West One
U.S
Gone With Wind Author Regains Consciousness
Atlanta report says author Margaret Mitchell partially regained consciousness after a near fatal accident. She recognized friends and, awakening from a coma, demanded removal of an IV tube and saline drip following injuries from a speeding car driven by an off duty taxi driver.
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Atlanta
Maral Mitchell
Miss Mitchell
John Marsh
Will Someone Show Cohn Jackson Street
Memphis report describes A A Cohn seeking Jackson Street and being guided by a truck driver who offered directions. Cohn travels about 200 miles toward Jackson Miss where the route ultimately leads, revealing confusion over place names and a mistaken path.
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Cohn Jackson Street
Memphis
A. A. Cohn
Jackson Street
Jackson
Dr. Fleming resigns from Forsyth County hospital post
Dr. Samuel Wallace Fleming, physician at Forsyth County Hospital, resigns citing in the best interest of the county memorial and the people of Forsyth County. The announcement comes from Winston-Salem on August 13.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Samuel Wallace Fleming
Forsyth County Hospital
Forsyth County
Western Germans Vote Today On 400 Seats In Parliament
Western Germans vote for a 400 member parliament to run their new Federal Republic. No party is expected to win a majority amid a campaign seen as anti allied. The day follows calls for human rights debate by the 12 nation council of Europe.
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Republic
Associated Press
Hitler
Council of Europe
Starsbourg
France
Ireland
Britain
Northern Ireland
Canton
Kanhsien
Hengyang
Wu Teh-Chen
Chiang Kai
Barkley Hosts Dinner Guest in Paducah
Vice-president Alben W. Barkley brings Mrs. Carleton S. Hadley from St. Louis to a dinner at his son’s home in Paducah. Hadley and her daughter Anne attend, amid marriage rumors Barkley denies. Barkley plans a speech at a program dedicating Barkley Field tomorrow and has flown to Paris on Thursday for a church convention.
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Paducah
Alben W. Barkley
Carleton S. Hadley
St. Louis
Pennsylvania
Barkley Field
Hadey
Barkley
David Barkley
Kentucky
Paris
Thursay
Beer Advocates Win Southport Election Legalizes Sale
Southport voters approve beer sale by 359 to 63 in a special election. Mayor Herbert Livingston notes it marks the town first legal beer sales, reversing a prior overturn in Brunswick County where sales were allowed before January.
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Southport
Herbert Livingston
Brunswick County
Marcus Charles Ilions Dies At 78 Noted Merry-Go-Round Maker
Marcus Charles Ilions aged 78, a manufacturer of merry-go-rounds and renowned carver of horses, died today. His Arabian-steed patterned horses inspired models used by makers worldwide.
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New York
Marcus Charles Ilions
Quick Windup B-36 Probe Demanded by Rep Bates
Rep Bates urges swift wind-up of B 36 hearings with accusers to present evidence. House Armed Services probes possible improper influences linked to the six engine strategic bomber program. Hearing panel plans California visits to question Gen Arnold and manufacturers.
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Rep
Bates
Washington
R-Mass
House Armed Services Committee
Johnson
California
H. H. Arnold
Negro Author And White Woman Marry
NEW DELHI August 13 P Walter KF White Negro author and NAACP executive secretary said he and Poppy Cannon a white woman were married July 6 in New York White 56 and his bride 42 plan a book on racial discrimination which they will co author Mrs White attended Vassar is a writer and former advertising executive now food editor of Mademoiselle magazine
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
India
Walter Kf. White
National Association For Advancement of Colored People
Poppy Cannon
New York
White
Mother Poisons Daughter Then Takes Own Life
In Greenwich Connecticut a 41 year old mother Mary Schimmel poisoned her 11 year old daughter Barbara and then killed herself. The note left by Mrs Schimmel confirmed the poisoning after breakfast of poisoned lemon soda and cocoa. Barbara drank all and died while sisters Jeanne 13 and Katherine 5 escaped after minor effects. Police said Captain Healey reported investigators found the trigger for the deaths on the note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich
Conn
Mary Schimmel
Barbara
Greenwich Hospital
Schimmel
Government Holds Two Billion Farm Stock in Limbo
The Senate compromise farm price support bill faces a clash over disposal of about two billion dollars worth of government held farm commodities including cotton wheat tobacco eggs and potatoes. Senator Elmer Thomas urges action to reduce stockpiles or risk collapse of the program. A new assistant secretary of agriculture for sales operations is proposed but Thomas warns against too many restrictions on moving surplus stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee
Elmer Thomas
D-Okla
Sam
Thomas
Anderson
D-Nm
Agriculture Department
Anderson Group
Congress
Department
Weather cools nationwide as heavy rains ease forest fires
Heavier rainfall swept across the east and west on Saturday easing fire danger in Idaho Payette National Forest where a Friday night downpour helped crews. Massachusetts saw cloudburst rains ending local fire hazards and forcing evacuations near Chicopee while other regions from the Mississippi Valley to New England recorded moderate to heavy rains. Cooler Canadian air pushed south in the eastern and Mississippi Valley regions, though the Southeast and Great Plains remained warm toward the gulf.
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Associated Press
Payette National Forest
Idaho
Massachusetts
Chicopee
Mass
East Gulf Coast
Mississippi Valley
Middle Atlantic States
New England
Central Plains
Rocky Mountain Area
North Pacific Coast
Canada
Great Plains
Gulf
Arns Aid Plan Faces RFC Loan Controversy in Congress
Senator Maybank charged the administration with bypassing Congress by seeking a Reconstruction Finance Corp loan to speed arms to Western Europe. Secretary Acheson is cited as favoring the approach, while Chairman Connally warns against giving the North Atlantic advisory council power to distribute U.S. arms. The foreign military bill may include a provision to borrow up to 800000 dollars from the RFC once approved. the full plan would follow in separate legislation.
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Washington
Maybank
D-Sc
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Acheson
RFC
Banking Committee
Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
North Atlantic Advisory Council
Ex President Hoover Suffers Mild Gall Bladder Attack
Former president Herbert Hoover, 75, was stricken with a gall bladder ailment aboard an eastbound train near Ogden Utah. He received emergency treatment from Dr Keith Stratford and Dr Dale Hadfield and continued his journey to New York after the attack. Hoover had been in Palo Alto celebrating his birthday at Stanford University and was slated to travel on the Century to Chicago and then to New York.
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Ogden
Utah
Herbert Hoover
Keith Stratford
Southern Pacific
Hoover
New York
Stanford University
Palo Alto
Calif
Dale Hadfield
Elko
Nev
Hadfield
Stratford
Hoover Copartment
Ater
New York Central
Century
Chicago
Boston Police Round Up Suspects Over Counterfeit Cash
In Boston on August 13 a Treasury agent revealed to ten arrested suspects that their counterfeit money was in fact genuine, leaving officers redfaced as the incident unfolded.
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Boston
U. S. Treasury
Chinese Have Hidden Half Billion Dollars In U S
Washington reports estimate Chinese citizens conceal well over half a billion dollars in the United States. Four federal agencies the State Department the Treasury Federal Reserve and the New York State Banking Superintendent investigate to prevent Communist access while avoiding drastic asset seizures. Informants say funds reach the U S under false names via banks and black markets across several Chinese cities.
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Washington
Ane
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve System
York State
State Department
Citiees
Uni
New York
San Francisco
Vanderbilt's Museum Now A Public Park
CENTERPORT NY Aug 13 A 43 acre Vanderbilt estate and Marine museum became a public park by deed from Barclay Warburton to Suffolk County. The property includes a beach pool tennis court airplane hangar ship model room organ room and rare marine specimens. A $2,000,000 maintenance fund was established with additional residuary estate to augment it after Muriel Vanderbilt Adams death.
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Centerport
N. Y
William K. Vanderbilt
Eagle's Nest
Charles Duryea
Board of Supervisors
Suffolk County
Barclay Warburton
Ipswich
Mass
Vanderbilt
Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt
Long Island Sound
Seven Seas
Muriel Vanderbilt Adams
Carmel, Calif
Freezer gifts linked to Truman aide Vaughan
Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan admitted receiving deep freeze units as gifts for himself and others, including 30 to Fred Vinson and Peter Snyder, with one sent to the White House staff lunchroom. He said the gifts were courtesy and spoke for a freezer for the Trumans’ Independence home.
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Francis J. Kelly
Washington
Harry H. Vaughan
Truman
White House
Trumans
Independence
Fred Vinson
John Snyder
James K. Vardaman
Matthew J. Connelly
Vinson
United States
Snyder
Treasury
Vardaman
Truman Naval
Federal Reserve System
Connelly
Man
Mundt
R-Sd
Vaughan
Harry Hoffman
David Bennett
Hoffman
Milwaukee
Senate
U. S. Marshal's Office
Fred Wright
Wright
Bennett
Verley Concern
Maragon
Air Force Plans Upper Atmosphere Rocket Tests
The Air Force announced a two year rocket research project at Holloman Air Force Base New Mexico to fire aerobee rockets carrying 150 to 200 pounds of instruments. The tests aim to map upper atmosphere conditions and aid missile design with data telemetered to ground stations.
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Washington
Air Force
Navy
Holloman Air Force Base
Alamogordo
N. M
White Sands
Norton
Japan Seen as Key to Far East Crisis
Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger, former commander of the U S Eighth Army, said Japan is the key to the Far Eastern situation. In New York he stated that as long as Australia does not control the island chain and especially Japan, further advances by others are largely stymied.
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New York
Robert L. Eichelberger
U. S. Eighth Army
Japan
Eichelberger
Eighth Army
Australia
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
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DR. Fleming
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Bramuglia
Jeronimo Remorino
Remorino
U. N
Trygve Lie
Copenhagen
Denmark
Mrs. Hadley
Beer Advocates
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D-Ga
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Real McCoy
U. S
By John M. Hightower
Vanderbilt's Museum
Far East
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