Detroit Board Names Loretta Gibson Citizen of the Month
Loretta Mary Gibson, a nurse who founded Mercy Hall in Detroit after borrowing $1000, is named Detroit's first Citizen of the Month. The award honors her 17 years serving cancer patients and her plans for a $4 million cancer hospital, an orphanage for colored children, and a home for the blind, all within a expanded city complex.
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Detroit Junior Board of Commerce
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Ram butts boy into path of car in Clearfield
Six year old Andrewson of Pine Grove, Pa., was walking with his ram on an icy road near his home when the ram butt ed him into the path of an oncoming car. The boy was taken to a hospital for observation.
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Hindu Cult Members Round Up After Gandhi Assassination
New Delhi Feb 5 militants of the Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh were being rounded up nationwide after Mohandas Gandhi's murder. The government outlawed the group citing a culture of violence. Police also detained figures linked to Hindu Mahasabha and the assassin Narayan Vinayak Godse. Bombay police report possible links to an earlier bombing.
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India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh
RSSS
National Volunteer Corps
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Narayan Vinayak Godse
Mahasabha
Godse
Bombay
National Herald
Delhi
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Mr America Winner Sends Warm Congrats to Australian
Fred Newling of Australia, a father of three, placed second in a "lovely legs" heat final and received congratulations from Mr. America 1947 Steve Reeves of Evans ton Illinois. Reeves invited a photo and teased a possible Mr Australia contest to challenge the American title. Newling said he was thrilled to bits.
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Fred Newling
America
Newling
Australia
Steve Reeves
Evanston, Ill
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China Moves To Readjust Salaries For Forgotten Man
The Chinese state council will raise the salary of the long underpaid government worker every three months based on a cost of living index. The measure addresses inflation era hardships and mirrors private industry practices. Ancient empires are briefly noted in contrast to this modern policy shift.
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China
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Ethiopia Organizes Commercial Airline
Addis Ababa Ethiopia Sultan Airways Ltd a new private air line under the direction of the Duke of Harrar Emperor Haile Selassies second son. Col John C Robinson of Chicago oversees the service which uses American DC3s for passengers and cargo. RAF veterans including Capt Michael Omishi form the flight crew with preparatory runs to India Arabia and French Somaliland. A regular schedule is being drawn up.
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Chicago
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Middle East
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India
Arabia
French Somaliland
1948 Chevrolet Models Debut With Streamlined Style
Chevrolet announces its 1948 line featuring 11 models across Fleetline Fleetmaster and Stylemaster series. Changes include redesigned radiators, new interior color harmonies, and stronger crankshafts with durable bearings. Bodies by Fisher, minimal production delays, and display at dealers nationwide.
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T. H. Keating
Stolen Soda Returned to South Carolina Farmer
In Greeleyville South Carolina February 5 a farmer Irby Frierson found that a storage building had been breached and a ton of soda taken for fertilizer use. this week the 20 sacks were found again neatly piled in the same building suggesting a conscience led return.
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Greeleyville
S. C
Irby Frierson
Automobile Production Tied to Sheet Iron Supply in 1948
A Chilton survey notes U S motor vehicle production could rise about ten percent in 1948 to around 5.25 million units, led by passenger cars. But steel scrap shortages and depleted reserves threaten capacity, with demand at a record two million tons monthly while visible scrap is barely enough for one month.
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INS
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Chilton
U. S
Two Wake Forest Professors Succeed In Weather Fight
Wake Forest professors William C. Soule and Elton C. Cocke devised clever solutions during a 12 inch snow and sleet spell. Soule rode a mule with a blanket to reach classes, while Cocke stayed in the biology building with a cot and supplies to sleep eat and teach.
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Wake Forest
William C. Soule
Law School
Elton C. Cocke
Soule
Wall Farm
Henderson
Mrs FDR to Address UN on Human Rights Report
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt will speak before the United Nations Economic and Social Council as chair of the U N commission on human rights to present a report from a Geneva meeting. The council overruled White Russia objections to hear her. Kaminsky argued it was premature. Meantime the Security Council planned more debate on the India Pakistan Kashmir dispute.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
United Nations Economic and Social Council
U.N. Commission On Human Rights
Geneva
Russia
Leonid Kaminsky
Roosevelt
Security Council
Virginia Growers Favor Weed Cut
Virginia growers in the Southside reportedly back a 28 percent reduction in 1948 flue cured tobacco acreage. Rep. Stanley said farmers showed almost unanimous approval of the November reduction during a trip through the region, though some tobacco lawmakers advocate a smaller cut.
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Virginia
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Stanley
D-Va
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Mrs Hennessey Van Loan Sister Dies in New York
Mrs Hennessey sister of J W Van Loan of this city died in Jamaica hospital New York after a critical illness following a serious operation two weeks earlier Survivors include daughter Mary two sisters Mrs Timothy Costello Valley Stream N Y and Mrs Laura Edwards Athens N Y and a brother Mr Van Loan Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 PM in the home of Mrs Edwards Athens Burial will follow in an Athens cemetery. There are 12485 fire alarm boxes in New York City.
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