Holiday Death Totals High
National toll from holiday periods cited by AP shows 559 of 761 deaths during a four day Christmas period were auto fatalities. Comparisons note 328 four day figures from five month totals not valid for holiday vs non holiday comparison. State by state listing follows in order Alabama to District of Columbia with traffic drownings and other deaths.
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Eisenhower Address Sparks Scout Campers with Oath
Former Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower visited a scouts gathering in an open air amphitheater. He led the oath of allegiance and recalled Valley Forge while urging faith and loyalty. His brief speech ended with Let er rip as fireworks lit the night for about 30 000 spectators and cheering scouts.
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Valley Forge
Eisenhower
United States
Normandy
Oklahoma House Nominations Lead to Possible Runoff
Thomas trails Rep. Monroney as district races show Victor Wickersham in a runoff. Nomination winners include Dixie Gilmer first district W. G. Stigler second Tom Steed fourth and Toby Morris sixth. Reps Carl Albert McAlester third district and George Howard Wilson Enid sixth district run unopposed.
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Victor Wickersham
Dixie Gilmer
W. G. Stigler
Tom Steed
Toby Morris
Carl Albert
McAlester
George Howard Wilson
Enid
Senator Darby Sees Railroad Strike Near End
Senator Darby of Kansas after a conference with President Truman says the railroad strike is near an end. He quotes Truman as saying everything possible is being done and expresses hope for developments that will be good news.
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Meteorite Fall Death Claim Debated
A historical note states no meteorite fall has been positively linked to human fatalities, challenging a common belief about meteor impacts and their danger to people.
Communists press in Korea near Suwon and Inchon
Reported Russian and U.N. forces clash near Seoul Inchon and Suwon as Communist units reportedly push south of the Han River to envelop key defense lines. U.S. and British naval air strikes target Pyongyang rail yards airfields and bridges with several aircraft losses and no Allied casualties.
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Korea
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Queuille
Spectators Die as Hot Rod Race Car Flips at Page Land Track
A hot rod race car flipped during Page Land tracks first race, killing three spectators Mr. Clyde Hubert McManus and Mrs. Clyde McManus of Lancaster and Billy Revels of Lancaster. At least nine others were injured, one critically, as the car driven by W. Cecil of Charlotte struck spectators near the inside of the half mile dirt oval. Sheriff J E Kirkly said the crowd numbered about 30 in a no-guard rail area.
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Pageland Track
Clyde Hubert McManus
Lancaster
Billy Revels
Charlotte
N. C
J. E. Kirkly
Chesterfield County
W. Cecil
Way to Believe Itchy Pimples Relief Balm Ad
When your skin itches with pimples and red blotches this balm offers fast relief. Get a 40c box of Peterson's Ointment at your druggist and apply for soothing effect. Promptly relieves smarting and itching and makes skin look better. Money back if not delighted.
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Peterson
Wholesale Food Price Index Rises 15 Cents
New York July 5 The Dun Bradstreet wholesale food price index jumped 15 cents to 6.13 the highest since December 28 1948 and 9.4 percent above last year. It marks the sharpest weekly gain in nearly two years as buying and commodity prices rise after the Korean outbreak. The index covers 31 commonly used foods.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Hat price tied to grain capacity in Persia
A Persian market determines hat prices by the grain capacity of each hat. Separately China lists iodine as a principal export alongside its other commodities.
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Persia
China
Wake County Man Drowns at Apex Pond
A 32 year old Wake county man Willie Fention Lewter of Apex Rt. 3 drowned during a swimming party when he slipped from a platform and fell into about 15 feet of water near the pond edge. Police Chief L. S. Bagwell reported the incident.
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Apex
Wake County
L. S. Bagwell
Willie Fention Lewter
Rt. 3
Fumigation Fatalities on British Liner in Mersey Docks
Two seamen died and about 38 others were taken ill from fumigating gas aboard the 10,000 ton British liner Ches hire in Birkenhead Mersey river docks. The victims died in hospital. most others recovered shortly after treatment.
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Birkenhead
England
Cheshire
Mersey River
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