One of Greatest Sea Searches On Record Opens In Pacific
A massive naval hunt began near Pearl Harbor for 12 or 13 missing crewmen from the Fort Dearborn after the tanker broke in two 1 100 miles northwest of Honolulu. The search employs Tucson destroyers and long range aircraft from Midway, coordinated by Vice Admiral Hall with Force Hawaiian sea frontier directing.
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Honolulu
Pacific
Tucson
Pearl Harbor
Fort Dearborn
Central Pacific
Midway
Enipe
L. S. Sabin, Jr
Hawaiian Sea Frontier
John H. Hall
Farrier
John R. Dobbins
Long Beach
Calif
Dearborn
Netherlands and Indonesians Reach Peace Agreement
The Netherlands government authorized signing the Cheribon draft on settling the Indonesian revolution. The accord recognizes Indonesia's sovereignty over Java Sumatra and Madura as an equal partner under the Dutch crown, with signing time and place to be set jointly. Modjokerto fighting was reported as Dutch Marines and air forces moved in.
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Batavia
Mar
Netherlands
Dutch Commission General
Java
Sumatra
Madoera
Commission General
Modjokerto
Brantas
East Java
Remagen Remains Mystery Clears on Ludendorff Bridge
Hal Boyle recaps Remagen anniversary with new officer account on crossing routine, withdrawal, and confusion at Ludendorff Bridge. He contrasts Neuman’s letter with Maj. Gen. Hoge and a 52nd AIB enlisted man, noting a partial stay across the Rhine and later reentry by some units.
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Hal Boyle Tampa
Fla
Ludendorf
Rhine
Remagen
28Th Armored Infantry
Neuman
52Nd
William M. Hage
Ninth Armored Division
27Th
52Nd Armored
Hoge
Cincinnati
Co. A
52Nd A.I.B
A.ib
Ludendorf Bridge
Cain
Abel
Ninth Armored
Ludendorf Eee
Bulldozer Covers Dump Fire With Earth in Anderson
In Anderson South Carolina a 20 year smouldering garbage dump fire is being fought by piling earth over waste. City adopts sanitary fill method spreading waste thinly over a levee area and covering with dirt per sanitary department chief T H Busha.
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Anderson
S. C
T. H. Busha
Sanitary Department
Cat Minnie dies in Annapolis after fourteen years of motherhood
Minnie the renowned Annapolis cat is said to have sired 300 kittens and countless descendants during a fourteen year period. Three lilies were laid on her coffin as townspeople paid respects in an Annapolis grocery store. The proprietor claims careful tallies of her progeny despite uncertain exact numbers.
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Nature
Carter
Ature
Annapolis
Minnie
Gunman Returns Looted Cash Finds Hidden Checks
In San Jose California the gunman who robbed Herbert Bettencourt of $12 in cash and Sunday receipts helped recover $4,000 in checks. The cash and checks were found in a paper bag in the Bettencourt market parking lot after a phone call from the culprit.
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San Jose
Calif
Herbert Bettencourt
Bettencourt
February Cotton Consumption Totals Revealed by Census
The census reports February cotton use at 840,463 bales of lint and 80,441 bales of linters. Compared with January and last year, the seven months ending Feb show 6,044,326 bales lint and 576,740 linters. On hand totals and spindle activity are also listed.
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Washington
California Honey Leads Nation in Production
In the United States a billion equals a thousand millions and a trillion equals a thousand billions, while in England and Germany a billion is a million millions. California leads all states in honey production.
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United States
England
Germany
California
Fragmentary note on 1776 loyalists and British rule
A partial OCR fragment notes that about one third of the m is a thousand millions and mentions loyalists in 1776 and a continuation of British rule. The text is incomplete and lacks clear context or attribution.
McNutt Ready To Take Trip After Mission in Manila
Ambassador Paul V. McNutt prepares to depart Manila for significant visits through the troubled Middle East and possibly Greece to brief President Truman on his findings. He plans retirement to private life afterward, ending a long diplomatic mission.
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Manila
Paul V. McNutt
Middle East
Greece
Truman
Indiana Oo
Lobster Lays Thousands Of Eggs On Its Body
The lobster carries a large clutch of between five thousand and seventy five thousand eggs on its body for the full ten months until hatching. The eggs remain attached throughout the development period.
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Thomasville
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Chester
Ches
F. Braggy
New York, Nly
Baltimore Sun
Irving J. Neuman
Swift
Don McNeill
Breakfast Club
Eee Control
Call Orkin Exterminating CO
Washington St
Surrey
Flarilee
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