Some Bread and Butter Signs In Vital Tariff Law Fight
Paden City West Virginia and Evansville Indiana show the tariff clash over foreign trade in signs of economic stakes. The piece traces glass and pottery layoffs and the human cost, with a Library of Congress survey highlighting jobs tied to exports in Evansville and how U.S. industries face competition from Japan.
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Sterling F. Green
Paden City
W. Va
Ohio River
Ohio
Evansville
Ind
Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
U.S
House
West Virginia
Robert H. Mollohan
Dark Glass
Baden City Pottery Co
Indiana
Winkfield K. Denton
Denton
Congress
Legislative Reference Service
Library of Congress
Servel, Inc
Servel
Mead Johnson & Co
Colgate Peet
Clarksville
Bucyrus-Erie Co
Ohio River Valley
Untrustworthy Trusty Sought By Prison Camp
Largo Florida Supt M P Jackson of state prison camp 8515 is irked by Thomas J Gilmore 44 the untrustworthy trusty Gilmore who is serving two years for breaking and entering at McClenny escaped last Wednesday taking two bloodhounds and Jacksons shirt trousers and pistol He left a note saying the dogs would be found tied beside the road near the camp But theyweren t today Supt Jacksons car was stolen from the prison camp The officer sent out an alarm stating the stolen car believed driven by Thomas Gilmore He said the car was plainly marked as State Road Department property
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Gilmore
McClenny
Jackson
Big Red
Tolen
Thomas Gilmore
State Road Department
Congo natives gain access to wine under new ordinance
In Leopoldville the Belgian Congo issues a new ordinance relaxing restrictions on alcohol sales to Congo natives. Previously limited to beer, natives may now purchase wine and other alcoholic beverages.
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Leopoldville
Belgian Congo
Congo
Truman Breaks Ground for Memorial Library in Independence
Former President Truman leads a ground breaking for the Truman Memorial Library in Independence at Slover Park. The $1.75 million project, funded mostly by public contributions, will house his official and personal papers and serve as a museum. Arthur Ellis and Franklin Murphy praise the library as a lasting record of Truman’s service.
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Truman
White House
Harry S. Truman
Kansas City
Independence
Truman Memorial
Elmer Ellis
University of Missouri
Franklin Murphy
University of Kansas
Population Slims Growth by 25 Million in Decade
The Census Bureau reported the U S population rose by about 25 million in the ten years since Victory in Europe on May 8 1945. It estimated May 1945 population including overseas armed forces near 140 million and May 8 this year near 164 865 000 with over 165 million expected by month end.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Europe
Bureau
Skeletons Unearthed From Early Trasimene Battle Site
Workmen uncover the remains of about a dozen men at the site of the 217 B C battle of Trasimeno in Perugia Italy. Roman soldiers are identified among the skeletons. General Flaminius is said to have died with 15 000 troops in the engagement while Hannibal led Carthage to a far smaller loss of about 1 500.
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Perugia
Italy
Trasimeno
Flaminius
Hannibal
Princess Margaret to visit West Germany in May review regiments
Princess Margaret plans a May 23 flight to West Germany to review two British regiments, the King's Hussars and the Suffolk Regiment, in her role as their colonel in chief.
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London
Margaret
West Germany
King's Hussars
Suffolk Regiment
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Japan
Hare
M. C. Sandles
Sandles
Wells
U. S
Marble King
Roger W. Howdyshell
St. Mary's
Ways and Means
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Center
Joseph Massaglia, Jr
Muriel F. Vaughn
Massaglia
Santa Monica
California
EL Rancho
Gallup
New Mexico
Raleigh
Washington, D.C
Hartford
Connecticut
TAR Heel Paving CO
Roland Cecil
U. F. Moore
High Point
Cir
Lee W. Boswell
Etc
America
S. Main ST
Piedmo.1 Natural Gas Company
HST
Memorial Library
Slover Park
Edwin Pauley
Army
University of California At Los Angeles
University
Pauley
William H. Drummond
New England
North Carolina
N. C
P.O. Box
Raleigh, N. C
Dry County
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