Translation completes of ornate war crimes figure
A former Japanese war crimes defendant who escaped trial as insane has finished translating the Koran into Japanese. Dr Shumei Okawa, famed for slapping Hideki Tojo and for barbed remarks about democracy, was hospitalized after a 1946 courtroom incident and described as suffering grandiose delusions.
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Tokyo
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Shumei Okawa
Hideki Tojo
International Military Tribunal
Asia
Okawa
Alfredsenberg
Nueremberg
A. S. Kenworth
Radiation hazard study planned for western uranium mines
Salt Lake City Public Health Service station will begin a study of radiation hazards in western uranium mines and related industries, signaling a health monitoring effort for workers and environments in the region.
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Salt Lake City
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Austerity Dinner Tickets Fetch High Prices
London reports tickets for an austerity dinner priced over 500 per head to fund a forest project near Jerusalem honoring Israel’s first president David Ben Gurion. Only 500 seats available on November 22 with a plan to raise 750000 dollars for planting 750000 trees.
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London
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Jerusalem
Israel
David Weizmann
Gestetner
Drive Funds Job For Handicapped
Missouri's five year campaign has placed 12,500 physically handicapped people in self supporting roles. They earn an average $52.91 weekly and contribute $21,391,500 to Missouri's annual income. About 6,000 more handicapped individuals are seeking work.
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Jefferson City
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Missouri
State Division of Employment Security
Letters From Constituents Alert Congressmen Says Cornell Professor
Prof. Dave Hyatt of Cornell University argues that letters from constituents rarely alter votes but notify Congressmen of urgent citizen questions and concerns. The remark appears in discussions about the influence of public input on legislative decisions in Ithaca, New York.
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Ithaca, N. Y
INL
Dave Hyatt
Cornell University State School of Industrial and Labor Relations
Yorktown Siege and Victory Marked in Virginia Park
A Visit to Yorktown recalls the 1781 siege that forced Lord Cornwallis to surrender English, French, and American forces at Yorktown. The site within Colonial National Historical Park links to Williamsburg and Jamestown with landmarks like Moore House and the Victory Monument as symbols of American independence and vigilance.
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H. D. Crawford
Central Press
Yorktown
Virginia Peninsula
Lord Cornwallis
United States
Cornwallis
Broad York River
Virginia
Chesapeake Bay
Colonial National Historical Park
National Park Service
Williamsburg
Jamestown
James River
Moore House
York River
Continental Congress
Yorkstown
Notable Wartime Hero Recalled by Allies and Press
Veteran Sgt recalls Mau rice Goldstein saved comrades in the Battle of the Bulge. The 1950 census data hints at one million more women than men in the US. Reports mention Vanessa Brown, Dr Franklyn, art museum litigation, and various society notes.
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Maurice Goldstein
U. S
Vanessa Brown
Franklyn
Bowie meet ends with horsemen fee pact amid betting slump
In Bowie Maryland yesterday horse owners announced an unusual working agreement as the track enters the final six days of its fall meeting. Purses have been cut but will be restored if the daily betting average improves.
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Bowie
Marine Master Sergeant Timmerman Graduates FBI Academy
Quantico Virginia Marine Master Sergeant Roy T Timmerman became the fourth Marine to graduate from the FBI National Academy at Quantico marking a notable achievement within the U S Marine Corps.
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Quantico, Va
INS
Roy T. Timmerman
Federal Bureau of Inestigation National Academy
Quantico
Blind Gladys Valenta Carries On Despite Blindness
Topeka Kansas resident Gladys Valenta, 24, who became blind at 18, continues her education at Fort Hays Kansas State College and a local business college. She learns dictation at 40 words per minute, commutes by bus, and studies French at night. She supports fellow residents and maintains independence without aids.
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Topeka, Kas
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Gladys Valenta
Topeka
Kas
Gladys
State School For the Blind
Kansas City
Fort Hays, Kay
State College
Fort Hays
Business College
Prince Charles Vessel Named by British Fleet
London reports royal permission to name a new fishing vessel after Prince Charles as the British fleet grows in pride and tradition.
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London
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Prince Charles
Wage-Earners Favor Home Over All in Income Boost Poll
Jersey AFL delegates favor buying a home if incomes rise 25 percent while supporting Rosenthal's five percent yearly wage hikes for five years to lift national income to 300 billion by 1954. Auto purchases, insurance, annuities, TVs, and air conditioning rank among top planned expenditures.
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Arua
DP plan praised by Australian Returned Services leaders
Executives of the Returned Servicemen's League of Australia praising Australia's scheme to accept displaced persons. They toured European DP camps and call the program one of the most successful migration movements in the history of the British Commonwealth.
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Mfelbourne
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Returned Servicemen's League of Australia
Australia
British Commonwealth
Pilot restricted from carrying passengers in non-specified licensed aircraft
A transport pilot may not carry persons for hire in licensed aircraft other than those specified in his license. This rule limits commercial flight duties to aircraft type listed on the pilot’s license.
Women Wrestlers Draw Berlin Crowds at Theaters
Berlin crowds flock nightly to a western sector theater to see a team of scantily clad female wrestlers. Police visits found the show neither immoral nor offensive to public taste. Johanna Oleson, 89, was kissed for the first time on air by Art Linkletter during an alphabet show, saying she had many dates but never kisses.
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British Airlines
John W. Booth
H. Jaffe
Met
Museum of Art
Atty H. Byrnes
Reno
Lila Lee
Carlyle
Jay
James Fowler
Dartmouth
Dent
Westchester
Tappan Hill
Bud Schleifer Halsey
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Miss X
London
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Berlin
Hollywood
Johanna Oleson
Art Linkletter
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