Devils Island Aristocrats Rise From Exile in Guiana
Staff Correspondent reports from Cayenne French Guiana that Devils Island and nearby penal settlements are being liquidated after a century of cruelty. Freed prisoners, called liberees, are moving into agriculture cattle ranching and gold mining, becoming the colony's new aristocrats supported by government aid while many stay for years to satisfy term lengths.
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Cayenne
French Guiana
Devils Island
Construc
Guiare
Devil's Island
Alfred Dreyfus
Clover
Standard Oil Company
Reach Guiana
Guiana
Marshall Receives 1947 Freedom House Award
New York report says Secretary of State George C. Marshall won the Freedom House 1947 award praised by President Truman as great in war and peace. At a dinner before 1000 guests Marshall urged world unity and noted American friendship. He lamented U S efforts to prove sincerity to other nations. Meanwhile a contrast noted shows Southern families eat less meat than other regions.
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New York
George C. Marshall
Truman
Freedom House
Marshall
United States
Wounded Greek Held In Philly
A Greek soldier, George C. Eliftherian, 31, en route from Athens to Baltimore for shrapnel removal is detained in Philadelphia awaiting a $500 bond. He entered on a three month visa and may stay longer due to his condition. He is accompanied by brother Arthur Lefteris, 34, of Westminster Maryland.
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Philadelphia
Athens
Greece
Baltimore
George C. Eliftherian
LaGuardia Field
New York
Eliftherian
Arthur Lefteris
Westminster
Employment hours compare 1940 and 1910 in US
The 47 million people employed in the United States in 1940 are estimated to have worked a smaller aggregate number of hours than the 37 million employed in 1910.
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United States
Georgian Mansion For Park Service Gifted To Nation
The National Park Service announced a generous private gift to operate Hampton, a Georgian mansion built 1783 to 1790 near Towson as a historic site in the Baltimore area. The Avalon Foundation founded by Mrs. Ailsa M. Bruce funded the donation to the Mary land antiquities society in Maryland.
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Washington
National Park Service
Towson
United States
Hampton
Society For the Preservation of Maryland Antiquities
Baltimore
Avalon Foundation
Ailsa M. Bruce
Andrew W. Mellon
Fla Flood Waters Subside After Crest Declared Passed
Flood waters west of Fort Lauderdale began to subside as authorities said the crest had passed. North New River canal level dropped a quarter inch, while the vast fresh water lake from Fort Lauderdale to Beele Glade stayed seven feet above ground level, per J. O. Brendla, plantation drainage district engineer.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
North New River Canal
J. O. Brendla
Beele Glade
Youth Causes Plane Collision at Airport
ATLANTA Oct. 20 A 12 year old boy, Clifford Tommie of Hapeville, started a plane engine and bumped a Delta DC-3 on the ground. No one was hurt and both aircraft suffered only slight damage. Clifford, eager to fly, visited the airport often and had good theory but no practical experience.
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Atlanta
J. F. Vaughn
Clifford Tommie
Hapeville
Clifford
Unclear Labor Market Quote From 1940 Estimates
The fragment notes an estimate that over 5.5 percent of the U S labor force was unemployed. It also references a 1940 labor force figure of 544 million and a comparative sizing statement, though the sentence is incomplete and lacks full context.
Communists Charged With Obstructing Europe Recovery
Harriman accuses Communists of aiming to obstruct permanent economic recovery in countries where they seek power, calling the program for taking over Europe a plan to forestall progress. The remarks frame the threat as a political struggle over postwar stability and economic renewal.
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Europe
Harriman
Pravda Attacks Byrnes and Harriman as War Instigators
Pravda denounces former U S secretary James Byrnes as a war instigator and accuses W Averell Harriman of leading American imperialism. It labels Byrnes plan for Germany as a three point program and brands Harriman’s Chicago speech a second Fulton Churchill moment.
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Moscow
Pravda
U.S
James F. Byrnes
W. Averell Harriman
Communist Party
Byrnes
Soviet Union
Germany
United Nations
Harriman
Escow
Inland Daily Press Association
Chicago
Churchill
Fulton
Fulton.”Harriman
Europe
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St. Louis
June Arnold
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Winston. Balem
N.C
Arnold
Miss Arnold
ICE PF
West Broad Street
Kenmore
Homart
N. Main ST
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Kenmore Electric
Rome
Sears
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