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Washington reports a record 33,121,000 Americans expected to enroll this year in public and private schools and colleges. Elementary enrollment rises to 24,468,000 while secondary grows to 6,168,000. College enrollments may fall to 2,225,000 due to fewer war veterans and drafts.
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Oscar Ewing
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Earl J. McGrath
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Near Epidemic Noted In Rising Polio Outbreaks
United Press reports polio rising toward near epidemic levels in Colorado Utah and Louisiana with 11892 cases Jan 1 to Aug 25 versus 11838 last year. Colorado and Utah show serious spikes including mass gamma globulin inoculation test and 12 000 child volunteers in Provo Utah. Louisiana totals 270 cases by Aug 18 with 17 deaths. Shreveport area Caddo Parish reports 288 cases. outbreak began in June and appeared to ease before a new surge last week.
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National Foundation For
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Utah
Louisiana
Foundation
Robert Neville
Provo
Caddo Parish
Shreveport
China Nationalists Fight Recall From American Post
Two Chinese Nationalist military officers fighting recall to Formosa are accused of withholding funds and records. Air Force Lt. Gen. Mao Pang-Chu and Col. Hsiang Wei-Hsiang deny the charges, calling them false retaliation. Yu Ta-Wei arrives to oversee a centralized procurement system for Nationalist military supplies.
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Hsiang Wei-Hsiang
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Col. Hsiang
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Yu Ta-Wei
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Pennsylvania Republican Representative Vaughn Dies at 56
Fullerton Pa Sept 1 UP Rep Albert Clinton Vaughn Republican member of the 2nd Congress died of a heart attack at his home aged 56. Vaughn, elected last November after serving as congressional assistant to two former members, previously worked in cement and steel industries in Lehigh County. He is survived by his widow two sons and three daughters.
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Albert Clinton Vaughn
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Lehigh County
Medical Meet In Denmark To Open Monday
Prominent physicians from 36 nations gather in Copenhagen for the second International Poliomyelitis Conference opening Monday at the University of Copenhagen. Basil O Connor leads sessions with US Britain Sweden Denmark and South Africa addressing progress in infantile paralysis treatment and surgical repair. Queen Ingrid to attend Monday's opening session.
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South Africa
Basil O'Connor
New York
O'Connor
Ingrid
Truman Plans Labor Day Bond Drive Launch
President Truman will launch the largest defense bond selling drive since World War II on Labor Day. He and Treasury Secretary John W. Snyder will speak Monday night on five radio networks from San Francisco and Grand Rapids, Mich. The appeal aims to drive voluntary savings to curb inflation amid Korea war costs and rising defense spending.
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Sept
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Secretary of
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John W. Snyder
San Francisco
Snyder
Grand Rapids
Mich
Hadacol Founder Seeks Louisiana Governor Nomination
State Senator Dudley LeBlanc of Abbeville formally announced his candidacy for governor of Louisiana. The Hadacol founder, 57, sold his patent medicine company last week and is the tenth Democrat in the race, with a platform including no new taxes, broad college access, more factories, a $375 monthly old age pension, civil service reform, and elimination of wasteful boards.
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Dudley LeBlanc
Louisiana
Abbeville
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Rita Hayworth files $3 million divorce suit
Rita Hayworth filed for divorce from Prince Aly Khan in Reno. She seeks a "proper and reasonable" settlement likely around $3,000,000 for the couple’s daughter Yasmin’s future support, care, and education. She seeks custody and none for herself, citing extreme mental cruelty by Aly Khan.
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Carroll Sees Bad Shortage Of Teachers
Carroll urged action on a 4000 teacher shortage crippling white elementary schools in North Carolina. He warned the shortage could rise to 6000 and urged visits to the Governor and State Board of Education for a relief program.
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Guilford County
House
Hardrock Simpson Runs 52 Miles For 47th Birthday
Burlington September 1 hardrock Simpson the running postman of North Carolina completed a 52 mile birthday run in 11 hours 8 minutes. he started at 8 02 am from Burlington and finished at 7 10 pm passing mebane hillsboro chapel hill and graham with an 11 year old bicycle escort and his manager Wesley Williams of Godwin. crowds cheered as he kept his pace and he planned months of training for the feat.
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Paul “Hardrock
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Wesley Williams
Godwin
Wiliams
Allies Reds Keep It Up in Talks Stalemate
iway's Tokyo HQ warned that if Communists refuse to resume talks it proves their bad faith. Ridgway urged negotiations. Reds have not replied. The statement accused the Reds of two faced peace behavior and warned charges of bombing hurt their cause. Much too reckless. Mrs Dorothy Jacobs paid a $51 careless driving fine after her car collided with a pickup driven by her husband.
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Memphis
Tenn
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Hit and Run Ford Sought After Ward and Green Crash
Police hunted a damaged blue 1950 or 1951 Ford after it struck L. A. Hilliard's car at the Ward and Green Streets corner and fled. Hilliard of 208 Parkway, Silvercraft Furniture superintendent, posted a 25 reward for information leading to the driver or the car. A witness chased the Ford toward the Highland Ward junction but did not catch it.
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Manhunt Under Way for Cop Killer in Massachusetts
Massachusetts police hunt a killer who shot State Trooper Alje M. Savela on a rural road. Seven men and a Worcester gangster were questioned and released. a $5,000 reward was proposed. An Oldsmobile matching the murder car eluded capture near Chicopee after six shots fired. Savela, 34, was killed weeks before his expected fatherhood and his wife was hospitalized.
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Alje M. Savela
Worcester
Savela
John J. O'Rourke
Northampton
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Here
Pacific Aid Pact Signed
The three power Pacific aid pact creates a Council of Foreign Ministers to meet as needed. It pledges mutual defense, reporting any armed attack to the UN Security Council, and remains in effect until ratified. The Tokyo peace conference backdrop and Poland’s Josef Wi Niewicz hint at broader Cold War friction.
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Security Council
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Josef Wi- Niewicz
San Francisco
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Controversy Over Rubinstein Deportation Hearings
Veterans groups protest the Immigration Service transfer of draft dodger Serge Rubinstein’s deportation hearings to California. They cite national emergency ties and urge expulsion, criticizing preferential treatment and noting connections to former officials and lawyers.
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Immigration Service
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Rubinstein
Pacific Coast
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American Legion
Edward X. Peyton
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Manhattan
Howard McGrath
Washington
Korea
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United States
John C
Mosquito Invasion Hits New Orleans Outdoors
In New Orleans a helicopter sprayed DDT and water to curb millions of swamplands mosquitoes. The pests forced residents indoors, hurting drive ins and outdoor dining and even slowing police work as officers spent time at headquarters to be sprayed.
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New Orleans
Labor Day
DeLesseps S. Morrison
Doctors perfect device to study human body
At Stanford University a teaching doctor and a Portland engineer finish the first phase of a three dimensional kodachrome atlas of human anatomy. They photographed 238 dissections of the central nervous system for a stereoscopic atlas to be published in 1952 with many more dissections planned over six to eight years.
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Stanford University
Portland
Ore
David L. Bassett
Stanford Medical School
William B. Gruber
Gruber
Bassett
University of Edinburgh
British claim fastest bomber in world Valiant
London reports British designers claim the four jet Vickers Valiant flew as the fastest bomber, capable of delivering an atomic bomb at speeds over 600 miles per hour. Official stats remain secret, while the Canberra two jet recently set a trans Atlantic pace near 600 mph. High altitude combat notes show large WWII divisions and prisoner totals.
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