Miss Arkansas heads to Miss America contest in Atlantic City
Miss Arkansas Mary Lou Jennings of Hot Springs departs for Atlantic City to start the Miss America pageant on September 4. She will be escorted east by her chaperone Mrs Dorothy Allen of Brinkley. Jennings selected her wardrobe here yesterday and will be hosted by Arkansas officials and society members in Washington before proceeding to New York for two weeks of training and performances.
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Atlantic City
Miss Jennings
Schamperone
Dorothy Allen
Brinkley
Little, Rock
Aras
Gonight
Elist
Arkansas
Mary ‘Louis
Jennings
Hot’ Springs
Washington
Arkansang
Norrell
Fevane Ong and Athan Obonislane Mystery Notes
Fragmentary text presents names Fevane Ong and Athan with unclear context. The partial line includes “ord Units” and “Weainie og Sach” suggesting a garbled record. No verifiable events or roles beyond the two personal names are evident.
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Weainie Og Sach
Athan
Bodies of 36 Murdered GIs Recovered
First Cavalry reports recovered bodies of 36 American soldiers on Hill 303 in Korea. Victims bound with rope and wires. 32 mortar men slain by Red Korean captors. Survivors identified two captors. a third suspected. Seven tank crew killed. witnesses describe burned faces. Army to try accused slayers as war criminals.
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Su. S. First Cavalry
Korea
Bloody Hill 303
Army
Hill
U. S
Pic Robert S. Maura
Revere
Mass
Subsiding Sales Show Dim District Gains, Fed Reports
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis reports district sales up 17 percent from a year ago, indicating subsiding buying. The increase is less than half the average rise of the previous four months, reflecting a cooling in retail activity in the eighth district.
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BL Louis
Federal Reserve
Fedéral Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Truman–Wherry clash over Korea policy deepens political fire
Tension rose as President Truman and Senator Wherry traded sharp accusations in a White House news conference and afterwards. Wherry blamed Secretary of State Acheson for appeasement policies that allegedly led to gains by Communist forces, while Taft joined in criticizing the administration for lacking a clear plan.
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Washington
Truman
Wherry
Congress
White House
Senate
Korea
Acheson
Russia
China
Republic of South Korea
Nebraska
Cleveland
Taft Rhid
Telephone letters omitted to avoid O confusion in 1942
In 1942 the share of letters varied by city with 13 percent in St Louis 23 percent in Memphis 17 percent in Little Rock 26 percent in Louisville and 23 percent in smaller district cities The letter Q was dropped from telephone dials to prevent confusion with the letter O.
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St. Louis
Memphis
Little Rock
Louisville
Longshoremen refuse unloading Russian furs from Mauretania
New York August 18 Longshoremen from Local 824 AFL International Longshoremen's Association refuse to unload Russian furs aboard the British liner Mauretania valued at 138000 dollars. They also voted against handling any Russian goods in the future as two other locals had earlier refused Russian crabmeat shipments. The cargo is likely to be returned to England.
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New York
Mauretania
AFL International Longshoremen’s, Association
Russia
England
Prayer-beds used by Hindus Mohammedans and Buddhists
Ticks remain among the most difficult livestock pests to control, posing challenges across religiously diverse farming communities.
Ship Catches Fire While Fighting Hurricane
The 17 247 ton steamship Russell Rhone caught fire today while battling gale winds and tumbling seas from a hurricane skirting Florida. Florida was alert then given the all clear as the storm veered northwestward toward the Bahamas and moved north northwestward up the Atlantic. Nine vessels joined the rescue effort while U S ships reported no immediate assistance needed.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Strom
Fort Pierce
Russell
Jones
U. S
Norfolk
Los Angeles
Bahamas
Foriday
Atlantic
Nassau
Red Jress
Puerto Rico
First pens described as hollow marsh grass stalks
The first pens were hollow tubular stalks of marsh grass according to the Encyclopedia Britannica.
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Anbantry. Punch
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South Korea
Miss Arkansas
Eget
Specia Li
Easterbrook
Gentry
W. Front
Joan Evans
Joan
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