Duquesne Tamburitzans Tour Yugoslavia
Duquesne University Tamburitzans toured Yugoslavia in late June to showcase American Yugoslav culture. The group, first U S cultural unit in since WWII, is supported by state and Yugoslav cultural groups and will fly home August 18 to begin the school year. The troupe includes students of Yugoslav and other Eastern European descent and aims to check authenticity of their folk offerings.
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Pittsburgh
Duquesne University
Yugoslavia
U. S. Department of State
Donald B. Cook
Matt L. Gouze
State Department
la Crosse
United States
U. S. Army
Germany
Italy
Austria
Migratory Farm Class Subject of Discussion in Phoenix
A presidential commission on migratory labor heard that Mexican national agricultural workers in Arizona pose fewer problems than other migratory workers. University of Wisconsin’s Noble Clark chaired, joined by UC Berkeley’s Peter H. Odegard during two days of hearings in Phoenix.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Presidential Commission On Migratory Labor
Arizona
Noble Clark
University of Wisconsin
Peter H. Odegard
University of California
Clark
C. A. Finch
Maricopa County
Finch
Wallace quits Progressives in Korea split
Henry Wallace resigns from the Progressive party after a split over Korea policy. He had supported U S and UN actions while the party backed the national committee. Wallace announced no immediate political plans.
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New York
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
Korea
Wallace
U. S
Allace
National Committee
Number of U S Employes Declines
Washington reports a decline of 131 087 civilian government employees in the past year before the Korean War. The end of the fiscal year June 30 shows 1 968 940 on the payroll per a Senate House committee report on non essential federal expenditures.
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Washington
Senate-House Committee
Passion plays staged across Oberam Spearfish and Lawton areas
The text lists locations including Oberam Spearfish S Ca Lawton Okla Morgan Germany Tegelen Holland Spearfish D and Lawton Okla among other places where passion plays are presented.
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Oberam- Spearfish
S. Ca
Lawton, Okla
Morgan
Germany
Tegelen
Holland
Spearfish
8. D
North Koreans Use Women and Children To Shield Troops
U S Marine pilots reported that women and children crowded village streets to conceal enemy troops. Marines avoided bombing areas where civilians gathered, fearing heavy noncombatant casualties.
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Tokyo
U. S
Leatherneck
Warships Destroy Red Rail Center In Korea Yard
American warships damaged 75 percent of tracks at Tanchon marshalling yard on North Korea's east coast and destroyed a complete train including a locomotive and nine cars as they passed through the yards on Wednesday, the navy said.
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Tokyo
Tanchon
North Korea
Navy
Japanese Antarctic fleet nets record 1950 whaling haul
The Japanese Antarctic fleet of 32 vessels set a record in the 1950 whaling season by catching 1,941 whales. The haul yielded 26,600 tons of whale oil and 39,000 tons of food products containing some oil.
Local Newspaper Postmark Appears in La Crosse
Notice shows the La Crosse Tribune entry as second class mail matter with a June 23 1904 postmark at the La Crosse Wisconsin office under the 1879 act.
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la Crosse
Wis
Chicago Girl Seeks Annulment From Third Month Marriage
A 17 year old Chicago girl seeks annulment from Paul Kroll age 24 alleging he is already married with two children and a third due. Attorney Harold A Siegan states the marriage occurred after a three week courtship on June 23 and that Kroll previously wed in Muskegon November 23, 1946.
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Chicago
Rosemary Kroll
Paul Kroll
Harold A. Siegan
Muskegon
Mich
Kroll
Jeanette
Bury
Siegan
Navy
New Yorker Denies Motorboat Caused Triple Lake Drowning
Waukesha Wisconsin The inquiry into Saturday's Lake La Belle triple drowning continued after New Yorker John Beggs McCulloch denied his motorboat swamped a rowboat. McCulloch 42 heir to a 52 million estate said he did not come close to the boat and will return to his Summer home in Oconomowoc Wisconsin while District Attorney David Dancey plans to question him.
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Waukesha
Wis
Lake la Belle
John Beggs McCulloch
New York
Waukesha County
David Dancey
McCulloch
U S Pays Benefits To Sullivan Family For Five Sons
The Sullivan couple of Waterloo Iowa finally receive 4200 annual government payments for their five sons who died when the USS Juneau was torpedoed on November 13 1942. Senator Gillette says the couple had been underpaid with only 65 a month in life insurance and 350 a month in new dependency benefits were approved retroactively to April. The Sullivans are the only family known to lose five sons in combat and a national memorial bill is being sponsored.
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Washington —i
Sen
Gillette
D-Ia
Thomas F. Sullivan
Waterloo
Juneau
Waves
Navy Women’s Service
Genevieve M. Donadison
Treasury
Sullivan
Veterans Administration Office
St. Paul
Minn
Iowa
Sullivan Brothers
Peru Peanut Oil Increase Plans Stalled
Peru seeks higher vegetable oil output but peanut oil production remains non commercial amid Lima reports. Ports discussion appears in the coverage.
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Peru
Lima
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Red Rail
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