Nieman Fellows Named From 12 Newsmen Group
Twelve journalists receive Nieman Fellowships for a year at Harvard. The group includes an editorial writer, political writers, a copy desk chief, feature writers, Washington bureau members, and city staff reporters from major papers such as the Milwaukee Journal and San Francisco Chronicle.
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Washington
Harvard
Agnes Wah! Nieman
Lucius W. Nieman
Milwaukee
Wis
Journal
Rt H. Fleming
Milwakee
William German
San Francisco
Calif
Chronicle
Donald J. Gon
United Press
Lake Success
Heys Gorey
Salt Lake City
Utah
Tribune
Max R. Hall
Associated Press
John L. Hulteng
Providence
RK 1
John P. McCormally
Emporia
Kan
Gavette
Murrey Marder
Washington, D. C
Post
Clark R. Mollenhoff
Des Moines
Iowa
Register
William M. Stucky
Memphis
Fleming
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Capital Times
Milwaukee Journal
U. S
Dance Friday At Jive Hive Teener Series Continues
The Swing Shanty hosted a July 1 teen dance with Larry Ziemann’s band. The city recreation department funds ten Friday events 8:30 to 11:30 pm. July 8 moves to Logan high school Hive Hive with same low admission and membership perks for teens.
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City Recreation Department
Larry Ziemann
Logan High School
Hive
New York Arrests Rise While Complaints Dip in 1948 Report
The 1948 annual department report shows 315 cases of murder and manslaughter, 269 of them dis? as part of 315. Arrests rose four percent despite felony complaints dropping 13 percent and misdemeanor complaints nine percent. Juvenile delinquency down five percent with 2,847 felonies, 2,732 burglaries, and 5,121 grand larceny cases. over half were disposed of.
Protest at Abbey as audience walks out during The Plough and the Stars
Audience members protest perceived decay of the Abbey theatre in Dublin during Sean O Caseys The Plough and the Stars. Valentin Ironmonger, a noted young poet, leads a walkout saying Yeats left a legacy but the theatre now shows “utter incompetence” under the directorate.
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Abbey Theater
Dublin
Valentin Ironmonger
Sean O’casey
Yeats
Deaths Mich Emerson Gildart 71 former Utica Sentinel publisher
Gildart, 71, formerly publisher of the Utica Michigan Sentinel from 1928 to 1944, died. Curtiss, vice president of Washington National Insurance Co., was born in Louis.
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Mich
Emerson
Gildart
Utica, Mich
Sentinel
Chicago
Curtiss
The
Washington National Insurance Co
Louis
Stamps Honor Moorish Wedding Amid Global Issues
Stamp releases from Spain Morocco honor the caliph’s June wedding to Princess Lal La Fatima Zohara. New issues include 50 centimos plus 10 magenta and 1 peseta plus 10 centimos forest green stamps showing the caliph, villa crowds, and airmail transport. Also noted are delayed Canadian King George VI stamps, Iceland welfare issues, Pushkin stamps from Hungary, wrestling event stamps from Turkey, Esperanto congress stamps from Austria, and Italian national heroes on 20 lire issues.
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Lal-La
Morocco
New York Stamp Co
Muley Hassan Ben el Medi Ismail
Lal-La Fatima Zohara Bent Muley
Armed Force Candidates Seek Travel and Security in Enlistment
Local recruiting officers state unemployment is not a major enlistment driver. Capt John F Sills and Recruiter F L DeLapp note travel opportunities and Navy duty attract youths while veterans reenlist for financial security. Wisconsin employment service agrees job prospects are limited but available for those seeking work.
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Wisconsin Employment Service
John F. Sills
la Crosse
F. L. DeLapp
BTC
Sills
DeLapp
Navy
N. E. Schulze
Swimming Tragedy Strikes Fourth of July Party Near Palmer Va
Four members of a Richmond family drowned at the Rapahannock river near Palmer Virginia during a Fourth of July visit to a friend's summer home. Victims were Mary Haley Frayser 17, Frank 16 John Carson 13 and William A Pennell all said to have stepped into a deep hole or been swept by a current about 100 feet from shore.
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Palmer
Richmond
Rappahannock River
Mary Haley Frayser
Frank
John Carson
William A. Pennell
Utah Girl, 9, Cuts Third Set Of Teeth
Salt Lake City nine year old Penny Lee Nielsen stunned dentists by growing a third set of molars this spring. Penny, daughter of Mr and Mrs James R Nielsen, had a full baby set before age one and a second set by age six. She says trading old teeth for money has provided her extra spending cash.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Penny Lee Nielsen
James R. Nielsen
Penny
Nation's Teachers Oppose Oath Plan
About 800 delegates from the Department of Classroom Teachers at the National Education Association annual meeting adopted a resolution opposing loyalty oaths for teachers. Miss Hilda Maehling, executive secretary, urged universal loyalty oaths if used.
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Boston
Department of Classroom Teachers
National Education Association
Hilda Maehling
Washington, D. C
Care Attention Lacking For Cerebral Palsy Victims
Duke neuropsychiatrist Dr. Leslie B. Hohman told about 300 Alpha Gamma Delta members in Roanoke that more than a half million Americans suffer cerebral palsy and there are few adequately trained caregivers. He noted the condition results from brain injury at birth and highlighted the sorority’s $5,000 training grant for placement counselors. Mrs. J. A. Keenan Jr. of Madison, Wis., was named treasurer.
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Roanoke
Duke University
Leslie B. Hohman
United States
Alpha Gamma Delta National Social Sorority
Alpha Gamma Delta
Hohman
J. A. Keenan, Jr
Madison
Wis
Drive In Service Attracts Worshippers
Rising Sun Baptist church collapsed in April during repairs and congregation held drive in services in the town park all summer. Rev. Louis L. Day led worship for about 200 in cars with a refreshment stand pulpit. He urged reverence and joked about tobacco.
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Rising Sun
Ind
Rising Sun Baptist Church
Louis L. Day
Salt Lake Shrinks to 1500 Square Miles
The great Salt Lake now covers 1,500 square miles, less than one tenth of its original area.
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Great Salt Lake
Mackinac Straits See Heavy Ferry Traffic
LANSING Mich Ferry traffic across the Straits of Mackinac over the holidays was exceptional for July 1-3 five ferries carried 15 996 vehicles vs 12 004 in 1948 the state highway department said July 2 marking the biggest day in ferry history with 5 980 vehicles crossing the straits the previous high was 5 679 on Aug 14
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Lansing
Mich
Straits of Mackinac
State Highway Department
Murder Witness Killed in Bergville Trial
A native witness at a murder trial in Bergville South Africa was murdered as investigations begin. The case centers on the ongoing Bergville court proceedings and security concerns for witnesses.
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Bergville
South Africa
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