Shipping Spotter Travels By Proxy Has No Desire To Sail
Walter Gelbach a 70 year old Baltimore ship lookout spends eight hours a day tracking port traffic from a shack on the harbor front. He records arrivals in his log and informs the maritime exchange so customs and dock workers can prepare. He has never been to sea and wants to stay ashore.
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Maritime Exchange
Eboard
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Chesapeake Bay
Western Germany unification faces German defeatist leaders
Richard Hollander reports German parliamentary leaders and party bosses in the American and British zones show strong opposition to unifying western Germany with the east. Most leaders deny responsibility for past actions and doubt success, while two officials Bremen mayor Kaisar and Cologne deputy mayor Fuchs offer cautious support and a glimmer of hope.
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Quiz 14 Demos Only Three Back Truman
A New York Times poll of 14 Democratic senate hopefuls for 1948 finds only three willing to publicly back Truman. Clayton Knowles notes 13 are incumbents, 10 from the Deep South, with Clinton P. Anderson among the non-incumbents seeking Hatch’s New Mexico seat. Only two senators favor re election of Truman: James E. Murray and Theodore F. Green.
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Carl A. Hatch
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Truman
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Events May Change Middle East Oil Plans
Secretary of Defense Forrestal told a Senate subcommittee that recent events could force changes in plans to boost Middle East oil production. He said he has asked military experts to advise on continuing steel shipments for Saudi pipeline projects and would decide within 48 hours.
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