MATS Restores Normal Worldwide Airlift Operations
MATS chief Maj. Gen. Laurence Kuter says normal scheduled service is returning. By year end both world and domestic airlift will resume, with C-54s reconditioning for Berlin duties and Navy squadrons reassigned to original routes. VR-8 moves to Hawaii, VR-6 to Westover Mass, VR-3 to continental U S routes, and Great Falls training center converts to a transport unit for C-97A crews.
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Washington
Military
Laurence 5. Kuter
Mats Com
33 Women Hurt In Crash Near Kenosha Wis
Thirty three Indiana women were injured Monday when two buses and a car collided on U S highway 41 southwest of Kenosha. Three women were hospitalized with injuries including severe facial cuts a fractured hip and a gashed jaw. Police said the car driven by Ernest Hildebrand passed the front bus then slowed causing the crash as a second bus struck the first and the rear bus collided. Hildebrand was unhurt.
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Kenosha
Wis
Indiana
U. S. Highway 41
Here
Frank Ramuth
East Chicago
Mary Martin
Whiting
Steve Sedlik
Hammond
Holy Hill
Wiscon
Ernest Hildebrand
Chicago
Hildebrand
Deaths: Bill Odom famed for round-the-world flights
William P. Odom a Cleveland based airman known as a red distance flier after World War II and celebrated for record breaking long distance and round the world flights with a storied career in aviation. Col Morgen Shepherd a former advertising head at Southern Planter and ex president of the Agricultural Publishers association is also noted in the obituary.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
William P
Bill) Odom
Morgen ‘Shepherd
The
Southern Planter
Agricultural Publishers’ Association
Improper Play Penalties From America's Card Authority
Irregular canasta actions incur point deductions at hand end. Penalties include 50 points for an irregular draw, 100 points for drawing out of turn or melding out of turn, 100 points for failing to go out after partner approval, and 500 points if a red trey is undeclared after a turn. The article outlines correction methods for draw and discard errors and rules for exposing or rectifying melds.
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America
Card Authority
Canasta
Barkley and Mrs Hadley Plan Busy St Louis Day
Vice President Alben W Barkley and Mrs Carleton S Hadley have a packed Tuesday in Saint Louis with lunch, window shopping, and dancing at the Chase hotel. Barkley will travel to Springfield NL on Wednesday for a speaking engagement on Thursday. He denies plans to marry the 37 year old widow.
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ST. Louis
Alben W. Barkley
Carleton S. Hadley
Chase Hotel
Hadley
Springfield
Barkley
Ducah
Demonstrators and Police Clashed in Red Stronghold
In Milan the Sesto San Giovanni protest turned violent as demonstrators and police clashed during a march by heavy equipment workers. At least 20 injured, five from gunfire, with unconfirmed reports of two deaths. Demonstrators demanded extended bonuses to dismissed workers.
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Milan
Italy
Sesto San
Billy Rose Birthday Chronicle of a Showman
Birthday notes mark Billy Rose born September 6 1899 in New York a salesman and son of a theatrical producer famed as a showman. He wrote hit songs learned from library sources and staged productions including Jumbo at the Hippodrome Fort Worth Centennial Aquacade at the New York World's Fair and Diamond Horseshoe. He married Eleanor Holm in 1939 after divorcing Fanny Brice.
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Billy Rose
New York
William Samuel Rosenberg
P. T. Barnum
New York Public Library
Fort Worth
Texas
Diamond Horseshoe Night Club
Eleanor Holm
Fanny Brice
Two Camp McCoy Soldiers Charged With Theft
Two Camp McCoy soldiers Richard E. Checkerall and Carl D. Baker, both 18, are jailed in Monroe county on auto theft charges. They were arrested at the Fireside Inn by La Crosse police at the request of county authorities for allegedly taking a car owned by H. L. Sauerman, Sparta city recreation director, parked near the Masonic temple in Sparta.
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Sparta
Wis
Camp McCoy
Monroe County
Richard E. Checkerall
Fairmont
W. Va
Carl D. Baker
Gilmore
Ohio
Fireside Inn
la Crosse
H. L. Sauerman
Sparta City
Masonic Temple
Homebuilding gains show rising sales and activity
Reports from the National Association of Real Estate Boards the bureau of labor statistics and the commerce department indicate improving homebuilding. Home sales rose in 30 to 60 days while general building activity increased about three percent in August with private home building contributing. Construction in the first half of the year neared 1948 levels and new homes accounted for most of the $1.8 to $1.9 billion in value.
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Washington
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Commerce Department
Real Estate Association
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