Miss America Beatrice Shopp Returns to Farm Roots
Beatrice Shopp 18 year old Miss America of 1948 heads from Atlantic City to Minnesota farm for a few days then to New York to begin engagements. She earned 16000 in contracts and scholarships after beating 54 contestants and plans to study music with funds. The shy farm girl tends 100 chickens drives a tractor and helps her mother at Hopkins Minnesota home. She may travel to Hollywood but will not marry before age 24 or 25.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Beatrice Shopp
Minnesota
New York
Anee
Hopkins, Minn
Beatrice
Bebe
Miss Shopp
West Coast
Hollywood
Maraane
Lemay Undergoing Extended Lie Tests Over Disappearance
Milwaukee authorities and state officials pressed the Cecelia Lemay case as Edmund Lemay, 52, endured seven hours of lie detector questioning after returning from Newark. Officials cited about 10 discrepancies in his answers regarding his wife’s fate while noting no charges stemmed from the session. Police then questioned housekeeper Eva Clark, 51, as the investigation continued.
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Milwaukee
Cecelia Lemay
Edmond Lemay
Newark
N. J
Dist. Atty
William J. McCauley
Lemay
New Jersey
Frank O'Neil
Eva Clark
Spanish Blonde Becomes Mrs America of 1948
Maria Monez Strohmeier, a 21 year old green eyed Spanish blonde, was crowned Mrs America of 1948 in Asbury Park New Jersey. She attended a press conference and parade while beginning to claim the $5,000 in prizes. She left the Miss America contest to marry her ex GI boyfriend.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Maria Monez Strohmeier
Jinnah Given Military Rites
Karachi India reports founder and first governor general of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah buried with full military honors at age 71. He died Saturday night from heart disease after guiding Pakistan’s creation and serving as governor general since Aug 1947. Government sources expect a new governor general to be named with Nawabzada Ali Khan preferring to stay in his post. London officials said no clear successor yet and that the new governor general could be English or Pakistani.
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Karachi
India
Mahomed Ali Jinnah
Pakistan
Jinnah
Ane
London
Sind
Nawabzada Ali Lieuat Khan
Common Wealth
Weather Forecast for La Crosse Area Tonight and Tuesday
Fair and cooler tonight with a low near 52 degrees. Tuesday will be warm and sunny with a high around 80 degrees.
Two U S Jet Planes Crash Near Germany En Route to England
Two U S F-80 jet fighters crashed today near Kaufbeuren while en route to England for battle of Britain day. A third F-80 is missing. Pilots in the two crashes are believed killed. All three took off from Fuerstenfeldbruck in Bavaria in a eight-plane formation. five landed safely at Manston, England. A second eight-plane formation to Manstein from Fuerstenfeldbruck reported no incident.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U.S
Kaufbeuren
England
Britain
U. S. Air Force
Fuerstenfeldbruck
Bavaria
Manston
Eng
Manstein
Fuerstenfelidbruck
Plane Missing With Five aboard in Manitoba search
An American naval Beachcraft with Capt Benjamin Scott Custer and four others, including Lt Charles Wilcox and Chief Petty Officer Jack Kastner, vanished after leaving Churchill Manitoba for The Pas and Ottawa. The embassy confirmed aboard were also Sir Robert Stirling Hamilton and a staff sergeant Scalise. Canadian air force and joint services bases at Churchill aid the search in the bleak northern Manitoba terrain.
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Ottawa
Benjamin Scott Custer
U. S
Manitoba
Robert Stirling-Hamilton
Churchill
Man
Pas
Charles Wilcox
U. S. Navy
Jack M. Kastner
Naval Air
Scalise
Canadian Air A
Joint Services
Camp McCoy Draft Training Plan Aims for Reopen
Mayor C. A. Beranek said he will contact New York Governor Thomas Dewey before the November election to seek reopening Camp McCoy as a military draft training center.
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C. A. Beranek
New York
Thomas Dewey
Camp McCoy
Berlin Paper Claims Reds Set X-Day for Seizure of Berlin
Montagsed0, a Berlin newspaper, says Russians ordered German Communists to escalate riots after the US elections to force seizure of Berlin and derail four power talks. It cites expectations of resumed Moscow talks this week and fears weather disrupting the airlift.
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Berlin
United States
Montagsedo
Moscow
Truman Barkley Ticket Faces Test In Texas
In Texas tomorrow the Truman Barkley ticket seeks victory to blunt a rising Dixie revolt and aid party unity. The States Rights challenge seeks to control party machinery at a state convention while Louisiana fights over ballot placement and by law officials face potential removal.
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Texas
Washington
Truman
Dixie
States Rights
States Rights Party
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Fielding Wright
Mississippi
Truman- Barkley
If War Comes Study of Potentialities
A Defense Department briefing to Secretary Marshall outlines U S and allied ground forces facing a Soviet western advance. It estimates Soviet totals at about 4.12 million in 274 divisions, versus roughly 579000 U S army personnel, with Britain about 534000 and other Western European nations contributing hundreds of thousands more.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Military High Command
Defense
Forrestal
State Marshall
Pentagon
MVD
Europe
Germany
Trieste
Japan
United Kingdom
Britain
Isles
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Norway
Denmark
Sweden
Greece
Big Four Hold Greek Conference On Italian Colonies
Paris reports show Britain France Russia and the United States meeting to decide the fate of Italy s Libia Somaliland and an African trusteeship. With Sept 15 deadline the talks yield pessimism as an UN solution looms and a trusteeship proposal remains unsettled.
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Paris
Italy
United Nations
Britain
France
Russia
United States
Robert Schuman
United Nations Assembly
Africa
Mother of Hillsboro Hero Mitscher Dies in Oklahoma City
Mrs. Myrta Shear Mitscher 83 mother of Adm. Marc A. Mitscher died suddenly at her Oklahoma City home after a winter hip fracture and illness. Born in Hillsboro, she witnessed the admiral’s rise as a key WWII carrier leader and hero, with family recalling early Washington visits and his Navy career. Funeral arrangements set to bring the body to Hillsboro for burial.
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Hillsboro
Wis
Myrta Shear Mitscher
Marc A. Mitscher
Oklahoma City
Okla
Mitscher
Adm
Oscar A. Mitscher
Marc
Washington, D. C
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Naval
Navy
Air Arm
Naval Service
Mare
North Island
Calif
Mitschers
Oklahoma
Academy
Pearl Harbor
Hornet
Midway
Japan
Pacific
Myrta Mitscher
Vernon County
Civil War and Flood Displace 55 Million in China
The government information service reports 55 million homeless across China due to civil war and floods on the Yellow and Yangtze rivers and other waterways.
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Nanking
Government Information Service Today
Yellow
Yangtze
China
New Witness Sought As Red Spy Case Probes Atomic Security
Washington reports a new witness, described as important but not well known, was summoned by congressional spy investigators. Rep. Vail says new leads exist and Soviet atomic secrets may have been obtained. hearings may be postponed.
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Washington
House
American Activities Committee
Rep
Vail
R-Ill
Roosevelt
Truman
Six Men Die In Plane Crash Near New Orleans Airport
Six Texas residents were killed when their crippled army training plane crashed and burned a half mile from the landing airport. The wreck occurred yesterday during a attempted landing near New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Texas
Contractors Fault City Codes for Raising Housing Costs
Builders blame fragmented codes across towns for higher costs and hindered mass production. They cite outdated bans on new materials and methods and support a model code for towns under 10 000 to enable cheaper standardized homes. The National Association of Home Builders backs the revised code to replace obsolete local bans.
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Sam Dawson
New York
Seaton
National Association of Home Builders
Rochester
N. Y
Invaders Say They Intend To Prevent Anarchy
A report by MARC PURDUE details statements from invaders who claim their aim is to prevent chaos. The piece outlines their stated goals and the reaction of authorities and locals.
Temperature Returns To 90 In La Crosse Area
Temperatures climbed to 90 in La Crosse and 91 at the airport Sunday with many areas hitting 90s nationwide. For Monday, readings stayed in the mid 70s with no forecast above 80, a forecast echoed for Tuesday by William C. Chapin temporarily heading the La Crosse weather station. Low tonight near 52 and a high Tuesday around 80.
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la Crosse
William C. Chapin
Mercury
Associated Press
Menomonie
Milwaukee
Green Bay
Darlington
Madison
Machinist Union Urges Large Organizing Drive
Grand Rapids report says officers of the International Association of Machinists urge a major organizing drive among about 350 000 automobile mechanics as the IAM convenes for its first convention in three years.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
International Association of Machinists
IAM
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