Haiphong Falls to Vietminh as Reds March In
Vietminh troops occupied Haiphong after the French surrender ending 92 years of colonial rule. An order was broadcast demanding denunciations of collaborators with prison or death for noncompliance. About 8,000 French troops massed on Do Son Peninsula, their evacuation to complete Vietminh control of North Indochina by Monday.
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Haiphong
North Indochina
Vietminh
U.S
Dien Bien Phu
Viet Nam
Do Son
Indochina
Rain belt shifts east across the nation
The rain belt path moved from the south central region into the Ohio Valley and Middle Atlantic states with showers reported in Missouri southern Iowa and central Illinois. Scattered rain also hit Georgia Alabama and far southern Texas while the Southeast sweltered with 90s and near 100 in Florida.
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Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic States
Missouri
Iowa
Ilinois
Georgia
Alabama
Texas
Florida
Strawberries Due In Doniphan Area Sunday
A season about 10 days ahead of normal will bring the first light picking of commercial strawberries in Doniphan County Kansas Sunday. Ed Kelly of the Kansas Employment Service said crop prospects are bright despite drought. Soil moisture is ample and bloom is above normal. Growers will pay about $1.50 a crate to pickers.
Lice species feed on feathers exceed twenty five thousand
A historic note reports that over twenty five thousand species of lice exist and feed on feathers, illustrating the vast biodiversity and specialized parasitic relationships observed in avian hosts.
You Are There With Col Corbett Prose Takes You Hunting
Ruark honors Col Jim Corbett noting his India boyhood among tigers and dual talent as hunter and writer. He praises Jungle Lore and Temple Tiger, contrasts with Er nest Thompson Seton and Harry Selby, and laments Corbett’s passing at Nyeri Kenya Colony while envisioning him in the jungle. The piece shifts to a Cutter polio vaccine update with minimal panic and steady demand.
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Jim Corbett
Nyeri
Kenya
Ernest Thompson-Seton
Thompson-Seton
Corbett
Col. Corbett
Naini Tal
India
Kipling
Co. Corbett
Harry Selby
Selby
Harry
Africa
Col
Jim
Area Geology Field Work In Johnson County Planned
The State Geological Survey and University of Kansas will conclude field work this summer studying Johnson County geology ground water and mineral resources. Howard O’Connor will map geology, log wells, inventory wells, and collect samples for analysis. Results will appear as three color maps plus chapters on areal geology economic geology and ground water.
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Johnson County
Howard O'Connor
State Geological Survey
University of Kansas
O'Connor
Kansas
Chase and
Lyon
Osagé
Press
Elk
Wilson
Douglas
State Boards of Agriculture and Health
Leavenworth National Guard Officers Graduate Refresher Course
Graduation exercises were held today for 241 National Guard officers who completed a refresher course at the Command and General Staff College. The group included Brig. Gen. Frank Dunkley of Topeka commanding general of the 35th Infantry Division Kansas and Missouri National Guard.
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Ft, Leavenworth
Kas
National Guard
Command and General Staff College
Frank Dunkley
Topeka
35Th Infantry Division
Kansas
Missouri National Guard
Use of Woodpecker Scales and Animal Products as Money
Historical notes describe diverse forms of currency including woodpecker scalps elephant oils tobacco and beaver skins, showing how early economies relied on valued natural items as medium of exchange across cultures.
Cutter Laboratories Moves Swiftly To Halt Use Of Vaccine
In Berkeley and nationwide, Cutter Laboratories moved within 38 minutes of U S Public Health Service withdrawal to stop distribution of its polio vaccine. Officials urged calls to distributors and users as NIH tests began. Dr Robert K Cutter defended the company’s careful, rapid action amid investigations into possible vaccine-related polio cases.
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Vaccine Company
Berkeley
Calif
Cutter Laboratories
Cutter
U.S. Public Health Service
Public Health Service
National Institutes of Health
Robert K. Cutter
Three J-W Pictures Win in Inland Event
Awards were given to 43 photographers from 32 daily newspapers at the 15th annual Inland picture contest sponsored by Northwestern University Medial School of Journalism and the Inland Daily Press Assn. Edward C Meyer of the St Louis Globe-Democrat won best picture for a woman pulled from windstorm wreckage.
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Chicago
Northwestern University Medial School of Journalism
Inland Daily Press Assn
Inland
Edward C Meyer
St Louis Globe-Democrat
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China
Taipei
Formosa
P—An
Today
Hopei
North China
Peiping
Interior Ministry
Taiao
By Robert Ruark
Jers
Fred Cutter
Ft, Leavenworth Grads
Lawrence. Ks
Hamilton, Mont
Carl Ecklund
Idaho
N.H
Mass
Buddy
Gallagher Motors
Puch Cochsen
Lawrence Kass
Fusate Na
Wilbur Hies
Salina
Ar Val Sign Trance
Lawrence
Riverside School
Kansas Power and Light Company
Tria
Abi
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