Negro Shriners Urge Campaign Against Red Hate
DENVER August 18 over 3,000 Negro members of the Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order of the Shrine at a national convention urged to aid in fighting Communist propaganda about racial discrimination in America. Imperial Potentate Raymond E. Jackson urged Shrines to help the U S take its rightful place as leader of all nations by eliminating discrimination. Attorney General Herbert Brownell praised the Shrines for helping solve civil rights problems and said everyone must share responsibilities for freedom.
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Denver
America
Imperial
Raymond E. Jackson
Buffalo
N. Y
U. S
Herbert Brownell
Jackson
Brownell
Shriners
Poteau Cracks Down On Cars Faulty Papers
Leflore County is pursuing motorists who bought Arkansas licenses to evade Oklahoma rules. More than 20 pleaded guilty for improper licenses as enforcement by the Oklahoma Tax Commission and highway patrol targets Arkoma Spiro Moffett residents near the Arkansas line. One Twin City Bus Co. driver faces charges. company officials meet with state tax officials to discuss legality.
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Twin City Bus Co
Fort Smith
Peace Justice Court
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Oklahoma City
Arkoma
Moffett
Arkansas
General Mark Clark Departs for Tokyo Headquarters
United Nations Far East commander Gen. Mark Clark left Honolulu by plane yesterday with his family for his Tokyo headquarters. The trip underscores U N military leadership moves as the war in the Pacific continues with allied operations in the region.
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Honolulu
Mark Clark
United Nations
Far East
Tokyo
King Gheorghiu-Dej Cements Communist Court Power
Western diplomats in Bucharest describe Gheorghiu-Dej’s regime as an iron closed society with privileged officials and police guarded homes. The new elite dine on caviar while the masses queue for bread and basic rations. Food shortages and class barriers persist despite Western guests.
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Bucharest
Carol of
Romania
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Carol
Gheorghiu-Dej
Dej
Chaussee Kisselef
Jianu Park
Texas Driver Dies At Hugo
Frank Ford Simpson 64 of Nacogdoches Texas died in a head on collision on U S 40 about 20 miles east of Hugo. His wife Thelma 56 who was driving told patrol she braked as a maintenance truck approached and skidded into an oncoming auto driven by Louis Shapiro 53 of Newark New Jersey. Thelma Simpson is hospitalized at Flagler Colorado with head injuries. Simpson was the 188th Colorado traffic fatality of the year.
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Hugo
Colo
Frank Ford Simpson
Nacogdoches
Tex
U. S. 40
Simpson
Thelma
Louis Shapiro
Newark
N. J
Flagler
Shapiro
Colorado
Drouth Boosts Chesapeake Bay Oysters During Dry Spell
Annapolis Maryland farmers suffered through a long drought while underwater farms thrived. Tidewater Fisheries Commission chair Arthur H Brice states that drought reduced freshwater flow into Chesapeake Bay raising salinity and benefiting oysters and other shellfish.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Arthur H. Brice
Tidewater Fisheries Commission
Chesapeake Bay
Even A Small Car Can Cause Damage
In Columbia South Carolina, Officer H C Walker investigated a traffic incident. A woman claimed her four year old son was hit, but the parked car remained unmoved for 24 hours. A toy pedal car nearby explained the damage, as the child blamed another four year old driving it.
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Columbia
S. C
H. C. Walker
Walker
Licenses Cost More Than The Fee In New York State
William A. McMullen told Judge Wanrens that he never obtained a driver license due to cost. The city judge fined him 50 dollars. In New York, driver licenses cost 3 dollars for a three year period.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
William A. McMullen
Stanley L. Wanrensselaer
New York State
State Woman Asks 178 785 in Bus Accident Suit
Dolores Moore of Oklahoma City sues Oklahoma Transportation Co and Bert Bloomfield for 178 785 after a bus strike left her right leg amputated below the knee. The 19 year old was crossing a downtown street when the bus halted and her leg was run over. She remains hospitalized at Mercy.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Transportation Co
Dolores Moore
Bert Kenneth Bloomfield
Midwest City
Bloomfield
Miss Moore
Mercy Hospital
New Jet to Be Shown at National Aircraft Show
Dayton Ohio reports that the National Aircraft Show September 5 to 7 will feature two unprecedented public demonstrations. A simulated explosion of an atomic artillery shell will be staged and the world's first supersonic jet with sweptback wings will be shown, neither of which has been witnessed by the public before.
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Dayton
Ohio
Marriage Annulled as Five Children Split
Baltimore report states the 10 year marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Robbins ended in annulment after it was found Mrs Robbins was not divorced when she wed her second husband Judge S Ralph Warnken awarded custody to the father of the three boys aged 3, 4 and 8 while the two girls aged 1 and 7 remained with their mother.
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Baltimore
Earl Robbins
Tokyo hit 98 on hottest day since World War I
In Tokyo today the temperature reached 98 degrees marking the hottest day since the end of World War I. The heat wave prompted officials to issue warnings as residents sought shade and hydration.
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Tokyo
Three Year Old Wanders Bank Naked In Pasadena
In Pasadena California a three year old boy named Francois Fisher wandered into a bank wearing only imagination. Bank staff fashioned makeshift shorts from a money bag. Mother Mrs Edmund Fisher reported this was his fifth run away in his birthday suit.
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Pasadena
Calif
Francois Fisher
California
Francois
Edmund Fisher
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