Georgia Democrats Split May Mean Two Primaries
Aug 8 AP report from Atlanta on Georgia Democratic rift with two factions seeking separate primaries. Herman Talmadge supporters push for immediate action while Gov Thompson backers favor delay to next legislative session. Debate centers on education voting eligibility and separate party primaries.
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Georgia
Tlanta
A.P
South
Democratic Party
Empire State
Eugene Talmadge
Herman Tal
Madge
M. E.thompson
Thompson
Flowse
Fred Hand
Herman Talmadge
South Carolina
Hente
California Higher Education Survey Board Named
Sacramento announces a survey into higher education needs in the state. Roy E. Simpson and Robert Gordon Sproul name Dr. Montono E. Deutsch Dr. Aubrey Douglass and Dr. George D Strayer to study the need for more four year colleges in Sacramento and Los Angeles as legislative action awaits the survey result.
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Sacramento
Aug. B
California
Roy E.simpson
Robert Gordon Sproul
University of California
Montono E. Deutsch
de. Aubrey Douglass
George D. Strayer
Columbia University
Midwest Heat Toll Drops as Cooler Weather Arrives
Chicago reports 112 heat tolls easing with a cooling period. Temperatures in Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana cool slightly while Shreveport touched 106 yesterday. National weather bureau predicts scattered showers from the Rockies to New England with lows in the 50s in the Pacific Northwest. A separate report notes a $28,000 bank robbery in Sharon.
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Chicago
Midwest
South
Bank of Sharon
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Louisiana
Aearf
Shreveport
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Katz and Leventritt Hold Slim Lead in Bridge Race
New York Aug 8 1944 Samuel Katz of Millburn New Jersey and Peter Leventritt of New York the 1944 world master contract bridge pairs champions held a one point lead in the Waldemar von Zedtwitt gold cup defense as remaining rounds awaited in the American Contract Bridge League tournament.
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New York
Samuel Kats
Millburn
N. J
Peter Leventritt
Waldemar von Zedtwitt
Record Hay Wire Story Exceeds Million Ton Target
Bethlehem Pacific and Coast Steel announce baling wire production will meet Western demand, capable of baling 1,000,000 tons of hay. Production has risen 50 percent since 1941, signaling a major supply milestone as hay needs grow across the region.
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Los Angeles
Bethlehem Pacific
Coast Steel Corporation
Bethlehem
Yugoslav Girl Veteran Worships Tito Memory in Belgrade
A dark haired Belgrade woman, once a wartime fighter, recalls four years in the woods and mud during a retreat. She is polished and cultured, yet clings to memories of hunger and fear as she serves at a government desk.
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Karahasanovic
Information Bureau
Belgrade
Associated. Press
Sanders
Tito
Smnaljals
Ameriy Waleh
Munira Karahasanovic
Munira
Yugoslavia
New Democracy
an_ information
Hha
Marth
Sarajevo
Triers
Partisan Kustom
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Peterson
McDonald
Italy
Budapest
Mac
Pet
Bayi
Zenski
Bai
iKulasi
Ali
Waterfont boat saga and postwar naval notes mix distress and plans
Long Beach area items report Capt Richard Crank seeking regis tration and compensation for his Retreat vessel after wartime requisition, plus Marine Veterans of America discussing a new hall aboard Pacific Queen. Also noted are banana ship Amapala and Great Republic sailing to Manila, and Yugoslav Partisan Munira Karahasanovic's postwar government role and memories.
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Edsel Newton
Presa-Telegram Marine Iedliar
Richard H. Crank
Willis W. Bradley
Crank
Mian Rewir Service
Nove Drga
Army
Nin
U. S. Customs
Maritime Commission
John A. Richards
Merchant Marine
Veterans of America
Windjammer
Lone Beach
Max Miller
Long Beach
Los Angeles July strikes cost 121453 man days
Los Angeles area work stoppages in July cost 121453 man days. Forty five percent were due to the motion picture industry. Merchants and Manufacturers Association said 25 active strikes kept 6794 employees off work part or all of July. Seven strikes were settled and 18 continued, the association reported.
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Los- Angeles
Los Angeles
Floods Wipe Out China Food Supply Regions
Aerials over flooded Kiangsu show vast areas submerged from watercourses to canals. Reports from Nanking estimate ten districts hit, with up to a tenth of crops destroyed as villagers and farmers become homeless amid rising rivers and widespread inundation.
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China
Anking
U.P
Haa
Feriheva Aris
Nanking
I Peihsien
Hsuchow
Suchlen
Fsuchow
Hsuchovy
Walter
Kiangsu
Work Begins on Big Atomic Laboratory Site
Aug. 8 report from Schenectady states construction started yesterday on the government $20,000,000 atomic research laboratory at the Knolls near here. Dr. C Guy Suits, vice president of General Electric, turned the first spade to start the project. G B will operate the laboratory for the government.
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Schenectady, WN
Atomic Research Laboratory
Knolls
C. Guy Suits
General Electric Co
G. GB
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HAY Wire Story
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Deadrich Tire Careles
BR MeTyre
Fourth
Pacific
By Daniel, DE Luce
Waterfront
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Fuente Fruit Co
Salina Cruz
Mexico
Pacific Far East Line
Great Republic
Manila
Philippines
Maritime Co Commission
Fireside Lodge
Bear Lake
Erica
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Igo
Big ‘Atomic Laboratory
Telechron
G. E., UW. & F. Modelo
Meat Modela
Herbert's Jewelers
Third St
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Floray Rugs
Pine
Ft & If
Lace
Curtaina
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