White Holds Big Mississippi Lead
Jackson Mississippi August 23 Hugh L White former Mississippi governor led in the Democratic primary runoff to seek a new four year term. Unofficial results show White 177,916 votes to Paul B Johnson Jr 167,946 across 1653 of 1782 precincts. Gartin Laurel mayor elected lieutenant governor with 204,584 to Arrington 114,702.
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Miss
Hugh L. White
Mississippi
White
U.S
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Bilbo
Paul B. Johnson Jr
Johnson
Carroll Gartin
Laurel
Jimmy Arrington
Collins
Fires Razing State Forests Across California Nevada
Associated Press reports multiple wildfires across California and Nevada. Nevada fire burned over 18 000 acres east of Reno with 200 firefighters. California fires included Pony Peak timber drive in Klamath National Forest with 9000 plus acres and 600 firefighters. Additional blazes at Jim Jam Ridge Trinity Forest and near Lake Hughes required extensive containment efforts. A 700 acre Hast Fork Elk Greek blaze in Klamath National Forest was controlled yesterday.
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Associated Press
California
Nevada
Reno
Pony Peak
Klamath National Forest
Sisyikou
Trinity Forest
Lake Hughes
Los Angeles
Hast Fork
Elk Greek
Cotton Harvest Underway in Palo Verde Valley
Harvesting of an estimated 18000 bales of cotton in the Palo Verde Valley was under way today. About 200 Mexican nationals were expected next week to help with the harvest.
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Blythe
Palo Verde Valley
Education Is Medicine at Long Beach Veterans Hospital
At Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital eight educational therapy advisers serve 400 patients across elementary, high school and college courses. Therapists, volunteers, and staff provide instruction from thermodynamics to basic subjects, with reports and course progress in medical records while enabling GI bill benefits for future college attendance.
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Veterans Hospital
Lyle Warneke
Thordis Haga
William A. Kirk
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Miss Haga
City College
Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital
J. W. Lentz
Lela Rankin
Milfred McKeon
Donald Mor Tow
Irma Twee
Ellen MacIntyre
Elizabeth Cochran
Long Beach
George Francis Staat
Pasadena
Staat
Lentz
Long Beach City Schools
Thardis Haga
Long Beach City College
State
American Legion Auxiliary
University of California
Géorgesen
Picnic Box Score Shows Rescue and Aid Summary
Boston Navy Yard outing drew about 24,000 workers and families in Lunenburg Mass. Police Chief George Watel reports 56 treated by Red Cross and five hospitalized. Twenty nine rescued from drowning and eleven lost children reunited with parents. One arrest later dismissed. Seventy five barrels of beer consumed.
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Lunenburg
Mass
George Watel
Boston Navy Yard
Red Cross
Hoover warns GOP against me too-ing program needed
Former President Herbert Hoover told reporters in San Francisco that Republicans can win the 1952 presidential race only if they present their own program and avoid being mere imitators or critics. He declined to name a probable GOP nominee and planned a Des Moines speech on Honor in Public Life with an Iowa centennial award awaiting him.
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San Francisco
Herbert Hoover
Des Moines
Iowa
Bargain Supplier Buys Close-Out Slacks for Cash
A retailer outlines a cash based strategy to acquire close-out stock from Eastern manufacturers. He buys factory overruns and cancelled orders at fifty cents on the dollar, avoiding cheap merchandise and focusing on high quality slacks. Stocks come from Atlanta Rochester Philadelphia New York and other cities via ads in Eastern papers.
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Atlanta
Rochester
Philadelphia
New York
Wiggle Dancers Stir Iowa Fair Politics
Iowa Democrats accused a GOP state fair show of nudity and lascivious dancing while dancer Evelyn West defended the act saying farmers want such entertainment. Democratic chair Jake More called the performances "nudity runs riot" and "the human form raped." fair board secretary Lloyd Cunningham said they would review performances further.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Evelyn West
Lloyd’s of London
Jake More
West
Lioyd Cunningham
Fair Board
Business Failures Decline During Week
New York August 29 business failures fell to 130 for the week ending August 23 from 153 the prior week and 176 in the year-ago period per Dun and Bradstreet. Failures with liabilities of 5000 or more totalled 109, down from 122 and 128. Those under 5000 declined to 21 from 36 and 48 respectively.
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New York
Dun and Bradstreet
Change in China Command Looms
TAIPEH Formosa Aug 29 UP The China Daily News says Gen Lin Piao commander of the Chinese Communist Fourth Field Army will take charge of Chinese Red forces in Korea if cease talks fail. The English paper said its information was exclusive and from the Chinese mainland. The news said 500000 troops under Lin massed on the Manchurian side of the Yalu River boundary with North Korea.
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Taipeh
Formosa
China Daily News
Lin Piao
Fourth Field Army
Korea
Hina
Lin
Yalu River
North Korea
Franco Frees 400 political prisoners in Spain
Madrid August 29 the Franco government announced that about 400 political prisoners have been released or granted conditional liberty. Fifteen of those freed are women.
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Madrid
Spain
Francisco Franco
Life for Nails Accused Faulted Theft and Tragedy
Georgetown dispatch says Gunroop Singh, a retired policeman, charged with theft of nails, took his own life by throwing under a train hours before his court appearance. Police report the case as an 4 cent theft and note Singh confronted the charges after the alleged act.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
Gunroop Singh
Singh
Tees
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