Youngest Designer Marion Buckley Promotes Buckley Juniors
Texas girl Marion Buckley, aged 13, designs her own Buckley Juniors clothing line in Amarillo. She began sewing at 10, created 29 commercial designs, and recently joined her mother in Los Angeles for fabric and trim selection. Her father sells the line.
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America
Marion Buckley
Amarillo
Texas
Thelma L. Buckley
Marion
F. B. Buckley
Dewey Consults Vandenberg on Germany Crisis
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey plans a dinner with Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg at his Pawling farm to get an up to date report on the Berlin crisis. General Eisenhower backs firm U S policy but says his Pawling visit does not bind him to Dewey. John Foster Dulles will attend the dinner with farm editors present.
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N. Y
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Russia
Berlin
Thomas E. Dewey
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Vandenberg
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
John Foster Dulles
Dewey
Awling Grande Hall
Eisenhower
United States
Deal Pends on Fiuge Liner Deal Pends on Fiuge Liner
The 26,314 ton liner America, the nation’s largest, will be bought back by United States Lines for 7,460 dollars after negotiations with the Maritime Commission. The ship, built in 1940 at an estimated cost of 17.6 million, served as a troop transport West Point before later being refitted as a luxury liner and resumed transatlantic service in 1946.
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New York
America
United States Lines
John M. Franklin
Line
Maritime Commission
U. S. Lines
Navy
West Point
Sen Johnson Faces Party Ballot Test in Colorado
Colorado Democrat Sen Eawin C. Johnson and former State Chairman Eugene Cervi face the party assembly for a ballot decision. The 1396 delegates may approve both names for the Sept 14 primary and decide which name appears first on the ballot.
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Denver
Eawin C. Johnson
Colorado
Johnson
Eugene Cervi
Democratic Party Assembly
Skies Clear Across Much of the United States
Forecasts showed clear skies and moderate temperatures for most regions. Rain fell in New England overnight with thunderstorms in the southeast and parts of the Rockies. Boston logged nearly an inch in 12 hours while the central U.S. stayed cool. Warm humid conditions persisted along the south Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
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Chicago
New England
Rocky Mountain
Boston
Plains States
Appalachians
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Pacific Coast
Tax Dan Sent to Condemned Youth
A notice to remit $5.35 delinquent wage taxes was sent to Harry Zeitz, 18, by the city solicitor’s office with a warning of court action unless payment is made at once. Zeitz is under death sentence in Bucks County jail for the fatal shooting of William Kelly during a holdup at an inn in Feasterville, La., last December.
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Philadelphia
Harry Zeitz
Zeitz
Bucks County
William Kelly
Feasterville
Jungle Club Raided After City Annexation Okays
Oklahoma City officers raid the Jungle Club after the city annexed the premises, seizing a dice table and 102 pints of Scotch and bonded whiskies. Chief Dwight Brown confirms the annexation, and city officials say the club is now under city police jurisdiction.
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Dwight Brown
Smokey Hilbert
Wallace Conclave Polo-shirt Rally in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on July 24 Henry Wallace’s Progressive convention drew a large attendance of young women in polo shirts and spectacles. The gathering resembled prior party conventions but featured louder music, audience hissings and boos, and lively singing with spirituals and folk tunes.
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Philadelphia
Henry Wallace
America
Mexico Devalues Peso After Peg Break
Mexican newspapers frame peso devaluation as a response to a disrupted global economy. The peso drops from 4.85 per dollar to seek a new level with private banks trading six to seven per dollar. Excelsior urges a temporary halt to dollar dealings to slow further losses.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Excelsior
France
Argentina
Stomach Pump IIs Kept Busy In Los Angeles
Eight Southland youngsters were treated after eating dangerous substances. Six infants were washed out at Georgia Street Receiving Hospital, while Barbara Wayne, 1, was treated at Children’s Hospital for gasoline ingestion and Susan Victoria Mears, 3, recovered at Pasadena Avenue Receiving Hospital after eating improper foods and medicines.
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Los Angeles
Southland
Georgia St
Barbara Wayne
Children’s Hospital
Pasadena Ave
Susan Victoria Mears
Man Kill Grandson in Self Defense Claim
Orleans Indiana July 24 193? William Patterson Cooney 76 says he shot his 23 year old grandson Blaine Munsey Hall while he slept claiming the youth had threatened his life and he could not fight him fairly. The elder stated Hall boasted of killing in the Army and insisted it was him or me.
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Orleans
Ind
William Patterson Cooney
Blaine Munsey Hall
Cooney
Army names priest as deputy chief of chaplains
Brig. Gen. James H. O'Neill, 56, a Catholic priest and one of five Army chaplains to reach one star, is named deputy chief of chaplains. He succeeds Col. Patrick J. Ryan, who will be stationed in San Francisco with Sixth Army. O'Neill has served as First Army chaplain in New York.
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Washington
James H. O'Neill
Army
Col
Patrick J. Ryan
San Francisco
Sixth Army
Father O'Neill
New York
First Army
Progressive Party Platform Aims to Aid Wallace Bid
The Progressive Party closes its 6500 word platform secret until Wallace reviews it. It calls for a large scale nationalization of key industries, a return to price controls, a war veterans bonus, and peace with Russia through UN diplomacy. The plan also targets civil rights, labor reform, housing, Social Security expansion, and independent business support with a stance on Israel and UN membership.
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New “Progressive Party
Henry Wallace
White House
Wallace
Russia
Soviet Union
Tve
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Progressive Party
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Lincoln
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Debs
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House un-American Activities Committee
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Israel
Woman Gored by Bull Sues for Damages
In Los Angeles on July 24, Miss Neley Featherstone filed an $8890 damage suit against Cornelius Packing Co. alleging a wild bull gored her at the downtown corner of Eighth and Spring Streets. The animal was captured after a police bullet on December 5.
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Los Angeles
Eighth and Spring Sts
Neley Featherstone
Cornelius Packing Co
Auto Park Supplants Victoria Statue
Dublin reports a Queen Victoria statue, standing outside Fire’s Parliament Building for 40 years, hauled down to clear space for an automobile parking lot. The Irish sculptor gave a rotund, heavy faced piece little enthusiasm and it was widely derided as Ireland’s ugliest statue.
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Dublin
Parliament
Ireland
Movie Industry Plans Griffith Memorial Rites
Hollywood moves to hold industry wide memorial services for David Wark Griffith 73 known as the father of the motion picture He died yesterday of a brain hemorrhage at 73 His widow Evelyn Baldwin Griffith arrives from New York to discuss funeral plans with attorney S Earl Wright Funeral services are tentatively set for Tuesday at an as yet unselected location Griffith will be buried in his family plot at La Grange Kentucky Jean Hersholt rushed home to finalize plans for the tribute from the motion picture industry
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Ollywood
Hollywood
David Wark Griffith
Griffith
Evelyn Majorie Baldwin Griffith
New York
S. Earl Wright
Hey
Wright
la Grange
Jean Hersholt
Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences
Nickelodeon
Curran Warns Hiring Hall Elimination Sparks Shipping Chaos
Joseph Curran president of the CIO National Maritime Union says removing the union hiring hall would create chaotic conditions in the shipping industry. testifying as defense witness at NLRB hearings on unfair labor practices. Curran argues the hiring hall is vital and vows not to join agreements without hiring hall consent and cites pre 1937 conditions as example. Fifty five steamship firms accuse the NMU of enforcing the halls amid Taft Hartley Act scrutiny.
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New York
Joseph Curran
C. I. O. National Maritime Union
National Labor Relations Board
Curran
NLRB
Wallace E. Royster
Higher Prices for Meat Seen Here
Southern California meat packers and buyers predict further price increases before the cattle shortage ends. A retailer notes local prices lag eastern stores, with porterhouse at 98 cents a pound while Chicago and New York show higher rates. Packers cite beef cattle shortages due to feeder-area depletion and a strike, warning current demand harms breeding herds.
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Los Angeles
California
New York
Chicago
Porterhouse
Toledo
Ben W. Campton
Meat Packers, Inc
Imperial Valley
Phoenix
Ariz
Midwest
Campton
Texans Ballot in Demo Primary Draws Record Voters
Texans flocked to the polls in the Democratic primary to choose among national and state offices. The Senate race drew eleven contenders led by Coke Stevenson Lyndon Johnson and George Peddy. Governor and congressional races also drew attention as Beauford Jester and others sought nomination in a one party state.
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Austin
Tex
U. S. Senate
W. Lee O’daniel
Coke Stevenson
Lyndon Johnson
George Peddy
Houston
Beauford Jester
Hero on Coast Will Wed Soon
Audie Murphy, the most decorated U S soldier of World War II, arrived in Burbank from Europe and said he will be married “any minute” to Wanda Hendrix. Hendrix plans to return from Italy for a ceremony. Murphy also aims to finish a book on his war experiences and seek a motion picture test.
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Burbank
Audie Murphy
U. S
Wanda Hendrix
Murphy
Boy 16 Abandons Job Search For Film Detective Role
A 16 year old Wichita boy, Robert Lee Reed, left home July 14 with 15 dollars and returned to a Hollywood police station on July 24 saying he wanted to go home. He learned it was hard to find work in movies and authorities notified his parents, local grocers with nine other children.
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Hollywood
Wichita
Kan
Robert Lee Reed
Wichigta
Adele Simpson unveils madrigal suits and Gainsborough pants
New York designer Adele Simpson previews fall fashions with madrigal suits paired with knee breeches in Gainsborough Blue Boy blue. The collection features swashbuckler lines, directoire silhouettes, breath-taker necklines, demi-suits, and high life wool dresses, all in bold colors and luxury fabrics.
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York
Adele Simpson
Rathvon Stays on Studio Job
N Peter Rathvon will remain president of R K O Radio Pictures for a time after submitting his resignation. Howard Hughes and the board asked him to stay until the stockholders meeting on Aug 31. Rathvon, with the company nine years, had been production chief since Dore Schary resigned three weeks earlier.
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Hollywood
N. Peter Rathvon
R. K. O.radio Pictures
Howard Hughes
New York City
Hughes
Rathvon
Dore Schary
Flood Relief Costs to Mount in Pacific Northwest
The American Red Cross announced ongoing heavy disaster relief costs across Oregon Washington Idaho and Montana will extend into fall or longer. It has spent 1 241 252 to date, aided 10 447 families, and provided shelter for 1 441 people. More than 27 000 remain homeless or unable to return home as floodwaters destroyed over 5 200 homes and 4 400 require repairs before occupancy.
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Portland
American Red Cross
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Red Cross
Pacific Northwest
California Woman Shares in Estate
NEW YORK July 24 Doro thea G Mollenhauer of Chatsworth California receives a life interest of one eighth in the 5 467 366 31 estate of her grandfather Julius Goldman under an appraisal filed today Two daughters receive life interests of one quarter each and another granddaughter an eighth The remaining fourth is to be held in trust for three grandsons Goldman died in 1938 but stock holders suits delayed the appraisal of his estate.
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New York
Dorothea G. Mollenhauer
Chatsworth
Calif
Julius Goldman
Goldman
Red Schism Seen Over Macedonia
Belgrade July 24 observers say the Macedonian question risks an irreparable split between Yugoslav and Bulgarian Communists. Tensions flare as Lt General Sveto Zar Vukmanovic attacks Bulgaria over the Macedonian issue during the Yugoslav Communist party congress. Bozidar Maslaric says the Yugoslav Cominform schism benefits the enemy bloc.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Macedonia
Cominform
Albania
Svetozar Vukmanovic
Macedonian Communist Party
Bulgaria
Yugoslav Communist Party
Vukmanovic
Yugoslav Communist Party Congress
Bozidar Maslaric
Aged Tustin Man Hit by Car Dies in Santa Ana Hospital
Archie Cruzen, 79, a retired farmer from 530 S. E St in Tustin, died at 12:50 a m after injuries from a hit by an auto on Main St yesterday. Driver Arthur J. Dugger, 20, of 168 N. B St, was not held. Cruzen, a Minnesota native who lived in Tustin eight years, was survived by six sons, two daughters, a brother, a sister, 17 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Body at H R Brown Mortuary in Santa Ana.
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Tustin
Archie Cruzen
S. E St
Santa Ana
Main St
Thomas R. McMullin
Arthur J. Dugger
N. B St
Dugger
Cruzen
Waverly
Minn
Ralph
H. R. Brown Mortuary
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