U S Mercy Train Aids Quake Area
U S forces send an eight car mercy train from Sapporo to Kushiro in Hokkaido to aid quake victims. Army rations and blankets were loaded along with radio and medical teams. Weasels ferried relief supplies to Kiritappu while 600 blankets and rations were requested for 1870 homeless. Three people died and 209 homes were destroyed in Kiritappu. Urahoro also heavily hit.
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Tokyo
U.S. First Cavalry Division
Kushiro
Hokkaido
Sapporo
Army
Kiritappu
Air Force
Kuriles
Urahoro
Japan
Hokkaido Island
Woman Lawyer Fends Off Knife Robber In Baxter Estates
Mrs. Carolyn B. Dissolway, a widow and village clerk, faced a six‑foot Negro burglar who pressed a 10 inch blade to her back and forced her to drive toward New York City. She shouted for help, attracting Patrolman Montreville Sraith, who arrested Jodie Brown, 24, of Chicago, on burglary robbery and assault charges. Police found pawn tickets and brass knuckles in the car. the victim’s money and pocket book were recovered. Dissolway maintains a law practice in Baxter Estates and Mineola.
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Port Washington
N. Y
Carolyn B. Dissolway
New York City
Long Island
Baxter Estates
New York
Cleveland
U S Birth Total for 1951 Sets Record High
Preliminary figures from the Public Health Service show 1951 births at 3,833,000, a new high over 1947’s 3,818,000. Final data awaited to confirm if 1951 is the all time peak, while infant mortality fell for the fifteenth year in a row to 28.8 per thousand births.
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U. S
Washington
United States
Public Health Service
Nobel Prize Nominees Listed by Norwegian Committee
Oslo March 5 The Nobel committee announced nominees for the 1952 prize including Frank Buchman of Edinburgh and Washington Raphael Lemkin Yale University James Shotwell Clarence Streit and former winner Leon Kuax Also named were Lester B Pearson Louis St Laurent Benegal Rau Miguel Aleman Valdez Carlos P Romero and Albert Schweitzer among others The award is worth 171134 dollars.
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Oslo
Noiay
March
Nobel
Social Committee
Carlos FP
Romuio
United States
Albert Schweitzer
Ln Africa
Rotary Hears Ford Foundation Attache
Rotary heard Ford Foundation attache Nathan T. Bartlett outline the 12 year old foundation with 350 million dollars in capital funding five areas of focus World peace free society education economic opportunity and behavioral sciences The foundation draws 25 to 30 million annually from Ford Motor Company and gave about 25 million in grants last year 17 million to established agencies with money also going to three new agencies Bartlett noted its Oslo awards and other international work were mentioned plus 5 million spent in critical foreign areas and about 5000 funding requests in six months j an honorary member was named and the meeting reviewed Rotary affairs
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Ford Foundation
Nathan T. Bartlett
Foundation
Te Retary Club
Bartlett
Iman
Ford Mater Co
Pasadena
United States
Soviet Union
Free University of Berlin
Fred B. Clarke
Rotary
David V. Thomas
Joseph E. Madden
Policeman Stops Runaway Truck in Baltimore
In Baltimore a driverless truck rolled toward a busy intersection as Officer Henry Becker Jr directed traffic. He fired whistle blasts, leaped onto the running board, and halted the vehicle. Ishmon Davis, 29, the driver, faced charges over faulty brakes.
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Baltimore
Henry Becker Jr
Beverly Ober
Becker
Ishmon Davis
Cairo Riot Trial Reported For 130 Defendants
Cairo sources say 130 people will go on trial next Wednesday over the January 26 anti British torch riots. Sixty seven people were killed and damages ran into millions.
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Cairo
Egypt
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