Tornadoes and disasters plague early 1940s year
A compiled list details multiple disasters across the United States including a northeast Texas tornado that killed 29 and left hundreds homeless, a coal mine explosion in Welch West Virginia causing 14 to 22 deaths, deadly airliner crashes in California and Wyoming, and a deadly apartment fire in Missouri. The item also notes various other wrecks, wrecked trains, and large event impacts across months with numerous deaths, injuries, and structural losses.
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Notable 20th Century Figures and Officials Listed
A scrambled list names multiple notable figures with ages and roles, including military leaders Adm. Richard H. Leigh and Adm. Waesche, writer Edward Phillips Oppenheim, actor Arliss, auto racer Barney Oldfield, governor Gifford Pinchot, Gen. Stilwell, and others like Walter Johnson the baseball figure. The text resembles a memorial or roster.
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Richard H. Leigh
U. S
Ee Arliss
Bernar Eli
Barney) Oldfield
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Joseph W
Vinegar Joe) Stilwell
Burma
Nent Waesche
Coast Yard
Phillips Goldsborough
Maryland
Charles Martin
Oregon
Global wartime and diplomacy flash across 1945 news
A cropped year of wartime diplomacy and postwar moves dominates the period with truce talks between China and Communist factions in civil conflict, Allied actions in Iran, Manchuria, and Greece, and the formation of the World Bank and IMF. Escalating postwar tensions involve Russia Britain and the United States as assemblies and tribunals shape the peace.
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Top Ten News Stories of 1946
Republicans sweep state and congressional elections. Twelve Nazis sentenced to hang at Nuremberg. Wallace urged to resign after foreign policy speech. Paris peace talks with 21 nations. OPA ends. Bikini atoll tests lasers nuclear blast. Yugoslavia tensions after five fliers death. Rail strike ends as Truman drafts strikers. Baruch warns U N atom group of peace versus destruction. Suzanne Degnan kidnapping murder shocks Chicago.
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Suzanne Degnan
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Jewel Find Not Windsor Treasures In Recife Case
Federal customs at Recife said jewels found with a passenger on a Rome bound flight are not those of the duke and duchess of Windsor. The jewels valued around $25,000 and police had suspected they were Windsors’ stolen items.
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1946 Baby Crop Seen as Record High Since 1943
Washington reports the 1946 birth total expected near 2,845,000, a roughly 4 percent rise from 1945 and about 1.9 percent above 1944. An FSA official foresees 1947 birth rates higher still, while census data show married couples up by 3.7 million since April 1940 to February 1946.
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