Anniversaries and Today in History From 1791 to 1952
A compact roundup lists notable births and deaths including Samuel Morse born in Boston 1791 and Ulysses S Grant born in Ohio 1822. It also notes milestones in American history 1805 Tripoli war capture and 1813 York taken by Pike, plus later events such as the White League 1874 and Salk vaccine concerns 1955. It ends with today's birthdays: Eugene Rabinowitch and Arthur Burns among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel F. B. Morse
Boston
New York
Ulysses S. Grant
Point Pleasant
Ohio
Rufus Pratt Lincoln
New York City
Belchertown
Mass
Charles J. van Depoele
Detroit
Charles Townsend Copeland
Harvard
Calais
Maine
Hollis Godfrey
Philadelphia
Drexel Institute
Lynn
Tripoli
Zebulon M. Pike
York
Toronto
England
Pike
White League
Louisiana
John McCloskey
U. 5
William W. Belknap
U. S. Senate
Thal
le Mars
U. S. Public Health Service
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
Eugene Rabinowitch
el University of
Notable Births and Assignments Highlight Era Figures
The item details diverse biographical notes including Percival L. Prattis and Ludwig Bemelmans, with birthdays given, plus Goodyear executive Edwin J. Thomas and Harper's editor John Fischer. It also reports Baltimore area beltway bids, a Detroit-tinged Nat King Cole note, Army leave policy changes, and Pvt Allen Brown’s Fort Jackson assignment, all reflecting mid century press miscellany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ration
Chicago
Sullivan
Ill
Percival L. Prattis
Pittsburgh Courier
Philadelphia
Edwin J. Thomas
Goodyear
Lire & Rubber
Akron
Ohio
Ludwig Bemelmans
New York
The
Tirol
John Fischer
Harper’s Magazine
Texhoma
Okla
Pumpkins Mark Alger Hiss Lecture At Princeton Campus
About 100 paper pumpkins with painted faces appeared around Princeton University as Whittaker Chambers testified the documents from a hollowed pumpkin during the Hiss trial. The pumpkins featured photos of a typewriter and a film reel, linked to the forged document claim. Alger Hiss will address the campus debating society on The Meaning of Geneva tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Princeton University
Alger Hiss
State Department
Geneva
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss
Wiss
Navy Planes Search For Missing Jet
Navy planes combed the eastern seaboard from Maryland to North Carolina for a missing Blue Panther fighter jet and its pilot Lt. (jg) Ann M. Gunn of Washington. Col. Damond Moti Gunn offered a $1,000 reward with a Saturday 6 p.m. deadline for information. the jet departed at 9:45 a.m. yesterday on an operational tracking exercise between Chincoteague and Kill Devil Hill near Elizabeth City, N.C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chincoteague
Maryland
North Carolina
Ann M. Gunn
Washington
D. C
Damond Moti Gunn
U. S. Army Cretired
U. S. Naval Air Station
Gmr
Kill Devil Hill
Elizabeth City
N.C
Tractor Trailers In Crash East Of City
Morgantown driver Elmer Brooks Rice dozed at the wheel causing a second tractor trailer to hit a C P Telephone pole on U S 40 near city east. No injuries. damage about 300 dollars. Rice charged with failing to keep right of center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W. Va
C. and P. Telephone Co
U. S. 40
A. C. Hedden
Elmer Brooks Rice
Morgantown Transportation and Storage Co
Edward Bruce Amberger Jr
Roanoke
Rice
Unauthorized strike in coal mines spreads in West Virginia
Morgantown West Virginia April 26 A strike deemed unauthorized by both company and union officials has spread to nine Northern West Virginia mines of Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co Harold Suter general superintendent for the company in Monongalia County said miners in this county were stopped by pickets early today at the four pits.
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Know
America
Keller
Frederick
Frederick Theatre
Silver Spring School
M. Michaela
Young Ladies Choral Group
William Beal
Schertzinger
Rodgers-Hammerstein jVit
Haydn
Wee
Hin
Baltimore
John D. Sheetz
Halethorpe
Baltimore County Beltway
U. S
State Roads Commission
Marion
Montgomery
Ala
Norris
Harrison
Clarence
Governor's Island
la ‘Grange
Ind
Edgil
Caribon Hill
Edigil
Fort Jackson, 8. C
Allen Brown
Francis E. Brown
Monrovia
1St Training Regiment
Fort Jackson
Mount Saint Mary's College Glee Club
David W. Shaum
Academy of the Holy Names’ Glee Club
Silver Spring
Sam Miller
South Market ST
Gunn
Short
1St Army
Virginia
Navy
Royal Oak
Mid
Cecil Edgil
Alabama
James Stewart
June Allyson
Glenn Miller Story
William S. Hood
W. Patrick St
Walter Snow
North Marnet St
Phone Monument
F. F. Motors
Evergreen Point
Franklin
Buddy
Porteey
Tony Curtis
Julie Adams
Lex Barker
West End Motors
Taneytown
Emmitsburg
Gary Cooper
Norcross
Mothers Day
Norcross Yim
Berger’s
Market St
Phillips
North Market Street
U.S
Hagerstown
Danny Kaye
Virginia Mayo
Walter Mitty
Wee Susan Hayward
Richard Conte
Eddie Albert JO van Fleet
Don Taylor
Opera House
MGM
Shelley Winters
Wynn Sewer
Martin
Weyerhaeuser
Ingalls Lumber & Supply, Inc
Middletown, MD
Middletown
Pudgers
Hnersens
Delane
Gordon Macrae
Shirley Jones
Henry King
Coegscore
A. M. Turday
Cixocsei
U.S. 40
Raddock
John FO
Pata
Qed Mae
John Watne
Bea Bem Msil
Wary Carey, Jr
Wee Wieree
Eist Serre
Gensar
Odio
Vuonur
Uvuuvey
Everybody Loves
KR & K
Woody Free
Appalachian Inn
Mi. W
Fred
Moose Home
Charles Town
SAT
Mi. S
SUN
Casablanca Club
N. Thurmont
Brunswick
WOU UT
Bolens
New CT
Kinsey
Motter Avenue
Routzahn.& Sons
Aia Ag
Favent
Brood
South Market Street
Youngstown
Eatity
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