Anniversaries and Birthdays From Know America Today
Know America Today's anniversaries list notable figures born on various dates such as Joel Barlow Rufus King and Fanny Crosby with their birthplaces and death dates. It also includes Today in History events from 1495 Columbus to 1951 MacArthur and a Birthdays section highlighting Gov. Thomas Dewey Lauris Norstad Dorothy Stratton Edward Weston and others.
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Joel Barlow
Redding
Conn
Poland
Rufus King
New York
Scarboro
Maine
Fanny Crosby
Jesus
Southeast
N. Y
Bridgeport
George Francis Train
Boston
John Wesley Powell
U.S. Geological Survey
Grand Canyon
Mt. Morris
Frank W. Benson
Salem
Mass
Columbus
Haiti
Rhode Island
Aquidneck
Massachusetts
U. S. Army
Navy
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Order of de Molay
Kansas City
Philippines
Roosevelt
Bataan and
Corregidor
U. S. 9Th Army
Rhine
House
Washington
MacArthur
Thomas Dewey
Owasso
Mich
Lauris Norstad
U. S. Air Forces
Europe
Minneapolis
Dorothy C. Stratton
The
Girl Scouts
War Spars Head
Brookfield
Edward Weston
Carmel
Cal
Highland Park
Christian von Schnedau
Los
Notable birthdays of scientists and artists listed
The passage lists ages and birthplaces for Angeles the Swedish born artist, Karl Arnstein of Akron fated plane designer born in Czechoslovakia, Dr Walter Baade at Mt Wilson Observatory born in Germany, and Prof Peter J W Debye born in Holland. It also offers a today horoscope noting feminine nature, cheerful company, literary ability, and impulsive passion requiring restraint.
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Angeles
Sweden
Karl Arnstein
Akron
Ohio
Czechoslovakia
Walter Baade
Mt. Wilson Observatory
Pasadena
Cal
Germany
Peter J. W. Debye
Cornell
Holland
Gore Says Patronage Power Being Used
Governor McKeldin and his circle face charges of abusing patronage to jeopardize H Grady Gore in his bid for the Republican U S Senate nomination. Irving Metzger contends state employment pressure targets Gore supporters and cites Charles W Allen and lawyer William Adelson as examples. Queen Elizabeth to visit Scotland after mourning, with Duke of Edinburgh at her side, June events planned at Holyroodhouse.
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Baltimore
McKeldin
H. Grady Gore
U. S. Senate
Montgomery County
Beall
Frostburg
Senate
Irving H. Metzger
Metzger
Charles W. Allen
Baltimore County
William Adelson
Allen
Gore
Scotland
London
Elizabeth
George VI
Buckingham Palace
Duke of Edinburgh
Holyroodhouse Palace
Edinburgh
Holyroodhouse
Palace Gardens
$300 Damage In Three British And American Collisions
A trio of traffic crashes Saturday produced $500 in damage with one driver, Paul N. Barnes of Baltimore, cited for failing to signal when decreasing speed. Barnes’s car was hit on Magnolia avenue near Grove boulevard. Helen B. Haynes of Camp Detrick sustained about $140 damage to her vehicle after a rear-end collision. Earlier, Leroy W. Null was rear-ended as he stopped at North Bentz street, and a parked car on West Patrick street was sideswiped. No citations were issued in the latter two incidents. In Trieste, British and American troops patrolled amid rioting as casualties rose to 16 with 112 demonstrator arrests in four days. Ten thousand Allied troops remained on alert but confined to barracks to avoid clashes.
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Paul N. Barnes
Baltimore
Barnes
Magnolia Avenue
Grove Boulevard
Magnolia
Helen B. Haynes
Camp Detrick
Simmons
George Crouse
Leroy W. Null
Frederick
North Bentz Street
George C. Tucker
Liberty
Harry M. Kirk
Purcellville
West Patrick Street
Charles Goldberg
Washington
Vernon Heffner
Goldberg
Virginia
Trieste
Free Territory
Italy
Yugoslavia
Red Cross Sends 100 Disaster Workers to Tornado Area
John J. Sinclair, chairman of the Red Cross fund drive, left Washington for Little Rock to oversee relief efforts. He acts as personal representative of president E. Roland Harriman as the Red Cross dispatches 100 disaster workers, including doctors and nurses, to the tornado zone.
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Washington
John J. Sinclair
Red Cross Fund
Little Rock
Ark
E. Roland Harriman
Red Cross
Construction Work May Resume With Material Allocations
Federal Security Administrator Oscar R. Ewing announced that about 500 school and hospital projects paused for lack of materials will soon resume. Permits and material allocations will be issued for the third and fourth quarters, allowing sites to be cleared and excavation to begin.
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Washington
Oscar Ft. Ewing
Ewing
Allocations Up for School and Hospital Construction
He cited talks with Defense Production Administration officials who assured the Federal Security Agency of higher allocations for school and hospital construction in the second half of 1952, following conferences and orders for controlled materials.
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Defense Production Administration
Federal Security Agency
Wilson To Report To Truman On Steel Row
Wilson flies to Key West to report to President Truman on the steel labor dispute. The Wage Stabilization Board urged a 17 cent hourly raise for steel workers plus benefits worth five cents an hour. CIO Steelworkers postponed a strike deadline to April 8 as bargaining begins this week based on the recommendation.
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Key West
Fla
Charles E. Wilson
Washington
Truman
Joseph Snort
Wilson
WSB
CIO Steelworkers
Old Paragon Studio Destroyed by Fire in Fort Lee
A spectacular blaze leveled the old Paragon studio in Fort Lee New Jersey burning out the landmark where early feature films were made. Insurance tallies damage at over 1 million dollars as crews battled the flames. The studio, spanning a full city block, is now used to build and process seekers for television shows and off Broadway stage plays.
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Fort Lee
N. J
Paragon
Lydia Pinkham's Compound Claims Menstrual Relief
An old advertisement touts Lydia Pinkham's Compound and a modern tablet version as relief for menstrual cramps and backaches. It asserts tests show relief in three of four cases and promotes use through the month for period comfort and even change of life symptoms.
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Lydia Pinkham
Lydia E Pinkham
Pinkham
Fort Lee film history linked to Paramount era
The Farmgan later Paramount under Lasky and Zukor stands as Fort Lee film history relic. Police say a studio official estimates damages over 1 million dollars from the disaster. In Blytheville tornado coverage a film title Cyclone Fury is noted. Wax candles trace back to Phoenician times in the second century A D.
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Farmgan
Paramount Studio
Sue Lasky
Adolph Zukor
Fort Lee
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