Family Genealogies Reveal Ancient Chinese Rules And Honor
Washington report details a New York Times summary of a study of 100 Chinese genealogies in the Library of Congress. It highlights the Pi and Wang lineages, strict female omission, and 12 clan doctrines stressing ancestor respect, parental care, marital harmony, sobriety, and avoidance of lawsuits.
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Washington
New York Times
Milton Rubicam
Sotirnal Genealogical Society
Rites In
China
Congress
Hainan
Mr Rubicam
House of Pi
Library of Congress
Wang
Kubiean
Chang
Rubicain
Missing Hesse jewels dwarf recovered treasure tale
In Frankfurt the Countess Von Hesse and relatives say many of the multistate stolen Hesse crown jewels remain missing despite a large portion recovered in the United States. Col Durant his WAC wife Maj Watson and other guards examined two large tables of gems at US HQ as identification proved nearly impossible for thousands of diamonds emeralds rubies and sapphires.
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Frankfurt
Countess von Hesse
United States
J. W. Durant
WAC
Kathleen B. Nash
Chicago
Maj
David F. Watson
Burlingame
Calif
Queen Victoria
Kronberg
Sophie
Greece
Philip von Hessen
Wolfgang von Hessen
Cripple Finds Sood Profit in His Hobby
Seattle resident Hugh Cooney, a retired merchant seaman paralyzed in a Seward dockside accident, turns to fly tying. He operates a bed beside his Marine hospital room and manufactures six to eight dozen fishing flies daily, supplying about 20 sporting goods stores with orders continuing to come in.
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Seattle
Hugh Cooney
Seward
Alaska
Cooney
Washington State
Marine Hospital
MacArthur Food Plea For Japan Is Disclosed
Congress learned that in occupied Japan the food crisis prompted General MacArthur to telegram General Eisenhower warning to send food or soldiers and both if not soon. Eisenhower quoted the plea during testimony on the military budget, with the Senate committee restoring 150 million to the bill.
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Washington
Congress
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Commander
Eisenhower
Army
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
House
Ancient Mariner Haunts British Naval Barracks
At St Mary's naval barracks in Chatham England guards request doubled posts after reports of a ghost described as an ancient mariner with a wooden leg in Nelson era uniform haunting the ramparts during midnight watch. Officers suggest acoustic effects in the long corridors beneath the ramparts.
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Chatham
England
St Mary's Naval Barracks
Lord Nelson
Pepper Shortage Blamed on U S Agencies
Baltimore Maryland John N Curlett of McCormick and Co Inc blames federal agencies for the scarce black pepper supply. He claims government handling during the war caused the shortage and that agencies missed chances to import pepper, using wartime price controls and ignoring industry suggestions.
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Baltimore
John N Curlett
McCormick and Co, Inc
United States
Capital No Place For Hubby Hunters
Washington women face scarce marriageable men with about one eligible man for every four women in the capital. Ray H. Everett, Social Hygiene official, counsels government workers to pursue sociable activities, good grooming, and multiple interests to attract husbands. He notes secretaries and theater workers have better odds, and cites Arlington Farms dormitories as venues for his talks.
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Washington
Ray H. Everett
Atlanta
Flint
Geport
Conn
Everett
Four Corners
Ragion
Pers
Kim
Arlington Farms
George Washington University
Light keeper rescued after three day disappearance
CHARLEVOIX MICH A light house keeper was found after three days missing while afloat in a crippled motor launch on Lake Michigan. Daniel A. Buckus, the light tender at Ile Aux Galets, was picked up off the southeast tip of Beaver Island, 15 miles from town, by coast guardsmen and returned to duties with minor injuries. Other crewmen did not alarm authorities, assuming he remained on shore due to fog. Buckus had set out and became stranded just outside steamer lanes when his motor failed.
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Charlevoix
Mich
Lake Michigan
Daniel A. Buckus
Î le Aux Galets
Beaver Island
Ile Aux Galets
Buckus
Money Drops Bring Windfall to Garibaldi Oregon
In Garibaldi Oregon dollar bills rained from an airplane over a small fishing town. Fishermen like Tom Hess collected cash as bills fluttered onto boats homes and businesses. some money sank in Garibaldi Bay while others were claimed before the windfall vanished. The event sparked a eager wish for a repeat airborne donation.
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Garibaldi
Oregon Coast
Tom Hess
Garibaldi Bay
Oregon
1 800 Pets Buried in Mount Hope Pet Cemetery
Miami town Ohio hosts Mount Hope Pet Cemetery three miles northwest of Misami town near Cincinnati. Opened twelve years ago by Dr. George R. Agin and Alice Agin the cemetery now holds over 1,800 pets across seven and one half acres. Most are dogs with cats next. other burials include a pony a parrot and many canaries.
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Miamitown
Ohio
Mount Hope
Misamitown
Cincinnati
George R. Agin
Alice
Tourist Seeker In Yellowstone Geyser Schedule Echoes Talk
Cody club official says tourist questions on Yellowstone eruptions are back to prewar levels. An Arizona woman asked for a geyser timetable and was told aside from Old Faithful eruption timing is unpredictable and visitors must pay and take their chances.
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Cody
Wyo
Marlin Kurtz
Cody Club
Yellowstone National Park
Arizona
Kurtz
Sir Giant Pumps Will Aid Grand Coulee Irrigation
Grand Coulee in Washington will gain six huge pumps to lift 12,000 gallons per second to 270 feet, powering irrigation for 400,000 acres. Pelton Water Wheel and Byron Jackson, plus California Institute of Technology engineers, will pilot the project begun after wartime work. First pumps due early 1948, value about 1,002,975 dollars.
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Grand Coulee, Wash
Washington
Grand Coulee Dons
California
Giants
Pelton Water Wherf Company
San Francisco
Byron Jackson Pump Company
Los Angeles
Hechmatin
Michael W. Straus
Bureau
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
Denver
United States
Grand Coulee
Columbia Basin
Bureau of Rnv
Lamation
Pacific Northwest
Bureau Nowas
Rand Coulee
British to Train Young Women Police Careers
London reports new postwar crime strategy uses attractive young women as plum clothes detectives. Trainees enter the policing college for employment as qualified crime investigators with a clothing allowance. Twenty one girls already enrolled with dozens to follow after an apprenticeship aiding elderly citizens and assisting in traffic and child welfare duties.
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London
Sherlock Holmes
Wemien
Criming Investigation Department College
C. 1 D. College
Disastrous Mine and Rail Disasters Hit 185 Japanese Workers
Kyodo News reports two mine explosions and a rail accident killing or injuring 185 Japanese workers. At least seven dead and 93 injured after a 2000 ton uranium ore explosion at Chugai Mining near Nagano. Forty four missing after a Tagawa coal pit blast in Kawasaki. A repatriation train collision near Ninomiya Station killed and injured 34.
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Jorkyo
Chugai
Nagano
Kyodo
Tagawa Coal
Kawasaki
Kyusha
Ninomiya
Westinghouse Doubles Appliance Output in 1940s Drive
New York reports Westinghouse has boosted its appliance production, claiming higher prewar numbers for refrigerators and electric ranges. The electric appliance division now runs around 7,000 units daily, with about 3,000 of those being freezers and food roasters.
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New York
Westinghouse Flor
Gwilym A. Pye
Toctse
Uesrawiler
Nazis Planned To Bombard New York With Secret Weapons
Washington reports Col. D L Putt described in a wartime briefing for the Army Air Forces a planned German bomber to strike New York from high altitude. He cited long range rockets and guided missiles including Wasserfall and V 2 with costs and counter measures, noting time would have allowed rapid devastation.
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Washington
Hitler
New York
Army Air Forces
Col
D. L. Putt
Air Material Command
Technical Intelligence Division
Army Air Forces Review
Putt
Atlantic
Salerno
Rheintochter
Lovesick German Maid Slays Soldier in Barracks
In Frankfurt a German housemaid, Ingeborg Fischer, killed Tech Sergeant Steve Chinchar of Tuscarora PA with his service revolver in his army billet. Found by another G I the pajama clad murderer stood by the corpse. she faces a military court.
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Frankfurt
Col
R. J. Connolly
Tech
Steve Chinchar
Tuscarora
G.I
Ingeborg Fischer
Miss Fischer
Tacoma violator sends $1 with excuses note
Tacoma police court clerk Jane Bradley received a parking ticket payment of $1 with an accompanying note listing excuses. The violator cited a pawned watch, a pregnant wife, a son more knowledgeable than the teacher, and a recent job loss, praising the police for fair treatment over 25 years in Tacoma.
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Tacoma
Wash
Jane Bradley
Vienna Death Rate Surges Since 1930s Figures
London dispatch notes Vienna 1945 mortality rate triple 1930 and double 1944 figures. The UNRRA report cites rising death by self harm and a jump to 1,723 personal crisis reports in 1945, compared with 670 in 1943 and 408 in 1919.
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London
Vienna
Austria
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Hoover Sees Grins Army of 6000 in Nationwide Crime Rise
President Hoover warns of a swelling army of 6000 criminals feeding on rising crime. He cites a rate of violent offenses roughly every 20 minutes, urges parental controls and harsher penal administration. He argues moral laxity and weak law enforcement fuel lawlessness and calls every home to stand against crime.
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Washington
Edgar Hoover
Hoover
America
Ne Nat
Recreation Costs Put at Four Billion
Washington Army spending on recreation in the year may reach about 4 billion dollars, with spectator and participant divisions driving the record outlay. Commerce estimates show consumer expenditures for all recreation through June, totaling around 1.725 billion versus 1.4 billion a year earlier.
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Washington
Army Su
Conmerce Department
Ollie
Flying |O Sons
Parisi Pearl theft yields 10 year term for Collette
Yvon Collette sentenced in absentia to ten years and fined 420 francs for theft of the Pearl Asia, a gem valued at 200 francs. His wife Georgette received two years and a 10,000 franc fine. Joseph Klop got two years and a 2004 franc fine. The pearl was recovered and restored to a regional organization. Collette, awaiting trial, had escaped custody and was hospitalized.
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Paris
Yvon Coallette
Mioental
Asia
Collette
Georgette
Joseph Klop
Tvo
P. Robert
Reici
Industry Booms in Russian Zone Areas in Germany
Berlin reports show booming industry in the Russian zone with no unemployment in Ses and Thuringia and shortages in some sectors. German officials told visiting American correspondents that finished products factories will support reparations. Optical works in Jena illustrate rising production as Soviet authorities expand output.
Japan's Exports Far Surpass Imports After Surrender
Tokyo reports Japan's exports nearly double its imports since surrender. Foodstuffs and commodities valued at 27.4 million dollars were imported, while total imports reached 51.48 million. Data channeled to the council by the chief of the import division, noting a strong trade balance.
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Tokyo
Japan
Thuli Council For
LP Femi
Supreme Headyire
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