Names That Bite Back The Hard to Spell Club
An AP piece urges people with mispronounced names to unite in a humorous push for a national club. It cites dozens of hard to spell surnames from Smythes to Zickefooses and highlights personal frustrations with incorrect spellings. It jokes about conventions, badges, and even mispronunciations in courts and ads, ending with a jab at a man seeking a name change to Mike Pappandria populous.
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ED Creagh
Washington
Mar
Smythes
Wiesniewskis
Killrees
Matsupakas
Connallys
Fliegelbaums
Geeweys
Lausches
Skartvedts
Pedersens
Pfeffers
Pffefers
Frelinghuysens
Westerheidts
Boyles
Davises
Hendersons
Creaghs
Herchers
Stephansons
Zagliottis
Moragaards
Creach
Creagh
Creigh
Cray
Creech
Cree
Craig
Mr. Rows E-Velt
Rose-velt
Feisch
Mr. Fish
Binghamton, N. Y
Binghampton
Rotarians
Smith
Psmith
John Pappandria Populous
Mike Pappandria Populous
High Potency NuviMin Capsules Ad Urges Purchase
An old neighborhood drugstore pitch promotes High Potency NuviMin Capsules as quick acting and pleasant to take. It claims superior value and urges readers to ask their local druggist, asserting you cannot buy better at any price.
British Labor Leader Raps Walls On View
Leeds March 5 AP Deputy Prime Minister Herbert Morrison said Britain's Labor government rejected the view that World War III has begun. He reviewed socialist policy since the last war, attacked Russia for hampering UN security, praised the United States and the Marshall plan, and called America's wheat aid to India a historic generosity while dubbing the Soviet Union as imperialistic.
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Leeds
Eng
Herbert Morrison
Britain
Morrison
Ernest Bevin
Russia
United Nations
United States
America
India
Europe
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Ike Confers With Sherman in Paris Luncheon
In Paris on March 5 General Dwight D Eisenhower attended a private lunch at his Paris headquarters with Admiral Forrest Sherman chief of United States naval operations and Lieutenant General Laurie Norstad commander of U S air forces in Europe The luncheon also included Admiral Robert Carney commander of U S naval forces in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean and Eisenhower s chief of staff Lieutenant General Alfred Gruenther following a morning conference with Sherman.
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Paris
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Forrest P. Sherman
United States Naval Operations
Laurie Norstad
U. S. Air Forces
Europe
Eisenhower
Sherman
Robert Carney
U. S
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Alfred Gruenther
Mrs Edith Jones Dies At Hospital
Edith Loraine Jones 71 died Saturday in Good Samaritan Hospital. Born in Bristol Illinois she came to Arizona 30 years ago. She is survived by daughter Esther Jones Tucson son Meredith Flagstaff four grandchildren and a daughter in law Helen L Bradley. Funeral arrangements are with A L Moore and Sons Mortuary.
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Edith Loraine Jones
Helen L. Bradley
Ocotillo Road
Good Samaritan Hospital
Bristol
Ill
Jones
Arizona
Illinois
Esther Jones
Tucson
Meredith
Flagstaff
A. L. Moore and Sons Mortuary
Taft Attacks Truman War Powers Doctrine Change
Senator Robert A. Taft condemns a White House brief claiming Congress has fallen into abeyance in wartime policy. He warns the novel doctrine would erase Congress from foreign policy and war decisions, as GOP senators consider reaffirming Congress on troop authorization for Western European defense. Eisenhower supporters back the international project.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Truman
Congress
Taft
White House
Senate
Charles S. Murphy
State and
Justice Departments
Mr. Truman
GOP
Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
House
U. S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ralph L Marshall Services Today
Funeral services for Ralph L Marshall a 73 year old retired farmer who died Thursday in a local hospital were to be held at 2 pm Monday at A L Moore and Sons. The Rev James Staples of North Phoenix Baptist Church would conduct the rites with burial at Greenwood Memorial Park. He was born in Obine County Tennessee and had lived in Phoenix seven years. Survivors include his wife Rose Lee two daughters Mrs Bill Freeman and Mrs H J Marks both of Phoenix two sons Louie of Phoenix and James D of Suttart Arkansas 13 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Ralph L. Marshall
A. L. Moore and Sons
James Staples
North Phoenix
Bill Freeman
H. J. Marks
Phoenix
Louie
James D
Suttart
Ark
King and Princess Elizabeth Improve Despite Illness
King George VI and Princess Elizabeth reported to be improving from feverish colds. The king has been ill since last Wednesday and remains abed at Buckingham Palace while Elizabeth receives treatment at Clarence House in London.
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London
George VI
Princess Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Elizabeth
Clarence House
Leathernecks To Take Frisco Without A Fight
San Francisco plans a celebratory welcome for 1000 First Marine Division veterans returning from Korea. A citywide “Fighting Marine Week” will honor heroes of Hungnam Inchon Seoul and No Name Ridge with parades, a welcome flotilla, a key to the city, and multiple receptions led by officials.
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San Francisco
Hungnam
Golden Gate
No-Name Ridge
Inchon
Seoul
Market Street
Pennsy Plans Electronic Brakes System for Trains
The Pennsylvania Railroad announced a $10 million electronic speed control plan to slow or stop trains if signals are missed. Two thirds of the line may get the system, with some engines ready in a couple of months and full production in six to nine months. The system uses rail signals and engine receivers to activate automatic braking, potentially reducing human error.
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New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
James Symes
Symes
Winfield G. Salmonson
The
Pennsylvania
Long Island
Woodbridge
N. J
Frozen Woman Still Confined in Hospital
Chicago report states Mrs Dorothy Mae Stevens the frozen woman must stay at Michael Reese Hospital for two to three more months. Doctors say condition is good and spirits high but skin grafting will take that long to complete. Current treatment involves changing bandages to gauge graft needs with no grafts performed yet.
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Chicago
Dorothy Mae Stevens
Michael Reese Hospital
Mrs Reynolds Ray Resident Dies in Ray Home
Mrs Deleward Reynolds 76 died Friday at the home of her son D M Browning 2643 West Jefferson Street Funeral services were held Saturday in A L Moore and Sons She was a native of Clarksville Arkansas and had lived in Florence and Coolidge before moving to Ray Her survivor list includes daughter Mrs Grace Wofford of Ray
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Deleward Reynolds
D. M. Browning
West
Jefferson Street
A. L. Moore and Sons Mortuary
Reynolds
Clarksville
Ark
Ray
Arizona
Florence
Coolidge
Grace Wofford
Guards Lock Boy In Frigid Room At State School
SHERIDAN Ill March 5 INS One guard was fired and several others faced dismissal for locking a 17 year old youth in an unheated underground dungeon at the Illinois State Training School for Boys in Sheridan for four days as temperatures plunged to 25 degrees below zero. Leo Morrow serving one to ten years for auto theft nearly froze and now uses crutches. He said he was kept in the hole in only shorts socks and a thin blanket.
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Sheridan, Ill
INS
Illinois State Training School For
Sheridan
State Welfare
Fred K. Hoehler
Leo Morrow
Hoehler
Morrow
Unions Seek Peron Seizure of La Prensa
Argentina CGT unions demand President Peron seize La Prensa and hand control to workers after a 37 day strike. Loyal staff efforts to reopen were met by street clashes leaving one printer dead and fifteen injured as vendors boycott and printers strike.
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Peron
la Prensa
Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
Confederacion General del Trabajo
CGT
Newsvendors
Labor To Air Mobilization Boycott Cause
Washington reports organized labor is broadcasting to explain its stance on the mobilization program. Spokesmen say they will counter critics amid resignations from defense agencies. Radio time runs through mid month, highlighting claims that Defense Mobilizer Wilson serves big business and may marshal manpower for labor conscription. Wilson schedules a news conference to defend policy and invite labor adviser participation.
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Washington
Wilson
Funeral services set for Guy T. Payne in Buckeye
Funeral services for Guy T. Payne 37 of Buckeye were held at 1 p.m. in M. L. Gibbons Mortuary Mesa. The Rev L H Gunderlack of Assembly of God Phoenix officiated. burial in Mesa Cemetery. Payne a Oklahoma native, lived in Mesa 32 years, WWII veteran. Survivors include wife Neema two sons Robert and Thomas daughter Claudia, parents of Buckeye, five sisters and five brothers.
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Neema
Robert
Thomas
Claudia
Buckeye
R. C. Payne
Wickenburg
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Alameda Naval Air Station
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Cavanagh
Hickey Freeman
Oxxford
Oaks
Nettleton
Wea
Eee
Ana LY
Oyame Mee
Balance State CO. 7
Raskins
Central and
Adams
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