World Airline and Transport Disaster Totals 1947 Toll Sees Mass Fatalities
A year summary lists numerous air and transport calamities across the United States including crashes near Charleston South Carolina Carmel New Jersey Galax Virginia and Leesburg Virginia with scores dead and many injured. Major disasters include the Texas City harbor explosion death toll around 400 and widespread tornadoes across Texas Oklahoma Arkansas and Missouri.
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Carmel
N. J
Galax
Nottingham
Alabama
Arkansas
Missouri
Clinton
Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma
Woodward
Okla
Texas City
Tex
Worth
Notable Obituary Roll Calls Prominent Figures Pass Away
A long list of notable deaths includes former U.S. senator Ovington E. Weller of Maryland and many prominent leaders. Names span politics, business, arts, and science, with figures such as Grace Moore, Henry Ford, Fiorello La Guardia, Joseph Mansfield, and Martha Truman among the deceased.
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Ovington E. Weller
U. S
Maryland
Charles S. Woolworth
Eva Tanguay
Andrew J Volstead
Minnesota
Grace Moore
Paul Harris
Rotary International
Bowl Scores and Big Names Roll Across 1947 Season
Rose Bowl Illinois 45 UCLA 14 Sugar Bowl Georgia 20 North Carolina 10 Cotton Arkansas 0 LSU 0 Orange Rice 8 Tennessee 0 Shrine game West 13 East 21 Bob Feller signs for 1947 season at $80 000 plus bonus. Gil Dodds sets indoor mile record 4 06.8 in Chicago. Hank Greenberg signs with Pirates for 60 000. Leo Durocher suspended for 1947. Betty Jameson wins U S women open golf. Brooklyn Dodgers clinch NL pennant. Yankees win AL flag. Notre Dame beats Southern California 38 13. Giants beat Eastern college all stars 21 0. College teams and pro stars populate a packed 1947 season wrap.
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Rose
Illinois
UCLA
Georgia
North Carolina
Arkansas
Louisiana State
Rice
Tennessee
West All Stars
East
Bob Feller
Cleveland Indians
Gil Dodds
Knights of Columbus
Boston
Ike Williams
Bob Montgomery
Philadelphia
Springfield
Lee Braun
Dallas
Tex
Vandalia
Ohio
Wilii Pep
Jack Leslie
Flint
Mich
Chicago Bears
Chicago
Australia
N Y Giants
Eastern College All-Stars
New York City
Jersey City
Kansas City
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Yankees
Armed Beats Assault
Belmont Park
Ben Hogan
Truman State of the Union and Postwar Policy Highlights
President Truman focuses on five major problems including monopolies housing taxes and farm prosperity while submitting a 3742 billion budget. Marshall becomes secretary of state and U S signs peace treaties with Italy Bulgaria Hungary Finland and Romania. US and Canada press joint security talks and wartime collaboration continues with Mexico over hoof and mouth disease.
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Truman
George Marshall
James Byrnes
U. S
Italy
Bulgaria
Hungary
Finland
Romania
Canada
Mexico
Marshall
US Senate
Austria
Chile
Gabriel Videla
UNRRA
U.S
Panorama of 1946 World Headlines Highlights
A compact recap of major events: Ford slashes car prices to ease costs. New York seizes $250,000 in heroin from a U S seaman. record low temperatures in Yukon. teacher salaries average 37 weekly. Margaret Truman debuts with Detroit Symphony. tuberculosis deaths hit historic lows. vaccination drive after smallpox deaths. aviation records and world flight milestones. stock market dips. new weapons and science breakthroughs. Gallup shows Truman leading. veterans college dropout rate. minor planet discovery. meat price shifts benefiting farmers. atomic bomb secrecy plots and Hollywood communism inquiries. battleship New Mexico scrapped after quirky firesworn finale.
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U. S
France
North American
Snag
Canadian
Yukon
U S
Feats and Setbacks in World Conflicts 1947 Snapshot
A dense roll of 1947 events shows postwar shifts: Polish elections, new French and Italian cabinets, Palestine tensions with British and Jewish groups, and UN and Marshall Plan actions. Key figures include Paul Ramadier, Alecide de Gasperi, Tetsu Katayama, and Jose Cyrankiewicz amid rising Cold War pressure.
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Security Council
Trieste
Italy
Indo-China
Poland
Paul Ramadier
France
Alecide de Gasperi
Palestine
Germany
Josef Cyrankiewicz
India
London
Austria
Congress
Greece
Hungary
China
Tetsu Katayama
Russia
Communist Party
de Gasperi
Top Ten News Stories of 1947
A 1947 year in review highlighting the Taft Hartley act as a central labor issue. Marshall Plan funding and global recovery efforts. the Texas City explosion killing about 400. U S Russian UN tensions. Britain's India independence move amid violence. Georgia governorship dispute with M E Thompson winner. a nationwide telephone strike. postwar inflation. Britain's Princess Elizabeth marriage. and the Truman Doctrine with Greco Turkish aid shaping foreign policy.
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Nation's Weekly
Publishers Auxiliary
U.S
Europe
Texas City
Tex
United Nations
Britain
India
Georgia
M. E. Thompson
Elizabeth
Let Me Tell Your Fortune booklet offered by service
A promotional note invites readers to send 25 cents for a booklet titled Let Me Tell Your Fortune No 65 from Weekly Newspaper Service. It lists fortune telling methods such as cards tea leaves dice dominoes horoscopes and colorful presentation ideas. Include name address with zone and booklet details to receive the publication.
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West 17Th St
New York 11
Backwards Farmer Opinion on Saddle Direction
A fragmentary dialogue shows a farmer and guest debating direction and knowledge. The guest claims the farmer only knows one idea, while the farmer asserts uncertainty about the path, highlighting a casual rural exchange.
Birthday party tale with seventeen candles
A chorus girl recalls her birthday party in the dressing room mentioning a cake with 17 candles. A chorus member teases her asking if she burned them at both ends.
97-year-old Kentuckian Takes Up the Sax
A 97 year old resident of Kentucky has started learning the saxophone. The aged amateur shows surprising dedication and jokes about the high costs of beauty, suggesting a harp might have been easier for a similar endeavor.
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