Shadow War in Malaya: Beltline Jungle Insurgents Clash
In West Pocket Malaya jungles British forces wage a stealth war against an estimated 6000 insurgents, mainly Chinese, linked to MP AJA and the Malayan Communist Party. The campaign targets jungle concealment, with daily sweeps, arrests, and a push to disrupt supplies and denser concentrations while planning to outlast the rebels.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaya
U.P
Rai
Malayan People’s AntiJapanese Army
MPAJA
Ainly
Malayan Comunist Party
The
Malau Federation
Britain
Public Libraries Grow to 130 Million Volumes Nationwide
Public libraries in the United States now own about 190 million volumes, with rapid growth seen as over 6,000 libraries expand through new space, reading rooms, film libraries, and special services. One in five or six city residents is a registered borrower, according to the International City Managers Association.
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Chicago
United States
International City Managers Association
Big City
Won New Car in Raffle But Lost Ticket
Calvin Green on vacation learned his landlady had announced he won a new car in a raffle, but neither could recall the organization. He had discarded the ticket, leaving him unable to claim the prize.
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Chicago U.P
Calvin Green
Geen
Green
Winter Garden
Broadway
Weldon
Isi
Halifax County
Labor Day Headlines Signal Strain On Economy And Rights
Civilian employment hits a record high with about 61.5 million workers employed and 2.23 million unemployed. Inflation pressures rise as costs creep upward while unions press for repeal of the Taft-Hartley Law and higher minimum wages. Labor leaders urge voters to act in November as President Truman calls for inflation curb and social security measures. Walter Reuther and William Green warn Congress and stress action to sustain growth and protect freedoms.
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Wadhlmulus
Crims
Amerwhich Law Federation of
Congess
Truman
Union
Labor It 0
8Th Congress
Trumen
United States
Walter P. Reuther
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Congress
Reuther
Labor Enioy
William Green
AFL
Labor
Labor leaders blast Taft Hartley a bold attack on unions
CIO chief Philip Murray warned the Taft Hartley Act endangers the trade union movement and the economy. CIO officials Jack Kroll and Joseph Keenan condemned Congress for paving the way to a new depression and blamed nonvoters for helping elect the 80th Congress. A Labor Day Labor Department statement echoed fears that anti labor forces threaten free collective bargaining and workers welfare.
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Murray
Philip Murray
CIO
Joseph D. Keenan
Labor
League For Political
U.S. A
Russia
U. S. Department
Marice J. Tobin
Vets Dive High Altitude Underwater Trade
Denver veterans Bob Zirm and Jake Yeager have formed a diving firm to work at altitudes over a mile high. Their first job was a 12 foot dive into Sloen Lake to retrieve a stenotype. They plan to dive a well to repair lenses.
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Denver
U.P
Bob Zirm
Lor
Jake Yeager
Sloen
Puli
Tulane Students Build Own Video Station at $200
Four Tulane University students Cameron Eyre Fred Schmidt John Tallant and Hal Becker built a transmitter and receiver for a school amateur station WVU. Cash outlay was 200 with 850 camera tube donated. 1300 hours of work spent. First telecast drawn attention from 190 radio TV men city officials and civic leaders.
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Tulane University
WVU
Cameron Eyre
Fred Schmidt
John Tallant
New Orleans
Hal Becker
Lakeshore
Miss
New
First Theater Angel in America Skirted by Debt
WilliamsburgVirginia based historian Robert Land credits William Levingston as backer of Americas first theater at Williamsburg in 1716. The venture faced heavy debts and mortgage on theater and other properties. Stagg and wife Mary planned management though outcome unclear after Levingston’s fate.
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Williamsburg
U.P
Robert Land
College of Wiliam and Mary
William and Ma Querterly
William Levingston
America
Land
Bowling Green
Levingston
Charles Stagg
Mary
Stagg
Levingstall
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Aria
Jay Rice Moody
Newport
West Pocket
Jungles
North Carolina
Consolidated Financial Statement
U. S
Halifax County Board of Alcoholic Control Register of Deeds
Superior Court
J. P
Raleigh, N. C
Trailways
Carolina Trailways
Roanoke
Norfolk
Raleigh
Greensboro
Richmond
Charlotte
Union Bus Station
Roanoke Ave
Greenville
High Point
Durham
Way
Jack Kroll
Political Action Committee
Tulane Boys
Javuut
Angel
Saru
Wendell C
Corey
Joanne Page
Center Family Pictures
Family Pictures
Rex Ingram
Hall Johnson
Green Pastures
Stran
Navy
Pacific
Here
Tokyo
National Steel Corporation
Lakes Steel
T Construction
Daniel Company
Highway 301
Rocky Mount, N
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