Baroda Maharajah Faces Pressure Over Alleged Misuse
London Aug. 12 A Baroda ruler faces critics in England as India's Baroda legislature asks him to abdicate in favor of his son Fatehsinha. The body also seeks Elizabeth II to appoint a committee to probe alleged misuse of 32,500,000 rupees from April 19 to May 25. The maharajah arrived in England amid questions about a $10 million spree.
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New York
Dixies Threaten To Oppose Jester In 1948 Rally
A primary rally featured attacks on the Truman Barkley ticket Dewey and Wallace. Thurmond assailed all three parties as guiding America toward a “new Russian look” while pressuring for votes beyond Truman. Protesters from the Progressive party appeared briefly without disruption.
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Thurmond
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Wright
Vention
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Brethers
Dewey
Wallace
Russia
Ft Worth imposes complete outdoor water ban amid heat
Ft Worth orders a total outdoor sprinkling ban as reservoir levels fall, asking large industrial users to curtail water use during a heat wave. Dallas reports slight easing of shortages while urging continued conservation, including limits on air conditioning for buildings and theaters and restrictions on sprinkling.
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Ft. Worth
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Centenarian Brook Ready to Go Home After Major Operation
Perry G Brook, 108, from Dallas, prepares to leave hospital Friday after a kidney surgery. Born November 14 1844 in Tennessee he moved to Texas over seventy years ago and has avoided medicine until age ninety. His doctor praises his remarkable physical condition and spirits.
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Perry G. Brook
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Brook
Tennessee
Texas
Japanese War Crimes Suspect Arrested in Tokyo
In Tokyo on August 12 a former Lt Tadashi Teraki, believed dead after faking suicide for more than two years, was arrested. Teraki fled after Allied authorities sought him in March 1946, abandoning a bundle with a death by own action note aboard a ferryboat.
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Tokyo
INS
Tadashi Teraki
Teraki
College Student Takes Own Life
EL PASO Aug 12 Sheriff said Lauren Means Stone a Sul Ross College student in Alpine was found shot to death in a tourist court in El Paso. Notes to his father mother and wife indicate despair. His wife Mrs A M Stone resides in Robstown.
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Allen Falley
Lauren Means Stone
Sul Ross College
Alpine
Stone
A. M. Stone
Robstown
Tiny Niseis Nab Robber
In Chicago on August 12 a small Nisei named Kay Gwieawa and his cousin Miller Nishioka both about five feet tall chased and captured a would be robber, Louis Tiermeier, after he entered a cleaning shop and attempted a stickup. They seized him three blocks away and found a wooden pistol on the suspect.
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Chicago
Kay Gwieawa
Nishioka
Louis Tiermeier
Nishiake
Wiertmeier
Group Favors Gas Tax Hike In Missouri
The Citizens Road Association of Missouri approves a resolution favoring at least a two cent per gallon increase in the current gasoline tax. The group opposes the Curry resolution and advocates principles for better road legislation.
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Jefferson City
Citizens Road Association of Missouri
Jet Pilot Bails Out After 20 000-Foot Explosion
Ensign Constantine Pierozzi of Hudson Maine escaped serious harm after his navy jet fighter exploded at 20 000 feet and he bailed out. He is reported recovering from minor injuries in San Diego California.
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Constantine Pierozzi
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Pierozzi
Tokyo floods bring residents outdoors for scavenged fuel blocks
A Tokyo cloudburst floods streets and residents wade ankle deep to retrieve floating wooden paving blocks, planning to reuse them for fuel. The scene underscores urban resilience as people adapt to sudden downpours.
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