Key Biscayne's Crandon Park Opens as Tequesta Festival Debuts
Miami readers learn of Crandon Park on Key Biscayne in Dade County and the Tequesta festival heralding a new vacation gem. The piece traces Key Biscayne’s history from Tequesta Indians to Ponce de Leon and Fontenada, noting the 1826 Cape Florida lighthouse and the island’s recreational allure.
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Miami
Fla
Dade County
Crandon Park
Key Biscayne
Virginia Key
Ponce de Leon
South Florida
St. John's River
Jacksonville
Florida East
St. Augustine
Marta
Santa Marta
Cayo Biscaine
Escalante de Fontenada
Tequesta
Black Caesar
Florida Keys
Havana
Spain
Antilles
Florida
Cape Florida
Keys
Nation in Bloom As Flower Week Observance Set
The nation marks the third annual National Flower Week with florists and greenhouses hosting open houses and displays. The observance promotes floriculture advances including double flower varieties, cross pollination, hydroponics research, and new packaging and air shipping methods to extend flower enjoyment.
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Can Florists
Woman of 101 Enjoys Long Fast Car Ride
Mrs. Jenny Gilmore of Hutchinson Kansas celebrated 1011 birthday anniversary this fall and loves long fast outings. After a 3500 mile trip to California she praised the journey though she objected to slow stretches, preferring about seventy miles per hour. Her grandson Chester Hedges, aged 54, drove and noted she complained only when speed dropped to 40 or 50 mph on desert roads.
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Hutchinson, Kans
Jennie Gilmore
California
Chester Hedges
Miniature Fleet Contains Famous Ships
August Crabtree built a 14 ship miniature fleet over 20 years. The models range from an Egyptian galley of 1500 B C to Columbus flagship Santa Maria and the 1840 Britannica. He started in Portland, carved during wartime to help plan Liberty ships and landing craft.
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New York
August Crabtree
Crabtree
B. C
Mediterranean
William the Conqueror
Santa Maria
Portland
Ore
Columbia River
Vancouver
Harold Stassen Emerges as Lone Wolf in GOP Race
Washington profile of Harold Stassen as a rising independent Republican figure. It notes his early self‑announcement as a candidate, criticism of the party program, and the fear among traditional Old Guard Republicans that his personal following could fracture the party. Details include his Minnesota governorship, military service under Admiral Halsey, and his distinct biographical background.
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Minnesota
Harry W. Zinsmaster
Harold Stassen
Stassen
Farmer-Labor Party
Old Guard
Dewey
New York
Roscoe Drummond
The
Christian Science Monitor
Admiral Halsey
Taft
Vandenberg Declines Run Despite Political Draft Talk
The piece notes Sen. Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan did not intend to seek the presidency, despite off the record polls among Republicans and media debates. It highlights his stance on a possible nomination, foreign policy influence, and opposition to overstated ties to government doctrines.
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Credible Authority
Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg
Michigan
Roy Roberts
Kansas City Star
Dwight Eisenhower
Vandenberg
Congress Will Convene In Special Session In 1947
President Truman called Congress to meet at noon on November 17 in a special session to address rising domestic prices and the need for rapid relief abroad in Western Europe. He consulted cabinet and party leaders but did not seek their advice, stating urgent legislative action is required to curb price increases and aid European recovery. Byrnes defended his memoirs stance on force and urged a German peace conference with the U N and allies if the Soviet Union balks.
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Truman
U. S
Europe
France
Italy
James F. Byrnes
Germany
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Security Council of the
U. N
Byrnes
Prisoner Payne Found With Metal Lodged In Stomach
Surgeons operating on James S. Payne inmate of Kansas state prison to remove a nail from his throat discovered he had a metal laden stomach including two complete safety razors without blades. The arson convict offered no explanation for the unusual diet.
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James S. Payne
Kansas State Prison
Payne
Brazil and Chile sever diplomatic ties with Russia
Brazil and Chile announce cutoffs with Russia over press attacks on Dutra and alleged communist influence. Chile adds Czechoslovakia to the break. Observers ask if cutting relations can curb communist penetration in nations.
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Brazil
Chile
Russia
Farm Disaster Looms As Drought Threatens Wheat
A nationwide drought endangers winter wheat across Texas through the plains with low moisture and dust in planting. Experts warn of heavy winter kill, reduced pasturage for cattle, and potential wheat prices rising above five dollars a bushel if rains do not come. Livestock herds shrink as pasturing disappears and farmers liquidate herds to cope with high feed costs.
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Texas
Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
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Hitler
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Lidia E. Pimmham
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