Historic Fiesta marks reconquest in Santa Fe celebration
In Santa Fe New Mexico the 235th Santa Fe Fiesta opens August 29 running through September 1. Descendants of Spanish conquistadores Pueblo Indians and others reenact the 1692 peace treaty victory of Don Diego de Vargas. The four day event features wagon parades Indian markets dances Mariachi bands and religious processions. Santa Fe sits at 7000 feet offering cool climate and historic sites along the Santa Fe Trail.
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Santa Fe
N. M
America
Southwest
Don Diego de Vargas
Mexico
Marquis de la Penuela
New Mexico Territory
General de Vargas
Old Mexico
Dances Skein of Local Life Highlights Jack Ryan at 90
PORT TOWNSEND WASH Regular attendant at all community dances is J C Jack Ryan aged 90. He jokes he is one of the liveliest on the floor yet he had to quit work at 88 after a serious bus wreck.
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Port Townsend
Wash
J. C
Jack
Ryan
Woman Regains Maiden Name After Half Century
In Spokane a 82 year old English woman long resented the Irish surname OConnor. She testified she married two years to escape the name and asked Judge Carl to restore her maiden name Elizabeth Jane Cook. The court granted the change, noting the engraving on her tombstone.
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Spokane
Wash
Carl
Elizabeth Jane Cook
Minister Renounces Salary to Take Railroad Laborer Job
In Lanark Illinois Reverend Harmon H Bro 27 resigns church salary due to declining revenue to work as a railroad section hand. He will serve without pay while his salary was 200 dollars monthly, parsonage included. He argues congregations overrely on ministers to run the church.
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Lanark
Ill
Harmon H. Bro
The
Christian Church
Harvard
Bro
Fire Lookouts Watch For Careless Airmen
Salt Lake City Utah fire watchers warn airmen pose rising fire risk in Wasatch National Forest. Supervisor F C Koziol reports pilots may drop burning material over forests and ignite fires before they are noticed. Fire lookouts now monitor aircraft activity to prevent new blazes.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
U. S. Forest Service
F. C. Koziol
Wasatch National Forest
Koziol
Oklahoma Farm Families to Get Taps for Water
A Tulsa chamber event promotes a one day school to link state agricultural leaders with water system makers. Farm Manager C A Border cites 204000 Oklahoma farm families hauling water from wells and each family traveling 152 miles yearly for drinking water.
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Tulsa
Okla
Chamber of Commerce
C. A. Border
Border
Oklahoma
Agricultural and Indian Service
Morgan Horse: American Breed Preserved at Vermont Farm
The Morgan horse program at the U S Department of Agriculture farm near Middlebury Vermont rotates breeding stock, tests about forty-five animals annually, and preserves a line descended from Justin Morgan. The article notes the breed’s American origins and its role in U S history as riders and soldiers, with emphasis on size gait and endurance in performance trials.
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Department of Agriculture
America
Justin Morgan
United States
Morgan Horse Farm
Middlebury
United States Department of Agriculture
Joseph Battell
Colonel Battell
American Morgan Register
Middlebury College
Justin
Vermont
Department
Morgan
Justin I
Marguerite Henry
Joel
Monroe
Custer
Green Mountains
California
Mount Mansfield
Killingon
Uncle Sam
Rioting in Punjab Underscores India Independence Eve
In the Punjab violence flared over two days killing more than 200 as Lahore and surrounding areas burned amid tensions over partition. New Delhi observed two minutes of silence for victims as India prepared to function as a free state under the British withdrawal.
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India
Punjab
Lahore
Indian Constituent Assembly
New Delhi
Britain’s Emergency Bill Grants Wide Power Amid Slump
In postwar Britain, Clement Attlee’s emergency bill gives the government sweeping powers over labor and industry to lift the economy. Winston Churchill leads conservatives in labeling the move a dictatorship while Anthony Eden urges immediate parliamentary action and full scrutiny of the measures.
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Clement Attlee
Islands
Winston Churchill
Britain
Churchill
Anthony Eden
Red Saucers: Soviets Curious About Flying Disks
The article reports Soviet agents in the United States ordered to solve the mystery of flying disks. It suggests the disks were not Russian in origin and notes the Kremlin thinks they may relate to army radar knockout experiments.
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United States
Kremlin
France cleans former war zones to boost safe tourism
The French ministry of reconstruction acts to clear leftover land mines and danger spots in former combat areas around France. Officials acknowledge potential tourist appeal but prioritize safety to prevent accidents and bolster travel.
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French Ministry of Reconstruction
France
NO THUMB ON SCALES Extend Prepackaging to Meat
The article notes a shift toward prepackaged fresh meat in about 100 stores nationwide with cellophane wrapped cuts in display cases. It describes benefits such as lower overhead, faster turnover, and self service, while unions mainly oppose pre-cutting in some locales.
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Detroit
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen's Union
General Quiz on Curious Facts and Traditions
A playful set of trivia questions covering germs color, raindrop shape, harp strings, Washington DC cherry trees fruiting, Jordan almonds origin, chest sound diagnosis, royal birth witnesses, Hawaiian alphabet length, prehistoric teeth in birds, and a myth about a dying snake tail.
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Washington, D. C
England
Colorless answers and curious clues from history
The list includes statements on liquids staying cohesive, fruiting frequency, a name from jardyne almauade meaning cultivated almond, Hippocrates, and a home secretary attending births in the king's family. It notes twelve, a first birds origin with teeth, and a tail wiggling after death due to a snake's nervous system.
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Hippocrates
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