Deauville legends and Dempsey talk with Georges Carpentier
An article recounts Georges Carpentier in Deauville meeting famous rich visitors and boxing greats. He discusses Jack Dempsey calling him the greatest fighter, recalls Tunney, and recalls his own American ambitions while promoting Carpentier’s bar on the Champs Élysées.
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Doughville
France
Deauville
Rute
Aly
Aga Khan
Rothschilds
Doderots
Ralph
Jack
Cearge
Dempsey
Tunney
Carpentier
America
Paris
Champs’ Elysees
Jack Dempsey
Midnight Earl in New York Gossip Roundup
A collage of Hollywood and society notes from New York. Mentions Frank Sinatra Morocco travel, Greek royals suspending a visit, Bob Rockefeller entourage sightings, Howard Hughes radar work, James Montgomery Flagg illness, Mrs Anthony Eden art show, divorces and marriages among entertainers, and other celebrity anecdotes. Includes stock references to George DeWitt Diana Herbert and Raymond Scott.
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Frank Sinatra
Morocco
Carolyn Phillips
Greece
Bobo Rockefeller
Howard Hughes
James Montgomery Flagg
Anthony Eden
N.Y
Lou Busch
Janet Blair
Margaret Whiting
Johny Coy
Candy Montgomery
Greenwich Village
George DeWitt
Diana Herbert
Robert Montgomery
F. Hugh Herbert
Larry Spier
Chappell Music
Stan Stanley
Raymond Scott
Exquisite Evans
New York
Bowles Inspects Pine Camp Troops in New York
Governor Chester Bowles of Connecticut visits Pine Camp to inspect National Guard units from New England. He will review the 43d Infantry Division and return to Hartford the same day as part of the summer encampment involving about 43,000 troops.
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Bowles
Pine Camp
Chester’ Bowles
Connecticut
New York
National Guard
Hartford
43D
New England
Rubber highways and wage rise headline nation
Firestone predicts durable rubber roads in 50 years as the company marks its 50th anniversary while Johns Manville boosts hourly pay by five cents for 2700 asbestos plant workers. A tugboat sank in Lake Erie with four rescued, and Chicago plans a walking blood bank with tattooed blood types as a civil defense measure.
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Harvey S. Firestone
Firestone
Firestone Tire and’ Rubber Co
Manville, N
Johns-Manville Corporation
Cleveland
New Mexico
Lake Erie
Great Lakes Towing Co
Chicago
Chicago Medical Civil Defense Committee
Romania Puts 11 on Trial on Tito Spies
In Bucharest a military court accused 11 persons of high treason for spying for Marshal Tito's anti-Soviet regime. No further details were released by the Soviet backed ADN news agency.
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Romania
Tito
Berlin
Marshal Tito
ADN
Bucharest
Notable Deaths Include Dignitaries and Scholars Worldwide
A list of prominent deaths includes Saly Mayer former JDC Swiss operations director who aided Jews in WWII, Brig. Gen. Edwin Butcher former Third Service Command chief of staff, Frank Parker Day Union College leader, E D Statr Jr sportsman and Detroit Free Press heir, Alice Van Ewen Winegar Hassett secretary, Homer Carey Northwestern Law professor, Humphrey Mitchell Canadian labor minister, James F. Deweey labor mediator.
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Saly Mayer
Joint Distribution Committee
International Jewish Relief Agency
St., Moritz
Switzerland
Edwin Butcher
Third Service Command
Washington
E. D. Statr, JR
The
Detroit Free Press
Detroit
Daily Books Subpoenaed In Newark Milk Bribery Probe
New York authorities subpoenaed records from Isadore Eisenstein Milk Products and related firms as part of a Newark health department licensing scandal. District Attorney Frank S Trogan said IS Eisenstein's books were sought with upstate dairies paying substantial sums to a contact man to regain approval. The probe links Cobleskill Canton and Skaneateles dairies to payments via Newark attorney Edward Miller.
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Mike
New Sev Inns
Lina Duane EO Minard, Jr
Scounty
Newark Cityo Music
Newark Health Department
Isadore
Onti
Frank S. Trogan
Leisenstein
Minard
Stephen J. Moran
Newark Pubic Affairs
Health Department
Hogan
John A. McAvinue
Subaoanas
Isadore Fisenstein Milk Products, Inc
Dairies
Cobleskill
Canton
Skaneateles
Upstate New York
Edward T. Miller
Newark
Miller
Eisenstein
Celty Hall
Kenneth A. Shaul
Schoharie
Hisenstein
Dewey Hears Plea Of Lonley Hearts Slayers
Governor Dewey heard clemency arguments today in the case of Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck, the Albany widow killers known as the lonely hearts pair. They are slated for execution at Sing Sing during the week of August 27 unless clemency is granted. The governor did not announce a decision after the hearing.
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New. York
Albany
Dewey
Raymond Fernandez
Martha ‘Beck
Sing Sing
Tube Workers Call Off Strike In New Jersey
The threatened strike of 200 Hudson and Manhattan Tubes workers was called off at 12:45 AM. The stoppage would have started at 6 AM and involved about 200 power station workers patrolmen and other employees, risking disruption to the line serving 200 000 daily passengers in Jersey City.
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Jersey City
N.J
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One Man's Opinion by Walter Kiernan
The piece critiques government dithering over price controls and the OPA with satirical observations. It notes sugar shortages in grocers, mocks boarders, and cheekily suggests Henry Wallace could be our 49th state, while urging focus on democracy issues over presidential voting.
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Mr. Wallace
Hawaii
Alaska
Strike Closes Grain Elevators Threatens Buffalo Mills
A strike by about 450 members of Local 1286 of the AFL Grain Elevator Employes Union shuts 15 grain elevators in Buffalo threatening the city’s flour milling industry. Executives warn a total shutdown could idle 15,000 workers within days as some mills may close today.
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Buffalo .Cp
Buffalo
Buffalo Elevator Managers’ Committee
A.F.L
Grain’ Elevator
Four Guard Divisions to Be Called Up
Johnson announces four National Guard divisions to be activated by Sept. 1 along with two regimental combat teams and supporting units. First and Second Marine divisions to reach full strength. two Marine Reserve squadrons called to active duty. Navy plans include boosting air power with four new bombers for Korea and a requested $950 million for Navy plane purchases.
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Washington
Veday
Secretary of Defense
Johnson
Korea
Navy
Tao
National Guard
A. Guard
At Marine
Pacific
Camp’ Lejeune
N. C
Marine
Factories Boost Hiring Rate in June 1949
Washington reports the nation's factories added 50 workers per 1000 payrolls in June, the highest since 1948. The May rate was 44 per 1000, while layoffs fell from 11 to nine per 1000. Figures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Washington
Unclear union membership estimates raise questions
A rough note from the Bureau of Labor Statistics cites uncertain union membership figures, suggesting a range near 15,800 with questions about how many workers belong to unions. The source frames this as a data collection challenge tied to census methods and official questions.
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Washington
Renu
Ini Prat
Unie
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Census Bureau
Rats Scarce in Village. Cats Starving for Rats
Backfastleigh Eng villagers report four official cats driven to hunger as rats vanish from sewers. Village council approves funds for cat food to keep the ratters healthy.
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Backfastleigh
Eng
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Unclear fragment on a national land survey and maps
Fragment mentions beet sand and maps, cites U S Ge Mheens and a survey from the past 70 vyt oye ye, but readable details are limited.
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U. S
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Mirolav Barvik
Czech Composers Association
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William D. Hassett
Homer ¥ F. Carey
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University of Michigan
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