Death of Babe Ruth and a boy's future baseball hero
Earl Wilson reflects on Babe Ruth's death and the shifting legacy of heroes in baseball. He recalls Ty Cobb, Joe DiMaggio, and family memory as his son Slugger grows, noting Ruth’s passing came almost exactly three weeks after a film about him debuted.
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Nightclub and TV News Mix in Patchwork Report
A collage of entertainment notes and rumors cites midtown performances, televised shows, and possible name changes. Stars like Dorothy Ross and Gene Bayles are mentioned with venue plans and salaries. Prostitution debate and family concerns appear alongside model agency worries and sports talk.
Iron Falls 8 Stories Kills Pedestrian
Isadore Landau a Brooklyn resident died after a 15 pound electric iron fell from an eighth floor window onto him in Manhattan. A separate Niagara Falls youth William Harris age 15 died after an auto struck the bicycle he rode near his home. Chester Duryea 76 who killed his father years ago died of bronchial pneumonia in South Side hospital. Church Women head named in Albany. Five new hospitals urged in a Buffalo council report. Leon E. Howie 79 identified as man killed by freight train in North Collins.
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North Collins
Leon E. Howie
Erie County
Grace
M. Nagle
Silver Creek
Oldest Daily Paper Backs Dixiecrats in Thurmond Wright Ticket
The Alexandria Gazette, claiming American oldest daily status, endorses the Thurmond Wright anti Truman ticket. Memphis cooks stage a luncheon to back a meat and milk buyers strike. Riverside reports a uranium rush with ore samples found at Cherry Valley ranch. Washington notes a Russian debt payment dispute with a partial check late by six weeks.
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Alexandria Gazette
America
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Fielding L. Wright
Mississippi
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U.S
Soviet Union
Russia
Greek strike ends as government commits to wage action
In Athens the three day Greek communications strike ended after the government promised immediate wage remedy. Postal telegraph and telephone services resumed as military and diplomatic channels remained active. In Berlin Soviet reports note growing withdrawal of French officials from the Berlin area and passings at Marienborn.
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One Mans Opinion by Walter Kiernan on ancient huts near Rome
A columnist notes 2700 year old one room huts uncovered in ruins of ancient Rome suggesting veterans housing in Caesar's line. He jokes about advertising urgency and high priced must purchase furniture valued at 96000 dollars. He mentions a piece carved with Louis NIV and a boy claiming a birthday gift knife.
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Caesar
Louis Niv
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Pakistan UN Parley on Kashmir Cease Fire Discussed
High Pakistan officials including Foreign Minister Sir Mohammad Zafarullah Khan met with United Nations representatives to discuss a Kashmir cease fire. UN secretary general Mohammad Ali and C Hawley Oakes of the United States and Dr Ricardo Siri of Argentina attended the talks.
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Karachi
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Kashmir
Mohammad Zafarullah Khan
Mohammad Ali
C. Hawley Oakes
United States
Richardo Siri
Argentina
Harry D. White Services Held in Boston
Private funeral services were held today for Harry Dexter White at a Boston chapel. Only family members attended. White, 56, died Monday at his New Hampshire summer home of a heart seizure after denying to a Congressional committee that he belonged to an elite Red underground group.
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Animals' Friend To End Career
Irene Castle McLaughlin Enzinger founder of the Orphans of the Storm animal shelter announces retirement after appearing in what she calls her last court case. The case concerns alleged mistreatment of four dray horses and follows years of animal welfare work in Chicago.
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Wogs Constitute a Billion Dollar Industry in the United Palates
A brief note states that a billion dollar industry is developing among Wogs in the United Palates, highlighting rapid growth and economic impact across sectors.
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United Palates
Explosions Subside as Swiss Village Returns Home
Goeschenen Swiss village of 800 residents sees population return after evacuations as munitions depot explosions weaken. Fire touched off a string of blasts threatening mountain stores and supply lines yesterday.
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Notable Deaths: Salvatore Scarpitta Rossin Wiley
Obituaries note the deaths of Italian sculptor Salvatore Scarpitta, 61, with works in New York and Pacific Coast cities and Hollywood California. Edgar Lewis Rossin, 47, New York City bank director, in Santa Fe New Mexico. and Mrs May Jenkins Wiley, 65, wife of U S Senator Alexander Wiley, of a heart attack in Valparaiso Indiana.
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College Sheep Is Top Wool Grower
SAN FRANCISCO UP The University of California at Davis plans to enter the clothing business if all its sheep matched the pure bred New Zealand merino ewe in the flock which produced 184/10 pounds of wool. After shrinkage this would yield enough for three complete three piece suits for the average man as it weighs the potential of crossing the reunbron sheep with the French tambouillel to combine the best traits.
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University of California At Davis
Costello to sail from Cobh to New York en route to Ottawa
Irish Prime Minister John A Costello and his wife will sail from Cobh on the Mauretania on Saturday to New York to visit Canada. They will be guests of the Canadian Bar Association and the Canadian government. They plan two days in New York before continuing to Ottawa.
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