Briton Quits House of Treasures After 19 Room Home
Maurice Mason a 56 year old rubber firm director quits his 19 room Manchester home filled with treasures. His wife Edith nearly died from housework and they will auction the exhibits to escape what he calls a beautiful prison. The mansion holds a 9 foot grandfather clock, ivory inlaid Shibuyama cabinet, Ming vases, jade, Napoleon era items, paintings by Constable Rembrandt Romney and Gainsborough, 5000 ounces of silver and a blue white diamond necklace. The couple, with daughter Millicent Joan aged three, plan to move to a hotel for Edith’s recovery after years of demanding chores.
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Arnold Field
Manchester
Nana
Maurice Mason
Edith
Mason
Millicent Joan
Wilmslow
Britain
Shibuyama
Napoleon
Josephine
Constable
Rembrandt, Romney and Gainsborough
Tomato Queen Tillie Lewis rises from Bushwick to California farming
A feature on Tillie Lewis, famed for pear shaped tomatoes, detailing her rise from Brooklyn beginnings to building a $20 million annual canning business in California. It notes tariffs, her gamble on California pomodoros, and her ascent in the farming and canning industry. (Concluded on Page 3)
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Tillie Lewis
New York
Seine
Brooklyn
Bushwick
California
Congress
Tillie
Tuck
Vast Pacific Trust Territory Overseen by United States
The United States becomes trustee of the Ryukyus, Bonins, Hawaii, Guam and other Pacific islands after a Japan treaty. Civil administration is led by former Senator Elbert Thomas. Marshall Islands, Kwajalein and Ebeye are described, with life under trust rule, local economy, and military activity shaping daily life.
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Reader's Digest
New York
Japan
San Francisco
United States
Ryukyus
Pacific
Hawaii
Guam
Spain
Germany
Imicr
United Nations
Greenland Opens to Tourism at Last Says James White
Copenhagen report that Igdluluarssuit the Greenland capital, long closed to foreigners, will soon welcome holiday visitors. The initial trip, costing about 210 dollars, will be limited to coastal cruising with stays on board to protect native Greenlanders from imported diseases. The first hotel exists but contact with locals remains restricted.
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James White
Copenhagen
Nana
Igdluiuarssuit
Mecca
Lhasa
Igdluluarssuit
Godthaab
Dan
Greenland
U S Faces Tranian Crisis In Chilean Copper Supply
John Harriman analyzes the copper shortage shaping U S defense and economy. Chilean unrest, wage demands, and US ownership of most mines push prices, imports, and policy into a geopolitical strain. The piece links copper, steel, and aluminum to potential civilian and mobilization impacts.
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U.S
John Harriman Boston
Nana
Manilal Gandhi Continues Nonviolent Fight Against Apartheid
The piece portrays Manilal Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi's son, in Natal Coast South Africa, as a modest, religious advocate of nonviolence opposing Dr. Malan's race segregation. It notes his 14 day fast to galvanize world attention, his likeness to his father, and his conviction that passive resistance embodies strength against apartheid laws.
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Alexander Durban
South Africa
Natal
Malan
Manilal Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
D. F. Malan
Manila
Mahatma
Manilal
Gandhi
Stalin slave camps documented by ICFTU report
The ICFTU report titled Stalin's Slave Camps accuses the Soviet regime of turning millions into forced labor under brutal conditions. It cites photostats of laws, a secret German document, and testimonies from former slaves. The commission’s preliminary UN findings are presented to the Paris UN Assembly.
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Washington
Stalin
Europe
China
World Agency of
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
Germany
Soviet Union
United Nations
Jasor
Moscow
Russia
Americal Federation of Labor
Internationa Confederation of Free Trade Unions
Wob
Unti
UN Assembly
Paris
ICFT
Joseph Stalin
ICETU
Secret Police
Europe Doubts New War Is Around Corner in 1952
Lyle W. Wilson reports from Paris that Western Europe fares as peaceful as 1951 yet fears a provoked spark could ignite conflict. Churchill visit to Truman looms with talk of restraining American A bomb bases in Britain. Western Europe doubts a third world war but worries hot tempered moves by Americans or Russians could trigger it, given Korean shock. Conclusion noted on Page 3.
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Ace Uate
Tillie
Canner
Fiotill_Prod
Horti Uets, Inc
Lewismer
Aldedi
Washiauion
United States Senate
Senate
Theodore Francis Green
D-R.l
Russell B. Long
Dla
Long
Huey P
Kingfish) Long
Kenneth McKellar
D-Tenn
River Chamber
George A. Smathers
D-Fla
Richard M. Nixon
R-Calif
Smathers
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Green and McKellar
Matthew M. Neely
D.-W. Va
West- Ti
James E.ward
Bikini Atoll
Kwajaleen
Eniwetok
South Seas
South Sea
Ebeye
Navy
Trust Territory
Wayne
Kwajalein Jairport
Britain
Iran
Europe
Chile
Lyle
Wilson
Paris
West
Pennsylvania
Washington
United States
Winston Churchill
Truman
Churchill
Great Britain
Communist Party
Prat
Korea
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Reds
Africa
French Morocco
Perime
Sidi Slimane
U. S
Nouasseur
Ben
Guerir
House of Treasures
Norway
Sweden
Ireland
By Warren Duffee
By Gilbert Cant
Marshall Islands
Meji
Jemo
Likiep
Wotje
Marshalls
Kwajalein
Kremlin
By Sigrid Arne
ICFTU
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