Year of Decision Fails to Outshine 1848 Revolutions
The piece reviews 1948 as a year of decision in world affairs, contrasting it with 1848 the year of revolution. It notes aims in UN veto power, the Marshall Plan, democracy in France and Italy, German Austrian unification, and Palestine. It recounts 1848 events in France, Germany, and Denmark, including the fall of Louis Philippe, the Frankfort assembly, and the Schleswig-Holstein tensions.
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David E. Teitelbaum
New York
INS
United Nations
France
Italy
Germany
Austria
Palestine
Vrunea
Louis Phillipe
Ceneral Craignac
Strainee
Great Britain
United States
Confederation
Jeal
Chef Curran Sings Way Into Singing Career
Patrick Curran, a 31 year old lyric tenor known as the Singing Chef, left kitchens for a stage path after winning amateur radio singing contests. Born in Antrim, Northern Ireland, he served 11 years as a cook in the British Merchant Marine and only recently settled in Chicago after arriving from England thirteen weeks prior.
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Chicago
Patrick Curran
England
Pat
Sherman Hotel
College Inn
Curran
Italy
Wishaw
Scotland
Patrick
Antrim
Northern Ireland
United States
Helgoland Moves to Sylt Residents Relocate to Frisian Island
Dispossessed by demolition of their North Sea fortress island Helgoland residents are moved to nearby Sylt, a Frisian island west of the German Danish border. Sylt, long a summer resort, has a Saxon like dialect and a history of seafaring, with a seven mile rail causeway built 1923 to 1927 linking the mainland to Sylt and daily steamers from Hamburg and Bremen serving vacationers.
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Washington
North Sea
Helgoland
Sylt
Netherlands
Germany
Denmark
National Geographic Society
Hamburg
Bremen
Yen to Drive Bus Costs $1,500
Marine private Leo Denver Yates of Silverton Oregon told Circuit Court judge he always wanted to drive a bus. On leave from the Marines he took a Greyhound bus, crashed it into his parents home, and was paroled with a $50 monthly repayment to the bus company for $1,500 in damages.
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Salem
Ore
Leo Denver Yates
Silverton
E. M. Page
Leatherneck
Greyhound
News Feature Section The American Weekly Parade Pack
A compact note about the issue’s inclusion in the Syracuse sun edition, highlighting the American Weekly Parade comic weekly and picture magazine bundles. The item notes a 15 cent price and assures readers the entire package is covered in the edition.
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N News
Syracuse
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Sunda
Trade winds and navy run Pacific stores in Micronesia
US Navy takes over civilian enterprises in the Western Pacific, with the USCC switching to Island Trading Company of Micronesia. About 114 retail stores across the Marshalls Carolines and Marianas continue barter based trade in copra sea shells and carved goods. Navy surveys note potential for commerce in fish pearls bauxite and phosphate.
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Honolulu
U.S
Western Pacific
Navy
Bue
Afl- Inginapalap
Kapingamarangi
U. S. Commercial Company
USCC
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Island Trading Company
Micronesia
Guam
Marshalls
Carolines
Marianas
Lielle
Pacific
Army
No Horses in Army Who Said So Fort Robinson Nebraska
Fort Robinson Nebraska shows a living horse heritage as the Army trims its breeding program. The 23,600 acre reservation hosts about 300 thoroughbreds including brood mares, with legends like Jennie Camp and Fielding Dakota linking Fort Robinson to Olympic fame. The piece notes local ranchers oppose moves to end horse breeding at the fort.
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Fort Robinson Reservation
Fort Robinson
Neb
Rip van Winkle
Soldier Creek
White River
Yort. Robinson
Jennie Camp
Europe
Fort
Old Look sales captivate Britain with bargain clothing
In London, shoppers chase discounts on the so called old look line with cuts up to 50 percent in coupon rates. Floral, utility shirts, blouses, and wash dresses dominate the queues as women line up overnight, some bringing stoves and folding beds while police maintain order in a throng of bargain seekers.
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London
INS
England
Salusmon
Columnus
Colin
Tower Builders Vanished 700 Years Ago Explained
New evidence from Albuquerque links the extinct tower builders of northern New Mexico to a mass extinction, described as one of the most complete wipeouts known to anthropologists. The finding sheds light on a vanished Native American people and their ancient structures, revising long-held theories.
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Albuquerque
N. M. UD
New Mexico
Hibben
Tey
Cuba
N. M
Colorado-New Mexico
Jet Fighter Plane to Land in the Sky
Washington reports a new jet fighter the McDonnell XP-S5, nicknamed parasite, is set to fly high for the first time, while NP-85 lands only on a special gear under its belly. Discovery by Dr. Frank C. Hibben links to New Mexico ruins and a vanished sentinel tower culture near Albuquerque.
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Frank C. Hibben
Universally
New Mexico
Prospector
Hibben
Gallina
Albuquerque
Air Force
St. Louis
Air Force Base
Muroc
Call
Jnmidean
Norma
World union push spreads through Cleveland drives
A Cleveland campaign called Workers for World Security mobilizes 200000 pledges and aims to enlist 500000 in a push for a world government to prevent atomic war. Peter Putnam, a Princeton physicist prospect in the movement, guides volunteers from street corners to offices, with endorsements from civic and labor leaders.
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Cleveland
Workers For World Security
C.I.0
A.F.L
Railroad Brotherhoods
Recs
Peter Putnam
Peter
Princetonf
Albert Sinstein
Robert N. Walkin
Navy
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