Mardi Gras Parade Lights Up New Orleans With Masks and Rex
Thousands join the Mardi Gras revelry as Rex the King of Carnival leads a parade of mule drawn floats through Canal Street. Queen Dolly Ann Bondhon and bands headline celebrations with Louis Armstrong returning as King of the Zulus. Crowds exceed 100000 as revelers plan torch parades and Comus balls before Ash Wednesday marks Lent.
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Dolly Ann Bondhon
Edmond Souchop
Rex
Boston Club
Canal Street
Funds U K d To Hire 1 500 New Tax Sleuths
The Senate committee debates funding for 1500 enforcement workers to bolster tax collection and reduce uncollected taxes amid calls to reach the full 7000, with Treasury Secretary Snyder arguing understaffing harms compliance and revenue. The panel approves various agency budgets and a wartime stockpiling plan of 775 million dollars.
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U.k.’D
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Bureau of Narcotics
Customs Bureau
Secret Service
Left handed thrower right handed batter rookie Reich
Herman Reich of Cleveland stands out as a rare MLB prospect who throws left handed and bats right handed. He is emerging as a promising young pitcher with potential impact.
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Herman Reich
Cleveland
Fierce gales kill nineteen in Frankfurt and Britain wind damage
Nineteen people die as powerful gales sweep Frankfurt Ebert Strasse and other areas. Another woman dies in a collapsing building in Frankfurt. War damaged structures topple across the city and injuries include several schoolchildren. Britain faces about £80,000 in damage as coasts endure 76 mph gusts. Seawalls breach and water floods roads. Snow and sleet hit Denmark and the Netherlands while winds reach 90 mph on official records. Fallen poles disrupt railways and many trees and tiles endanger pedestrians.
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Ebert Strasse
Frankfurt
Britain
Norfolk
East
Ancilay
Aberdeenshire
Scotland
Denmark
Netherlands
Official
Weather Bureau
Census of Business Planned in Hagerstown District
A census of retail, wholesale and service establishments will begin with enumerators in the Hagerstown district. Enumeration in early April will cover Allegany Frederick Garrett and Washington counties in Maryland and adjacent Virginia and West Virginia counties. The 1948 results will be released in late 1949, marking a nationwide detailed trade and sales picture after years. The Census is authorized under Public Law 671 the Sith Congress and aims to provide ongoing trade statistics every five years with annual surveys.
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Hagerstown
Washington
Allegany
Frederick
Garrett
Maryland
Berkeley
Hampshire
Jefferson, Mineral and Morgan
West Virginia
Clarke
Loudoun
Virginia
Sith Congress
United States
Bureau of the Census
Mission Must Leave Tonight Amid Tense Soviet Ties
Lt Gen Clarence R Uehner said he did not want to cross bridges before they appeared as clashes loomed. Russia warned deserters would be punished if they left. Gen Clay ordered the mission to depart noting few Soviets wished to return, prompting protests from Soviet officers.
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Wood
Clarence R. Uehner
Clay
Staf
U.S
Mills Calls for Police Overhaul After March 22 Election
Herman Mills the Republican mayoral candidate pledges complete reorganization of Hagerstown police department if elected. Edward Oswald Jr a Democrat vows to secure best affordable force. Mills also advocates a spring City Hall cleaning and says he will weigh appointments carefully.
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Hagerstown
Herman Mills
Edward Oswald, Jr
Mills
Sweeney
Board of Street Commissioners
Wellaville
Home Planning Page Promotes New Housing Service
The article touts a new home planning service praised by experts and building authorities. It describes The Pawtucket plan yielding four rooms with potential future basement space and urges thorough preplanning for successful completion. The piece notes community benefits for readers buyers banks and lenders, material dealers, contractors, and local merchants. It ends with unrelated trivia about George Markis and giraffes.
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Pawtucket
Sent Official Notes to Washington Assert Mission Indispensable
An official note was dispatched to Washington asserting the mission’s indispensability. The statement emphasizes essential aims and the need for continued support and authorization from national authorities.
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Washington
Peace Feelers Reported Again in Berlin
Berlin reports say Russian and Polish intermediaries proposed easing the Berlin crisis by lifting the blockade if Western powers negotiate a single currency for Berlin. The Western powers allegedly rejected this through their own currency plans, with no renewed talks.
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Berlin
Mar
Social Democrat
Laborer and Foreman Jobs Open in Civil Service
The U S Civil Service Commission announces exams for male laborers general and pest exterminator and for foreman of laborers in Washington DC area. Age 18 to 62. Obtain forms from local secretary C J Eyler at the post office.
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U. S. Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. C
Commission
C. J. Eyler
Bulgarian Defendants Admit Crimes in Communist Trial
In a Bulgarian court the five confessing defendants took responsibility for crimes tied to a Communist regime. Mitko Dimitrov accused Naumov of misusing religious rhetoric. Bezzlov claimed exposure to 10 000 to 12 000 pages of progressive literature while in jail. Poppy lamented, rallying behind Comrade Georgi Dimitrov as the only road forward.
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United States
Poppy
Georgi Dimitro
Bulgaria
Mitko Dimitrov
Naumov
Stalin
Zdravko Bezlov
Methodist
Woman Held Without Bail In Slaying of Husband
Mrs Agnes Jacques 46 is ordered held for grand jury action on charges of killing her husband Albert Jacques 36 a Lewiston Maine native found dead February 17 with a bullet wound in his temple in Baltimore February 23 authorities said.
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Baltimore
Agnes Jacques
Albert Jacques
Lewiston
County Board To Decide On Vote Machines
A Maryland county board will decide on vote machine procurement amid January to March behavior. The Senate elections panel considers repealing the Declarations of Intentions Act requiring newcomers to declare residency one year before voting. Senate moves to exempt fraternal properties from taxes. House passes 20 bills, mostly local, including licensing for mental institutions. Delegations from St Marys Female Seminary and Frostburg State Teachers College seek building funds and accreditation assurances. Frostburg requests 2.56 million for facilities. St Marys seeks 690 thousand for new buildings.
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Black Basin
Senate Elections Committee
Senate
House
Board of Mental Hygiene
Lane
Sotheron
Prince Georges
Maryland
Monroe
William 8. Jenkins
Frostburg
American Association of State Teachers Colleges
St. Mary's Seminary
Southern Maryland
Seminary Board of Trustees
Governor Reviews Dual Requests for St Mary's Seminary Junior College
The governor paused on two separate requests, taking them under advisement while evaluating potential implications for St Mary's Seminary Junior College and related plans.
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St. Mary’s Semi-nary Junior College
Eisenhower Opens Red Cross Drive in Chicago Campaign
General Dwight D. Eisenhower launched the 1949 Red Cross campaign for 80 million dollars with President Truman joining a national kickoff from Chicago. Truman praised the Red Cross as worthy of respect and gratitude as the drive begins nationwide.
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Eisenhower
Red Cross
Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
American Red Cross
Truman
Washington
America
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