Labor Leaders Converge as Mills Presses for Cost of Living Beat
Mayor Mills urges AFL delegates to measure demands by living costs and reduce tax burdens urging a nonpartisan approach to inflation risks. Former Mayor Sweeney recalls tax cuts and electric rate reductions driven by concern for workers. The gathering, opened by Federation leaders, plans four days of resolutions on a 1951 legislative program and broader union representation, with Governor Lane slated to speak.
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Harry Cohen
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William Preston Lane Jr
Deadly Driving Dangers Across Rhodesia in One Year
A Rhodesian record lists 350 deaths from wildlife and natural hazards in a single year including lions elephants crocodiles rhinos snakes cattle buffaloes and drowning. It also notes motor vehicle fatalities in Sapcee and cites the earliest passport entry dated July 8 1796 by the passport division of the State department.
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Africa
Escaped Convict Linked to Maryland Murder Case
Authorities say escaped convict John Shriver is no longer connected to the Hancork murder mystery. They report hair evidence from a rope in an abandoned car near Sharpsburg does not match the victim, though police still seek to question Shriver.
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West Virginia
Hancork
Dita
Sharpsburg
Quasion Shriver
Unknown Woman Found Strangled Across River From Ifanenek
Photo shows a woman found strangled across the river near Ifanenek last week. She remains unidentified. dress recovered along Sharpsburg Pike soon after the murder. Authorities released a description and appealed for tips to identify her.
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Ifanenek
Sharpsburg Pike
Truman Tour Wraps Up Across 16 States
300000 to view Truman in a seven day swing as he delivers 65 speeches. He stresses non political aims and attacks “old fogies” and “calamity howlers” while sparring with McCarthy on Sunday. In Wisconsin crowds size up the Fair Deal and Soviet Russia is blamed for hindering peace. Plans for more Democratic cross country trips emerge.
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Truman
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Soviet Russia
Madison
Soviet Union
Joseph C. McCarthy
Wisconsin
McCarthy
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Burlington
Iowa
Lead toward flu cure found from hay extracts
California scientist reports a hay microbe extract that destroyed influenza A and Newcastle virus in laboratory tests using developing chick embryos. Researchers caution no animal or human trials yet and emphasize the finding marks a first step toward a drug treatment for flu and related poultry disease.
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Society of American Bacteriologists
California
Hay
A. J. Salle
University of California At Los Angeles
Salle
Scientists Claim Subtilin Shows Virus Combat Promise
The article reports Dr Salle’s discovery that subtilin, an antibiotic from a bacillus found in hay, may attack medium-sized viruses. If replicated in animals, this could offer new avenues against stubborn viruses like those causing infantile paralysis. A mature horse averages ten gallons of water daily.
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Salle
Algo
Hay
Plausible impostor Pseu do-Jap in London circles
The article notes George Psaimanazar, a French imposter posing as Japanese, was trusted by the Bishop of London to translate a catechism into pseudo Japanese per the Encyclopedia Britannica. It adds a tech tip about strong TV signals allowing attic antenna placement instead of a roof mount.
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London
Encyclopedia Britannica
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