Civil defense plan urged larger civilian protection effort
The report calls for a nationwide civil defense buildup centered on volunteers and local coordination with federal guidance. It warns that an atomic era attack could overwhelm local rescue and recovery efforts, recommending central defense centers and expanded training, with germ warfare and crop protection considered but details withheld.
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Brretary
Gf Defense
Forrestal
Fgg
Civil Defense Ig
Office of ‘Defense
Partm
Ba Je ‘Police
Pre Department CR
Hormel
Civil Defense Planning Office
Research and Development Board
naiGe
Camp Betrick
Abtack
United States
Russell J. Hopley
Omaha Telephone Company
Birth of a Prince of Wales Sparks Global Jubilation
News of the infant prince triggers worldwide celebration as Britons learn of the royal birth. A palace bulletin leaves key details unreported while officials hint at a second release with more information. Names under consideration include George and Philip with others debated among royal observers.
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Prince of Wales
Elizabeth
Pete
Commonwealth
George
Prince of
Edinburgh
Kent
Sandringham
Philip
Albert
Victoria
Woo
Louis
Earl Mountwatten
Buckingham Palace
Nighttime crowds await at palace as cheers rise
The scene unfolds with crowds gathered around the Victoria monument near the palace. A blue liveried page informs a policeman of a birth announcement, as the hush is broken by the crowd’s reaction and chatter about a baby boy.
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Aimiple
President weighs UN path over direct talks with Stalin
White House aides say President Truman favors seeking settlement through the United Nations rather than direct negotiations with Stalin. U.N. officials see Lie and Evatt's appeal as potentially easing direct talks amid Berlin blockade tensions. Some officials flag the Mexican resolution on four power cooperation as a step toward broader talks while the blockade continues.
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Stalin
U. XN
White House
Rey
West
Truman New
Lie Evatt
U. N
Lie
Evatt
TL N
U.N
Washington
Truman
Mr. Truman
Soma
United States
Britain
France
Berlin
Security Connell
Bramagna
Chest Campaign Holds First Report Meeting Today
The 1948 Community Chest kickoff meets at 12:10 in Franklin Court. BD E Stults urges 25 workers present and reports from captains if unable to attend. Meetings run under 59 minutes daily through Nov 19 with results announced by teams and posted on the public square thermometer.
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Community Chest
Franklin Court
BD. E. Stults
Frankfurt Track Disaster Kills 16 Soccer Players
Rafi o Frankfurt reported 16 German soccer players killed and 22 injured when a riding track overturned near Breitfurt in Frankfurt Germany. The incident follows unrelated note that glaucoma was named 2,500 years ago by Hippocrates.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Rafio Frankfurt
Breitfurt
Hippocrates
Needlework pattern offer for crocheted designs
Advertises transfer pattern 7260 with charts and photos for easy needlework. Readers should mail twenty cents to The Hagerstown Daily Household Arts Dept in Brooklyn for the pattern and directions. Includes mention of the Alice Brooks Needlework Book and a free crocheted square pattern.
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Dillawecases
Hagerstown
Dept. P. O
Flatbush Station
Brooklyn
Alice Brooks
Fall of Paoting Looms as Red Forces Advance
Reports say Paoting, capital of Henei Province, faces imminent fall as Nationalist units retreat. Beiping officials confirm evacuation of government occupation. Jehol seat Jeh departs with mobs looting before Red forces allegedly seize the city. Foreigners flee southward. plans for Shanghai-bound evacuations gather pace.
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Suchow
Pengpu
Tientsin
Taungtaa
Hese
North China
Paoting
Henei
Beiping
Governamntat
Jeh
Jehol
Shanghai
Sun Pao
Redy
Communist Radio
Associated Press
San Francisco
China
Nanking
Ching
Canton
Cty
Sonchow Falls
Stassen Urges GOP Rebuild From Grassroots
Philadelphia reports Harold E. Stassen says the Republican would have won the Presidency if they had convinced the Mexican people their party was liberal. He argues the GOP must be rebuilt from the bottom up and that now is the time to do it.
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Stassen
Philadelphia
Harold E. Stassen
GOP Liberals Seek Shakeup as Taft May Quit
The article reports looming GOP splits over Taft’s leadership with insurgents pressing for change. Wherry of Nebraska and Mil kin of Colorado emerge as potential compromise figures while Vandenberg may back a leadership shift but avoid widening foreign policy duties.
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Taft May
Taft
Congress
Patt
Senator Wherry
Nebraska
Wherry
Truman
Thorn
Senator Millikin
Colorado
If & Battle
Davelons
Vandenberg
Michigan
Senate
Contro
Iso
Truman Signals Unity in Hemisphere Policy
President Truman refrains from remarks on changes while backing the good neighbor policy. He thanks sister republics for election congratulations and urges continued cooperation for economic and social progress in the Americas. Melvin C. Hildreth of Washington named chairman of a citizens committee to arrange arrangements.
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McGrath
Elizabeth
Sister Republes
Hemisphere
Melvin C. .Hildreth
Washington, D. C
Citizens Committee
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