Ruths funeral draws thirty thousand to St Patrick's for Babe Ruth
Funeral services for Babe Ruth at St Patrick's Cathedral drew about 6,000 inside and an estimated 50,000 outside as dignitaries and sports figures attended. Francis Cardinal Spellman presided at the high mass while Gov. Dewey and mayors from New York Boston and Baltimore were among honorary pallbearers.
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Babe Ruth
St. Patrick's Cathedral
King of
Baseball
Nue
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Baltimore
Fifth Avenue
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
William O'Dwyer
James M. Curley
Boston
Babe
Red Sox
Thomas D’alesandro
Ruth
Joseph F. Flannelly
Memorial Hospital
Claire Ruth
Dorothy Sullivan
Richard Flanders
Wilbur Moberly
Yesteryear
Jack Dempsey
Connie Mack
Leo Durocher
Moe Edd
Midtown Manhattan
Bernard Baruch a Chronicle of a Wartime Leader
Bernard Mannes Baruch born August 19 1870 in Camden South Carolina rose from a broker's boy earning three dollars a week to a multi millionaire by age thirty He led the War Industries Board in World War I and later served as U S delegate on the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission after World War II among numerous accomplishments
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Bernard Mannes Baruch
Camden, S. C
Barney
City College
New York
War Inustries Board
Bernard Baruch
U. S
U. N. Atomic Energy Commission
Two Arrests Made In Cleveland County Slaying Case
Sheriff Hugh A. Logan swore out murder warrants for Ray Sellers and Robert Howell in the death of Betty Smith a 15 year old girl found dead between twin beds at Sellers home Howell was wounded and detained Howell mother of two told a differing story while the scene contained two pistols and a bullet in the left temple authorities continue investigation in Shelby and Kings Mountain jurisdictions
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Hugh A. Logan
Cleveland County
Robert Howell
Ray Sellers
Howell
Cleveland
Sellers
Cherryville
Kings Mountain
Betty Smith
Ollie Harris
Shelby
Miss Smith
Germans Plan Own Currency to Balk Reds
Berlin city government debates two currency plans to resolve east west monetary snarl. Aimed at bypassing Soviet blocking of eastern mark accounts, the schemes include issuing emergency city currency or making the western mark sole currency in western Berlin. The move comes amid British condemnation of Soviet actions eroding city authority and parallel pressures in central food and coal administrations.
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Berlin
Russia
Trade Federation
Socialist Unity Party
SED
Asheville to Lift Quarantine for City Children
The polio quarantine for Asheville city children under 16 is set to be lifted Saturday. Buncombe county restrictions remain in effect. A ban on adult gatherings in the city and county was removed recently.
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Asheville
Buncombe County
Delivery In United States saves $567 buying car in London
Dick Wells, a commercial air lines pilot, says he saved $567 by buying a 1948 Studebaker through a London dealer 4000 miles from his home in Michigan. Studebaker officials confirm the price difference but deny the model sold for less than Wells would pay at his local dealer. Wells ordered the car a year ago, then saw the same model in London priced at 1820 pounds, compared to 2387 dollars tag in the US. He followed the dealer's plan to take delivery in South Bend, Indiana.
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Lake Orion
Mich
Dick Wells
London
Studebaker Corp
South Bend
Ind
Wells
Studebaker
Calcutta
Dewey Signals Farm Price Plan On 1950 Campaign
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey is expected to outline a parity linked farm price program during his cross country tour. The stance comes amid Democratic farm belt strategy led by Sen. Barkley who argues farmers face high prices under Democrats or low prices under Republicans. Dewey may address labor cost considerations and soil conservation, irrigation, and dairy and wool market stabilization as parts of broad farm legislation.
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Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Springfield
Earl Warren
California
Dewey
Congress
Corvallis
Ore
Oregon
Interior Department of Western Resources
Face-Lifting Boosts Value Of Farmland
A Maryland hillside farm jumped from about 13000 to 26000 after 500 Frederick county volunteers invested half a million dollars in contour farming and soil conservation. Diversion ditches and terraces replaced rain eroding gullies, a refreshed house and a modern barn now shelter 30 cows. The farm became a model of new conservation methods.
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Jefferson
Nelly Thrasher
Frederick County
Swedish Press Reports Kosenkina Case Resemblance
In Stockholm, Svanska Dagbladet says Soviet officials hope to repeat the Kosenkina incident with Lydia Makarova as the central figure. The girl, 19, resists returning to the Soviet Union, while Swedish papers criticize Russian efforts and note her father is a Red Army colonel. Lydia lives near Stockholm and had planned a concert debut for January 29.
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Svanska Dagbladet
New York
Kosenkina
Lydia Makarova
Makarova
Sweden
Soviet Union
Ivanska Dagbladet
Foreign Office
Communist Party
Ny Dag
Red Army
Lydia
Dalaroe
Folke Eigner
Stockholms-Tidningen
Dagens Nyheter
Leningrad
Lucas Proposes Babe Ruth Stamp
Senator Lucas proposes issuing a Babe Ruth commemorative stamp. He argues the former baseball star deserves a national tribute and asks Postmaster General Donaldson to act. Lucas, a former player who helped fund college with Bloomington NL in the Three-I League, cites Ruth as an American immortality.
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Washington
Lucas
D-Ii
Babe Ruth
Donaldson
America
Bloomington
Truman Defends Loyalty Program and Spying Inquiry
President Truman says the loyalty review program is a complete success and accuses the House Un-American Activities Committee of violating rights. He notes confidential files will not be given to Congress and mentions new witnesses for secret testimony as hearings on Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers approach next Wednesday.
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Truman
Senate
House
FBI
House Un-American Activities Committee
Bill of Rights
Ferguson
Rmich
GOP
Congressional
House Committee
Rep
Nixon
Hiss and Chambers
Shaw urges new political dictionary to avert war
George Bernard Shaw proposed in a Times letter that Britain form a parliamentary committee to settle political nomenclature. He argued a common exact dictionary would prevent verbal confusion fueling conflict and urged all nations to adopt it for clearer debate.
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London
George Bernard Shaw
Shaw
Times of London
Three Daughters Accuse Father in Alleged Assault
In Burlington, Solomon F. Edwards a 45 year old painter from Haw River father of five is held on three charges of carnal knowledge of his teenage daughters with a $4500 bond. Probable cause was found by Magistrate C C Bayliff and the elder daughter 18 faces a charge of voluntary submission. The cases were moved to the superior court docket for November trial after Edwards and the elder daughter were arrested following complaints by the younger daughters.
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Burlington
Haw River
Alamance County
C. C. Bayliff
Solomon F. Edwards
Superior Court
C. H. Moore
Edwards
Tito charged with murder in Yugoslav leader death
Rador reports Tito and other Yugoslav officials accused of treason and murdering Gen. Arso Jovanovic, former chief of staff, amid claims he was killed Aug. 12 at the border while fleeing into Romania. The dispatch says Cominform first raised the charges and warns of ongoing terror against loyal Yugoslav Communists.
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London
Rador
Marshal Tito
Arso Jovanovic
Jovanovic
Romania
Tito
Communist International Information Bureau
Cominform
Alexander) Rankovic
Vito
Bucharest
No New Gaston Co Polio Cases Today
Gaston county reported no polio cases today marking a nine day streak with no new infections. North Carolina Orthopaedic Hospital admitted four patients from Lincoln Catawba and Rowan counties including Jean Carolyn Fry 13 and Paul Reinhardt six from Lincolnton.
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Gaston County
North Carolina
Cooler Tonight In The Gazette Nickname Capers
Aloysius reacts to proposed title change for a Gazette column and jokes about kernel themes. Al recalls submitting his first piece to the kernel and learning of a rejection at Ruin embassy. He remarks the forecast calls for scattered thunder showers this afternoon, followed by cooler and less warm conditions tonight and Friday.
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the Gazette
Col. Gaston
The
Kernel
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