Gifts for President Truman Parade of Unusual Mail
The White House mailbox overflows with gifts for President Truman including a 125 pound watermelon and wax car stoppers. Donors send animals, hats, shirts, and even a bowling alley. Some gifts cost little yet show sacrifice while others feed hospitals or fill the deep freezer.
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White House
Truman
Mr. Truman
F.D.R
Turkey
Grant
Congress
Mr. Roosevelt
Maine
Maryland
Harry S. Truman
German Expert Details Russian V-2 Base Network in Europe
A German rocket specialist, now in western Germany, asserts Russia is building a network of V-2 rocket bomb bases across Eastern Europe aimed at Western Europe. He cites completed single battery bases and several under construction, with firing orders and ballistic data prepared for targets including Sweden, the Rhine region, and Baltic routes.
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Germany
Euurope
Central Institute For
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Russia
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Thuringia
Peenemuende
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Sweden
Erfurt
Rhine River
Cologne
Dusseldorf
Scheldt River
Guben
Ruegen
Pilsen
Czechoslovakia
Brenner Pass
Austria
Italy
Railroad Suit Over Fire Damages in District Court
David T. Johnson sues Union Pacific in fifth district court seeking 886.20 plus damages interest and attorney fees for fires that damaged five acres of grass four wheat and a wagon grain box on dates in 1947 and 1948. He alleges negligence and careless maintenance allowed the Hereford cow to be killed on railroad tracks and fences to fail.
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David T. Johnson
Fifth District
Union Pacific Railroad
Johnson
Whith
E S al. Johnson
Merrill and Merrill
Bankers say economy in upswing despite low mood fears
H M Bardt of San Francisco told the ABA western regional trust conference in Salt Lake City that no elements exist to cause a low mood. He argued the economy has leveled off and business is recovering, citing consumer demand and large bank deposits as signs.
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Salt Lake City
American Bankers’ Association
H.M. Bardt
San Francisco
Four Farm Fires Spark Investigation in Morrison Ill
A state fire marshal was sent to Morrison to probe four fires on a farm. The series began Sunday in a tenant house closet, followed by another closet and a davenport fire, then a barn blaze on Tuesday. Farmer Ernest Sadden reported no clue to the cause or perpetrators.
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Ershems
Res
Strictly Family Affair Sparks Fire at Home
Mrs. Preseau had placed a roast in the oven when Fire Chief Mose Clairmont was called to a home blaze. The roast ignited in the oven and caused a small fire before firefighters controlled the flames.
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Sheboygan, Mich
Fred Preseau
Mose Clairmont
Utah mother offers heart to science for medical funds
Olive Snow a Riverton mother of three in her mid forties offers her heart to science to help pay medical bills and save the family farm. Her husband is ill and cannot work, and the family runs a small farm southwest of Salt Lake City.
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Salt Lake City
Olive Snow
Riverton
New Miracle Drug Cortisone Seen But Production Limited
Government health experts say cortisone offers cures for arthritis and shows promise for rheumatic fever yet production remains slow and costly. A plant-seed variant could slash costs and enable unlimited supply if seeds are found. expeditions are sent to Africa, Malaya, Liberia, and Eastern China to locate the plant. About 7 million Americans have arthritis, 180000 have acute rheumatic fever, with other sufferers in mental disease.
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Washington
Leonard A. Scheele
United States
Africa
Malaya
Liberia
China
Wisconsin Lawyer Heads Moose Unit
The supreme lodge of the World Loyal Order of the Moose elected its chief officers for the coming year in San Francisco Willis E. Donley of Menominee Wisconsin was elected supreme governor replacing Walter Gibson of Oakland California Oliver S Twist of Philadelphia was named junior supreme governor James M Ballard of Seattle Washington was named supreme prelate and Fred W Zabel of Aurora Illinois was named supreme treasurer
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San Francisco
Supreme Lodge of World Loyal Order of the Moose
Willis E. Donley
Menominee
Wis
Walter Gibson
Oakland
Cal
Oliver S. Twist
Philadelphia
James M. Ballard
Seattle
Wash
Fred W. Zabel
Aurora
Colleges Break Record in U S Degrees Granted
Washington report from the Federal Security Agency shows about 430000 degrees awarded by American colleges and universities in the year ended June 30. Of these 375000 were first or bachelor's degrees and 55000 were master's or doctor's degrees, surpassing last year's 319000.
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Federal Security Agency
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