Indian Prince Nears Marriage to Rita Hayworth
Paris AP reports Prince Aly Khan and his wife Joan Yarde-Buller appeared before Judge Marcel Rousselet to reject reconciliation and advance divorce proceedings. The couple, who plan to wed Rita Hayworth, filed suits on grounds of grave injury after a five minute court session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Aly Khan
Rita Hayworth
Aly
Miss Hayworth
French
Riviera
France
Joan Yarde-Buller
Guinness
Marcel Rousselet
Palace of Justice
Palace
Pierre Lelievre
Jean Rapoport
Imediately
Bids Opened on Four Idaho Highway Projects
Idaho state highway bureau opened bids for four projects in four counties. Notable items include a 381.1 foot steel concrete bridge over the Snake River on the Firth-Goshen-Shelley road with low bid Brennan and Cahoon of Pocatello at 101,957 and other bids of Hansen and Parr and Idaho Constructors. Also a Moscow Bovill highway crushed rock surface project with J Arlie Bryant of Lewiston at 54,400, and a 53 foot concrete bridge over the Salmon canal near Hollister with Twin Falls Construction at 18,521. Additional crushed gravel stockpile work near Preston and Lava Hot Springs had Aslett Construction at 28,400. Engineer estimates ranged from about 17,603 to 98,702.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BOISE
State Highway Bureau
Snake River
Bingham County
Firth-Goshen-Shelley Road
Brennan and Cahoon
Pocatello
Hansen and Parr Const. Co
Spot Kane, Wash
Idaho Constructors, Inc
Latah County
J. Arlie Bryant
Lewiston
Stone
Spokane
Wash
F. H. de Atley
Salmon Canal
U. S. Highway 93
Hollister
Ida
Twin Falls Construction Co
Twin Falls
Hoops Construction Co
Stanley and Ehlen
U. S. 91
Preston
U. S. 30
Lava Hot Springs
Aslett Construction Co
L. T. Johnson Construction Co
Ogden
Parson and Fire Construction Co
Brigham City
Cloud Seeding Project Moves to Sacramento Base
The cloud physics project at Wilmington Air Force Base has been transferred to McClellan Base in Sacramento, California, while keeping its analysis headquarters in Wilmington. The project tested cloud seeding to induce rain, but the Air Force reported little success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Air Force Base
McClellan
Sacramento
Cal
Air Force
Taft Seeks Unity Over Labor Bill Provisions
Senator Taft outlines three key issues for Republicans to unite against President Truman’s labor bill. The topics are union security and the closed shop, strike injunctions, and penalties for secondary boycotts, as Senate hearings on the administration measure proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert A. Taft
GOP
United Front
Truman
Senate Labor Committee
Nathan P. Feinsinger
University of Wisconsin
War Labor Board
Taft
Senate
Taft and Sons
Wayne L. Morse
Ore
Irving M. Ives
N. Y
Morse
Ives
National Labor Relations Board
Australia Hopes For Immigrants 1949 Intake Forecast
Sydney AP report quotes A. A. Calwell minister of information and immigration predicting at least 110000 immigrants to be welcomed in 1949. He notes about 70000 from the United Kingdom and projects population growth to 9000000 by 1955 and potentially 20000000 in the lifetime of current Australians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Australia
A. A. Calwell
Information and Immigration
Calwell
United Kingdom
Fast Marine Wins Bride In Two Hours
A cross country train meeting led to Cpl. Floyd Simonis and Mary Ella Taunt marrying within two hours after Joe Burns urged a union. Taunt, 19, faced parental consent issues for 19, and the couple traveled to Council Bluffs where consent was not needed, before a justice of the peace wed them. They then planned to visit family in Flint and Milwaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Michigan
Floyd Simonis
Milwaukee
Mary Ella Taunt
Flint
Mich
Chicago
Miss Taunt
Joe Belitz
Missouri River
Council Bluffs
Frank Larsen
Pottawattamie County
Mary Ella
Poisonous salt substitutes recalled amid poisoning risk
Federal health authorities warn that lithium chloride salt substitutes may be in homes and on markets. Four deaths linked to the chemical and possible non fatal cases prompt recalls by the FDA. Products include Westsal Wes Sal from Foster Milburn, Foodsal from Foods Plus, and Salts Salt from Leuths Bakery. Early symptoms mimic heart and kidney diseases, including drowsiness, weakness, nausea, and tremors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Medical Association
Pure Food and Drug Administration
AMA
Cleveland
Ann Arbor
Mich
Morris Fishbein
AMA Journal
Food and Drug Administration
Milford safety patrol enforces school traffic rules strictly
SAFETY DRIVEN HOME MILFORD, N. H. The high school safety patrol upholds fair but firm traffic enforcement in the school area. First offenders' names are posted. second violations trigger a letter to parents. three-time violators face a stern school court lecture. Fines begin on the fourth offense and continue thereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford
N. H
College Boy Declares Pig Eating Contest Abandoned
In Ann Arbor Michigan a fraternity backed contest to see if a pig could out eat a man was called off by Paul H Smith a Michigan engineer student. He cited publicity as harmful to the school and Alpha Tau Omega. The event had drawn national photographers and newsreel crews and followed oysters eaten by freshmen and sophomores.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Paul H
Smith
Alpha Tau Omega
Sigma ‘Nu
Parrott’s
Warren E. Forsythe
University Health Service
Hohenzollern Silver Back Returns to Berlin
The Hohenzollern silverware, 45 boxes weighing about seven tons and valued at $800,000, returns from U S custody to Berlin Deputy Mayor Ferdinand Friedensburg. Stored in Frankfurt vaults for now, the collection was safeguarded by American military police en route from Washington to Berlin and previously kept at the National Gallery of Art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
United States
Berlin
Ferdinand Friedensburg
U. S. Army
Washington
Berlin Gallery of
Fire Losses Hit All Time High In 1948
The United States and Canada endured a record fire year with losses near 800 million dollars and about 11,000 deaths. California logged 268 fires. biggest single loss was 5 million at Brad Candy plant in Chicago. the Joseph T Connolly wreck caused 6 million dollars in damage.
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Boston
United States
U. S
Canada
National Fire Protection Association
Rochester
N. Y
San Francisco
Cal
California
Mt. Carmel
Earl Car
Brad Candy Company
Chicago
Joseph T. Connolly
Europe
Chicago Candy Company
Durham
N. C
Aes
Truman Acclaimed As Safe Walker
President Truman is named America’s No 1 pedestrian by the National Safety Council. Pub lic Safety shows him on its cover and praises his safety interest. The DC traffic board lauds his habit of waiting for the green light at crossings between Blair House and the White House. He declined calls for special traffic control for his daily walks. He says he prefers to obey signals like any other citizen.
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Chicago
Truman
America
National Safety Council
Association
Public Safety
Mr. Truman
Blair House
White House
Last of Pioneer Swedes Dies in New Sweden Community
Mrs. Agnes Clase Anderson, ss, the last of the 52 Swedish immigrants who founded New Sweden in Aroostook County in 1870, still lived in the house her late husband built near the site where settlers halted their wagon train to thank God for their new home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Sweden
Agnes Clase Anderson
Aroostook County
Cotton acreage in Illinois across Alexander and Pulaski counties
Approximately 4000 acres in Illinois are planted to cotton each year. The land spans Alexander and Pulaski counties, reflecting a regional cotton farming pattern and crop distribution within the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Alexander
Pulaski Counties
Douglas: Man Made Depressions Not Laws of Nature
Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas told an Occidental College audience that violent swings in the business cycle are man-made, not natural laws. He argued for active planning, warned against rigid dogmas, and urged labeling liberal reformers rather than calling them Communists as the nation debates democracy versus communism or fascism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Occidental College
Douglas
U. S
Navy action results in politics slur
Navy Secretary Sullivan was urged by Senators Kilgore and Morse to dismiss the matter with humor. Capt. Ross Dierdorff, ex-public affairs head in San Diego, faces reprimand after calling Kilgore “a politician not fit for the admiral to wipe his shoes on.” Morse suggested a lunch with Kilgore and Rear Adm. Bieri to laugh it off. Kilgore could not comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
John L. Sullivan
Harley M. Kilgore
San Diego
Calif
Kilgore
Dierdorff
B. H. Bieri
U. S
United Nations
Bieri
Morse
Sullivan
Shortening cost cut again at Lever Brothers
Cambridge based Lever Brothers lowered Spry vegetable shortening price by 2 cents a pound, matching a prior 2 cent cut from January 29. The latest reduction reflects decreased raw material costs and takes effect immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Lever Brothers Company
Cattle Get Needed Feed In Sky Drops
Starving cattle in the American Falls Rockland area received hay from the skies as three C 47 planes conducted nine drops between 8 30 a m and 4 30 p m The drops were coordinated by the US air force the army recruiting services and the national guard with bales released at low altitude to spread hay over the stranded cattle.
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American Falls
Rockland
US Air Force
Army Recruiting Services
National Guard
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Portneuf Co-Op Assn
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Sian
Idaho Finance CO
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