Hoover warns U S has no military allies in world
Former President Herbert Hoover told a Washington's Birthday gathering that the United States could not count on allies if war comes and warned that Britain and western Europe might stay neutral. He urged a Western Europe defense union through the United Nations to sustain peace and the Marshall Plan.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Washington
Sons of the Revolution
Waldorf- Astoria
Britain
Western Europe
U. S
United Nations
Town marshal in Bristol charged with drunken driving
Town marshal Paul Wright, 52, of Bristol, Indiana, was charged with drunken driving on a complaint from Bristol residents. The incident occurred in Dutch Gosh en according to a United Press report. Wright serves as town marshal and is described as the Bristol official facing the charge.
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Goshen
Ind
Paul Wright
Bristol
Harrigson's Jewelry Ad Promotes Idaho's Oldest Jeweler
An advertisement for Harrigson's, Idaho's oldest jewelry store, highlights local expertise and trust. Located at .114 South Mainz in Pocatello, the message urges customers to know their jeweler and trust their knowledge of jewelry.
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Idaho
Harrigson's
Army Reveals Improved V-2 Rocket Guiding Efforts
Army scientists outlined steps to better control the V-2 rocket using gyroscopic and other mechanisms. Tests at White Sands reported flight control in the 60 seconds from launch to stratosphere, with future improvements expected to narrow target errors from miles to yards.
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Washington
Army
White Sands
N. M
Outer Space
Earth
Bain
Weather Man Displays Varied Wares In Nation
A national weather roundup reports heavy snow from Kentucky to Massachusetts with New York City totaling 57.1 inches for the season. Northern Florida to North Carolina see rain and sleet on roads. Harrisburg, Greenwood, and other towns contend with flooding and hazardous conditions as Yazoo River threats affect 15 000 residents.
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Weather Man
Atlantic
Rockies
Midwest
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Harrisburg
New York City
New York
Florida
North Carolina
Greenwood
Miss
Yazoo
Truman Seen Stronger In South Than Roosevelt In South
Southern voters favor Truman in trial heats at 74 76 percent versus 69 percent for Roosevelt in 1944. Despite threats of a southern revolt over civil liberties reform, Truman remains as popular as Roosevelt in early administration and stronger than Roosevelt later.
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Truman
South
Roosevelt
American Institute of Public Opinion
George Gallo
Princeton
N.J
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Texas
Thomas E. Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
Robert A. Taft
Henry A. Wallace
Stassen
Wallace
Dewey
Taft
Tru
Saginaw city appeals slot machine ban by collecting nickels
Sag inaw officials searched for a man to collect nickels from parking meters as a test of the states slot machine ban. They advertised and received 35 applications.
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Saginaw, Mich
Saginaw
Southern governors push to curb Truman civil rights program
Five Southern governors asked Democratic National Chairman J. Howard McGrath to withdraw the president's civil rights program from Congress, restore the two thirds rule, and back state sovereignty, in a closed-session questions list. McGrath, a Rhode Island senator, faced a political test on the hotly debated issue.
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Washington
J. Howard McGrath
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Gregg Cherry
North Carolina
Beauford H. Jester
Texas
Ben Laney
Arkansas
William Preston Lane
Maryland
McGrath
Truman
U. S
Rhode Island
Margarine study finds fortified margarine as healthful as butter
A two year diet study by the University of Illinois College of Medicine and reported in JAMA shows margarine fortified with vitamin A is as healthful as butter. 267 children in two groups, 160 on margarine and 107 on butter, exhibited similar growth and health.
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Chicago
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Journal of the American Medical Association
Anton J. Carlson
American Psychiologists
Harry Leichenger
George Eisenberg
Three Powers Open Secret Talks on Germany in London
United States Britain and France began informal discussions on Germany with priority to Germany's role in the Marshall Plan. Britain published a note rejecting the Soviet protest, stating plans to discuss all Big Four disagreements to prevent prejudice to Europe's peaceful recovery.
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London
United States
Britain
France
Germany
Soviet Union
Europe
Weather Notables Fail To Show Any Real Wind
Forecasters report minimal wind and dry conditions across multiple locales as cooler air moves in. Residents are watching for any signs of rain with temperatures hovering near seasonal norms.
Co Ed Kills Own Infant at Illinois Rooming Home
Muriel Ostrowsky a 25 year old pre law student from Laurence New York confessed to strangling her illegitimate baby with a nylon stocking in a students rooming home near the University of Illinois. She said the act was a precautionary measure and she did not know if the infant was dead or alive when born. Miss Ostrowsky was held without charge at the county hospital under police guard pending further investigation and a psychiatric exam.
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Champaign
Ill
University of Illinois Coed
Muriel Ostrowsky
Laurence, N. Y
State
Atty
John Bresee
Bresee
Curfew Bell Rings Early in Flora As Fire Siren Fails
Flora residents faced confusion when the 9:45 curfew bell began tolling at midday as a substitute for a frozen fire siren during cold weather. youths expressed anger and bewilderment at the misplaced bell.
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Flora, Ill
Flora
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