Pacific Northwest Quake Triggers Deaths and Widespread Damage
Eight dead and numerous injuries amid an 11:55 a m quake in the Pacific Northwest. Governor Langlie cites a preliminary damage estimate between 2 million and 10 million dollars as Olympia’s old capital building and several structures sustain heavy damage.
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Arthur B. Langlie
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Victoria
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C. W. West
Chehalis
Ish
Retail
Bremerton
Mary
Bankers Trust
Portland
Narrows Bridge
Lake Louise
Puyallup
Stewart
KJR
Harbor Island
Wash
Georgia university system to end year in black except South Georgia
University System of Georgia will conclude the fiscal year without red at all units except South Georgia College in Douglas. Chancellor Harmon Caldwell said Douglas overestimated fee income by about $21 000 and asked the board to cover the deficit at the May meeting. The system can manage if no state appropriation cuts occur and enrollment stays up.
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Aulanta
University System of Georgia
South Georgia College
Douglas
Harmon Caldwell
State Board of Regents
Te Douglas
Caldwell
April Storm Brings Snow and Wind Across Great Lakes
A mid April storm with snow and rain hit Lakes Michigan Huron and Superior as a storm center moved from Western Missouri northeastward. Winds up to 40 mph were reported with about seven inches of snow in Minneapolis and St Paul. The snow belt extended 450 miles from Tyndall South Dakota to Park Falls Wisconsin with near freezing temperatures.
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Chicago
Lakes Michigan
Huron
Superior
U.S. Weather Bureau
Western
Missouri
Midwest
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Tyndall
South Dakota
Park Falls
Wisconsin
Bitter Debate on Pact Looms
United Nations Assembly in New York erupts into a bitter debate over the North Atlantic Pact after Russia's 6500 word attack. U.S. Warren R. Austin seeks floor time as President Evatt schedules plenary sessions with possible night meetings at Flushing Meadow. Gromyko accuses the pact of aiming to prepare atomic war on Russia.
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Max Harrelson
New York
United Nations
Russia
Lake Success
United States
Assembly
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
Flushing Meadow Park
U. S
Warren R. Austin
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Educators Press for Special Assembly Over School Funds
Georgia educators call meetings in every congressional district to decide on returning to work next year and whether to press for a special legislative session to boost school funding. Cobb county teachers urge an extraordinary session to secure better educational opportunities for children.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Is Georgia Education Association
Cook
Collins
Conk
Hétman Talmadge
B.E
Thirasher
Naise
Talmadge
Cobb County
GEA
W. P. Sprayberry
Candler County
Candler
McIntosh County
DeKalb County
Jim Cherry
Cherry
Kiwanis Day Honors International President Mosser in Thomasville
Kiwanis members from Georgia Florida and Alabama gather at Veterans Domiciliary Center Thomasville for a barbecue and program honoring International President J Belmont Mosser and his wife. More than six hundred members and guests attend from 27 clubs as Lt Governor Odis Johnson and other leaders present.
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Thomasville Club
J. Belmont. Mosser
St. Mary's, Fenn
South Georgia
Florida
Ala
Inga
Kiwanis
Tonomasville
Georgia
Sunnyland
Ceronri
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Domieiliary Center
Mosser
Kiwanian
Eric
Elzy McLeod
T. F. Callaway
First Baptist’ Church
Georgia and Northwest Florida Fair and Warmer with Light Showers
Georgia forecasts partly cloudy and warmer conditions this afternoon and again tonight and Friday. Light showers are possible in the extreme north tonight or Friday morning. Extreme Northwest Florida expects similar partly cloudy conditions with little temperature change.
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Georgia
Florida
Hamilton tells Georgia bankers banks should not be in politics
Augusta Ga April 14 AP State Treasurer George Hamilton urged Georgia bankers to keep banks out of politics at the 57th annual convention. He defended state funds handling and pledged to continue opposing the state depository board law. J Marion Adams welcomed attendees as Frank W Thomas spoke for the ABA.
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George Hamilton
Georgia
J. Marion Adams
Frank W. Thomas
Washington
Bankers
Do. B. McAllister
Association
Evans Woolen, Jr
The
American Bankers’ Association
William Powers
A.B.A
New York
Solons To Run Total Money Bills Over 24 Billion A Mark
Washington April 14 AP President Truman said he wants Congress to extend federal controls over installment buying and to push government outlays. The House prepared to run total money bills for the year exceeding 24 billion dollars while Senate debates continued on defense and veterans measures.
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Solons
Washington
Truman
Congress
Waldren
National Security Resources Board
Washington State
Senate Armed Services Committee
Navy
Airforce
U. S
William-E-Argogast
Cahinaten
Court Test Pends On Re Registration And Re Registration
Swainsboro Georgia April 14 AP a court test of Georgia s registration law may arise from a grand jury s refusal to suggest six candidates for the county board of registrars Judge Humphrey said the jurors chose not to submit names citing the cost of re registering about 1 200 000 voters Fields said the cost would be about 24 000 and the judge said he might reconvene the panel to act again
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Swainsboro
Georgia
County Board of Registrars
Eranual County Grand Jury
Superior Court
Robert H. Himphrey
Jefferson
Jackson County
House
Senate
Tii
Grand Jury
Trumpaey
Board of Registrars
Tobe Fields
Fields
Humphrey
Nine Nazi officials get jail terms at Nurnberg trial
Nineteen defendants in the American war crimes case at Nurnberg received prison sentences ranging from four to 25 years. Gottlob Berger drew 25 years, the heaviest, while Baron Ernest von Weizsacker got seven years. Two defendants were acquitted amid a disputed verdict and three judges differed on personal culpability for the crimes.
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Nuernberg
Germany
Igh
U. S
Gottlob Berger
Hite Guard
Vatican
Foreign Ministry
Hitler
Czecoslovakia
Leon W. Powers
Dennison
William C. Christianson
Hed Wing, Minn
Robert T. McGuire
Portland, Ore
100-Bed County Hospital Construction Begins At Marietta
Marietta Georgia April 14 construction of a 100 bed hospital to serve Cobb Cherokee Pickens Douglas and Bartow counties has started. The facility expected to cost 1 647 000 and open within 18 months will be the first public white hospital in Cobb county. Walter Graefe announced a parallel 100-bed hospital costing 1 275 000 to be built in Griffin using Hill Burt funds.
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Marietta
North Georgia
Cobb County
Cobb
Cherokee
Pickens
Douglas
Bartow
Walter Graefe
Éhirman
Griffin
Spalding County Hospital
Hill-Burt EE
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