Mississippi Holds Second Convention on Thurmond Slate
Mississippi Democrats reconvene to form a second convention to back Strom Thurmond and Fielding Wright in the 1948 ballot. The plan includes listing two slates on the ballot, a Thurmond-Wright slate and a Truman slate, with electors pledged or unpledged.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Thurmond
Truman
Wright
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Fielding L. Wright
Democratc Party
Thurmond-Wright
Birmingham
Democratic Party
Gov. Wright
J. Knox Huff
Democratic Executive Committee
Huff
Red Cross Urges Type O Blood Donors As Shortage Grows
Supplies of all blood types are low at the Red Cross blood bank in Tucson. Director William Wilkinson notes unprecedented hospital demand and summer donor shortages. In one case at Tucson Medical Center, 13 pints of type A negative blood were used. The center will stay open all weekdays and until 8 p.m. Thursday.
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Red Cross Blood Bank
William Wilkinson
Tucson Medical Center
Slight Rain Increases Tucson Yearly Rain Total
Murky skies released 0.04 inch of rain Sunday night after over three hours of drizzle. The sprinkle began at 6:30 p.m. and ended at 9:40 p.m., lifting the year’s total to 5.41 inches, 0.12 inch shy of 1947’s full-year total. Normal rainfall through Aug 1 is 5.57 inches, 0.34 inch more than observed.
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Tucson
Communist Party Holds Convention at Madison Square Garden
The Communist party plans its first national convention since 1945 in New York at Madison Square Garden. About a dozen national board members recently released on bail after indictments for planning government overthrow by force are expected to attend. William Z. Foster will deliver a keynote speech, portions of which will be broadcast on the ABC network starting at 7:30 p.m. Tucson time.
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New York
Communist Party
Madison Square Garden
William Z. Foster
American Broadcasting Co
Tucson
Japs On Trial For Palawan Massacre
At Yokohama a U S eighth army military commission began trial of 16 Japanese charged with murdering 136 Americans during the Palawan massacre in the Philippines on Dec 14 1944. The defendants include two former lieutenant generals and Allied prosecutors call the crime one of the most dastardly acts against civilized men.
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Yokohama
Eighth Army
Palawan
Philippines
Corregidor
Bataan
Leyte
Massive 3 Cushion Divan and Matching Furniture Sale
Furniture sale lists discounts on divans in dark green rose nubby fabrics and green tapest covers. Items include curved back divan and kidney shaped divans with marked reductions from prices like 495.00 425.00 550.00 to 395.95 339.95 359.50. Fireside chairs red upholstery at 119.50 each, two piece divan set 249.50, wing back set 249.95, and three piece sectionals 198.00 and 289.50 with beige grey tapestry covers. Modern retail promotion highlights substantial markdowns across multiple divan styles and companion seating.
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State Democratic Party
Philadelphia
Ala
Margaret Beaton
Tetley! Germain
ST. Dept
Los Angeles
Grunewald & Adams
E. Congress
Bes
Victrola
T.M. Reg. U
Rai
Brown Duran
Simmons
Arizona
W. Congress
RCA Victor
Victrola Radio
T. M. Reg
U. S. Pat
RCA Victor Radio Phonograph
Congress
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