Air Technicians Arrive in England for Berlin Airlift
An advance party of 25 U S technicians has reached Burton Wood Warrington Lancashire to service U S transport planes for the Berlin airlift. Several hundred more are expected later this week. The British Press Association reported. Almost all of Iceland s 39 000 square miles of surface is volcanic in origin.
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London
U. S
Burton Wood
Warrington
Lancashire
Berlin
Iceland
Starved Recluse Leaves Fortune After Death in Miami
Miami police probe the squalid home of 67 year old Julia Kelarney found dead from starvation and malnutrition. Investigators uncovered over $20,000 in cash and nearly $30,000 in government bonds and securities. Diamonds and jewelry were sewn into her clothing.
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Miami
Fla
North Miami
Parkerson
Julia Kelarney
New York
Harrison meets Virginia farm bureau leaders in Roanoke
Representative Burr Harrison is shown conferring with Virginia agricultural leaders at the Southern Region Farm Bureau training school in Roanoke. Pictured left to right are Howard S. Zigler of Timberville, Mrs H A Snapp of Hayfield, D C Acker of Broadway, and Harrison discussing current farm problems.
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Burr P. Harrison
Virginia
Southern Region Farm Bureau Training School
Roanoke
Howard S. Zigler
Timberville
Virginia Farm Bureau Federation
H. A. Snapp
Hayfield
Frederick County
D. C. Acker
Broadway
Rockingham
Robertson Warns Poll Tax Bill Threatens State Sovereignty
Senator A Willis Robertson argued against a southern anti poll tax measure calling it unconstitutional unnecessary and undesirable. He cited constitutional debates Federalist explanations and Supreme Court rulings and urged constitutional amendment rather than federal action. He warned passage could disrupt state constitutions and electoral representation while centralizing power.
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Washington
Sen
A. Willis Robertson
Senate
Robertson
U. S. Supreme Court
Congress
Origin of Dog Days
This hot spell in July and August was attributed to the Dog Star Sirius. Early belief held the sun near Sirius, and the combined heat of the brightest star and the sun produced the high temperatures typical of this period.
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Sirius
U S Market and Livestock Report With Prices
Baltimore reports mixed fruit and poultry prices along with cattle hogs and eggs market data. Chicago and other markets list live cattle hogs and lambs with weights and price ranges across multiple categories.
Market Holds Steady Ahead of Berlin Conference News
New York stock trading paused while investors awaited details from the Stalin Berlin conference and Congress inflation actions. General Motors kept price movement small after a dividend rise to $1 a share from 75 cents. Higher prices were paid for U S Steel Youngstown Sheet Chrysler Packard Illinois Central Pennsylvania R A Montgomery Ward Oliver Corp Mission Corp and Twentieth Century Fox.
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New York
Berlin
Congress
General Motors
U. S. Steel
Youngstown Sheet
Chrysler
Packard
Illinois Central
Pennsylvania RA
Montgomery Ward
Oliver Corp
Mission Corp
Twentieth Century-Fox
Grain futures rebound after government export hint
Chicago grain prices rise at open after a drop to seasonal lows. Bulls respond to a government revision lifting possible wheat exports for the 1948-49 crop year. Wheat Sep 2.22 Dec 2.25 May 2.20. Corn Sep 1.65 Dec 1.48 May 1.51 July 1.50. Oats Sep 0.727 Dec 0.75 May 0.755. Rye Dec 1.65. Soybeans Nov 2.61. Lard Sep 20.50 Jan 21.45.
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Chicago
Farmers Livestock Prices Take Sharp Up on Monday Sale
Heavy consignments, bidding active with prices rising from last week. Steers 29 to 31.50, heifers 25 to 27, cows 21 to 23.50, dairy cows up to 325, stocker cows to 250, hogs 23.50 to 30, lambs 27.50 to 28.65, butcher sheep to 9.25, breeding buck 45.
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Baltimore
Chicago
Plenty of Fuel Oil Likely Says Petroleum Chief
Walter S. Hallman chairman of the National Petroleum Council said the outlook for heating oils next winter has improved and under normal conditions no serious shortages are likely. He cautioned uncertainties could prevent full demand fulfillment and noted potential risks from weather strikes and international conflict. Attending letters from Atlantic coast oil heads cited expanded pipelines, summer buying of winter oils, higher refinery runs, and storage gains over the prior year.
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Washington
Walter S. Hallman
National Petroleum Council
Hallanan
Margaret Chase Smith
Interior Department
Atlantic Coast
Airliners of Type Lost Are Grounded
Air France grounded all aircraft of the type believed to be involved in a Sunday disappearance over the south Atlantic with 52 people aboard. Officials cited possible mechanical failure and said a full investigation, in cooperation with the air ministry, is under way.
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Paris
Air France
South Atlantic
Air Ministry
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