Freakish Weather and Signs of Spring in Europe
A European weather summary notes unprecedented warmth and cold extremes across continents. Winters in Russia remain bitter while parts of Germany and Austria see foehn winds causing avalanches and mild conditions. Italy and the UK report warm spells. South Africa experiences extreme heat impacting medical readings.
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London
North America
California
Midwest
East
Russia
Berlin
Germany
Bavaria
Sion
Frankfurt
Austria
Italy
Rome
Milan
Naples
Palermo
Scandinavian
Europe
United Kingdom
South Africa
GOP Congressmen Demand Voice at Omaha Policy Sessions
Senator Taft says Republican members of Congress will insist on a say in shaping party policies at the GOP meeting in Omaha next week. The Senate Republican policy committee, chaired by Taft, agreed to allow voices from House members and senators up for re election. The Republican National Committee convenes in Omaha on Wednesday and Thursday to discuss a possible national convention and 1950 election programs.
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Washington
Taft
Congress
Omaha
Iob
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Republican National Committee
Rep
Scott
R-Pa
House
Four Participants In Clan War Get Long Prison Terms
Four men were convicted of first degree murder in a Daisy mountain family feud case. Joe Coleman Tommy Frederick Mark Leming and Harrison Leming each sentenced to not more than 25 years in state penitentiary. Wilcox ambush victim identified by Willie Harris and by Harris during trial.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Daisy Mountain
Raulston Schoolfield
Joe Coleman
Tommy Frederick
Mark Leming
Harrison Leming
Lemings
Samuel Wilcox
Wilcox
Willie Lee Harris
Harris
Berlin loses last reminder of Hitler as chancellery ruins fall
Berlin reports Soviet demolition squads tear down the Reich Chancellery remains in the Soviet sector. Salvageable marble from the site is moved to build Soviet war memorials, and debris will fill Hitler’s former garden air raid shelter where he and Eva Braun are believed to have died.
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Berlin
Adolph Hitler
Reich
Hitler
Fuehrer
Eva Braun
Road Gang Fugitive Has Brief Freedom
Donald Lee Dean, 18, of Berryville, is jailed after a brief escape from a road gang near Fairfax. Police say he ran from the group yesterday, hitched a ride, and was picked up by a police car. Dean is serving six months for petty larceny.
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Donald Lee Dean
Berryville
Fairfax
Dean
Sunday church listings fill Braddock area churches
Community church notices list services across Braddock and nearby towns with times for worship, Sunday school, and youth programs. Notable churches include Braddock Street Methodist, Centenary Reformed, Christ Episcopal, Nazarene, First Assembly of God, and several others with pastors and superintendent names.
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Braddock St. Methodist Church
Wm. Archer Wright
John J. Hawse
Ernest B. Mitchell
Church of the Nazarene
W. T. Swisher
First Assembly of God
M. N. Zezzo
Evangelist Gay Benson
Lancaster
Auto Assembly Lines Near Normal Output
The U S auto industry neared prewar production speeds with about 82 150 passenger cars and 27 800 trucks produced this week. Chevrolet and Pontiac gain momentum on 1949 models while Chrysler Kaiser Frazer and Lincoln Mercury cut output. Pontiac finished its model switch in 15 days the fastest in company history.
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Kaiser-Frazer
Lincoln- Mercury
K-F
Lincoln-Mercury
Detroit
United States
Chrysler
Chevrolet
Pontiac
K. T. Keller
DeSoto
Dodge
Plymouth
General Motors
New York
National theatre plan passes second reading in London Parliament
London Parliament approves a one million pound project for a national theatre where Shakespeare Shaw and other writers would reign. Seats priced as low as sixpence. Only dissent from George Bernard Shaw via a letter read by Emrys Hughes who preferred West London.
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London
National Theater
Shakespeare
Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
Emrys Hughes
GBS
The
Thames
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder author Lew Wallace
The saying is attributed to General Lew Wallace. A variant appears as Beauty is altogether in the eye of the beholder in Prince of India chapter 6 page 178.
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India
Lew Wallace
Livestock prices dip beyond seasonal in 1949 market
Chicago reports hogs and cattle well below last year’s highs with experts calling the drop more than seasonal. Hog prices around 31.85 earlier fall to about 10 dollars lower. steer bids average 23.75 compared with 36.85 peak last July. Analysts cite market glut, lard price drop, and mixed demand as drivers.
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Chicago
Mid-West
Agriculture Department
Mark Pickell
Corn Belt Livestock Feeders Assn
Pickell
CPA
H. M. Conway
National Livestock Producers Assn
Which Continent Is The Oldest Question Answer
North America is stated as the oldest continent and the first to emerge from the sea. The exchange presents this historical claim as fact without presenting supporting evidence.
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North America
Reds Gain Cabinet Posts in Poland
WARSAW January 22 President Boleslaw Beirut named two ardent communists to high cabinet posts replacing men accused of nationalist deviation from the Cominform line. An official announcement added ex premier Edward Morawski, minister of public administration since 1947, had resigned. Beirut gave Gomulka's vice premiership to Alexander Zawadzki 49 a Polish delegate at the last Cominform session. Be irut's adviser on internal affairs Wladyslaw Wolski 47 was appointed to the ministry of public administration.
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Warsaw
Boleslaw Beirut
Edward Morawski
Beirut
Gomulka
Alexander Zawadzki
Wladyslaw Wolski
Department of Interior
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L Plickinger
Christ Episcopal
James B. Roe
Congregational Christian
Robert A. Whitten
Bible School
A. Bazzie
Christian Science
B. Cork St
Corket
Christian Disciples
William J Hadden Jr
Claude M. Grove
John A. Tate
Richmond
Elm St
Full Gospel
I. L. Stonesifer
EUB
Winchester
John E. Oliver
Pleasant Valley
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Red Bud
First Baptist
E. T. Clark
First Brethren
Paul E. Dick
Richard Sudduth
A & YF
First Evangelical Uniter Brethren
Carl W. Diser
Edwin F. Ritter
Curtis Bly
Grace Lutheran
William E. Eisenberg
Highland Ave. Presbyterian
Joseph S. Duckwall
Elwoon Willey
Lee Rinker
John Mann Methodist
E. H. Jackson
Church School Cam
Onna Robinson
Loudoun St. Church of Christ
Nathan Williamson
Bible
Garland Whitlock
Market St
Lewis F. Havermale
Carl
Horner
Edward A. Plunkett
Round Hill
Macedonia
Mt. Carmel Baptist
C. M. Somer
Garfield Prather
Sacred Heart Catholic
Julian Bullock
South Braddock St
Winchester Presbyterian
Ronald S. Wilson
Russell Joyce c
S. S. Council
Mary Bittinger
Mcfaden
Kotex
Kotex 54
Reds
Poland
Lae
Idelke
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
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Pike's Peak
Cadillac
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