Ten Killed As Train Hits Workers Truck Near Harlingen
A Missouri Pacific locomotive struck a truck carrying Latin American agricultural workers three miles west of Harlingen Texas killing ten people and injuring sixteen. The crash occurred at 8 25 p m with three of the injured in critical condition. Ambulances from Harlingen and Mercedes arrived after 30 minutes.
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Harlingen
Tex
Here
Missouri Pacific
Mercedes
Marvin Gordon
State Highway Patrol
Mrs Sutler Learns Burial Spot Of Husband Pvt Sutler
Mrs. James Lawrence Sutler learns her husband Pvt. Sutler is buried in the U S Military Cemetery Henri Chapelle Belgium plot KK row 9 grave 165. He was killed December 1 1944 in Germany and survived by a daughter Joan a son James L Sutler Jr and other relatives in the city.
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James Lawrence Sutler
Washington
D. C
Pvt. Sutler
U. S. Military Cemetery
Henri-Chapelle
Belgium
Aachen
Germany
Eupen
Liege
United States
Joan
James L. Sutler, Jr
Berryville Avenue
Byrd Seeks Senate Stay, Talks Waste Elimination
Byrd declares he aims to stay in the Senate for life unless moved to the presidency and notes the national debt has risen from 16 billion to 275 billion in 13 years. He recalls 30 years of public life, facing blame for various issues and political criticism from opponents. The Pribilof Islands question asks about fur seal sources. officials report 1944 fur seal take at 117,164 skins, enough for 15,000 coats and valued around 5 million dollars post processing.
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Senator Byrd
Senate
Virginia
Byrd
John Locke Green
Arlington
Draft rumors clash with official story on postwar manpower
Washington reports cast doubt on a broad 36 44 draft and teen agers scheme. Senate actions, Truman aims to raise pay to boost volunteers for a 1 070 000-strong force by July 1947 while leaving drafting power with the President during the recess. The piece notes Congress rush, election pressure, and uncertain volunteer reliance.
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Washington
Chicago
Senate
Thomas
Utah
Eisenhower
Congress
Navy
Paris
Truman
Snyder Death Hearing Set for Saturday
A hearing is scheduled for Saturday at 9 30 a m on charges of unlawfully killing Dorothy Snyder. Defendants Catherine Snyder and a man named Sargent, both released on 1000 bond, are alleged to have been the auto occupants in the incident that led to Miss Snyder death two weeks earlier after a bicycle incident.
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Sargent
Miss Snyder
Dorothy Snyder
Catherine Snyder
Franklin D Roosevelt Memorial National Park location
The proposed park would be near the International Bridge over the St. Lawrence River in the Thousand Islands area around Alexandria Bay New York. It would include parts of Wellesley Island and would honor American and Canadian war dead with the southern half of the international recreation area under study.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial National Park
St. Lawrence River
Thousand Islands
Alexandria Bay
New York
Georgia
Constance Islands
Ontario
St. Lawrence Islands
Wellesley Island
International Recreation Area
Johnson Inaugurates Boys State Governor at Blacksburg
In Blacksburg Virginia Governor Tuck administers J B Johnson Osaka youth as governor of the Old Dominion Boys State at Virginia Tech. Johnson defeated Patsy Warner Jr 181 to 110 for governor with Douglas Knight winning lieutenant governor 174 to 116 and Frank Avery taking attorney-general 147 to 144.
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Blacksburg
J. B. Johnson
Tuck
Old Dominion Boys State
Virginia Tech
Virginia
Johnson
Patsy Warner, Jr
Richlands
Warner
Douglas Knight
Norfolk
Robert White
Frank Avery
Fredericksburg
Jimmy Marshall
Louisa
Marshall Plans Reorganization Proposal From Chinese Communists
General Marshall has received a Chinese Communist proposal for reorganizing China's army as the key unresolved issue hindering peace. A peace committee of three including Marshall, a government representative, and a Communist representative reportedly agreed on two other major points: cessation of hostilities and restoration of communications. The Communist plan is said to differ from Chiang Kai-shek's demands, which require the Communists to abandon certain North China strategic areas. The article also notes automatic government insurance for prisoners of war under specific wartime conditions.
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Nanking
Marshall
China
Chiang Kai- Shek
Government life insurance policy replacement rule
The text states that policies valued under $5,000 in government life insurance must be replaced by premium paid insurance within six months after the serviceman’s release. It emphasizes a mandatory replacement window and criteria based on policy value.
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Prem
Ium
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Jack Prince
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