Post Office Limits Overseas Parcels
The Post Office Department issued a March order restricting air parcel post to military post offices overseas and ships. Effective March 15, limits apply to non official parcels to APOs in New York San Francisco Seattle and New Orleans and to fleet post offices. size 30 inches in length and girth combined weight two pounds. Surface parcels up to 100 inches length and girth combined and 70 pounds remain acceptable to overseas military addresses per Postmaster Carl Campbell.
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Ovrseas Air Parcel Post
Post Office Department
Postmaster General
APO
New York
San Francisco
Seattle
New Orleans
Navy
Marine Corps
Fleet
Carl Campbell
Key Figure in Reno Burglary to Be Arraigned Today
Reno mall burglary suspect Marie Jean Michaud, 36, held in Coconino County jail, was to be arraigned today for the Redfield mansion theft. She was taken from a train by FBI agents after swallowing sleeping pills. she had 50 000 in cash, 28 pieces of jewelry and securities worth hundreds of thousands. Another linked woman Leona Rogers faced U S Commissioner in Los Angeles with 9100 cash bond. four men already arrested.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Coconino County
Redfield
Marie Jeanne d'Arc Michaud
FBI
J. Peery Francis
Michaud
Reno
Nev
la Verne Redfield
Los Angeles
Leona Rogers
Leona Mae Giordano
U. S
Wallace Accuses HST of Character Assassination
Wallace, in South Salem, accuses President Truman of character assassination over diary notes about a Sept 18 1946 meeting with Mr X. He released his own notes claiming Truman feared Russia and Byrnes. Wallace asked for confirmation of Mr X identity and said he would pursue comment or no comment.
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South Salem
N. Y
Henry A. Wallace
Truman
Wallace
Mr. X
Russia
James F. Byrnes
Joseph Short
Left-hand drive became standard in early automobiles
The Ford Model T, released in September 1908, made left-hand drive standard. Earlier examples existed around 1895, but pinpointing the first left-hand drive is difficult due to sparse records.
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Ford Motor Company
Wills and Appraisals Filed in Winchester Court
Recent wills and appraisals filed in Winchester City Court and Frederick County Court list Helen Dean Herrell with life estate to Mason Herrell and income splits between Charles A Dean and Percy Payne. Estate appraised at 38000 with multiple Loudoun Street properties and shop equipment. Other estates include James P. Reardon two thirds Clarke County farm and property on Stewart Street, Elizabeth Triplett at 1986, Russell H. Brown at 3221.88, Ola C. Griom at 614 007 38, and Coleman Dunn's will leaving all to Willie Dunn.
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Helen Dean Herrell
Mason Herrell
Charles A Dean
Charles A. Dean
Percy Payne
Godfrey Miller
District Nurse Association
S. Loudoun St
Loudoun St
S. Washington St
du Four
Sam N
Johnston
Richard Kremer
J. H. Yost
James P. Reardon
R. Shiley
E . White
W. Wade Whetzel
Clarke County Farm
Stewart St
Elizabeth Triplett
Oscar Miller
Joshua Darlington
Robert Jones
Russell H. Brown
Robert Glaize
Howard Holland
W. Leonard Perry
Ola C. Griom
William Hollis
Harold Edwards
Robert Fuller
Coleman Dunn
Willie Dunn
Taft is Finished Says Medicine Man
A Navajo natahni medicine man in Gallup says Taft is finished after a Navajo blessing failed when a feathered wand meant for the ceremony was left at Albuquerque. He explains the wand's chicken feathers invalidated Taft's fortune in the eyes of the ceremony.
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Taft
Gallup
N. M
Sen. Taft
Albuquerque
TWA Boosts Summer Transatlantic Service
Trans World Airlines announces a June 1 start to 10 weekly flights in each direction due to strong demand for summer tourist air service to Europe.
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Washington
Trans World Airlines
Europe
Rites Tomorrow For Mrs Hott
Funeral services are planned for Mallissa Jane Hott 76 wife of Roy Hott of Route 2 who died Sunday evening at her home Friends and relatives will meet at Oras Funeral Home at 2 p m then proceed to Pleasant Valley Church Cedar Grove for rites at 2 30 p m conducted by Rev John Oliver Pallbearers are Robert Underwood Jesse Himelriph Earl Bailey Grover Teets Earl Rinker and C C Mayes Interment will follow in the adjoining cemetery The body lies in state at Omps Funeral Home.
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Mallissa Jane Hott
Roy Hott
Route 2
Oras Funeral
Pleasant Valley
Cedar Grove
John Oliver
Robert & Underwood
Jesse Himelriph
Earl Bailey
Grover Teets
Earl Rinker
C. C. Mayes
Omps Funeral Home
Habits of Papa Sea Horse News To the President
KEY WEST Fil a President Truman learns about sea horses during a surprise visit to the Municipal Aquarium. Manager Bill Kroll shows a tiny male sea horse that recently birthed 30 young, noting the papa sea horse incubates the eggs, not the mother.
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Key West
Truman
Municipal
Bill Kroll
Kroll
Drunken Driving Charge After City Crash
Willie Washington of Merriman's Lane faces a driving while intoxicated charge after a two vehicle crash at the Boscawen and Amherst Streets intersection at 1 50 a m Sunday. Charles A Stine reported the station wagon hit his eastbound 1949 Ford truck and fled. Stine followed and found the ignition key removed. Washington was arrested yesterday by Chief J Thomas Boyd.
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Willie Washington
Merriman’s Lane
Boscawen and
Amherst Streets
Earl Haines
Charles A Stine
Amherst Street
Washington
Stine
Rennertown
Yeterday
J. Thomas Boyd
Church In Doomed Village Is Closed
Doomed Tignes village in France faced evacuation as guards closed the 12th century church and began dismantling fittings. Workmen planned to blow up remaining structures while a hydro dam reservoir encroached on homes. About 450 owners faced compensation disputes amid troop occupation and village demolitions.
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Tignes
France—i
Two Wadfist Cabinet Men Arrested After Ouster
In Cairo two key Wadfist party figures Puad Serag e Din Pasha and Abdel Fattah Hassan Pasha were arrested early today and taken to northern Egyptian villages. Serag e Din led interior and finance portfolios under Premier Mustapha e Nashas. Hassan Pasha headed social affairs. No charges filed yet.
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Cairo
Egypt
Puad Serag E Din Pasha
Abdel Fattah Hassan Pasha
Serag E| Din
Mustapha E Nashas Pasha Hassen
Racial Diversity Across Africa Predominates Not By Negroes
The article argues that native African populations span a spectrum from Negritoes to Nordic types. It notes that Negroes proper occupy only a small portion of Africa, with Negritoes, Negroes, and Bantus collectively inhabiting about half the continent.
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Africa
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