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LIRR and Penna RR trains held up as high winds short-circuit signal system
M Pemberton article on career
BERLIN, March 18--The fall of the Soviet zone East mark continued unabated in Berlin today. By the close of the licensed exchange dealers' business at noon it had reached a new low of nine East marks for one West mark. Sidewalk operators demanded 9.20 from swarms of customers.
NY warehouses and importers open price war; importers cut prices 10-18%; warehouses stress quality
1950José S. Palma, Filipino archbishop[†]
José Serofia Palma is a Filipino prelate and a professed member of the Dominican Order who served as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cebu from 2011 to 2025. He had previously served as Metropolitan Archbishop of Palo in Leyte from 2006 to 2010, and as president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines from 2011 to 2013.
1950Edgar Rice Burroughs, American soldier and author (born 1875)[†]
Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American writer, recognised for his prolific output in the adventure, science fiction, and fantasy genres. Best known for creating the characters Tarzan and John Carter, he also wrote the Pellucidar series, the Amtor series, and the Caspak trilogy.
1950Norman Haworth, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1883)[†]
Sir Walter Norman Haworth FRS was a British chemist best known for his groundbreaking work on ascorbic acid while working at the University of Birmingham. He received the 1937 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his investigations on carbohydrates and vitamin C". The prize was shared with Swiss chemist Paul Karrer for his work on other vitamins.
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]