Arrivals on Both Coasts Bring 34 000 Troops Home
More than 10 000 servicemen are due at two East Coast ports aboard 13 troop carriers. About 23 300 are scheduled for the Pacific Coast aboard at least 23 ships. The arrivals list ships and ports from New York to Portland, including vessels such as William Few Le Havre Marseilles Mexico Victory Emma Willard and Mount McKinley.
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Associated Press
Pacific Coast
New York
Vulcania
le Havre
William Few
Marseilles
Mexico
Victory
Emma Willard
Newport News
Joseph Gale
John Hopkins
Sea Owl
Esek Hopkins
Neils Paulson
Eugene Fields
Norman E. Mack
W. L. Chamberlain
Edwin T. Meredith
San Francisco
Bunker Hill
Pitt
Steamer Bay
Breton
Alkaid
Anabelle Lykes
Cape George
Cringle Reefer
San Diego
Pearl Harbor
Mount McKinley and
Eniwetok
Frances W. Parker
Manila
Portland
Mark Hopkins
Okinawa
Persidio
Masons Host To Governor And Lodge Officers Named
In Waco the Masonic Grand Lodge opens a two day session with Governor Stevenson expected to speak. Joe X. Newcomb of San Antonio becomes Grand Master of the Texas Grand Council. Oldham of Waco elected to succeed Bartley as grand high priest in the Royal Arch Chapter. Appointive officers announced include Bascom Merchant and J. C. Van Cleave. A $100000 transfer from the permanent fund to the endowment fund for homes for aged Masons is approved.
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Waco
Coke R. Stevenson
Masonic Grand Lodge
Joe X. Newcomb
San Antonio
Texas Grand Council
Jewel P. Lightfoot
Dallas
Grand Royal Arch Chapter
Texas
T. M. Bartley
Frank Oldham
Bartley
Emory Christian
Whitewright
Roy Worley
Wichita Falls
Clarence Young
Abbott
Thomas R. High
Fort
Joe F. Bednar
Navasota
Grand Sentinel
W. H. Telfair
Port Arthur
Bascom N. Merchant
Houston
B. E. Looney
Denton
J. C. van Cleave
Herbert Wheeler
Commerce
J. B. Longmire
Jacksonville
Otto F. Dietert
Royal
Reverse sitdown among Yale & Towne plant executives
Fourteen executives entered the third day of a salmon and soup diet inside the Yale and Towne plant in Stamford Connecticut as a strike by the 3500 workers entered its second week. Pickets warned the executives not to return if they left. The company says it is preparing for a long stay.
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Stamford
Conn
Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company
Mark Miller
Navy Revamps Discharge Ratings For Enlisted
The Navy declares eligible for discharge all reserve enlisted men and women aged 38 with at least one dependent before Aug 15. Wives count as dependents. This change broadens eligibility for discharge under new ratings policy.
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Navy
Washington
Military Group Made No Commitments To War With Japan
Lt. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow testified before the Pearl Harbor Investigating Committee that U S British Canadian and Dutch staffs drew plans for possible hostilities without any political commitments. He said the Singapore plan was a technical military agreement lacking authority to bind the United States.
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Washington
U.P
Leonard T. Gerow
Pearl Harbor
Japan
U. S
Gerow
General Staff School
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
Army
William D. Mitchell
Singapore
Borger Sheriff and Mrs Dale Lane Visit Amarillo
Sheriff Dale Lane and his wife from Borger spent the day in Amarillo with the sheriff noting he was simply visiting. A scientific estimate places the sun’s remaining life at about 150.6 billion years at current emission rates.
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Borger
Dale Lane
Amarillo
Elks Buy Games Books for Veterans Hospital Patients
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks sent two checks for 100 each to the local Elks War Commission for gifts, books, magazines, and games for U S Veterans Hospital patients. The report lists committee members and notes Elks service to veterans nationwide, including 1 213 Elks who died in service.
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Globe
Frank Heath
Elks War Commission Committee
Shelma Greenberg
Leroy M. Cochran
U.S. Veterans Hospital
Elks
National Fund of Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
U. S. Veterans Hospital
Veterans Hospital
Elks War Commission
Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lang Dies at 81
Cosmo G. Lord Lang, former archbishop of Canterbury, died after collapsing at a railway station. He served 13 years as Canterbury archbishop and 20 years as York archbishop before resigning Canterbury in 1942.
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London
Cosmo G. Lord Lang
Canterbury
Lord Lang
York
Mrs Hoover Improves at Northwest Texas Hospital
Mrs. C. D. Hoover of 1311 Madison was in improved condition today at Northwest Texas Hospital where she was admitted Monday.
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C. D. Hoover
Madison
Northwest Texas Hospital
Nationalist Vanguards Near Mukden Rail Hub
Chinese Nationalist military officials said Gen. Tu Li-Ming's vanguards by-passed Sinmin and are within one day’s walk of Mukden, the main city and rail terminus of Manchuria, according to dispatches from Chungking on December 5.
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Chungking
Tu Li-Ming
Sinmin
Mukden
Manchuria
Unions Under Anti-Trust Scrutiny In New Bill
Washington December 5 Labor unions face a proposed bill to subject them to anti trust laws as a new measure advances. The legislation aims to curb anti competitive practices within union operations and broaden oversight by federal authorities.
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Washington
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Eugene E. Jordan
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East 3Rd
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