Holy Door Set For Pope Christmas Eve 1950 Holy Year
Vatican ceremony at Saint Peter's marks the designated holy door to open on Christmas Eve for the 1950 Holy Year. A bronze box with medals and a parchment from Magr. Caccia Dominini was found inside a zinc container beside the marble cross, then sent to Pope Pius XI.
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Vatican City
Saint Peter's Basilica
Vatican
Msgr
Enrico Dante
Pontifical
Boniface
Pius XI
Christ
Magr. Caccia Dominioni
Noted Minstrel Man Lasses White Ill in Hollywood
Lee Roy Lasses White, 61, veteran minstrel and showman, is seriously ill with a blood disease at Presbyterian Hospital after a recent film production. He and wife have resided in Westwood Hills since 1937 and he has been active in film and radio in the area. No children.
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Hollywood
Lee Roy
Lasses) White
Presbyterian Hospital
White
Westwood Hills
Teenager Skips College Advances to University of Chicago Graduate Work
Seventeen year old Joseph E Nelson dazzles by skipping undergraduate study and entering graduate mathematics at the University of Chicago after three years at a Bronx high school and time in Rome. He passed 30 hours of advanced exams, earning a $1050 scholarship and prompting officials to note he is farther along than a typical college junior. His father Claud D Nelson is a YMCA secretary in Italy and a Rhodes scholar. two brothers are Phi Beta Kappa.
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Chicago
Joseph E. Nelson
University of Chicago
Bronx
New York
Rome
Italy
Nelson
New York City
Instituto Giovanni Verga
Claud D. Nelson
YMCA
Phi Beta Kappa
National Scholastic Honorary Society
Survivor of Boat Mishap in Bad Shape
JUNEAU Alaska December report says D B Mercado forty nine survived seven days without food after a trolling boat capsized in St James Bay drowning partner Andy Haffner fifty nine. Mercado was found in a Boat Harbor cabin by Coast Guard after a search party. barefooted, he hid in woods a day then waited rescue. He warmed with improvised cotton booties as his feet froze.
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Juneau
Alaska
D. B. Mercado
St. James Bay
Andy Haffner
Mercado
Mack
Coast Guard
Boat Harbor
Manila imposes ban on free gold trading and film earnings
Manila government bans free domestic gold trade and contemplates restricting foreign film earnings to preserve hard currency. Central Bank to collect all gold except jewelry and may impose fines up to 10000 pesos. Stock market reacts with mild boom amid gold price shift and import-cut measures tied to Quirino's reelection.
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Manila
Miguel Cuaderno
US Treasury
Manila Stock Exchange
Cuaderno
Congress of
Elpidio Quirino
Actress Leslie Brooks Divorced Amidward Loss of Child
Actress Leslie Brooks’ divorce from actor Donald Shay was finalized but she has not located Shay or their four year old daughter Victoria. Authorities previously issued a warrant for Shay for taking the child in July 1948 while custody was with Brooks. The court had awarded Brooks full custody and support payments.
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Los Angeles
Leslie Brooks
Donald Shay
Shay
Victoria
New Zealand
Miss Brooks
Fraternity Aids Fund Drive for Yule Toys
Baylor University students discover empty milk bottles scattered across campus as Sigma Delta Chi conducts a Christmas toy fundraiser. Proceeds go to Kiwanis Club for Waco underprivileged children. last year the drive raised $194.
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WACO
Baylor University
Sigma Delta Chi
Kiwanis Club
Sultry Song Triggers Divorce Plea in New Jersey
In Elizabeth New Jersey on December 14, Mrs Emily Hack testified her husband Frank a 42 year old man was a big game hunter for women. His wife described photos of female conquests displayed like hunting trophies at home and began divorce proceedings after a night of provocative music.
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Elizabeth
WN. J
Emily Hack
Mack
Nicholas A. Tomasulo
Frank
Record of Illicit Record Hurts Marriage Ends in Divorce
The wife testified Hack played a sultry recording of I'm in the Mood for Love for harassment. She described the repeated playback as abusive. Tomasulo granted her an uncontested divorce on grounds of mental cruelty.
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Hack
Tomasulo
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Col
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Atchison
Kas
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Roy Rogers
Ellison Photo Company
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Austin
America
Austin City Motors
Mate
Fraternity Aids
Yule Toys
Turkey
Zeele
Sale Jewelry CO
Biate
Fed
Austin, Texas
West Radio
Neest
Ewest Radio
BLUE
RADIO
Speed Phonograph
Miracle Vaue
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