Buckingham Palace Baptism Names Prince Charles Philip
The Buckingham Palace baby, Charles Philip Arthur George, was baptised with a ration book and a 10 shilling national savings certificate. Archbishop of Canterbury presided as 50 spectators watched the rite, with Princess Margaret presenting the child to the Archbishop. The prince is second in line to the throne and bears the Edinburgh surname, a royal shift from Saxe-Coburg.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Charles Philip Arthur George
England
Westminster
John Stanley Clare
Elizabeth
Edinburgh
Queen Victoria
Veto blocks Ceylon bid as Israel delayed in UN council
In Paris on December 15 Russia blocked Ceylon from UN membership for the 29th time amid a Security Council postponement of Israel's bid. Vote on Ceylon was 9 to 2 with Russia and Soviet Ukraine opposing. Israel’s decision was postponed to Friday at France's request as discussions shift to Lake Success next month.
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Paris
Russia
Ceylon
United Nations
Security Council
Israel
Soviet Union
Council
Ukraine
Alexandre Parodi
Parodi
Fernand Vann Langenhove
Belgium
Lake Success
Nicely
India
United States
France
Britain
Syria
General Assembly
New York
Canada
China
Philip C. Jessup
Jacob A. Malika
Cadogan
Palestine Conciliation Commission
Jessup
Dutch East Indies
Unification Plan Tightened by US Defense Secretary Says Steps Stay Steady
Defense Secretary Forrestal outlined a slow push to unify the armed forces to remove duplication and waste. He proposed merging the Air National Guard with the Air Force Reserve and creating a civilian military “brain trust” to decide weapon usage across services. Navy to take over sea transport and Army land transport planned, with joint recruiting and shared facilities across branches.
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Washington
Defense
Forrestal
Truman
Air National Guard
Air Force Reserve
Army
Navy
Air Force
Chiang Kai Shek urged to step down amid peace talks tensions
Close allies of Chiang Kai Shek urged him to resign as head of the Nationalist Government to allow others to pursue peace with the Communists. Washington cautioned limits on aid while North China and Nanking fronts faced dire straits. Lovett signaled non intervention as U S policy. Congress had approved military and economic aid packages totaling 125 million and 275 million dollars.
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Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Nanking
North
Peiping
Lovett
Washington
United States
80Th Congress
Generalissimo
Congress
North China
Chiang
Christmas tree brings cheer at New Haven parking office
In New Haven on December 15 a city court clerk’s office displays a Christmas tree decorated with tinsel, Santa figurines, and paid parking tags. A sign reads Keep smiling as motorists visit to pay parking violations.
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New Haven
Conn
Rancher Dies In Thorndale Truck Wreck
Charles Martin a 61-year-old Milano cattleman was killed when a truck and bus collided one mile east of Thorndale. Four other passengers were hospitalized in Taylor with bruises and cuts. driver Tom Hutchison and passengers Maude Pugh Margaret Stovall and Tom Stracener were hurt. Police cited wet slippery pavement on a curve as the cause. Funeral arrangements were pending in Rockdale. The crash involved James Thurman Bellamy of Carthage driving the truck.
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Taylor
Charles Martin
Milano
Thorndale
Tom L. Hutchison
San Antonio
Maude Pugh
Rockdale
Margaret Stovall
Houston
Tom Stracener
Martin
Phillips and Luckey Funeral Home
State Highway Patrol
James Thurman Bellamy
Carthage
Convention To Name Travis ACA Committee Saturday
Travis County ACA will select its committee Saturday at 10 a m in the county courthouse. Delegates and alternates elected in 11 communities including Dry Creek Creedmoor Pleasant Hill Cedar Valley Round Mountain Fishville Pflugerville Richland Manor Kimbro Hornsby Dunlap are listed with chairs and vice chairs.
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Travis County
ACA
H. C. Stewart
Dry Creek
James H. Johnson
Walter H. Reinhardt
Creedmoor
Fred Sassman
H. C. Lovett
Pleasant Hill
Frank J. Dittmar
Hans Tetens
Cedar Valley
Horace T. Echols
R. E
Rudolph Magnuson
Hornsby-Dunlap
Sam F. Glass
Carl A. McEachern
Arvid Johnson
Hilliard A. Nelson
John K. Ross Jr
H. C. Buck
Harold Blomquist
Martin Graef
Ewald Reinhardt
Willie Feuerbacher
Louis von Quintus
Segred Burklund
John W. Sylvester
G. E. Spillman
Bob Johnson
Henry Pittman
Robert E. Barker
James W. Maddox
Sidney P. Chandler
Henry Reimers
William A. Brown
Round Mountain
Basdall Gardner
John R. Elsey
City Offers $13 Year Gift Card Included
A promotional city offer provides a one year subscription for 13 dollars with a gift card bearing the recipient name sent in the first issue.
Privacy Violation Award In Birth Case At $5 000
A Minnesota district court jury awarded Mrs. Lola Ramona Dockter 5000 for invasion of privacy after a layman was present in the delivery room during her baby's birth. The case against Dr. Carl G. Winquist, Bert Betters, and St. Joseph's Hospital stemmed from the 1946 delivery and the long legal fight over privacy rights.
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Brainerd
Minn
J. J. Hadler
Hadler
D. H. Fullerton
Fullerton
New York Grand Jurors Indict Hiss for Perjury
House investigators pursue a story of a civilian Army employee suspected of stealing Norden bombsight secrets for the Russians in 1938. The man, on leave for illness, is tied to Aberdeen proving ground. The case expands espionage probes as Alger Hiss is hailed as vindicated by the grand jury action.
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Washington
House
Army
Army Proving Ground
Aberdeen
House un-American Activities Committee
Mundt
R-S.d
Department of Justice
Nixon
Rcalif
Rankin
D-Miss
Munat
81St Congress
Hiss Indicted on Perjury Counts Over State Papers
A federal grand jury indicted former State Department official Alger Hiss on two counts of perjury for allegedly lying that he and his wife did not give State Department papers to Whittaker Chambers. The indictment cites testimony during February and March 1938 and charges Hiss with possessing and sharing secret documents. Hiss denied all charges and said his grand jury testimony was truthful.
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New York
Alger Hise
State Department
Biles
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Whittaker Chambers
Federal Grand Jury
Ihe
Hiss
Priscilla
Chambers
Department of State
Cool Wave To Hit City Late Today
A cold front from the Panhandle brings a cool wave and light rain to Austin and Central Texas. Rain totals vary by location with 1.43 inches at the city area but only .12 at Municipal Airport and 1.39 to 2.05 inches reported in several nearby locales. Forecast calls for a low of 40 to 45 degrees tonight as the system advances from Oklahoma.
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Austin
Texas
Panhandle
Hoye Dunham
Municipal
Montopolis Bridge
Oklahoma
Taylor
San Marcos
Thrall
Krieg
Hutto
Coupland
Lockhart
Noack
Circleville
Pflugerville
LCRA
Austindam
Marshall Ford
Buchanan
Costa Ricans hail war probe amid frontier clash
Costa Rica reports an invasion scare from Nicaragua with soldiers deployed toward La Cruz as the government welcomes a decision by the Organization of American States to send a commission. Curfew remains in place while volunteers bolster the armed forces and orders strict censorship.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Washington
Council of the Organization of American States
Rafael Calderon Guardia
Nicaragua
la Cruz
Army
Nicoya Peninsula
Red Cross
Liberia
Plane shot down over Palestine blamed on Israeli fighter
London reports the Air Ministry believes a RAF Mosquito on a training flight over Palestine was shot down by an Israeli fighter plane. The two crewmen were presumed lost at sea with wreckage washing ashore. The ministry says it is contacting UN mediator Dr. Ralph Bunche for inquiry.
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London
Air Ministry
Palestine
Tel Aviv
British Press Association
United Nations
Ralph Bunche
Britain
Middle East
Palestine Frontier
Union Calls Texas Railroad Walkout
Four operating railroad brotherhoods called a strike for 9 a m Thursday paralyzing the Wichita Falls and Southern Pacific Railway 169 mile line from Wichita Falls to Dublin. About 70 employees would be affected as the union cites a refused $3 92 daily pay increase. The line passes Archer City Olney Newcastle Graham South Bend Crystal Falls Breckenridge Eastland Carbon Gorman Delcon Wichita Falls Dublin.
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Wichita Falls
Wichita Falls & Southern Pacific Railway
Dublin
H. C. Hobart
Houston
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Archer City
Olney
Newcastle
Graham
South Bend
Crystal Falls
Breckenridge
Eastland
Carbon
Gorman
Delcon
Murray Named Head of Texas Rail Panel
William J. Murray Jr. was elected Wednesday to a two year term as chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission succeeding Ernest O. Thompson. Murray was appointed by Governor Beauford Jester to fill the vacancy created by Jester's election as governor and was chosen to serve the remaining two years of the unexpired term.
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William J. Murray Jr
Texas Railroad Commission
Ernest O. Thompson
Murray
Beauford Jester
Jester
Aerial Patrol Planned for Cotton Bowl Day
Dallas police said an aerial patrol plane will fly at 2,500 feet over the Cotton Bowl on New Year’s Day. Any aircraft violating the minimum altitude will have license numbers recorded and the pilot cited to appear in corporation court.
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Dallas
Dallas Police Department
Mexico Creates Duty Free Border Zones
Mexico announces plans to set up duty free trade zones in principal border cities under a new law. The zones would exempt imports from the United States from duties and likely suspend current prohibitions on luxury items in those areas.
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Mexico City
Mexico
United States
Bank suspect moved to Franklin in Texas scandal
S B Jones a 47 year old Hearne insurance man was returned to Franklin for further investigation into 8101,000 obtained by hot checks. He arrived in Hearne in custody and told reporters it is best not to say more until his attorney arrives. Authorities planned to file charges and said Jones implicates 8 or 10 others. FBI in San Antonio investigating possible federal violations.
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Franklin
Central Texas
S. B. Jones
Hearne
Jones
Robertson County
Lufkin
J. G. Lyles
Lyles
Austin
Bill Palmes
Rio Grande Valley Bank
San Antonio
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Reserve
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Ironton, Minn
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Justice Department
Time Magazine
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Tom Clark
Clark
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Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Figueres
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Otilio Ulate
EL Salvador
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Virginia Forbes
Austin American Staff
Bob Reeves
Texas Ranger
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