First U S Woman Envoy Eugenie Anderson Meets Danish King
Mrs Eugenie Anderson the first female U S envoy presented credentials to King Frederik IX in Copenhagen. She rode in a state coach four horses through Christianborg Castle amid royal guards and signals of honor. The envoy described the ceremony as fascinating and noted the pageantry impressed her during the audience with the king and queen at Amalienborg.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Eugenie Anderson
Frede IX
Anderson
Christiang@ Castle
Johanna
Hans
Count
Count Schulin
Mrs. Anderson
Frederik
Amalienborg
Christianborg
Reserve Board Predicts Easier Time Payments
The Federal Reserve Board forecast easier installment credit terms next year and greater money in circulation than in 1949. It noted postwar easing since controls ended, with car and appliance sales remaining high and hints at further reductions in down payments. It projects a larger money supply in 1950, aided by a $2.8 billion GI insurance dividend starting next month.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
McCloy says Germany unlikely to return to militarism
United States High Commissioner John J. McCloy told reporters in Frankfurt that Germany would not revert to Nazism or militarism. He praised liberal gains, outlined Marshall Plan success, and noted rifts with hardline anti liberal and neo Nazi factions over arming German units within a Western army.
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Frankfurt
Germany
John J. McCloy
McCloy
Konrad Adenauer
Gables Begin Hawaii Honeymoon After Surprise Malibu Wedding
Clark Gable and Sylvia Hawkes Ashley Fairbanks Stanley left Encino Ranch behind bars of secrecy for their Honolulu honeymoon. They planned a two week stay in the Hawaiian Islands aboard the liner Lurline from San Francisco. The couple, aged 48 and 39, wed recently near Santa Barbara. she is the widow of Douglas Fairbanks Sr. and has prior marriages to titled Britishmen.
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Hollywood
Clark Gable
Honolulu
Gable
Encino Ranch
Sylvia Hawkes
Ashley Fairbanks
Stanley
San Francisco
Lurline
Hawaiian Islands
Orange Grove
Fellows
Santa Barbara
Douglas Fairbanks Sr
Anthony Lord Ashley
Edward John Baron Stanley
Carole Lombard
World Not So Bad Thinks Gen Booth
General Evangeline Cory Booth, retired Salvation Army commander, says the world is not such a bad place as she nears her 84th birthday, noting forces for good are strong worldwide and the Army stands ready to help.
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Hartsdale
N. Y
Evangeline Cory Booth
Salvation Army
Booth
San Antonio Urged to Halt River Pollution by State
State Attorney General Price Daniel warned San Antonio to stop alleged pollution and discharging partly treated sewage into the San Antonio River. He urged immediate affirmative action and noted pending sewer improvements, citing Fort Worth as a cooperative example.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Price Daniel
Jack White
State Health Department
State Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Daniel
White
Finn Sculptor Wins Forrestal Commission
Kalervo Kallio son of a former Finnish president won a 5000 dollar commission to sculpt a bronze memorial bust of James A Forrestal. His plast er model bested 34 entries and will be placed in the Pentagon Building as the Defense Department memorial.
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Washington
Kalervo Kallio
Finland
James A. Forrestal
Johnson
Forrestal Memorial Committee
Kallio
Forrestal
America
Defense
Kyostisete
Peceient
Pentagon
Defense Department
US Enlists Britain to Help Free China Captives
The United States asked Britain to aid in freeing two American servicemen held by Chinese Communists for over 14 months near Tsingtao. Navy Chief Electrician William C. Smith of Long Beach and Marine Co Master Sergeant Elmer C. Bender of Cincinnati were on a training flight when they disappeared on October 19, 1948.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Tsingtao
North China Port
State Department
Navy
William C. Smith
Long Beach
Calif
Marine Co
Elmer C. Bender
Cincinnati
Ohio
Robert Soule
Nanking
Soule
Embassy Club
R. H. Eckford
Smith
Bender
Peiping
Burglars Battle Nightwatchman In Kingsville
Two burglars escaped after a gun battle with 19 year old night watchman Jack Farquhar in Kingsville. Farquhar surprised one intruder at a downtown jewelry store, and after a warning shot the accomplice returned fire. Farquhar fired back thrice and the pair fled in a car as police searched the area.
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Kingsville
Jack Farquhar
Farquhar
VFW Names Texan National Softball Head
Kansas City reports that on Thursday the Veterans of Foreign Wars appointed Tom Lavender of Texarkana as national commissioner of baseball for VFW.
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VFW
Kansas City
Veterans of Foreign
Tom Lavender
Texarkana
Shocking welfare case of emaciated 2 year old girl in Beekmantown
In Plattsburgh New York Joyce La Fountain 7 reveals hunger behind theft of lunch food. Her 2 year old sister Patricia weighs 14 pounds and cannot speak or smile, now hospitalized and improving after a week of treatment. The family of six children lives in a dilapidated Beekmantown home with aid from welfare. The father jailed for non support, wife Helen pregnant, welfare considers foster placements for the children while seeking release of the father to work.
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Joyce
Patricia
Europe
Helen
la Fountains
Beekmantown
Businessman's Yule Gift Bounces Back
Orange businessman Jimmy Conn sent jigsaw puzzle Christmas cards to customers. One recipient returned a check that had been pasted onto cardboard and carved into 50 puzzle pieces, a surprising reassembly of the greeting.
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Orange
Jimmy Conn
How Harmful Are Cigarettes In Daily Life
January Reader’s Digest on sale presents 35 condensed articles assessing tobacco risks. It asks how smoking affects heart digestion ulcers and cancer, urging readers to judge the facts for themselves with updated health figures.
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