Truman Thanksgiving to Be Working Day at White House
President Truman will work at his desk on Thanksgiving Day then eat turkey. He received his seventh gift turkey a 35 pound Oregon Master Tom from the Salem Exchange Club. Press Secretary Ross said staff will observe a holiday but the President will sign correspondence and documents and dine with his family at Blair House.
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Washington
Truman
Oregon
Excange Club
Salem
Ore
Charles G. Ross
Blair House
White House
Ross
High School Fad Of Self Induced Blackouts Sparks Alarm
Ava Illinois principal J. H. Hammack orders halt to a self induced blackout craze at Tri County Consolidated High School after a freshman girl fainted multiple times. An Ava doctor cites anoxemia and compares effects to pilots pulling from dives. Dr Morris Fishbein notes mass adolescent psychological disturbance but calls for careful study.
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Ava
Ill
J. H. Hammack
Tri-County Consolidated High School
Hammack
Percy
Chicago
Morris Fishbein
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Fishbein
Dr. Fishbein
Army Overthrows Venezuelan President Gallegos
In Caracas on November 24 the Army ousted President Romulo Gallegos without firing a shot and took general control. Lt Col Marcos Perez Jimenez said the move stemmed from perceived incapacity and threats of a general strike by extremist labor elements. Vargas, returning from New York, joined the coup. Oil workers reportedly began a strike in Zulia as Creole Oil Co halted operations.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Romulo Gallegos
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Democratic Action Party
Gallegos
Mario Vargas
Saranac Lake
N. Y
Vargas
Isaias Medina Angarita
Maracaibo
Zulia
Lake Maracaibo
Creole Oil Company
Standard of New Jersey
Supreme Court Grants Judge Stay of Mandate in Texas Case
The Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the mandate for P C Sanders in the 37th Judicial District dispute at San Antonio. Sanders must post a 500 bond and may take his case to the U S Supreme Court claiming constitutional rights were violated. The stay prevents immediate three day jail time after a prior contempt ruling and remand.
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State Supreme Court
P. C. Sanders
37Th Judicial District
San Antonio
Sanders
United States Supreme Court
Bexar County
Owen Kilday
Chief of Boy Scouts to Speak at UIL Breakfast
Dr. Elbert K. Fretwell chief scout of the Boy Scouts of America will deliver the principal address at the University of Texas Interscholastic League annual breakfast Friday. Attending administrators include Dean T. H. Shelby Rodney Kidd Rhea Williams Bruce Roach and F. W. Savage among others.
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Elbert K. Fretwell
Boy Scouts of America
University of Texas’ Interscholastic League
Dean T. H. Shelby
University
Rodney Kidd
Rhea Williams
Bruce Roach
F. W. Savage
Stock Market Dives Sharply in Post-Election Slump
New York reports a sharp decline with about 1 billion dollars of market value wiped out as the day’s turnover exceeds 1 million shares. Dealers cite tax selling and policy uncertainty from the new administration as key pressures with several major issues hitting new low prices.
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New York
Wall Street
Chrysler
Woolworth
Douglas Aircraft
Glenn Martin
Pepsi- Cola
International Telephone
Western Union
Kindness and Water Bring Young Music Store Owner Rich Return
Martha Culbreth, 19, owner of a Fayetteville music shop, helped a tired hotel guest with water and conversation last summer in Myrtle Beach. The guest’s son, Thomas Baker, and owner Andrew Tola then gifted her a $7500 check, a piano, and the store in a joint transfer. Culbreth, daughter of Eulon and Mrs. Culbreth, hails from Eastover and is a Central High School graduate.
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Fayetteville
N. C
Martha Vivian Culbreth
Miss Culbreth
Myrtle Beach
S. C
Thomas M. Baker
Philadelphia
Baker
Carolina Music Company
Andrew Tola
Tola
Eulon Culbreth
Eastover
Cumberland County
Central High School
Japanese Sergeant Keiji Sakuma Hanged in Philippines War Crimes
Keiji Sakuma a Japanese Army sergeant was sentenced to hang by a Philippines war crimes tribunal for torturing and murdering four Filipinos on Mindanao during World War II.
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Manila
Keiji Sakuma
Philippines
Mindanao
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East 52Nd Street
Austin
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Supreme Court
Boy Scouts
Olds
Japan
Good Old USA
Church
America
Everett Kelly Pharmacy
San Jacinto
Everett Kelly
Guadalupe
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