Alabama Prison Barracks Burn in Freezing Night
In 20 degree weather a wooden barracks at Alabama State Prison Farm No 4 near Montgomery burned, but 300 convicts inside were saved. Governor James Folsom and Adjutant General James S Saliba led the pre dawn rescue as pipes froze preventing water.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
James Folsom
James S. Saliba
Folsom
State Prison Farm No
Wetumpka
Kilby State Prison
C. N. Carpenter
British Duke Dies at 55 Major Landholder in England
EASTBOURNE England November 26 The Duke of Devonshire aged 55 one of Britain s largest landholders died Sunday He was the tenth holder of the title succeeding his father in 1938 He served in World War I and held government posts in the House of Commons and later as a peer Edward William Spencer Cavendish was his personal name
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Eastbourne
Eng
Duke of Devonshire
Britain
House of Commons
Edward William Spencer Cavendish
Lodging House Fire Leaves Three Dead in Hyannis
Hyannis Mass November 26 Three men died when a two story wooden lodging house burned Sunday. One roommate of a victim suffered minor burns and five other occupants escaped to safety.
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Hyannis
Mass
East Texan who made killing reported set for another sale
A Texas man who bought 168 unused WWII air force parallax computers for five cents each and sold them for 63 000 dollars was reported to have acquired a fresh batch at bargain prices. The Air Force refused to reinstate a sale of the second set. The subcommittee noted the first transaction was lawful but taxpayer losses occurred.
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Washington
Air Force
Johnson
Texan
East Texan
San Antonio
Parralax
Wright Field
United Jewish Appeal Receives $1 500 000 in Dallas
Checks totaling 1 500 000 dollars were given at a Dallas meeting of 800 Jewish leaders from Texas Oklahoma Louisiana and Arkansas. The funds comprise the first Southwest installment toward a 50 million UJA drive by year end to aid Jews in Romania Iraq Iran and Tripolitania. Israeli Foreign Minister Sharett reportedly could not attend as a charter flight was blocked by Eastern snow.
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Dallas
United Jewish Appeal
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Arkansas
Southwest
UJA
Israel
Romania
Iraq
Iran
Tripolitania
Hoshe Sharett
New York
Utah to inaugurate atomic medicine program at U of Utah
The University of Utah launches the first atomic medical school as part of its medical college. Under dean Dr. John Z. Bowers, formerly with the US Atomic Energy Commission, the project studies long term radiation effects and uranium mining health impacts. The program, born from a seven year growth in state medical education, is likened to a Western Hopkins or Yale.
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Salt Lake. City
University of Utah
University
College of Medicine
Denver
West East
Medical College
John Z. Bowers
US Atomic Energy Commission
Arca
Idaho
Utah
Utans
Salt Lake City
Hopkins
Yale
Bees Fund Church Building in La Jolla Dedication
A La Jolla church built at 125000 dollars will be dedicated Sunday. Bees indirectly funded eighty thousand dollars of the cost through apiarist Carl Aepplar of Oconomowoc Wisconsin and his wife. The Rev. L K Johnson notes the family’s long connection to the pastor and community.
US Calls Iranian Ambassador Home
US Ambassador Henry F. Grady was recalled to Washington for routine consultations and left Tehran by plane. He is due in New York early Monday. sources say the trip aims to relay reports on Iran’s falling American prestige and rising pro Soviet sentiment.
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Tehran
Iran
Henry F. Grady
Washington
New York
State Department
1950 State Fair of Texas posts profit of 355 thousand
The 1950 State Fair of Texas earned a profit of 355,989.69 dollars. Directors voted to use part of the proceeds to retire the 95,000 dollar debt on the 1946 automobile building bond issue and retired the 20 year bonds in five years.
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Dallas
Texas
Fairs
Nationalists See Mainland Foothold If War Comes
Taipei reports Chinese Nationalists believe a mainland foothold could be won if World War III erupts. Observers note Red forces retreating north of the Yangtze while Lin Piao’s Fourth Field Army shifts to Manchuria. Soviet personnel in Shanghai dwindle as Moscow orders withdrawal to Heilongjiang.
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Taipei
Formosa
Yangtze
Red China
Shanghai
South China
Lin Piao
Manchuria
Moscow
China
Tural
China Union Press
Kremlin
Mao Te-Tung
Soviet Russia
Mao
Tito
Hong Kong
Tachen Islands
Missionary Work Charlemagne Sent to Bremen Story
Charlemagne dispatched Christian mission to Bremen in Germany during his reign. The fragment places focus on medieval missionary outreach and the spread of faith within the Holy Roman Empire.
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Charlemagne
Bremen
Germany
Birth the universal miracle in Reader's Digest
A condensed December Reader's Digest article promotes the issue’s exploration of birth as nature’s supreme miracle. It asks why the mother’s body expels the infant and what triggers the baby’s first breath, highlighting 35 articles of lasting interest condensed from current magazines and books.
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Hammond
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