Unconfirmed Berlin Report On Soviet Mine Disaster
Western Berlin reports a massive fire and explosion in a Soviet zone uranium mine in Saxony near the Erz Mountains possibly killing up to 2000 people. Telegraf cites underground sources. RIAS corroborates but Army intelligence has no details. East Zone officials deny.
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Berlin
Telegraf
Socialist Party
Johann-Georgenstadt
Saxony
Erz Mountains
RIAS
East Zone
Erz
Kamen
Ruhr
Cat in engine bites policeman during repair
In Oakland California on November 28 a half grown kitten wedged between a car’s fan and radiator bit policeman Don Holley while he tried to fix Ike Sam’s car. The cat was rescued and Sam drove off with the engine purring.
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Oakland
Calif
Ike Sam
Don Holley
Holley
State Education Board To Begin Duties Tuesday
The 21 newly elected members of the State Board of Education will meet in the Senate Chamber at 10 a.m. to organize and assume duties from the outgoing nine member board. Secretary of State Ben Ramsey issued the call. The board will elect officers and choose an appointive commissioner of education to oversee administrative work, with the State Superintendent serving as adviser for the 13 month interim. Members’ terms run until January 1, 1951, with elections planned in 1950 for full terms.
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American Capitol
State Board of Education
Gilmer- Aikin
Senate Chamber
Ben Ramsey
C. H. Cavness
L. P. Sturgeon
Sturgeon
10Th
Paul Bolton
Austin
Gargantua Death Attributed To Double Pneumonia
Dr. Adolph Schultz of Johns Hopkins said Gargantua the 550 pound gorilla died of double pneumonia. He noted the ape also had kidney disease and other organ disorders. authorities indicated the animal would have died soon regardless. Gargantua died Friday in Miami and was flown to Baltimore for autopsy.
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Baltimore
Adolph Schultz
Johns Hopkins University
Gargantua
John Bringling North
Schultz
North
Ringling Brothers Circus
Miami
Fla
Red Leader Ousted From New York City Council
Benjamin J. Davis, one of 11 convicted leaders of American communism, was removed from his New York City Council seat by a 15 to 0 vote after his Oct. 14 conviction for conspiring to advocate violent overthrow of the U S government. He was defeated for re election in November.
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New York
Benjamin J. Davis
Davis
British Bishop Calls for Sterilization and Birth Control Policy
Dr. E. W. Barnes, bishop of Birmingham, urged sterilizing the unfit and making birth control a national policy to curb overpopulation. He warned of immigration, rising England and Wales population, and the welfare state's role in encouraging growth. He proposed medically controlled sterilization and euthanasia for defective babies as part of social reform.
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Birmingham
England
Church of England
Britain
E. W. Barnes
British Isles
Dr. Barnes
West Indian Islands
India
South Africa
West Indies
Europe
Gypsy healer swindles man out of cash in Harlingen
Cabino Lopez sought relief from stomach pain at a gypsy healer in Harlingen. A young girl massage promised cure and eggs and milk as ingredients while robbing him of 310 dollars. Police raided the place and recovered the money but his stomach pain persisted.
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Harlingen
Cabino Lopez
Cabino
Gabino
Gypsy Place
Government reports slight fall in living costs and steady industrial rebound
The Bureau of Labor Statistics notes consumer price index fell six tenths of a percent to 1685 percent of the 1935-39 average while wholesale prices rose one tenth of one percent. Industrial output rebounded after steel and coal disruptions, and GM said cost of living linked pay remains intact for 335,000 workers.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Labor Department
BLS
Federal Reserve Board
General Motors Corporation
Kyle To Form New Pack of Cub Scouts
Kyle announces a new Cub Scout pack to be organized at the Methodist Church meeting Tuesday at 7 30 pm. Boys ages 8 9 and 10 with parents invited. Pack sponsored by Baptist and Methodist Churches behind Scout Troop 125. Assistant Scout Executive J L Tarr and Scoutmaster James Miller will assist.
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Kyle
J. L. Tarr
James Miller
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Shop For Your Children
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TELCO
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Cub
United States
Yoda
Congress
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