Weeks Named Secretary of Commerce Pick by Eisenhower
Boston industrialist Weeks, chosen by President-elect Eisenhower for Commerce secretary, vows business experience will fuel a successful administration. He chairs the GOP Finance Committee, leads United Car Fastener and Reed and Barton, and serves on several boards. He will resign from his campaign roles and sever business ties once in office.
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Boston
Sinclair Weeks
Eisenhower
Weeks
Republican National Finance Committee
United Car Fastener Corp
Cambridge
Reed and Barton Corp
Taunton
Mass
Atlas Plywood
First National Bank of Boston
Pacific Mills
Gillette Safety Razor Company
Wentworth Institute
the Pullman Company
Rand Avery-Gordon Taylor
Ing
GOP Committee
John W. Weeks
Warren G. Harding
GOP
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Truman Declares December 10 United Nations Human Rights Day
President Truman issued a proclamation calling on Americans to observe Human Rights Day by giving thanks for liberty. He noted the freedoms in the Bill of Rights resemble those in the 1948 Universal Declaration and paid tribute to those who died for these rights.
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Washington
Truman
United Nations
Korea
Push Drive Against Chinese Propaganda
The Post Office Department said it has not found a sure method to block Chinese Communist propaganda from U S mails but continues efforts. It renewed a public appeal to report such material to local postmasters for delivery action.
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Washington
Post Office Department
U. S
Leap Year Advice Turns Bold for Desperate Lady
Hal Boyle offers flirtatious guidance telling a reader to manipulate a reluctant bachelor. The column urges patience, strategic romantic ploys, and finally suggests walking away for a better match if the man resists.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Farm safety honored radio specialist Wolf earns third year
Ray Wolf of the University of Minnesota St Paul campus receives the National Safety Council Public Interest Award for farm safety promotions. The Morristown native has chaired the Minnesota radio safety committee and led National Farm Safety Week observance.
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Ray Wolf
St. Paul
University of Minnesota
KUOM
Wolf
National Safety Council
National Association of Radio Farm Directors
Morristown
S. J. Wolf
Medford
Perham
Minnesota Safety Council
Cabinet approves grants for elderly former officers
Tokyo reports the Cabinet approved grants of 5.50 dollars each for 80 000 former army and navy officers who are over sixty years old this year.
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Tokyo
Army
Navy
LeMay Says Air Power Best Path to Defeat USSR
Gen Curtis E. LeMay, head of the Strategic Air Command, argued air power offers the best chance for decisive action against Russia in a future world war. He noted Soviet forces could outnumber U S land forces two to one in Europe and Asia, with about 20,000 first line bombers and an equal number in reserve. He urged the U S to have the best air force even if not the largest.
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Washington
Strategic Air Command
Russia
Curtis E. LeMay
Ussr
Air Force
Europe
Asia
U. S
Newborn Baby to Be Shown on TV Show Feature
Denver viewers will watch a Caesarean delivery as the infant is shown on a nationwide NBC program from Colorado General Hospital at the University of Colorado. The live segment, airing 9 30 to 10 p m EST on 49 stations, follows a doctor as he handles the newborn.
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Denver
American Medical Association
Colorado General Hospital
University of Colorado
NBC
Bears Inspect Hungry Horse Dam During Big Game Season
A family of black bears toured the Hungry Horse Dam site as hunters noted the area is one of the few places where hunting is not allowed. The bears appeared relaxed while humans inspected the safety dam area.
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Hungry Horse
British Chiefs Eye Dollar Pound Treaty Proposal
UK leaders at the Commonwealth Premiers Conference consider an Australian proposal for a US Commonwealth trade and friendship treaty. It would ease capital movement, cut double taxation, extend pound convertibility, and reduce imperial preferences and US tariff quotas. A US trip to discuss with Eisenhower is anticipated after further talks.
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London
Robert G. Menzies
Commonwealth
U. S
America
United States
Menzies
Britain
Churchill
R. A. Butler
Washington
Eisenhower
Sights $2 Billion Cut in Federal Payroll
Senator Dworak of Idaho argues Republicans can trim the federal civilian payroll by about two billion dollars next year, a reduction of over 20 percent from the current payroll and potentially eliminating about a half million jobs.
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Washington
Sen
Dworshak
Idaho
Prcent
Obscene Literature Sale Out of Control
Kearns says obscene and gruesome literature sales are out of control and urges government action. Hearings heard from a police official a publisher and civic group spokesmen about lurid books and comics. Ralph Daigh of Fawcett Publications defends publishing sexual content as reflecting life and consumer interest.
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Kearns
Washington
R-Pa
House
Samuel Black
Springfield
Mass
Black
Ralph F. Daigh
Fawcett Publications, Inc
New York
Fawcett
Daigh
Rochester cited for 10 months with no traffic fatalities
The National Safety Council cites Rochester Minnesota for 10 months in 1952 without a traffic fatality in the 25,000 to 50,000 population group. Minneapolis and St Paul also receive recognition. National figures show October deaths at 3,610, down 3 percent from a year ago.
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Chicago
Rochester
Minn
National Safety Council
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Appleton
Wis
Hagerstown
Council
Buffalo
N. Y
Stevenson to Be Guest of Trumans at White House
Gov Adlai Stevenson will visit Washington to meet President Truman at the White House for two nights. He arrives from Atlantic City after memorial services for Philip Murray and will confer with the President on Thursday before attending the Cabinet farewell dinner. He leaves Friday morning returning to Illinois.
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Washington
Adlai Stevenson
Truman
White House
Atlantic City
CIO
Philip Murray
Illinois
Father of 13 Dies in Texas Electric Chair
Alton Paris, 60, was executed in Huntsville for the December 13 killing of wildlife biologist Gus Engeling who had surprised him hunting on a Texas game preserve near Palestine. Paris admitted firing the shot and said Engeling dropped his ducks as he fell. witnesses noted a brief muttered prayer as the chair activated.
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Huntsville
Texs
Alton Paris
Paris
Gus Engeling
Palestine
Roy Herrington
Engeling
Christmas Telegrams Available to Troops
U S troops in Japan may send Christmas telegrams home via the Telephone and Telegraph Corp. Messages will be held for delivery after December 23. Reservations for phone calls from December 24 to 27 will start Wednesday and are limited to North and South America and Europe.
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Tokyo
U. N
Japan
Telephone and Telegraph Corp
North
South America
Europe
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