Rhee Grants Christmas Amnesty To Prisoners In Korea
South Korea's President Syngman Rhee issues a Christmas amnesty reducing or commuting many civil and military prisoners sentences to life or lesser terms. The decree, announced by Justice Minister Kim Joon Yun, will affect death sentences, long terms, and cases now under trial, with individual review and special consideration for women and ill prisoners.
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Seoul
Syngman Yee
Kim Joon Yun
Rhee
Decrer
Tomorrayx
Six Per Cent Increase Seen In US Pig Crop
The Agriculture Department forecast next spring's pig crop at 63,500,000 head, six percent above last spring's 59,887,000 farrowings. If the forecast holds and fall farrowings stay near the 10 year average, the total pig crop could reach 98,720,000 in 1951.
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Washington
Agricultures Department
Trailer Folk Boom In Florida Homes-On-Wheels
Florida west coast hosts a thriving trailer industry with about 25 000 spaces. In St Petersburg 22 parks offer 547 spaces and trailer folk spend millions yearly, drawn by low costs and year round living. Park managers lure visitors with storage options and six month stays, creating close communities even among children. The Bradenton park is the world’s largest with 1056 residents.
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ST. Petersburg
Bay 2S
Petersburg
Florida
Bradenton
Invading Birds Drive Cat Crazy in Ashford Fog
Dozens of starlings dropped into Ashford homes amidst heavy fog last night. Mrs. Margaret Sellers reported tossing the birds from her house by the bucketful while her cat hid in a corner in a frenzy.
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Ashford
England
Margaret Sellers
Cure for Cancer Gets Mail Rights
In Dallas US District Judge William H Atwell ruled Harry Hoxsey may distribute his cancer medicines by mail. The court found some evidence of beneficial treatment comparable to radium and surgery despite the FDA seeking an injunction. About 150 witnesses testified over six days, including medical men and cancer patients.
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Dallas
TPI
Harry Hoexsey
William H. Atwell
Hoxsey
Pure Food and Drug Administration
Seixpert
Woman Ex Sen Caraway Dies In Sanitarium
Falls Church Virginia. Mrs Hattie Caraway 72 the first woman elected to the US Senate died at a sanitarium after a long illness She was appointed to the seat November 13 1931 to serve out Thaddeus Caraways term and won the seat in a special election later She lost the seat in 1944 to J William Fulbright and had suffered two strokes since January the article notes she served as a senator after her husband’s death.
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Falls Church
Hattie Caraway
Senate
Arkansas
Jeter
Caraway
J.william Fulbright
Even Holdup Men Show Yale Spirit
Two holdup men robbed Joseph Cosgrove on a dark street taking 3698 dollars from his wallet. One thief returned the wallet with 25 dollars saying this is your Christmas present.
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Yale
New York
Joseph Cosgrove
Cosgrove
German Scientists Aid U S War Inventions Says Luckner
Felix von Luckner, famed WWI admiral, claims German scientists assist the United States in creating weapons even more terrifying than the atomic bomb. He offers no details but asserts U S capability to defeat Russia in a total war. The Hall of Fame of Great Americans opened in 1900 at New York University.
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Portland. Me
Ipi
Felix von Luckner
United States
Russia
Hall of Fame of
New York University
Philanthropist Leaves $30 Million To Charity
Newark financier Julius S. Rippel left most of his 30 to 40 million estate to form the Fannie E. Rippel foundation. The will directs funds to aid aged women hospitals cancer and heart disease care. About 2 million is reserved outside the foundation for relatives friends and churches. Died December 8 and probate filed yesterday.
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Newark
N. J
Julius S. Rippel
Reading Newark
Fannie E. Rippel
Hippel
British Stars Honeymoon After Las Vegas? Not Las Vegas here
Stewart Granger and Jean Simmons honeymooned today on a leisurely motor trip back to Hollywood APACSON Arizona report says the British stars married by a Methodist minister at the Home of the Shoenhair near here. Granger aged 37 and Simmons 21 wed as a second marriage for Granger and first for Simmons.
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Ariz
UPK
Stewart Granger
Jean Simmons
Britain
Hollywood
Granger
Miss Simmons
Tle Shoenhair
Here
Elspeth March
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