Floods sweep England Ireland and Italy as waters rise
Severe floods and landslides strike England Ireland Sicily and the Alps with three deaths. Thames towns report two feet of water in spots the worst since 1947. Italian roads blocked by slides. rescue crews clear Passiria Senales valleys and evacuations proceed. Red Cross aid offered as Dublin and Shannon delta areas brace for continuing danger.
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London
England
Ireland
Sicily
Thames
Italy
Passiia
Senales
Bolzano
Alps
Italan
Yugloslav
Binda
Catania
Messina
Catnia
Mount Etna
Dulles Flies Tuesday To Prep French Stand
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles will fly to Paris Tuesday to bolster French backing for German rearmament amid Soviet propaganda ahead of France’s Assembly vote on ratifying the Allied plan to free and rearm West Germany.
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Dulles
John Foster Dulles
Paris
Mos
West
Germany
Company explains mayor letter in Underwood strike context
As the six week old Local 267 IUE CIO strike against Underwood continues, the firm telegrammed Mayor McLevy regretting a letter to employees might have misled him. Mediation set for tomorrow at City Hall. the union and company prepared for talks after a failed last session and a clarification draft on arbitration and wages.
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Underwood Corporation
McLevy
Mediaton Birley
Employes
Chester A Dundore
Citizens’ Committees
Underwood
Ive-Cio
Underwood Corp
Dundore Works Manager
R K_ Allerton
Tom Willams
Iue-Cio
Transatlantic Ship Movements Listed for Tomorrow
Transatlantic passenger and mail ships arrivals and departures are listed for tomorrow including Queen Elizabeth Southampton, Andres Doria Genoa, and Bremerhaven routes. Vessels Orion Helsinki Tabor and Dakar also noted in movement schedule.
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New York
Queen Elizabeth
Southampton
Andres Doma
Genoa
R. M. Blatchford
Bremerhaven
Orion
Helsinki
Tabor
Dakar
Shah Queen Fly To Washington For White House Visit
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and Queen Soraya of Iran flew to Washington in President Eisenhower's plane for a White House visit. They left LaGuardia at 8:52 am after a medical checkup, with health reported satisfactory. They planned to see city changes since five years ago and hoped for a helicopter tour and tourist visits.
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New York
Shah Mohammed Riza Pahlevi
Queen Soraya
Iran
Washington
Shah
Gardner Cowles
Edward G Robinson Born in Bucharest in 1893
Actor Edward G Robinson, born in Bucharest Romania in 1893, rose to prominence in American cinema with a career spanning stage and screen. The noted performer became a defining figure of mid century Hollywood acting.
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Edward G Robinson
Bucharest
Romania
Telephone solicitor gets compensation right
Hartford December decision by unemployment compensation commissioner Harold Strauch grants benefits to a woman who quit a storm window sales job after 12 days due to verbal abuse during phone solicitations. He reverses a prior ruling, saying depriving her of benefits would not be legal justice despite sympathy for those troubled by calls.
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Hartford
Harold Strauch
Strauch
Jazz Singer 1927 film first dialogue feature
The Jazz Singer released in 1927 is widely credited as the first feature film to include synchronized spoken dialogue, marking a turning point from silent cinema to sound film. It showcased dialogue sequences that captivated audiences and influenced future productions.
Lothario target of three angry wives
Denver police report Ronald G Willms, 69, a claimed serial husband, is wanted on a Colorado warrant for taking a diamond ring from a Denver widow after a nine day marriage. The case includes multiple alleged spouses from New Orleans and Boston, with a poss ible St Louis connection and a $5000 ring theft.
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Denver
Ronald G Willms
New Orleans
Ray Humphreys
District Attorney's
Humphreys
Willms
Colorado
St Louis
New Haven Rail President Says Line Has Been In The Doghouse
Boston December 13 AP Patrick B McGinnis president of the New Haven railroad says the line has been in the doghouse financially since 1909 He told a Holy Name Society meeting yesterday that the railroad has not had an ounce of credit since first job to restore it We want back credit so we can dress ourselves the traveling public wants He notes eastern railroad business has fallen due to using equipment 40 years old and the same coupler between cars for 40 years which truckers have exploited
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Boston
Patrick B. McGinnis
The
New Haven Railroad
Holy Name Society
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Schaefer
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Ryan Jewelers
Main ST. Stratford
Schaefer Sewing CO
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