Churchill Urges End to UK Boycott of Israel
Winston Churchill in a 70 minute Commons speech urged Britain to end the sulky boycott of the new state of Israel and to send representatives to Tel Aviv. He backed fuller relations with Franco Spain and called for a bipartisan foreign policy and steps toward peace with Russia.
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Lockhart brothers among six in Linn county strike violence case
In Linn county district court Judge G K Thompson sentenced Tom Lockhart and five others for Wilson strike violence last May. Tom received an indeterminate term up to three years for conspiracy with a year and 11 months minimum. Charles got six months for injury to a vehicle. the four others were fined 500 dollars for injury to a vehicle. All initially faced conspiracy charges, later dismissed for all but Thomas.
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Collegians Picket Anti Negro Shops at State College
White Penn State students picketed five of six downtown barber shops in protest after Mitch ell Williams, Negro track star from Philadelphia, was denied a haircut. Barbers declined to comment while customers ignored the demonstration and shops operated normally.
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Airlift expansion speeds growth of U S Air Force to 60 groups
The Berlin airlift fast tracks U S Air Force expansion to 60 groups with redeployments of three overseas units. The 317th troop carrier wing moves from Tachikawa Japan to Germany this month, adding about 1 050 personnel before arrival. Five transport wings are now in Germany.
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Unselfishness Is Keynote Of Kids Letters To Santa
Harman W. Nichols reports Santa Claus letters from Savage Maryland where 2000 children await gifts. Many request others be remembered first and some ask for aid for China and Germany. Some penned playful requests while others sought dolls trains or bikes.
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Marines to Shanghai Guard Yanks Move
Vice Admiral Oscar C. Badger announced US marines will move from Tsingtao to Shanghai to protect American lives and property if communists threaten the city. Marines will stay aboard ships and land only if threats materialize. About 2,500 Americans in Shanghai would be brought aboard warships in danger.
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Bergen and Charlie to quit radio after December 26
Comedian Edgar Bergen announced he and Charley McCarthy are ending radio appearances after the December 26 broadcast. He will lock up his ventriloquist dummies Mortimer Snerd and the pink cheeked figure until the entertainment industry settles, citing flux in radio and television.
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Franklin senior to appear on New York Philharmonic radio program
Robert Swaney an 18 year old Franklin high school senior leaves Cedar Rapids for New York where he will join the New York Philharmonic on a CBS broadcast. He travels with Gladys Swarthout amid a civic send off led by Mayor Frank K Hahn and Chamber of Commerce leaders. Swaney earned the trip from among 26000 high school entrants with a music head and principal recommendation and an in depth application. He will be among 78 students in a 26 week Columbia stations series. Swaney has studied piano and cello and serves as first cello with Franklin.
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Talent battle flares as Harris Faye move eyed for CBS
NBC and CBS battle over radio schedules as the Phil Harris and Alice Faye show appears headed to CBS with a January 2 start, while remaining on NBC until sponsor contracts expire February 20. CBS also shifts Horace Heidt and swaps times among Jane Froman Percy Faith and Spike Jones shows in Coca Cola sponsored lineups.
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Theo Christianson Former Minnesota Governor Dies
Theo dore Christianson aged 65, a former governor of Minnesota, died Thursday night of a heart attack in Dawson. His passing ends a notable political career marked by years of public service.
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Communists Seen Advancing at Hwai River Bend North of Nanking
Government sources say Chinese Communist troops attempt to cross the Hwai river at a bend 90 miles northwest of Nanking where defenses are light as government forces still fight to break from traps north of the river.
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Nine Killed In Blast At Power Plant Near Topeka
A series of blasts at the Power and Light Company plant in Tecumseh near Topeka killed nine men and injured 16. The explosions disabled electricity, halted downtown traffic, and forced emergency hospital operations while rescuers recovered victims and debris.
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Letter to Santa Never Finished
SAN ANTONIO AP Emilio Landeros a 6 year old on a school bus started a letter to Santa with I have been good I want a then jumped off near his corner as a heavy truck struck him late Thursday He died at the hospital his unfinished letter found near his body with tire dirt smeared on it
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Undetected B-36 Flight Triggers Hawaii Alarm
Col. Thomas W. Blackburn admitted up to 12 unidentified planes could enter Hawaiian airspace in peacetime. A six engine B-36 bomber flew over Hawaii on Pearl Harbor’s seventh anniversary, undetected by local defenses, prompting officials to note radar checks are limited to large flights.
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Chambers resigns Time editor post over espionage revelations
Whittaker Chambers, once a key spy probe figure, resigns as Time magazine senior editor. He says espionage compelled his exit and that Time knew of his past as an ex-Communist when hiring in 1939. He cites nine years fighting communism and confirms his withdrawal from colleagues.
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Mercury Drops Across Iowa in Severe Cold Spell
A frigid outbreak hits Iowa with readings as low as 13 below in Atlantic and five to ten below in several eastern cities. Cedar Rapids reports five below, Mason City ten below, and Lamoni tops at 25 above zero earlier. Temperatures are expected to rebound today with a warming trend into Monday.
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Wichita teams gears up for Western league bid
Hopes for the Western league received a boost as Wichita, once considered doubtful, reportedly signed a manager and opened talks to buy uniforms while showing readiness to operate in the circuit.
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Color Bar In Dog Cemetery Sparks Racial Policy Critique
Washington AP report says a dog cemetery in the capital set a color bar against burying dogs owned by colored people. The owner claimed he assumed dogs would not object but feared white customers might. No owner named in the report.
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National Committee On Segregation
Secrets of Friends in Stolen Data
Washington AP report on stolen government papers found in the House committee spy hunt. It details British battleships Chinese bombers and other sensitive data from 1937 38 and links figures like Whittaker Chambers Alger Hiss and Henry Wadleigh. The pumpkin papers tale is recounted and the panel rejects dropping witnesses for a New York grand jury espionage probe.
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