Refugee Airlift Gets Touch of Yule Spirit
Christmas cheer lights the Hungarian airlift to the United States as stewardesses decorate a DC-4 with a tree and gifts for 74 passengers. The flight is part of Operation Safe Haven, boosting total known arrivals to over 3,400. Captain Charles A. LaManna’s long Munich to McGuire round trip set an unofficial MATS record, while officials report hundreds more refugees in Germany enjoying meals and facilities ahead of further transports.
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Munich
America
United States
Military Air Transport Service
MATS
U.S
Santa Claus
Darlena de Long
North Holly
Safe Haven
Gorson B. Rogers
Army
Southern Area Command
Germany
Rogers
Refugees Tell of Budapest Fight in Red Tyranny
Eighty two Hungarian refugees landed in Boston due to fog in New York and were sent by bus to Camp Kilmer, NY. Ages ranged from two months to 64. many spoke of hate and defiance toward the Reds and some handed out Russian bullets as souvenirs. One refugee, Bola Biro, 19, a medical student, described battles in Budapest and escape across the border into Austria. The plane crew included Captain Hersholt Patton and co pilot Joseph Perryn, with stewardesses Mee Wheeler and Stella Truskett.
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Boston
Iis
New York
Camp Kilmer
Budapest
Hey
Hungary
Bola Biro
Biro
Austria
Hersholt Patton
Oakland
Calif
Joseph Perrvn
Mee Wheeler
San Francisco
Stella Truskett
Oil City
Students Earn Pins for Work at Castro Valley
Eight sixth graders at Marshall School Castro Valley received pins for completing a training course. Principal Larry Muller and staff introduced them after a course led by Charles Vento of Alameda County Schools. The students will pair up weekly assisting teachers in operating the movie projector slide projector tape recorder and public address system.
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Castro Valley
Marshall School
Larry Muller
Greg Ferraro
Philip Groat
Bonnie Belden
Gary McFadden
Holly Toot
Doug Kues
Don Joner
Roger Stanfield
Charles* Vento
Alameda County
Pope to deliver annual Christmas message on Dec 23
Vatican sources say Pope Pius XII will broadcast the Christmas address on December 23 to suit holiday newspaper schedules. Officials note this is only the second time in his reign the audience and message have been moved to December 23, the first being in 1950 for Holy Year ceremonies.
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Vatican
Pius XII
Gress
Formula Mix-Up Kills LA Child
A nine day old infant died in Los Angeles after boric acid inadvertently mixed into formula. The child, Crystal Guthrie, is named as the victim. She died at White Memorial Hospital. The baby was the sole child of James M Guthrie of Hamilton Air Force Base and his wife Gloria. A relative, who picked up the boric acid, prepared the formula last Wednesday. Authorities report the mishap as the cause.
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Los Angeles
Crystal Guthrie
White Memorial Hospital
James M Guthrie
Hamilton Air Force Base
Gularie
Air Drops Planned at South Pole by 18th Air Force
Maj. Gen. Shester McCarty announced more air drops scheduled at the South Pole as the 18th Air Force continues Antarctic operations. 49 drops total already made, with 46 at the Pole, delivering about 526 tons of an estimated 620 tons. Remaining 100 tons include 50 tons of food and the rest petroleum. Two more drops completed at Beardmore Glacier and Marie Byrd Land, with 29 missions planned to deliver 283 tons of fuel oil at Marie Byrd Land. The South Polar expedition follows Arctic Zone warning network work and is under Navy Task Force command.
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Portland
INS
Air Force
South Pole
Shester McCarty
Portiang
Antarctica
Pole
Beardmore Glacier
Oite
Marie Byrd Land
Maine Byrd Land
McCarty
Arctic Zone
Navy Task Sea
Guild Contract With Big Top Show in Offing
Officials of the American Guild of Variety Artists expect a contract with Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus to be signed this week the union perusing the terms for a possible official announcement. The circus had earlier settled a dispute with AGVA and faced a months long cancellation, while star performers like Emmett Kelly refused to work amid picketing at Madison Square Garden. The Big Top intends to perform in indoor arenas and state fairs under a year round plan after a midseason folding and return to winter quarters in Sarasota Florida.
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New York
American Guild of Variety Artists
Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus
AGVA
Jackie Bright
Sarasota
Fla
Emmett Kelly
Madison Square Garden
Ringling
Pittsburgh
John Ringling -North
Oregon
Neil Shier
Grant
Antarctica
John Ae Flatnass
Mej
Leverett Richards
Portland
Henry Embrey
Ontario
Castro Valley finds litter can bid accepted
Castro Valley sanitation district voted to accept a bid of 516.60 for 12 metal lined litter cans to be placed on avenues from Castro Valley toward Santa Maria. United Press reports deep cold outbreak across Great Lakes states and into Wisconsin and Minnesota with temperatures 20 degrees below zero in some areas. The arctic air mass is expected to sweep southeastward tonight.
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Castro Valley
United Press
Santa Maria Avenues
Castro
Valley High School
Castro Valle’ Great Lakes
Farl¢Y Boulevard
Texas
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Try
East and West railroads win emergency rate hikes
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized seven percent increases east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers and five percent in the west for freight. The moves, labeled emergency, aim to add about 402.6 million dollars yearly to railroad revenue and face opposition from officials and shippers. Some commodities face a five percent cap on gains.
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Washington
Easterns
Western Railroads
Interstate Commerce. Commission
Ezra T. Benson
ICC
Mississippi
Ohio and
Potomac Rivers
Pocahortas
Virginia
West Virginia
Equest
Ward trial resumes amid Georgia law school admission fight
In Atlanta Horace Ward’s challenge to Georgia’s ban on admitting Negroes to the state university law school continues. Attorneys for Ward and state officials including Attorney General Eugene Cook argue over whether Ward met entrance standards while Ward, a 29 year old school teacher, faces questions about his finances and employment during committee hearings.
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Atlanta
Horace’ Ward
Georgia
State’ University Law School
Ward
Attormey
Eugene Cook
University
University of Georgia
Law School
JL. Hasch
Hasch
Fremont Court Collections Record Shared by District
Fremont Court collections for November topped $3000 with the court taking in $9976 in fines and bail forfeitures. October marked a record $12,503. Fremont’s share was $2679 while Newark received $1441. Decoto and Alvarado, though in the district, do not share in receipts.
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Fremont
Niles-Centerville
Courtil
Laura Secada
Newark
Decoto
Alvarado
Jaycees to Pick Decor Winners in Fremont Finals
Final judging for the Junior Chamber of Commerce Home Christmas Decorations contest will be Thursday night. Jaycee President Claude Young said three top winners will receive awards at Centerville School from 8 to 10 p.m. Saturday during an open house. Judges have been selecting 20 houses in each of five Fremont and Newark communities for the finals, with originality and ingenuity and adherence to the theme Washington township unites at Christmas.
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Fremont
Chamber of Commerce
Jaycee
Claude Young
Centerville
Newark
Washington Township
Appeal for Orphaned Children in Phoenix
A group of six radio stations in Phoenix issued an appeal to the nation to provide Christmas aid for seventy orphaned children aged from 20 months to 11 years after a car train crash killed their parents. The disaster left one survivor, 20 months old Crucita Alizes, in critical condition.
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Phoenix
Southern
Pacific
California Board backs rebuilding border livestock fence
The State Board of Agriculture urged Congress to reconstruct the 252 mile California Mexico boundary fence after disrepair. Cost was estimated at 208000 dollars. Mexican cattle reportedly crossed into the Marron Valley of San Diego County last summer carrying Texas fever ticks, prompting fears of pests and disease.
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Sacramento
State ‘Board of Agriculture
Califor
Nia
Mexico
Congress
Mar Ron
San Diego County
James''e.'stuart
State Division of Animal Husbandry
Russia Leads In Global Waterways Length
Russia ranks first worldwide in length of land and waterways with more than 62 000 miles of stream. The United States is second with 28 590 navigable miles, while third is unspecified.
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Russia
New York
United States
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