New Agencies Open Offices for Water Pollution Control
Washington announces location of field and basin offices under the water pollution control act. The surgeon general will provide financial and technical help to states, with grants and loans to plan or build treatment works. Offices will cover the Atlanta basin and nine division areas across southeastern states.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Federal Security Administrator
Federal Works Agency
Bureau of Community Facilities
State Water Pollution Control Agency
Surgeon General
Atlanta
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
South Carolina
Oliver T. Ray
North
Tennessee
Alabama Electors Challenge Truman Vote Suit
The Alabama electors defend their choice against three voters who allege the electors pledged to Truman violated civil rights. They argue voters knew electors would not vote for Truman and claim the state party, autonomy, and constitutional duties justify the electors actions. The court may act Monday on the petition.
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Folsom
Truman
Alabama
Democratic Party of
Congress
Alabama State Supreme Court
California Quake Shakes State From Santa Barbara To San Diego
A powerful California earthquake rattled from Santa Barbara to San Diego as crowds left the Memorial Coliseum after a USC ND tie. LA reported shattered windows and a collapsing water tank while Pawn Springs police called it the most severe in 15 years.
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Los Angeles
Memorial Coliseum
California
Notre Dame
Santa Barbara
San Diego
Colorado
Palm Springs
Seventh and
Hill Streets
Mt. San Jacinto
San Andrea
San Francisco
el Centro
Wall Street Advances In December Rally Despite Post Election Losses
Wall Street extended its December rally with fractional gains near 3 points in a short session. Oils, steels, rails and motors led, volume rose to 510000 shares, and the Associated Press average gained 0.4 to 64.4 as 461 issues rose and 125 fell. Kaiser-Frazer jumped on Willow Run news and Detroit reports of the plant purchase.
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William D. Horgan
New York
Wall Street
Associated Press
Skelly Oil
Seaboard Oil
Standard Oil of California
Superior Oil of California
U. S. Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Chrysler
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Phelps, Dodge
American Woolen
Dow Chemical
American Telephone
Montgomery Ward
Kaiser-Frazer
Detroit
Cotton futures firm as active short session ends
New York trading shows steady stocks and mixed bonds with rails gaining lightly. Cotton futures close 45 cents to 1.35 higher as March May and July positions cover export sales to France amid tightening open market supply.
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New York
Chicago
U. S
France
Grain market closes with mixed moves on Dec
Chicago grains drifted with minor changes after early strength. Wheat prices rose slightly to around 2.42 per bushel for December, corn eased around 1 to 4 cents, oats mixed, rye up one cent, soybeans up about 1 to 2 cents, and lard gained 18 to 25 cents per hundred pounds for December.
Shanghai steamship disaster toll climbs with chaos at pier
Officials estimate up to 4,000 aboard the steamship Kiangya when an explosion sank the vessel amid crowded departures. Survivors report many trapped below decks and a radio blackout hampering a distress call. Police struggled to calm milling crowds as relatives sought access to the wreck site.
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Kiangya
Sun
Shanghai
States's Rights Urged as Bricker Proposes Federalism Study
Detroit December meeting hears Sen John Bricker propose a commission to assess if the U S moves toward dictatorship and to map power divisions and taxation, while state officials adopt resolutions to regionalize water pollution control, channel airport funds through states, and expand civilian defense and local tax powers. The three day gathering with 300 officials adjourns.
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Detroit
United States
John Bricker
Ohio
General Assembly of
Bricker
Hoover Group
Communist Plots Aimed at U S Children and Schools
A preface notes a Communist plan to shape American education from nursery to college, training children rather than educating them and guiding them to obedience. It names several so called communist schools and declares Henry A Wallace youth groups as tools of the party citing Wallace campaign gains and 1948 vote totals.
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Communist Party
United States
Jefferson School of Social Science
New York
Brighton Beach
Brownsville
Tremont
Allerton
Philadelphia
School of Social Science
People’s Educational Center
Hollywood
Calif
California Labor School
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Oakland
Palo Alto
Walt Whitman School of Social Science
Newark
N. J
George Washington Carver
New York City
Seattle Pacific Northwest Labor School
Seattle
Wash
Samuel Adams
Boston
Abraham Lincoln
Chicago
School of Jewish Studies
Ohio School of Social Science
Cleveland
Tom Paine
Westchester
N. Y
Pacific Northwest Labor School
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Turmoil in Iraq as Students Clash With Police
Reports say national democratic and liberal parties were suspended by government restrictions while the independence party operated. Police fired into the air and used tear gas. a police officer was fatally wounded as students breached a cordon and rushed the university. Mounted police helped disperse the crowd.
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Iraq
National Democratic
Liberal
Independence Party
Ex-Rookie Cop Ordered to Pay Girl He Wounded
Former rookie policeman Wayne W. Edmondson, 22, was ordered to pay one third of his net income for five years to Dorothy Kilmer, a 19 year old left crippled when he fired a .38 caliber pistol in a night club. He was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon though the jury deemed the shooting accidental.
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Washington
Wayne W. Edmondson
Edmondson
Dorothy Kilmer
Alexander Holtzoff
Dark Is Named Rookie of Year by Baseball Writers
The Baseball Writers Association named Alvin Dark of the Boston Braves rookie of the year with 27 of 48 votes. Gene Bearden of the Cleveland Indians finished second with eight votes, while Richie Ashburn of the Philadelphia Phillies was third with seven votes.
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New York
Baseball Writers Association
Alvin Dark
Boston Braves
Eddie Stanky
Dark
Gene Bearden
Cleveland Indians
Stanky
Jackie Robinson
Brooklyn Dodgers
Braves
Louisiana
Dodgers
Bearden
Boston
Richie Ashburn
Philadelphia Phils
Ashburn
Lou Brissie
Philadelphia Athletics
Bill Goodman
Boston Red Sox
Iron Lung Girl Flying to L A
Miss Celia Survosky of Boston, 38, in an iron lung since 1933, travels by C 54 air evac plane from Warner Robins to Los Angeles. She is guided by Capt. Sara Hall and two technicians with Miss Mary Ankudowicz. A Washington stop allowed a reunion with her two brothers. The trip resumes to San Antonio then California to rejoin her father and sister.
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Macon
Celia Suroosky
Boston
Mass
Warner Robins Air Force Base
Los Angeles
Military Air Transport Service
Sara C. Hall
Fairmont
Mary Ankudowicz
Boston City Hospital
Washington
Miss Survosky
San Antonio
Tex
California
Italy says Russian allies arming in breach of treaties
Foreign Minister Carlo Sforza told the Chamber of Deputies that Hungary Bulgaria and Romania are rearming with Russian aid in violation of peace treaties. He follows similar claims in Britain by C P Hewetts undersecretary for foreign affairs that Bulgaria Romania have exceeded 1946 limits and Hungary may increase its forces.
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Rome
Carlo Sforza
Russia
Balkan
Hungary
Bulgaria
Romania
Chamber of Deputies
House of Commons
C. P. Mayhew
Auburn Cage Team Nets Second Victory In Season Opener
Auburn Tigers beat Birmingham Southern Panthers 40 to 32 at Birmingham. Center Bill Lynn scored 11 points leading Auburn. Forward Bobby Dyer was top scorer for Birmingham Southern with 9 points as Howard College lost to Auburn 57 to 30.
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Birmingham
Ala
Bill Lynn
Auburn Tigers
Birmingham Southern
Panthers
Lynn
Bobby Dyer
Auburn
Howard College
Tigers
Ecuadorean hatmakers claim ringable Panama hat trick
Ecuadorean hatmakers assert a flawless Panama hat can pass completely through an ordinary finger ring without harm to the ring or hat. They showcase the technique amid rumors of alleged magical properties and invite scrutiny from skeptics.
Rug Scuffing Generates Up To 18000 Yoits Of Static
A report notes that rubbing feet across a rug can produce significant static charges reaching about 18000 yoits, illustrating curious electrical potential from everyday movement.
Georgia Leads SEC Star Team With Rauch Unanimous Choice
Georgia quarterback John Rauch is the only unanimous pick on the Atlanta Journal SEC all star team. Florida halfback Chuck Hunsinger Tulane fullback Eddie Price Vanderbilt end Herb Rich and others fill backfield and line positions. Coach of the year honors go to Wallace Butts with Red Sanders and Henry Frnka also receiving votes.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Tulane
Georgia Tech
Mississippi
Vanderbilt
Florida
Atlanta Journal
Today
Guy Tiller
Southern
John Rauch
Rauch
Chuck Hunsinger
Eddie Price
Herb Rich
Rich
Tiller
Joe Gersy
George Broadnax
George Tech
Porter Payne
Paul Lea
Jimmy Crawford
John Clark
Wallace Butts
Henry Frnka
Butts
Red Sanders
Frnka
John Vaught
Mundt Seeks New Hearings On Chambers Case
Rep Mundt plans new hearings and urges swift action as un American activities committee probes continue. A subpoena targets Richard F Cleveland in Baltimore while Whittaker Chambers maintains a long running espionage storyline.
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Ever
Hiss
Baltimore District Court
Stripling
Richard F. Cleveland
Baltimore
Chambers
Rep. Mundt
R-Sd
South Dakota
un-American Activities Committee
Mundt
Senate
Rep
Nixon
R-Calif
Panama
Washington
Baltimore News-Post
News-Paper
Brooklyn
N. Y
Communists urge boycott as East Berlin votes amid restrictions
In East Berlin a communist led mass meeting set a 24 hour notice for a city election while Western officials halted rail and underground service into the Russian sector before 10 am to suppress turnout. Officials report 100000 West Berlin workers in the East may be blocked from polling as British French and American forces adopt a limited security stance.
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East Berlin
Prosecutor Praised by ACLU Leader for Fair Prosecution
ACLU head John Haynes Holmes commends Wetumpka circuit court solicitor Winston Huddleston for charging and convicting John C. Howard Jr. of raping a young Black woman. Holmes says equal justice demands even handling of all offenders and praises Huddleston's fair and forceful prosecution.
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New York
American Civil Liberties Union
Wetumpka
Ala
John Haynes Holmes
Winston Huddleston
Huddleston
John C. Howard Jr
Holmes
Chinese leader seeks U S role in war effort plan
The Generalissimo pushes a three year aid program totaling one billion dollars annually to run China’s war. Ambassador Koo says the first year could split 60 percent military and 40 percent economic aid, with more economic focus if the situation improves. U S officials doubt the three year plan. military estimates for China exceed five billion dollars.
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United States
Koo
State Department
China
Nazi Paul Revere Must Serve Life
The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the life treason sentence for Douglas Chandler 59 of Baltimore known as Paul Revere of Germany wartime propaganda radio. He was fined $10000 after a 1947 trial. the court found the verdict well warranted and the proceedings proper.
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Boston
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Douglas Chandler
Baltimore
Paul Revere
Germany
Chandler
Francis J. W. Ford
Court of Appeals
Apeals Court
Thomas program on farm prices and storage elevators
Thomas outlined a plan to raise price supports through loans near parity, government owned storage elevators for corn and wheat and cotton warehouses, plus wage credits for farm labor and a defense of price supports. He warned that low prices and mood in farm areas could harm the nation and oppose any international wheat controls.
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Thomas
Decatur Fans Attend Alabama Auburn Game in Birmingham
Decatur residents Edward Davies Freddie Shores and others were among fans at the Alabama Auburn game in Birmingham. Several local events and births are noted including a son born to Rev and Mrs John Otha Black in Columbia Tennessee and move plans for the family to Decatur.
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Edward Davies
Freddie Shores
Decatur
Birmingham
John Otha Black
Stanley McDonald
King Daughters Hospital
Columbia
Tenn
Bryan McAfee
Lewis C
Pinky) Brown
Paul
Bud) Brown
Jack Pitts
Auburn
Carter Dobbs
Tide-Tiger
Lawyer Raps Noted Texan in Federal Court Decline
New York December 4 Former Reconstruction Finance Corporation head Jesse H Jones faced sharp claims from William Power Maloney attorney for James A Moffett in a suit against Arabian American Oil Co for 6 million dollars Maloney accused Jones of lying or having an impaired memory as the Moffett case proceeds Jones 74 was ordered to testify but cited a heart ailment while Moffett produced an affidavit asserting late night poker at a club before the deposition.
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New York
Dec
Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
William Power Maloney
James A. Moffett
Moffett
Saudi Arabia
Maloney
Samuel Kaufman
Jones
Kaufman
AFC
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Decatur General Hospital
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Gordon Drive
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el Paso
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