Tribute mark to Pressly as family doctor of the year
West, D. C. December 11 17 tributes paid to Dr W L Buck Pressly named the AMA family doctor of the year in a memorial hall gathering at Erskine College. Doctors and patients recalled his psychosomatic approach and 33 years of service to thousands including 4200 births.
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Young
Erskine College
Memorial Hall
College
Strom Thurmond
Gridiron Club
Washington
Cedric Foster
Boston
Hugh Smith
Greenville
South Carolina
Council of the American Medical Association
Colorado
Ernest Murdock
Anderson County
E. J. Wright
Saylors Crossroads
Noggie Vause
Pressly
Alabama Finance Report Shows Liquor and Education Fund Shifts
The annual report notes Beecesly liquor receipts rose to 48.87 million while the special education trust fund jumped to 55.94 million due to sales tax, larger appropriations, and income tax transfers. Highway Department spending reached 33.99 million as transfers netted last year 210.19 million.
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Alabama
ABC
Alabama Special Education Trust Fund
Highway Department
University of Alabama
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Witnesses testifying as grand jury subpoenas extend to Dozen
Dozen former State Department figures, including Wadleigh and Hiss brothers, remain under grand jury subpoenas to testify. The unAmerican Activities Committee released 21 documents, some marked strictly confidential, showing prewar diplomatic memos and Britain’s naval plans cited by Chambers in his defense against Hiss.
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Wadleigh
State Department
Grand Jury
Hiss Brothers
Hisses
unAmerican Activities Committee
France
William C. Bullitt
Japan
Joseph C. Grew
Poland
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle Jr
House
Britain
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Alger Hiss
Hitler
Chambers
Hiss
Herschel V
Johnson
U. S
London
Lord Chatfield
Veterans Administration
Mundt
Maryland
House Committee
Baltimore
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Grew
Tokyo
Cordell Hull
China
Hull
Robert Leslie Craigie
Koki Hirota
Hirota
Craigie
Far East
Austria
Germany
United States
Convicts Fail To Escape Pen
WALLA WA L H Dec 11 Guards last night captured two convicts trying to tunnel from the Washington state prison. Prison officials called it one of the most desperate escape attempts in years. Harry Callas serving 10 years for robbery and Amada Caden a life for first degree murder were trapped, then recaptured when guards drilled into the tunnel.
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Walla
Wash
Washington State Prison
P. A. Kelly
Kelly
Harry Callas
Amada Cadena
Safety Campaign Aims To Cut Holiday Car Fatalities
Chicago officials report a nationwide drive by 776 college publications to promote safe driving during Christmas vacations. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty and the National Safety Council organized the effort with college editors. President H L Kemper notes holiday crashes rise over 50 percent and youth drivers riskier behavior due to accessing parents cars and limited vacation time.
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Chicago
Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company
National Safety Council
H. L. Kemper
Sparkman backs Gossett Lodge plan to scrap electoral college
Alabama Senator Sparkman backs the Gossett Lodge proposal to abolish the electoral college and divide a state's votes by percentage of the popular vote. It aims to boost the South and give third parties a chance, while arguing it would curb minority domination and encourage nationwide candidate selection. Local electors differ on tampering with the system.
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Sparkman
Gossett-Lodge
Rep. Gossett
D-Tex
Senator Lodge
R-Mass
Alabama
South
Mason- Dixon Line
Dixie
Folsom
American Army Supplies Education Gear for Austrian Schools
American Army Headquarters in Vienna has purchased 20000 dollars worth of equipment for Austrian schools in the occupied zone. The funds come from a congressional appropriation for education rehabilitation and the items include seven film projectors, 15 sewing machines, 10 wood and metal working lathes, 97 desks and chair units, and 28 other classroom furniture pieces.
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Vienna
Dec
Austria
Truman Backs Housing Plan From Mayors Conference
A six point plan for public housing urged by the U S Conference of Mayors received a cordial reception from President Truman in Washington. The plan calls for 800000 public housing units by 1953, rent controls, slum clearance, higher FHA mortgage limits, federal education aid, and traffic relief. Mayor George W Welsh led the delegation and said Truman gave a very favorable reception but did not commit to a specific plan for Congress.
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Washington
U. S. Conference of Mayors
Truman
Federal Housing Administration
Mayors’ Organization
George W. Welsh
Grand Rapids
Mich
Welsh
Congress
Kind County Provides Comfort to Isolated Boy in Jail
The boy, kept in a cell to prevent abuse by older prisoners, received a compassionate visit from Miss Clovis Babler after Miss Nancy Gillespie appealed. Babler offered fruit, drinks, candy, and comforting words, soothing his sorrow as he faced confinement while peers attend Sunday school.
Santas For Rent Brings Christmas Cheer To Homes
Grant E. Biddle of Rockford rents Santa Claus for Christmas Eve toy deliveries. Ten he stands, in bright suits with marcelled whiskers, visiting homes to distribute gifts from doll houses to a kitten. The "Santas" are professionals by day, joining in festive service by night.
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Rockford
Ill
Grant E. Biddle
Santa Claus
Biddle
St. Nicks
Santa
Carewell
Sonal
Parcel post to Russian zone Berlin suspended in Switzerland
Swiss post office announced indefinite suspension of parcel post from Switzerland to the Russian zone of Germany and all Berlin sectors due to transport difficulties.
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Bern
Switzerland
Germany
Berlin
Czech Football Pools Debate in Czechoslovakia
Prague Dec 11 The Staska football pools scheme faced opposition over economic and moral concerns as it neared trial in Czechoslovakia. Critics said it disrupted factory output while workers, initially predicting Sunday results, shifted to gambling worries as prizes were cut from $40 000 to $2 000.
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Prague
Staska
Czechoslovakia
Diplomatic row fuels Romanian espionage trials
The article details a crackdown amid East West tensions where six foreign service members from the United States Britain and Romania faced trials from October 22 to 31. Romanian defendants included business leaders and professionals linked to alleged espionage and economic sabotage in conspiracy with US and British officials. Sentences ranged from 15 years to life at hard labor.
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Ilenry P. Lieverich
Legation
Bucharest
John R. Lovell
Charles, Robinson
William Watson
Grigore Pretoteasa
Alexandru Lazarenu
Washington
State Department
United States
Britain
Ayevette
Max Ausnit
Malay Man and Wife Die in Tiger Attack
In KOTA TINGGI JOHORE, a Malay man and his wife were killed by a tiger after a night disturbance near their thatch hut. The husband confronted the noise from fowls, the tiger leaped, and the wife fought back with a parang until both were slain. Neighbors later wounded the tiger in the jungle.
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Kota Tinggl
Johore
Federation of Malaya
Earl Bartholome Plays 16th Pro Hockey Season
Earl Bartholome, forward for the Minneapolis Millers in the U S Hockey League, is entering his 16th season as a professional hockey player.
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Earl Bartholome
Minneapolis Millers
Wall Street Ends Week With Highest Average In Three Weeks
The market rose to its best levels in three weeks as year end tax selling winds down and investment buying rises. Radio and TV stocks led gains with Radio Corp and Magnavox among movers while Atlas Corp bought the minimum 200,000 shares. Carolina Power and Light fell after news of the syndicate abandoning price restrictions.
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William D. Horgan
New York
Wall Street
Associated Press
Radio Corp
Magnavox
Admiral Corp
Farnsworth Television
Electric and Musical Industries Ltd
Barnsdale Oil
Atlas Corp
Atlantic Gulf and West Indies
Carolina Power and Light
Markets at a Glance: Soybeans Lead Declines
A heavy selling wave drove soybean contracts down 10 cents, the daily limit, with broad losses across grains and livestock. Cotton futures eased amid liquidation and hedging as grains weakened, while hogs and cattle remained nominally steady in unsettled trading.
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New York
Chicago
Local residents and visitors aid Decatur on weekend
J H Sanders of Talucah and H B Peete of Athens were in Decatur on Saturday on business. L D Hollingsworth and family returned home after two weeks with their son. Thomas Angle of Falkville greeted friends here. Sebren Garner of Hartselle and Carl Gibson’s wife visited Shelbyville. Multiple ambulance moves and arrests for drunkenness, licenses, and vagrancy marked county activity. A roller skating ring is planned on upper Second Avenue using Delano Park material. Local officials report several residents ill or in hospital and multiple births at Decatur General Hospital.
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Fred Rost
Upper Second Avenue
Southeastern Metals
Gordon-Bibb
Delano Park
Changes in Norway fauna as wolves and bears rise
Oslo reports a Norwegian expert Dr O Olstad notes significant shifts in wildlife. Bears and wolves are increasing while some species grow rarer. Wolves threaten reindeer herds and sheep in mountains, especially in Finmark where many reindeer are bred by Lapps.
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Oslo
Norway
O. Olstad
Finmark
Olstad
Mountain climbers hear rock health in spikes
In Boulder Colorado Charles Hutchinson Jr notes a sound from hammered spikes signaling rock health. Climbers drive pistons into crevices to test stability and anchor ropes. Experienced mountaineers collect pistons. Swiss spikes fetch good money.
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Boulder
Colo
Charles Hutchinson
Rockies
Seas Mountain
Villanova Basketball Players Seek Varsity Posts in 1947-48
Nine members of Villanova's 1947-48 basketball squad are back bidding for varsity posts this season.
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Villanova
United Nations Debates Palestine Conciliation Plan Amid Vote
In the UN political committee Arabs and Russians led a 21 against conciliation but fell to 15 in the final tally. Dulles urged approval with amendments, including election of the commission by the assembly. Nations consider references to the partition plan and Bernadotte’s mediation while discussing boundary settlements.
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Palestine
Folke Bernadotte
Ralph Bunche
Security Council
Holy Land
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Estern
Russia
Greece
India
Iran
Porsche
Turkey
Burma
Siam
John Foster Dulles
U. S
Hector McNeil
Vishinsky
Herbert V. Evatt
Vincent Auriol
France
United States
Britain
Bernadotte
Dulles
Australia
Brazil
Canada
China
Colombia
New Zealand
Costa Rican proposal to restore prior situation in dispute
Costa Rica parties to restore the situation as it existed prior to the outbreak. If the disputants heed the order, the foreign ministers can recommend peaceful measures to resolve the dispute. Esquivel said his nation will formalize the request for the first invocation of the treaty when the council meets next week.
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Esquivel
Chiropractic span of care claims broad health benefits
The text argues chiropractic is not limited to specific ailments and lists many conditions it claims to have treated successfully, including heart trouble, headaches, asthma, bronchitis, arthritis, and digestive, nervous, and skin disorders. It emphasizes a comprehensive scope of practice and practitioner confidence in chiropractic effectiveness.
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Chiropractic
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