Army waste probe opens on world flight plan
Senator Knowland says Senate defense committee will investigate possible waste in military goods during a month long round the world flight starting tomorrow led by Senator Tunnell and joined by Senator Mitchell. He notes salvaging in WWII saved shipping but warns against unnecessary current waste while acknowledging some items may need destruction such as explosives.
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Washington
Knowland
R.-Calif
Senate
Defense Investating Committee
Senator Tunnell
D.-Del
Mitchell
D.-Wash
Europe
Australia
Mrs Ethel Mars Dies at 57 in California
Mrs Ethel V Mars widow of Frank C Mars founder of Mars Candy and Milky Way Farms died at 57 while visiting La Jolla California She inherited about 2.9 million from Mars and built Milky Way Farms in Pulaski Tennessee into a leading money winner in American racing She had sold the stables last spring after Gallahadian won the Kentucky Derby Milky Way Farms started as a cattle breeding operation in 1931 and later added racing stables.
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LA Jolla
Calif
Ethel V. Mars
Mars Candy Company
Milky Way Farme
Frank C. Mars
Pulaski, Tenn
Milky Way Farms
Former Publisher Dies in Haleyville Alabama
Haleyville Ala Dec 26 P Lakeman 84 retired editor and publisher of The Haleyville Advertiser Journal died in a Russellville hospital He was a native of England settled in Haleyville at 26 and served as post master a charter Civitan member He is survived by a son John Lakeman Haleyville and a daughter Mrs J S Snoddy Russellville
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Haleyville
Ala
P. Lakeman
overtiser-Journal
Russellville
England
Lakeman
Murder in the Own House Drives Superintendent Battle
Superintendent Battle notes a carefully planned murder in a mansion. A cleaned left knob on a fender hides a crucial clue while a yellow item in ivy may fit the puzzle. He questions Mary Aldin about potential inside suspects and considers a motive based on obsession rather than money.
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Superintendent Battle
Jim Leach
Hercule Poirot
Battle
Old Poirot
Jones
Leach
Mary Aldin
Miss Aldin
Hurstall
Mary
Hare
Nevile Strange
Indonesian Leader Narrowly Escapes Assassination in Batavia
Prime Minister Sutan Sjahrir of the Indonesian republic survived a close range shooting when an unidentified assailant fired at his car in Batavia. Police arrested five Eurasians and a Surinamese. attackers halted the vehicle and one gunman fired at Sjahrir, hitting the radiator. Dutch troops reportedly killed and Indonesian houses burned in retaliation on Christmas Eve as tensions rise ahead of possible peace talks after the holidays.
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Batavia
Sutan Sjahrir
Sjahrir
Fall of Snow Spreads Across Regions
Snow spread from Maine to the lakes region toward the Mississippi in a continuing blanket. The heaviest fall yesterday was in upper Michigan and Wisconsin around 12 inches, with Nebraska near that amount. Traffic remained hazy in the snow belt while temperatures rose in the Northeast, though severe cold lingered in the Northern plains with readings from zero to 15 above. Storm warnings were issued from Point Arena to Tatoosh Island as gale winds were forecast.
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Associated Press
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Lakes
Mississippi River
Upper
Michigan
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Mercury
New York
Albany
New England
Boston
Bismarck
N. Dak
Havre
Mont
Point Arena
Calif
Tatoosh Island
Wash
Washington
Chicago
Detroit
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Old St George's Church Damaged by Fire
Philadelphia report says Old St George's Church, a 1769 Methodist shrine and second oldest church in the world, suffered fire damage last night. The building predates the United States by decades, with Bristol chapel in England older.
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Philadelphia
Sports score roundup for multiple games
Nashville 32, Jacksonville 63, Dallas 40, Denver 30, Cheyenne Wyoming 29 reported as a compact scoreboard update reflecting final scores for five games across regions.
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Jacksonville
Dallas
Denver
Cheyenne
Wyo
Color Films Prove Value in Howard Rapf Sees Color Dominance
Hollywood reports MGM producer Harry Rapf believes color films will dominate within five years as color outsells black and white and studios expand tinted production. Cinecolor tests in Star From Heaven show faster printing with two films, while Thomascolor uses three filters and requires projector upgrades with debut planned by next July.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
MGM
Harry Rapf
Rapf
Speake Area Holiday Visitors and Local Residents
Lawrence County notes list Mrs Charles Speake and Mr Leonard Hogan visiting relatives as he completes his discharge after fifty two weeks in the service. Florence residents Christine McLemore Ova Lee Hogan Anne Beck and others are at home for holidays with family. Visitors include Eulas Hill Hart selle townsfolk Helen Swindle and several Kelsoe and Millsap family members visiting in Hart and Decatur areas.
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Nevile
Audrey
Trelawny
Audrey Strange
Nevile Strange
Kay Strange
Mary Aldin
Thomas Royde
Hurstall
Barrett
Andrew MacWhirter
Easterhead Bay
Leonard Hogan
Hogan
Marshal Hogan
Christine McLemore
Florence
Travis McLemore
Ova Lee Hogan
Florence Teachers State College
Anne Beck
Speake
Dorothy Kelsoe
Daily Crossword and Cryptoquote Puzzle Summary
A mixed puzzle page with a 4 by crossword grid, down clues, and a cryptoquote. The clue list includes numerous across and down words such as swan, Silk, oxidant, and various Turkish and Greek terms. The cryptogram reads Remember Christ Our Saviour Who Was Born On Christmas Day a Carol.
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Christ
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Japanese Rear Admiral Sakaibara to be hanged for Wake Island killings
In the Marshall Islands on December 26 a military commission ordered the death by hanging for Rear Admiral Shigamatsu Sakaibara former Wake Island commander and his executive officer Lt Commander Soichi Tachibana for the October 7 1943 mass executions of 98 Pan American Airways civilian employees on Wake Island. The commission also cited Yamashita receiving the death sentence for Philippines atrocities. Sakaibara had acknowledged ordering the killings and urged that those who planned the atomic bombings be treated likewise.
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Sakaibara
Wake Island
Soichi Tachbana
Pan-American Airways
Manila
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Philippines
Japan
Wake
Family News From Lawrence Kelsoe and Chenaults
Lawrence Kelsoe reports Carlton Way on furlough visiting his parents Buck and Mrs Way. Pfc Connie S Chenault has received an honorable discharge and returns home to his parents T J and Mrs Chenault Danville. Chenault served thirty months, overseas twenty six months with the 359th engineers combat battalion in the European theater and earned the Good Conduct Medal five battle stars Victory Medal and Bronze Star.
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Lawrence Kelsoe
Carlton Way
Best-Dressed Title Is Given Best-Dressed Title Is Given
Mrs. Stanley Mortimer retains her title as world’s best dressed woman in the New York Dress Institute poll. The Duchess of Windsor rises from tenth to fifth. other noted names include Mrs. Byron Foy, Mrs. Millicent Rogers, Mrs. Lawrence Tibbett, Valentina, Louise Macy, Rosalind Russell, and Clare Boothe Luce.
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New York
Stanley Mortimer
Duchess of Windsor
New York Dress Institute
Mortimer
Barbara Cushing
John Hay Whitney
Vincent Astor
Byron Foy
Walter Chrysler
Millicent Rogers
H. H. Rogers
Lawrence Tibbett
George Schlee
Valentina
Harry Hopkins
Louise Macy
Rosalind Russell
Robert Sarnoff
Esme O’brien
Clare Boothe Luce
Henry P. Luce
Public burning of opium scheduled in Peiping
Eight hundred sixty thousand ounces of opium seized after Japan's surrender will be publicly burned in the Forbidden City forecourt on New Year's Day. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek ordered the ceremony after a meeting of municipal officials civic leaders priests and missionaries. Sixty thousand ounces will be kept for medical purposes.
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Peiping
Chiang Kai-Shek
Forbidden City
Be Quick To Treat Bronchitis Promotes Creomulsion Remedy
An advertisement urges quick treatment of bronchitis with Creomulsion, claiming its beechwood blend helps expel phlegm and soothe inflamed bronchial tissue, while suggesting rest and a money back offer.
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