King George VI Raises Six New Peers in New Year Honors
Britain’s King George VI boosted the peerage with six new members including Viscount Alexander, defense minister. Four labor MPs were made barons, with a fifth baron, Sir Alexander Bilsland, a Glasgow banker. Knighthoods were granted to 35, and byes may be avoided if a general election occurs soon.
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George VI
Britain
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Joseph Henderson
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Attlee
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Sir Alexander Steven Bilsland
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Scottish Council
Leslie Banks
New York
Viscount Alexander
Former Resident W R McGregor Dies in St Louis
Friends here regret news of the death in St Louis Sunday of W R McGregor 88 formerly in retail groceries here He farmed in Leighton Town Creek area before moving to Decatur The body will be sent to Memphis for burial at Memorial Park Cemetery Wednesday at 2 30 PM
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W. R. McGregor
Mr. McGregor
Leighton Town’ Creek
Decatur
Memphis
Memorial Park Cemetery
Great Falls Is Coldest Spot In Nation
The Associated Press reports a cloudy wet New Year’s day across most of the United States with Montana, Northern Wyoming and Idaho featuring snow and winter conditions. Great Falls Montana registered the nation’s coldest temperature at 30 below early Monday while Miami reached 69.
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New England
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Idaho
Rockies
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Seattle
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Mont
Miami
Duck's Gizzard Yields Nuggets Of Raw Gold
In American Falls Idaho on January 2 7 young Ruben Butler shot a duck that may have laid a golden egg. He gave the bird to friend Bob Lee who passed it to neighbors Mr and Mrs C V
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American Falls
Idaho
Ruben Butler
Congress Returns to Open Final Session Before 1951 Elections
Washington braces for a new congressional session starting tomorrow noon as senators and representatives return from recess. Hearings and debates will resume with packed hearings rooms, staffers, and crowds touring the Capitol as life in the capital quickens ahead of the 1951 elections.
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Congress
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Senate
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States
Capitol
Mrs Sweet Finds Five Gold Nuggets in Bird Gizzard
Mrs Sweet spills gizzard contents and five gold pieces roll out. The largest nugget is described as wide as a toothpick end and a quarter inch long. Her 87-year-old husband laments never finding real gold and wonders where the duck came from. The piece also notes cattlemen in the U S are mostly small operators with under 200 head.
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Sweet
Britons Halt Plan For Loan
Britain's Colonial Development Corporation ended negotiations for a 5 million dollar loan from the International Bank, citing disagreement on terms. A brief statement said the board could not accept non-financial covenants and supervisory provisions tied to the loan.
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London
Britain
Colonial Development Corporation
International Bank Today
International Bank
Folsom Silent On Firing Two Officials in Parole Board Shakeup
Montgomery Ala Jan 2 The Birmingham News reports Gov James E Folsom plans to remove two parole board members Vinson and Drinkard and shift them to other state jobs after a series of parole grants the News claims. Board Chairman Howell Turner would remain since appointed by former Gov Sparks.
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James E. Folsom
Birmingham News
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Retary L. B
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Howell Turner
Cha Sparks
State Senate
Drinkard
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