Northwest Flood Threat Bites Oregon Widens
AP reports a Willamette Valley flood crest endangers farms and cities from Albany to Oregon City with four deaths and hundreds displaced. High water blocks highways while Red Cross aids move evacuees from Glenwood Eugene to campus and fairgrounds.
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Corvallis
Salem
Oregon City
Willamette
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Jefferson
Santiam River
Red Cross
Glenwood
Eugene
University of Oregon
Lane County Fairgrounds
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Springfield
Webb Ashford road added to Houston County paving plan
The Houston County Board votes to include about four miles of the Ashford Webb road in the spring paving program after a 30 farmer petition. John Ingram chairs the group stating 60 families live on or near the road. The board also awards a $36,482 contract to B F Williams Construction for the Watson Bridge road paving from Webb to Kingey. The board approves widening a road from Snell's store to the Geneva County line.
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John Ingram
Perry Calhoun
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B. F. Williams Construction Company
Ozark
Watson Bridge
Webb
Kingey
Williams
Snell's
Geneva County
Knife Killing Probed in Montgomery Cafe Fracas
Montgomery Sheriff investigates a knife killing at a roadside cafe near Oda in Elmore County. Victim Lawrence Bazell, 19, of Autauga County, died from wounds after a brawl. James Harris, 19, of Tallassee is detained without charges as details remain unclear.
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Sherriff's
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Autausaty
G. A. Mosley
James F. Harris
Tallassee
Bazell
Oda
Elmore County
Award Night Set For Wiregrass Fans At Dothan High
Wiregrass and Dothan football fans are told to expect over 800 tonight at eight in the Dothan High School auditorium as William A Alexander will deliver The Eagle's third annual sportsmanship award to the Rehobeth Rebels. The banquet starts at 6:30 at the Houston Hotel with coaches principals players and dignitaries in attendance. The program at the high school will be broadcast by WAGF and WDIG.
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Bill) Alexander
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Panthers
Regional college plan eyed for the South at Savannah
Southern educators propose a regional college program with a 3 to 4 million dollar initial funding and 14-state participation to fund medical veterinary training research and graduate studies. Governors consider a 2 million dollar pioneering share while Kentucky declines to join.
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Southern Regional Council For Education
Kentucky
Dixie State
John R. Steelman
Truman
Preston Lane
Maryland
National Guard
Beauford Jester
Texas
Tideland Oil
Meharry Medical School
Nashville
Tenn
Typewriter used in copying secret papers may tag spies
Congressional spy investigators pursue a 1937 1938 machine believed to copy stolen government documents for a Red ring. The House un American Activities Committee weighs announcements by Mundt while Nixon tours New York to view Whittaker Chambers microfilms. Officials offer no comment on the typewriter or clues tied to Alger Hiss relatives as debates over who investigates intensify.
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Washington
House un-American Activities Committee
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R-Sc
Whittaker Chambers
Robert E. Stripling
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Rep
R-Cajis
Justice Departent
Justice Department
States Electors Cast Their Vote For Dixiecrats
Alabama's 11 electoral votes were cast for the States' Rights ticket. The electors met in the State Secretary's office and chose J. Strom Thurmond for president and Fielding Wright for vice president. They issued a statement praising the movement as a protest against federal interference and urged caution on any change to the electoral college.
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Alabama
Sibyl Pool
J. Strom Thurmond
Fielding Wright
Mississippi
Chosing
Five Die and Dozen Hurt in Loop Hotel Fire
A flash fire on the fifth floor of the Victoria Hotel in Chicago left five dead and 12 injured. Bell boys Sanders Davis and Rudolph Taylor alerted guests as smoke filled corridors. Causes remain undetermined. the hotel dates to 1883 and 202 guests stayed on site that night.
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Chicago
Victoria Hotel
Loop District
Otto Dahl
Sanders Davis
Rudolph Taylor
William James Keane
Eugene Oyler
Allan McCullough
Richard W. Kline
Xenia
Richard I. Alven
Austin
Minn
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Keane
Capitol Hotel
Victoria
Fire Escapes Vanish From Barry Public School
In Pittston Pennsylvania a mystery grips the town as 60 feet of fire escapes for 150 pupils are missing from Barry public school. A neighbor says they were in place three weeks ago while a state inspector could not find them last week. School board members react with surprise and confusion.
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Pittston
Barry
Martin Golden
Martin Quinn
China Regarded As Certain Loss By Hightower
Washington reports say the United States plans to write off China as an almost certain loss while focusing on a non Communist Western Europe. Chiang Kai-shek’s mission to Washington is viewed as a failure and American policy leans toward building a North Atlantic military alliance to deter Soviet aggression.
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Europe
Canada
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Immediate Drive On Nanking Seen In Red Activity
AP wires report Chiang Kai shek faces a looming crisis as Red forces in Hwai River sector threaten the 12th army group. Losses around Suhsien shrink the 32nd and trap troops, while supplies fail and pilots struggle to deliver aid. Red radio claims the sixth army halted near Pengpu, with mopped up 12th remnants.
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Chiang Kaishek
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Hwai River
Yangtze River
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Suhsien
Chinese Communist Radio
Sixth Army
Pengpu
12Th
Red
U S Aid To China Halted If Communists Take Over
In Shanghai Paul Hoffman of the ECA said American relief to China would stop if the Chinese Communists seized control. He noted a coalition government could prompt continued aid. Also 860 to 1,000 U S Marines from the Western Pacific fleet at Tsingtao were ordered to reinforce Shanghai aboard the Bayfield this week.
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Economic Cooperation Administration
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Tsingtao
Bayfield
Shangshei
Oscar Turn
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Lilienthal Sees Atomic Energy as a Boon for Mankind
In a Washington interview David E. Lilienthal, head of the Atomic Energy Commission, argues atomic energy will benefit humanity and not destroy civilization. He says there is ample uranium, that radiation risks are being addressed, and that the commission must advance civilian power while coordinating with the military to improve bomb development.
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David FE
Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
The
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Civilian Commission
Military
Lilenthal
Civilian Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
David E. Lilienthal
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tomic Energy Commission
Lesslie R. Groves
Natumal
Santa Claus At Party For 11 000 Children
Ayers Santa Claus in the form of Police Chief Ernest Downing hosted an outdoor Christmas party for 11 000 children and parents at Devens College. He plans to visit hospitalized and homebound kids in Ayer and nearby areas with gifts before Christmas, with police and fire crews assisting. A helicopter arrival sparkled a parade with a trailer sleigh, ponies, clowns, animals, and mounted riders as thousands of gifts were distributed by local merchants and groups. Downing runs programs to curb juvenile delinquency including camping and outdoor skills in the year.
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Ayers
Santa Claus
Devens College
Santa
Ernest Downing
Chief Doowning
Soldiers Sailors To Pay Income Tax Starting Jan 1st
Army and Navy paymasters will begin withholding federal income tax from all ranks next month. Only Congress action to renew wartime tax exemption can prevent the change, as the exemption ends automatically at midnight December 1.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Congress
Russians Bitter After U.N. Adjourns in Paris Clash
Soviet deputy foreign minister Andrei Vishinsky denounced Western efforts and warned the session would be remembered as wrecking international cooperation. The U.N. Assembly endorsed South Korea, renewed a Korean commission, and will reconvene in New York on April 1, 1949.
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United Nations General Assembly
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Britain
United States
John Foster Dulles
Vishinsky
Sweden
Republic of Korea
South Korea
U.N
Vishniksy
Princess Lucy Cotton Dies in Apparent Sleeping Pill Overdose
Miami AP report says Lucy Cotton Bristain Thitcherine, famed Broadway socialite and owner of the McGadden-Deauville Hotel, died after an apparent overdose of sleeping tablets. A butler found her in a coma. she later died at St Francis Hospital. Detective Deas noted an empty sleeping pill bottle on her dresser. The princess had five marriages and held the title from exiled Prince Vladimer Eristavi Tchitcherine.
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Miami, Fla
Lucy Cotton Bristain Thitcherine
Toast of
Broadway
Miami Beach
Venetian Way
St. Francis Hospital
John Deas
Miami
Vladimer Eristavi Tchitcherine
New York
Yule Parties Planned for German Children in Berlin
Berlin reports Americans will host 220 Christmas parties for 80 000 German children financed by 18090 from the local American community and 2000 from U S contributors.
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