Sterilization Call Sparks British Controversy
Bishop of Birmingham urges Britain to sterilize the unfit and make birth control national policy. He cites 6 to 10 percent mentally deficient, advocates large scale medically controlled sterilization and restricted immigration to curb overpopulation amid welfare state concerns. He also mentions support for eugenic euthanasia for defective babies.
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E. W. Barnes
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British Isles
England
West Indies
Dr. Barnes
India
South Africa
Europe
Aviation crashes push toll past two hundred in peacetime
The Dallas crash plus a string of late October to November air disasters have raised the civilian and military aviation death toll to over 200. Notable losses include an Eastern Air Lines flight and a P-38 near Washington and several B-29s involved in multiple accidents across the US and Atlantic.
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Eastern Air Lines
Washington, D.C
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Azores
North Africa
Scandinavia
Oslo
Sweden
U.S. Air Force
Atlantic
Bermuda
Tampa Bay
Is Russia Preparing for the Kill Titoism Threat?
The Cominform calls for overthrow of Tito in Belgrade as Moscow signals a broader purge plan across Poland Romania Hungary and other Communist parties. Western experts warn of a staged Western attack with the Red Army massed on Yugoslav borders. Tito warns a Soviet assault could trigger a world war.
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Czechoslovakia
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France
Italy
Tito
Cominform
Moscow
New York
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Yugoslavia
Russia
Four New Year bowls set as national title is not decided
The four major bowls Rose California faces Ohio State, Cotton North Carolina meets Rice, Orange features Santa Clara against Kentucky, and Sugar pits Oklahoma against Louisiana State. Notre Dame and Army do not play in postseason.
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California
Oklahoma
Notre Dame
Army
Insurance taxes rise for bosses and workers next year
Beginning January first, both bosses and workers will pay 50 percent more in social insurance taxes on wages up to 3,000 dollars. The current 1 percent rate remains for now, with a House bill pending in the Senate that would raise premiums and benefits. The proposal would lift the rate to 1.5 percent on earnings up to 3,600 dollars, increasing the combined contribution by eighteen dollars at that level.
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Senate
AEC
Eniwetok Proving Grounds
Quotes From Figures On Freedom And War
Countess Edda Ciano speaks of birth and secrets behind her Mussolini lineage. Milwaukee Sentinel publisher Frank L. Taylor defends a free press as a strong, timely voice. Viscount Montgomery emphasizes peace through economic and military strength, noting wars are caused by others.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Vield Marshal Viscount Montgomery
Western Union
Shostakovich Debuts Forest-Themed Oratorio in Moscow
Composer Dmitri Shostakovich presents Song of the Forests, praising Stalin's reforestation plan. The Moscow debut featured orchestra, chorus, a boys choir and two male soloists amid praise from Sztvestia for a decisive shift toward Socialist Realism.
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Stalin
Moscow
Sztvestia
Staligod
Komsomols
Oklahoma City Toy Philanthropist Plans Global Santa Drive
Santa Dan Vinson, a 65 year old Oklahoma City businessman, operates a warehouse with over 300000 toys to donate. He has written prison wardens in the United States Canada and Mexico inviting inmates to request gifts for their children. All donations will be marked From Dad and he aims for a bigger campaign this year.
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Oklahoma City
Santa Claus
Vinson
United States
Canada
Mexico
Strength for Peace Is American Policy
Speaking in London on the way to Paris for a meeting of Atlantic Alliance defense ministers, Johnson says the U S will remain ready at four in the morning to deter aggression and that strength brings peace. Paris talks focus on a defense line from the Arctic to the Aegean with options across Germany and France borders. The Western Union bloc Britian France Belgium Luxembourg and the Netherlands seeks rapid collective aid. President Truman to release nearly a billion dollars in arms and funds once plans are approved.
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Johnson
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Agean
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Pyrenees
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France
Belgium
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Netherlands
December Dates Mark Anniversaries and Global Events
The week lists events from December 5 to December 16 including anniversaries of notable dates, the American Medical Association meeting in Washington, the Pearl Harbor attack memory, the opening of an international exposition in Port au Prince, and the Australian election.
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American Medical Association
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Nehru Links India Non Alignment to Washington Founders
Prime Minister Nehru, back in New Delhi from an America visit, framed India’s nonalignment as aligned with Washington’s early isolationist policy. In a legislative speech, he said U S appreciation for India’s stance showed Americans raised in that tradition understood and valued the approach. He denied seeking any secret deals and asserted goodwill efforts succeeded.
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Jawaharlal Nehru
New Delhi
America
George Washington
Legislative Assembly
Nehru
United States
Washington
Uranium mine blaze reports differ in casualties
A British licensed Berlin paper reports 2000 dead in an east German uranium mine fire. A day later a Red Army newspaper in Berlin says casualties are minor, 19 with light smoke poisoning. Other items note Benjamin J Davis Jr ousted as NYC councilman, US warns UN about China, and Chinese Nationalist ships shelling an American merchant off Shanghai.
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Berlin
East Germany
Red Army
Lifting the Veil of Secrecy at Atomic Energy Conference
The Atomic Energy Commission opened a series of monthly news briefings signaling a shift toward public disclosure of atomic developments. AEC chief David Lilienthal's imminent departure is noted as President Truman tightens secrecy rules amid charges of leaks.
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Russia
David F. Lilienthal
ABC
Lilienthal
Truman
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
AEC
Great Britain
Johnson
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