Town shifts focus to Christmas in Evanston campaign
Evanston launches a city wide effort to put Christ back into Christmas. Nativity displays appear in department stores, billboards, hotel lobbies and on bus cards after a summer kickoff by local volunteers. Churches chambers and businesses unite, with radio time and public displays promoting the birth of Christ.
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Traffic Group Promises To Get Tough Policy
CHAPEL HILL December 15 A traffic safety conference heard a get tough policy for violators advocated by Gov. Scott and John Park of Raleigh. Scott faulted courts for leniency and said cooperation from other officers was lacking while Park blamed court officials for failing to mete out proper punishment. The 300 attendees favored reeducation and public sentiment to curb highway fatalities and violations with support from Motor Vehicles Commissioner Rosser.
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Scott
John Park
Raleigh
Highway Safety Committee
Park
L. C. Rosser
Highway Patrol
$200000 Blaze Fought In Freezing Pennsylvania Town
A $20000 general alarm fire in Carbondale Pennsylvania during a heavy snowstorm destroyed three commercial buildings and three dwellings. About 200 firefighters from nine communities fought nearly seven hours in 20 degree weather, with hoses frozen and wires downed by ice. The blaze started at Reece Furniture Store, spread to a shoe shop and three homes. all residents were evacuated and sheltered by neighbors.
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Carbondale
Pennsylvania
Reece Furniture Store
Cheaper Not to Smoke Leads to Reckless Driving Fine
In Covelet, Rhode Island, Louis Caruso received a $625 fine after a light from a cigarette caused him to drift, colliding with two trees and causing $600 in damages. The incident resulted in an extra $25 penalty for reckless driving.
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R. I
Louis Caruso
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Canadian Women's Army Corps directive cites man management
Ottawa report notes an army training directive for the Canadian Women's Army Corps outlining instruction on man management. The briefing highlights leadership guidance within the corps and points to gendered command aspects in wartime staffing and morale efforts.
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Ont
Canadian Women's Army Corps
CIA Probes Stalin Mind In Vast American Intelligence
Washington dispatch outlines CIA efforts to forecast Stalin's moves and motives beyond raw military data. It explains national intelligence estimates, interagency collaboration, and the 24 hour duty system, stressing secrecy and the need to know policy uses while avoiding public conclusions.
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Slagle Receives Jail Sentence for Drunkenness
I ll Be Home Bristol Tennessee. Douglas Slagle aged 39 was arrested on a drunkenness charge and pleaded for mercy, saying he had spent the last five Christmases in jail. He received a jail term set to end Christmas Eve.
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Tenn
Douglas Slagle
Expert Sees Big Boost In Robot Brain Supply
CHAPEL HILL December 15 The nation’s top authority on the electronic brain says about 50 of the machines will be in operation within five years, up from three now in Washington and Los Angeles. Dr John H Curtiss chief of the National Applied Mathematical Laboratories warns the country will need thousands more trained mathematicians to prepare problems for the rapid calculators. Dr Harold Hotelling of UNC urges expanded mathematical training to meet future demand and notes weak math programs in the state.
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Stalin
West
CIA
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Kremlin
Russia
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University of North Carolina
Washington, D. C
Los Angeles
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John H. Curtiss
National Applied Mathematical Laboratories
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Hotelling
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Tame Grizzly Causes Panic in Columbus
A three year old bear named Joe caused a panic in Columbus as it played in the snow climbing trees jumping fences and rolling. Police fired shots into the air but the 400 pound bear hid in a chicken house until Edward Davis 18 son of Johnnie Davis who keeps Joe as a pet led the animal out by a chain. The animal’s tameness was vouched for by Davis who said a child could feed him.
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Joe
Edward Davis
Johnnie Davis
Columbus
Davis
Gold Bronze Hair Trend Predicted by Wisconsin Hairdresser
FOND DU LAC Wis Dec 15 UPI A women's hairdresser forecast that the shade known as gold bronze will be the year's most popular. Florian Harvat a member of the hair fashion committee of the National Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Assn predicted gold bronze would be followed by smoke champagne and silver blonde.
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Fond DU Lac
Wis
UPI
Florian W. Harvat
National Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Assn
Escapee’s Clothes Held As Ransom
Miami Beach police seek 21 year old George Norman who left his clothes at the city jail after a jailer was overpowered by Norman and 23 year old James William Cogan. Norman, wanted in Augusta Georgia for grand larceny, telephoned his attorney to collect the clothes and mailed the jailer’s glasses back from Clemson South Carolina. Police say Norman may reclaim the clothes only in person.
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George Norman
Norman
Augusta
James William Cogan
Syracuse
N.Y
August J. Ferguson
Ferguson
Clemson
S. C
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