Lucite tube offers permanent fix for severed arteries
At the American College of Surgeons meeting Dr. Charles A. Hurnagel described lucite tubes to bridge severed aortas. Experiments in animals showed the tubes remained in place after six months, with natural fibers sealing them. The report also notes a daring operation for venous thrombosis in the lower leg.
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Cleveland
American College of Surgeons
Charles A. Hurnagel
Richmond
Ind
Harvard Medical School
Hufnage
Weather outlook for Carolina region turns colder with sun and rain chances
Partly cloudy and mild today in the Carolinas, turning colder this afternoon especially in the west. Tonight will be cold with lows 22 to 26 degrees in the mountains and 26 to 32 in central portions. Wednesday stays fair but colder with an extended forecast showing mostly cloudy skies, possible rain near week’s end, and a gradual warm up by Friday and Saturday. Official readings list temperatures across many cities, highlighting Greensboro 38, Raleigh 41, Wilmington 62, Charleston 68, and other stations with varied rainfall totals.
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North Carolina
Wea
Carolinas
Ender
Sun Ca
Seta
Weather Bureau
Charleston
Charlotte
Chicago
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
Vansville
Galveston
Greensboro
High Point
Jacksonville
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis
Meridian
Miami
Mini St P
Mobile
Mt Mitchell
New Orleans
New York
Raleigh
San Antonio
Franciser
Spartanburg
Tampa
Washington
Wilmington
Governor Cherry Faces Tumult Over Bailey Seat Yes Men Circulate Names
Raleigh December reports a swirl of pressure and speculation as Governor Cherry weighs the succession to late Senator Josiah Bailey. William Umstead looms as front runner if he accepts while Horton is seen as a possible second choice.
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Robert L. Thompson Raleigh
R. Gregg Cherry
Josiah W. Bailey
William Umstead
Owr
Raleigh
Umstead
Erry
Cherry
Wilkins P. Horton
Horton
Pittsboro
W. B.umstead
Durham
Decline in U S Cotton Use Reported for November
Census data shows November cotton consumption at 877 461 bales of lint and 82 321 bales of linters, down from October totals and below November last year. Four month totals reach 3 482 650 lint bales and 344 812 linters, with on hand stocks and spindles noted across states and public storage.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Housing Leaders Scramble Over Truman Home Building Plan
Top housing officials including Frank R. Creedon and Raymond M. Foley met to craft details of a revamped home building program amid controversy. A deputy and a CIO official warned the plan would reduce veteran housing, while Norton E. Long resigns in protest against what he calls business as usual.
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Norton Long
Ashington
Truman
Wilson W. Wyatt
Washington
Frank R. Creedon
National
Raymond M. Foley
National Housing Agency
CIO
Norton E. Long
Ex Spouses In Limelight
West Virginia residents face potential challenges to divorce decrees after Circuit Judge John W. Hereford ruled that divorces granted without the required one month waiting period are invalid. Vivian Holliday's decree against Arthur Holliday was voided, keeping them legally married until further action.
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Huntington
W. Va
West
Bilbo Expected to Tell Side of War Contractors Loans
Senator Theodore G Bilbo of Mississippi is set to testify today before a Senate War Investigating subcommittee. He faces questions about relations with a dozen war contractors who lent money bought him a car funded a lake and contributed over thirty thousand dollars for his 1942 Senate campaign. Chairman Mead said Bilbo would likely be called, with Senator Ferguson agreeing that the moment seems near.
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Washington
Theodore G. Bilbo
Dmiss
Wall Doxey
United States Senate
Law
Mead
D-Ny
Senate
Bilbo
Ferguson
R-Mich
Bilbo Loan Allegation Tied to 1940 Emergency Meeting
Forrest Jackson testified before a Senate subcommittee that friends of Senator Bilbo joined an emergency 1940 meeting to raise funds to repay a $3,000 loan Bilbo took from Abe Shushan of New Orleans. Shushan allegedly threatened to reveal details of the loan.
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Washington
Forrest Jackson
Bilbo
D-Miss
Friends of the Lawmaker
Jackson
Senate
Abe Shushan
New Orleans
Shushan
Bilbo Hearing Delays as Ter ry Seeks To Speak
The committee awaits Edward P. Terry's arrival to hear Bilbo's rebuttal after Terry, Bilbo's former secretary, cites threats. Bilbo plans a written statement while recovering from a mouth operation. Republicans seek momentum to unseat Bilbo as testimony details contractors aiding his Mississippi home and church project emerge. Abe Shushan recalls lending Bilbo $3000 in 1938.
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Bilbo
Edward P. Terry
Terry
Quitman
Miss
Los Bilbo
Senate
Esterday
Mississippi
Poplarville
Juniper Grove Baptist Church
Abe Shushan
New Orleans
Huey Long
Teachers Plan Gatherings In NC Pay Raise Fight
In Charlotte and Hickory this week teachers map strategy for a Raleigh Saturday gathering. An insurgent group seeks more than the 20 percent raise urged by the North Carolina Education Association. Margery Alexander of Charlotte chairs the Raleigh meeting.
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Charlotte
Hickory
Raleigh
North Carolina Education Association
Margery Alexander
Charlotte and
Mecklenburg County
Briton Questions War Office On Arms Talks Report
British Labour MP Ronni Zilliacus pressed War Minister F J Bellenger in the House of Commons over a U S Associated Press claim that Britain and the United States planned to standardize land sea and air weapons. Bellenger said the War Office issued no such statement.
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London
Ronni Zilliacus
House of Commons
Associated Press
Britain
United States
Zilliacus
War Office
U. S
F. J. Bellenger
Bellenger
U.S
Youthful Gang Taken Into Custody in Denver
In Denver a highly organized youth gang comprising 20 teens was detained by police. The group, including four 14-year-old girls, divided the city into districts for thefts. Loot over $5,000 reportedly included typewriters, autos, and clothing. 18 members are 16 or younger, with the youngest 12.
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Denver
Phil Thompson
Thompson
40-Below Heat Wave Ends as Yukon Schools Reopen
In Dawson Yukon Territory on December 17 the weather moderated from 40 below allowing schools to reopen after a month of closures. Last week temperatures reached official 61 and unofficial 70 below zero with wood shortages feared as haulers quit.
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Dawson
Yukon Territory
Yukon
Battle roils Bulgaria Greece front as Ortakio aflame
Athens reports the Bulgarian village Ortakio ablaze amid three battles along the Greek bulge near the Turkish border. Guerrilla forces suffered heavy casualties with reports of 33 killed and 20 slain in separate engagements near Trifyllion Didimotikon and Souphli.
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Athens
Ortakio
Turkey
Bulgaria
Greece
Trifyllion
Komotini
Didimotikon
Souphli
Orestias
Bulikes
Yugoslavia
Cold Wave Sweeps Nation With Subzero Readings
A broad cold air mass moved across the country driving temperatures below zero in many areas and bringing new snow up to nine inches. Forecasters warned of continued subnormal temperatures into the week with gusty winds, near blizzard conditions in parts of the upper Midwest, and zero readings reaching northern Iowa and extreme northern Illinois by morning.
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Plains
Great Lakes
Ohio
Mississippi
Eastern Seaboard
New England
Cold Belt
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Upper
Michigan
Chicago
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Dulaith
Minn
Iowa
Ilinois
North Dakota
Pembina
Grand Forks
Minot
Pacific Coast
Parte
Texas
CIO Top Unions Begin Wage Talks With Undisclosed Demands
Pittsburgh December 17 CIO wage talks open with United Steelworkers and United Electrical unions representing 1.45 million workers. United Auto Workers plans a 23 cent hourly raise for 900,000 members. Murray says individual unions set demands. Reuther heads to New York as talks resume.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
United Auto Workers
Philip Murray
Steelworkers
Murray
Albert J. Fitzgerald
Electrical Union
Walter Reuther
Auto Workers
Reuther
New York
Auto Workers Board
Woman Shot To Death On Busy Street
NORRISTOWN Pa Dec 17 Mrs Helen Grant a 34 year old waitress and mother of four was shot to death in a crowded shopping district as bystanders watched Police Chief Robert Reilly said Thomas Grant a 46 year old brewery worker was charged with murder after walking into a police station nearby and confessing I just shot my wife with the gun he handed over and apologized that a taxicab driver she was seeing triggered the incident
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Norristown
Helen Grant
Robert Reilly
Thomas Grant
Reilly
Charlotte Man In Legal Post
Raleigh December 17 A Charlotte lawyer will serve as North Carolina state chairman representing young lawyers in the American Bar Association Joseph W Grier Jr a discharged serviceman and former staffer to Federal Judge John J Parker will hold the chair Harry L Riddle Jr a Morganton attorney was named to the committee on relations with law students of the ABA junior bar conference as part of the appointment set by William R Eddlemann national secretary seated in Seattle
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Raleigh
Charlotte
North Carolina
American Bar Association
William R. Eddieman
Seattle
Wash
Joseph W. Grier, Jr
John J. Parker
Fourth Court of Appeals
Eddleman
Harry L. Riddle, Jr
Morganton
Junior Bar Conference
ABA
Baruch pushes US atomic plan at United Nations
LAKE SUCCESS N Y Dec 17 Bernard Baruch urged the United Nations atomic energy commission to approve the U S plan for harnessing the atom saying the long debates must end and action is needed He noted the commission must draft recommendations for the Security Council by Dec 31 Baruch defended the American proposal for international controls and inspections though Moscow previously rejected them and cited Molotov’s recent openness to inspections in general assembly discussions He stressed the priority of atomic energy control as the key to broader disarmament efforts and urged prompt fulfillment of the plan with practical steps.
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Lake Success
N. Y
P'Bernard My
Baruch
United Nations Atomic Energy Commissions
United States
Atomic Energy Commission
United Nations Security Council
Unite Nations General Assembly
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Ter
Ernest Bevin
Britain
James F. Byrnes
Assembly
Byrnes
United Nations
General Assembly
Andrei A. Gromyko
Russia
V. M. Molotov
Hosiery Mill operates at 50 percent amid union vote strike
Greensboro workers at the Mock Judson Voehringer hosiery mill are on a partial, 50 percent shift after a midnight strike over a union election. The IAMHWF CIO vote seeks representation and the contract dated November 26, 1945 may be extended until the labor board certifies the election results. The mill runs at half strength except in the knitting department.
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Greensboro
Mock
Judson
Voehringer Company
Incal 156
American, Federation of Hosiery Workers
C.I
National Labor Relations Board
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