Denfeld Refuses Lesser Post Amid Naval Row
Admiral Louis E. Denfeld rejects the proposed commander in chief role of U S naval forces in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. He accuses secretary Matthews of untrustworthy conduct and says loyalty questions would undermine confidence in his leadership. His bitter letter was released by the navy as Congress returns next month.
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Washington
Louis FE
Denfeld
Naval Operations
Congress
Navy
Matthews
Defense Department
U. S. Naval
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Truman
Armed Services Committee
House of Representatives
Frank Discus
New York Mayor Weds Elizabeth Sloan Simpson in Florida
Stuart Florida December 20 Mayor William O Dwyer of New York and Elizabeth Sloan Simpson were married at St Josephs Catholic church in a brief ceremony conducted by Rev Timothy J Geary. O Dwyer 59 and his Texas born bride 33. The city named William O Dwyer Day and proclaimed him honorary mayor. The service lasted eight minutes and the couple spoke their vows quietly.
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Stuart
Fla
William O'Dwyer
New York
Elizabeth Sloan Simpson
St Joseph's Catholic Church
Timothy J. Geary
O'Dwyer
City Commission
Father Geary
Miss Simpson
State Seeks $5 Million to Cover Spending Deficit
North Carolina assistant budget director recommended borrowing $5,000,000 to cover a temporary general fund shortfall. The loan would likely be arranged in January, with deficits projected at 414,178 by month end, 3,549,178 by end of January, and 4,729,178 by end of February.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
D. S. Coltrane
Scott
Coltrane
Eugene Shaw
Henry Bridges
Brandon Hodges
Bridges
Rural Phone Program Set to Begin Soon
The Rural Electrification Administration expects to launch its rural telephone loan program after weeks of talks with rural leaders telephone companies and farm groups. Final forms not announced yet but an official statement says action may come soon. About 700 inquiries from established rural telephone firms and many more from new groups and individual farmers seeking service have been received. The program authorizes 25 million dollars.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
REA
Congress
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Maryland
Delaware
Ronnie Pitts Convicted in Sweetheart's Father Slaying
In Jackson Mississippi on December 20 Ronnie Pitts an 18 year old youth was convicted of murdering Perry Henderson father of his sweetheart Anna. The jury recommended life imprisonment the state had sought the death penalty and Mississippi law requires the judge to follow the verdict in sentencing.
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Jackson, Miss
Ronnie Pitts
Perry Henderson
Anna
Mississippi
Grand Jurors Probe Maragon Case Amid Senate Inquiry
Grand jurors heard from nearly a dozen witnesses as they consider possible perjury charges against Johan Maragon the former shoe shiner who rose to prominence and befriended Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughan. The case stems from the five percent fee based senate probe into government contracts.
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Washington
Johan Maragon
White House
Senate
Truman
Harry Vaughan
Maragon
Vaughan
Fugitive learns patrolman he claimed to kill survived
A Kansas City itinerant horeshoer, Paul L. Lovey, learned a police officer he said he killed in 1914, J. B. Merritt, survived. Lovey, 54, was brought to Kansas City after telling Las Vegas officers he killed the patrolman and was identified by a 1914 clipping.
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Kansas City
Horeshoer
Paul L. Lovey
Lovey
Las Vegas
Nev
Kansas City Star
Jacobs
Truman And Barkley May Head Democratic Ticket In 1952
President Truman returns from Florida to Washington to push the fair deal agenda in a State of the Union style push. He plans cabinet discussions and is set to stump for supporting candidates in 1950 elections while weighing tax and budget moves. He will spend Christmas with family in Independence before completing the budget and economic messages.
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Truman and
Barkley May
Key West
Fla
Truman
Washington
Florida
Boca Chica
Congress
Wallace H. Graham
White House
Independence
State of the Union
Truman Barkley ticket seen as likely 1952 option
Washington predicts a Truman-Barkley encore for 1952 if Truman runs again. Barkley, vie president, hopes to stay on ticket with Truman, boasting Democratic majorities through 1950 and beyond. Republicans dismiss the forecast, recalling 1948 doubts.
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Washington
Barkley
Truman
V.P
John Stuck
Miami
Fla
Brewster of
Main
GOP
Reepublicans
Truman- Barkley
Trueman-Barkley
Gas firm projects big savings if natural gas arrives
Charles B. Zeigler, president of Public Service Co of North Carolina, testified that customers would save 25 percent immediately and up to 40 percent within five years if natural gas is made available in nine North Carolina towns. Piedmont Natural Gas seeks authority to serve the Carolinas, while Commonwealth Natural Gas Corp. targets seven Virginia cities. North Carolina witnesses urged Piedmont’s offer, saying current supplies are inadequate and Piedmont is the sole proposer to serve them.
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Washington
North Carolina
Charles B. “Eigler
Raleigh
Public Service Company of North Carolina, Inc
Power Commission
Gastonia
Asheville
Statesville
Kannapolis
Chapel Hill
Durham
Concord
Dallas
Zeigler
Piedmont Natural Gas Corp
Carolinas
Virginia
Commonwealth Natural Gas Corp
Richmond
Norfolk
Newport News
Portsmouth
Petersburg
Charlotte
Greensboro
Salisbury
High Point
Piedmont
Stalin Celebrates 70th Birthday With Massive Gift Show
Soviet gifts flood Moscow as Stalin nears age 70. Reports say over 1,000,000 parcels marked Happy Birthday Dear Comrade arrive from across the USSR and satellite regions, including motorcycles planes and factories. Long trains carry gifts amid loyalty pledges and grand greetings.
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Alvin J. Steinkopf
London
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Moscow
Soviet Monitor
Ixremlin
U.S.S.R
Farm Fire Claims Two More Bethway Victims
In Emmett Michigan a sixth and seventh Bethway family members die after a pre dawn farmhouse fire that killed five children ages 3 to 11 and two adults. Grandma Louise Bethway died rescuing a child while Mary Lou 13 also perished after leaping from a window. Joe Bethway 8 survived in serious condition and the town seeks to aid the remaining family with a new home by Christmas.
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Emmett
Mich
Clarence Bethway
Grandma Louise
Mary Lou
Louise Bethway
Joe
Grasshopper Tops 1949 All American Insect List
Birmingham report lists grasshopper as the outstanding pest of 1949 with Dr. F. C. Bishopp naming a top ten lineup of damaging insects. The compilation cites regional impacts in Wyoming and Montana and notes a government air bombardment to slow grasshoppers.
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Birmingham
Ala
Grasshopper
F. C. Bishopp
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Entomology and
National Cotton Council
Notre Dame
Philadelphia Eagles
Bishopp
Wyoming
Montana
Lower Price Trend On Market Today
New York stock market showed a slightly lower price trend with a mixed overall picture. Many leading issues held steady for long stretches while declines led by Allied Chemical General Motors Sears Roebuck Woolworth American Telephone and Telegraph Phelps Dodge Dow Chemical American Tobacco Standard Oil NJ Paramount Old. Goodrich fell a bit more than a point at the opening.
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New York
Allied Chemical
General Motors
Sears Roebuck
Woolworth
American Telephone & Telegraph
Phelps Dodge
Dow Chemical
American Tobacco
Standard Oil
Paramount
Goodrich
Mao and Stalin May Be Shaping History Today
Washington dispatch notes two aging leaders in Moscow Mao Zedong and Joseph Stalin marking milestones while eyeing global shifts. The piece surveys communist gains through half a century and asks whether capitalism can prevail or adapt amid expanding communist influence and potential conflicts.
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Mao
Stalin
James Marlow
Washington
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Mao Tzetung
Asia
Cold Strikes In West Today
Wintry weather spread an icy finger over the central Rocky Mountain states and moved into the upper Missouri Valley. Montana saw sub zero readings with 20 below at Havre and 18 below at Custer. Snow, ice and fog disrupted transport across several states as temperatures moderated later.
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Associated Press
Rocky Mountain States
Missouri Valley
Montana
North Dakota
Wyoming
Havre
Lewistown
Custer
Williston
N. D
Lander
Wyo
Salt Lake City
Utah
Mississippi Valley
Romulo Seeks Way to Break United Nations Deadlock
Romulo moves to break the east west atomic control stalemate by presenting concrete proposals to Gen McNaughton as six permanent AEC members resume secret talks. The Philippines diplomat interrupted a Washington check up to travel to New York for discussions. The 12 nation trusteeship council weighs inviting Israel and Hashemite Jordan to advise on Jerusalem internationalization.
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Russia
France
China
Canada
Romulo
A. G. L. McNaughton
Atomic Commission
McNaughton
Soviet Union
Jakob A. Malik
Israel
Jordan
Jerusalem
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