Showstorm Hits New York City
New York City and the metropolitan area were hit by a heavy snowstorm dumping about four inches with a potential six inch total forecast. Thousands of workers and snow removal crews fanned out at dawn as trains and cars moved slowly and aviation travel halted. In Albany the cold broke Christmas records with temperatures around 12 degrees above zero after a low near minus four.
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New York
New York Metropolitan
Bsa Ue
Weather Bureau
Theorough
Manhattan
Albany
Artifical Snow Plan Delayed Again In St Petersburg
Unfavorable weather postponed the St Petersburg Evening Independent project to create artificial snowfall. Bob Leon, former air force pilot, canceled a snow plan due to cloud formations. the editor said the attempt would resume any day through January 1 with suitable cloud effects.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Fire in Hong Kong tenement kills dozens after blast
A December 26 blaze in Hollywood Street Hong Kong gutted four crowded Chinese tenement houses and a fireworks shop, leaving about thirty to forty people missing after the Christmas night fire. The fire swept through the firm within ten minutes.
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Hong Kong
Hollywood Street
Tone Ee
They
Buffalo Bill Credited As Wyoming College President
From the University of Wyoming archives comes notice that Col. William F. Cody better known as Buffalo Bill served as a college president. He achieved fame as an Indian fighter hunter and Wild West showman but also held educational leadership roles in his varied career.
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Laramie, Wye
INS
William F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
University of Wyoming
Slum Clearance Aims At Puerto Rico Housing Problem
Puerto Rico's insular government launches a slum clearance program independent of U S aid to tackle one of the Americas toughest housing issues. Puerto Rico faces high density and larger family sizes, intensifying housing needs.
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San Juan
INS
Puerto Rico
U. S
Americas
States
Touring Swede Studying U S Home Furnishings in Greeley
Sig frid Johanasson of Morlby Sweden, 30, travels across the United States to study American home furnishings and write impressions for Swedish newspapers. He is sales manager for an inlaid woodwork manufacturer in Moljiby.
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Greeley, Colo
INS
Sigfrid Johanasson
Morlby
Sweden
United States
Johanasson
Moljiby
New Serum Aims to Cut Michigan Meningitis Deaths
Lansing officials report about 80 Michigan babies may survive this year due to a new serum used with sulfadiazine to treat meningitis. State health commissioner Dr. J. K. Atland says the disease kills around 90 youngsters annually in Michigan.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
J. K. Atland
Milk-Based Azlon Fabric Promises New Textile Blends
A new fabric named azlon is derived from milk and can be blended with wool or cotton to create a range of textile fabrics.
Rejected Suitor Takes It Hard
Six people were held at gunpoint in a Philadelphia suburb when a 52 year old man shot and killed himself after waiting for a woman who had rejected his proposal. William Lybrand told police that Vaughan J. Templeton, a 37 year old sister in law Caroline Curens, and others were present as the events unfolded.
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Philadelphia
Clark Cutter
Cutter
Abington Township
William Lybrand
Vaughan J. Templeton
Lybrand
Templeman
Caroline Curens
Mutual Life to equalize premium waivers for women and men
The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York announced that starting January 1 1948 life insurance policies issued after that date will have identical waiver of premium rates for women and men The move is publicized by company president Alexander E Patterson and is cited as evidence of improved sex equality in insurance pricing.
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New York
SNS
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
Alexander E. Patterson
Scandinavian Students to Attend New York Forum
Eighteen Scandinavian students aged 16 from Sweden Norway and Denmark will join the New York Herald Tribune high schools forum next spring. Six youths from each country travel under the American-Scandinavian Foundation and Scandinavian Airlines system. The group arrives in New York on December 28 by plane.
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New York
INS
New York Herald Tribune
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
American-Scandinavian Foundation
Scandinavian Airlines System
Colors of cotton crops reported in Russia
An expert notes that fields in Russia grow pink brown green and blue cotton. The hues are natural and intense and do not fade with washing.
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Russia
Seven Die In Hotel Blaze In Orange Texas
In Orange Texas a hotel fire killed seven people with six others leaping from windows to escape. At daybreak only five of the seven had been identified while nineteen were registered. thirteen remained inside as the blaze began. Bodies were found in halls and rooms with three in the halls and four in rooms. Damage to the building and furnishings was estimated at fifty thousand dollars by Assistant Fire Chief F E L Barker.
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Orange
Tex
FE. L. Barker
Stove Explosion Injures Several in Raleigh Trailer
A Christmas morning stove explosion in a Raleigh trailer home left one person severely burned and three others with lesser injuries. Mrs. J. D. Tyner was reported in critical condition at Rex Hospital. Officials said gasoline was being poured into a cook stove when the blast occurred.
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Raleigh
Rex Hospital
J. D. Tyner
Gifts Come Even In Death In '47
In Denver on December 26 1947 William Brown a 70 year old dies destitute in a hospital. He will be buried in a dark blue suit white shirt black tie with white stripe underwear and stockings donated after his death. Fellow residents of the protective guild for the poor plan to attend in other dark suits donated for his funeral.
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Denver
William Brown
Protective Guild For
Brown
Medics Complete Cancer Diagnosis Course at Penn
Thirteen physicians finished a post graduate course in cancer diagnosis and treatment at the University of Pennsylvania Department of Health. State health department funded the training. The program will be offered again on January 19 and April 19.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania Department of Health
State Department of Health
Civil War nurse Susan Clayton dies at 96 in Medford
Susan Clayton, possibly the last Civil War nurse, died in Medford at 96 after spending three years in a hospital. She volunteered to nurse at Fort Carrington during the war after being trained by her mother as a young girl.
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Medford
Ore
Susan Clayton
Fort Carrington
Ind
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