Egypt's Cotton Exports Above Those of 1946
Egypt reports cotton exports from Sept 1 to Dec 23 at 251,616 bales versus 229,962 last year with the United Kingdom as the top buyer and the United States second. Prices rise on the free market to three pounds per hundred pounds above government levels and a 700 million pound export season is forecast with 100 million pounds for local use. More than 50,000 scholarships are granted annually at American colleges and universities.
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United States
Security Council Convenes Last 1947 Session at UN
The United Nations Security Council met today for its final 1947 session to address the Indonesian question. Non permanent members Australia Poland and Brazil ended two year terms and will be replaced in 1948 by Argentina Canada and the Ukraine. The council planned to review a truce plan from the good offices committee.
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United Nations Security Council
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Poland
Brazil
Argentina
Canada
Ukraine
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Greensboro native named to civil court judgeship
Governor Cherry announced William Owen Cooke of Greensboro as judge of the civil division of the Greensboro municipal county court, succeeding S. Bernard Weinstein. Reappointments included W Earl Rives as criminal division judge and E Db Kuykendall as solicitor, all for four years beginning January 1. Cocoa is made from chocolate.
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Greensboro
Petrillo On Trial For Second Time In Chicago
James C. Petrillo head of the AFL American Federation of Musicians faces a second trial in Chicago on a Sea act charge. He is accused of trying to compel WAAF Chicago to hire three musicians and has pleaded innocent. The case stems from the anti Petrillo law once ruled unconstitutional before the Supreme Court revived those sections.
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James C. Petrillo
Petrillo
AFL American Federation of Musicians
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WAAF
Walter J. Labuy
Bee Decline Warns of Insecticide Impact Across Farmland
Harold J. Clay of the U S Department of Agriculture warns that airplane sprayed DDT and other insecticides have killed countless millions of solitary bees and other pollinators. Beekeepers are urged to increase bee colonies by at least one percent to counteract the loss.
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Corvallis
INS
Harold J. Clay
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Transport Body Urges Wallace Support
Philadelphia December 30 Michael Quill International president of the CIO transport workers union urged union support for Henry A Wallace the third party presidential candidate. Quill spoke while assisting negotiations with a Philadelphia transportation company for a new contract and said he would not sign the anti communist affidavit required by the Taft Hartley act.
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Michale Quill
CIO Transport Workers Union
Henry A. Wallace
Quill
Philadelphia Trans-Portation Company
Wallace
Jerusalem bus attack wounds 14 Jews near Mt Scopus
A Jewish bus carrying hospital workers near Mount Scopus was ambushed wounding 14 Jews two seriously. Arabs also fired on outskirts of Tel Aviv. In chaos across the Holy Land deaths exceed 400 as fighting grows after the UN partition vote. Police barred Jewish taxis in Jerusalem to curb raids.
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Palestine
Damascus Gate
CAB May Be Sans Leader Tonight
The Civil Aeronautics Board will be without a chairman at midnight tomorrow unless President Truman designates a successor. James M. Landis, chairman since June 1946, reportedly will not be reappointed to the unexpired term. If vacant, Stanton Griffis, ambassador to Poland, is named as a possible successor.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
Truman
Aviation
James M. Landis
L. Welch Pogue
Landis
Stanton Griffis
New York
Poland
Dunes in San Luis Valley Reach 1000 Feet Height
White sand dunes in the San Luis Valley of California rise as high as 1000 feet, highlighting the region's striking desert topography.
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San Luis Valley
Calif
Five Feared Dead After Polar Crash
Six of eight crewmen from a crashed B-29 were rescued by two Alaska bush pilots near Nome. Five others are missing and feared dead after the crash on the Seward peninsula. Lt Vern H Arnett and navigator Frederick I Sheetz remain missing, last seen heading toward Shishmaref.
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Alaska
Seward Peninsula
Fof
Vern H.arnett
Santa Ana
Calif
Frederick I. Sheetz
Keyser
Shishmaref
Frank H. Whaley
Wien Alaska Airline
William Munz
Munz
Turkey
Mishan
China Reds Reported To Have University
Chinese Communists are said to offer inducement to youths to enroll in the newly established North China United University. The location is uncertain but believed to be in southern Huei province, a Red stronghold. The university allegedly grants special aid and promises employment after graduation, with three departments: Liberal Arts Education and Political Science.
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International News Service
Peiping
INS
North China United University
Huei
United University
U. U
Two Animal Extracts Prove Useful in Fight on Cancer
Dr. Bundesen discusses cancer outlook and emerging therapies including animal organ extracts and a ER vaccine in animals. The article notes basel cell epithelioma cases treated with beef spleen and lamb liver extract showed regression and improvement in most cancers, while ER vaccine trials in animals show tumor reduction. It emphasizes continued use of early diagnosis, surgery, and X ray and radium therapies alongside new methods.
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Joseph C. Amerebach
New York
Leo G. Nutini
Cincinnati
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