Lucky Luciano Commute Clears Path to Deportation
NY January 3. Lucky Luciano formerly New York City vice kingpin is to be granted a commutation of his prison term by the governor enabling deportation to Italy. He faced 30 to 50 years after conviction in 1936 and was credited with aiding the U.S. Army's Sicily invasion.
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N. Y
Lucky” Luciano
York City
Dewey
Italy
Luciano
Manhattan
U. S. Army
Sicily
Hastings man dodges 4 dollar bacon bill
War era joke leads to real 4 dollar bacon purchase. A Hastings meat market customer, who asked for 10 pounds of bacon as a joke, was confronted by the butcher who priced the order at four dollars and the customer had to talk his way out of paying.
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Hastings, Nebr
Hastings
Highway fund gains from auto and license revenues rise
NORIH reports 4.66 million dollars from auto and license sales and bus franchise fees, part of the highway fund total. Increase of 643 thousand dollars or 16.02 percent, with December revenues contributing about a third. General fund closed at 6.04 million and highway fund at 6.08 million, totaling 12.12 million and up 2.26 million from prior period. Gill notes these figures are gross income and exclude tax refunds.
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Neral Fund
Gill
Batavia Fire Leaves 500 Homeless After Suburban Blazes
Fires swept two native sectors of a Batavia suburb leaving 500 homeless. Indonesians blame Dutch residents for retaliatory arson after a Dutch woman and companion were wounded. Police say the fires followed an assault on a police station by an Indonesian mob.
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Batavia
Java
Meester Cornelis
Morning Muffin Mix Promises Quick Breakfasts
A note highlights prepping dry muffin ingredients the night before to save time during the breakfast rush. It suggests preparing bakeable mixes in advance to streamline morning routines.
Big Bear Caught In Eastern North Carolina
In Plymouth on January 3, Fred Paul set traps on his Wenona area land and caught North Carolina's largest bear of the season. The 455 pound brain dressed bear exceeds 500 pounds gross weight and highlights a regionwide bear surge. A.3. Riddle reports that over 80 bears have been killed in the Wenona section with 30 to 40 more along the Roper to Lake Phelps highway.
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Plymouth
North Carolina
Fred Paul
Wenana
Paul
Washington
Tyrrell
Riddle
Plymouth Ice Plant
Wenona
Roper
Lake Phelps
Umstead Demands Study for North Carolina School Building Plan
Representative John W. Umstead of Orange county urged the state board of education to appoint a five member committee to propose a building program. The panel, authorized by the last legislature, must report to the 1947 session. He argued equitable education requires action, noting many lawmakers lack the details.
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Raleigh
John W. Umstead
Orange County
State Board of Education
North
Umstead
Truman Will Seek Firm Yet Persuasive Address
A White House official says President Truman plans a firm tone in line with the legislative framework outlined last September, while presenting a conciliatory style to persuade Congress. The speech reportedly revisits stalled proposals for higher unemployment benefits up to 25 dollars a week, a full employment bill, and a permanent fair employment practice commission.
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Union
White House
Congress
Truman
Rotary speakers address veterans readjustment and aid
A. C. Ingram of the North Carolina Veterans of Foreign Wars spoke at the Rotary Club on veterans readjustment. He said war changes not character but unsettles many returning service members and noted the GI bill aims to help with hospitalization and benefits though VA workloads delay claims. The VFW and local groups can assist veterans with their problems.
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Rotary
Rotary Club
A. C. Ingram
North Carolina Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ingram
G. I
Veterans Administration
Veterans’ Organization
Mrs. D L Adkins Dies At Home On South Main
Mrs Nannie S Adkins age 77 wife of D L Adkins died at her home 1217 South Main street shortly before noon after years of poor health. She was born February 28 1868 in Franklin County Virginia and moved to High Point 26 years ago from Danville Virginia. She is survived by her husband two sons three daughters two brothers 17 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 pm from N A Adkins Peahook Virginia with the body at Koonce Funeral Home until then. Interment in Adkins Family Cemetery.
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Nannie S. Adkins
D. L. Adkins
South Main Street
Adkins
Franklin County
William D
Betty Smith Bennett
Danville
R. P. Adkins
D. B. Atkins
Wilmington
N. C
C. D. Mitchell
G. V. Medlin
Roy S. York
High Point
Richard Nett
Rocky Mount
W. H. Bennett
Roanoke
N. A. Adkins
Peahook
Koonce
Adkins Family
Navy wedding for Miss Loy and Gene Markey
In San Pedro California on January 3 a navy wedding is held at 11 30 a m P S T for Commodore Gene Markey and Myrna Loy. Admiral William F Halsey serves as best man Markey has served on Halsey s staff and is returning to film work. Loy 40 has prior marriages to Arthur Hornblow Jr and John Hertz Jr and both ended in divorce.
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San Perdo
Calif
Gene Markey
Myrna Loy
William F. Halsey
Markey
Admiral Halsey
Joan Bennett
Hedy Lamarr
Miss Loy
Arthur Hornblow, Jr
John Hertz, Jr
New York Advertisin
Pearl Harbor Fleet Split Factions Debate Over West Coast Safety
Stark testifies about a Capitol Hill conference with Gen. Marshall and legislators after the 1941 attack. He says senators worried about west coast security and notes his push to relocate the fleet further west in the Pacific.
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Stark
Capitol Hill
George C. Marshall
Naval Operations
Pacific
Vatican Receives Cold Shoulder From Nazi Leaders
Documents released by American officials show the Vatican was brusquely rebuffed by Nazi Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop when it pressed to halt atrocities against Catholics in Poland. The exchange, deemed a waste of time by Ribbentrop, highlights German sovereignty claims in occupied territories. The letters and replies will feature in the trial of 22 top Nazis, including Ribbentrop, at the International Military Tribunal.
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Mernberg
Germany
Vatican
Poland
Foreign Office
Holy See
Joachim von Ribbentrop
von Ribbentrop
Rome
Pe Ae
Bunal
World Today: Black Diamonds as Coal for Winter
The piece describes harsh rationing where a single person is allowed 330 pounds of coal for winter, couples get double, and larger families face per person reductions. Rural areas use wood, city restrictions apply, and charity wood imports are allowed. Weakened defenses and widespread underfeeding raise disease risk. Black markets drive hunger and price meals high, with dinners costing up to $40 in top tier markets and bleak chances for the underprivileged to obtain essentials.
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Stenagers
Nuremberg witness links liquidation to army support
Ohlendorf testified that liquidation operations relied on army backing and that the einsatzgrups could not function without army support. He avoided a direct admission from the army commanders but faced sharp questions from defendants in the prisoner box.
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Ohlendorf
Reichsmarshal Hermann
Goering
Alfred Jodi
Wilhelm Keitel
Stock Market Shows Holiday Apathy
New York stock market traders showed holiday apathy with only sporadic movement as leaders drifted between slight gains and losses. Notable names mentioned include Great Northern, Pennsylvania, American Water Works, Chrysler, Montgomery Ward and General Electric with several others such as U.S. Steel, Bethlehem, Santa Fe and General Motors among the stumblers.
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New York
Great Northern
Pennsylvania
American Water Works
Chrysler
Montgomery Ward
General Electric
U. S Steel
Bethlehem
Santa Fe
Southern, Pacific
Goodrich
U.S. Rubber
General Motors
United Aircraft
Schenley
National Power & Light
Hog and cattle market report from Chicago auction
USDA market notes show hogs slow to lower by 15 to 25 cents with lightweights down 10 to 15 cents. Sows ease 15 to 25 cents. Cattle and calves total 6,890 with general steady demand, run late, better on medium to good stock. Feeder and veal prices vary with steers 14.25 to 17.50, best heifers 16.25, beef cows 9.50 to 12.50, vealers 15.50 and down.
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Chicago
New York Cotton Futures Open Higher at Noon Prices
Cotton futures opened unchanged to 15 cents higher with near term contracts closing at 24.61 for March and 24.57 in a later bid, while May 24.54 to 24.57, July 24.37 to 24.38, October 23.66, December 23.56 to 23.59, and late noon bids for March 23.43 to 23.45.
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New York
Jly
Young 1946 escapes display window in Anchorage store
A two year old boy named David Hansen dressed in sleeping clothes startled a crowd as he played the role of Young 1946 in a department store display window. His mother from a nearby apartment woke, then retrieved him after he wandered through an unlocked door into the crowd.
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Anchorage
Alaska
David Hansen
Dlo
Thawing Poultry: Refrigerator Time Not Water Soak
Guidance notes thawing frozen poultry in the refrigerator for several hours and warns against soaking in water as it causes loss of juices.
Joyce in England as Hitler’s broadcaster and exile
Joyce rose to prominence in Britain as Goebbels paid him 60 dollars weekly for four daily radio broadcasts. A former American student at London University, he joined Sid Oswald Mosley in a British fascist group until 1933 and later led a national socialist league before moving to Germany in 1939. He was captured at Lüneburg on May 28 1945, his wife also in British custody.
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England
Hitler
Joseph Goebbels
Joyce
America
Sid Oswald Mosle
London University
National Socialist League
Britain
Germany
Hel
Lueneberg
Fire destroys Cicero complex causing $1 million in damages
Fire crews from Chicago and Berwyn battled a sprawling blaze in Cicero that swept through adjacent Borin Art Products and Western Tire Auto Stores properties. Officials estimate damages reach $1,000,000 after more than eight hours of flames.
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Chicago
Borin -Art Products Corporation
Western Tire Auto Stores, Inc
Cicero
Berwyn
Ferree Returns to Civilian Life in High Point
Lt. (jg) Henry Aaron Ferree of High Point Norfolk naval center Charleston returns to civilian life. He entered the navy in 1942 served aboard the USS Titania during the Marian operations in 1944 and last served at the Charleston receiving station. He holds American theater Asiatic Pacific Philippine Liberation and World War II Victory ribbons. He plans to enter hosiery manufacturing with Melrose Hosiery Mills in High Point.
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Ferree
Charleston
Henry Aaron Ferree
Rt. 3
High Point
Naval Separation Center
William C. Ferree
Navy
Marianas
Slim Summerville in Laguna Beach after second stroke
Film comedian George J. Slim Summerville, 54, is gravely ill in Laguna Beach California after his second stroke in recent weeks. Dr Arthur Harris called him a very sick man.
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Slim
Summerville
Laguna Beach
Calif
George J
Arthur Harris
Funeral Rites Planned for Jeff Gallimore in Portsmouth
Funeral services for Jeff Gallimore, who died in a Portsmouth hospital Tuesday morning, will be held Friday at 2 PM at Sechrest Funeral Chapel with Rev. Cecil Haworth officiating. Additional rites will follow at Center Friends church in Randolph County with Rev. Norman Borne. Burial is at Staley Cemetery.
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Jepf Gallimore
Jeff Gallimore
Portsmouth
Sechrest Funeral
Cecil Haworth
Central Friends Church
Center Friends Church
Randolph County
Norman Borne
Staley Cemetery
Weather office misadventure creates injury during map study
Kansas City forecaster Edward L. McGuire, cut by shattered spectacles in a collision with a fellow observer, suffers a sore eyelid. Chief Observer J R Liley quips that it is the first casualty not counting forecasts, as the bureau reports generally fair weather with light rains.
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Kansas City
Weather Bureau
Edward L. McGuire
J. R. Liley
Army officer probes train delay four years
Lieut. Col. John Galloway of Wichita Illinois asked a railroad office about his wife Elizabeth’s arrival. The clerk said the train is normally on time but has not been for four years.
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San Francisco
John Galloway
Wichita
Kas
Army
Elizabeth
John
Sugar simmering tips to prevent candy crystallization
A kitchen note advises simmering sugar mixtures gently instead of boiling to avoid crystallization in the pan. It emphasizes gradual heat and steady motion for smooth, glossy candy results.
Lightweight plastic rainwear folds into pocket size
Plastic rainwear weighing about six to eight ounces folds compactly into a pocketbook size package, making it easy to carry.
Broncho line Emulsion Ad Promises Quick Relief
You can demand satisfaction or money back with Broncho line Emulsion. The ad claims fast relief after two or three doses, no chloroform narcotics or narcotics, no habit formation, and refunds if not satisfied. Available at Mann Drug Store and Jeff's Drug Store.
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Mann Drug Store
Jeff's Drug Store
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