Police Choir Sings at Unconventional Police Station Wedding
A Nov 23 wedding at Soathers police station featured a police choir singing Oh Promise Me as groom Melvin Hunt 22 faced a prior claim by 16 year old Altermease Wright. Magistrate Herbert F. Franklin confirmed Hunt's honorable intentions despite the complaint and witnesses included the magistrate, turnkey, and matron.
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Soathers
Melvin Hunt
Herbert F. Franklin
Altermease Wright
Hunt
Law targets Communist Action groups under new statute
The article notes the potential two year plus proceeding to final judgment. It explains registration orders against Communist Action groups carry a ten thousand dollar daily fine until complied and individuals face similar penalties. The FBI estimates about fifty four thousand dues paying Communists exist in the United States under the new definition.
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Control Board
Communist Party
FBI
U S Thanksgiving Observance Through History
The piece traces Thanksgiving origins from 1621 Pilgrim harvests to Lincoln's 1864 national proclamation. It notes Roosevelt's 1939 date shift, Congress's later joint resolution, and states like Texas keeping two Thanksgiving days. Governor Shivers quips Texans have twice as much to be thankful for.
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Congress
Texas
Shivers
End of War Near as Talks Reported at Lake Success
A Wednesday news conference described a potential demilitarized buffer zone between North Korea and Manchuria with tentative talks held with friendly governments. Prisoner releases and rumors of peace negotiations circulated, while Chinese withdrawals continued amid heavy U N pressure and sporadic patrol actions on the front.
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North Korea
Red China
Manchuria
Echols
Lake Success
U.N
Korea
Tapier
U. N
Manchurian
U. S. First Cavalry Division
Ateat
Unsan
U. S. Eighth Army
Turkey
Changjin
U. S
Hyesanjin
U. S. Tth
Chongjin
Hapsu
Sachang
United Nations
Fatal Queens Boulevard derailment shocks Long Island families
Grief spreads as a Rockville Centre resident, Julius Albinger, and Walter Steinhauser mourn the deaths from a brutal subway crash. Police report nearly 200 women collapsed. 5,000 bystanders watched as two trains split, bodies mangled, and rescue efforts endured through the night. Cars were pried apart with jacks and cranes.
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Pokorny
Richmond Hill
Gunther Albinger
Julius
Brooks Brothers
John E. Steinhauser
John, Jr
George
Adriatic
Louis R. Seigel
Garden City
Harry Eidt
Aoe
76 Killed In Long Island Train Wreck
Rescue workers swarmed the wreck site as 76 people died in a Long Island train collision near Jamaica. The disaster prompted citywide aid with police, medical teams, power tools, and an emergency operating room set up for amputations. Internes Paul E. Soffer and Arnold R. Sanders were praised for saving two thirds of the injured. The crash followed a prior fatal Long Island rail accident and raised questions as damage suits began to settle.
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Anthony Tartaglia
New York
Paul E. Soffer
Arnold R. Sanders
Long Island
Manhattan
East River
Penn Station
Queens
Jamaica
Kenya
Rockville Centre
Bere
Long Milend
North Shore
Huntington
N. Y
Chicago Claimed Center of Earth Nearer Than New Orleans
A curious claim states Chicago lies closer to the earth’s center than New Orleans, a point noted in this brief item. The article presents the assertion without further geological evidence or attribution.
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Chicago
New Orleans
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Gene Autry
Stooge
Stewart
Barbara Hale
Marta Toren
Jeff Chandler
pErOnTey
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Ales Smith
Howard da Silva
Walt Disney Presents
Seal Island
OKO Radio Pictures
Tei
Morney
Moma
South Sea
Siren
Mee
Louis Stevenson
Lloyd Osbourne
Storing Aory
Rhonda Fleming
Paul Kelly
Winston Road
Andy Clyde Company
V.F.W
W. Broad ST
Bette Anne Sanders - Holm
Midway NT Acheatre
Yahaa
Jack Buetel
Walter Huston
Daffy Duck & Porky Pig
Benyon
Timas
Ganiann
Queensborough
Bertrand Biggam
Jamaican
United States
EFIRD
Coats
Dolores Bras
S. Main ST
Department Store
High Point
N. Cc
High Point, N. C
Thomasville
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