Operation Santa Claus Amputees to Be Home for Christmas
The Military Air Transport Service will fly 63 severely wounded veterans home for Christmas in its Operation Santa Claus. Patients from military and naval hospitals, many from the Korean War, head to Puerto Rico and California with further medical care on return.
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Washington
Military Acter Transport Service
Santa Claus
Victor BE. Rivera
Angel L. Rodrigues
Fternian Army Hospital
San Francisco
Puerto Rico
Edward Leroy Worgan
U. S. Naval Hospital
Oakland
Calif
Ketchikan
Alaska
Transport Service
Incentive Pay Plan Aims to Boost Steel Mill Efficiency
Jones & Laughlin steel and the CIO steel workers pursue incentive pay to maximize machine output. Operators would earn a bonus for each percent efficiency gain, a move unions label as speedup and typically oppose. The CIO takes a long step toward labor management cooperation, though strikes are common on such shifts.
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Jones & Laughlin Steel Company
CIO Steel Workers
CIO
Earthquake Tears Open Ground at Mt Hihok in Philippines
Violent earthquakes cracked the earth at Mt Hihok in Camiguin Province causing widespread terror among thousands of refugees. Homes have already been destroyed by volcanic eruption. Earlier related report noted on Page 27.
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Mahinog
Camiguin
Txtaind
Philippines
Mt. Hihok- Hihok
Fire Rips Navy Oil Well at Gubik Alaska
In 40 below cold, a blaze tore through No. 2 well at the Point Barrow Naval Petroleum Reserve near Gubik, Alaska. Firefighters faced brutal conditions as temperatures held at 40 degrees below zero. Cause unknown and Navy news delayed until clearance in Washington.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Navy
Gubik
Point Barrow
Point Barrow Naval Petroleum Reserve
Washington
D. C
U N Rejects Bid For Korea Isles
Tokyo dispatch reports United Nations delegates rejected both Red demands on policing the Korean armistice and rights to the high seas. They offered to withdraw naval forces to comply with international law if adjustments were made, but Communists refused. Talks opened with cautious optimism for a policing plan based on Friday proposals.
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United Nations
U.N
Toward A.turner
U. Sub-Committee
U. S
Turner
Thei
Thhey
U. N
Sure Girl Killed By Sleeping Potion
Officers intensified their search for a drug murderer after toxicologist Abernathy reported barbiturate poisoning as the cause of death of society woman Mrs Kivlin. He found 33 milligrams of barbiturate per 100 grams of liver, suggesting intake of sleeping pills. An inquest is set for 10 am next Thursday as Culver City police seek leads and druggists who may have sold barbiturates to Mrs Kivlin or an acquaintance.
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R. J. Abernathy
Abernathy
Frederick Dbd
Newbarr
Culver City
O. B. Olsen
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Army
New York
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Drew Pearse
John Fisher
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