British Rubber Shipments to Russia From London Docks
London authorities confirm $10 million worth of Malayan rubber will be shipped to Russia next month aboard the British steamer Staarvatny chartered by J. A. Billmeir for the Soviets. The rubber, a vital war material, will be loaded onto Stanrealm and sail to Odessa in January. The company says the deal is ordinary and notes there is no war with Russia, with a contingency to divert ships if needed.
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London
Russia
Staarvatny
J. A. Billmeir
International News Service
Stanrealm
Odessa
May and June Marry in Snowy Lakewood Cabin
In DONSEYVILLE Pennsylvania on December 25 Lloyd May and June McGown both 23 wed in a 177 year old log cabin inside Lakewood Memorial Cemetery amid subfreezing weather. May a Lakewood rep hopes to promote the cabin wedding concept to others for a fee.
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Donseyville
May
June
Lloyd May
June McGown
Lakewood Memorial Cemetery
Lakewood
Critical Questions Editorial Comment on Taft and Hoover
Senator Taft comments on Herbert Hoover's speech while cautioning against dropping all aid to Western Europe. He and Dewey warn against isolation, risking Communist aggression. The six pre election questions Taft posed to Ohio voters remain timely as Europe rearmament looms.
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Taft
Herbert Hoover
Europe
Dewey
Ohio
Air Force squadron wins drive-in contest in Texas
Seven one men from Iachland Air Force Base S744th Haste Military Training Squadron completed operation sar dine by packing 71 crew into an 11 model convertible to win a television console. The feat beat a 60 civilian packed car for most paying customers per car in the drive-in.
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San Antonio
Tex
Iachland Air Force Base
Walter Halindy
Senator Maybank Hospitalized in Washington
Senator Maybank Democratic chair of the Senate Banking Committee was admitted to Bethesda Naval Medical Center in Maryland with nervous exhaustion. A Senate source said he arrived in a wheelchair and the illness’s extent is undetermined while he has steered economic controls legislation through the chamber. He was to chair a session of the joint congressional watchdog committee on economic controls with Mobilization Director Charles E. Wilson and officials Valentine and DiSalle present.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Maybank
D-S. GC
Bethesda Naval Medical Center
Senate
Maryland
Joint
Congressional
Committee On
Charles E. Wilson
Alan Valentine
Michael DiSalle
US Navy rockets aid Hungnam defense. North Korea center damaged
General headquar ters says enemy probing on the Eighth Army front signals a return to action after late November offensive. Navy rocket ships supported by engineers began destroying North Korea's industrial center at Hungnam to curb wartime production as UN forces hold three enemy divisions at bay.
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Tokyo
Eighth Army
United Nations
Pyongyang
United Tress
International News
United States Navy
Hungnam
United States
Doctor Files Suit for Divorce in Los Angeles
Dr Rex L Ross Jr sues wife Minnewa B Ross 39 for divorce charging she is an unfit mother to their 7 year old son. The suit filed in Los Angeles follows gossip links to Eliott Roosevelt. Extrercuity is alleged as the cause.
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Los Angeles
Minnewa B. Ross
Eliott Roosevelt
Rex L. Ross Jr
Dr. Ross
Meat Price Curbs Work Under ESA and Wage Board
Economic Stabilizer Alan Valentine told Congress that the Economic Stabilization Agency is moving to implement meat price controls. The Federal Wage Board has completed temporary plans for wage stabilization in the auto industry, with ESA to move as rapidly as possible according to economic necessity.
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Washington
Alan Valentine
Congress
Federal Wage Board
Valentine
Economic Stabilization Agency
KSA
Boy escapes steam roller tragedy in Portland street
In Portland Oregon Stanley Willoughby aged 9 or so described his near fatal run over by a steam roller. A hospital exam showed no serious injuries after the asphalt surface was new soft and deep causing him to be pushed into the roller and survive the incident.
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Okeh
Portland
Ore
Stanley Willoughby
Stanley
Red China Bans Trade With US and Japan
Hong Kong reports Communist China cutting off all trade with the United States and Japan, suspending import permits from the two nations while China already embargoes exports to the United States. Japan expected to imitate the move. Danish ship Heinrich Jessen sails to Tsingtao with over 27 000 aluminum ingots.
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Hong Kong
China
United States
Japan
Shanghai
Tientsin
Heinrich Jessen
North China
Tsingtao
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Helen Saline
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Sen. Maybank
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Red China
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