AP Chinese Expert Reports on Shanghai Under Tense Uncertain Rule
AP correspondent describes Shanghai's 5 million residents as rugged individualists wary of communism. He notes thriving informal commerce, foreign restraints loosened since occupation, and a city poised for upheaval if the Communists seize control. He warns Shanghai’s mix of inflation, busyness, and resilience could resist rapid change.
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Shanghai
New York Stock Exchange
Japan
Paris
Moscow
Regains Sight After 18 Years Miracle In Rockford
Herb Orburn, 63, who has been completely blind for 18 years, reports his sight is returning without surgery or medical aid. He says it began failing at 45, refused doctors, and recently noticed a passerby’s mustache and larger letters on a sign. He plans to paint his house next summer.
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Rockford
Ill
Herb Orburn
Orburn
Coburn
Birthday tribute to Louis Little football coach
A birthday notice for Louis Little born December 6 1893 in Boston notes his long coaching career from Georgetown to Columbia where he built the Lions into a formidable eastern football program. The piece traces his early years from Leominster High Worcester Academy Penn and service with the AEF in World War II and mentions his early work as an iceman and brakeman.
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Louis
Lou) Little
Boston
Columbia
Leominster High School
Worcester Academy
University of Pennsylvania
AEF
Georgetown
Columbia Lions
Record Profits Under Congressional Investigation
Washington records profits face a congressional inquiry this week as a joint Senate and House committee opens hearings on the president s economic report. The probe targets taxation money controls price fixing and rationing with testimony starting Monday led by Senator Flanders.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Joint Committee
Flanders
Guide For Draftees and Veterans By Maj Thomas M Nial
The labor department plans a wide education push for employers and draftees about re employment rights. An information sheet will accompany induction notices, outlining that discharged service members can return to their old jobs or comparable positions within 90 days, with通知 to inform employers before enlistment. The effort follows past confusion when re employment rights were not broadly known.
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Department of Labor
House
Labor Department
Department
Bureau of Veterans’ Re-Employment
Dist
Condit
Net
la Department
Judge Dismisses Suit Against Publishing Firm
WAUSAU Wis A suit brought by Mrs Rose Imber of Stevens Point against the Worzalla firm president Walter Worzalla was dismissed by Federal Judge Patrick Stone. Imber, a minor, filed the action alleging stock issues and related claims against the publishing firm.
Madison Zoo Names New Elephant Annette
The Madison zoo officially named its new three year old elephant Annette after purchases funded by Madison residents. She replaces Annie, the longtime Vilas Park resident, and the choice was made by retired zoo director Fred Winkelmann. Reunion, a French island in the Indian Ocean, was previously known as Bourbon and de Bonaparte amid France’s evolving government.
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Madison, Wis
Madison Zoo
Annette
Madison
Annie
Vilas Park
Fred Winkelmann
Reunion
Indian Ocean
Bourbon and de Bonaparte
France
In Defense of Mans Best Friend Defending Dogs and Their Loyalty
New York writer Hal Boyle extols dogs as courageous loyal companions. He recalls a red terrier who died with his master, a setter who perished after a hunter vanished, and Chips the K nine mongrel honored for singlehandedly eliminating a machine gun nest. The piece notes dogs gaining human rights, with trials as criminals and a note on rising prices in Australia.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Sicily
Chips
Husky
Shepherd
Collie
War Department
Southwest Pacific
Army
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Germany
Dew
Choos
Australia
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