Marjorie Palmer Featured in Long Island Christmas Program
Marjorie Palmer, formerly of La Crosse, will perform six times in Franklin Square’s weeklong Christmas event December 17 to 22. She appears as the spirit of Christmas in a gown by a New York costumer, in the bank lobby’s annual holiday diorama and marionette displays. Palmer, a Beloit College graduate with stage training, has appeared in Wanamaker’s New York and Philadelphia venues and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Franklin Square
Long Island
N. Y
Marjorie Palmer
la Crosse
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Hansel and Gretel
Palmer
Wanamaker's
New York
Philadelphia
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City
Envi
Central High School
Teachers College
Frances Lapham
Cass Street
Beloit College
Riverdale
Upper
Generalissimo Denies Central Troops In Mukden
Chiang Kai-shek's provincial headquarters stated there are no central government troops in Mukden and that diplomatic and military preparations for occupying the city in Manchuria are not yet completed. The delay and lack of information appear of little concern.
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Peiping
Chiang Kai-shek
Mukden
Manchuria
Winter Weather Touches Boston Airport Staff
Boston Logan International Airport faces snow sleet and slush as E. B. Hale manages operations while Phillip Fogg and Elmer Snow serve as reservation agents ensuring smooth service for their boss W Nelson Bump.
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Boston
Logan International
American Airlines
Hale
Fogg
E. B. Hale
Thons
Phillip Fogg
Elmer Snow
W. Ne'son Bump
Notable Oklahoma Lawyer Dies at 73 in City
Deaths from Associated Press report: Moman Prullet, 73, famed criminal lawyer known for securing 303 acquittals and delaying death sentences for 40 clients. In Chicago, Bilvester Schiele, 75, co founder of the first Rotary Club in 1905 and a Rotary International treasurer, native of Clay City Indiana. France reports coal output now at half wartime level.
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Okla
Moman Prulett
Chicago
Bilvester Schiele
Rotary Club
Rotary International
Clay City
Ind
Bare Konoye Shifts Blame On Tripartite Pact Link
Prince Fumimaro Konoye argues posthumous defense document that no legal connection existed between the Axis tripartite alliance and the outbreak of the Japanese American war. He says Japan was bound to fight the United States only if the US declared war first, and notes Japan declared first. The note, written before his suicide, was published today.
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Tokyo
Fumimaro Konoye
Japan
United States
Smiley Embraces Barefoot Life After Shoe Rationing
In Kansas City Texas Tom Smiley a former county judge and local attorney embraced going barefoot after shoe rationing ended. He enjoys unrestricted foot ease preferring no shoes for hot weather rain and mild winters and claims his health has never been better.
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Kansas City
Tex
Tom Smiley
Smiley
Texas
Poor Spelling Hindrances, Kearney Educator Warns
Calvin T. Ryan of Kearney State Teachers College cites six barriers to good spelling faulty vision hearing pronunciation enunciation grammar and its quirks in English. He notes despite quirks Americans still love the language. Buy Victory Bonds.
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Kearney, Neb
Calvin T. Ryan
Kearney State Teachers College
Ryan
Atomic Secrets Revealed By Moderated Neutron Breeding
Scientists describe how slowing neutrons with graphite or heavy water allows a chain reaction in uranium islands. If neutrons reach U-235 atoms they split, releasing more neutrons that sustain the process while others convert U-238 into plutonium. Moderators cap the neutron speed to control fission.
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AP Newsleatures
FTER
Leyte invasion signals shift in Pacific campaign
In a recount of the Leyte operation General Marshall describes the immediate tactical decisions after MacArthur’s message. The 81st Division landed on Peleliu and Angaur while Ulithi and Morotai operations prepared the push toward the Philippines as Japanese air and naval strength dwindled under Halsey’s carrier air power.
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Quebec
Admiral Leahy
Admiral King
General Arnold
Mac-Arthur
Admiral Nimitz
Admiral Halsey
Nimitz
Leyte
1St Marine Division
Geiger
HI Marine Amphibious Corps
Peleliu
Palau
Angaur
War Department
Stilwell
China
Claire L. Chenault
Fourteenth Air Force
Philippines
Formosa
Ryukyus
Lingayen Gulf
Chennault
Ulithi
Pelelieu
Morotai
Halmahera
Japan
Pacific
Eleventh Army Air Force
Central Pacific
Fifth
Thirteenth Air Forces
Southwest Pacific
Mandated Islands
Kenney
Pacific Ocean
Wilkinson
Daniel E. Barbey
Sixth Army
Krueger
California
Mississippi
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
West Virginia
Halsey
Admiral Kurita
Singapore
America
King
Conserving Farm Flood Water Through Crooked Run-off Stream
A farm guidance note explains that shaping a crooked run-off stream can slow water flow by 30 to 60 percent, aiding water conservation during floods and protecting fields from rapid drainage.
Booby Trap Burglar Alarm Wounds Demolition Expert
A 19 year old former soldier Arnold Olsen in Chicago set a homemade booby trap burglar alarm using a three inch shell in his mother's pantry. The blast injured Frank Carr a 37 year old war veteran who was helping with Christmas cleanup. Olsen claimed the device works and Carr quipped about his demolition squad experience in France.
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Chicago
Arnold Olsen
Germany
Olsen
Haxel Olsen
France
Anti-Trust Suit Filed Over Television Equipment Firms
Attorney General Tom C. Clark announced a civil suit in southern New York charging anti-trust violations in television equipment manufacture. Defendants include Paramount Pictures Corp, Television Productions Inc, General Precision Equipment Corp, Scophony Corp of America, Scophony Ltd, and individuals Arthur Levey, Earle G. Hines, Paul Raibourn. The case targets a conspiracy giving control over Scophony inventions in the western hemisphere. Scophony Ltd is based in London.
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Washington
Tom C. Clark
Paramount Pictures Corp
Television Productions, Inc
General Precision Equipment Corp
Scophony Corp. of America
Scophony, Ltd
Arthur Levey
Earle G. Hines
Paul Raibourn
Justice Department
London
Clark
Scophony Corporation
General Precision, Television Products and Scophony Limited
Six Heroes Receive Medal Of Honor At White House Today
President Truman summoned six heroes to the White House to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor. Four army men are named on the list and a marine and a naval officer are expected to be honored at the same ceremony. Infantryman Pfc. Mike Colallili of Duluth Minnesota is among them.
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White House
Washington
Truman
Pfc
Mike Colallili
Duluth
Minn
A Million Weeks A Million Dollars
In Lunenberg Massachusetts, a 1827 schoolteacher earned just 10.50 for 10 weeks. By 1851 records show town leaders budgeted for a district dictionary, enlarging a teacher's desk drawer as its repository.
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Lunenberg
Mass
Putnam
Wisconsin Power and Light reports record gross revenue in 1945
Grover C. Neff, president of Wisconsin Power and Light, told 275 employees at the annual Christmas dinner that gross revenue in 1945 will be the largest in company history, but net income will be the lowest since 1937 due to higher costs of materials and supplies.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Power and Light Company
Grover C. Neff
Neff
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