The Lacros Ship Parcels From Greece
The New York Times reports a months long movement of thousands of food parcels from Greece to the United States. Customs officials say the parcels target supposedly starving American relatives, possibly part of a cruel enterprise or propaganda. Harry M. Durning notes letters from recipients protesting charges on unsolicited parcels.
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New York
New York Times
United States
Customs House
Greece
Newsaper
America
Harry M. Durning
The
Times
Rose City Truce Halts Controversy Over Minister
A ceasefire was declared in Rose City's dispute over Methodist minister Rev. Cecil Scott. The next move rests with Ogemaw County Prosecutor Melvin E. Orr while Mayor Norton King says no more village actions will occur for several days.
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Rose City
Mich
Ogemaw County
Melvin E. Orr
Cecil Scott
Norton King
Thousands Lose Social Security Benefits For Ignorance Of Rights
The article recounts cases where insured workers and widows failed to claim benefits after deductions began. Junius Reider learned late he could have received 23.36 dollars monthly since age 65, losing 55 months of payments totaling 1284.80. Officials urge visiting local social security field offices to determine entitlements and avoid further losses.
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New York
Junius Reider
Junius
Peter Kasius
Pennsylvania
Uncle Sam
Grady
Kasius
Ap Yg Yhe
Social Security Office
Senate filibuster tests veto clash and public interest
The Senate endured a non stop ten hour filibuster over the veto with Wherry and Pepper leading rival factions. Morse and Taylor refused to concede, while aides, observers and a gallery crowd watched the marathon session. Telegrams and public pressure surrounded the showdown as party leaders mobilized Supporters predicted the veto would be overridden despite a close margin.
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Wherry R-Neb
GOP
Wherry
Jor Pepper
D-Fla
Pepper
Morse
Taylor
Idaho
Senate
Truman
Taft
White House
Eben Ayers
Wisconsin Republicans Debate Immigration Bill At Convention
Delegates at the Wisconsin GOP convention tabled a resolution to back a congressional bill admitting 400000 displaced Europeans to the United States. The resolutions committee, led by W. F. Trinke, urged support citing humanitarian concerns amid Europe’s refugee crisis.
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Ing
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Gop
United States
Convention Resolutions Committee
W. F. Trinke
Wisconsin American Legion
Europe
Wisconsin Republicans weigh Dewey Stassen in straw poll
In Madison delegates to the state party convention cast a 13 candidate straw ballot on the 1948 presidential nomina tion. The survey excludes Gov. Dewey supporters from boycotting and will be tallied Sunday for a Monday result. The ballot tests strength between Dewey and Stassen as likely convention contenders drawing national attention.
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Madison
Wis
Bank and File Republican Organization
Republican State Committee
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
Mrs Mary Burbach dies at 72 in Bangor
Mrs Mary Burbach 72 of Bangor R2 died Saturday noon after an extended illness at a local hospital. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 9 am at the home and 9:30 am at St Peter's Church Middle Ridge with burial in St Peter's Cemetery. Rosary is Monday at 8 pm at the home. Surviving are 10 children 19 grandchildren and a great grandchild along with three brothers and two sisters. Her husband and four children, three in infancy and Harold who died in World War II, preceded her.
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Mary Burbach
Bangor
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Middle Ridge
Hugo Koehler
St. Peter's Cemetery
August Hundt
Theresa Shultz
Seattle
Ida Shultz
Madison
Tenn
Harold
Smuggling Boosts Black Market Prices in Helsinki
Foreign seamen smuggle goods into Helsinki raising costs for cigarettes to 3 dollars per 20, coffee to 15 a pound, and chocolate to 1.50 a bar in the black market, according to city reports.
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Helsinki
Finland
Two Escaped Chain Gang Members Held in Sparta
Two escaped Memphis chain gang prisoners remained jailed in Sparta Wisconsin Saturday night after Sheriff Garner Robinson asked Sheriff Hans Biegel to hold them. FBI agents questioned Isham Vinson and Roy Bottoms. they admitted fugitives but offered the same statements as before. A third man, Lawrence Goode, 28, remained at large and was said to be armed with a nickel plated revolver.
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Sparta
Wis
Memphis
Tenn
Moneneye
Garner Robinson
Nashville
Hans Biegel
FBI
Madison
Isham Vinson
Cokeville
Roy Bottoms
Lorenceburg
Biegel
Lawrence Goode
Vinson
Bottoms
Theen
Goade
Wisconsin
New Lisbon
Mill Bluff
Camp Douglas
St. Paul
Notre Dame Club Attends Communion Mass
The Notre Dame club of La Crosse attended a commemorative mass for Rev. Hugh O'Donnell past president of Notre Dame University who died recently. Attending were club members graduates and undergraduates with Bishop Treacy offering the mass and serving as spiritual adviser.
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la Crosse
Hugh O'Donnell
Notre Dame University
John P. Treacy
Robert Bart
William Dvorak
John Elliott
Frederick Funk
August Grams
Robert Hackner
David Hyde
Joseph W. Murphy
Donald Murdy
Robert Padesky
John Rau
Rl Schaettle
Richard Pear
Tenant Found After Furnished Room Offer in Huddersfield
Within 24 hours of offering to rent a furnished bed-sitting room for 140 cigarettes and seven boxes of matches a week, Sam Bradley of Huddersfield found a tenant.
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Sam Bradley
Huddersfield
England
Feinsinger Declares Complete Settlement of Maritime Dispute
SAN FRANCISCO labor conciliator Nathan P. Feinsinger announced a complete settlement of a west coast maritime dispute. Terms of the two last agreements between employers and CIO marine cooks and radio operators mirror east coast deals. Shipping had resumed after a four day tieup prior to unions ratifying the deals, a routine weekend step expected.
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San Francisco
Nathan P. Feinsinger
Labor Department
CIO Marine
St Francis Hospital Nursing School Hosts Anniversary Program
The event in the Blue Skies auditorium welcomed Mayor Charles Beranek and Miss Mary Buck as toastmaster. Dr. Robert E. Flynn spoke of hospital growth since 1905, noting staff shortages and the need to recruit more nurses while praising the devotion of St. Francis women in wartime and on the home front.
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Charles Beranek
St. Francis Alumnae
M. Beata
Siger M. Florina
M. Victoria
Sacred Heart Hospital
Idaho Falls
Ida
Mary Ann Dupont
Doris Murray
Rosemary Mescher
Kathleen Lemmen
Theresa Freybler Mueller
Alameda
Calif
Ann Schwirtz
Flynn
St. Francis Hospital
Nursing School
Market Street
St. Francis
King Solomon Said to Cut Temple Stones with Diamonds
A legend claims King Solomon used diamonds to cut the stones for his temple. The tale emphasizes the divine precision of ancient craft and wealth attributed to the era.
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Solomon
Greatest Research Center Planned at Forest Glen Md
The war department announced plans to build the greatest medical research center in the world at Forest Glen Maryland near Washington. The project costing 40 million dollars will include a 1 000 bed general hospital as the army's chief medical center plus a working library animal farm and staff quarters. The corps of engineers will construct it and it is dubbed the army medical research and graduate teaching center for the office of the surgeon general. The 40 million dollars is described as initial cost with future expansion to 1 500 beds and other units designed to enlarge.
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Washington
War Department
Forest Glen
Army
The
Corps of Engineers
Army Medical Research and Graduate Teaching Center
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