Jap Woman Wins Stalin Prize For Singing Movement
Tokyo reports the Soviet Union awarded the Stalin peace prize to Japanese singer Akiko Seki. She leads 3,000 Communist choir organizers and a labor union choir network estimated at two million members nationwide. Her movement began in 1950 and promotes labor songs and Russian melodies with pro Communist ties. The prize includes a gold medal and 100,000 rubles.
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Tokyo
Soviet Union
Akiko Seki
Japan
Seki
Ikuo Oyama
Communist Party
United States
Officials sue WCTU over tax exemption in Chicago case
Cook county officials file a tax delinquency suit of 56139 dollars against the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. The suit claims that training anti liquor missionaries at the Evanston headquarters does not grant tax exemption.
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Chicago
Cook County
The
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Evanston
Lane Objects to IRS Tax Return Help Curtailment
Representative Thomas J. Lane of Massachusetts argues that cutting IRS assistance for filing returns would hurt the average taxpayer. He cites complex forms and fears of penalties or imprisonment if guidance is reduced.
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Washington
Thomas J. Lane
D-Mass
Internal Revenue Service
Lane
Misdirected Cab Hint Caused by Airwave Anomaly
Huntsville taxi drivers heard a dispatcher from San Diego instructing pickups at Pier 1. No local pier exists near Huntsville. The strange message reached cabs via radio, traced to freak atmospheric conditions distant from Alabama.
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Huntsville
Ala
Naval Air Base
San Diego
Calif
Christmas Sign Sparks Laughs Across Town
In Knoxville, restaurateur Jimmy Carp acostis notes customers misread his sign “Mery Chrismas” and explains he spell it as he says it. In San Francisco del Rincon, the city council dismissed Mayor Jesus Reyes Betancourt after Army investigators accused him of leading a cattle rustling gang.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Jimmy Carpacostis
Mery Chrismas
San Francisco del Rincon
Mex
Jesus Reyes Betancourt
Burglar Steals Gifts From Christmas Tree in Corpus Christi
A burglar entered the home of Mary Hernandez in Corpus Christi and took a $15 camera and a $10 wrist watch from under the Christmas tree, a Christmas season theft reported in the local area.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Mary Hernandez
Chrysler Breaks All Time Domestic Production Record
Chrysler Corp reported an all time domestic car and truck production record for the year. Through December 17 the company produced 1,403,748 vehicles, including 1,310,770 passenger cars and 92,978 trucks, announced by president L. bk. Colbert.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
L. Bk. Colbert
Oldest U.S. Senator Race Highlights George Oldest Ties
AP News analysis notes Sen George, at 77, seeks reelection in 1956 while warning the age issue. It tracks 70 plus senators, naming Theodore Green as the oldest at 88, with ages of Barkley Murray Hayden Lehman Wiley and others, and highlights records and near-records in Senate history.
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George
Senate
Theodore Green
D-Ri
Green
Neely
D-Wva
Smith
RNJ
Murray
Barkley
D-Ky
Hayden
D-Ariz
Lehman
D-Ny
Martin
R-Pa
Flanders
R-Vi
Wiley
R-Wis
O’mahoney
D-Wye
America
Sen
Morrill
Sen. Glass
D-Va
Glass
Capital Prisoners Angered By Anti Smooching Edict
OKLAHOMA CITY prison inmates angered by Police Inspector Bert Giddens edict banning smooching visit spouses through jail bars sparked complaints after he found inmates smooching in the jail lounge.
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Oklahoma City
Bert Giddens
Giddens
Pair Dies Day Apart in Ohio Heart Attack
Mrs Helen Rowe Cooper aged 58 of Portsmouth Ohio died yesterday from a heart attack. Her husband Maurice Cooper aged 59 died the day before also from a heart attack.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Helen Rowe Cooper
Maurice
Cold Hitchhiker Gets Warm Cell
A Texas youth, James A. Jones, 20, from Wichita Falls, who was visiting Rochester as a magazine salesman, called state police to arrest him to stay warm after nearly freezing while hitch-hiking home. He used his last coins to phone for help and pleaded guilty to vagrancy, ending up in a warm jail for five days.
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Rochester
N.Y
Texas
James A. Jones
Wichita Falls
Jones
Harold Lane
Henrietta
Lane Ord
Russia Infiltrating Ethiopian Market Ad Exposes Gaps
ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia foreign trade notes a Moscow based Machine Export advertisement in the local English paper. It lists industrial equipment including chemical metallurgical and electrical gear but omits agricultural implements, highlighting a mismatch with Ethiopia’s farming needs.
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Moscow
Lane Seeks Help for Texas Man After Five Day Penalty
A Texas man sentenced to five days in Monroe County Penitentiary expresses hope that someone will provide warm clothing and help him return home. Lane voices desire for community aid to cover travel back to Texas before the sentence ends.
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Monroe County
Lane
Texas
UN Delegates Favor Juices Over Hard Liquor At Bars
In New York delegates at the United Nations were seen consuming more orange juice and coffee than hard liquor during Assembly sessions. Four small bars and a 24 foot lounge area stay crowded as delegates sip quick drinks before lunch or late in the day. Hard liquor sales are modest with whisky, bourbon, and scotch popular. martinis top the cocktails.
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United Nations
N.Y
Saies
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