FBI Ordered to Act on N Y Dock Crime
The attorney general directs the FBI to begin a federal inquiry into waterfront rackets on New York docks. He cites evidence of organized crime, extortion, and graft connected to the International Longshoremen’s Association and related dock firms. A state crime commission hearings already described mob influence and racketeering affecting the city’s shipping industry.
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Washington
FBI
Atty
McGranery
Seaiorkater Front
Strorn
State Crime Commission
New York State Crime Commission
Department of Justice
New York
Justice Department
Thomas E. Dewry
Joseph Kails
Dewey
Herbert Brownell
Eisenhower
Water Front
Albany
New York City
AFI
International Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
Restore Rights of Ex-Felons Now in Service
President Truman restored full civil rights to federal offenders who completed prison terms and served honorably in the armed forces for a year or more since the Korean War began. The White House offered few details on affected individuals. The deserter proclamation targets those who left service between World War II and Korea, potentially affecting about 2940 servicemen across the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard.
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Washington
Truman
Armed Services
Armed Service
White House
United States
Defense Department
Army
Army Air Corps
Navy
Merines
Air Force
Air Corps
Coast Guard
Wild Ride 48 Passenger Bus Stolen Abandoned
A 48 passenger Pacific Electric bus was stolen the night before and abandoned on a front lawn on Tuesday in San Gabriel. The vehicle was found with wine bottles scattered inside and had crashed through three fences, with two by four planks driven into the metal body in the final encounter. Police sought to learn who was aboard and how many people participated.
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San Gabriel
Pacific Electric Beauty
Surgeons Gift Blind Siblings Cataract Operation
In San Diego two surgeons offered to operate on Ignacia Rodelo 13 and Emma Rodelo 12, blind since birth, as Christmas presents. If successful, a six month check will show if their bilateral congenital cataracts can be corrected to about 80 percent of normal vision. The procedures were arranged by Mrs. Josephine Andazola of Tecate, Baja California, who leads a Free Methodist Missionary territory.
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San Diego
Ignacia Rodelo
Emma
Rodelo
Josephine Andazola
Andazola
Tecate
Baja California
Mex
Morse Named To Doane Board In Ike Camp
Eisenhower allies name Morse of Missouri as chair of Doane Agricultural Service in St Louis a veteran farm economist with long church ties and multiple corporate and university affiliations. Born Carthage Missouri 1896 he studied Missouri University farming economy and served in state farm bureau. Morse holds leadership in Farm Economists Association and Rural Appraisers, and serves as trustee for several agricultural and civic bodies. The report notes Eisenhower planned Christmas in New York with family before meetings with Hoover Dulles and MacArthur on government reorganization and war strategy.
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Morse
Doane Agricultural Service of
St. Louis
Deane Agricultural Digest
American Farm Economists Association
American Society of Arm
The
Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co
Agricultural Institute
St Louis
Federation For American Agriculture
National Council For Community Improvement
Christian (Disciples of Christ) Church
Bible College of Columbia
University of Missouri
Missouri
Carthage
Mon
Agriculture College of the
Missouri State Farm Bureau
Missouri Operation Co-operative Livestock Shipping Inn
Morse Hias
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Texas
Mde
New Yor
Maerer
John
Korea
Dwight Cabarbara
Anne
Susan
Columbia University
Marineside Heights
Highland Falls
West Point
Hawaii
Hoover
White House
List_ St
John Foster Dulles
Douglas Macarthur
Truman
Duiles
Arthur S. Flemming
Ohio Wesleyan University
Dulles
Spellman Visits Korea As Peace Advocate And Gift Bearer
Cardinal Spellman told about 3000 Koreans that the United States and the Republic of Korea work together for world peace. He met President Syngman Rhee and spoke at the capital grounds after Mass at Van Fleet HQ. He brought a $10,000 gift for the needy, visited wounded at hospitals, and urged soldiers to serve God and country.
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Francis Cardinal Spellman
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United Nations
Republic of Korea
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James A. van Fleet
J. T. Kilcoyns
San Francisco
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U. S. Lighth
Rhee
Capitol
Korea
Hiery
Kilcoyne
Blessed Sacrament
Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
John A. Sheedy
Altona
Tald
U. S
Santa Proves Classic Sleigh Still Wins Over Jet Bomber
A North Pole scene unfolds as Santa refuses a modern jet, choosing the old sleigh drawn by eager reindeer over a U.S. Air Force bomber. Elves fix a new sleigh runner from an icicle, and the reindeer dash ahead, proving tradition endures against high tech.
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Ranta
Air Force
Santa
Santa Claus
Tve
Mr. Forge
North Pole
U. S. Air Force
Conder
Butzen
Ike irked older blood donors rule spares Eisenhower
President elect Eisenhower, age 62, was joked about by E Roland Harriman head of the Red Cross who said the organization won t accept blood from people over 60. Harriman reported Eisenhower once offered to donate again but is past 80 and the rule will not be waived to avoid setting a precedent.
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New York
American Red Cross
Eisenhower
Roland Harriman
Red Cross
Commodore Hotel
Harriman
Red Cros
Casualty total in Korea reaches 128083 in latest DoD update
Washington reports U S defense tally of 128083 casualties in Korea an increase of 216 from last week summary. The tally includes 22519 deaths 9282 missing and 92485 wounded with 88 percent of the wounded believed returned to duty. Breakdown by service shows Army Navy Marine Corps and Air Force casualties and outcomes with dates and figures.
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Washington
Defense Department
U. S
Korea
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
Truman Promotes Nash Once Labeled Communist Sympathizer
President Truman elevates Phillip Nash a White House aide and adviser on minority issues from 11000 to 15000 yearly. Nash, Wisconsin cranberry producer, has denied McCarthy’s Communist party charges. The White House calls the promotion a major Christmas gift.
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Washington
Truman
Phillip Nash
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Nash
Communist Party
W McCarthy
Wisconsin
White House
David K Wiles
Niles
Oakland Pot Burned to Death in Crash
Two people burned beyond recognition in a car truck collision near Oakland were identified as Mrs. Oloya Franco, 55, and her son Robert Ruda Franco, 22, residents of Oakland. The car swerved into a truck on the Pacific Coast Highway setting the vehicle ablaze and trapping the victims. the truck driver was uninjured.
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Malisa
Oakand
Oloya Franco
Robert Ruda Franco
Pacific Coast Hwy
Alito
Santa Claus Delivers A Merry Flight Across the Sky
The scene recalls a joyful ride as bells jingle and travelers bid farewell to a lumbering airplane. Santa Claus laughs with a white beard, claiming you can’t beat him, while a grand steed speeds on delivering a present for you as you sleep.
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Santa Claus
Wreck of Champollion Claims 27. 100 Hurt As Ship Breaks
Beirut authorities say 27 dead and about 100 injured after the French liner Champollion hit a reef and split near shore. Lifeboat capsized during rescue. 16 bodies recovered composing mostly crew. Vessel was en route from Marseille and Alexandria to Beirut with 220 crew and 108 passengers.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Nureddin Ratahi
Ther
Marseille
Alexandria
Holy Land
Denial of Shore Leave for 299 Seamen on Major Liners
Inspectors questioned seamen aboard the Liberte Ie de France Queen Mary Queen Elizabeth and Mauretania about potential Communist affiliation as shore leave was granted to some CGT union members. The move aimed to prevent delays after port arrival, with plans to fly in additional inspectors to San Juan Kingston Havana Nassau Bermuda and Halifax. The Liberte, the world’s fourth largest liner, will stay three days, delaying denied sailors’ Christmas aboard.
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Ie de France
Mauretania
Cuward
Shaughnessy
Martin
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CGT
Ito
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Kingston
Jamaica
Havana
Nassau
Bermuda
Halifax
Mediterranean
Pilgrims Fill Holy Land Cities for Christmas Worship
Thousands of Arab and foreign pilgrims joined services across Bethlehem and Jerusalem as border restrictions eased for Christmas. Arab Christians entered Israeli Jerusalem through Mandelbaum Gate to visit relatives before returning, while others traveled the new Bethlehem route under tight church ceremonies led by Cardinal Alberto Gori.
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Bethlehem
Jerusalem
Bathichem
Jericho
Ramallah
Mandelbaum
Israel
Holy City
Mandelbaum Gate
Alberto Gori
Consular Corps
United Nations
Holy
Rachel
Christ
Arab Jerusalem
Rat Derritory
Holy Land
Immigration officers check arrivals under McCarran-Walser Act
Justin T. Bennett, officer in charge at Terminal Island, said staff check all ships and airplanes arriving from foreign ports and Hawaii under the McCarran-Walser Act. All entrants have answered questions, with no one banned or refusing to cooperate since the law took effect.
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Justin T. Bennet
Immigration and Naturalization Office
Terminal Island
Los Angeles County
Hawaii
Bennett
U.S
Berserk teacher kills three children and injures wife
Archibald Connell, 31, a California high school teacher, apparently killed his three children Carl 3 months Teresa 2 1 2 and Michael 4 after an argument with his estranged wife Wynona 28. He slashed Wynona before pursuit by deputies, then wounded himself. The wife survived.
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San Jose
Archie Conéll
Santa Clara County Hospital
Wynona
Cuperintino
Cone Nelt
Carl
Teresa
Michael
James Cunningham
Connectt
Connell
Hong Kong Christmas for USS Los Angeles
The heavy cruiser USS Los Angeles arrived in Hong Kong this week and sent its officers and crew ashore for Christmas leaves. It serves as flagship of Rear Adm. W. H. O'Regan, commander of the Fifth Cruiser Division of the U. S. Seventh Fleet in Korean waters.
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Hong Kong
USS
Los Angeles
Adm
W.H. O'Regan
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Marlow Turns Poet on Santa's Dilemma for Harry and Ike
A humorous piece imagines Santa Claus pondering gifts for President Dwight D. Eisenhower and son Harry. Santa weighs political irony in a playful verse about Korea war strain, inflation, and party critics, ultimately deciding whimsical yet pointed presents.
Pope Urges World to Follow Christ
The Pope calls for solidarity and a just global order, urging nations to channel wealth toward the common good and to abolish glaring living standards inequities. He critiques monopolies and stresses that labor is about protecting workers, not expanding corporate power, while warning that modern systems cannot control vast forces.
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Uele
Christ
Life Sentences for Two Nazi Doctors by French Court
Metz France WP two German doctors were given life imprisonment by a French military court for experiments on concentration camp inmates including anti typhus and poison tests. A third defendant faced death, and another was acquitted. The judge urged humanitarian values beyond production technocrats and called for moral accountability.
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France
Mazi
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