Maple Park Money Shower Delights Town Residents
A train mail sack released funds totaling about 26000 dollars in 5 10 and 20 dollar bills showered Maple Park Illinois on a Wednesday. Residents scooped up cash and returned it to postmistress Mrs Mary Cosey who organized its delivery to the proper mail sack. The mishap began when a westbound North Western Railway train lost a loosened sack strap causing money to spill onto the tracks as the City of San Francisco streamliner approached.
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Maple Park
Mary Cosey
North Western Railway
San Francisca Rar
Bethlehem Gate Opens for Worship Amid War Tensions
Bethlehem's Gate opens for Christian worship as Israel allows over 1000 Arab Christians to cross to Bethlehem and foreign diplomats to attend midnight mass at the Church of the Nativity amid ongoing Arab Israeli tensions. A Protestant service commemorates Peace on Earth at Shepherds Field while the Latin patriarch travels from Jerusalem to Bethlehem for the midnight liturgy.
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Bethlehem
Jordan
Israel
Mandelbaum Gate
Jerusalem
St Jand
Men's Christian Association
Lutheran Welfare
Manger Square
Christmas Cheer and Gloom Across North America
A mixed holiday panorama shows a Oklahoma City motorist buying five pints of whisky after signaling five gallons. Santa letters pile high for Seattle postmaster George Starr and many children awaiting gifts. In Tennessee courthouse yard, a Santa receives 100 five dollar checks to distribute, while a thief returns stolen car toys after a public plea. Ontario family misses Christmas as Crump travels to London to reunite with a wife and kids.
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Oklahoma City
Okahoma
Oklahoma
Starr
Dottie
New York City
Santa Clause
Santa
B. Hall
L. J. Marrs
Hall
Wilfred Crump
Ontario
Canada
London
Donnell Culpepper
Do You Agree When Heard Man Preach Ta Like to Sea Him
A garbled excerpt shows stray phrases about hearing a man preach and staying distant. It mentions bees and an unclear reference to Sean Peedases and the United. The readable bits are too fragmentary to identify a coherent event or proper entities.
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Sean Peedases
United Sinter
Soviet Diplomat Denied Entry to Jordan at Mandelbaum Gate
A Russian diplomat tried to join a Christmas pilgrimage of Arab Christians to Bethlehem but Jordanian authorities blocked the entry at Mandelbaum Gate. Israeli authorities processed hundreds of pilgrims while Jordan refused Anwar Nashishibi’s visa, noting no diplomatic ties with the Soviet Union.
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Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Mandelbaum Gate
Jordan
Jordanian Jerusalem
Tarael
Sisters of Mercy
Jacob Maldenek
Legation
Maldenek
Soviet Union
Abraham Biran
Jordanian Arab Legion
Maidenek
Anwar Nashishibi
Jordanian Foreign Office
Biran
Nashishibi
Nash- Ashibi
United Nations
Israel
Sheriff Cancels Christmas Party Plans in 1930s St. Louis
Sheriff Martin L. Tozer announces the St. Louis sheriff office will skip its traditional Christmas party for officers and politicians. Instead the office will observe the holiday by distributing 110 food and toy baskets to needy families.
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Ot. Louis—P
St. Louis
New French Leader Elected After Prolonged Deadlock
Paris elects Rene Coty, a little known conservative, to succeed Vincent Auriol as France’s president for seven years. He wins on the 12th ballot amid stark parliamentary divisions over rearmament and European policy, ending a weeklong stalemate that leaves Premier Santet’s cabinet to resign and France without a government.
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Paris
France
Algeria
Conservat
Sen
Rene Coty
Naegelenm
Thejon
Coty
Vincent Auriol
Joseph Santel
Palace of Versailles
Morehhan
National Assembly
Senate
Berlin
Moscow
Germany
Assembly
Daniel
Marcel Edmond Naegelen
Murder Charges in Cavite Province Election Violence
Manua 127 government official Domina gor Camerino of Cavite Province and 27 others were formally charged with murder over violence during the November 10 presidential election. Six people died in gun battles in Cavite, a province known for its political tensions.
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Manua
Dominagor Camerino
Cavite
Wanils
San Diego Ex Publisher Buys News in Los Angeles
Clinton D. McKinnon, Democratic Party leader and former congressman, buys the Los Angeles Daily News with Robert L. Smith, publisher. Sale price not disclosed. McKinnon vows a pro-Democratic, pro-labor stance while ready to condemn party or labor leaders out of step with the public good. Sheldon Sackett had offered to buy a majority stake last month.
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Los Angeles
McKinnon
Robert L. Smith
San Diego
The
San Diego Journal
Congress
U. S. Senate
William F. Knowland
California
Vies
Democratic State Central
News
Democratic Party
Labor
Oregon
Sheldon F. Sackett
the News
Smith
the Stockholders Publishing Co., Inc
Pope Urges European Union in Christmas Message
The Vatican broadcasts Pope Pius XII urged a continental union of European peoples to end living and production disparities. He cautioned against excessive faith in technical progress, urged Christian statesmen to act, and linked peace to a balance between faith and modern innovation. He spoke during his 33 minute Christmas address via 24 language translations.
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Vatican City
College of Cardinals
Vatican Radio
Jésus Christ
iThief Complains of Bad Luck in Maryland Court
Baltimore magistrate hears Willie Mitchell plead to a one year sentence on a $12 larceny charge. Judge Carter notes Mitchell’s extensive record and remarks on his bad luck. Sackett sues Smith for 4.6 million, claiming misdeal in notes. Mitchell admits prior thefts and notes ongoing bad luck in court.
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iThief
Baltimore
Willie T.j Mitchell
Criminal Court
Joseph L. Carter
Mitchell
Sackett
Smith
Results of Dock Poll to Be Known Monday
In a tight vote outcome, the National Labor Relations Board said results from a two day longshore election hinge on 4405 challenged ballots. The ILA led the AFL affiliated ILA AFL by 1492 votes with totals showing 9060 for the old ILA and 7563 for the ILA AFL, plus probationary counts and disputed ballots. Disturbances along the Brooklyn and Staten Island waterfront prompted heavy police reinforcements as ballots were cast, with the cooling off period looming.
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New York
National Labor Relations Board
NURB
Independent International Longshoremen's Association
ILA
Dla-Afl
Ila-Afl
Interunion
Brooklyn
Staten Island
Charles T. Douds
NLRB
Taft-Hartley
APZ
Junction
Union
French and Viet Minh repulse major Red River ambush
In Indochina the French high command said French and Vietnamese troops repelled a large Vietminh ambush in the southeastern Red River Delta region. The clash left 196 rebels killed and several captured as French forces reported a decisive counterattack.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Red River Delta
Long Beach Post Office Notice Under March 3 187%
Public notice from Long Beach California references a March 3 187 percent statute. It appears to be a postal or archival entry with unclear figures and dates. No names or organizations clearly identified beyond the city and post office.
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Bet Audit Bureau of
Long Beach
California
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