Not a medic says his father faker as surgeon
Ottawa reports the Canadian navy will discharge American impostor Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr who posed as Dr Joseph Cyr of New Brunswick and operated in Korea. His father suspects no medical training beyond an orderly role. Investigations into illegal entry and medical credentials are underway as Demara’s parents travel to Esquimalt B C to join the summer custody.
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Joseph Cyr
New Brunswick
Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr
Lawrence
Mass
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Boston
Grand Falls
Canada
Esquimalt
B. C
Woman in Iron Lung Gives Birth to Girl
In Los Angeles on November 20, Mrs. Lillian Hopper a 38 year old polio victim who uses an iron lung gave birth to a 4 pound 14 ounce girl. Physicians at General Hospital reported a normal birth and that the child is not affected by polio. The mother was kept alive for 30 minutes with a positive respirator during delivery. Mr Herbert D Hopper 41 and Mrs Hopper reside in a day of seven.
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Los Angeles
Lillian Hopper
General Hospital
Soviet Press Rejects Acheson Nuclear Plan
Soviet state media dismissed Dean Acheson’s UN disarmament proposal as flawed. Izvestia accused the three power approach of contradicting itself and failing to halt the arms race. It argued the Baruch plan would permit U.S. bomb production and stockpiling.
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Moscow
U. S
Dean Acheson
United Nations
Acheson
America
Bernard M. Baruch
U. N
United States
Mrs Ryan Due Retrial in Shooting Feb 26
Mrs Margaret Ryan, widow of Thomas Fortune Ryan kin, will be retried February 26 for the shooting of Leonard Curran Ray, 21, at her ranch last June. Judge Ray B Lyon set the date and kept her on $10000 bail. The first trial ended November 7 with a hung jury. Prosecutors charge manslaughter after Ray allegedly pointed a .22 rifle at her in self defense.
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San Luis Obispo
Margaret Ryan
Ray B. Lyon
Leonard Curran Ray
Ray
Texas Birds Win Sprint in London Pelican Derby
Galveston News editor James T. Carter returns from London boasting Texas triumphs in the Royal Pelican Derby. He brought four birds to replace two dead, claims to beat a South African shipment by 24 hours, and says Churchill may visit Galveston next January. The pelicans are in London Zoo pending deployment.
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James T. Carter
Galveston
London
Texas
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Galveston News
St. James’ Park
Royal Grounds
Buckingham Palace
South Africa
Louisiana
London Zoo
Winston Churchill
Churchill
United States
L A Mayor Bowron Arrives in Karachi for Civic Greeting
Karachi hosts Los Angeles Mayor Fletcher Bowron during a goodwill tour. The Karachi Municipal Corporation plans a civic reception tomorrow. Bowron previously hosted Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan in Los Angeles last year.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Fletcher Bowron
Los Angeles
iThe
Karachi Municipal Corporation
Bowron
Liaquat Ali Khan
Suez Fighting Toll 30 Dead
In Ismailia, Suez Canal Zone, 30 people died during weekend clashes. British and Egyptian sources tally 18 dead and 30 wounded. newspapers reported 12 British soldiers missing but a British spokesman disputed the figure. Ismailia remained quiet under occupation after a truce.
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Cairo
Ismailia
Suez Canal Zone
al Ahram
al Misri
Britain
U S Steel Union Talks Set for November Twenty Seventh
Pittsburgh reports that United States Steel Corp and the CIO United Steelworkers will open new contract negotiations on November 27 aimed at shaping the economy for the coming year. Philip Murray will lead the union’s negotiating team seeking a wage increase from about $1.95 per hour, facing John A. Stephens of U S Steel.
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Pittsburgh
United States Steel Corp
CIO
United Steelworkers
Philip Murray
Steelworkers
John A. Strephens
New Jersey Executive Named Air Force Assistant Secretary
KEY WEST Fla November 20 Edwin V Huggins a 44 year old New Jersey business executive and former executive vice president of Westinghouse Electric International is named the new assistant secretary of the Air Force He is a Madison Wisconsin native and Yale graduate with a Maplewood New Jersey home He will assume duties November 27 under a recess appointment subject to senate confirmation
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Fla
New Jersey
Edwin V. Huggins
Air Force
Hugging
Westinghouse Electric International Company
Madison
Wis
Yale
Maplewood
N. J
Winter Tightens Its Hold Across Eastern U.S.
The Associated Press reports a slow easing of the cold snap across the eastern half of the nation while the Great Plains see warmth. Lows ranged from 12 above in Michigan to 50 in Miami with subzero readings scarce. Temperatures near normal west of the Rockies, with snow flurries in the Great Lakes and Appalachians.
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Birmingham
Ala
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Gladwin
Mich
Wausau
Wis
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Washington
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