Diver Pinioned Five Hours in Sea Escapes
William Wood, a veteran diver, freed himself after five hours trapped beneath wreckage near Land's End off San Francisco. Using improvised jacks to lift bars, he was lifted aboard the Salvager at 7:20 pm and treated for shock. He hoped for Christmas money from salvaging brass and copper.
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Sea Around Us condensed by Reader's Digest preview
December digest presents 42 condensed articles from Rachel Carson's The Sea Around Us. It outlines ocean birth, origins of life, human impact, and submerged marvels such as underwater mountain ranges, volcanoes, a lost island, and bioluminescent fish.
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Early Yule Too Late for Rodney Gale Dies in Sleep
In Alameda on November 23 Rodney Gale a 23 year old dies in his sleep after a cancer battle. His parents Mr and Mrs LeeRoy Gale decided against prolonging his misery with a costly treatment. A premature Christmas party was planned to cheer him but he passed before it.
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Rodney Gale
Rodney
LeeRoy Gale
United States presses for swift European federation action
In Strasbourg American lawmakers urge rapid progress toward a European political and economic federation under the Mutual Security Act. They warn the United States will not finance a divided Europe, urging unity now and opposing parallel Atlantic union plans.
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European Consultative Assembly
Europe
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Rtown
Kenneth Keating
R-N. Y
Howard Smith
D.-Va
U. S
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Packard Car Price Increase Ordered by OPS
Washington November 23 government order raises Packard passenger car prices by 116.12 to 185.05 as part of a broad auto pricing series. OPS notes reductions reflect factory wholesale increases from October and signals a forthcoming bakery price regulation affecting 29,000 bakeries and bread and bakery sweet goods.
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Packard
Packard Motor Car
Office of Price Stabilization
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Italy Food Boost Program Planned for World Feed Rise
Rome November 23. Three FAO working commissions began mapping a 10 year program for the greatest increase in feed production the world has ever undertaken. Norris E Dodd director general outlined the plan to delegates from 70 nations. He said world food output must rise 3 to 4 percent annually for the next decade.
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FAO
Norris E. Dodd
Food and Agriculture Organization
Churchill's Home Guard Plan Approved
London reports Prime Minister Churchill won House of Commons approval for a peacetime Home Guard of 125,000 to protect factories and airports and aid civil defense in case of enemy air attack. War Minister Antony Head said the move aims to bolster defense, not signal imminent war.
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Antony H. Head
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