U S Soldiers Permitted to Marry German Women
General Joseph T McNarney relaxed the ban on marriages between U S soldiers and German women in the European theater. The rule allows war brides to travel to the United States with government assistance, but bans marriages during soldiers’ tours of duty. Col George Eyster said brides would be treated as war brides upon arrival. Public relations officers noted civilian War Department employees would be subject to similar rules.
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Frankfurt
Joseph T McNarney
U.S
G. L
George Yster
Publig
Fraulein
United States
Eyster
War Department
Civlian
Bormann Rumored Alive in South America
Stockholm dispatch reports Aftentidningen claiming Adolf Hitler aide Martin Bormann is alive in South America. The account cites uncertain “best information” after World War II, noting his last presence near Berlin and a shell explosion near a escaping tank.
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Martin Bormann
South America
Stockholm
Aftentidningen
Bormann
Byin In
South Americas
Berlin
J'At. Nuern
Large plane believed missing with 32 aboard sighted near Toledo
Portland Army Air Base officials report a large plane believed to be a Marine transport missing with 32 persons aboard has been sighted three miles south of Toledo Washington. Details unclear and not corroborated.
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Portland
Ore
Army Air Base
Toledo
Wash
Calendar of Media Events for Wednesday and Thursday
Calendar lists church and theater activities including Calvary Church services at 6:30 p m and 7:30 p m plus choir rehearsal. First Baptist Teachers and Officers meet at 7:00 p m. National Theater showings Tars and Spars. Palace Heading West and The Strange Mr. Gregory. Liberty Ghost Catchers. Thursday adds W M White PTA at 3 p m. Northside Baptist 7 p m. Presbyterian Men at 7 p m. Baptist Choir at 7:30 p m. VFW Auxiliary at 369 S Sherman.
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Calvary Church
First Baptist Church
National Theater
Palace Theater
Mr. Gregory
Liberty Theater
W. M. White
Northside
Baptist Church
Presbyterian Men's Fellowship
VFW
S. Sherman
Nat'l
Palace
Liberty ‘Theater
Soviet Influence Drives Forward Ghaveri Troop Advance
Fragmentary report describes Ghaveri troops moving along a highway northwest of a province town, with claims of greater Soviet influence and an advancing force about 80 miles southeast. Details are unclear due to damaged text.
U S Consul Held By Chinese Reds Report
Peiping dispatches say U S Consul He Merrell Benninghoff was taken at Dairen and sent coded messages via Moscow. The report notes Communist authorities refused General Edmund H Clubb's request to move the consul to Harbin in Manchuria.
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Peiping
He Merrell Benninghoff
Chicago
Dairen
Dresserman
Wasninghoff
Ri ‘Sian
Way
Moscow
Harbin
Manchuria
Wang
U.eral Edmund
H. Clubb
Equest
Arbin
Mrs. Truman Named Defendant in Damaged Vehicle Suit
Mrs. Bess Truman wife of the president was named a defendant in a damaged suit arising from a motor car dent incident last June near Jonesburg Missouri county authorities reported.
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Bess Truman
Jonesburg
Flown distances reach 1,700 miles in test draft
A fragmented report notes test flights covering distances up to 1,700 miles. The source offers limited readable data but indicates long distance aviation tests and bold range goals amid technical challenges.
Unclear OCR fragment notes fund and contributors
Fragmentary text mentions a six thousand dollar contribution and names Sophie Hatch in a donor context. Details are incomplete and cannot define event, date, or organization.
Christmas party planned for local Boy Scouts and Mexia State School
The annual event will be held on December 17 with a committee led by Sor Harald Nuss. Gifts will be given individually to attendees at the party and collected at the next meeting on December 17.
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Tate
M. ' Greenwaldt
Mitchell
Harvard
University
Fairfield
Westminster
Harald Nuss- Christma
Mexia State School
Kerr Out of Picture as National Democratic Change Simmers
R E Kerr, Oklahoma oilman and longtime ally of President Truman, is reportedly out of the Democratic leadership’s lineup. His absence follows his 1928 opposition to Alfred E. Smith and concerns over oil ties amid Teapot Dome-era scrutiny.
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Kerr
Mire Truman
Alfred JE. Smith
Kerris
Oklahoma
Democratic Party
Harding
Oil Well Sample Library Opens in Austin Texas
Samples from 26 000 wells across Texas form a unique oil library opened in Austin by the University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology. J L Starnes, a research assistant, said the collection will aid the Texas petroleum industry.
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Austin
Tex
U.P
Texas
Bureau of Economic Geology of
University of Texas
J L. Starnes
Petroleum ‘Industry Cof Texas
Big Three Halt Armament Census Move Seek UN Disarmament Plan
Great Britain the United States and Russia tentatively agreed to drop a census demand and pursue a UN led program. They would urge the Security Council to draft arms reduction and an atomic control treaty while withdrawing troops where allowed and reporting progress next year.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Great Britain
United States
Russia
United Nations
General Assembly
Paul-Henri Spaak
Belgium
Security Council
Cies
Security, Council
Hartley_ Shawcross
Britain
Andrei Vishinsky
Sem
Tom Connally
Tex
U.S
Rus’ Sia
G. S
Sports-Minded Burglars Loot Brooklyn Store
Burglars robbed a Brooklyn sporting goods store of 2000 in merchandise and 360 in cash. They used a tape measure to size up sports clothing during the theft.
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Brooklyn
U.P
Rockefeller Offers $8.5 Million for UN Capital Site Purchase
John D. Rockefeller Jr offered to give the United Nations 8.5 million dollars to buy six blocks along Midtown Manhattan East River for a UN capital site. He asked New York City to donate streets and small parcels in 42nd to 48th street area and to make the gift tax free. The option on land lasts 30 days from December 10, with Webb and Knapp proposing a 150 million dollar riverfront city project and Warren Austin noting the deal’s time limit.
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Lake Success
N. Y
U.P
John D. Rockefeller Jr
United Nations
New York
Rockefeller
East River
Manhattan
New York City
48Th Street
York Realty
William Zeckendorf
Webb ‘and Knapp
Rockefeller Center
Warren Austin
British ships rescue 742 Jewish refugees near Cyprus
Two British ships, destroyer Chevron and minesweeper President, rescued 742 shipwrecked Jewish refugees from Syriaa Island in the Aegean. They will be taken to Cyprus detention camps. Refugees, marooned since Saturday after a blockade runner ran aground, faced eight deaths and seven injuries in the incident.
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Jerusalem
Syriaa
Aegean Sea
Cyprus
Chévron
Preident
Paul Porter Chosen To Head Greek Economic Reform Mission
Former Price Administrator Paul A. Porter will lead a six to seven member U S mission to advise Greece on economic reforms. The group, agreed by James Byrnes and Constantine Tsaldaris, aims to guide postwar reconstruction and future U S aid. Greece requested reform as part of a $25 million lend from the Export-Import Bank, with inflation control and currency stabilization as key goals.
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Washington
Paul A. Porter
James F. Byrnes
Constantin Tsaldaris
Paris
Porter
U.S
Greece
State Department
United States
Fainting Spell Triggers Panic at McKinney School
Several members of the choral club fainted during a morning program at W. M. White Mc Kinney Street School. A doctor examined the pupils. none were seriously ill. Authorities cited crowded conditions and new auditorium curtains with odors as possible contributing factors to the fainting and nausea.
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W. M. White McKinney Street
Johnson Remembered by President Truman in Tribute
President Truman led tributes to Walter Johnson, the famed Washington Senators pitcher. Johnson died last night at age 58 after an eight month illness from a brain tumor, prompting national mourning in sports and the broader world. A separate Caracas report noted a counter-revolutionary plot against Venezuela's revolutionary government junta was uncovered and arrests were made.
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Washington
Dec
Truman
Walter Johnson
Washington Senators
Johnson
Caracas
Venezuela
Betancourt
Roosevelts Arrive in Rostov Don During Soviet Tour
Mr and Mrs Elliott Roosevelt arrived at Rostov on the Don in southern Russia amid their tour of the USSR Tass agency reported today The couple had earlier visited Georgia Prémier Josef Stalin's native province during the trip
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Roosevelts
Rostov
Moscow
Elliott Roosevelt
Don
Russia
Tass
Georgia
Josef Stalin
Advance Sale Discount for Fairfield Game in Mexia
Tickets for the championship football game at Mexia Black Cat field Friday night December 13 go on sale early with advance prices. General admission is $1 at the gate, or 75 cents advance. student tickets are 50 cents at the gate and 35 cents in advance. Tickets are available at Mexia High School. A large turnout is anticipated for the regional contest.
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Kendrick and Horetos
Fairfield
Vailey ‘Wills
Mexia High School
Mexia
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Claus
Vere
Madill
Okla
Mexia Daily News
J. L. Bond Fund
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UN Capital
Paul Porter
McKinney School
Walter, Johnson
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