Pensions For All Seems Sure Says Statistics Chief
Washington AP Lab Statistics chief Ewan Clague argues pensions for all are likely as half the voting population consists of the old and near old. He notes life expectancy rise and 65 plus population growth to 21.5 million by 2000, urging a plan to meet growing pension needs.
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Statistics Chief
Washington
Statistics
Ewan Clague
Labor Statistics
Clague
Machinery and Allied Products Institute
Councils of Labor
Barkley predicts Democratic victory at Waldorf dinner
Vice President Alben W. Barkley forecast a 1952 Democratic presidential win at a Jefferson Day dinner in the Waldorf Astoria, raising 400000 for the party. He defended the Democratic program against GOP critics while noting the growing federal role amid industrial and social change. The event drew 2600 party leaders, with Barkley’s new bride seated beside him as he spoke.
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NEW York
Alben W. Barkley
Democratic Party
Veep
Waldorf-Astoria
Barkley
America
Uncle Sam
Capitol
Democratic National Committee
Georgia
Carlon
Hadhey
S. Louis
Congress
Chinese Reds Close In On Nationalist Strongholds
Reds push into western China severing the Chengtu Kunming highway and the Chungking route. Chungking fell as Communists advance toward Suyang, while Li Tsune Jen prepares a private plane trip to the United States with State Department approval.
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China
Chengtu
Kunming
Here
Chungking
Hong Kong
Li Tsune- Jen
United States
State Department
Fumes Sickened 26 Firemen In Barbertown Jewelry Blaze
Tests were begun to identify fumes that hospitalized 26 firefighters including Fire Chief Edward A. Peery and 25 of 34 crew after a jewelry store fire. Carbon monoxide and phosgene were suspected as burning plastics in jewelry cases produced the potentially poisonous smoke. Ten were released from hospital yesterday with most others expected home today. Fire Captain Luther H. Culbertson said the $100000 blaze likely started from wiring detection prior to the fire at H. EF. Simon jewelry store.
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Barberton. O
Edward A. Peery
H. EF. Simon
Luther H. Culbertson
VA eases loan guarantees for unfinished veteran homes
The Veterans Administration will allow guaranty of loans for homes unfinished due to weather delays. A veteran may occupy the home and, at the veteran’s request, deposit 1.5 times the estimated unfinished work cost in escrow to guarantee completion. VA previously required completion certification before guaranty.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Dawson Is Kept out As Trustee in Welfare Fund Dispute
Washington AP Charles J. Dawson, blocked by John Lewis from the coal miners welfare fund trusteeship, says only those spending fund money do so at their peril. Lewis and neutral trustee Bridges vote to cut emergency payments. UMW leader says votes cancel each other. Welfare fund strained two months behind on emergency hospital costs. dispute tied to failed labor contract talks and a 20 cent royalty under the expired pact.
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Washington
Charles J. Dawson
John L. Lewis
Coal Miners Welfare Fund
Sas
Dawson
Lewis
Senator Bridgs
R-Nh
United Mine Workers Union
UMW
Bridges
Welfare Fund
Helps Start Car Keeps On Going
Philadelphia report details Walter Bowe needing help as a 1938 car stalled in South Philadelphia. Fourteen strangers joined to push the vehicle, then one lighter man stayed in to operate the starter, got the engine running, and drove off with Bowe's car.
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Walter Bowe
Philadelphia
Bowe
The Devastating Shopper on a Downtown Shopping Tour
A humorous column by Gordon Martin depicts a fierce shopper causing chaos in a crowded store. She plows through crowds on bargain floors, wins purchases, and leaves bruised shins and disheveled hats in her wake as she exits with bundles.
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Greenhorn
Three Insane Men Escape From Oregon Mental Hospital
Police hunted four violent patients who fled the Western Oregon state mental hospital after overpowering a guard and seizing his keys. One man, James W. Cameron, 15, was later captured near Woodburn as search efforts continued across the area.
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Alem
Ore
Oregon
Here
James W. Cameron
Woodburn
Salem
Ed Rollins
Rollins
Tom Soith Uial
Smith
Government housing plan seen as limited change
Washington AP a key FHA official said a new policy denying federal guarantees for mortgages on properties with racial or creed based restrictions will apply only in exceptional cases. Franklin D. Richards said most dwellings remain eligible for FHA financing despite the future rule. The move, announced by Solicitor General Perlman with President Truman backing, aims to curb housing discrimination but may not alter existing minority loans.
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Washington
Franklin D. Richards
Federal Housing Administration
Philip B. Perlman
Truman
Perlman
New York
Richards
FHA
White House
Philip B. Pear
Bold Bandits Seize $22,000 at Stevens Hotel Chicago
Two robbers familiar with hotel routines robbed the Stevens Hotel in Chicago of 22000 in cash and checks. General Cashier H. W. Kipper was struck and tied as the robbers forced him from the service elevator to the offices. Audrey Lindgren noted 15000 came from room payments by Club members after a national convention. The Stevens Hotel, described as the world’s largest, is the scene of the theft.
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Chicago
Stevens Hotel
H. W. Kipper
Kipper
Olive
Jun
Audrey Lindgren
Truman Works On Message To Congress For Civil Rights Plan
President Truman moved ahead with plans to ask Congress for a strong civil rights program and to clarify a housing anti discrimination policy. He will renew demands in the State of the Union including a federal anti poll tax law, broad anti discrimination measures, repeal of the Taft Hartley act, and other changes pledged in 1948.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Congress
Boogie Woogie King Ammons Dies at 42 in Chicago
Albert C. Ammons known as the Boogie Woogie King has died at his Chicago home at age 42 after months of illness. A famed Jazz pianist, he was credited by peers as an originator of boogie woogie and had been awarded an honorary Doctor of Jazz from Columbia University after performing there. One of his last public appearances was at President Truman's inauguration earlier this year. He suffered a two month nerve infection causing paralysis of both hands.
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Chicago
Albert C. Ammons
Il Ness
Ammons
Columbia University
Truman
Argument over Lewis ends with knife wound
Plains Pennsylvania police report an argument between Charles Evans and his wife Charlies Evans over John L Lewis. During the dispute Mrs Evans was slicing a bun when the knife wound the husband in the abdomen. No charges were filed as the incident was ruled accidental.
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Plains
John L. Lewis
Charlies Evans
United Mine Workers
Evans
Mrs. Evans
Joseph Sherin
Jame Gavin
Taft Ends Ohio Tour Short of 88 Counties
Senator Taft closes his year long report to the people tour in Ohio still 12 counties short of visiting all 88. Headquarters said the remaining counties Mercer Van Wert Paulding Defiance Putnam Crawford Morrow Holmes Stark Richland Ashland and Ashtabula will be visited on weekends after Congress reconvenes in January.
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Columbus
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Mercer
van Wert
Paulding
Defiance
Putnam
Crawford Morrow
Holmes
Stark, Richland
Ashland
Ashtabula
Three Students Die in Oklahoma Dormitory Fire
A fire struck a wooden dormitory on the University of Oklahoma campus early today. At least three students burned to death while more than three hundred escaped the former Navy barracks. nineteen were injured. The three bodies were recovered but identification was incomplete.
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Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
Navy
Lava Threatens Sicilian Town As Etna Erupts Again
Mt Etna erupts sending lava toward Maletto and Bronte in Sicily. Officials report lava from at least ten vents, with no confirmed casualties. Fire and earthquakes accompany the flow as residents evacuate and farms burn, while witnesses describe intense heat and smoke.
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Catania
Sicily
Mt. Etna
Maletto
Mt. Elna
Moontsis
Etna
Ute Main Crater
Bronte
Europe
Malette
Chiavarsa
Giardinazza
Bronze
Gawn
Posthumous Legion of Honor Awards In France
France announces posthumous Legion of Honor awards for boxing great Marcel Cerdan and violinist Ginette Neveu following the airliner crash near Azares. Both were en route to the United States when the tragedy occurred on October 18.
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PARIS
France
Today
Azares
Marcel Cerdan
Ginette Neveu
United States
Bethlehem Lights Christmas Star In Industrial City
Bethlehem Pennsylvania lights up as the Christmas City displays a 1-foot star glowing 28 miles against furnaces and hills. The 6:30 p.m. start marks the season with 40,000 bulbs and seven miles of lights, plus a 60-foot tree and candle ceremonies at Moravian sites. Bethlehem residents reach 69,000 as attendance rises each year.
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Bethlehem
South Mountain
United States
Pennsylvania
Central Moravian Church
Moravian Seminary
College For Women
U. S
Zinzendorf Square
Treasury policy criticized by Eccles prompts McCabe statement
Washington AP report notes Marriner Eccles accuses Treasury of basing policy on obtaining money cheaply and risking inflation. Secretary Snyder and McCabe were set to testify as the Senate subcommittee reviews government finance. McCabe, named by Truman after disputes, is viewed as a conciliator and has worked more closely with Snyder.
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Washington
Thomas B. McCabe
Federal Reserve Board
Treasury
Marriner S. Eccles
Reserve Board
Truman
Eccles
Reeles
Senate House
Capitol
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Snyyer
McCabe
MclCabe
Cartoonist Frank Miller Dies at 51 in Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach AP reports Frank Miller creator of the syndicated comic strip Barney Baxter died in a local hospital at age 51. His work ran in numerous newspapers and audiences remembered his humor and distinctive drawing style.
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Daytona Beach
Frank Miller
Barney Baxter
Pierm Founder Diff Cleveland Auto Pioneer Aage Hansen Dies
Aage Mus Hansen, 79, native of Denmark, founder of Hansen Automobilite and General Car Company in 1962, died last night at his Shaker Heights home. He was an early Cleveland automobile manufacturer and later a building contractor.
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Pierm
DIFFS
Cleveland
Shaker Heights
Aagemus Hansen
Denmark
Hansen Automobilite and General Car Company
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