Former congressman May sentenced to federal prison
Ashland Kentucky AP Andrew J May 74 year old former chair of the House Military Affairs Committee was jailed for wartime bribery and conspiracy. He entered the federal institution near Ashland after a cat and mouse arrival while claiming innocence and complaining of heart trouble.
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Ashland
Andrew J. May
House Military Affairs Committee
Government Correctionl Institution
Here
John M. Moore
Lexington
U. S
Eastern
Kentucky
May
Garsson
Henry and
Murray
War Department
Garesona
Moore
R, QO. Culver
U.S
Catlettsburg
Culver
Coal Miners Return as 1949 Strikes End in Brief Pact
The nation’s 480,000 United Mine Workers resume work in 12:01 a.m. shifts under John L. Lewis’s three day week. Miners in western Pennsylvania and rich bituminous regions go back to jobs with Christmas pay, hoping for a five day week, while operators stand firm on wages and pension fund changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
Lewis
Kentucky
Steel Prices To Be Hiked Soon
Pittsburgh AP reports industry spokesmen expect steel prices to rise soon due to higher labor and material costs. Admiral Ben Moreell of Jones and Laughlin calls for an upward revision of the steel price structure unless cost increases ease. A U S Steel spokesman had no comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Mpiwn & Faurin
Ben Moreell
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Moreell
U. 5S. Steel Corporation
Patent Medicine Firm Owner Dies in Toledo
William M. Schrader 78, owner of the M I S T Company, was found dead in his Toledo apartment. A retired pioneer in patent medicines, Schrader ran the firm since 1940 and pressed pills and capsules to meet dwindling rural demand. The company was known for cure-all medicines popular around 1900 for rheumatism biliousness arthritis and related ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo, D
William M. Schrader
M-I-S-T Company
Schrader
Toledo
Report Sought On Officer's Bomb Story
Washington AP reports senior investigator Louis J Russell cites evidence of three shipments of atom bomb materials to Russia in 1944. He says no information links the late Harry N Hopkins to the shipments. Officials note a former Army captain alleged lend lease planes carried atomic materials to Russia during the war and that a Russian colonel requested bomb powder be flown to Russia in 1944 under Hopkins guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEA Telephoto
George Races Jordan
Army Airforce
State Department
Russia
Jordan
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Uwarry Epkins
Louis J Russell
House
UnAmerican Activities Committee
Harry N. Hopkins
Washington
Racer Jordan
Viday
Hart Hopkins
Hopkins
Roosevelt
House committee weighs hearings on atom materials to Russia
Officials of the House Un American Activities Committee said they have information backing a former Army captain's claim that atomic materials were sent to the Russians via lend-lease during World War II. Four members met to consider immediate hearings on the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
UnoiAmerican Activities Committee
Air Force checks report on unnamed atomic project claim
A liaison officer alleged loading of atomic bomb materials on Russian bound planes at Great Falls Montana. Maj. Gen Junius W Jones denies knowledge of the report and the Air Force says no formal investigation is started though records are being reviewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Mont
U. S
Jordan
Junius W. Jones
Sacramento
Cal
Air Force
Inflation Fears Fade as 1950 Prospects Stay Bright
Washington experts warn inflation potential remains but few expect a major price surge in the next year. Analysts cite rising government spending and wage boosts while predicting steady income and production in 1950, with deflation risk seen as longer term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Hoover plans new campaign to save money
Washington AP Herbert Hoover returns to the capital to urge government reorganization as a path to economy at a National Reorganization conference. He stresses reducing waste and spending, aligning with GOP calls for 1950 campaigns while facing debate on practical budget cuts.
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Hoover
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Republc
Moorer
New York
Republic
Taft
Ohio
Guy G. Gabrielson
GOP
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Senate
House Economic Committee
Truman Vacation Intertwines Rest with Work Plans
President Truman resumes a Florida vacation while preparing the State of the Union budget and tax policy. John R. Steelman may join to help, and Truman signals potential increases in corporate taxes to curb a projected deficit. Treasury and congressional budget figures dominate his talks.
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Key West
Truman
Missouri
Florida
John R. Steelman
Charles G. Ross
Congress
Naval Submarine Base
Navy Chapel
Margaret
St. Paul’s Church
Robert L. Dennison
Navy
Ak Prentions
Soe
New York
When Life Begins at Forty A Poem On Turning The Page
The verse reflects on turning forty as a man nears a perilous line and shifts from youth to aging. It notes fears of losing vigor and allure yet ends with a light, defiant note that forty can be faced without pain. The speaker celebrates resilience and a renewed sense of self.
Woman pleads innocent in shooting case
In Cincinnati AP report Mrs Mabel Decker Sr pleaded innocent in police court to shooting with intent to kill Howard L Shearer 61 chairman of the State Board of Cosmetology. Shearer, who was shot in a downtown office building, appeared with two bullet wounds and said he was not aiming to die.
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Cincinnati
Mabel Decker
Howard L. Shearer
State Board of Cosmetology
Frank M. Gusweiler
Shearer
Plane Missing With Five Aboard on Hong Kong Flight
A civil Air Transport two engine C 47 with five people aboard and four tons of gasoline disappeared on the Hong Kong to Kunming run. CAT reported a woman and a child among the passengers plus a three member crew. Pilot listed as James McGovern from Paterson New Jersey.
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong-Kunming
CAT
James McGovern
Paterson
College Student Admits Slaying Sweetheart
Evansville Indiana police say 19 year old Franklin Slay confessed to killing his 16 year old Franklin County girlfriend Mary Ellen Harmon who was five months pregnant. Slay described planning marriage in Florida and plotting their deaths in a car in order to die in each other arms after she said lets die in each others arms. He described striking her with a hammer four or five times and attempting to shoot himself before deciding to jump from a bridge. The body was found in a sinkhole near Hopkinsville Kentucky and investigators traced the map he drew to the exact location. Slay faces murder charges as authorities file proceedings in Hopkinsville.
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Evansville
Ind
Esses
Hhe Franeville
Mary Ellen Harmon
Hopkinsville
Franklin Thomes Slay
Griffin
Afd
Staden
Florida Suite College
Keilicky State
Silay
Athens
Ala
hivapNc
George Hansch
Um Deft
Vansville
Mar‘ge
Florida
Cari Migs Harmon
Aid
Frank
Slay
Mary
German Uranium Mine Fire Death Toll Surges to 5700
A German newspaper reported a dramatic rise in uranium mine fatalities in the Soviet occupation zone. The Lueneburger Landeszeitung claimed 5700 dead after a November 24 blaze, overturning earlier tallies that ranged from hundreds to about 2000.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Lueneburg
Faliersieben
Othey
Johanngeorgenstadt
Five Die as Beechcraft Crashes at Long Beach
A Beechcraft Bonanza crashed and burned at Long Beach municipal airport. Five aboard died including Bob Saunders identified as owner. may have been piloted by Saunders. Others aboard were Hal Evans John Putnam and Cliff Boyden according to field control tower and eyewitnesses.
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Long Beach
Cal
Bob Saunders
CAA
Sarders
Hal Evans
John Putnam
Cliff Boyden
Tragic Toy Gun Accident Claims Cleveland Child
Police said ten year old Donald Campbell aimed a gun at himself during a demonstration with seven children. The bullet struck his head and killed him. Edward L Campbell, a local policeman, is his father.
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Cleveland
Donald Campbell
Donald
Edward L. Campbell
German Storm Takes Ten Lives Across North Germany
Ten people were killed and 16 injured as winds up to 80 miles per hour toppled weak buildings across north Germany. Five died in Berlin. Homburg sustained severe damage. A 100‑foot radio station mast buckled, hundreds evacuated, roads blocked by fallen trees, and ships warned of danger.
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Berlin
Germany
Weser
Elbe
Homburg
Man Dies In Blaze On Beaver County Farm
Williard Christler, 79, died in a house fire on the James McDole farm near Kendall Beaver County Pennsylvania. The blaze began from an overheated coal stove and the Chester West Virginia fire department could not stop the flames before arrival.
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East Liverpool
Williard Christler
James McDole
Kendall
Beaver County
Chester
W. Va
Weekend traffic wrecks claim ten lives in Ohio region
Associated Press reports at least 15 persons died over the weekend in Ohio area crashes. In Hamilton County four men were killed and three injured when a car collided head on with a gas tanker. Other fatalities occurred near Columbus, Xenia, Akron, and Toledo with pedestrians, drivers, and passengers among the injured. Authorities listed victims by name and residence, noting two victims in Georgesville were struck by a passenger train. The weekend toll highlighted multiple fatal collisions and a drowning during tanker docking.
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Ohio
Hamilton County
Franklin County
New Cincinnati
Tully
Claude R. Shotwell
Cleves
Willian Graham
Richard Schulz, Sr
Louis Schulz
North Bend
Wilbur E. Sturgeon
Addyston
Richard Schulz, Jr
William D. Spex
Georgesville
Columbus
Robert McCandless
Bertha E. Webb
Ironton
Louis E. Sudberry
Hamilton
Butler County
Jackson Bosch
James P. Smartt, Jr
Helen Wheatley
Berne L. Gostlin
Akron
Wilma Gamie McCall
Middletown
Woodlawn
Cincinnati
Walter J. Ahiman
Maumee River
Toledo
Wilbur Theodore Eck
Revenge
Lanaster
Henry Dagenhard
Canton
B-36 Bomber Changes Aimed at Arctic Range Expansion
The United States Air Force reports B-36 bombers undergoing changes after two years of Arctic cold weather testing to enable operation from field bases in the Arctic. Tests in Alaska and Eglin show the bomber performing under extreme conditions, with ongoing issues but no changes yet disclosed, and continued testing planned indefinitely.
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Washigton
Frield
Arctic
Russia
Otten
Stormice
United States Air Force
Air Force
United States
Canda
Greenland
Polar
Ice Cap
Eurasia
Fla
Alaska
Bishops Demand Revision of Church Laws in Czechoslovakia
Prague reports Catholic bishops defy the Communist government over church control laws. In a November letter made public, they warn of a religious fight if reforms are not made, arguing the laws violate God and religious freedom and demand revisions to align with church constitutional rights.
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Prague
Czechosinovakia
Arike
Antonin Zapotocky
Tne
Czechoslovakia
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Harry Kintger
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