Stalin Birthday Gift Bonanza From Across Communism
Moscow readies for Joseph Stalin turning 70 as a vast gift flood arrives from across the Communist world. Freight trains deliver millions of parcels and crates including motorcycles airplanes and even factories. Czech and Romanian delegations join in mass greetings while new statues and holidays mark the occasion.
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Russia
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Moscow
Soviet Monitor
Kremlin
Us.s.r
East Germany
Warsaw
Poland
Milan
Prague
Sofia
Britain
France
Sweden
Czechoslovakia
Bratslava
Gerlachovka
Ana Pauker
Buchares
Romania
Bulgaria
Bad Hiding Place Leads to Loss of Shoe Money
W J Garland of Marion Ohio mislaid three $100 bills he hid in his right shoe after leaving his car for a downtown restaurant. Police retraced his steps but could not recover the cash in a Columbus incident.
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Columbus
W. J. Garland
Marion
Election Won By Bulgarian Communists
Bulgaria's Fatherland Front won 97.06 percent in single ticket parliamentary elections, with 109,983 ballots blank or mutilated. Some 4,698,979 voters participated, marking a 5.66 percent gain from last year's municipal results as 239 deputies prepare to elect a praesidium. The government objected to a U S protest over US Minister Heath in the Kostov treason trial. Heath denied plotting and said he had no meetings with Kostov.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Fatherland Front
National Assembly
U. S
Donald R. Heath
Traicho Kostov
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Heath
Kostov
Crews Seek Missing Skier in Tehachapi Snow
Rescue crews on 6,000 foot high Tehachapi slopes search for 14 year old John Camp of Loraine Kern County who vanished Sunday while skiing with four companions near Back Canyon four miles from his last sighting. Tracks found near Kelso Valley but no sign of the boy.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Tehachapi Mountains
John Camp
Loraine
Kern County
Back Canyon
Forest Service
Kelso Valley
Two Boys Die in Warren Pond Ice Break
In Warren Ohio two youths aged 15 and 14, John Banskey and James Rowlan, drowned after stepping onto a large pond with a 150 foot ice stretch that cracked. Passersby and firefighters failed in rescue attempts as the ice gave way while the boys were playing. Bodies recovered. victims are sons of local residents Walter Banskey and Victoria Rowan.
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Warren
John Banskey
Walter Banskey
James Rowlan
Victoria Rowan
Mass Televised from St Monica Cathedral in Cincinnati
The midnight Pontifical mass at St Monica Cathedral for Christmas will be televised by WCPO-TV officials announced. It marks the first time in the Cincinnati archdiocese that a mass has been televised.
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Cincinnati
St. Monica Cathedral
Wcpo-Tv
Archdiocese of Cincinnati
Denfeld Rejects Offer and Dismissal Controversy Deepens
Washington AP The four star admiral Louis E Denfeld rejected the post of commander in chief of U S Naval Forces in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean wide dissent over his dismissal controversy lingers as Congress returns next month Denfeld said the loyalty report to President Truman and his remarks on frank discussion with NATO allies could burden colleagues and defense officials The letter published by the Navy reveals his stance while he leaves retirement option open
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Louis E. Denfeld
Naval Operations
Congress
Navy
Matthews
Defense Department
U. S
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Denfeld
Truman
Armed Services Committee
House of Representatives
Truman Ends Vacation Returns To Washington
President Truman returns from a three week Florida vacation aboard the Independence. He landed at National Airport around 12 30 p m EST after a three hour forty six minute flight from Key West. Aide said no turning back from his program and he will campaign to elect Congress members aligned with his views. A cabinet meeting is set for Thursday at 10 a m EST to discuss tax policy and budget plans.
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Truman
Florida
Independence
National Airport
Key West
Fla
Boca Chica
Allace H. Graham
Congress
White House
Film Actor Bound In Diana Barrymore Apartment
New York AP report says film actor Robert Wilcox was found bound and gagged in Actress Diana Barrymore’s apartment. Two men ransacked the suite and left with a mink coat a silver fox scarf a suitcase and about 50 dollars in silver. Barrymore is hospitalized after a fall.
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New York
Robert Wilcox
Diana Barrymore
Wilcox
Miss Barrymore
Roosevelt Hospital
John Barrymore
Taylor to Quit Position as Vatican Envoy
In Rome today unconfirmed reports claim Myron C. Taylor, former U S Steel chairman and U S President Truman envoy to the Vatican, will resign as special representative. Taylor declined to confirm or deny. a Vatican source says reports seem credible due to his poor health.
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Rome
Myrom C. Taylor
U. S. Steel Corporation
Truman
Vatican
Taylor
Explosion wrecks Preston Oil plant near Homer Ohio
An explosion at the Preston Oil and Gas Company condenser station near Homer Ohio destroyed a 100 by 60 foot storage building and a frame office. No injuries were reported though debris flew 1200 feet and windows shattered in nearby homes. Two employees escaped unharmed as fire finally cooled by 7 am with pumps redirected.
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Newark
Preston Oil and Gas Company
Homer
Here
Mount Vernon
Utica
Roy Chrisman
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Hunt and
Dixon
Licking County
William McElroy
Encore ticket looms in 1952 for Democrats
Vice President Barkley predicts a continuing Democratic majority through 1952 and beyond. He envisions a Truman Barkley ticket again, noting his age may be a factor as he nears 75 in 1952 while Truman could be 68 if reelected. Republicans doubt his foresight yet acknowledge the appeal of his rallying speeches.
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Encore
Washington
Barkley
Truman
V. P
John
Miami
Fla
Brewster
Maine
William Henry Harrison
Dawson Goes To Court In UMW Dispute
Former Federal Judge Charles I. Dawson sought a court order to be recognized as the soft coal operators' representative on the UMW welfare fund board. He was elected November 3, but John L. Lewis refused to record his vote, citing Ezra Van Horn as the operators’ trustee. Van Horn had resigned to the operators though not to the trustees on September 14. The petition reveals Van Horn telegraphed on November 16 that he considered himself out as a trustee despite ongoing court actions to resolve liability for welfare fund spending.
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Washington
Charles I. Dawson
United Mine Workers Welfare Fund
John L. Lewis
Dawson
Louisville
Lewis
Ezra van Horn
van Horn
Duke and Duchess to sail for New York
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor will depart Paris aboard the Cunard Liner Queen Elizabeth for New York tomorrow as reported by AP.
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Paris
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
New York
The Printer By Gordon Martin
The piece praises printers and their pivotal role in daily life from newspapers and receipts to tickets menus and wedding invitations. It emphasizes the printer’s skill and irreplaceable position in producing books, stationery, and everyday signs that accompany commerce and culture.
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Gordon Martin
Mayor O'Dwyer Weds Texas-Born Girl In Small Florida Town
Mayor William O'Dwyer of New York, age 50, married Elizabeth Sloan Simpson, 33, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Stuart Florida. The city proclaimed “William O'Dwyer day” and named him permanent honorary mayor. The couple left by yacht Almar I for a honeymoon voyage with a two man crew aboard the 50 foot craft.
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O’dwyer
Florida
Stuart, Fla
William O'Dwyer
New York
Elizabeth Sloan Simpson
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Timothy J. Geary
O'Dwyer
Texas
City Commission
Stuart
Drew King
Almar I
GOP Set for Congress Battle in New Session
The article notes rising GOP opposition to President Truman's Fair Deal as Congress reconvenes, with fights likely on social security expansion health insurance welfare and education. Republicans push against tax increases and spending cuts, while Truman seeks a State of the Union program push for early 1952 votes.
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Washington
Truman
Key West
Congress
House
Senate
Mr. Truman
Capitol Hill
Rpublicans
Barkley
Springfield Fireman Killed In Auto Crash Near London
Richard Schaefer age 26 a Springfield city fireman was killed when his car left the road three miles north of London The passenger Theodore Rob 23 also of Springfield sustained an arm injury and was hospitalized in Springfield
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London, C
Richard Schaefer
Springfield
Here
Theodore Roberts
Man Caught After 65 MPH Chase Near Cincinnati
A carnival worker fled at 65 mph through Harrison O toward the Indiana line, was captured near the Ohio-Indiana border, and taken to Brookville Indiana. He admitted taking a car and robbing a Brookville liquor store, with $89.72 stolen. He gave the name Edward H. Warfield of Rushville Indiana and said he worked in a carnival in Axton, C. The pursuit ended when officers blocked the road and forced the car to a curb.
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Cincinnati
Harrison O
Brookville
Ind
Ohio State
L. J. Kauskey
Edward H. Warfield
Rushville
Kauskey
Harrison
James
Nelson Loos
Ohio-Indiana Line
Warfield
Axton
Jacob Ripperger
Twenty seven German war criminals freed from Landsberg
Twenty seven German war criminals were released today from Landsberg prison in Germany for good behavior after serving most of three to five year sentences handed down by U S military courts for wartime crimes. None were major Nazi figures. The men commanded concentration camps or served as camp guards or mistreated American airmen.
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Landsberg Germany
U. S
Landsberg
Fire forces 15 families from Riverside apartments
A fast moving blaze swept through the Riverside apartments in downtown Painesville early today forcing fifteen families to flee. Fire crews from nearby communities aided the two story brick and wood building, which was gutted with damage estimates up to 200000. No injuries were reported.
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Painesville, C
Riverside
Painesville
Five Per Cent Probe Figure to Tell Story
A grand jury in Washington hears the case of John Maragon, once a White House visitor and shoe shiner, now accused of lying to Senate investigators. Nearly a dozen witnesses are expected as prosecutors push for possible perjury indictment in the five per cent probe related to government contracts.
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Washington
John Maragon
White House
Senate
Trueman
Harry Vaughan
Maragon
Vaughan
Grand Jury
U. S
George Morris Fay
Grand
Federal
Ict Court
Turnkey Named as Ohio Bank Bandit Revealed
Sheriff Vaughn Treber said a jail turnkey hired four months earlier under the name Jimmy Burke turned out to be bank robber James H Perry of Rittman Ohio. FBI photos identified Perry as the North Fairfield Huron County bank robber, 3134 the amount, with accomplice Paul Boyes already imprisoned for Toledo.
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Marion Inc
Ohio
Vaughn Treber
Jimmy Burke
FBI
James H
Bugs) Perry
Rittman
Wayne County
Treber
Perry
North Fairfield
Huron County
Paul Boyes
Flowai
Toledo
Trene
Capt. Whitton
Jimmy Whitton
Jimmy Jimmy
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