French To Weed Reds From Office
Premier Antonine Pinay's cabinet approves drafting a law to remove Communists and fellow travelers from at least some of France's 962000 civil service jobs. The move targets incompatibility between public employment and membership in organizations under a force power. A draft law is being prepared by Brune Martinaud-Deplat and Petit.
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Paris
Antonine Pinay
National Assembly
Interior
Charles Brune
Justice
Leon Martinaud-Deplat
Guy Petit
High Winds Sweep Town Collision With Christmas Decor
Strong morning winds toppled TV aerials and light globes, tossed decorations, and blew a traffic sign askew near Verity Parkway. Police reported about a dozen globes broken, a building traffic signal misaligned, and a rubbish fire behind the Water Works pumping station extinguished by 9:25 AM. Fire crews from Station One responded at 9:19 AM.
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Central Ave
Strand Theater
Bates Drapery
Verity Pkwy
Tytus Ave
Tytus
Water Works
Columbia Ave
Station One
Last U S Missionary Quits China After Prison Years
The Rev. F Olin Stockwell, the last American Methodist missionary to depart Communist China, says Reds are filled with hate and fear of America and that arguing with them is as futile as arguing with a drunkard. He spent 14 months in solitary confinement in Chungking and was arrested in Canton for counter revolution spying. Stockwell plans rest in Chicago before a speaking tour, noting no American Methodist missionaries remain in China.
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Roy Elsoyan
Esther
Los Angeles
Chungking
Reds
Stockwell
Chicago
Board of Foreign Missions of
The
Methodist Church
New York
Honolulu
China
Canton
United States
Far East
How to chair a public meeting without stage fright
In this Dr George W. Crane advice column the new president of a metropolitan church Men’s Club learns to manage jitters on the floor. Techniques include gripping the podium, pausing to praise comments, stalling to gather thoughts, and tactful committee replies to curb risky proposals.
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Middletown
Men’s Club of
The
Episcopal Church of the Ascension
John Feledy
Melvin Lipton
C. B. Stiles
Mound Builders Area Council of Boy Scouts
Harry J
Push-Button Ave Hits Professors
In Knoxville Tennessee the University of Tennessee experiments with button controlled meters to gauge lecture reception in the College of Engineering. Students press a button when they fail to understand a point and a meter on the professor’s desk shows the number of confused listeners, prompting the professor to adjust.
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Knoxville
Tenn
University of Tennessee
College of Engineering
Turkey Dinner Deluxe for GIs in Far East
The U S Army will provide Thanksgiving turkey dinners for American troops in Japan and Korea costing $1.50 each. May Leland Eckson of Fair Oaks California notes that the same dinner would cost $5 in the United States.
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Far East
Tokyo
U. S. Army
Japan
Korea
May Leland Eckson
Fair Oaks
Calif
U. S
Payroll Tax Approved by Portsmouth City Council
Portsmouth residents including Pike County plant workers will pay a payroll tax starting May 16 1953. The rate drops by half on January 1 1954. The council approved the tax ordinance and may seek a charter amendment to raise the real estate levy and drop the payroll tax before it takes effect.
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Portsmouth
Pike County
Kettering Gifts Ashland College for Organ and Hall
Ashland College received 80,600 from Charles F. Kettering to fund a new chapel organ and assist in rebuilding Founders Hall after a recent fire. The donation supports campus worship and reconstruction efforts.
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Kettering
College
Ashland
Ashland College
Charles F. Kettering
Founders Hall
British Trooper to Face Court Martial for Suspected Treason
An 18 year-old Royal Armored Corps trooper will be tried at a court martial on December 2 for allegedly offering information that could assist an enemy. The soldier, T. Dewick, worked as a clerk at a driving and maintenance school and was said to be a member of an unauthorized organization not named in the War Office notice.
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Bovington
England
Royal Armored Corps
War Office
Dewick
Aid To Be
Steel Hauling Rates Allowed To Move Up
The Office of Price Stabilization allowed Ohio contract motor carriers hauling fabricated iron and steel to raise ceilings by 12 percent, with possible additional 2 percent increase on Feb 1 if wages rise seven cents an hour. The move reflects higher operating costs for 32 Ohio carriers and governs steel hauling rates.
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Washington
Ohio
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Crime Probe Stirs Longshoremen's Strike
New York longshoremen refused to work on North River piers amid a spreading strike tied to a state crime investigation. ILA President Joseph P Ryan said many hiring stevedores were subpoenaed to appear before the state crime commission, and workers would not sail without them.
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New York
North River
Joseph P Ryan
International Longshoremen's Association
AFL
State Crime Commission
Russians Open Season On Capitalistic Mink
Moscow radio reports a mink hunting season has begun in Far East Siberia near the Manchurian border. The fur bearing animals were introduced to the region a few years ago and have acclimatized successfully, per Vladivostok dispatch.
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London
Siberia
Moscow Radio
Vladivostok
Sea of Japan
War criminals in Tokyo enjoy day at ballgame
In Tokyo, 640 convicted war criminals from Sugami Prison viewed a game at Korakuen Stadium under tight guard. They watched the Daiei Stars defeat the Tokyo Whales 6 1 as relatives were kept separate. a young girl briefly hugged her father amid restricted contact. Officials arranged the outing through the Justice Department and the baseball clubs.
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Tokyo
Japan
Sugami
Korakuen Stadium
Daiei Stars
Tokyo Whales
Justice Department
Fire damages Palmer Upholstery Shop at 119 Water Street
A noon fire badly damaged Charles D. Palmers upholstery shop at 119 Water Street. Palmer could not estimate damage but expected it to exceed 500 dollars if machinery was hurt. Firemen from Pumper No 1 extinguished the blaze which charred the garage interior and most chairs in progress. Palmer said the fire began near his oil stove used to heat the shop.
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Charles D. Palmer
Water St
Palmer
Former OPA investigator jailed for three year spree
William T. Rinn a 47 year old former OPA investigator was sentenced to three years in prison after a spree that began with 5400 dollars stolen from a Baltimore cab company where he served as cashier. He spent much of the money on a party moving along Maryland's Eastern Shore including Ocean City and Salisbury. over 1500 dollars were later returned to the cab company.
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Baltimore
OPA
William T. Rinn
Baltimore Cab Company
Ocean City
Salisbury
Maryland
Girl Who Killed Fiancee Freed From Hospital
Joanne Thomas, 26, acquitted by reason of insanity of the slaying of her fiancé Frank Rizzo in Newark last year, was ordered released from Lima State Hospital after Judge Moran B. Jenkins said she is wholly sane. A habeas corpus write granted.
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Lima, O
Joanne Thomas
New York
Lima State Hospital
Moran B. Jenkins
Frank
R. E. Bushong
Liman State Hospital
Bushong
Man Held To Jury In Theft Of Car
Leroy Banghart 24 of 2923 Sullivan Ave Cleveland was held for action of the Butler County Grand Jury on auto theft charge after arraignment in Municipal Court. Banghart arrested in Chillicothe earlier this week and returned to face charges connected to the theft of a car owned by Jack Oglesby.
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Leroy Banghart
Sullivan Ave
Cleveland
Butler County Grand Jury
Banghart
Chillicothe
Jack Oglesby
Woodward to resign as Canadian envoy
Washington Stanley Woodward today submitted his resignation as ambassador to Canada. The decision takes effect January 15. Woodward, a former protocol chief in the State Department, is widely known in diplomatic circles worldwide.
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Washington
Stanley Woodward
Canada
Woodward
Department of State
UNESCO Accepts Bodet's Resignation
In Paris the general assembly of UNESCO accepted the resignation of Director General Jaime Torres Bodet.
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Unesco
Bodet
Paris
General Assembly
The
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Jaime Torres Bodet
Ammo Cars Explode Near CHALONS SUR MARNE
Three carloads of ammunition bound for American forces in Germany exploded in a railway switching yard near Chalons sur Marne France. No injuries reported. U S Army officers will comment after ordnance investigators report on possible sabotage.
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Chalons Sur Marne
France
Germany
U. S. Army
Boy Shares Birthday Treat With Chocolate Cigars
Seven year old Joseph Cunningham watched his father buy cigars to announce his sister Anne Kathleen’s birth. The next day he handed out a box of 24 chocolate cigars to his second grade classmates in Larchmont New York.
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Larchmont
N.Y
Joseph Cunningham
Anne Kathleen
Joseph
God Save the King and America share same tune
The national anthem of the United Kingdom is God Save the King and it is sung to the same tune as America’s patriotic song named America.
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United Kingdom
God Save the King
America
United States
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