West Germany Production Up to Three Quarters of Normal
Berlin AP report says military governor adviser Phillips Hawkins stated western Germany now runs at 73 percent of 1936 normal, up from 38 percent after currency reform, with self sufficiency expected by 1952 as ERP aid ends. Steel output reaches 7 million tons annually, coal at 50 percent due to the June Russian blockade.
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Berlin
Germany
Phillips Hawkins
Paris
United Nations Assembly
Court Upholds Convictions In Cab Driver Holdup Case
The district court of appeals upheld first degree murder convictions of Asbell Adams 19 and Charles Sparks 22 for the $6 holdup shooting of cab driver James Case 31 in Cincinnati. The pair, in Ohio penitentiary death house, were sentenced to electrocution October 1 but the date was stayed pending appeal. a new date will be set later.
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Cincinnati
Asbell Adams
Norwood
Charles Sparks
District Court of Appeals
James Case
Ohio Penitentiary
Columbus
Evangelist Elmer Kay Dies in pulpit at East Liverpool
Rev. Elmer M. Kay 59 an evangelist from Greenville Illinois collapsed and died Sunday night during a sermon at the First Free Methodist Church in East Liverpool Ohio AP.
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East Liverpool
Elmer M. Kay
Greenville
First Free Methodist Church
Blood Preservation Extends Viable Transfusion Window
The note states that whole blood used for transfusions can be preserved for three weeks or longer, indicating improvements in storage potential and supply stability for medical facilities.
Slim to Lead British General Staff After Montgomery
General Sir William Slim succeeds Field Marshal Montgomery as chief of the British Imperial General Staff. He emphasizes intelligence and broad wisdom, recalling his Burma campaigns and airlift successes. Slim advocates caution against killing enemy leaders, values courage in both body and conscience, and rose from the ranks to leadership. The article also notes his personal life and prior roles, including postwar railway work. The Sparckles empire in San Diego ends with sale of the last holding.
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Alvin Steinkopf
London
William Joseph Slim
Bernard Montgomery
Imperial General Staff
14Th Army
Burma
Sato
Slim
Britain
Victor
Berlin
War Office
Railway Executive
Field Marshal
Montgomery
General Slim
Lampsfield Common
Oxted
Surrey
Lady Slim
Birmingham
London County Girl Guides
Three Middletown Marines Returned for Burial
The bodies of three Middletown Marines are being returned from service. First Lt. Karl Davis Jr. Sgt. Warren Harding Pierce and Cpl. Richard Minor Jr. died in the South Pacific during World War II. They were killed on Iwo Jima and Saipan and are to be buried in Middletown.
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Middletown
Iwo Jima
Saipan
Karl Davis Jr
Karl Davis Sr
S. Sutphin Ave
Warren Harding Pierce
E. J. Pierce
Highland Ave
South Pacific
United States
United States Army
Dalton
Cpl
Richard Minor
Richard M. Minor
Fifteenth Ave
Davis
Middletown High School
Boys’ State
Ohio State University
Marine Corps
Quantico
Parris Island
N. C
23Rd Battalion
Fourth Division
Sgt
Pierce
Monroe High School
Armco Steel Corporation
Marines
Minor
Fifty Five Koreans Executed in Taejon Mutiny Reprisals
Seoul AP reports 55 Korean Army officers and soldiers were shot last Saturday at Taejon for taking part in the October 20 mutiny. About half as many others faced earlier executions for Communist inspired revolt. Courts martial last week also sentenced 48 to 20 years, 42 to five years, with 30 released. total trials reach 600 soldiers and 50 civilians, with 900 more awaiting trial.
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Seoul
Korea
Young Republic
Taejon
Christmas Welcome for Michael Tatum in U S Stay
In Tulsa, immigration authorities reversed an earlier order sending five year old Michael Gillon Tatum back to Bangalore India. He will stay in the United States and may become a citizen. The initial ruling relied on a 1944 Bangalore divorce decree placing him with his father. Michael arrived after his mother married Kenneth Tatum of Tulsa who was stationed in India during the war. He learned the news yesterday and expects a memorable Christmas.
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Tulsa
Okla
United States
Michael Gillon Tatum
U. S
Bangalore
India
Kenneth Tatum
Mike
High price at Huntington tobacco market sale
A 1 044 pound crop of barley tobacco raised by H E Williams of Crown City Gallia County Ohio sold at the Huntington tobacco market opening for 62 88 a basket, total check 654 20. Water flows into the Mediterranean from both the Atlantic and Black Sea to compensate evaporation losses.
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Huntington
W. Va
H. E. Williams
Crown City
Gallia County
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Black Sea
Soap Factories Existed In Pompeii Times
Archaeological notes recall soap production at Pompeii predating Christ, with evidence of early soap making practices.
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Pompeii
Christ
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F. M. Edwards
Ohio
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Griffin
Spreckles
San Diego
John D. Spreckles
Kearny Mesa
Chilean
Michael Tatum
Ulrich Cry
Central S & H
Lanahkhid
Central Avenue
Ecru
Denier
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