Summersby memoir reveals a captivated liaison with an American colonel
Kay Summersby recounts in her memoirs how she, an ambulance driver turned WAC captain, formed a close attachment to an American colonel while serving under General Eisenhower. The affair spanned during his marriage, which ended in Reno by divorce a year after their meeting. The narrative also touches on the broader wartime code of conduct among officers and the roles of women in the war effort.
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Dwight Eisenhower
Kay Summersby
Eisenhower
Wacs
United States
Eisenower
War Office
Ues
Obwin
London
Pos
Motor Transport
U. S. Army
Reno
Miss Summersby
General Eisenhower
West Point
Tradi
Government Sets High Farm Goals for 1949 Vegetables Poultry Milk and Sheep
Washington announces 1949 targets as the Agriculture Department calls for higher output in poultry milk vegetables and sheep to meet expected strong consumer demand. Poultry aims at 35.1 million turkeys and 700 million young chickens with a possible egg total of 370 per person. Milk climbs three percent to 122 billion pounds. Vegetable acreage reaches 717 850 with modest percentage gains across lima beans corn cucumbers beans and other crops. Sheep and lambs rise by at least 2 million to 28.5 million turnout planned for 1949 spring pig crop also noted.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Saving China Declared to Late by U S Adviser
Los Angeles December 1. Owen Lattimore former American adviser to Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek says it is too late for the United States to save China. He notes Mme Ching's visit may stir public sentiment for the Kuomintang but believes events have rehabilitated Chiang and expects a coalition government in China.
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Los Angeles
China
Ciang Kai- Shek
Owen Lattimore
Johns Hopkins University
Scial of International Relations
Reputers
Mme, Ching
Kuomintang
Chiang
Lattos
Lattimore
Nationalists Fight to Save Nanking Amid Crisis
Reports say two groups pursue a line to defend Nanking as Chinese diplomats expect a government warning within 24 hours. The government cuts air link with Suchow and moves forces to defend the Nanking region amid talks of a northern Huai river defense line along the Yangtze valley.
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Harold K. Milks
Aamy
Mense
Neking
Governmnt
Nanking
Tal City
Je Huai River
Yangtze
Val
Congress to Decide On Foreign Spending Plans
Washington dispatch notes that Congress may adopt a cautious stance on overseas aid. Representative Cannon seeks firsthand overseas reports before backing programs. Key questions include funding for the Marshall Plan pipelines and financing for European aid, with possible emphasis on China Greece and occupation troops.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Representative Cannon
Missouri
House Appropriations Committee
United States
Europe
Representative Taber
Republican
New York
Cannon
Truman
Marshall
China
Greece
9000 Divorces May Be Probed In Manhattan Case
District Attorney Frank Hogan moved to examine about 9000 Manhattan divorces after dismantling an alleged adultery evidence ring. Three arrested last night include two lawyers Luther Georges and Barnet Muffs and clerk Harry Ulanoff. Key detective Max Zuckerman admitted flagrant perjury in hundreds of cases.
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New York
Frank S. Hogan
Manhattan
New York State
Hogan
State Supreme Court
Luther Georges
Barnet Muffs
Muffs
Harry Ulanoff
Max Zuckerman
Sara B. Ellis
Samuel Schneiderman
Five Train Crewmembers Hurt In Ohio Collision
Five crewmen on a New York to Chicago Baltimore & Ohio passenger train were injured when it hit a New York Central freight near Lordstown Ohio. The diesel train derailed cars but eight passenger coaches stayed on the rails. two coal cars were demolished. Injuries ranged from scalp lacerations to bruises with no serious harm reported.
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Warren
Ohio
New York
Chicago
Baltimore & Ohio
New York Central
Here
St. Joseph’s Hospital
State Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
Lordstown Crossing
Youngstown
Fred Piller
Willard
A. T. Whatman
J. R. Heitzenrater
Pittsburgh
J. E. Jiron
North Braddock
R. D. Kennedy
Barnesville
Infant Born in Traffic Jam in New Orleans
An eight pound one and a half ounce baby boy was delivered today in the front seat of a pickup on a downtown New Orleans street. Patrolman Mistisch summoned aid and the infant arrived just as the ambulance reached the scene. Both mother Mrs James Trenton and child were taken to Charity Hospital and are reported well. The Trenton family has three other children aged ten, eight, and one.
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New Orleans
James Trenton
Trenton
Camp and
Poydras
Stephen Mistisch
Mistisch
S Hospital
Mencken’s Health: Sage of Baltimore Hospitalized
H L Mencken, 68, famed author and critic, is a Johns Hopkins patient after suffering a small stroke. He was admitted November 23. officials say his condition is serious only due to the underlying process, but his outlook has improved in recent days.
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Baltimore
H. L. Mencken
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Mencken
Baltimore Sun
Three Flaws in Economy Cited at NAM Congress
Earl Bunting, NAM managing director, cites inflation, insecurity and inadequate thrift as flaws to correct. Opening session of NAM 53rd annual congress aims for national unity with 750 attendees. Braden urged leadership for lasting peace and a powerful US to deter war.
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New York
Earl Bunting
National Association of Manufacturers
Bunting
Congress of American Industry
Commerce Sawyer
Truman
Congress
Spruille Braden
Argentina
United States
Braden
Wife hacked to death by paroled mental patient in Conejos
Amarante Sisneros, a paroled mental patient, killed his wife Rosa 24 with an axe in front of six children aged one to nine in Conejos county. He then injured himself with the axe, but his head wound was not serious and he was sent back to the state hospital at Pueblo after treatment.
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Antonito
Colo
Conejos County
Amarante Sisneros
Mamma
Rudolph Salazar
Rosa
Sisneros
Salazar
Pueblo
Teenage girl to enter plea in local case
A distressed note from families seeking Christmas charity is recorded among local notices. It describes a 16 year old girl appealing for aid for a crippled father and sick mother with eight children, asking for food clothes and basic needs.
Madame Chiang Kai Shek Arrives Aboard President Plane
Madame Chiang Kai Shek arrives in Washington on President Truman's Sacred Cow to seek U S aid for China's Nationalist government. She is greeted by Mrs. Marshall and Ambassador Koo and leaves for Leesburg Virginia with Mrs. Marshall. State officials hope for no immediate conferences and warn of uncertain impact.
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Washington
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
George C. Marshall
Wellington Koo
Chiang
San Francisco
Truman
State Department
Walter Butterworth
Madame Chiang
Mrs. Marshall
Marshall
Leesburg
Koo
H. H. Kung
Stanley Woodward
White House
Walter Reed Hospital
Zaid
Death toll in deer hunting rises nationwide
At least 110 hunters are killed by gunfire in 21 states this season, with total hunting deaths exceeding 200 when drownings, auto accidents, and heart failures are counted. Maine leads with 17 gunfire deaths, New York 16, Colorado 11, and several states report record highs.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Maine
New York
Colorado
Michigan
Wisconsin
Idaho
Oregon
Texas
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Washington
Gov Folsom Loses Elector Suit In Alabama
Federal Judge Kennamer ruled against Governor James E. Folsom in his bid to compel Alabama presidential electors to back Truman. The injunction and mandamus requests were dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. Crenshaw said the ruling would be appealed, possibly to the U S Supreme Court. Electors are pledged to vote for Thurmond of South Carolina.
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Montgomery
Ala
James E. Folsom
Alabama
Truman
C. B. Kennamer
Kennamer
Folsom
Jack Crenshaw
United States Supreme Court
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
States’ Rights
Dr Oscar Johnson to Speak at Baptist Centennial Session
Dr Oscar Johnson president of the Baptist World Alliance will speak to more than 1,000 delegates at the centennial session in Shreveport tonight. His address at Municipal Auditorium is set for 7 15 p m. The convention approved a five year building program for Louisiana College costing about 2 5 million dollars.
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Shreveport
Oscar Johnson
St. Louis
Baptist World Alliance
Municipal Auditorium
Louisiana College
Western Powers Warn of Action Over Berlin Crisis
In Paris the United States Britain and France warn they may counter Russian moves to seize control in Berlin. They insist on maintaining their position amid Soviet bloc expansion and the Berlin administration split, with possible measures to be used if necessary.
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Joseph E. Dynan
Paris
Berlin
Juan A. Bramagna
U. N. Security Council
France
Britain
United States
Ely
Bramuglia
Security Council
Pioneer newspaper leader Frank B. Noyes dies at 85
Washington obituary reports Frank B. Noyes 85, first president of the Associated Press for 38 years, longtime president of the Washington Evening Star. He began in journalism as a boy, helped shape AP, and valued impartial news reporting. Funeral details not announced.
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Washington
Frank B. Noyes
America
Noyes
Associated Press
Washington Evening Star
Grant
Chicago
A. P
Robert McLean
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Janet Thruston Newbold
Newbold Noyes
Edward H. Hart
Ethel Noyes Lewis
Crosby
Thomas FE
Janet
Hart Golden
Ann Hart
Willmott Lewis, Jr
Crosby Stuart Noyes
Maine
Star
Frak Noyes
Columbian College
Ater
George Washington University
Taft
Wilson
United States
Melville E. Stone
Tomb Seeks Audit of Wife's Canteen
Louisiana state Rep. John Tomb asks for a state audit of East Louisiana Hospital canteen operations managed by his wife in Jackson. He says his wife may cancel her $100 monthly rental and return the canteen to hospital control if the audit benefits patients.
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Baton Rouge
John Tomb
East Louisiana Hospital
Lacy Richardson
Jackson
East Felicians
Priest Discusses Communism and Faith at College
Notre Dame Seminary professor Rev Vincent J O Connell spoke at Northeast Junior College Brown Hall in Monroe. He argued atheistic communism rejects God and urged a sincere devotion to the two great commandments as a remedy. He outlined four core communist principles and said the system clashes with American republican ideals.
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Vincent J. O'Connell
Notre Dame Seminary
New Orleans
Brown Hall
Northeast Junior College
Newman Club
Mies Cecile Danna
Fether O'Connell
Catholic Committee of the South
Catholic University
Washington, D. C
Monroe
Father O'Connell
United States
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