Fog Shrouds Airport As DC-3 Crashes Into Potomac
A Capital airliner on approach in dense fog and steady rain veered off course and landed in the river near Bolling. Ground radar failed to track it as 40 planes waited to land, two Navy men recount escaping through a hole in the wreckage before pulling others to safety. The crash follows a prior 1947 capital crash and a 1949 Eastern collision death nearby.
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National Airport
Bolling
Robert J. Wilson
Capital
Leesburg
Potomac
Robert Hensley
Abilene
Tex
Jeff Buchanan
Laurel
Miss
Hensley
Jeff
All-Bran Ad Claims Laxative Habit Reversal
A Kellogg’s All-Bran testimonial from Mrs. H. Rutledge of Warrington Florida details relief from a 20 year constipation habit after eating an ounce of All-Bran daily and increasing water intake. The ad offers a double-your-money-back guarantee and a six day satisfaction window for return of the empty box.
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Kellogg's
Battle Creek
Mich
Louisiana Planters Split Over Acreage Allotments
Louisiana growers debate cotton acreage allotments as 75,000 eligible voters weigh in. Subcommittee proposes letting counties reallocate unused allotment acreage and setting early limits on individual cuts, while warning of market quota rejection harming the economy.
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Rubin Douglas
Gilliam
Douglas
Louisiana
Congress
Washington
House
Agriculture Department
Representative Pace
D.-Ga
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Cooley
House Agriculture Committee
Gathings
D.-Ark
Subcommittee
Pace
Missing U.S. Colonel’s Child Rumors Reach Berlin
A three year old boy named Richard, in the care of Colonel Babcock, vanished from the family home near Berlin amid a search by German and American police. The child reportedly left through the front gate opened by a German child as darkness and cold set in near the Grunewald forest. Both parents were away from the home and unreachable, with investigators unsure if the lapse was a wander or other incident.
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Furt
Berlin
Babcock
Berlin High Commission
Richard
Grunewald
High Commission
Mental health hearing sparks political tempers in Congress
The hearing on the administration health insurance plan sparked disputes over politics as Sparkman and colleagues defended the inquiry as devoted to facts. Thurston warned of alarming estimates of mental illness among schoolchildren, while Rich challenged the figures. Officials including Tobin and Blaisdell testified as the session urged broader social programs to address low income. The discussion also noted that in men the ring finger often longer than the index finger.
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Ewing
Sparkman
Flanders
R-Vt
Huber
Ohio
Rich
Thurston
White House
Winfred Overholser
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Tobin
Thomas C. Blaisdell
Commerce
Cotton futures rally in New Orleans after liquidation
In New Orleans on December 13, cotton futures rebounded as trade buying and short covering offset long liquidation and hedge selling. At 11:30 a.m. December rose to 30.13, March 30.12, May 29.99, October 27.82 with gains of 2 to 5 points.
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New Orleans
Clare
Good Fellows Aid Request From a Daughter in Need
A daughter appeals for help for her mother and brother, asking for food and clothes to ensure a Christmas. Mrs. Jack Hesketh oversees the charity, handling hundreds of letters and directing the effort for the less fortunate in the community.
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Jack Hesketh
Woman kills husband and son in Pendleton farm home
In Pendleton North Carolina a 53 year old woman Roberta L Stephenson shot her husband D D Stephenson 59 and their son B Coley Stephenson 29 and then killed herself. Coroner James Buffaloe ruled the deaths premeditated murder and death by own action. The trio were found in their beds with a rifle and notes suggesting persecution.
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Pendleton
N. C
Here
James T. Buffaloe
Northampton County
Roberta L. Stephenson
D. D. Stephenson
B. Coley Stephenson
New York Stocks Rally After Morning Slowdown
Demand for stocks revived today as buying interest in railroads lifted the market. Gains reached about a point with activity returning after yesterday's 13 month high, though many leaders soon slipped into the red.
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New York
Hoover Urges Overhaul of Civil Service and Federal Agencies
The plan outlines steps to thin Red Tape, reorganize the budget and accounting, modernize the post office, unify the federal hospital service, consolidate grazing and forest land administration, create a central transportation agency, and reduce presidential oversight by removing 65 agencies. It also notes Japan restricts hairdresser styles to four official options.
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Alexander Hamilton
Federal Hospital Service
Agriculture Department
Agriculture and Interior
Girl Missing After Scout Hike Near Ridge
Ruth Hunt and two companions vanished during a Scout hike. Deputy said she could be lost and unlikely to be found if hurt. Bloodhounds proved doubtful in rain and snow. a pilot traced prints but found only scattered searcher tracks as Ruth left with her brother Bill.
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Bill
Ruth
Livestock Market Report From Chicago on December 13
USDA trading data shows salable hogs around 18,000 with good to choice hog weights 180 to 260 pounds priced from 14.40 to 15.75 per hundredweight, cattle offerings at 7,000 with steers mainly 27 to 35 dollars and weights up to 1120 pounds, heifers 20 to 27 dollars, cows 11.50 to 16.25, and sausage balls 18.50 to 20.00.
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Chicago
USDA
Potatoes Market Report From Chicago Dated December 13
USDA notes arrivals 57 on track 269 total U S shipments 540 supplies moderate demand fair for western stocks markets slightly strong for other stocks. demand slow and market dull. Prices listed include Colorado Red McClures 3 15 to 3 30, Idaho Russet Burbanks 4 30 to 4 50, Minnesota North Dakota Red River Valley Pontiacs 2 25 unwashed, Montana Russet Burbanks 3 75, Wisconsin Katahdins 2 45.
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Chicago
USDA
U. S
Colorado
Idaho
Minnesota
North Dakota
Red River Valley
Montana
Wisconsin
Butter And Eggs Steady As Receipts Rise In Chicago
Butter steady with receipts at 495,985 and slight 1/2 cent gains on 90 score butter at 61 and 57/ B carrots at 62. Eggs easier as receipts total 14,722 with prices unchanged in Chicago market.
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Chicago
Poultry prices steady with slight cuts in Chicago market
Chicago December 13 live poultry receipts 40 trucks unsettled with prices unchanged to three cents lower. Heavy hens and fryers range at 23 to 24 and 23 to 26 cents per pound and broilers at 22 to 24 cents f.o.b. Balance unchanged according to USDA report.
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Chicago
USDA
F.o.b
Leaders Return Miami Money Winners From Last Winter
The top five money winning stables Calumet F. W. Hooper Gustave Ring George D. Widener and E. K. Bryson return for another season at Hialeah. Each has extensive track experience and strong entries anticipated this campaign.
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Miami
Calumet
F. W. Hooper
Gustave Ring
George D. Widener
E. K. Bryson
Veterans benefits expand war service death and disability
A new law raises veterans death benefits from 15 to 25 and provides peacetime survivors 80 percent of war rates. It also increases disability compensation to 20,000 World War I veterans with disabilities presumed to be service connected, up from 175 percent of direct rates.
Safe cracking tougher than expected in Cayce burglary
SAFE-CRACKING HARDER CAYCE MISS DEC 13. Sheriff L B Slayden reports thieves entered the Orville Carrington store early today, loaded a safe on a two wheel cart and dragged it two miles along a muddy road before fleeing with about 300 or 400 dollars.
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Cayce
Miss
L. B. Slayden
Orville Carrington
Veterans to Receive Full Service Connected Disability Rates
Veterans in the group will now receive the full rate for service connected disabilities. The change expands eligibility and standardizes payments, affecting former service members and their monthly benefit amounts across the program.
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Karachi
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Sher Khan
Iftikhar
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