Americans Debate Honor Systems Versus Royal Style Prizes
Sir Willoughby Wallabie argues British honors entice public service while George Spelvin derides American rewards as self serving. They compare medals, ribbons, and prestige with corporate incentives and morale efforts in a satire about international business culture.
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London
Willoughby Wallabie
M. P
Sir Willoughby
George Spelvin
Sir Willoughby Wallabie
Piddlehinton
Dortsa
Lasker
Ad Lacher
al Lesher
International Besimite
Judge Robert Taliaferro Funeral Held in Harrisonburg
Services for Judge Robert M. Taliaferro were set for 2 p m today at the Baptist church in Harrisonburg with Rev Ferguson officiating. Interment followed at Harrisonburg cemetery with a Masonic service and pallbearers from the local lodge. The 69 year old jurist died in a highway crash near Coushatta, leaving a widow four sons and two daughters.
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Shreveport
Robert M. Taliaferro
The
Baptist Church
Harrisonburg
Ferguson
Taliaferro
W. Arthur Taliaferro
Central Savings Bank and Trust Company
Monroe
Young Funeral Home
Ferriday
Coushatta Yeserday
Frances Dosher
Harrigonberg
Coushatta
Searting
Cataevin
Oakéwell
Bossier
Webster
Grant
Edward L. Gledney
Robert Alexander
Catahoula Parish
Henry Arthur
John 8
Robert Monroe, Jr
Chester Barnes
Memphis, Tenn
Robert W. Ward
Comer Funeral Chapel
Dick Griffin
Bruce, Miss
Rocky Mountain Baptist Church
Looting Hits Western Union and Brookings Grocery Safes
Two local firms, Western Union at 190 Booth Grand and Brookings Grocery at 212 Louisville, suffered weekend burglaries with safes blown or peeled open. Entry was via an elevator shaft route to the Western Union office and by prying a front window at the grocery. Police say theft occurred Saturday, with both sites closed by evening. amounts stolen remain undetermined as investigators review the losses.
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Western Union
Booth Grand
Brookings Grocery Company
Louisville
Mon- Tee
Grocery Company
Brookings Grocery
Air Crash That Killed 56 and Miraculously Spare Others
A Florida-bound airliner from Newark crashed into a river bank near Elizabeth New Jersey killing all 56 aboard. Pilot Albert C Lyons fought the burning two engine craft to avert a larger tragedy. onlookers called it a miracle as residents praised Lyons for attempting to save the passengers.
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Elizabeth River
Elizabeth
N. J
Newark
Arthur Everett
Albert
Lake Michigan
New York
Minneapolis
Albert C. Lyons
Miami
Lyons
J. P. Ward
Newark Airport
Tampa
New York City
Miami Airline, Inc
Dorothy Dix Dead at 90 in New Orleans
Dorothy Dix also known as Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer died after a stroke at age 90 though reference books list 81. A native of Tennessee she nurtured the Dorothy Dix talks column for decades and cared for her ill husband before starting her journalism career. Funeral plans were announced in New Orleans with no immediate comment from Bell Syndicate officials.
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New Orleans
Dorothy Dix
Miss Dix
Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer
Montgomery County
Tennessee
George O. Gilmer
Bay St. Louis
Miss
Eliza Jane Nicholson
Distributing Bell Syndicate
New York
Truce Talks Stall As Deadline Nears In Korea
Negotiators haggled over prisoner exchange and armistice supervision with no progress reported by a United Nations spokesman. The provisional cease fire line would shift to a 242 mile buffer if an armistice is signed by December 27, while fighting could continue if no agreement is reached.
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King Munsan
Korea
United Nations
IrnRou VU
U. N
William P. Nuckols
Nuckols
United Nations Command
Tokyo
Loyalty rechecks open for 565 federal employees
The loyalty review board reopened the cases of 565 federal employees to apply a new rule that reasonable doubt of loyalty can bar employment. The rule followed John S. Service's firing after an adverse finding, though no disloyalty was proved in his case.
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Washington
Loyalty Review Board
John S. Service
State Department
Review Board
Truman
Service
Loyalty and Security Board
L. B. Faulk Post to Host Christmas Party and Gift Drive
L. B. Faulk Post No. 13 American Legion will hold its annual Christmas party on Forsythe Avenue December 17 1951 at 8 00 PM Adj C B Braun chairs the entertainment Beth Breese will give a Christmas reading The event also collects gifts for Fifth District hospitalized veterans wrapped for delivery and refreshments will be served.
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L. B. Faulk
American Legion
Forsythe Avenue
Auxilliary
C. B. Braun
Beth Breese
Legion
Fifth District
Mercury Dips to 20.5 Degree Season Record
A cold wave following strong winds last week pushed local temps to a season low of 20.5 degrees on Sunday morning between 5:30 and 8:30. The prior record was 22 degrees on November 18 and 19. The current daily range at Selman Field, reported by the CAA, shows a low of 26.9 and a high of 39.4 degrees.
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CAA
Selman Field
Pan American Strike Hits Major Airports Nationwide
Pan American World Airways faces an illegal strike by C I O ground crew and flight service personnel as supervision replaces workers on a second day. Idlewild and LaGuardia disrupted with four European and one Puerto Rico flight grounded. 750 passengers delayed up to 22 hours.
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New York
I/P
Pan American World Airways
C. I. O. Transport Workers Union
TWU
jHegal
Idlewild
la Guardia
Pan- American
Miami
San Francisco
Seattle
Brownsville
Tex
Honolulu
London
Paris
Tokyo
Pan - American
Puerto Rico
Hiss Prosecutor Will Seek Out Corruption
Federal Judge Thomas F. Murphy accepts assignment from President Truman to root out corruption in the federal government in a sweeping investigations effort.
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Hiss
New York
Thomas F. Murphy
Truman
Two Children Die in Clayton Fire in Ferriday
Ferriday La Dec 17 two little tots Bettie S Logan three and Charles M Logan two died in a house fire that consumed the Clayton dwelling of M H Logan The parents and surviving children Jo Ann Sarah and Kenneth Logan bore the loss while relatives GA memorial services were held in Ferriday and Bruce Miss The logan family had moved from Bruce three months ago
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Ferriday
Clayton
M. H. Logan
Logan
J. H. Logan
Jo Ann
Sarah
Kenneth
Bruce, Miss
Sarah Logan
Kenneth Logan
Mrs
D. B. Covington
Memphis, Tenn
Smith-Corona Head Dies In New York
Hurlbut W. Smith 86 longtime leader of L. C. Smith and Corona Typewriters died at his Syracuse home after a cerebral hemorrhage Dec. 9. He helped found the company in 1903 and guided it through a 1946 expansion after returning from retirement in 1933. His widow Gladys Morrow Diefendorf survives.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Hurlbut W. Smith
L. C. Smith and Corona Typewriters, Inc
Smith
L. C. Smith and Brothers Typewriter Co
Corona Typewriter Co., Inc
Gladys Morrow Diefendorf
Brooklyn
Charter Applied For By New Presbyterian Church
A petition to form a new Presbyterian church in Monroe La was prepared at a December 16 1951 meeting at Hotel Virginia. Nearly 100 signers urge the Presbytery of Red River to proceed with organization and set January 20 1951 as the final date to sign. The presbytery will act on January 22 1952 with Rev Leonard Sweeny aiding the process. The church will welcome members from other denominations or those seeking faith.
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Monroe
Hotel Virginia
Red River
Plaindealing
Virginia
Victor Davis
Joe Durrett
Presbytery
Presbyterian Church
Leonard Sweeny
Homer Presbyterian
Santa Mail and Donations Stir Community Hope
Kids write to Santa while a list of donations and memorials totals 1752.75 dollars. The note to Santa recalls last year’s generosity and asks for boots skirts jeans cars trucks and a gun for siblings, with a line about continuation.
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Santa
North Pole
Santa Claus
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Yule
Mercury
Clayton Burns
Bettie S. Logan
Charles M. Logan
Alger Hiss
Murphy
White House
Potomac
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Justice Department
New Presbyterian Church
Hester Lewis
Kate Wilson
Mamie McNeill
James Michael Rasch
David Adler
L. V. Tarver
H. L. Moore
Toulmin H. Ewing
J. L. Ewing
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