Woman baby out of jail in Philadelphia row
Philadelphia judge freed Lillian Gilyard after initially sentencing her to four months in county jail for illegally taking relief checks. Her seven month old son Robert was briefly jailed with a crib before a swift reconsideration. The judge warned of renewed jail time if arrested again. Police protection was arranged after threats.
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Philadelphia
Robert Gilyard
G. G. Parry
Lillian Gilyard
Gilyard
Robert
Parry
Judge Parry
Philadelphia Inquirer
Joseph J. Conley
Good Fellows Visit Homes in Twin Cities Christmas Drive
Wagons roll Friday as Good Fellows bid farewell to the 1949 campaign with rounds through needy Twin Cities homes. A reader praises Miss Mattie Endom, a gracious donor who in rain or shine brings fuel, a radio, fruit and care to an old couple, and a seven year old pupil asks for aid for candy and school clothes.
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Good Fellows
Twin Cities
Mattie Endom
SHIP CAPTAINS WARNED OVER LICENSE REVOKE RISK
The Isbrandt sen lines S S Flying Arrow received a December 17 warning in Pusan Korea. The consular officer and Okinawa command delivered notices to the master warning that violations could endanger a U S flag vessel master’s license under revised statutes section 4450. State Department official McDermott clarified the risk includes entering Shanghai.
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Korea
Department
Isbrandtsen Lines
S. S
Pusan
Secretary of State
Coast Guard
U. S
Okinawa
State Department
Michael J. McDermott
Shanghai
Bodies crash near Savannah kills 18 in 1948 B-50 wreck
A B-50 crashed into the Savannah marsh on January 7 1948 killing 18 and injuring 18 Puerto Rican passengers. Rescue teams struggled through marsh mud at high tide using machetes and swamp boats while officials withheld names until identification.
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Newark
N. J
Sam Rahal
Savannah
J. A. Lyles
Savannah River
A. Y. Britt
Georgia Ports Authority
Britt
Savannah National Wildlife Refuge
Frederic E. Glantzberg
Chatham Field
W. H. Hanson
Glantzberg
Hanson
Bill Harris
Chatham
Harris
Catholics Split Over Unions In Dialogue On Social Justice
A lecture excerpt argues a minority of clergy ally with violent enemies of government and unions while others in Catholic circles push for social justice. The speaker criticizes public school of thought, notes intimidation against criticizing unions, and accuses enthusiastic factions of distorting encyclicals. Copyright 1949 King Features Syndicate, Inc.
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Westbrook Pegler
Father Fitzpatrick
Herrin
Fronn
United Mine Workers
Long will be at home for Christmas in Louisiana
Governor Earl K. Long will stay in Baton Rouge for Christmas and be away for New Year. He plans to attend the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans January 2 if weather is good. State employees will have a vacation starting at noon today through Monday.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
New Orleans
Deaths J S Houser Marion La Dec 23
J S Houser, 77, died at Marion Route 2 after a long illness. Funeral Saturday at 2 p m in Union Cemetery with Rev Ellege officiating. Burial in Union Cemetery. Survived by four brothers and four sisters: T F Houser Huttig G W Houser Pineville Lee Houser Marion R E Houser Marion Mrs Lula Tucker Marion Mrs Sallie Duck Strong Ark Mrs Mittie Wheelis Strong and Mrs Gertie Horn Longview Texas.
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Marion
J.C. Houser
Route 2
Union Cemetery
Ellege
Marion Baptist Church
Mr. Houser
T. F. Houser
Huttig
G. W. Houser
Pineville
Lee Houser
R. E. Houser
Lula Tucker
Sallie Duck
Strong
Ark
Mittie Wheelis
Gertie Horn
Longview
Texas
Truman remarks amid Ike tensions and 1950 agenda
President Truman defends his alliance with Dwight D. Eisenhower and downplays rivals during Florida vacation contrasts. Updates include Lilienthal’s faucet of tenure at AEC until Feb 15, Murphy to succeed Clifford as White House counsel, Johnson rumor denial, coal mine work week questions, economic prospects, Yugoslavia envoy stance, and NLRB successor uncertainty.
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Eisenhower
Truman
Florida
White House
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Charles S. Murphy
Clark M. Clifford
Clifford
St. Louisan
Murphy
Wallace
N. C
Louis Johnson
United Mine Workers
Congress
George V. Allen
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
United States
J. Copeland Gray
National Labor Relations Board
Gray
Coal operators weigh shutdown amid three day week strain
Soft coal operators fear continuing three day week and rising overhead costs will push marginal mines out of business and push toward a forthcoming contract. Some anticipate a broader walkout while union leaders meet in Cincinnati amid taft hartley action talk.
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Lewis
Truman
United Mine Workers
Cincinnati
New York
Pennsylvania
Pope hopes for repentance and justice in holy year
The pope urged return of strays to the fold and called for social justice, urging capitalism and communism to return to Christian principles. He warned against totalitarian oppression, hoped the 1950 holy year would be peaceful and just, and urged workers to seek moral wealth with faith. He spoke in Italian at Saint Peter’s, as millions awaited the holy door opening.
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Pope Pius
S. Peter's Basilica
College of Cardinals
Vatican
Africa
Europe
China
St. Peter's
Rome
Holiday Yule Sales Hit Near 1948 Peak Across United States
A government and trade survey shows Yule sales approaching 212 billion dollars in 1948 with liberal credit and a 2.8 billion dollar veterans insurance refund set to begin next month. Consumer credit and installment plans reach record highs while购买 patterns favor household goods and appliances, especially television sets. Regional results vary with the Midwest and South showing the strongest gains, the Eastern Seaboard weakest, and Kansas City, Minneapolis, Atlanta leading growth.
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Reserve Board
Midwest
South
Seaboard
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Chicago
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Atlanta
Dallas
St. Louis
Richmond
San Francisco
West Coast
Barge line sale tied to service promises and routes
The proposed sale requires the buyer to maintain common carrier service close to current levels, run a specified number of yearly trips for small shippers, and continue pioneering barge transport on the Missouri to Kansas City Omaha and Sioux City for at least five years. The Mississippi Illinois Missouri and Warrior rivers line, capitalized at 15 million dollars, reports postwar losses though freight tonnage rose from 2,051,484 to 2,705,314 tons. A. C. Ingersoll Jr. cites 1948-49 losses of 1,000,065 dollars with 795,485 dollars due to accounting office requirements.
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Missouri
Kansas City
Omaha
Sioux City
Mississippi
Illinois
Missouri and
Warrior
Ala
A. C. Ingersoll, Jr
Ingersoll
General Accounting Office
Truman outlines anti aggression stance amid Formosa question
President Truman reaffirmed a long standing policy against aggression worldwide while stating the United States does not imply changes in policy. He refused to answer whether anti aggression would apply to Formosa, noting it is not free and is part of Nationalist China which the U.S. still recognizing.
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Tito
United States
Truman
Formosa
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Four Southern States Back Texas School Segregation Case
Texas Attorney General Price Daniel said four Southern states North Carolina Tennessee Georgia and Louisiana will aid Texas in the Supreme Court fight over Heman Sweatt seeking to strike down separate Negro and white schools. North Carolina argues segregation can stand where states permit it. Several states retain or had prior separate systems until voters or legislatures decide otherwise.
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Austin
Tex
U.P
Texas
Price Daniel
Daniel
Harry McMullan
North Carolina
Tennessee
Georgia
Louisiana
United States Supreme Court
Heman Marion Sweatt
Sweatt
Houston
University of Texas Board of Regents
U. S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
W. Daniel
District of Columbia
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Kansas
United Gas Plans Sale of Trust Bond
United Gas Corp of Shreveport Louisiana filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to sell 25 million dollars in first mortgage and collateral trust bonds. About 18 million will buy first mortgage bonds in United Gas Pipeline Co. and the rest funds general corporate needs. The company was also authorized to join four firms to acquire securities in Atlas Progressing Co. of Shreveport with a 325 thousand dollar investment, while other purchases totaling 750 thousand dollars will be made by Chicago Corp Triangle Refineries and Highland Oil Co.
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Washington
United Gas Corp
Shreveport
Securities and Exchange Commission
United Gas Pipeline Co
Fire at Frankford arsenal lab blinds, 50 illened
A windowless laboratory building at the Frankford arsenal in Philadelphia burned for four hours before firemen gained control. About 50 people fell ill and 12 were overcome by smoke requiring hospital treatment. Officials declined to disclose cause or damage. FBI at scene was denied by agents.
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Philadelphia
Frankford Arsenal
Arsenal
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Car labeled a steal vanishes from lot in Baltimore
A used car swept up in a whitewash sign reading it as a steal disappeared from a Baltimore lot last night. Police search for the vehicle and its possible buyer.
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Baltimore
Markets Report Quiet Cotton Futures In New Orleans
Trading was quiet in cotton futures in New Orleans with prices largely unchanged or down as of 11:30 a.m. C S T. March at 30.58 to 30.52, May 30.36 to 30.32, July 29.68 to 29.64, October 28.26 to 28.23, December 28.15 to 28.12. Market drift showed a slight decline with last prices up 4 and off 1 on some quotes.
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New Orleans
Seoes
Irregular Cotton Futures Quiet Pre-Holiday Trading
New York December 23. Cotton futures showed irregular moves in slow pre holiday trading. Nearby deliveries eased on commissions House profit taking and light hedging while later positions stayed steady on light covering orders. C C C loan totals rose to 261,993 bales for week ended December 15 from 247,023 prior week.
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New York
Wall Street little moved amid holiday trading
New York stocks held near the year’s high on a fairly active Christmas Eve session. Fractions of a point drifted in most leaders while large blocks fueled early turnover before pace eased. Markets remained steady with investors covering long holiday positions as the exchange prepares for closures Saturday and Monday. U S treasury bonds in the over the counter market were quiet and unchanged.
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New York
Stock Exchange
U. S. Treasury
Livestock Prices in Chicago Trade Report
Chicago market by USDA shows salable hogs around 10,000 with top at 17.00 for heavy loads and 180 to 200 lb hogs at 16.25 to 16.75. Cattle volume 700 with calves 100. feeding steers near 22.50 for 875 lb. steers 21.50 to 26.25. heifers 19.00 to 25.00. cows 12.50 to 17.00. canners 12.50 to 14.50.
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Chicago
USDA
Louisiana business index rises 0.9 percent in November 1948
Louisiana commerce division reports November 1948 business activity 0.9 percent higher than October and 44 percent above October 1948 levels. Index reaches 97.5 of the 1937-39 base. Gains in department store sales 5 percent, industrial power 5.6 percent, and newspaper advertising 4.1 percent. Unfavorable shifts include prices down 11.8 percent and unemployment compensation up 180.5 percent.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
State University
Commerce Research Division
Murphy Brother of Durham Farmer Named White House Aide
Murphy, brother of R. B. Murphy the Durham farmer and president of a fox hunters club, is married to Mrs. Kat Graham of Durham. They have three children. He is a reticent man who works at the White House. Appointed by Truman three years ago as an administrative assistant, his pay rose from 10,000 to 15,000 and he helped gather material and prep speeches during the campaign, working with Clifford.
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Carolina Medical Society
R. B. Murphy
Durham
Fox, Hunters Club
Excise tax cuts eyed by leaders amid deficit concerns
House Ways and Means chair Rep Doughton signals openness to cut if no federal deficit rise. Senate Finance backs an amendment to drop most excise taxes to 1942 levels, a 50 percent plus reduction on many items. Johnson plan estimates place annual costs at 700 million to 1 billion dollars.
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Ate Finance Committee
Rep
Doughto
D-N. C
House
Ways and Means Committee
Madal
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Colo
Path to Brotherhood Through Divine Faith and Peace
The pope spoke of unity through God's Son, urging true equality and liberty under divine law. He described efforts to avert war, limit its destruction, and ease the sorrows borne by many worldwide in a real and lasting peace.
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Humn
Government hunts people it owes
The government has 544.50 for William Wallace Braw and about 23,000 belonging to 514 other people it cannot locate to return overcharged rent payments. The housing expeditor cited moved tenants like Bran of 130 West 47th Street New York City and Clifton Penrod of Louisville who has 44 cents coming. Collect by contacting the nearest area rent office.
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Washington
William Wallace Braw
Bran
West 47Th St
New York City
Clifton Penrod
South Third St
Louisville
Potatoes Arrivals and Prices From Market Reports
Market notes show light demand and supplies with an about steady tone. Colorado Red McClures quoted at 5.05 to 10 dollars per unit, while Minnesota North Dakota Red River Valley Pontiacs range 2.50 unwashed to 3.00 to 10 washed. Shipments total 503 with 33 arrivals on track 222.
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Chicago
USDA
U. S
Colorado
Butter And Eggs Prices Steady In Chicago Trade
Butter unsettled with gains in Chicago as prices hold steady or firm. Butter receipts reach 593,262 while eggs show steady to firm values with 11,141 receipts, keeping prices largely unchanged.
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Chicago
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