Bright year end for economy with farm price dip and lower orders
The Commerce Department notes a generally bright year end with rising personal income and higher employment, but farm prices and manufacturers unfilled orders fell. October income reached 276 billion, consumer goods leading gains, while farm product prices slid from 296 to 282 on the 1910 14 base and farm gas declined in November.
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Washington
Department of Commerce Today
Department
Office of Business Economics
General Redding To Be Honored Guest At 3rd Battalion Party
The 3rd battalion 199th Infantry will host its annual Christmas party at the Rendezvous next Tuesday with Maj. Gen. Joseph A. Redding as honored guest. Other notable attendees include Col. George W. Trousdale Col. James B. Hipple and Lt. Col. Ellen W. Bowen. A cocktail hour runs 8 to 9 p m followed by dinner at 9 p m. The battalion, commanded by Lt. Col. Walter H. Johnson, includes units in Ruston Bastrop and Monroe.
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199Th Inf
Joseph A. Redding
39Th Division
Louisiana and
Arkansas National Guard
George W. Trousdale
James B. Hipple
199Th Infantry
Ellen W. Bowen
Christmas Eve Communion at First Presbyterian Church
The First Presbyterian Church at Grammont and Catalpa Streets will hold a Christmas Eve Communion on December 24 from 11 00 p m to midnight A service of music litanies meditation titled The Same Star Still Shines and the Lord s Supper will be offered by candlelight The church invites all Christians to attend the service and join in communion
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First Presbyterian Church
Grammont
Catalpa Streets
The
Presbyterian Church
Graham flies to front in Korea worship service
Evangelist Billy Graham visited the Western Korean Front delivering a sermon to about 750 soldiers near an outpost. He spoke of facing danger and offered Christ, calling the reaction the greatest percentage response of his preaching career as artillery fired nearby.
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Evangelist Billy Graham
Graham
Christ
Samuel Sobel
Sobel
Honolulu
Maj
A. D. Prickett
Clayong
Tupelo
Miss
River Stages Flood Present New 24 Hour Change
River stages show a flood threat with a 24 hour update indicating rising water levels and a notable stage change. Authorities warned residents to monitor readings and stay alert for possible evacuations as the forecast called for continued rain.
Public service ad urges safer holidays nationwide
A public service message, produced with The Advertising Council, urges eliminating speeding and drunken driving to reduce holiday crash deaths and injuries while keeping holidays. The text emphasizes safer travel and responsible behavior during festive weekends.
Incoming Scions Try for Korea War Atrocities Probe
Representative Flood said the 83rd Congress will likely approve an inquiry into alleged Communist acts in Korea. The Katyn Forest findings linked Moscow’s tactics to wartime mass murders, urging a United Nations inquiry and World Court action against the USSR.
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Rep
Flood
D-Pa
Korea
House
Katyn Forest
Congress
Katyn Committee
U. N
Smolensk
Russia
House Committee
Katyn
Soviet
Ussr
U. N. General Assembly
United States
U. N. International Commission
Soviet Refusal to Attend Hearing Stirs Senate Inquiry
The text notes that she accepted the court's jurisdiction to be a defendant and implies she could not be joined otherwise. The Soviet Embassy offered no comment beyond referencing a February note that rejected Russian witnesses appearing before the committee. The note claimed a Russian commission blamed Hitlerite criminals and labeled the investigation an effort to slander the USSR.
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Ussr
Planes collide in ground crash at Korean air base
The Air Force reports 13 dead after a single engine plane struck a Greek crewed transport during takeoff at a Western Korea base. The deceased include the smaller plane’s pilot, Greek transport crew, six patients, a medical corpsman, two flight nurses, and three Greek crew members. One Greek pilot survives in critical condition. This is Korea’s fourth serious aviation accident since Oct. 16, with prior C-46 and C-54 crashes killing many.
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Seoul
Air Force
U. S. Air Force
Korea
Armored Vest Deflects 10 Bullets In Close Combat
The Army reported that Pfc. Tom Miles of Decatur Illinois survived ten automatic rifle bullets and a nearby grenade while aiding a wounded comrade. Miles remained standing after the shots and grenade blast and fatally wounded the Red attacker with his carbine.
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Seoul
Tom Miles
Decatur
Ill
Miles
Army
Italian Scientist Leaves Monroe For New York Post
Dr. M T Giachino a chemical research engineer at Commercial Solvents Monroe moves with his family to New York City for a new post with W R Grace and Company The family longtime residents of 3306 Concordia Street Monroe will pursue opportunities with Grace Chemical Co Grace plans a 20 million dollar ammonia and urea plant in Memphis Tenn as part of its petro chemical expansion The Giachino family comprises wife and three children Domenik 11 Dojana 6 Tommy 5 The move ends four plus years in Monroe and preserves citizenship pursuit for Dr Giachino born in Italy with degrees from Turin and Milan Universities The wife active in music PTA Cub Scouts and local church is a Turin native The family will be missed by many friends
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Giachino
New York City
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Dejana
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Commercial Solvents Corporation
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W. R. Grace and Company
Concordia Street
Monroe
Italy
Turin
Milan
New Jersey
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Sherrouse School
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
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Dojana
Gia
Chino
Grace Chemical Co
Memphis
Tenn
Hold Pro-Fascists For Throwing Fruit At Actor
Rome police detained four Italian pro-Fascists on charges of hurling rotten fruit and vegetables at Charlie Chaplin during the gala premiere of Limelight. Chaplin was targeted as about 100 onlookers cheered his arrival at the cinema under the watch of Italy's President Luigi Einaudi and his wife.
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Rome
Italy
Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin
Luigi Einaudi
State Bids On New School In Concordia
Ferriday officials set January 12 as the bid date for a new Negro schoolhouse in Ferriday after voters approved a bond issue. The project, designed by architect John W. Baker of Winnsboro, is announced by Jesse S. Burris, Concordia Parish School Superintendent.
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Ferriday
Concordia Parish
Jesse S. Burris
John W. Baker
Winnsboro
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