Sugar not shipped away as war world plan continues
Washington reports explain sugar movements under a wartime world sharing plan. The Agriculture Department says about 460,000 short tons of Cuban sugar refined in the United States went to Canada Britain France and other shortage areas to provide refinery work and maintain global allocations. The United States keeps about 20 percent of world supply and plans extend through 1947.
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Agriculture Gepartt
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Cuba
United States
Canada
Great Britain
France
Agriculture Department
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Cubs
Pioneering Plastic Surgeon Dr John S Davis Dies at 74
Dr John Steige Davis a Baltimore area specialist and author of Plastic Surgery Its Principles and Practice died at 74 in Guilford. A Yale and Johns Hopkins alumnus, he led the field as a founder focus on plastic surgery and helped develop the Davis Graft and Z Plastic techniques.
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Baltimore
John Steige Davis
Guilford
Norfolk
Yale University
Davis
One Knifed to Death in Bombay During Communal Disorder
A man was stabbed to death and two others wounded in Bombay on December 4 as communal clashes resumed, following seven fatalities reported the previous day. Police and security forces responded to the violence amid rising tensions.
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Bombay
Santa’s gift list for grownups in Boyle’s Humorous Letter
Hal Boyle imagines Santa receiving a humorous, modernized wish list from grownups. The list pairs public figures and icons with playful, satirical gifts, ending with a plea for mutual understanding and lasting peace. The piece blends wit with holiday cheer in a New York Daily context.
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Uncle Tom
Happy Chandler
Greta Garbo
Santa
Hal Boyle
Ferriday Student to U S Meeting
Lloyd Love of Ferriday is chosen by the LSU student council to represent the university at a national student conference in Chicago December 28 to 30. The gathering aims to form a possible national student cooperation and address problems in scholarship economics international cooperation and exchange facilities. Love, noted in Who's Who Among Students and a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, returns home for Yuletide.
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Ferriday
Lloyd Love
Louisiana State University
Chicago
Love
United States
Omicron Delta Kappa
L. 5. Ts
Boy on seventh birthday shot by brother with rifle
In Washington state on Cecil Seeley's seventh birthday, his 12-year-old brother Chester returned home with a .22 rifle. The gun discharged, striking Cecil in the heart and killing him instantly as their sister Florence witnessed the tragedy. Parents Mr and Mrs Ernest Seeley reside on Rt 1.
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Paul Mellinger
Cecil Seeley
Chester
Florence
Ernest Seeley
Cecil
Peggy Ann Garner Custody Divided Amid Divorce Filing
In Los Angeles on December 24, Peggy Ann Garner’s custody is to be divided between her mother Virginia Craig Garner and her father Army Captain William G. H. Garner. Virginia Garner filed an amended divorce complaint and notes she will remarry Trautvein after finalizing the divorce. Peggy Ann, a 14 year old actress, earns about 1250 dollars weekly in films.
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Los Angeles
Peggy Ann Garner
Virginia Craig Garner
William G. H. Garner
Garner
Theodore Trautvein
Toledo
Trautvein
Peggy Ann
Zionists reject London Palestine talks vote in Basel
World Zionist Congress in Basel votes 171 to 154 against sending a representative to the London Palestine conference under current conditions. Delegates condemn the British white paper, call for unrestricted Jewish immigration to Palestine, and back Silver for Zionist leadership amid stalled talks with Britain.
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World Zionist Congress
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Zionist Organization
A. H. Silver
Cleveland
Ohio
Congress Political Commission
Silver
Europe
Palestine
World Zionist Organization
Chaim Weizmann
Court decision upholds Santa Claus myth in West Virginia
The West Virginia Supreme Court formally proclaims Santa Claus exists in its records, recalling Judge John H. Hatcher’s 19 year old bench declaration. A retired jurist urges respect for childhood wonder, urging skeptics to keep out of court and praising the jolly figure’s lasting influence on youth and virtue.
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Charleston
W. Va
Dee
West Virginia State Supreme Court
Saint Nick
John H. Hatcher
West Virginia Court
North Pole
Haldeman-Julius
Julius
Santa Claus
Negro Woman Injured In Auto Crash
Mary Janes Barnes a 25 year old Negro woman of 2031 Adams street was struck by an auto driven by Dan Trimble 18 of 2709 South Grand while she ran in front of the vehicle on DeSiard street. She suffered a broken left leg and several bruised ribs and was taken to St Francis Sanitarium.
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Mary Janes Barnes
Adams Street
Dan Trimble
South Grand
Trimble
DeSiard Street
St. Faancis Sanitarium
Halls
W. E. Jones
Joan Leslie Sues Nero Pictures for 167 500 in Damages
Movie actress Joan Leslie sues Nero Pictures Inc for 167 500 damages over a contract for services. Nero had previously sued her to recover 2 500 if paid to honor the contract. Leslie admits receiving the 2 500 and seeks 47 400 plus 120 000 for unkept promises. Nero repudiated a 50 000 for 12 weeks deal.
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Joan Leslie
Los Angeles
Nero Pictures, Inc
Nero
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