Pope Pius XII Calls 1948 a Threatening Year of War
Pope Pius XII in his Christmas message warned that 1948 ends with the world on the edge of a precipice facing two opposing poles seeking peace but each endangering it. He spoke of war’s trials on the Catholic Church and urged faith in truth and justice, noting hopeful religious observances and appeals to Catholic youth. The address was broadcast worldwide in 20 languages.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Sacred College of Cardinals
Christ
Vatican Radio
Ten Found Dead In Plane Crash In Alaska
Ten men aboard a four engine B-50 bomber died when the aircraft crashed in a timbered area ten miles south of Eilson air force base Alaska. The crew had been testing Arctic conditions on a flight from Davis Monthan Arizona and were en route home for Christmas. Helicopters confirmed all aboard perished and ground parties planned later access to the wreckage.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Air Force
Japan
Eilson Air Force Base
He Air Force
Boeing Airplane Company
Christmas prospects and aid around the world in 1949
Churches in Bethlehem face dreary travel as war and weather threaten Christmas pilgrimages. Nazareth prepares for visitors with festive decorations while Israeli passes aid pilgrims. American and British troops host parties for tens of thousands of German and Austrian children, raising over 20 thousand dollars for celebrations.
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Russia
Brazil
Holland
Holy Land
Bethlehem
Joseph
Mary
Nazareth
Jesus Christ
Palestine
Church of the Anunciation
Kol Israel
Voice of Israel
U. S
Germany
Berlin
Hamburg
Vienna
Mayor James J. Pleasants Jr. resigns as Memphis mayor
Memphis mayor James J. Pleasants Jr. resigns effective January 15. Former mayor S Watkins Overton will succeed if selected by the city commission. Overton may become city attorney. Pleasants term ends spring 1951. Nearby notes link Crump organization declines and local civil service/pay changes. In Shanghai, land on the bund reportedly valued at 4 million dollars an acre.
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Memphis
James J. Pleasants, Jr
Pleasants
S. Watkins Overton
Overton
E. H. Crump
Democratic Organization
Gordon Browning
Estes Kefauver
Crump
Dist
Will Gerber
Security Council stalls on Indonesia cease fire
The council split amid abstentions France Belgium Russia Ukraine as it debated cease fire and release orders for Indonesian leaders. Britain supported the American Colombian Syrian proposal while France abstained citing legal rights over sentiment. Canada proposed a rival cease fire plan to empower on site reporting.
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France
Belgium
Russia
Ukraine
Holland
United States
Syria
Colombia
Soekarno
Mohamed Hatta
Security Council
Netherlands
Britain
Canada
Indonesia
Alexander Parodi
Malik
M. F E. Dening
Dening
Parodi
C. S. A. Ritchie
United Nations Truce Committee
Vernon Sellers Promoted And Transferred To McAllen Store
Veron J. Sellers manager of the J. C. Penney store in Monroe is promoted and transferred to a larger company store in McAllen Texas where he will be manager. He came to Monroe January 1 1945 from Marshall Texas where he served as store manager. He is 37 years old married with two children. While in Monroe he has been active in church and civic affairs including the First Methodist Church Lions Club Chamber of Commerce Ouachita Valley Council of Boy Scouts Red Cross. The Sellers family has many friends in Monroe who regret his removal but pleased at his promotion. He plans to leave after Christmas and return for his family after the holidays.
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Veron J. Sellers
J. C. Penney
Monroe
McAllen
Tex
Marshall
Chamber of Commerce
Poultry Prices Steady in Chicago After Receipts
USDA reports live poultry in Chicago as steady with eight truck receipts and prices unchanged.
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Chicago
USDA
New Orleans Cotton Trading Steady Despite Holiday Mood
Activities in New Orleans cotton futures were nearly silent as holiday sentiment rose. Closing prices held steady with gains up to 15 cents a bale, spot cotton stayed at 31.90 cents per pound, and 281 bales were exchanged locally amid absorption of early liquidation.
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New Orleans
Reni Stee
Cotton futures ease and then rebound on year-end covering
New York brokers reported early cotton futures softness from liquidation but prices firmed later as traders covered ahead of holidays. Mill buying in Atlanta was light though large buyers were testing prices on low middling to better grades, with shippers showing demand for middling color and better leaves. producers showed little interest in bid ranges for loan equities.
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New York
Atlanta
Modest demand lifts stocks on Christmas Eve trading
New York stocks rose fractions to more than a point as many leaders left early for Christmas. Those remaining showed little appetite for action while selective demand for railroad issues emerged in the bond market.
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New York
Wall Street
Livestock Prices and Supplies Chicago Daily
Salable hogs 2,500 total 5,500 with top 23.25 and bulk at 22.50 to 23.00 for 170 to 220 pounds. Cattle salable 500 with calves 200. vealers and bulls priced 23.00 and 32.00 down. Slaughter steer and heifer ranges 19.00 to 26.00. beef cows 17.50 to 19.50. common canners and cutters 14.50 to 17.25.
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Chicago
USDA
Butter and Eggs Prices Steady in Chicago Market
Chicago December 24 Butter firm receipts 457,?9 prices unchanged. Eggs about steady receipts 17,432 prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Bethlehem Pilgrims Face War Bound Route for Midnight Service
About 130 Christians in Jewish held Bethlehem plan to trek to the Church of the Nativity for Christmas Eve prayers as British troops depart. Arab Legion and Egyptian army units guard the city while a new raid route over quagmires and no mans land is used to reach the old walled Jerusalem. Santa Claus arrived early in Jerusalem at a party for Christian children hosted by Israel's army.
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the Manger
Bethlehem
Church of the Nativity
Arab Legion
Jerusalem
No-Man’s Land
United States
Tel Aviv
Old City
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Long
Israel
John Roderick
Trans-Jordan
Santa Claus
U. S
Myth, unions, and the Labor Question in 1948
A critic denounces major unions including the CIO and United Mine Workers, arguing their leaders graft and subjugate workers. He attacks teachers for praising labor relations and urges students to challenge them, comparing unions to autocratic bosses and calling for a shift to “unions” rather than “labor.” He cites concrete examples of coercive tactics and wartime labor practices while condemning the Wagner Act as a political tool and source of disorder.
Potatoes Prices and Arrivals Reported Across States
Chicago market notes arrivals 43 on track 130 total U S shipments 1122 with Colorado Red McClures at 4.00 Idaho Russet Bur banks 435 mixed 4.15 utilities 2.90 Minnesota North Dakota Red River Valley Bliss Triumphs 3.15 Pontiacs 3.10.
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Chicago
U. S
Colorado
Idaho
Christmas Mass and Services At St Matthew and First Methodist
Christmas planning details for St Matthew's and First Methodist Church list opening times for the church, choir carols, confessions, multiple Masses, and a candlelight midnight service with a full order of service including litanies, hymns, prayers, and the communion rite. Best wishes are extended for a holy Christmas.
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St. Matthew's Church
First Methodist Church
Christmas Scenes Across the Nation With Generous Guests and Carolers
Guests from two foreign nations will stay with 31 local families in Binghamton Johnson City and Endicott arranged by Rotary clubs. In Boston the state house dome glows for the first time since the war as carolers roam Beacon Hill. An army bomber will fly Episcopal officials from Salt Lake City to Wendover for Christmas services. Atlantic City glows with 28 lighted Christmas trees along the board walk and Santa Claus distributes candy from a crane. A New York shelter party features a Santa clad worker giving cheer to preschoolers and mothers. Indianapolis hosts Monument Circle carols, Hot Springs shows tableaux of the nativity from a mountain top, and 100 choristers join in. Brooklyn hosts a Christmas carol gathering of blind men around a large tree. Former King Peter and Queen Alexandria of Yugoslavia host Boys Club events in New York. Salvation Army and others sponsor parties for the sick and needy nationwide.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Binghamton
Johnson City
Endicott
Boston
Massachusetts State House
Beacon Hill
Episcopal Church
Salt Lake City
Wendover Air Base
Utah-Nevada
Atlantic City
N. J
Santa Claus
New York
Indianapolis
Ind
Monument Circle
Hot Springs
Ark
Brooklyn
Light Buoy Club
Barber Helps Kids After Af Fair Ends
An af fair official noted underprivileged children needed haircuts. A barber volunteered and collected a bushel basket of shorn locks.
Truman Budget Shifts Reflect New Accounting Method
The Truman administration outlines a revised budget method to be effective January 1. Tax refunds will be deducted from receipts and also cut from expenditures, leaving deficits unchanged at about 1.545 billion dollars while reflecting a different total. The shift, led by Budget Director Webb, Treasury Secretary Snyder, and Comptroller General Warren, aims to show true program costs.
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James E. Webb
the Treasury
Snyder
Lindsay Warren
Hope for Life Is Best Yule Present for Hope Hickey
Nine year old Hope Hickey, once told she might die from rheumatic fever, arrived home from London Ontario with a chance to live normally thanks to vitamin E treatment at the Shute Institute. Her father Edward J. Hickey Jr. learned of the therapy after a public plea on Hope's birthday.
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Hope Hickey
Hickey
Hoope
London
Ont
Philadelphia
War Memorial Hospital
Shute Institute
Hope
Edward J. Hickey, Jr
Simsboro Man Hurt In Liquor Crash
Purvis H. Rodriguez, 32, of Simsboro was hospitalized with lacerations and bruises after his car overturned at the South Second Street and Winnsboro Road intersection shortly before 2 a.m. He was charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and taken to St Francis Sanitarium. The vehicle was extensively damaged.
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South Second Street
Winnsboro
Purvis H. Rodriguez
St. Francis Sanitarium
Rodriguez
$670,884 Bridge Contract Let at Plaquemine Louisiana
The state department of highways announced a $670,684 bridge contract over Bayou Plaquemine at Plaquemine. Austin Bridge Co., Dallas, Texas, was the successful bidder. Other secondary road awards included culverts by Dunham Wilson Co., Inc., Baton Rouge, and gravel contracts by Alexandria Gravel Co., R. G Cruse Lumber Co., and Elton firms in Jefferson Davis and Franklin parishes.
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Baton Rouge
State Department of Highways
Bayou Plaquemine
Plaquemine
Austin Bridge Co
Dallas
Tex
Union Parish
Dunham Wilson Co., Inc
Jefferson Davis
Alexandria Gravel Co
Elton
Franklin
R. G Cruse Lumber Co
Sicily Island
Same Old Fights on Civil Rights
A top Truman aide says the president remains opposed to any compromise on the civil rights program. Senator Sparkman and others in the South warn that gains in Congress will trigger the same old fight, while discussions on poll tax, lynching, and a federal employment practice commission show limited avenues for consensus. The piece notes party splits and the political climate surrounding civil rights efforts.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Truman
Congress
McGrath
Rhode Island
Sparkman
Alabama
Fruman
Senate
South
Ifr
Sale of Southern Bus Lines Told in Alexandria
Morgan W. Walker announced the purchase of Southern Bus Lines, Inc. by Bus Investors Corporation of Alexandria. The new firm plans to sell Southern Bus Lines stock to the Transcontinental Bus System and seek Interstate Commerce Commission approval. The deal is about 5 million dollars. operations and personnel will stay unchanged. The company will be domiciled in Alexandria with officers Walker, R. K. Jeffries, and Joe D. Smith.
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Southern Bus Lines, Inc
The
Bus Investors Corporation
Morgan W. Walker
Walker
Southern Bus Lines
Transcontinental Bus System
Interstate Commerce Commission
Continental Motor Coach Lines, Inc
Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp
the Personal Finance Co
Wilmington
Del
Weller
R. K. Jeffries
Joe D. Smith
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