Liquor and Weather Spark Christmas Crash Toll in California
California faced 42 dead in Christmas auto crashes blamed on heavy rain and liquor intoxication. A private plane vanished with 12 aboard, while R L Parker and son Wayne were swept into a storm drain during a stalled car rescue. Police reported slick roads, flooding, and a landslide injuring property as search efforts continued into the night.
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Los Angeles
California
R. L. Parker
Venice
Calif
Wayne
Hollywood Blvd
Arroyo Seco
Here
Pasadena
Western Air Lines
Laguna Mountains
el Centro
San Diego
Navy
Coast Guard
la Posta
George Burton Sprado
Santa Monica
Warns Against Communist Influence in United Nations Meetings
The report notes that foreign UN representatives attend U S meetings backed by Communist fronts and push one sided Russian aligned views. It cites Library of Congress hires with ties to groups seeking constitutional change and labels the Communist Party as a foreign inspired conspiracy using unemployment as a vehicle to seize power, plus threats of a general strike via controlled unions.
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Adamson
United States
Rankin
Miss
un-American Activities Committee
Congress
United Nations
Communist Party of the
Republicans Face Rifts Over Leadership Amid Congressional Planning
The piece details intra party divisions among anti Dewey Republicans led by Brown and Hoffman. It notes Hoffman’s resistance to closed steering committee control and Brown as rallying point for anti Dewey forces. It highlights potential cooperation with Southern Democrats to curb federal controls from the Truman era.
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Porter
Bowles
Henderson
OPA
Hoffman
Brown
House
Congress
Roosevelt-Trumman
Ohioan
Truman
Power plant security and visitor access tightened by council
A letter from W D H Rodriguez directs security upgrades at the light and power plant, including folding gates on all openings and specific lockup times. Gate access requires written authority from a council member or the superintendent, with a bell at the boiler room north entrance for qualified visitors.
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Commission Council
W. D. H. Rodriguez
Rescue of 62 Dead River Tragedy Raises Hope
A small boat from Petite Vallee retrieved two survivors after a failed river crossing near the Gaspe coast. A Canadian Pacific plane spotted them in the 60 mile wide river as the Colabee freighter pressed through ice. Albert Morin suffered a leg injury from exposure, while Aurel Gagnon was in good condition. Florian Simard was the last man rescued.
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Petite Vallee
Gaspe
Quebec
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Colabee
St. Lawrence
Albert Morin
Aurel Gagnon
Florian Simard
Christmas Gladness Echoed Across War Turmoil Islands
Exiled Germans wandered London streets unescorted for the first time and heard German carols in English homes. Bethlehem reenactments drew thousands as police guarded routes in a strike-torn land. Dutch papers showed ice skating maps two years after wartime maps.
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London
Bethlehem
Jerusalem
Holland
The New York Ties Behind Wartime Secret Groups
A 1946 King Features Syndicate essay argues that pro Nazi and anti fascist networks in the US drew on alien refugees and officials. It claims these secret societies served private gain, manipulated fear of Hitlerism, and aimed to form native fascist ties while evading government control.
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Hitler
Bund
Berlin
Germany
Pearl Harbor
Nazi Party of
New York
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Market declines offset by modest liquidity in close
New York stocks fell with several leaders slipping as losses outweighed limited liquidation. Turnover reached about 1,000,000 shares while notable casualties included Bethlehem Steel General Motors Goodyear Santa Fe and Southern Pacific among others. Bonds showed uneven moves and cotton rose modestly. wheat oats and corn moved slightly.
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New York
Bethlehem
General Motors
Goodyear
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Montgomery Ward
Woolworth, Deere
Eastern Air Lines
United Air Lines
Western Union
A.” American Can
Johns Manville
Bestman Kodak
Westinghouse
Monsanto Chemical
J. C. Penney
Gulf Oil
Distillers Corp
Schenley
Kennecott
American Telephone
Chicago
Markets at a Glance Stocks, Wheat and Hogs Toggle
New York stocks show light selling pressuring leaders while bonds hold steady. Cotton gains on textile orders. Chicago wheat eases modestly with hedging, oats drift lower. Hog prices fall 15 to 25 cents, top at 23.50. Cattle advance about 25 cents.
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New York
Chicago
Cotton futures rise as bid, hedges, and mill buying surge
New Orleans and New York trade desks report futures gains amid persistent mill covering and tight spot supplies. Prices climbed with Dec and Mch positions up, while spot cotton closed steady with higher basis. A Chattanooga charity gesture highlights yearend generosity as Hunter plans to distribute money and clothing within fifteen miles of Rossville.
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New Orleans
New York
Chattanooga
Tenn
Rossville
Senator Bilbo Faces Rebel Senate Panel In Mississippi
The special campaign investigating committee held open hearings in Jackson Mississippi into charges that Bilbo intimidated Negro voters. Thomas said no basis to seat Bilbo was found and suggested Bilbo’s foes would likely fail in Mississippi. He warned a committee critique would reflect on Mississippi and the South.
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Senate
Bilbo
Special Campaign Investigating Committee
Jackson
Miss
Thomas
Mississippi
South
Hunt Named Camp Commander for 1947 at Veterans Camp
At Thompson Wood Lee Camp No. 9 United Spanish War Veterans December meeting officers were elected for 1947 with C. A. Hunt as Commander and E. B. Naylor and H. E. Webb as senior and junior vice commanders. Appointive officers named include Adjutant J. Frank Farmer Quartermaster J. F. Block Trustee R. D. Brooks Patriotic Instructor O. M. Arnette Historian Thomas Jamar Chaplain Kip S. Moore Officer of the Day J. L. McCullum Officer of the Guard N. G. Kelly Sergeant Major M. V. Tully Quartermaster Sergeant Reuben Wright Senior Color Sergeant Sargent P. Ogden Junior Color Sergeant Alonzo Carter Chief Musician Kip St. Moore.
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Thompson Wood Lee Camp No. 9
United Spanish War Veterans
C. A. Hunt
E. B. Naylor
H. E. Webb
J. Frank Farmer
J. F. Block
R. D. Brooks
O. M. Arnette
Thomas Jamar
Kip S. Moore
J. L. McCullum
N. G. Kelly
M. V. Tully
Reuben Wright
Sargent P. Ogden
Alonzo Carter
Kip St. Moore
Birth at Riverside Sanitarium Paul William Sugden Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Sugden of 430 Hiawatha Street Jackson Mississippi welcomed a son, Paul William Jr., born December 23 at Riverside Sanitarium.
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Riverside Sanitarium
P. W. Sugden
Hiawatha Street
Jackson
Miss
Paul William, Jr
Grain prices ease after holidays in Chicago market
In a quiet post holiday session in Chicago grain pits price changes were minor. Wheat closed 1/8 to 1/2 lower at January 1.1087. Corn held steady to 3/8 lower at January 1.311 and oats slipped 3/8 to 7/8 with March at 0.7518.
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Chicago
Livestock Prices in Chicago Show Mixed Declines and Gains
USDA reports salable hogs 10 000 and cattle 8 000 with total 8 200. Hogs mostly 23 25 to 23 50 for 180 240 pounds, some larger down to 22 50. Sows 20 00 to 20 25, lighter weights up to 20 50. Cattle broadly active with steer runs at 21 00, bulk 19 50 to 25 00, best heifers 23 00, beef cows 12 00–14 00, canners 11 50 or less.
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Chicago
USDA
Butter and Eggs Market Report
Butter weak on receipts of 339 405. AA 74, A 73 5, B 72, C 70. Eggs unsettled with receipts of 13 683. Prices unchanged. Sanitary market note from Chicago dated December 26.
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Chicago
Stonewall Investment Co. to Hold Annual Stockholders Meeting
Special notice to stockholders announces the annual meeting of Stonewall Investment Company Inc. at 9:30 p.m. Thursday January 9 1947 at Knights of Pythias Hall 127 St. John St Monroe La for electing officers and a board of governors. L J Hunnicutt secretary treasurer.
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Stonewall Investment Company, Inc
Knights of Pythies
St. John St
Monroe
L. J. Hunnicutt
Friday the 13th War Entry Myth Debunked
A historical note states America did not enter a war on a Friday the 13th, challenging common superstition. It references stock figures City Service and others as context clues in broad account of markets and events.
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America
Edgewater plant faces near term shutdown in Newark labor dispute
The Edgewater plant of the Aluminum Company of America faced an almost immediate shutdown as New Jersey mediation board members prepared to meet in Newark to settle a labor dispute that had curtailed operations at two gas units of Public Service Electric and Gas Co. The notice also cites that eighty percent of men aged 25 to 29 in Eire are unmarried, while 39 percent in the same age group in the United States are unmarried.
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Cos Boots
BNI
Anes Esteney American Can Company
Upwdise Ae Eee
American Car & Foundry
American & Foreign Power
Earnsdall Ot! Company
Bendix Aviicgion
Nesses Cessconhece
Bethlehem Steel Corporation Navy
Boeing
Borden Company Commercial Solvents
Crane
Curtiss-Wright Corporation
Curtiss-Wright Corporation A
Deere & Company
Douglas Atrevalt
Cs Ocseecen Vesne Ae du Pont de Nemours
Fastman Kodak
Electric Power & Light
Engineers Public Service
Firestone Tire & Rubber
Ceses Johns-Manville
Lean Kansas City Southern
Bennecott Copper
Icseccenss
Taocetens Sb
Libby-Owens-Ford Glass
Liggett A Myers
Boo
Lockheed Aircraft
Loew's Incorporated
Long-Bell Lumber
Tsovuirie Ee
Perry
Sccescensenes
Procter & Gamble
Pure Oil Company
Radio Corporation
Remington Rand
Reo Mots
Eeinnes
Republic Steel Corporation
Reynolds Tobacco B
Alta Richfield Oil Company a +e
Ecenley Distillers
Ppaeae
Sears Roebuck
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American Power & Light Fiee
American Rad & 8
American Tel & Tel Anaconda Copper
Sseeenes
Baldwin Locomotive Burroughs Adding Machine
Hs Estere
Calumet & Hecla
Celanese Corporation
Cerro de Pasco
Coca-Cola Corporation
Ceneral Foods
OPI Ad Insta
Soe
Les Pads
Great Northern Pfd
Gulf Mobile & Ohio
ROG
Rigesr Sg Caer
Eeacvencen International Harvester International
Tel & Tel Mengel Company
Nash-Kelvinster National Oat
Sceees As
National Distillers
National Supply
Newport Industries
Northern Pacific
Pan-American Airways Aere, Pennsylvania Railroad
Simmons Company
Paket
Southern Pacific
Indiana
New Jersey
Swift & Company
Eescecpeeescees Gove Texas Company Shoppa
Biel Ae Oo
Timken
Detroit
Isserseeeeee
Bevytteee
United Air Limes
United Aircraft
United Gas Imperial
United States Rubber
United
Columbia Gas & Electric
Freeport Sulphur
General Motors
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Edits
Arts
Ak Greyhound Corporation
Seis
Pepsi-Cola Corporation
Sinclair Oil Company
Southern Railway
Stone & Webster
Union Carbide Sosts
United Corporation
Cceeeseereee
Studebaker Corporation
Tidewater A Oil Company
Union Oil California
Ccessseseeee
United Fruit Company
Warner Brothers Pictures
Woolworth FW Company
Newark
N. J
Edgewater
Aluminum Company of America
New Jersey State Mediation Board
Public Service Electric and Gas Co
Eire
United States
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Grayson
Curtis Shultz
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Firestone Tires
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Firestone
Acme Tire & Rubber Co., Inc
Trenton
S & M Tire CO
3Rd & Washington
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Ritter
DeSiard St
Goodyear Service
Ee Miller
Cypress, W. M
Ross Motor CO
Oak Grove
Louisiana
Duffey Motors
Louisville & Riverside
Righ
Jackson ST. Motor CO
Cypress
Callus
Hester’s
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Russ Auto Sales
Louisville
Kincaid Motor CO
Hemp’s Motor Sales
Harrison
L&h Wrecking Co
Pratt Motor CO
Bastrop LA
Boddie Motor CO
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West Moin
Helen's
Cale
Scogin Motor CO
Nichols Motor
Pata
Tate
Monroe Top & Body CO
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Trenton St. Garage & S
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Treton
W. Monroe
Pappas Motor CO
Cypress St
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Logan & Martin
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Beck’s
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Louisville Ave
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Griffith Electric CO
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St Francis Sanitarium
Eunice Crawford
North 3Rd
Fred Diaz de Valle
Monroe, la
Alcoholics Anonymous
P. O
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