Enemy Employing Nerve Gas Might Block Atomic Output
Washington reports a new civilian defense book warns nerve gas and germ warfare could halt atomic production or paralyze the Pentagon without direct attacks. It details biological, chemical, and radiological threats, methods of defense, and plans for morgue organization if mass casualties occur.
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Washington
Pentagon
Civilian Defense Administration
Civil Defense Administration
CDA
United States
Hanford
Oak Ridge
Los Alamos
Civil Defense Health Services
Two Men Jailed After Fillin g Station HoldUp
Jackson Mississippi police report two young men Berry Parker and Gene Jones both from Paducah Kentucky were jailed after a holdup at South State Shell where $93.65 was stolen. A 100 mile per hour chase ended with a buckshot wound to Parker and a patrolman injured when their car struck a cow. The car was found to hold two .38 revolvers and had been reported stolen in Metropolis Illinois.
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Gene Jones
Paducah
Cotten
May
Lee Felts
Felts
Metropolis
Ill
J. T. Flanagan
Gwin Cole
Star
Flanagan
Russia claims waterless rice variety yields rich harvest
London dispatch reports the Moscow radio claims a new rice type grows without watering and yields as rich a harvest as watered varieties. The claim, aired December 28, notes the drought resistant grain could transform farming if verified.
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London
Russia
Moscow Radio
Gifford's Wife Holds Full Dress News Conference
London dispatch reports Mrs. Walter S. Gifford, wife of the new U. S. ambassador to Britain, held a large press conference in Price's Gate addressing 35 journalists. She identified herself as Augustine, aged 56, and noted she is the ambassador's second wife with ten grandchildren.
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London
Walter S. Gifford
U. S
Britain
Price's Gate
Augustine
New York
United States
Russell Stellwagon to be ordained at Ridge Avenue Church
Rev. Russell Stellwagon will be ordained as a minister Sunday at 2 30 PM by Ridge Avenue Baptist Church West Monroe. Pastors licensed or ordained by the church since 1944 participate. Stellwagon, grandson of Mrs. Alda P. Henry, is a Bob Jones University graduate and pursuing graduate work at Northwestern College Minnesota led by Billy Graham. He plans foreign mission work in Japan after graduation and may be away long.
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Russell Stellwagon
Ridge Avenue Baptist Church
West Monroe
Ridge Avenue
Charles Halstead
Cecil Avery
Glenn Wright
Louis Wilhite
Young Stellwagon
Alda P. Henry
Ludwig Avenue
Bob Jones University
S .C
Northwestern College
Minn
Billy Graham
A. T. Mitchell
Japan
Ouachita Parish
Former Teacher Bound to Jury
Fulton Mississippi December 28 a former school teacher Curtis Spencer sixty waived preliminary hearing on a murder charge saying he is too ill to travel His client is free on ten thousand dollars bond Spencer fired a twelve gauge shotgun into darkness killing John Wiseman nineteen a coroner s jury found no intent Wiseman visited his Clay community home near here He worked in Zion Illinois The Itawamba county grand jury will hear the charge February twenty sixth
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Fulton
Miss
Itawamba
Curtis Spencer
Spencer
John V. Wiseman
Wiseman
Clay
Here
Zion
III
Three Children Die in Murphysboro Fire
Murphysboro Illinois December 28 three small children died early today in a blaze that destroyed the four room frame home of Alva Boone. The parents and a six months old baby were severely burned while a fifth child escaped with minor burns. The dead were Harry ten Lora Jean six and George F three who were asleep in one bedroom. Boone thirty five a printer and his wife Lillian twenty nine fled with the baby and Theodore eight.
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Murphysboro
Ill
Alva Boone
Harry
Lora Jean
George F
Boone
Lillian
Theodore
Riskin Undergoes Brain Surgery in Hollywood
Robert Riskin 53, Academy Award winning screenwriter, underwent immediate brain surgery to remove a blood clot and is reported in good condition. He was hospitalized yesterday as Fay Wray stayed by his bedside. Riskin, born in New York, won the 1934 Oscar for It Happened One Night and wrote Lost Horizon Mr Deeds Goes To Town and You Cant Take It With You.
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Hollywood
Robert Riskin
Riskin
Fay Wray
New York
Clark Gable
Claudette Colbert
Mr. Deeds Goes
Guardsmen Begin Physical Examinations for Induction
National Guard company B began mandatory physicals today at Natchez General Hospital ahead of federal service. X rays blood tests and other exams were conducted as Army doctors from Jackson prepare to join Thursday with Drs Robert Barnes John S Ruoff and dentist Emile Salvo assisting.
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National Guard
Natchez General Hospital
Army
Jackson
Robert Barnes
John S. Ruoff
Emile Salvo
Natchez
Mississippi Natchez unit joins Dixie division callup to Fort Jackson
The 155th Infantry Regiment and 311st Dixie division, made up of Mississippi and Alabama National Guardsmen, have been called up. The division will report to Fort Jackson South Carolina in January, with Lt Fred Parker of company B stating the Natchez unit will depart no later than January 26.
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155Th Infantry
Dixie
Mississippi
Alabama
Fort Jackson
S. C
Fred Parker
Natchez
Men Beat Women In Roxxie Miss Mayoralty Race
In Roxxie Mississippi on December 28 voters resolved a tied mayoral contest, with men prevailing after three primaries in the disputed race. The report notes a decisive outcome after earlier deadlocks and high turnout in a small community.
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Roxxie, Miss
McCall Defeats Graves by Ten Votes in Mayoral Runoff
In the final tally Horace McCall defeated Pauline Graves by ten votes after three voting rounds. McCall carried 55 votes to Graves 45, the largest ballot total in the three attempts to elect a mayor. Earlier counts had 40 40 and 34 34. Also noted was a rise in Christmas necktie jokes appearing in print.
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Horace McCall
Pauline Graves
McCall
Pertussin Tastes Good and Widely Recommended
Pertussin can and should be taken in large spoonfuls not only because it tastes good and is harmless but because it acts at once to relieve bad coughs due to colds. Ask your druggist for Pertussin, that famous modern cough medicine. thousands of doctors prescribe it. Available at all drugstores.
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