Westbrook Pegler Pets and Family Rumors About Roosevelt Kin
The writer tackles a circulating rumor tying the Westbrooks to Franklin D. Roosevelt and links to the McCormick Patterson axis. He recounts sending a letter, a genealogist tracing a vast family tree, and mentions presidents including George Washington and others in a humorous, reflective frame.
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Pegler
Westbrooks
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Robert R. McCormick
Joseph Medilla Patterson
McCormick-Patterson
MCCP
Axis
Mr. Big
Gene Tunney
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Union
Franklin
Patterson
Henry the Eighth
Louis the XIV
George Washington
New Snow Presses New York City Toward Normalcy
New York City faces fresh light snowfall tomorrow after a record 25.8 inches buried the metropolis. Mayor O Dwyer said snow removal, now 30,000 workers and 2,486 machines, made substantial progress as service gradually resumed and buses and trains operated with delays.
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New York
Weather Bureau
William O'Dwyer
New York City
Ormal
Read note and finds two bodies in California
In California a Glen Ellen man and his wife are found dead from .32 caliber shots after a note from the wife reveals she killed her husband in a rage and later took her own life. Police say she also killed herself beside his body about 13 hours after the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oaly City
Calif
William Sunderlande
Dudley
San Francisco
Adby
Husnd
Wallace enters 1948 race as independent challenger
Henry A Wallace announces he will run for president as an independent, fueling debate over foreign policy and U S relations with Russia. Analysts say his bid could shake the Democratic Party and influence the Republican nomination while promoting his peace platform and opposition to universal military training.
Mukden Battle Intensifies Near City Core
Chinese Communist regulars pressed three Red divisions six miles north and a 20 000 strong column eight miles southwest of Mukden as cannons roared. National forces, aided by warplanes at Ihsien, faced fresh assaults in Manchuria amid reports of unrest following a turn in the battle.
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Peiping
Mukden
Manchuria
Ihsien
Raymond Cupples Injured At Brown Paper Mill
Raymond Cupples, 21, of Warren drive West Monroe, was injured at the Brown Paper mill when a cable snapped and struck his back. He was treated at St. Francis sanitarium then moved to Mulhearn hospital after being rendered unconscious. X rays showed only bruises and he is expected to be released after treatment.
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Raymond Cupples
Warren Drive
West Monroe
St. Francis
Brown Paper
Cupples
Mulhearn
Battle for Konitsa Intensifies as Guerrillas Press City
Greek government reports sustained fighting around Konitsa as guerrillas seek the city as the capital of a Communist state. Army reinforcements push toward the front while authorities in Athens vow to crush the rebel drive soon. Police seize Communist Party HQ in Piraeus after outlawing legislation takes effect.
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Athens
Konitsa
Markos Vafiades
Bourozani Bridge
Gambala Heights
Largest Texas gains gulf shore land by proclamation
The state of Texas enlarged by 18 349 574 acres as submerged Gulf lands became part of Texas. Bascom Giles, commissioner of the general land office, issued the proclamation after the 50th legislature directed the gulfward extension of boundary lines for 12 coastal counties.
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Austin
Tex
New Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Bascom Giles
General Land Office
Rioting in Haifa after refinery bombing kills Jews Arabs
In Haifa 36 Jews and 11 Arabs died as 1,800 Arabs and 400 Jews clashed after a bombing near the Consolidated Refinery. At least 14 Jews and 47 Arabs were wounded. British troops sealed the refinery as Irgun suspected. The violence followed earlier attacks in Jerusalem and Galilee, part of a wider toll since the UN partition vote.
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Carter L. Davidson
Jerusalem
United Nations
Palestine
Haifa
Middle East
Haifa Refinery
Galilee
Tel Aviv
Wholesale prices near all time high in December
Wholesale prices edged toward the May 1920 peak with an index of 162.5 for the week ended December 20. Government economists expect further rises, noting only partial food slows, and predict the 1920 high could be surpassed by late February as demand and employment hold near 60 million.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Wallace Seeks Independent Run For 1948 Presidency
Former vice president Henry A. Wallace announced on radio that he will run as an independent in 1948 on a peace and prosperity platform. He criticized both major parties for policies he said risk war, and hinted there is hope for election. Wallace also resigned as editor of the New Republic and left his cabinet post amid policy disputes with Russia. Senator Glen H. Taylor said he is considering a Wallace vice presidential bid.
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Associated Press
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Russia
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
la Follette
Chicago
Democratic Party
United States
The
New Republic
Glen H. Taylor
Idaho
Roosevelt
King Mihai abdicates Romania becomes popular democratic republic
King Mihai I abdicated today as a Communist dominated cabinet proclaimed Romania a popular democratic republic. He said constitutional changes were needed and he would not stand in the way of the people's choice. Parliament was summoned to ratify the acts amid crowds and a dramatic turnout in Bucharest.
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Leonard Kirschen
Bucharest
Romania
Mihai I
Anne of Bourbon-Parma
Istanbul
Mihai
Bern
Switzerland
Seanteia
Underground blasts injure 25 in Boston including firemen
Heavy explosions beneath snow covered streets tossed manhole covers, shattered storefronts, and blew out windows up to the eleventh story. Twenty five hurt or burned, half of them firefighters who pried open covers. twenty treated at City Hospital. cause linked to gas buildup, nature undetermined.
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Boston
Dewey Square
William F. Quigley
City Hospital
Quigley
Dog Hero Duke Drowned After Susquehanna Rescue
In Sidney New York on December 30 Duke a Doberman Pinscher once honored for heroism in World War Two was swept to his death when the icy Susquehanna River carried him under the current A policeman witnessed the incident Duke served as a corporal with the U S Marines in the Southwest Pacific and was discharged in 1946.
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Sidney
N. Y
Susquehanna River
Measure Termed Pitifully Feeble
President Truman signed a duplicate copy of anti inflation legislation at 9 15 a m after a rush to copy the Republican measure which vanished from the White House while secret service men searched for the original.
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Washington
Truman
Secret Service
White House
Dedham
Mass
Martin
Massachusetts
Charles G. Ross
Clark M. Clifford
U Saw Is Given Death Verdict In Burma Case
Burma court convicts former premier U Saw and eight co-defendants of abetting the July murder of U Aung San and ministers. Ba Nyun acquitted. U Saw defiant as he is led away. The killings triggered mass arrests and shaped Burma’s postwar power struggle.
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Rangoon
Burma
U Saw
U Aung San
Ba Nyun
U Aung
Myochit Party
Peoples Freedom League
Aung San
Republic of
London
CAB to Lose Chairman as Truman Delays Choice
The Civil Aeronautics Board faces a midnight vacancy if President Truman does not designate a new chairman. James M Landis, CAB chair since June 1946, may not be reappointed. Potential successor Stanton Griffis, backed by Secretary Harriman, is a New York banker and Poland ambassador nominee. Oswald Ryan would act if no appointment is made. The board’s other members include Harllee Branch and Josh Lee.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Truman
Aviation
James M. Landis
L. Welch Pogue
Landis
Stanton Griffis
New York
Poland
Griffis
Harriman
Oswald Ryan
Indiana
CAB
Clarence M. Young
Boston
Cornell University
Who's Who
Aviation Concern
Harvard Law School
Securities and Exchange Commission
Office of Civilian Defense
Middle East
Ryan
Harllee Branch
Josh Lee
Wallace Ballot Access Possible In Louisiana
Louisiana Secretary of State Wade O. Martin Jr says Wallace supporters can place his name on the ballot by filing nominating papers with at least 1,000 qualified voters not affiliated with a party. Voters must be certified by parish registrars who cannot certify signatures of party affiliates. For presidential elections the group would nominate electors, and the ballot may show the presidential candidate for voter guidance. If a new party gains 5 percent of the vote, it gains party status for future elections.
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Baton Rouge
Henry A. Wallace
Louisiana
Wade O. Martin, Jr
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