Wrested banter at a holiday gathering in London
A rambling, witty exchange about royalty, actors, and old pubs, with jabs at the Duke of Windsor, Hollywood offers, and chestnut English dialect humor. The speaker muses on fame, money, and a faded empire while toasting the new year and reminiscing about past mischief.
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John Foster Duiles
Jim Farley
Duke of Windsor
D. P
Buckingham Palace
Empire
Paris
House of Commons
Hollywood
Mickey Mouse
Chicago
Railroads win partial rate relief as ICC grants temporary boost
Washington December 31 The railroad industry sought a 13 percent freight increase to cover rising material and labor costs. The Interstate Commerce Commission approved temporary boosts averaging just over five percent, with regional variations, protecting a yearly yield around 425 million dollars. The increases run until hearings on a permanent rate hike. The top temporary rise reaches six percent in eastern and southern districts. other zones vary from four to five percent. The commission capped freight charges at six cents per 100 pounds.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mississippi River
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Holland Seeks Amendment to End Poll Tax for Federal Votes
Senator Holland of Florida said he is seeking southern backing to propose a constitutional amendment that abolishes the poll tax as a prerequisite for federal elections. He has spoken with several senators and plans to introduce the measure when the new session opens, arguing the right to vote should not be denied for failure to pay a poll tax or property qualifications.
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Washington
Holland
D.-Fla
United States
Congress
Shaping Showdown Over House Rules Power
Washington December 31. A test of President Truman influence on Capitol Hill builds to a clash on January 3 when the House considers curbing the rules committee. Sabath plans to let any bill bypass rules with a petition of 100 or more members, drawing swift opposition from Republicans and southern Democrats.
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Washington
Truman
Capitol Hill
Congress
House
Sabath
Illinois
Martin
Massachusetts
Rayburn
Texas
Howard W. Smith
Virginia
Rules Committee
Russell Long to Be Sworn Today
Russell Long, 30, is set to be sworn in as the youngest U S senator to fill the late Huey P. Long’s seat and serve the unexpired term of 1949. He will take oath after the Senate convenes at noon, with Mrs. Long and Louisiana delegates in attendance and Senator McKellar of Tennessee assisting as the oldest member walks him down the aisle.
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Washington
United States Senate
Russell Long
D.-L
Huey P. Long
Long
Senate
Young Long
Senator Overton
Feazel
McKellar D.tenn
McKellar
Truman Calls Strategy Meet With Top Aides
President Truman convened a Strategy meet with key aides to map the New Deal message for the 81st Congress. Domestic and foreign policy topics, including water front issues and the State of the Union, were expected to be reviewed with Barkley Rayburn Lucas and McCormack in attendance.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Barkley
Senate
Rayburn
Texas
House
Lucas
Illinois
Representative McCormack
Massachusetts
Canadian champion liar from Alberta wins Burlington Liars Club title
L W Tupper of Patricia Alberta is named world champion for 1948 by a tale of 2000 post holes and a northwester. His windstorm story ends with post holes blown 125 miles away. The event marked the first non US winner since 1929 with other honorees named from Illinois and Arizona.
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Burlington
Wis
Alberta
Canada
Burlington Liars Club, Inc
L. W. Tupper
Patricia
Tupper
United States
Star Supreme
John Hopley
San Antonio
Tex
Charley Shorpen
Oklahoma
John Hughes
Johnson City
Ill
J. F. McKale
University of Arizona
Tucson
Ariz
Five Injured As Bus Hits Bridge Abutment In Louisiana
Five of seven aboard an east bound Texas Motor Coach bus were injured when it struck a bridge abutment near Anacoco Louisiana and overturned. The bus was en route from Jasper Texas to Leesville and was passing a log truck when the driver lost control. Victims taken to Broyles Clinic in Leesville include Kenneth R. Jones Ruth Jones E O Thornton Pauline Pryor Hoover L Hughes.
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Leesville
Anacoco
Jasper
Tex
B. L. Tabor
Broyles Clinic
Kenneth R. Jones
Anaco
Espionage Still Operating Says Final House Report
The Un American Activities Committee warned the Soviet espionage ring may still be active in the United States and urged continued life for the new 81st Congress to pursue spy activities. Star witness Whitaker Chambers described a 1930s espionage production line transferring secret papers to Moscow.
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Washington
House
House of Representatives
un-American Activities Committee
United States
Congress
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
State Department
Moscow
Communist Party
Bykov
Maryland
Georgia Had Two Lynchings in 1948 Says Tuskegee
Tuskegee Institute's annual lynching report says Georgia saw the only two lynchings in the United States in 1948, with victims William H. Turner and Robert Mallard, both Georgians. The report notes additional mob threats averted in 19 other cases and lists related charges against seven suspects.
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Tuskegee
Ala
Georgia
United States
Tuskegee Institute
Mississippi
Alabama
South Carolina
Virginia
F. D. Patterson
William H. Turner
Meriwether County
Robert Mallard
Toombs County
Mallard
Amy
Wallace
Herring Sivell
Henry Mobley
Tom Strickland
Mozart Strickland
Dentville, Miss
Julian Harper
World welcomes 1949 with cautious hope and rites
A troubled world rings in the new year with hopes for better days amid cold war tensions and ongoing conflicts. Europeans mark arrivals with subdued celebrations, bans on certain fireworks, and traditional observances as Belgium and Poland lift rationing while Vienna revives prewar trumpeting and bells.
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London
Europe
Paris
Brussels
Belgium
Tass
Poland
Vienna
80th Congress Closes with McKellar Vying for Pro Tempore
In Washington on December 31 the 80th Congress ends as Senator McKellar defeats Senator Tydings 27 to 25 for president pro tempore in a Democratic roll call. Republicans push only one major action, seeking a 60 day delay for Hoover Commission report while Democrats prepare to take over January 20 with Barkley and Lucas set to lead.
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Washington
McKellar
D.-Tenn
Tydings
D.-Md
Senate
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Truman
Congress
Hoover Commission
Executive Department
Maryland
Senator McKellar
Tennessee
Barkley
Lucas
Illinois
Myers
Pennsylvania
House
Democrats
Rayburn
Coastal Areas Hit By Rains Across New England and New Jersey
Late December storms drenched the north Atlantic coast causing floods in New England and New Jersey. One death occurred as floodwaters and damaged farms closed highways and forced evacuations. The National Guard assisted in Massachusetts towns near the Hoosac river after six inches of rain in 24 hours.
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Associated Press
North Atlantic
New England
New Jersey
Vermont
Massachusetts
Maine
National Guard
North Adams
Adams
Hoosac
Mexican Troops Patrol Matamoros After Police Killing
Mexican federal troops patrolled Matamoros after a policeman was shot dead amid a leaflets inciting violence. Mayor elect Ernesto L Elizondo was to be inducted that night as authorities ordered police confined and troops to the city outskirts.
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Matamoros
Mexico
Ernesto L. Elizondo
Elizondo
Rio Grande
Brownsville
Tex
Guadalupe Herrera Villareal
Marcias Barragan
Raul Farate
Tamaulipas
Proposals Make Treaty Unlikely
General Chiang Kai-Shek said China is willing to discuss peace with the Communists if conditions are met, but his terms appear to bar any settlement. He warned that peace must preserve independence sovereignty constitutionalism and a democratic government and that the war will continue if the Communists persist.
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Harold K. Milks
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Fu Tso-Yi
Peiping
New Year Night Life Prices Vary Across the Nation
A New York byline notes spending to ring in 1949 with a grant billed as $50 for two at many night spots. The AP survey lists per couple prices from $1.50 in Oklahoma to $40 plus in Chicago, with dining, dancing, drinks, and taxis driving costs higher.
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Charles Mercer
New York
Ulysses Simpson Grant
United States
Associated Press
Grant
San Francisco
Washington
Miami
Dallas
Cleveland
Atlanta
Indianapolis
Louisville
Ohio
New Jersey
Oklahoma
Boston
Chicago
Portland
Girl Found Separated Wife Learns of Dead Husband
A 16 year old girl married to 40 year old Jack Walters December 14 in Ocilla Georgia was found in New Orleans with plans to work. She learned her husband had died on Christmas morning from natural causes near Gentilly road. Capt. Daniels identified her as Mrs. Farrell Paulk Walters and she was turned over to her father Asa Paulk after relatives arrived to help.
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New Orleans
Harry Daniels
The
Juvenile and Missing Persons Bureau
Farrell Paulk Walters
Ocilla
Jack Walters
Asa Paulk
Missing Persons Bureau
Six White Prisoners Escape Calcasieu Jail in Louisiana
Six white inmates overpowered jailer Charles Sanders at breakfast, seized keys, and fled Calcasieu parish jail. Two were captured near Elton, Louisiana in a stolen car. others remained at large as police chased leads. Named escapees include Joe Stoddard and George F. Fowler. others tied to Houston and Starks, Louisiana.
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Lake Charles
Calcasieu Parish
Henry A. Reid
Charles S. Sanders
Elton
Jefferson Davis Parish
Joe Stoddard
West Lake
Reid
Sanders
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Calif
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Tony
Power of Rules Committee
National Airport
Air Force
Walter Bedell Smith
Air
W. Stuart Symington
Smith
Russia
Mr. Truman
Kansas City
Politburo
Mar
Queen of
Orange Bowl
Corine Gustafson
Fla
Pat Steckman
Miss Gustafson
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Institution
By Edwin Shanke
By Jack Bell
Generalissimo
Calcasieu Jail
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