Santa's Helpers Rescue Scioto County Families at Christmas
A countywide Santa's Helper drive aided four Scioto County homes during December fires and a displacement case. Sheriff and deputies plus Dorothy Brewer delivered furniture, clothes, toys, food, and candy, with cash gifts from local residents. The effort supported three affected families, including a Yugoslavian naturalization family with twins, bringing Christmas joy without reindeer or sleigh.
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Scioto County
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Dorothy Brewer
Clerk of Courts
Otway
Germany
Shoe Union to Stage Christmas Party for Children
The United Shoe Workers of America Local 1% plans a Christmas party Thursday night at Portsmouth High School auditorium at 7 p.m. for children of Selby Shoe Co. plant workers, including Santa Claus, treats, and magic acts by Rev. Laurence H. Hall and local children performers.
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Selby Shoe Co
United Shoe Workers of America
Portsmouth High School
Santa Claus
Laurence H. Hall
All Saints Episcopal Church
Gene Griffin
Gloria Harri
Jack Lindeman
Forest Ward Jr
Kay Ann Keyes
Betty ‘Warhock
Phyllis ‘Bailey
Shirley McGlothin
Donald Yaut Warner
Carel Ann Roberts
Arthur B. Hill
Salvation Army
Santa
Union
Forest Ward Sr
Anna Dunaway
Anna Dixon
Ethel Creekbaum
Elvie Gulley
Portsmouth State Liquor Store Extends Hours
The state liquor store in Portsmouth will stay open until 5 pm Wednesday Thursday and Friday this week and next. Normal closing time is 7 pm. Frank J. Pokorny, chief of store management, says the longer hours ease the inconvenience of long lines for the public.
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Portsmouth
Department of Liquor Control
Frank J. Pokorny
Inside The Times Comics Deaths Rector Ze Wrerta
A brief reading notes the passing of Rector Ze Wrerta with a notice in the Times comics section. Details on date location or survivor names are not clear in the fragment. The item appears as a short obituary or death notice within a comic page context.
To Quit Vatican Post A Rumor Circulates
Reports circulated that Myron C. Taylor former US Steel chairman may resign as special representative to the Vatican. Taylor refused comment while a Vatican source said the reports were credible due to his poor health.
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Rome
Bec
Myron C. Taylor
US Steel Corp
Truman
Mn Taylor
Taylor
Reserve Plans Yuletide Party For Youngsters
The Bortsmouth Naval Reserve unit at Charles end Boundarysts training center will host a Christmas party Wednesday night for 75 to 100 youngsters including 20 Salvation Army children. Santa Claus will arrive at 7 p.m. with gifts and treats as Lt. G. Fenton becomes division commander and Lt Comdr Leo Blackburn retires from the post but remains as a volunteer. No drill is set for Monday. a regular drill resumes January 2.
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Santa Claus
Bortsmouth
Naval Reserve
Charles End
Salvation Army
Richard Fenton
Leo Blackburn
Comdr. Blackburn
Kenneth Cranston
N. B. Griffin
Naval Reserve Edvisory Council
Dawson Seeks Court Ruling to Join Coal Board
Former Federal Judge Charles J. Dawson asks courts to compel John L. Lewis to recognize him as the soft coal operators' representative on the three man welfare fund trustees board. He was elected May 3 but Lewis refuses to record his vote, citing Ezra van Horn as the operators' trustee. The report also notes the Duke and Duchess of Windsor sail for New York aboard the Queen Elizabeth tomorrow.
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Wasruineson
Charles J. Dawson
United Mine Workers Welfare Fund
John L. Lewis
Dawson
Louisville
Lewis
Ezra van Horn
Police Seize 2 More Slot Machines In Raid Here
Lt. Harold Cooper led a raid on a service station at 21th and Find-Isy streets trapping two 50-cent slot machines and arresting Orville Jones 42 of 102% Gayst. The raid followed complaints about gambling devices with Chief Rudity saying 21 machines from a prior West End Club seizure are held for final disposition.
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Harold Cooper
Find- Isy
Howald Parker
Louis Hood
Cooper
Orville Jones
Lt. Cooper
Hughie Rudity
West End
Lt Cooper
Rudity
Laurence Kimble
Arthur Baisden
Kenneth Cranston
William Harsha
Charles S. Stevenson
New Boston Votes On Operating Levy In Election
Light voting marked the New Boston special two mile operating levy election with polls open until 6 30 pm across eight precincts. Passage needs 60 percent approval and would raise about 30 000 dollars annually for two years to fund operating costs flood defense maintenance and recreation facilities. By noon 37 of 400 votes and 27 of 300 votes were cast in two precincts.
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New Boston
Denfeld in Outburst as IS Burns Job Controversy Sustains
Washington dispatch reports Admiral Louis E Denfeld the former chief of naval operations issued a bitter letter to Navy Secretary Matthews declining the post of commander in chief of U S Naval forces in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean The letter made public cited concerns over loyalty respect for authority and potential restraint on frank discussion with military officials The controversy surrounding Denfeld likely will continue after Congress returns next month with his retirement decision still undecided.
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Washington
Adm
Louis E. Denfeld
Naval Operations
Congress
Navy
Matthews
Defense Department
U.S
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Mediterranean
Dentelas Ette R
Armed Services Committee
House of Representatives
North Atlantic
Denfeld
New York City Plans Hudson River Water Tap
New York City officials ordered full speed on a plan to tap the Hudson River for 100 million gallons daily to ease a long lasting shortage. The project would run water into the Delaware Aqueduct near Chelsea, purified and routed through reservoirs to be ultra safe. The plan, costing five to ten million dollars, would supply less than one tenth of the city’s average daily consumption, and would typically take a year to complete. A separate note reports a DC-3 missing on a test flight between Rio de Janeiro and Vitoria with three crew aboard.
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New York
Hudson River
Hudson
Chelsea
N. C
Poughkeepsie
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Here
Vitoria
Kroger to Build New Market at Fourth Street
James Hill's firm won the $71,000 contract to erect Kroger Co. of Cincinnati’s new single story brick market facing Fourth Street. Work to start Tuesday. fixtures and climate control not included. Kroger secures a five year lease with extension options, and C A Yeager & Co. will handle construction.
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Cincinnati
James Hill
Soatee
Jackson
Kroger Co
Fourth St
Building plans specify 85 by 150 and 129 by 164 feet
Details describe the building footprint and surrounding lot sizes with the east and west walls and rear to be unglazed buff brick, the ornate front in ceramic glazed brick and piste glass, a special lighting system, asphaltic tile floor, and magic eye doors, with location noted on Yeager page 13.
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Stalin Birthday Jackpot Gifts Flood Moscow
The Soviet leader Stalin turns 70 as a global gift wave floods Moscow. Delegations from Romania Bulgaria Hungary and East Germany deliver carloads of presents including motorcycles airplanes and even factories. Russian and satellite shipments fill long freight trains toward the Kremlin amid a massive, festive exchange.
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Russia
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Moscow
Soviet Monitor
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Ana Pauker
Bucharest
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
China
Lend
de Waarheid
Radio
East Germany
Warsaw
Poland
Stalen
Truman Back From Florida Vacation To Washington
President Truman flew back to Washington from a three week Florida sojourn, arriving cheerful and tanned at Boca Chica Airport. He appears fit as he prepares to push a new State of the Union message, seeking bills Congress denied last year including civil rights, fair employment, health program, social security expansion, and reclamation projects.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Washington
Florida
Boca Chica
Wallace H. Graham
Congress
Lawmaker Burdick Urges Cleanup Of Capitol Ethics
Washington December 20 Representative Asher Burdick North Dakota said many years congressmen keep nonworking staffers on payroll and that payroll padding may not be illegal but is clearly disliked. He notes he trims office help and has returned part of the 12500 annual allowance as he urges members to audit conduct amid public distrust.
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Washington
Asher L. Burdick
North Dakota
Burdick
Congress
Mx. Burdick
J. Parnell iThomas
Andrew J. May
Lions Club Sees Sight Saving Seal Campaign Exceed Goal
The Lions Club Christmas party celebrated the Sight Saving Seal sale topping the goal with 2257 dollars. funds support glasses, eye tests, and aids for grade school pupils in Scioto County. Co chairs Franklin Long and Carl Zeune announced the total and noted Miss Scioto Roush conducts field eye care work in schools. Ted Smith joined as a new member and Paul Holt of Cincinnati attended as a guest. Meetings resume January 9.
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Lions Over Top
Lions Club
Frankllin Long
Carl *Zeune
Scioto County
Scioto Roush
Ted Smith
Paul Holt
Cincinnati
Luntil
Encore In 52 Seen By Weep Harry Truman
Vice President Barkley predicts Democrats will keep winning, stirring talk of a Truman Barkley 1952 ticket. Barkley boasts strong oratory and broad support, while Republicans doubt his political foresight. If elected, Truman would be 68 in 1952, Barkley turning 70, setting an unusually aged ticket.
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Harry Truman
Washington
Barkley
Truman
V.P
John Stuck
John
Joro
Miami
Fla
Las
Brewster
Maine
G.O.P
Trusman-Barkley
William Henry Harrison
Mr. Barkley
Americans Free 27 German War Criminals at Landsberg
Twenty seven German war criminals were released from Landsberg prison in Germany by the U S Army for good behavior. They had largely completed three to five year sentences imposed by U S military courts for war crimes. Attack sentences would have expired before June 30.
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Landsberg
Germany
U.S
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