Yule Visitors for Cancer Victim in San Antonio
A 58 year old breast cancer patient confined to a nursing home near Christmas received gifts from San Antonio residents and church groups. She spent five days on a bench awaiting aid and now undergoes daily X ray treatment at R B Green hospital under Family Welfare bureau care.
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San Antonio
San Antonians
Alice Mathews
Nursing Home
VIEWS
Family Welfare Bureau
R. B. Green Hospital
Navy Sees Double With Pair In Korea Duty
Big Davis of Cookeville Tennessee and Jesse Marley of Doniphan Missouri joined the Navy in May 1952 and went through boot camp together. They began Korean duty together and are now in adjoining beds in the British Naval hospital in Hong Kong after a ship’s cable snapped in port broke the left leg of each.
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Hong Kong
Big Davis
Cookeville
Ejection Seats for B-47 Jet Bombers Planned
The air force announced it will install escape ejection seats in new B-47 bombers after next February to improve crew survival in emergencies. Each 3 man crew will have seats similar to those used in jet fighters.
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Washington
Air Force
Los Angeles Sets New Long Call Record
San Antonians set a new long distance call record Thursday with 16,970 outbound calls. Southwestern Bell’s Ben F. Givens notes 760 circuits used and 609 operators on duty, with the longest call to Ashiya Japan completed at 10 15 a.m. Others reached Germany Jamaica England Israel Costa Rica Hawaii Canada and Alaska as California traffic surged from midnight Wednesday to 11 p.m. Thursday. Peak hours were 10 11 a.m. and 7 8 p.m.
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San Antonnians
Ben F. Givens
District Commercial
Southwestern Bell
Ashija
Japan
Germany
Jamaica
England
Israel
Costa Rica
Hawaii
Canada
Alaska
Calif
Texas Tiny Cherry Delights Christmas Dinner Turkey
Guy Texas Tiny Cherry a Long Beach jockey arrived in Worth to visit a cousin and abandoned his 642 pound to 369 pound diet for a Christmas feast. He plans to fly back to California but yesterday he kept eating with no concern for travel plans.
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IT. Worth
Texas
Cherry
California
Long Beach
Calif
West Coast
Farms Best for Hubby Hunting
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics advises women to move to farms this leap year to find husbands. It notes men outnumber women in rural age groups, while cities show the opposite.
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Washington
INS
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Whittingstall Retires After 40 Years as Pittsburgh Cab Driver
George H. Whittingstall Sr. ends a 40 year driving career in the Pittsburgh area retiring at 63. Born in Isle of Wight England he helped his father run Hansom cabs before coming to the United States at age 18. He claims a coast to coast miles total of 2 000 000.
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Issantwrl
Bec
George H. Whittingstall Sr
Pittsburgh
Isle of Wight
England
Whittingstall
U. S
Submarines to Join Atlantic Winter Maneuvers
Atlantic fleet units including 20 submarines will participate in winter maneuvers in the Caribbean. The operation named springboard will begin in January with more than 109 ships and air units under the submarine force headquarters in Groton, Connecticut.
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Groton
Conn
Dee
INS
Submarine Force Headquarters
Caribbean
Navy
Shell Explosion Taints Alabama Christmas Gathering
In Chickasaw Alabama a souvenir 44 mm shell exploded during a neighborhood Christmas gathering injuring four people. Mildred Childers 16 lost both legs and Mrs Verbile McCrory had a leg amputated. Two others suffered burns and cuts. Pfc James W McCrory 17 the marine who brought the shell home from Camp Lejeune was present when it dropped and exploded on the front porch.
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Yale
Chickasaw
Ala
Mildred Childers
Verbile McCrory
M. H. McWhirter
Pfc
James W. McCrory
Camp le- Jeune
McWhirter
McCrory
Joe
Postoffice Net Sets Records for December Period
Local postal receipts from Dec 1 to 24 shattered monthly records, totaling 686 438 dollars. Incoming letters rose 7 percent to 16 792 615 and outgoing letters up 5 percent to 15 010 232, while parcel post declined.
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Dan Quill
Parcel Post
Polio Cases in San Antonio Rise to 152 in 1952
San Antonio records polio total of 152 for 1952 after confirmation of a 13 month old girl Maria L. Perales of 150 Cornelia street diagnosed with polio. Her condition is fair. Health Director Austin E. Hill notes December case is first that month and that polio has fallen over fall and winter. Eleven polio deaths have been recorded in 1952.
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San Antonio
Robert B. Green Hospital
Health Department
Maria L. Perales
Miguel Perales
Cornelia Sr
Austin E. Hill
FBI Hunts Man Who Kidnapped Son in Hondo Case
The FBI pursues Anthony Riccio of Buffalo N Y in a kidnaping case involving his 4 year old son from Hondo. The complaint was filed Monday in Hondo and agents continue to assist Hondo police as the search continues.
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FBI
Buffalo
Hondo
F. WW
McIntire
Anthony Riccio
Riccio
Belcher Named To Appeals Body
District Judge Ernest Belcher of Stephenville was named to the Court of Criminal Appeals commission of appeals to fill the unexpired term of Judge K K Woodley. Woodley moves to full membership on the court January 1, with Belcher’s term running to July 1953.
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Austin
Ernest Belcher
Stephenville
Court of Criminal Appeals Commission of Appeals
K. K. Woodley
Commission of Appeals
Woodley
Belcher
IM-K-T Reports Best Revenue Year
The Missouri-Kansas-Texas Jr. will gross more than 84.5 million dollars in the year, President D. W. Frasier announced in a year end financial statement. Net income is about 7.2 million dollars, marking 1952 as the railroad's best year for gross revenue.
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Dallas
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Jr
D. W. Frasier
Frasier
Actor Ferrer Blasts Reds Over Moulin Rouge Picketing
Actor Jose Ferrer condemned communism after the picketing of his film Moulin Rouge. He sent a telegram to the American Legion leaders to avoid future misunderstandings and asked the Legion to study the matter through its national Americanism committee. Ferrer testified before the House committee last year about his unwitting role with Red fronts.
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Hollywood
INS
Jose Ferrer
American Legion
Legion
National Americanism Committee
Lewis Gough
Four Killed In Corpus Blazes
In Corpus Christi on December 26 four people died in two post Christmas fires. The David H. Roberts family including 33 year old David his wife Wanda and their nine month old Shelly perished when their house burned after midnight. Derrick man R H Matthews 23 was found dead of suffocation in a North Beach tourist court as flames closed in. Fire Chief John Carlisle led investigations into both blazes.
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Corpus Christi
David H. Roberts
Wanda
Roberts
Shelly
R. H. Matthews
North Beach
John Carlisle
U S Army reshuffles Berlin and France command
Maj. Gen. Lemuel B. Mathewson named commanding general of the U S zone of communications in France. Maj. Gen. Thomas B. Timberman will take over in Berlin on December 29, and Brig. Gen. Charles T. Lanham moves to command the 1st Infantry division.
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Heidelberg
U.S. Army
Lemuel
B. Mathewson
Berlin
U.S. Zone of Communications
France
Thomas
Timberman
U. S. Infantry
Charles T. Lanham
SHAPE
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