Ships to Shanghai Face Chinese Blockade Reports
New York reports UP ships of the Isbrandsten Company will persevere into Shanghai despite Nationalist shelling, with shipmasters instructed to proceed as usual. Albany notes Conway reelected president of the State Civil Service Commission for a second term and sworn in as a commissioner. The Mental Hygiene Department reports 360 students enrolled across 38 nursing programs, up 208 from 1946. A paper operator's body found in Greenwich Village is believed a homicide, and Judith Coplon loses an appeal in a wiretapping case. Mayor O’Dwyer shows gradual improvement after illness.
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Albany
Edward Conway
Kingston
State Civil Service Commission
Conway
Ruth
E. Miner
Department
New
York
Greenwich: Village
Christmas stockings sent to President by Long Beach shipyard workers
Seven thousand Long Beach naval shipyard employees mailed empty Christmas stockings to President Truman with notes urging him to rescind the order closing the yard slated for June. Also reported: a Bethlehem Steel fire at Lackawanna plant may cost up to 100000, and other brief items from across the nation including a balloon surgery update in Boston and a Maryland governor’s forthcoming Senate appointment plan.
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Truman Long
Beach
Calif
Long Beach
Naval
Truman
Naval, Shipyard
Queen's Nephew Accused of Drunken Driving at Perth
Thomas Patrick Bowes L yon 31 sixteenth Earl of Strathmore was arrested in Perth charged with driving drunk. He pleaded not guilty and trial set for March 10 in sheriff's court. Address listed at Glamis Castle, birthplace of Princess Margaret, third in line to Britain’s throne.
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Perth
Scotland
INS
Elizabeth
Thomas Patrick Bowes
Lyon
Earl of
Deaths of Noted Figures In Various States
Obituary notices list Frank Miller 51 creator of the syndicated Bar ney-Baxter in Daytona Beach Florida. Stanley W Hall 58 professor and head of the University of Illinois fluviculture division in Champaign. The Rev Luther B Moore widely known Episcopal church man in Romeo Michigan. Rear Admiral Douglas J Eu gene Dismures 80 retired from active service in 1925 in Philadelphia. Frank G Rand 73 philanthropist and chairman of International Shoe Company in St Louis. Mrs Thomas B Wheeler of Loudonville chair of Whitney's department store board in Albany.
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Stanley. W. Hall
University of Tlinois
Fluviculture
Champaign, Il
Frank G. Rand
The
International Shoe Company
St. Louis
Thomas B. Wheeler
Loudonville
Whitney’s Department Store
Albany
Man Pushed Wife in River in Rochester Case
A 15 year old boy testified he witnessed a man push his wife into the Genesee River near Rochester. Brooks, the house painter, denied forcing the boy to accompany him and pleaded innocent to a kidnapping charge. A grand larceny charge stemmed from a car sale with an outstanding mortgage found by the Rochester dealer. The boy remains in detention as a wayward minor.
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Rocnes Mercp
Orsemus
Rome
Vambiase
Brooks
Oklahoma City
Vachother
Ontario
Gilda
Fort
Wayne
Ind
Brooks c
Genesee River
Bitely
Rochester
Nicholas Brooks
Painter
Fort Wayne
Abyeat Cold Boy
Emil Lambiase
Robert Y. Barnes
Testimony in Bridges perjury trial centers on Communist ties
In a Bridges perjury case, Schrimpf and Shoemaker testified as Communist Party members and attended a key meeting with Bridges. The defense questions Bridges’ prior Communist status and naturalization timeline, while the prosecution plans more corroborating witnesses. Cross examinations continue.
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Schrimpt
John H. ‘Schomaker
Bridges
Schomaker
Communist Party
George Harris
United
States
Australia
Vincent’ ‘Hallinan
Ithe: Clo
International Longshoremen’s
Waterfront
James Macinnis
Schrimpf
Joseph Donohue
Schrimpe
Shoemaker
Norma’ ‘Perry
Macinnis
Hee
Communist
Longshoreman
Hallinan
Union Creations Mark Labor Split and Court Order
Justice Kingsley noted that G E Union actions followed a court order restraining Local 320 from using union funds to vote secession. The LU E led by Carey criticized UE, while Local 2320 ousted national officers and affiliated with the new LU E group within the C L O after expulsion. Kingsley warned that union officers must obey the court order and that his ruling stands.
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Kingsley
CE “2 Electrical Ee
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Ithe International ‘Union of Electrical, « Radio, “ and» Machine Workers
LU. E
the. C.L.0
the .U.E
Carey
Lu.e
Stalin Birthday Planning Committee Formed in Moscow
The Supreme Soviet today appointed a committee of 75 persons to organize the celebration of Premier Josef Stalin's th birthday on December 21. The committee is headed by President Nikolai Shwemik and includes Politburo members, marshals, generals, trade union leaders, scientists, and artists such as composer Dimitri Shostakovich.
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Moscow
Supreme Soviet
Josef. Stalin’s
Nikolai’ ‘Shwemik
Politburo
Iss
Dimitri
Shostakovich
Romance Revived Ends In Marriage License Plan
William A. Cable, 82, retired naval lieutenant, and his long time boyhood friend Eva C. Abbott, 78, have filed for a marriage license. Cable, a widower, said they would wed at his home next week, ending more than half a century of friendship.
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Washington Cins
William A. Cable
Eva C. Abbott
Cable
Italy to give Christmas bonus to unemployed figures
The government announced today that unemployed Italians will receive a Christmas bonus of 1,950 lire each, about $2.50. It did not specify how many would be eligible, but the total unemployed is usually counted at between 1.5 and 2 million.
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Ialy’s
Germany radio station studied for broadcast bias on church news
Germany's largest station NWDR faces a Socialist complaint that it broadcasts too much church news on Sundays. The Social Democratic Party cites a survey showing only 15 percent of listeners want more church services and urges balanced religious programming.
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Washington
Navy
U. S
Nazi Germany
Mutual Broadcasting System
Armed Services
Cmurcil
Stamburg
Germany
CINS
Social Democratic Party
NWDR
Missing Australian Girl Linked To Orient Liner Disappearance
Gwenda McCallum, a 20 year old from Sydney, vanished from the Orient liner Orcades while en route from Sydney to Melbourne. A withered rose, an ash tray full of cigarette stubs, and a lone pair of pajamas lent by Alister Cameron are cited as clues by British authorities examining the case aboard the ship in port.
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London
South Seas
Gwenda McCallum
Sydney
Australia
Orcadés
Melbourne
Ministry of Transport
Gwenda
Alister Cameron
Fiji
Miss McCallum
Cameron
State May Raise Road Canal Tolls
A joint legislative committee will hold public hearings in Albany on December 12 and 13 to consider proposals to raise revenues from commercial users of New York's highway and canal systems. Senator George Manning, Republican, chairs the highways canals and revenues committee. The Dec 12 session covers highways. canal considerations follow on Dec 13. The 1949 Legislature created the panel and appropriated $20,000 for its work.
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Albany
Assembly
George
Manning
Hopkins and Jordan dispute over long distance dispatches evidence
Jordan testified Hopkins instructed him by telephone to divert freight shipments tied to Russian aid and to avoid leaving records. He named Col Anatole Kotikov as the Russian commander and said shipments included uranium described as bomb powder. Jordan says he reported the activities to the air inspector general. no official confirmation exists.
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Jordan
Hopkins
Great Falls
Lewis
Col
Anatole” Kotikov
Air Inspector General
Jordan’s
the American- Pacific. Industrial . Corporation
New York Contractors and Construction Engineers
Campus Fire Frontage One Panicked Escape From Building
Witnesses describe a chaotic second floor escape as a fire tore through a building with paint fumes and blocked screens. A man gave his pajama top to an injured neighbor while survivors urged others to drop to safety as the ground crew caught them. Prague purge target Czech Reds face purge in Czechoslovakia, with Rude Pravo calling for increased revolutionary vigilance.
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Prague
Czech Communist Party
Rude Pravo
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Pair Saves Impaled Girl After Car Crash
Laura Cassell, 20, owed her life to a garage mechanic and a policeman after a faulty traffic signal caused a collision at an intersection. The gear shift impaled her chest. mechanic John Richter sawed it free while Patrolman George Mortimer restrained her. Surgeons at Harper Hospital removed the lever after opening from the back. she expected to recover in a day or two. Her father Jack Cassell had minor injuries. the other driver was unhurt.
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Detroil SP
Laura Cassell
Laura
Jack. Cassell
Cassell
John
Richter
George Mortimer
Harper Hospital
Dewey Urges Practicability In Education
Dewey calls for higher education to blend liberal arts with practical training tailored to individual needs. He spoke at Cazenovia 125th anniversary convocation, praising careful balance of academic and practical courses at CAREY College and urging more productive links to business and culture. The event drew about 500 attendees amid heavy snowfall, with Dewey criticizing federal highway funds and noting New York’s return on highway aid.
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Thomas
Dewey
First Baptist Church
Cazenovia
Jose
Carey Sgollege
Syracuse
Haven
Oswego
Ithe
Poe
New York
Washington
Backus
Atone Ridings
Azenovia
Cazenovia— Education
First War Termination Claim Tested in U S Courts
Rumsey Corporation sought 135000 then 102000 as due and modified this claim in 1946. Navy auditors estimated sums owed, settlement offers were filed, Judge Knight issued a 37 page decision marking the first test in federal courts of a subcontractor’s right to sue over termination of war contracts. The Second Circuit affirmed Trustee actions but struck the injunction against the U S Government.
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Rumsey
Navy
Buffalo
Arthur. Pael ‘McAvoy
Geneva
Rumnsey
Aog
Knight
Averbach
Heelfman
Iss
Michigan
Packard ‘Motor
Car
Rumsey Corporation
Ithe
Hoths
Azeore da
United States District Court “of Appeals
Second Circuit
Nelson
Tater
Detroit
U. S
U.S
Hoffman
United States
Crash Kills Smith Girl in Vermont Bus Crash
A Vermont bound bus skidded on icy roads and crashed into a tree killing 19 year old John Laurence of Brookline and injuring four others including a Smith College student. Police reported the fatality and injuries as the bus carried travelers toward Vermont.
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SMITH
Whately
Mass
Smith College
John Laurence
Frederic C. Laurence
Brookline
Job notice for Kordite on sales to grocery field
Classified request seeks a successful candidate with experience calling on dealers wholesalers and chains in the grocery field. Must travel frequently. Write or phone Kordite Corporation Victor New York with full qualifications. All replies confidential. Salary all traveling expenses paid bonus paid on national sales.
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Kordite Corporation
Victor, N.Y
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Jon
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Ryan
Aes
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William O’dwyer
Bellevue Hospital
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Bethlehem
Steel. ‘Co
Lackawanna
Boston
Ar ‘Ephrata
Wash
G. McNegge
Massachusetts General’ Hospital
West ‘Palm. Beach
Fla
Carolyn’ Feuchtinger
Lake Worth
Senate
Hartford
Conn
Chester “Bowles
Capitol
U. S. Senate
Raymond FE. Baldwin
Bowles
William Benton
Southport
Crommelin
Gloucester
Coast Guard
Ten Pound Island
Paris
France
Azores
Marcel Cerdan
Ginette
Neveu
United” States
Peron
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Frank Miller
Barney - Baxter
Daytona Beach, Fla
Luther B. Moore
Romeo
Mich
Douglas J. Eugene Dismures
Philadelphia
Touth
G. E. Union
Stalin
Girl
Liner
Rose J
Clue
Harry Hopkins
Levine
Sapulpa
Okla
Jeoraine
E Cozenovia
Victoria‘College
Isabel D.phisterer
the’ College
Daniel C.knowlton
Alumni Association
Everett
Charles J. Dawson
Louisville
United’ Mine Workers Welfare Fund
Eyebrows
John L. Lewis
U.alw
Dawson
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