U.S. urged to operate state barge canal system
A shipping spokesman urged the federal government to buy New York State’s 525 mile barge canal and run it toll free. Reginald G. Narelle of Empire State Marine Co spoke at a public hearing on canals and revenues as concerns grew that tolls would divert traffic from New York ports. The panel heard about 25 witnesses including city and union officials, with opposition to tolls led by Curry.
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Empire State Marine Company
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Rochester Republican
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Troy
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Five Guardsmen To Take Cadet Tests
Governor Dewey designated five New York National Guard enlisted men to take entrance exams for the U S Military Academy at West Point. The selected are Corp Lawrence J Farley Oneida Pfc Frederick W Bergenson Yonkers Pfc John R Borgatta New York City Pfc Louis Gross Brooklyn and Pvt John S McDonald Ticonderoga. They were winners in a recent National Guard preliminary exam.
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Broadst
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Frederick W. Bergenson
Yonkers
John R. Borgatta
New York City
Louis. Gross
Brooklyn
John S$. McDonald
Ticonderoga
Guardsmen
National Guard
Argentina seeks arrest warrant for Peron critic Caltanes
An arrest warrant was issued for Atilio Caltanes a former Argentine deputy and vocal Peron critic. Parliament voted to depose him revoke immunity and file charges for showing disrespect to the president. He is believed to have fled toward Colonia Uruguay to avoid arrest.
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Argentina
Atilio Caltanes
Chamber of Deputies
Juan D. Peron
Peron
Cattaneo
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Trustees Press for Two Million Toward New University Unit
Supporters seek 2 million dollars from the University Trustees to back half of a proposed four year liberal arts college unit near Binghamton. The match would be 1 million cash from locals and 1 million in land and facilities for the Triple Cities area including Binghamton Johnson City and Endicott. The Trustees were to review the plan at a meeting.
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Russia Hints It Will Free POWs
State Department officials expect Moscow to announce soon that the last German World War II prisoners in the Soviet Union are released. A guarded Moscow report forecast they all will be sent home by Christmas, though the West may challenge this. American figures show Russia had not accounted for 443 165 Germans by year's start.
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Russia
State Department
Soviet Union
Moscow
Mayor O Dwyer rests at secret spot near Fort Lauderdale
Mayor William O Dwyer who is ill with heart strain rested somewhere near Fort Lauderdale today but his exact location was kept secret The Atlantic Coast Line Champion train carried him to Florida where a welcoming committee and reporters gathered locals say he left the train at Hobe Sound about 50 miles away Hobe Sound is a private vacation retreat with limited telephone service
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Confession Forcibly Obtained In Ward Case In Mukden
A consulate party member Franco Cicogna claims a confession incriminating Angus Ward was extorted during hours of questioning while Ward, critically ill, was held in a jail. The trial tied to a spy ring case followed state coercion claims and a separate assault charge against Ward. The Reds demanded money to move the party and baggage from Mukden to Tientsin.
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Rockefeller Jr Pledges 2 Million for Cancer Center
John D. Rockefeller Jr pledged 2 million dollars to Memorial Hospital in New York to spur cancer research and expansion. The gift, announced at a 10th anniversary dinner, matches funds raised by the hospital for a projected 5.25 million dollar program to build new facilities and expand teaching.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Memorial Hospital
Food consumption in Britain rises after war time diet
The ministry of food reports Britons are eating more now than two years ago with consumption of some items higher than before the war. However annual meat intake fell from 90 pounds in 1946 to just under 70 pounds in 1946 49.
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Ministry of Food
Strikers Protest Use of Troops in London Power Stations
Wildcat strikers met for mass meetings to protest the Labor Government after troops were dispatched to defend three London government owned power stations. About 150 Royal Navy Technicians were sent to Dartford Brimsdown and Taylors Lane as the strike halted streetcars and caused a blackout in parts of North London.
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Wildcat
Royal Navy
Dartford
Brimsdown
Taylors Lane
Power strike at Barking power station spreads in London
Workers at Barking power station announced an immediate strike in protest of British service men operating three other strikebound plants. Delegates representing over 10,000 workers in the London area planned a mass meeting to decide on joining the walkout.
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Europe
Barking
Swedish Communists Present Couch to Stalin for Birthday
In Stockholm a Swedish Communist group donates a blue covered couch with yellow trim to Premier Stalin for his December 21 birthday. The gift underscores party ties and the gesture’s symbolic value in the wartime era.
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