Five Relatives Die As Plane Crash Toll Rises In Mexico
Search teams found 17 bodies at the wreck of a JAL plane in Cerro del Borrego, after the crash that killed all aboard and five relatives in subsequent traffic accidents while rushing to the site. The aircraft carried 5,300,000 pesos and wreckage lay 20 miles northwest of the area, with CMA reporting the disaster.
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Jalapa
Mexico
Cerro del Borrego
CMA
Compania Mexicana de Aviacion
Mexico- Merida
Lamb's Peak
Here
New York PSC Extends Telephone Rate Increases
The Public Service Commission renewed a three month extension of temporary rate increases for New York Telephone Co. The 8 percent rise on customer bills now expires April 1 1950. An interim 10 percent toll call increase within the state and for distances over 37 miles was likewise extended.
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New York
INS
Public Service Commission
New York Telephone Co
First illustrated towns feature in Herald American series
In the fifth section readers will find the first illustrated tale on towns of interest in the Herald American territory. The issue also previews reproductions of national winners in the Newspaper Snapshot Contest now shown at the Syracuse Museum.
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Herald-American
Syracuse
Doalns
Weauhoyd
Winthan Joe
Hoffman Offered Ford Foundation Post in Detroit
Paul G. Hoffman, former head of the Marshall Plan, has been offered the role of managing director of the Ford Foundation in Detroit. Henry Ford II confirmed talks but no agreement. Hoffman, who earns 20 000 dollars yearly, would lead a major charity funded by Ford stock and aims to expand the foundation’s educational and scientific programs.
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Detroit
INS
Paul G. Hoffman
Ford Foundation
Henry Ford II
Foundation
Ford Motor Company
Hoffman
Paul Hoffman
Economic Cooperation Administration
Washington
Studebaker Motor Company
Wouuld
U. S
W. Averell Harriman
ECA
California
Henry
Edsel Ford
Ford iMotor Company
Henry Ford
Barge Resolute Sinks in Wisconsin Ship Canal
The barge Resolute, the largest on the Great Lakes, sank in 23 feet of water after hitting a canal wall at Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin. All eleven crewmen were rescued by the Coast Guard as the deck remained above water.
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Sturgeo? Bay
Wis
Great Lakes
Ship Canal
Coast Guard
U S Warns Ships to Stay Out of Shanghai Danger Zone
The State Department proclaimed Shanghai approaches a danger zone and warned American shipping to avoid the port to prevent risk to lives and property. The move followed recent shelling of two Isbrandtsen Steamship Co. vessels by Nationalist warships and does not acknowledge a legal blockade.
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Washington
United States
Shanghai
State Department
Orient
Isbrandtsen Steamship Co
New York
Department
Department of State
Isbrandisen Steamship Lines
Congress
Viorkade
African Princess Makaha Arrives in U S to Study Medicine
Five year old Makaha Gray described as an Kroo princess from Liberia arrives in Fall River aboard the African Patriot. She will be educated as a doctor to return and aid 250,000 Kroo tribespeople. Bishop Willie Pedro Gray of New York City meets her, with Edith Johnson of Cleveland noting her sailing skill.
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Fall River
Mass
America
Liberia
West Africa
Willie Pedro Gray
The
Apostolic Church of Christ of New
Makahn Gray
Edith Johnson
Cleveland
Makaha
Five Alarm Fire Destroys Cleveland Historic Market
A five alarm blaze leveled the 93 year old Central Market in downtown Cleveland last night. Nearby structures caught fire as the market shed its roof and walls. Three firefighters were burned slightly and a pumper ignited after a trolley wire fell. Damages estimated at about 1 million dollars.
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Cleveland
Central Market
E. Fourth St
Yen Hsi-Shan resigns as Nationalist China premier
The report says Yen Hsi-Shan may quit as premier to pursue U S backed support against communists. Li Tsung Jen in New York seeks ulcer treatment, Chiang Kai-shek would assume tighter control. Possible successors include Pai Chung-hsi Wang Shieh-chieh and Chang Chun.
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Taipen
Formosa
Yen Hsi-Shan
China
Yen
Li Tsung-Jen
New York
Chiang Wai-shek
Ayen
Chiang
Pai Chung-Hsi
Hainan Island
Wang Shieh-Chieh
Chiang Kai-sheki
Chang Chun
Hong Kong
Hainan
Pai
CIO Reveals Its Assets in First Public Statement
Washington reports that the CIO disclosed assets totaling about 1.48 million dollars, claiming roughly 25 cents per member for a membership estimate between 6 and 7 million. The statement was released ahead of Taft Hartley filing with the government.
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Washington
C.lo
C.I.O
Duke Foils Elopement of Madrid's Duchess and Matador
Angel ina daughter of the Duke of Pino Hermoso and Luis Miguel Dominguin, Spain's famed bull fighter, plotted to elope. The Duke interrupted the plan, ordered Angelina to remain indoors, and alerted police when the couple were spotted beneath her balcony. Dominguin was released and Angelina returned home, with Madrid gossip predicting a reunion.
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Madrid
Spain
Angelina
Pino Hermoso
Luis Miguel Dominguin
Dominguin
Caracas
Venezuela
Angélina
New York Sees Big Water Savings From Bathless Friday
City officials hailed a 30 percent water saving on Bathless Friday with 349 million gallons less use than the pre conservation baseline. Officials warned continued voluntary cuts could force drastic steps like limiting beer and soda production.
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New York
Ci’ty
Stephen J. Carney
Edward J. Clark
Water Department
Hudson River
Poughkeepsie
State Water Power and Control Commission
Long Island
Carney
New York City
Harvard Showers Bait to Coeds for Holiday Visits
Harvard's Crimson urged girls from nine Eastern colleges to spend Christmas in Cambridge sharing Harvard men’s showers. The editors said their plan would aid water-short New York and offered access to Harvard facilities, targeting Vassar Skidmore Bryn Mawr Smith Barnard Mount Holyoke Hunter Sarah Lawrence and New Jersey College for Women.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Harvard Crimson
New York
Vassar
Skidmore
Bryn Mawr
Smith
Barnard
Mount Holyoke
Hunter
Sarah, Lawrence
New Jersey College For Women
Quebec Curfew to Ban Late Drinking Christmas and New Year
Christmas and New Year tipplers in Quebec City face a 11 PM curfew on those holidays. Liquor police issued the warning, reaffirmed by Premier Maurice Duplessis.
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Quebec City
Quebec
Maurice Duplessis
Santa's Crash Misfires in Pittsburgh Stunt
Two professional stunt men staged a downtown wreck to teach safety to shoppers and children. Henry Neaman, 26, died at Allegheny General Hospital after being pulled from the wreck and Dwight Harris, 18, is in fair condition. The plan was to feature a Safety Santa Claus during a downtown demonstration.
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Pittsburg
Better Traffic Committee
Santa Claus
Henry Neaman
Pittsburgh
Allegheny General Hospital
Dwight Harris
Donald M. McNeil
Harris
Neaman
Santa
North Pole
G man exposes red fifth column plan in U S armed forces
John J Huber a former undercover Communist Party member told a Senate subcommittee that Reds would act as foreign agents in war, sabotaging U S defenses. He named figures linked to fronts, claimed over a million Communists, and described how industrial units could cripple war production. He asserted many officers are aliens or naturalized citizens instructed by Communist teachers.
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Washington
INS
Communist Party
Congress
America
Russia
John J. Huber
New York
Reds
Senate
Huber
Senator McCarran
Dnev
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States
Dashiell Hammett
Lillian Hellman
Dorothy Parker
Herman Shumlin
Norman Corwin
Harlow Shapley
Ella Logan
Charlie Chaplin
Edward G. Robinson
John Garfield
William S. Gailmor
FBI
Maber
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Gerd Larsson
Sweden
Radio City
Stockholm
Ford Post
G-Man
U.S
M.D
Woo U
K. C. Wu
CIO
Duke
Matador
Chicago
Israel Jacobson
American Joint Distributing Committee
Tungary
Helen
Marge
Hungary
Budapest
Tisrael Jacobson
Rochester
N.Y
American Joint Distribution Committee
Nathaniel Davis
Davis
Jacobson
AJDC
Prague
Harold Trobe
Vienna
Austria
Trobe
Florence
Anne
Robert A. Vogeler
International ‘Telephone, and Telegraph Company
London
Foreign Office
Edith Bone
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