Remington Rand Donates Gifford Street Plant to Syracuse U
James H. Rand announces Remington Rand presents its Gifford street plant to Syracuse University. The deed, valued at 428 550 dollars, was handed to Chancellor William P. Tolley. Rand cites urgent postwar needs and centralization of university facilities. The donation will aid storage of supplies and equipment.
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S. A
James H. Rand
Remington Rand, Inc
Syracuse University
Syracuse
William E. Shorten
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William P. Tolley
University
Hold Up at Toots Tavern Netted $148
Two men held up Toots Tavern on Brewerton Road at noon taking $148 in small bills and change. Proprietor James V. Scotty, 33, said the gunpoint robbery forced him to the basement for five minutes before the pair fled in a car. Deputy Hoffman investigated.
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Toots Tavern
Brewerton Rd
Andrew Hoffman
James V. Scotty
Cicero
Scotty
Hoffman
House to Probe Insurance Lobby Inquiries Planned
Washington lawmakers announce a probe into all groups lobbying for or against President Truman’s compulsory health insurance plan. Chairman Frank Buchanan says the lobby committee will study former Congressmen tied to private interests, organized labor, and real estate interests, with work starting early next year.
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LLP
House
Truman
Frank Buchanan
D.pa
Transit Showdown Heads to Bargaining Table in New York
Renewed threats of a holiday slowdown loom over city transit as the Board of Transportation meets with the Transport Workers Union bargaining team. Subway elevated bus and trolley lines could be affected if no agreement is reached.
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New York
Board of Transportation
C.il.o. Transport Workers Union
Democratic strategy on fair employment law stirs southern debate
Marquis Childs notes in a column that the push for a fair employment practice law is reshaping political fault lines and will test Republican stance in the Senate. The piece appears on the editorial pages with other features listed for the day.
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Senate
Marquis Childs
Salem cruiser Salem proves its firepower on shakedown voyage
Syracuse executive officer E L Robertson Jr says the 20 000 ton Salem cruiser can discharge many shells with similar range to the Missouri battleship. He notes smaller bullets but greater quantity and calls Salem the smartest cruiser in the U S Navy after post shakedown tests in the Caribbean and says it is returning to Boston.
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E. L. Robertson, Jr
Syracuse
N. Y
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Missouri
Robertson
Caribbean
Boston
U. S
Jane's
U. S. Navy
Atlantic
Pacific
Northwest Snowstorm Paralyzes Washington Traffic
A heavy snow and sleet storm swept the Pacific Northwest causing travel disruptions and cancelations. Temperatures were forecast to plunge to 10 below zero in northern Washington valleys and the Idaho Panhandle tonight as snow blanketed western Washington from the border to Olympia.
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Pacific Northwest
Weather Bureau
Washington
Idaho Panhandle
Canadian
Olympia
Oregon
Cascades
Bellingham
Tacoma
Five Die as Fire Traps Family in Emmett Farmhouse
A flash fire swept a two story frame farmhouse near Emmett Michigan killing five children in an upstairs bedroom. The parents Clarence Bothway and Irene escaped with five of their eleven children and Mr Bethway’s 30 year old mother through downstairs windows.
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Emmett, Mich
CPI
Emmett
Clarence Bothway
Irene
Mr. Bethway
Shoe Looseness Leads to 60 Day Jail Threat Over Shoes
Cecil Gwaltney, 47, faces an extra 60 days in jail if he fails to return five shoes taken from his estranged wife. The divorce suit is pending and a restraining order exists. He already served five days in jail for contempt after testimony about disturbing her home and stealing the shoes.
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Boli
Gwaltney
Ward Arrives in Japan for MacArthur briefing
Ward former Mukden U S consul general arrives in Yokohama to meet Gen Douglas MacArthur and discuss Communist China conditions over lunch. He sails home on the President Wilson with his wife and most of his party, as Eldon Erickson and Jack Feineal prepare to return for Christmas.
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Japan
Angus Ward
Envoy Accused Sees Western Embassies Behind Uprisings
Rudolf Slansky, secretary general of the Czech Communist Party, charged that American and British embassies in Prague instructed for three uprisings against the Communist government this year.
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Prague
Rudolf Slansky
Czech Communist Party
Syracuse Weather Forecast Looks Mild with Record May Possible
Chief meteorologist Andrew P. Keller of the U S Weather Bureau at Hancock Airport predicts mild skies in Syracuse tonight and tomorrow with highs near 50 potentially tying the 1923 May 51 record. Lows around 38, fog and low ceilings tonight, light rain earlier in the region, and a distant Idaho front may move in by Wednesday with uncertain snow chances.
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Syracuse
Andrew P. Keller
U. S. Weather Bureau
Hancock
Mercury
Keller
Avill
New York City
Idaho
Pacific Northwest
Santa
Nationalists Recapture Kunming, Major WWII Base
The Chinese Nationalists announced the recapture of Kunming, a key World War II U S base in Formosa, as the fugitive Nationalist government reports success today.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Kunming
U. S
New Soviet naval firepower eyed by Jane's report
Jane's Fighting Ships notes Russia may field three 35 000 ton rocket armed battleships and 750 to 1 000 long range submarines by 1951 as part of a five year build plan. It cites submarine emphasis and shipyard activity across the USSR and Soviet zone.
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London
Britain
United States
Soviet
Russia
Jane’s Fighting Ships
Soviet Union
Jane's
Germany
Jane’s
Moscow
Jane’s Sald
Reds
Baltic
Far East
UN forces Jerusalem issue on Israel gains says Eban
Israeli delegate Aubrey Eban told a New York dinner that the UN Assembly recommendation to internationalize Jerusalem accelerated Israel's absorption of the ancient Jewish capital. He called the proposal an event that deepened Jerusalem's integration with Israel.
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Aubrey Eban
United Nations
UN Assembly
Jerusalem
Eban
Histadruthc Svrith
America
Hebrew Language and Culture Association
Israel
Cornell Ban Shuts Two Drinking Societies After Hazing
Cornell University bans two drinking societies Majura and Beth Am amid a hazing incident in which a student nearly died after drinking a quart of martinis during an initiation. Acting president Cornelius de Kiewiet announced the action in a Cornell Sun letter, noting the initiation lasted about ninety minutes.
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Ithaca
Cornell University
Cornell Sun
Cornelius W. de Kiewiet
Majura
Beth Il’'Amid
the Sun
de Kiewiet
Court orders delay hearings on electrical workers elections
Federal Judge Charles MeLaughlin halted all scheduled bargaining election hearings for at least 24 hours at the request of the United Electrical Workers Union. UE alleges the National Labor Relations Board biased the proceedings and argues contracts at major plants lessen the need for new elections. The stakes include contracts at General Motors General Electric and Westinghouse affecting thousands of workers. Mozart Ratner for the Labor Board says the pause could push hearings past the holidays.
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Charles F. MelLaughlin
United Electrical Workers’Union
McLaughlin
National Labor Relations Board
Labor Board
Robert N. Denham
David Scribner
Denham
General Motors
General Electric
Westinghouse
Mozart Ratner
Mrs J Parnell Thomas withdraws from Seventh District race
Mrs J Parnell Thomas withdrew today as a candidate for the Seventh Congressional District seat to be vacated next month by her imprisoned husband. She said she could not campaign in the brief time before the special election and would not oppose Harry C Harper, the Republican organization nominee. Rep Thomas is jailed for payroll padding and has resigned effective Jan 2.
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N. J. GP
J. Parnell Thomas
Harry C. Harper
Republican Organization
Seventh Congressional District
Congress
Thomas
Harper
House of Representatives
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Mayor Dress on betrayal in Evansville politics
Evansville mayor William H. Dress recalled a candidate boasting support from powerful backers who later proved to be mere tempters. He said the candidate admitted after the election that those backers were there only to kick him.
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William H. Dress
Evansville
Ind
Tragedy Tied to Jealousy in Ovid Shooting
An Ovid appliance dealer Donald Van Scoy shot himself after wounding his secretary's husband Sherman Getman during a reconciliation visit to Mrs. Van Scoy in Syracuse. Getman died. Van Scoy and his wife were hospitalized. their son was in bed during the incident. State police cited jealousy as a motive.
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Donald van Scoy
Annette
Syracuse
Sherman Germian
van Scoy
Getman
Ithaca
Donald
James Russell
van Secoy
Seneca Ordnance Depot
E. H. van Scoy
Savannah
Wayne County
Waterloo
Rita Hayworth's Pre-Natal Condition Improves
LAUSANNE Switzerland UP reports Rita Hayworth wife of Prince Aly Khan has shown remarkable improvement in her prenatal condition. Obstetrician Prof Rodolphe Rochat says her condition is good and improving after days of concern.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Rita Hayworth
Rodolphe Rochat
Prince Aly Khan
Missing baker Andrew Lunick sought by Saratoga police
Saratoga Springs authorities search for 55 year old baker Andrew Lunick who vanished from his home Saturday. Police say he may be an amnesia victim after a prior head injury and his disappearance was reported by his wife.
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Saratoga Springs
Andrew
Lunick
Baker
Blockade Run Reported by Wong Kong Agents
Hong Kong agents for Isbrandtsen line in New York said they would defy a State Department warning by sending the S. S. Flying Cloud to Shanghai next month.
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Wong Kong
INS
Hong Kong
Isbrandtsen Shipping Line
New York
U.S. State Department
S. S
Shanghai
Manstein Sentenced in Hamburg for War Atrocities
In Hamburg an ES British military court sentenced former Field Marshal Erich Von Manstein to 18 years in prison for nine charges of atrocities against Poles and Russians. He declined mercy and was found guilty on nine counts while acquitted on eight others.
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Hamburg
Germany
Erich von Manstein
Manstein
Hitler
Sixty German war criminals to be paroled this week
A Landsberg prison official said sixty convicted German war criminals will be released this week under a good behavior credit plan. They would have expired their sentences between now and June 30. Five days off for each month served, credited for good conduct, will apply. Five of those freed were sentenced in Nürnberg war crime trials.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Landsberg
Nurnberg
Manstein Sentenced In British War Crimes Trial
The court sentenced Field Marshal Erich Manstein for war crimes with the date of effect from today and noted the sentence must be confirmed by higher authority. Manstein, the 938th German tried by British military courts, faced severe controversy in Britain with leaders like Winston Churchill funding defense. He will be transferred tomorrow to Werl prison with other former German commanders already serving sentences.
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Winston Churchill
Walter von Brauchitsch
Gerd von Rundstedt
Col
Adolf Strauss
Mansteen
Werl
Hamm
Albert Kesselring
Nikolaus von Falkenhorst
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