Probe May Link Police Graft to Living Standards
New York dispatch reports a graft probe that may tie police corruption to living standards for Brooklyn officials. Kings County Judge Samuel S Lerkwoste urged the investigation, with testimony from three officers including one who claimed $1290 was spent over 46 months to support his family. The case follows a venue change request and a stalled murder trial in Rome and Monroe County.
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Rochester GP
Nicholas P
Supreme Coarh
Fred Beos
Rome
Munroe County
Cribbs
Dee
Brooks
Janes P O'Connorynis
Gilda
Genesee
Lyer
New Weapons Outdo A-Bomb Warned By Von Luckner
Portland reports Count Fellor Luckner asserts German scientists helped the United States build weapons scarier than the atom bomb. He implied Russia may join in as an ally in the broader war effort, citing no specifics. He gave no direct evidence, but his remark sparked alarm amid wartime headlines.
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Portland
Fellor Luckner
United States
Russia
Egyptian official seeks participation in Atlantic Pact planning
Egypt's acting foreign minister urged joining allied planning with Greece and Turkey. Greek and Turkish representatives were consulted at the Atlantic Pact conference, outlining a broader regional security effort.
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Atlante
Greece
Turkey
Pact
Lipstick shipment from Hong Kong to Red China shocks trade
Trade data show thousands of lipsticks stained during a shipment from Hong Kong to Red China as strategic materials. November figures reveal Formosa-Chinese Communist trade largely moved via Hong Kong, reflecting evolving export routes amid tensions. A separate case reports a 20 year old MP jailed for 56 days by court martial for failing to stand for God Save the King at a Leeds theater.
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Eng
Hong Kong
Hong
Kong
China
Formosa
Leeds
Bunch
Pope to Celebrate Midnight Mass at St Peter's Basilica
The Holy Year program in Rome includes a midnight Mass in St Peter's Basilica with a general audience, followed by Christmas Eve closures of the Holy Door. The Vatican reflects on sacred relics and the crucifixion narrative as part of the observance.
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London
Middlesex
Mid- Health Council
St Peter's Basilica
St Peter's
St. Peters
Jesus Christ
Longinius
Veronica
Calvary
Cars Teeter Over Bridge After Train Derailment Near Montreal
A Toronto Montreal passenger train with about 800 people derailed a baggage car and three cars hung over a St Lawrence River bridge 35 miles west of Montreal. Passengers were shaken but none reported injured immediately.
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St Lawrence River
Montreal
Berlin Return Marks Communist Leader’s Reappearance
East Germany’s president Wilhelm Prech returned to Berlin after a month location in the Soviet Union. He spent three days visiting the Polish government in Warsaw as part of a broader regional diplomacy. Spender signals Australia will end war state with Germany though date remains undecided.
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Berlin
East Germany
Wilhelm Prech
Soviet Union
Prech
al Ginte
Warsaw
Seale
Sydney
Australia
Esternal
Percy Spender
Gernain
Spender
Gere Atin
Allies Take Army Plan To Germans
Bonn reports Western Allies press German participation in a European defense force led by Gen Dwight Eisenhower as talks begin on postwar status. Brussels pact nations seek 130000 German soldiers, while West German leaders demand equal partnership and full independence. The Soviet Union warns against German multi-racial policies and prepares to meet Western powers on Germany and other international issues.
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Gérmary
Alfek Techy
West Germany
West
Mee Alhod Ingh
International Defense Force
Dwight Exsenfewer
Brussels
Éers
John J Wesley
United States
Jantoins
Belgium
Sshe
France
Britain
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Wth
Russia
Germany
Kremlin
Strike Threatens World Airline
Pan American World Airways faces a possible strike by 4500 mechanics and ground staff after wage talks broke off. Union officials warned of demonstrations at major hubs across 71 counties and six continents as bargaining collapsed following a 10 day negotiating period at Long Island offices. The union seeks an eight cent per hour pay raise from 116 to 2308 cents.
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Pan-American World Airways
Horstead
Long Island
Deaths Obit Roundup From National Notices
Obituaries list prominent figures including Ida Ringling North sister of Ringling brothers in Sarasota Florida. George Gibbs engineer who served in World War I and rests in France. Nellie Bly Brown LA stage actress. Matthew J Broderick Philadelphia insurance executive. Marques Melchior de Foligno Paris champagne firm head and press chief for a French mission. Warren Doss steamboat pilot of the Ohio and Mississippi. Ira M. Grishaver Bridgeport VP at Visual Productions. Will aored New York City American oil company executive.
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Seven Ringling Prothers
Circus Fame
John Ringling North
Ringling Bros
Barnum & Barley Circus
Sarasota
Fla
George Gibbs
Apetity Prinner
Calif
Nellie
Bly Brown
Blys Brown
Los Angeles
Matthew J
Broderick
Inwurance
Expertive
Philadelphia
Marques Melchior DE Foligno
Washington
Paris
Warry Doss
Onlo
Mississappa
Buffalo Narcotics Arrests Double
An investigation into the city's narcotics problem revealed today that arrests on drug counts in Buffalo have increased during the last several years. Frank J Smith, of Aloary, chief of narcotics control of New York State, said that according to State Department of Correction records arrests for peddling and possession of narcotics during the last 10 months were double those of 1945 and five times the number in 1947.
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Buffalo
Frank J Smith
Aloary
Cief
Narcotics Control
New York State
State’ Department of Correction
Williamson school pageant sparks church state debate
Arthur Cromwell protests a Williamson High School Christmas pageant alleging religious emotionalism in depictions of the birth of Christ. He seeks actions from the state education department to ban religious themed pageants, while calling one pageant at Newark High School reminiscent of a Billy Sunday revival.
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Athens
Christ
MacBeth
Arthur G Cromwell
Cromwell
Cen- Nal
Williamson
State Department of Fiucation
Williamson P
CBS Imposes Loyalty Oath on All CBS Employees
CBS announced a loyalty oath for all regular radio and TV employees, mirroring requirements for applicants, with security measures to guard against sabotage. No details given on actions for current or former members of subversive groups, though one official declined to sign. In Grandville Michigan a mother and four children were killed in a rain accident while returning from Christmas shopping, Leroy Smith among the injured.
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Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
Motura
Grandville
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