Barrymore and Wilson in lively stage notes
Edgy quotes from Earl Y Wilson about Barrymore and stage life mix with a Buffalo airport funding scare. Officials warn a $900000 runway upgrade may force closure if half the cost isn’t covered within 20 days. W. E. Cullinan Jr cites instrument landing system deterioration as the trigger for possible rerouting to Niagara Falls.
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Buffalo U
Air Lealfie
Niagara Falls
W. E. Cullinan, Jr
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Edward A. Rathbet Esuch
Deaths and notices across Chicago and upstate New York
A fragmentary obituary and news items report James Pwing Benneey aged 77 of Chicago and other notes including wage talks at General Electric in Schenectady Local 301 plans a wage reopening. Additional items mention health trends in 1948, Cantons Symphony leadership, and power development on the Niagara River with regional implications.
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Chesepeake and Ohio Railroad
Mises
Canton Symphony Orchestra
Canton
Joan Prank Tichatan
Vatarl
Fudson
da Deirell
NEW Vom
Dl Prank Richman
Albert Goldman
Jeania
High Point
New York
Postofice
Aliment Department
Providence
Louis J. Dublin
Thevet Life Insurance Company
Dublin
One Man’s Opinion by Kiprodn
A humorous column complains about delays and oddities surrounding Christmas prep and shipping. The writer mocks flawed coffee habits, a door to a finance store open on Christmas Day, and Indonesian news samples. It notes a State Department awkwardly adjusting Christmas expectations.
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Extension of Federal Rent Control Is Predicted
Washington reports Representative Spence of Kentucky, head of the House Banking and Currency Committee, predicted that federal rent control will be extended by the next Congress for at least one year. He said continuance of ceiling laws is essential and will be enacted with enforcement teeth, following talks with President Truman. The remarks come amid broader postwar housing concerns and economic policy discussions.
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Washington
Two inmates granted commutations in Ohio prison case
Prison officials report two inmates, Mel Shane 38 of Detroit and William Buckslof 48 of Pittsburgh, released under commutations amid rumors of a broader clemency review. The details reference Hamilton, Harrisburg, and Pittsburgh areas with vague notes on Canadian contact and a Detroit plan.
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Ohios
Harrishurg
Vania
Canada
Investipresen
Mel Shane
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Thomas J. Herbert
Shane
State
Tokyo Diet Member Indicted in Mine Bribery Case
Tokyo reports a Diet member and former parliamentary vice attorney Kakue Tanaka indicted on accepting 1,000,000 yen bribe from coal mine operators amid a nationalization bill dispute. A government non-confidence vote was possible tomorrow. Observers note a turbulent political climate in Japan.
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Tokyo
Diet
Kakue ‘Tanaka
Parka [Mentary
Yanks Again Say Nuts in Bastogne Holiday Tale
The piece recalls General McAuliffe and the 101st Airborne defending Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge. It mentions the famous reply They were surrounded and asks readers to remember the holiday spirit as over 1,000 youngsters pass by McAiffe Square while cash and supplies are handed out, symbolizing American aid.
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Anthony G. McAwiffe
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