City panel urges Dewey to back med school, end discrimination
The City Council special investigating committee report calls on Governor Dewey to create a state university with medical and dental schools and to push anti discrimination legislation. It argues city college graduates face barriers entering medical programs at Cornell, Columbia, LI College of Medicine, NYU Medical, and NY Homeopathic College.
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New York
Dewey
Cornell Medical School
College of Physicians and Surgeons of
Columbia University
Long Island College of Medicine
New York University School of Meicine
New York Homeopathic Medical College
Flower Hospital
New Housing Permit Plans Under Relaxed Program
Washington announces details of a new housing permit system to take effect tomorrow under the President's program. The rules limit livable floor space to 1500 square feet and allow fixtures for one bathroom, require year round occupancy, set veterans hold periods of 60 days for sale properties and 30 days for rental, cap rent at 80 dollars per month and service charges at 3 dollars per month.
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Washington
INS
Thousing
Frank R. Creedon
Creedon
Jap Disaster From Page One
Emergency aid crews sought to deliver food clothing and medical supplies. The home ministry listed 1026 dead 145 missing and 1035 injured and said over 100000 homeless in one of the world s worst disasters. Lt Gen Robert AL Eichelberger said no American personnel were killed or injured. Less than 100 U S troops in Wakayama peninsula were not evacuated due to no danger and they had a job to do there.
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Met
Home
Robert AL. Eicheltbereger
U. S. Eighth Army
Wakayama Peninsula
Army
Wakayama
Peninsula
Associated Press
Fon. Lambert
Japan
Home Ministry
Eighteen Ex Nazi Chiefs Sentenced to Death
In Belgrade a military court announced the execution of eighteen former Nazi officials for wartime crimes in Yugoslavia. Nine ex Gestapo chiefs were sentenced to hang and nine Elite Guard officers to be shot for atrocities against Serbs and Jews.
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Belgrade
Yagoslavia
Gestapo
France seals Saar Basin border with 1200 customs guards
Paris dispatch in London Daily Express says France moved 1200 customs men to the German border and sealed Saar Basin off from the rest of Germany, tightening control amid mounting tensions.
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London
INS
London Daily Express
Paris
France
Saar Basin
Germany
FastEeth Powder Teahes Comfort for Dentures
An old advertisement for FASTEETH denture powder promotes comfort for wearing false teeth. It claims alkaline properties, a clean taste, and no pasty feel, helping mouths feel fresh and odors reduced. Available at drug stores.
Bevin Sees Big Power Unity in Postwar Talks
London foreign secretary Ernest Bevin spoke on BBC Sunday night arguing that friendship and cooperation among great powers is the surest basis for lasting peace. He cautioned peacemaking will take years and outlined Britain’s independent policy within UN principles while seeking good ties with the United States and Soviet Union.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Britain
United Nations
Hailel Wonan
UM Aptecall
BBC
United Nations General Assembly
New York
Moscow
Bevin
United States of America
Soviet Russia
Great Britain
United States
Soviet Union
Russia
Brittain
FDIC Repayments May Be Asked
Washington reports a bill will seek repayment of FDIC appropriations. The measure targets about 275 million dollars provided to start FDIC operations, arguing the fund now has more than the original appropriation and should be returned to the treasury to help reduce the national debt.
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Washington
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Arnold
R-Mo
Congress
FDIC
Treasury
Be Careful 150 To Lose Lives Be Careful
Chicago report from the National Safety Council warns about 150 traffic deaths over Tuesday and Christmas Day. About 90 deaths on Dec 24 and 60 on Christmas Day are expected unless drivers and pedestrians exercise extra care.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
NAM Splits Over Labor Policy At Annual Meeting
A division within the National Association of Manufacturers surfaced as a dissenting view urged immediate repeal of the Wagner Act the Wage and Hours Act and Norris LaGuardia Acts. The board backed the majority report calling for modest changes and labor management cooperation.
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New York
National Association of Manufacturers
Committee On Industrial Relations
N.A.M
Norris-LaGuardia
NAIM
Chamber Pushes Front for Portal-to-Porter Rules Expansion
A 1940s discussion outlines the portal to portal pay ruling from Mt Clemens involving 1200 CIO Pottery Workers with overtime for prep time. The article notes U.S. Chamber and National Association of Manufacturers seeking amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act to limit retroactive claims and define interstate occupations. Unions seek settlements for back pay with employers and total potential claims reaching into billions.
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Supreme Court
United Pottery
Mt. Clemens
Mich
John L. Lewis
Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Chamber
National Association
Quads Born at St Agnes Hospital in 55 Minutes
A 28-year-old bookbinder and his ATS wife in England welcomed quadruplets at St. Agnes Hospital after a 55 minute delivery without anesthetic. The babies weighed about four pounds each. The parents, who married in 1945, planned names but held off until all were home. Doctors noted the birth as a rare quadruplet event with authorities estimating it among the few such births in the United States.
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St. Agnes Hospital
Johnny
England
Henn
Dorothy Geast
ATS
Wacs
Walter Benavent
Beore
Envoy Recalled from London as Madrid Orders Recall
Spanish ambassador Domingo de Las Barcenas has been recalled to Madrid and will leave his London post soon, the Spanish Embassy announced today.
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London
Domingo de Las
Barcenas
Madrid
Conscription Seen As Threat To Morals By Johnson
Senator Ed Johnson of Colorado warns universal military training would replace spiritual and moral training with secular aims and could harm American youth morale. He cites division in Congress on conscription and notes Truman’s advisory commission focuses on broader goals beyond the military phase.
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Washington
Edwin C., Johnson
D -Cola
Karl T. Compton
Truman
Coloradoan
Senate
Johnson
Compton
Congress
Compton Group
Be Impartial, Probe Told in Bilbo Seat Challenge
Senator John L. McClellan urged that Theodore G. Bilbo be presumed innocent if his seat is challenged in the new Congress. He said Bilbo deserves impartial, judicial consideration until charges are proven beyond a reasonable doubt. McClellan spoke while attending hearings on allegations Bilbo took cash and gifts from Mississippi war contractors helped win government contracts.
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McClellan
Senate
Bilbo
Mississippi
Taft Plans and Senate Power Shifts in Committee Posts
Taft seeks the Public Lands Committee chair amid talks he is next in line for that post while Millikin eyes Finance and Republican Conference chairs. A clash over the Commerce chair erupts as Wallace White pushes to lead the panel, with Robertson and others wary of two top jobs. A conference vote may force White to choose, affecting Tohey and Reed's paths to the chair.
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Braska
Taft
Public Lands Committee
Millikin
Republican Conference
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Senate
White
Commerce
Robertson
R-Wyo
Owl C.O.P
En Route Home by Plane to London
Jelliott Roosevelt leaves Berlin at 3 45 P M by plane for London en route home for Christmas.
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Berlin
Jelliott Roosevelt
London
Soviet port bars Americans as Darien ship demands entry
The USS T C-3 1090 faced repeated refusals from Soviet military authorities in Dairen after Benninghoff sought permission for three American citizens to ashore. Russian and Chinese officials controlled docks, with a Red Army major delivering an ultimatum to leave. only a few officers and a courier were allowed ashore. The ship's crew numbered 246 men with five officers and all armament removed.
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Cold Street
Korzhanoff
Benninghoff
S. N. Petrov
Petrov
Ele
Moscow
Benninghofft
Korazhanoff
Dairen
Red Army
Harris LH. Ball
Amarillo
Texas
Korzhanot
Ahman
J.oons
Plainfield
N. J
Navy
Edgar L. Yates
Portland
Ore
Ray C. White
Silver City
N. MM
Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini Feast Observed in New York
The feast day of St Frances Xavier Cabrini was inaugurated with Solemn Pontifical Mass in New York. A cablegram from Pope Pius XII extending his blessing was read at Mother Cabrini High School chapel where the saint’s crystal and bronze casket rests. Worshippers from across the United States and South America attended.
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New York
Frances Xavier Cabrini
Pius XII
Mother Cabricit High School
Fife
United States
South America
Convictions of Jehovahs Witnesses Reversed by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court reversed convictions of two Jehovahs Witnesses for violating the draft law. The higher court ruled lower courts denied proper trials by refusing defense challenges to draft classifications. George Dodez and Tate Hamrick Gibson each faced five year terms for draft-related conduct.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Rutledge
George Dodez
Tate Hamrick Gibson
Huh City
S. D
Truman Gives Gifts to White House Staff
President Truman distributed Christmas gifts to more than 500 White House employees. Each person received a signed photograph of the President and Mrs. Truman aboard a plane along with a personal greeting.
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Washington
Truman
White House
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