War Bride Ship Landing and NY Weather Scenes Reported
Radar guided the U S Army transport Blanche F Sigman into New York Harbor amid gale and storm as 60 war brides and spouses disembarked among 401 passengers on Saturday. Also named Albany health director Dr Franklin B Amos will head the new Office of Professional Recruitment and Training. Bear Mountain snowbound New York City College students rescued after 11 miles of deep drifts. Two WMCA radio engineers survived a 32 hour foodless wait before rescue in New Jersey.
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U.S. Army
Blanche F. Sigman
Albany
Franklin B. Amos
Delmar
State Health Department
Herman E. Hilleboe
Amos
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City
Bear Mountain
Interstate Park
Park Commission
Camp Mikan
WMCA
New Jersey
Boston Weather Bureau
Hudson's Bay
Maine
Merritt Parkway
Worcester
Newburyport
New England
Pennsylvania
Pocono Mountains
Long Island
Nassau
Suffolk Counties
Pennsylvania Station
Flushing
Queens
Evicted family camped in tent after home sale in Lancaster
Herbert Flowers and his six children aged 9 to 22 spent Christmas in a 16 by 42 foot Army squad tent thirteen miles from Lancaster after losing their home. Unable to find quarters, they will stay in the tent into the new year while awaiting housing.
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Fight
Lancaster
Herbert Flowers
Flowers
Deaths of Dr Samuel Dodds and James B Beam
Dr Samuel Dodds aged 89 noted educator and father of Princeton University president Dr Harold W Dodds died in Princeton New Jersey James B Beam aged 89 member of a renowned Kentucky distillers family died in Bardstown Kentucky
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Samuel Dodds
Princeton University
Princeton, N. J
James B. Beam
Kentucky
Bardstown
Indian Air Force Bombs Rebels Near Mirpur
Military communique reports Indian Air Force planes dropping 1000 pound bombs on the rebels near Mirpur in Northwest India. The blast hit the headquarters area and other concentrations. Casualties and damage not disclosed.
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Indian Air Force
Mirpur
New Delhi
Defense Ministry
India
Heavy Jewish Fire Blocks Arab Ambush near Gaza
In central Palestine a six hour running battle broke out as Arabs and Jews clashed with heavy fire and British troops restored order. In Jaffa fires raged after incendiaries. Tel Aviv outskirts saw arson against Jewish property. At least 13 Arabs wounded in Gaza convoy encounter. two Arabs killed in the ambush.
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Jerusalem
Gaza
Holy’ Land
Palestine
Arab Jaffa
Tel Aviv
Storm paralyzes Northeast as officials mobilize snow removal
After summoning key officials, New York City urged nonessential vehicle movement to aid snow clearing. The blizzard from Washington to Maine dumped heavy snow, caused widespread travel disruption, and prompted use of National Guard trucks, ambulances, and school yard storage for removed cars.
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Washington, D.C
Maine
Long Branch
N. J
Wallander
Red Cross
Brooklyn
Dewey
New York National Guard
Hugh A. Drum
Guard
Eugene G. Schultz
New Jersey
New York State
New York City
Albany
Londoners Saddle Up for Texas
A London truck driver his wife and three sons depart for Lamarque Texas after a letter from their family of seven in the United States reached the Mainland Times. Mrs Olga Weber owner of the Doodlebug Ranch donated land and invited them to live there. Neighbors funded travel and the family awaits passage to the U S A. Leonard age nine vows to mimic Roy Rogers catching crooks once in Texas.
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London
Wid’ West
Texas
Lamarque
Tex
Olga Weber
U.S
Mainland Times
Weber
Leonard
Roy Rogers
Welles Warns Soviet Policy Imperils U S
New York. Sumner Welles warns in Successful Farming that Soviet expansion threatens U S safety if Moscow dominates Europe and Asia. He lists seven postwar U S mistakes undermining UN, alliances, and world peace, including China civil war and failure to coordinate with France and Italy.
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Russia
Europe
Near
Far East
United States
Sumner
Welles
United Nations
U. S
League of Nations
Greece
Turkey
Germany
France
Italy
China
Asia
Prices Still Going Up in Mid November Report
Prices rose to a new record high in mid November according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Private comments from statisticians suggest wholesale prices up two percent since mid November point to higher consumer costs as 1948 begins.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
MacArthur Offers Aid After Deadly Philippines Typhoon
General MacArthur pledged any aid needed to the Philippines as a Christmas Day typhoon killed or left missing 51 people. Manila press called the storm the greatest calamity since the war and the worst typhoon in 42 years.
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Manila
MacArthur
Philippines
Manuel A. Roxas
Big Town Foe Brings Still Streets to New York
A historic snowstorm paralyzed Manhattan with traffic halted and vehicles abandoned. Pedestrians filled Broadway and Fifth Avenue as Central Park resembled a wedding cake of white frost, polar bears at the zoo played outside, and New Yorkers traded city chic for practical country clothing.
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Broadway
Fifth Av
Shank
Central Park
Dizzy Millinery
New York
K F Corp Repays 12 Million Loan As 1947 Output Rises
Kaiser Frazer Corp, Detroit, repays a 12 million loan from Bank of America and projects 1947 earnings near 19 million. Willow Run plant produced over 144000 cars in 1947 amid material shortages and targets 1500 cars daily by next summer with a 1948 goal of 300000 autos.
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Detroit
INL
Kaiser- Frazer Corporation
Bank of America
Willow Run
Wichita man shoots himself after cancer pain
Luther A. Moultray, 63, of Wichita Kansas shot himself four times on Saturday three in the head and one in the chest but remained conscious Mrs Moultray said his pain from cancer drove him to attempt suicide.
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Wichita
Kan
Luther A. Moultray
Air Force Reveals Ten Jet Plane Types In New Fleet
The Air Force details a new "jet air force" of ten plane types including four jet fighters two medium bombers three heavy bombers and a jet helicopter. It highlights the Lockheed Menasco XJ-37 engine and lists models from Lockheed Republic North American Curtiss Wright Consolidated Vultee Martin Northrop Boeing and McDowell Ram-Jet with orders up to 600 per type.
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Washington
INL
U. S. Air Force
USAF
Ares
Consolidated- Vultee
Martin
Northrop
Boeing
Air Force
Einstein Is Right Eclipse Photos Prove Curved Space Theory
A Brazilian total solar eclipse provided new support for relativity by showing light from stars bends in the sun’s gravity. Dr. George Van Biesbroeck and colleagues used telescopes and cameras to compare star positions during and after the eclipse, noting the results favor Einstein’s prediction though precise amounts remain unsettled.
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Chicago
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Brazil
George van Biesbroeck
Yerkes Observatory
Albert Einstein
van Biesbroeck
Ein Stein
Philippines
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Roy) ‘Franken
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Bob” Topping, Jr
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