Church Ban ks Burden to Italian Reds
In Rome Italian Catholic Communist Giovanni Picolomo faces possible excommunication under the church decree against militants. Party leaders urge calm while observers note excommunication weighs on communist support as members defect or return to the church amid baptism and funerals.
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Rome
Giovanni
Picolomo
Palmiro Togliatti
Luigi Longo
Italy
Vatican
Giovannis
Thomas Suffers From Old Ailment
Rep J Parnell Thomas is described by his wife as suffering from an old stomach ailment while imprisoned at Danbury Conn federal prison after a $10 000 fine and six to 18 month sentence for payroll padding and kickbacks.
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Washington
J. Parnell Thomas
R.N. J
Amelia
Danbury
Strike Set by 50000 Southwestern Bell Workers
A union attorney said the strike will begin at midnight tomorrow New Year’s Eve by about 50,000 Southwestern Bell Telephone Company employees in six states.
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ST. Louis CP
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Salmon on flooded road shocks Washington driver
Reverend Harold Dixon reported that while driving the Aberdeen Raymond highway he had to brake suddenly to avoid striking a salmon swimming along the flooded roadway as Washington state faced flood threats.
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Seattle
Wash
Washington State
Harold Dixon
Aberdeen- Raymond
Postmaster Sign Draws Crowds With Unsealed Cards
In Alamosa Colorado residents rushed to buy unsealed Christmas cards after a postmaster posted a rate notice stating two cents each. The sign caused a stampede of shoppers seeking the discounted cards as they circulated the town.
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Alamosa, Colo
Alamosa
Miller named head master at Santa Barbara School
Calvin W. Miller, director of admissions and assistant dean at Hobart College, has accepted appointment as head master of the Santa Barbara School in Carpinteria, California, according to an announcement.
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Geneva
Calvin W. Miller
Hobart College
Santa Barbara
Carpinteria
Calif
Actress Jean Parker Wins Divorce From Dr Kurt Grotter
In Los Angeles Jean Parker the screen actress testified at the witness stand to obtain a divorce from Dr Kurt Grotter a motion picture financial adviser whom she wed in 1942 She cited three breakdowns due to his jealousy AP Wirephoto.
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Jean Parker
Los Angeles
Kurt Grotter
Motion Picture
Communists Infiltrate Formosa As Island Attacks Continue
Reports claim Red troops conducted small landings along Formosa's coast and near Matsu while nationalist forces reinforce Matsu and Quemoy. Nationalist warships bombarded positions opposite Matsu as air force disrupts mainland targets.
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Chusan Island
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Hainan Island
Hainan
U S shaping new policy to block Reds in Far East
Washington reports the United States is shaping a vigorous new policy backed by a beefed up Asiatic fleet to block communism in the Far East. The Boxer carrier and two destroyers were dispatched to strengthen the Seventh Fleet in the Philippines as Truman and top strategists weigh a Formosa mission and broader lines of action against the Communist perimeter. Congress opening next week looms as a deadline for decision.
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Far East
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Truman
National Security Council
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Knowland
Rcalif
Chiang
Asia
Hull retires from GE research lab after 28 years
Dr. Albert W. Hull, longtime assistant director of General Electric's research laboratory in Schenectady, retires and becomes a consultant. Hull, inventor of several radio and television tubes, previously led the American Physical Society in 1942.
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Schenectady
Albert W. Hull
General Electric Research Laboratory
Hull
American Physical Society
Justices Get Appointments
Governor Dewey designated Justice Francis Bergan of Albany for a full five year term on the Appellate Division Third Department. Bergan succeeds retiring Justice William F. Santry of Oneida as regular member. Santry retires at midnight tomorrow.
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Dewey
Francis Bergan
State Supreme Court
Bergan
Wiliam F. Santry
Oneida
Santry
William H. Coon
Cortland
Christopher J. Heffernan
Amsterdam
Coon
Heffernan
Supreme Court
Ringside Seats For Everyone At Detroit Night Club
Detroit's London Chop House plans a "Television Closeup" system to show closeups of performers at every table. Conceived by Raymond Scott, the display will reach even tables behind posts and can enable audience participation shows with patrons appearing on screen.
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Detroit
Gruber
London
Raymond Scott
Gem Thief Drops 6000 Dollar Bracelet in Haste
In Rochester a burglar stole 5300 dollars worth of jewelry from Mrs. Nan Englehardt visiting Mrs. Louis Liberman. He dropped a diamond bracelet worth 6000 dollars at the front step as he fled, while Englehardt reported losses of a diamond ring earrings a diamond lapel watch and a ruby pin. Detective Fred Lamb recovered the bracelet.
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Rochester
Nan Englehardt
New York City
Louis Liberman
Fred Lamb
Woman Admits Slaying Husband in Jealous Rage
In Columbus Mississippi a 36 year old wife Vergie Holliday confessed to killing her husband after finding him with another woman. Police report a murder charge against Mrs Holliday filed last night. She is under armed guard at a hospital for hysteria.
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Columbus
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Vergie Holliday
Polio Cases Rise in Week Ending December 24
Public Health Service reports 154 new polio cases for the week ending Dec 24, below the five year average of 90. The previous week had 243 cases, with a 1949 total of 42,184 versus 27,483 in 1948 for the same period.
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Public Health Service
Dash of Myanesin Cures the Jitters
New Year’s Eve jitters get a boost as scientists report myanesin helps alcohol tremors and anxiety. The drug, used for cerebral palsy and polio, is not sold over the counter and requires a doctor’s prescription.
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New York
Hahnemann Hospital
Philadelphia
Illinois
$50 000 Race Suit Will Be Heard
Hazel Scott the Negro pianist has won the first round in a racial discrimination suit against Pasco restaurant owners Mr. and Mrs. Harry Utz. U.S. District Judge Sam Driver denied the motion to dismiss, ruling the 1909 state civil rights law covers public accommodations. Scott says she was refused service due to color while en route to a concert. Scott is wife of Rep. Adam Powell.
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Wash
Hazel Scott
Pasco, Wash
Sam Driver
Harry Utz
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Utz
Bbus
Pasco
Adam ©. Powell
D-N-Y
Two Die in Crash Near Canandaigua
Herald-Journal reports a two car collision near Canandaigua leaving Fred Schultz 31 Rochester and Mrs Margaret West 72 Canandaigua dead. Miss Jayne West 26 Canandaigua critically injured at Thompson Memorial Hospital. Schultz rode with Mr Schoet 29 Denton Texas, others with William Vanaiken Canandaigua.
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Canandaigua
Fred Schultz
Rochester
Margaret West
Thompson Memorial Hospital
Jayne West
Schultz
Schoet
Denton
Texas
Blast damages Polish Embassy in Paris injures watchman
A morning explosion at the Polish embassy in Paris shattered the heavy door and iron grill, damaged windows in the embassy and nearby buildings, and lightly wounded a watchman, with police saying explosives caused the damage.
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Paris
Belgian widow walks to Rome in Holy Year pilgrimage
Paolina Omecanni Vanhamme of Brussels, 60, widow of a Belgian colonel, was received by Pope Pius III in a special audience. She has previously completed the journey during the 1925 jubilee, traveling for 70 days with a baby carriage and knapsack, pushing on despite fatigue.
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Pius III
Paolina Omecanni Vanhamme
Brussels
Rome
Mercy death charge shocks Hillsboro as doctor pleads innocent
Dr. Sander, charged with first degree murder over the death of Mrs. Abbie Borreto, appeared before a judge and pleaded not guilty. County solicitor William H. Craig said the doctor admitted administering an air injection claiming it was mercy to end long suffering. The note of the lethal dose was found in Hillsboro County Hospital records, and the doctor was arrested while visiting another patient.
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William H. Craig
Dr. Sander
Craig
Sander
Hillsboro County
Dartmouth College
Alfred Poor
Mrs. Borreto
William J. Starr
Six Boys Placed on Probation by Judge Breed
Six boys who pleaded guilty before Judge Leo W. Breed in County Court were placed on probation for three years as youthful offenders.
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Leo W. Breed
Brazilian Held In Wife Death In France
Paris police detained Jodi Carlos Da Silva a 25 year old Brazilian husband of Monique Champin 20 after his wife died October 3 in a villa at Biarritz. Investigators suspect a rare Indian arrow poison left little trace though an autopsy showed no poison.
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INS
Jodi Carlos da Silva
Monique
Pierre Champin
Biarritz
Albania Plot Said to Target Tito and Tito’s Actions
The Soviet government newspaper Izvestia accuses Yugoslavia's Premier Marshal Tito of plotting to overthrow Albania. Izvestia reports 900,000 Albanians in frontier districts are being wiped out by the Tito government.
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LITO
Moscow GP
Izvéstia Today
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Izevestia
Tito
Bequest To Lafayette College Refused For Religious Restrictions
A $13 506 bequest from Frederick Dumont was accepted by Lafayette College in Orphans Court. The donor barred use for scholarships for Jews or Catholics. Dumont, who died in 1939 in Banks, served 30 years in the U S Consular Service and retired in 1934.
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Lafayette College
Frederick &. Dumont
John L. Bowman
Dumont
Banks
U. S
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