Crommelin Again Raps Unification
Treasure Island dispatch reports Capt. John G. Crommelin urging strong opposition to army navy unification. He cites alleged memos from Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Adm. Ernest J. King criticizing consolidation. Crommelin says unification risks totalitarian control and national defense. Navy Undersecretary Dan Kimball counters with a blunt payroll warning.
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Treasure Island
San Francisco
Bay
Douglas MacArthur
Ernest J. King
Army
Navy
John G. Crommelin
United Press Today
Naval Aviation
MacArthur
U.S. Army
King
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Crommelin
United States
Western Sea Frontier
Home Repair Tips From A Practical Reader
A reader notes that water glass on concrete prevents paint from sticking until the surface is ground clean. Tips include making a dry mop from a cotton mop and kerosene paraffin mix, removing cabinet doors under sinks, and insulating exposed sewer vent stacks to prevent frost blockage. For a personal repair question, write to Mr. Cobb with a stamped self addressed envelope.
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Cobb
Hong Kong Granted Emergency War Powers
The Hong Kong government issued emergency regulations giving the governor broad discretionary powers to meet attack or internal disorder. The measures authorize censorship, requisition of property, banning strikes and lockouts, and ordinary police powers to place the colony on a war footing.
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Hong Kong CP
Hong Kong
Navy awards reshuffle moves Bogan to shore duty
Vice Admiral Gerald F. Bogan is transferred from his Pacific fleet command to a shore post likely in Jacksonville Florida, as part of a wide Navy rotation announced to Congress. Captain Arleigh A. Burke is named for promotion to rear admiral among 23 officers, with Senate approval pending.
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Arleigh A. Burke
U. S. Navy
Washington
Pentagon
Gerald F. Bogan
House
Pacific
Navy
Congress
Denteld
Naval Operations
Matthews
Defense Johnson
Denfeld
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Bogan
Bogdan
Aeronautical
Jacksonville
Fla
John H. Cassaday
Fleet Air
Dr W Albert Noyes Jr Named Editor of Journal of ACS
In New York Dr W Albert Noyes Jr a professor of chemistry at the University of Rochester is appointed editor of the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
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New York
W. Albert Noyes, Jr
University of Rochester
Journal of the
American Chemical Society
Taft Faces Backlash Over Chain Letter Fundraising
Senator Taft seeks to stop a nationwide chain letter drive asking recipients to donate 1 to his reelection and forward to 10 others. Reports say business backers are mobilizing interstates fundraisers while unions push a 1 donation from members to counter Taft’s campaign funding.
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Washington GP
Taft
Ohio
Ksith Taft
Cincinnati
Doctors Claim New Shingles Cure From Aureomycin
Boston physicians report aureomycin as a new cure for shingles in a study of 36 cases. Dr. Maxwell Finland of Boston City Hospital and Harvard Medical School led the work. The drug, a year old, was discovered by Dr. B M Dugger, a retired Cornell professor, and has also been used for typhus scrub typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
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Boston
Maxwell Finland
Boston City Hospital
Harvard Medical School
B. M. Dugger
Cornell
New Theater Attendance Record Set at Radio City
The Radio City Music Hall in New York set a world attendance record with 30,887 people attending its Christmas pageant The Nativity and the film On the Town starring Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly. The line stretched seven blocks around Rockefeller Center, with 6,200 seats filled and 10,000 outside plus 2,000 inside waiting. The show ran about three hours after a six hour entry process.
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New York
Radio City Music Hall
Music Hall
Fred Lynch
Rockefeller Center
Liquor Taxes Boost Local Coffers Amid Slower State Federal Drops
In 1948 local revenues from alcoholic beverages rose to 67.2 million, up from 60.9 million, while total federal state and local collections fell to 2.9 billion. The Municipal Finance Officers Association cites Distilled Spirits Institute figures. Georgia Illinois Minnesota reported the largest local liquor incomes.
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Chicago
LLP
Municipal Finance Officers Association
Distilled Spirits Institute
Association
Georgia
Ilinois
Minnesota
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National Association of Manufacturers
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O.smother
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