Livingston W Houston Elected President of Rensselaer Institute
Livingston W. Houston of Troy has been chosen president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to succeed Dr. William Otis Hotchkiss. The decision followed a trustees committee review highlighting his decade of leadership at RPI and his war era administration. Houston, born in Ohio and educated as a mechanical engineer, has held key roles at Ludlow Valve and numerous corporate and civic boards.
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Livingston W. Houston
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Houston
Abesd
FL P. Li
Safford K. Colby
Pitusburg
Pas
Aluminum Cor of America
John W. Doty
the Foundation Co
New York
Edward P Hamilton
Iohn Wiley & Sons, Inc. Publishers
Jeremiah D. McKessiy
Alpha Portland Cement Co
Philip W. Henry
Roy G. Finch
Ludlow Valve Manufacturing 6
Troy
National Association of Manufacturers
Engineers Club
Manufacturers National Bank
Troy Savings Bank
Troy Public Library
United Traction Co
Albany
Wyoming
Ohio
Evanston, Ill
A. PT
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Army Ordnance Association
Troy Club
Country Club of
Reds Capture Nazi Bastions In Hungary
Soviet forces drive toward Budapest with Tolbukhin and Malinovsky units siege and seize towns and rail hubs along the Danube. Miskolc Homrogd and key rail junctions fall as Red Army advances threaten the Hungarian capital from the northeast and southeast.
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Hungary
London
Miscole
Satoratjanghely
Budapest
Atong
Danube
Rodion Y. Matinovsky
Sfiskole
Ivan Petrov
Saturaljaujhely
Tolbukhin
Karosmero
Kaposvar
Kaposmero
Wagykanitsa
Budapest-Zagreb
Tamasi
Red Army
Lake Balaton
Kapesmerd
Slovakia
Kassa Kosice
Fishing Tackle Price Ceiling Study Deferred
The OPA postponed a study of fishing tackle price ceilings until the industry can switch to large scale civilian production. The delay follows a recent meeting of the fishing tackle manufacturers' Industry advisory committee. Maximum prices for fishing tackle remain frozen as of March 1938 for items like reels hooks and tackle boxes.
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Washington
OPA
Industtry
Sixth War Loan Scoreboard shows mixed county sales
War Bond sales reported by corporations and financial institutions rose over the weekend. Series E sales reached 326,000 while the county total in Rensselaer stood at 12,660,000 about half of the 22,500,000 quota. County and area standings list Schenectady, Albany, Washington, Saratoga, and Columbia with varied percentages of quota.
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Rensselaer County
Schenectady
Rensselaer
Albany
Washington
Saratoga
Ska
Columbia
Wallace's Washington future remains uncertain
The article weighs Henry A. Wallace’s possible post vice presidency role as Roosevelt’s term nears end. It notes Wallace will relinquish the vice presidency January 20 to Truman and that no firm plan for future office exists. Speculation centers on a moving diplomatic post or ambassadorship, with Moscow or Mexico City possible options.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Harry A.truman
Missouri
Wallace
Roosevelt
Hebrid Corn Co
Iowa
Iminium Social Security
Waltere
Siberia
China
Roosevel
Moscow
Mexico City
W. Averill Harriman
Russia
George & Messersmith
Mexico
Room Service De Luxe Burglary Note At Kansas City Hotel
George FL Mas Sengill found his hotel room missing items worth about 350 dollars after a short absence. A note instructed him to call a police line at HA 1500 extension 251, the burglar and robbery bureau.
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Kansas City
CPI
George FL Massengill
Athens Riot Leaves 15 Dead In Street Clash
In Athens a street battle between police and left wing EAM demonstrators left 15 killed and 145 wounded according to EAM reports. Royalists clashed with EAM forces near the Acropolis as curfews and tanks were deployed. violence extended to the area around the government palace and U.S. embassy as British and American forces monitored the unrest.
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Stephen Barser
Athens
CPI
EAM
Wyhie
Ease Army
George Papandreou
London
Associated Press
EAS
Constitution
Papandreou
Suerlias
Acropolis
Elas
Allens
Piraeus
A. F
Hellenic Air Force
U.S
British Drive Deep Into North Italy Near Russi
British Eighth Army pushes along a broad front in the Po Valley from Faenza toward Russi, supported by over 2500 Allied planes and strong tanks. Germans retreat toward the Montone River while attempting to form a line south of Puossi, with limited counterattacks judged ineffective.
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Rome
Gpi
Eighth Army
Lef
Faenza
Russi
Reverina
Igh
Adbereto
Montone
T the
Monione
Scolo
Culpa Canal
Puissi
DNB
Berlin
Itavan Jal Ue
Pions
Unstwaffe
Fifth Army
Saazlautern
Saar
George S& Patron
Siagfrie
Associated
Lewis Hawkins
Patton
Saarlautérn
Saarlautern
Reichinden
Lucherberg
Luchem
Brandeberg
First
Inde
Roer
Dures
Minpotting Artilery
Aachen
Cologne
Duren
Gum explosion shocks Philadelphia man
Philadelphia man Glenn Gord reported three chews on a stick of gum tasted funny. On the fourth chew the gum exploded in his mouth injuring his gums and palate and loosening his teeth. Police noted he bought the gum in a local store and an investigation began.
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Philadelphia
Glenn Gord
Podlice
B-29 Lost On Fourth Tokyo Raid Seizes Four Towns In Onslaught
An American force including B-29s and heavy bombers attacked Tokyo on a mid afternoon raid targeting Nakajima and other war plants. Reports say the Mugashimi plant suffered damage while Tokyo claimed heavy fighter losses for the raid.
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Tokyo
Cologne
Saipan
Navy
Mugashimi
Nakapime Aircrest
Tokyo Harbor
tRadio Tokyo
Japanee
Damveze
Toxyo
Japan
Yankeyers
Tokso
Nakajima
Pravda Denounces Army Navy Journal in Teheran Critique
Pravda broadcast from Moscow denounces the Army Navy Journal as ugly and accuses it of supplying pro-Hillite journalists material. It cites John O'Donnell of the New York Daily News and claims Teheran decisions are not being fulfilled, questioning sources and intent.
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London
Pravda
Moscow
John O'Donnell
New York
O'Donnell
Army and Navy Journal
Teheran
DSS
Odorjel
Toll operators vote strike in Memphis over pay raise
Memphis toll operators, part of the National Federation of Long Line Operators, voted Saturday to abandon posts unless a 35 dollar weekly raise is granted. The union president in New York said the committee may defer action after meetings reopen. A Louisville vote was noted for December 11.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mam
Pis
Restereaeanemy
Agemiphis
Natonal
War Labor Board
National Union
J. Moran
New York
Alien’s
Moran
Louisville
Dec
Yank Flyers Bomb Russian Troops In Balkans By Mistake
Allied Air Force admits error in an attack last November 7 that hit a Russian column in Yugoslavia due to misidentification. Apologies were sent to Moscow and the Russian commander. Rome dispatches note tensions between Soviet and Allied operations in the Balkans as Harriman and Eaker discuss closer cooperation.
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Balkans
Yugoslavia
Auack
Moscow
Rome
Waverill Harriman
U. S
Russia
Italy
Harri Man
Ira C. Eaker
Mediterranean
Western Front
Esker
Hungary
Harold Alexander
Marshallito
Monarchists and Republicans Clash in Italy Crisis Deepens
In Italy, monarchists and republicans fought in Rome and Pescara as political tension rose four days after Crown Prince Umberto asked Premier Ivanhoe Bonomi to reshuffle his cabinet and amid stalled reform efforts. Police and carabinieri struggled to quell two hour clashes, while Britain’s Eden commented on Italy’s cabinet appointment.
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Rome
Umberto
Ivanhoe Bonomi
ANS Libezan
Pescara
Vitierie Emanurie
Trai Ammistice
Uelied Bey
Carabinieri
Bonomi
Pai Reme
Anthony Eden
Tehich
Egex
Carlo Sforza
Italy
M ‘Oréhs
Rhine Dam Blasted Flood Hits Dutch Front Lines
Reported blast at the lower Rhine dam compromised 20 percent of Holland’s defenses near Arnhem. Radio accounts say the Arnhem Nijmegen road is flooded at four points blocking transit and delaying British positions over a war zone.
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Lower Rhine
Arnhem
Holland
Arnhem-Nignegen
Roosevelt Wedding at Grand Canyon by Emerson and Meyer
Roosevelt and actress Fare Emerson wed at a glass observatory on the Grand Canyon rim in 1933. The ceremony joined Emerson’s daughter with John Meyer as best man, attended by notable relatives and a Los Angeles dinner reception. Snow and mist framed the scene as guests observed the historic nuptials.
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Grand Canyon
Ariz
Col EL. Troit
Roger Sawyer
Emerson
Joseph B. Livengood
Lossaingeles
Lale
Mme
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Buin Chendier Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Jack Frye
Presi Ct Transcontinental
Inc
John Meyer
Los Angeles
el Tovar
Children’s Snow Suit Supply Still Not Critical
A wartime WPB bulletin reports children’s snow suit supply is no longer critical with production of snow cloth peat and leggings up slightly. Retail stocks remain well above average while shortages persist in 1937 textile lists and yardage was allotted to manufacturers to produce popular priced suits.
Britain Demobilizes Home Guard After Years of Service
London reports the Home Guard, a civilian force that defended the island during 1940 and 1941, has been demobilized. King George VI praised the Guard in a royal address amid wartime recollections, while Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden stressed the need to retain Britain’s regular defenses.
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London
Itvasion
Britain
Guard
George VI
Frrougnon
Anthony Eden Zhie
Ester Perades
Brians Shores
Nazis Lose Cruiser in Collision Near Leipzig
Danish free press service reports the German cruiser Luetzen was damaged and sunk after a collision near Leipzig. Forty three sailors were lost and the remaining crew listed as missing or injured.
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Leipzig
Luetzen
Salors
Jon Luéw
Jain
Leyte Battle Confined to Sky Action Amid Pacific War
General MacArthur’s headquarters report air and sea combat over Leyte Island as U S and Japanese forces exchange blows near the Ormoc corridor. Allied bombers strike Palawan and Valensa while Nipponese ships are sunk or damaged in the Canańuos Sea. a destroyer is listed as lost.
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Ceneral Macarhurs
New Geen
Serte
Masbate
Valensia
U. S
Palawan
Philippines
Sinpoosse
Douglas Macarthur
Nippon
Carigara Bay
North Leste
Morotai Island
Tokre
Leyte
Imperial Headquaters Communiqte
Nippon Dyers
Cannous Sea
U S Bombers Hit Vienn a Targets in Weekend Raid
U S 15th Air Force bombers hammered Vienna area targets to disrupt German industry and transport. They faced flak and defensive fighter opposition in a mission credited with substantial enemy losses and a total of about 6 000 tons of bombs dropped during weekend raids from Britain and Italy.
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London
U.S. 15Th Air Force
Italy
Vienna
Reich
Britain
Latourdas
SAF
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