White House secretary secret status questions linger
The White House confirmed Frances Veronica Jolly an Australian born secretary to Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughan is a civilian Army employee. Congress eased her permanent residency despite Justice Department concerns and a 1948 wartime visa history. Short noted her prior service in the Pacific and her involvement in obtaining a special bill.
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Washington
White House
Harry H. Vaughan
Army
Truman
Joseph Short
Frances Veronica Jolly
Short
New York
Harry Vaughan
Congress
Mrs. Jolly
Justice Department
Asst
Peter C. Brown
Jolly
United States
Joly
Arthur Wilson
Wilson
Melbourne
Australia
Vaughan
Local Social Notes Highlight Illnesses Visits and Celebrations
Whitehall figures Arthur Wolven remains seriously ill at Glens Falls Hospital. Families in Adams Street and nearby towns report weekend visits with relatives from Troy Rutland West Haven and Schenectady. Community clubs meet at Skeene Street Skeene Valley Home Bureau Canal Club Our Lady of Angels Hall and St. Valentine themed events are noted.
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Whitehall Arthur Wolven
Adams Street
Glens Falls Hospital
Daniel Shea
Patricia
Troy
Paul Senecal
Rutland, VI
Samuel Young
Carl Hester
New York
Harold Chilson
Guy Noonan
E. V. Farrell
Glens Falls
M. A. Mastrianni
John E. Hoffman
John Millett
James King
Union College, Schenectady
Geneva Broomhall
Schenectady
George
Gordon
Donald Cummings
Carol Joan
West Haven
Barbara Jean Mason
Fair Haven
Douglas Williams
Skeere
LeRoy Tooley
Canal Club
Our Lady of Angels’ Church Hall
Joseph Connelly
Angela Carroll
Esther Ross
Joseph Manell
Skeene Street
Carol
Bernadette Vayette
Bruce Manel
Kandis
Hudson Falls
Love Gets Confused in Waco Suitor Mixup
In Waco Texas residents called police after a man rang doorbells seeking a lost girlfriend. Officers found a befuddled would be suitor using the centerner method of finding her address.
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Waco, Tex
Waco
Sphey
Poestenkill Parent-Teacher Unit Holds Founders Day Banquet
The Poestenkill School Parents-Teachers Association held its Founders Day banquet with sixty guests. Eleanor Reid and Iona Cole showed colored movies from a cross county trip while group singing was led by Alison Mitchell and Gillian Rosenfield. Rev. Lauren Grandy gave the invocation and civil defense registration was urged. Flower chair is Mrs. Kenneth Davis and a homemade pie sale is planned for Saturday noon.
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Parent-Teacher Association
Poestenkill School
Eleanor N. Reid
Iona EB. Cole
Aver N Park Central School
Alison Mitchell
Aillian K. Rosenfield
Kenneth Davis
Carl A. Bly
Roberts Drew
Kenneth Plant
Marines Rotate Korea War Veterans Back to U S Duty
The First Marine Division begins rotating veterans of major Korean battles back to the United States. Maj. Gen. Oliver P. Smith says 600 have returned so far, with 1,200 more to follow as replacements arrive. Veterans fought at Masan Naktong Inchon and Chosin Reservoir.
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U. S
Korea
United States
Oliver P. Smith
Smith
Masan
Naktong River
Inchon
Chosin Reservoir
Armed Reds terrorizing villages along borders in India
Home Minister C Rajagopalachari told parliament armed Communist bands terrorize villages along the Indian Chinese and Indian Burmese borders. He cited a dangerous state in Kamrup Assam and Manipur provinces as bands murder officials burn homes and loot property. He avoided commenting on foreign aid but noted Communist international affiliations.
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New Delhi
India
C. Rajagopalachari
Rajagopalachari
Jawaharlal Nehru
Kamrup
Assam
Manipur
China
Burma
U S Citizens Paid Nearly A0 Billions In Taxes In 50
The government reported Americans paid nearly 49 billion dollars in federal taxes for the year, with individual income taxes totaling about 17.94 billion. Corporate taxes reached 9.38 billion, while liquor and automobile excises, jewelry, furs, luggage, and toilet preparations also contributed sizable sums. New York led in total taxes paid, Illinois second, and Washington proposed tax increases to balance a 72.6 billion budget.
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Washington
INS
Internal Revenue Bureau
Truman
Congress
New York
Empire
Illinois
Manuaes
Ration Ticket Thief Sentenced To Death
A district court in Skoplje Yugoslavia sentenced Alexander Dejakovic former treasurer of the state monopoly to death by firing squad for stealing ration tickets worth thousands of dollars Emin Dautov received a life term and eight others prison terms on the same charge.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Soplje
Alexander Dejakovic
I Skoplje
Emin Dautov
Funeral Held for Patrick Donnelly Loyal Ida Hill Barber
Funeral services were held for Patrick J Donnelly longtime Ida Hill barber. The service began at 9 am from J W Burns Sons Fifth Avenue Chapel and continued at 9 30 am at St Francis de Sales Church with High Mass. George W Geiger played organ Jean Coffey sang Miserere Panis Angelicus and Mother Dear O Pray For Me. Interment followed at St Marys Cemetery Rev Donald L Starks officiated at the grave. A Barbers Union delegation attended the chapel last night conducting services.
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Patrick J. Donnelly
Ida Hill
J. W. Burns’ Sons, Inc
Fifth Avenue
St. Francis Jo Sales’ Church
Barbers’ Union
Judge and surrogate pay boosted by Dewey signature
The Montgomery County judge salary rises from 3500 to 4000 and the surrogate from 4000 to 5000 after Gov. Dewey signed the bill. Sponsored by Assemblyman Donald Campbell of Amsterdam Republican.
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Albany
Montgomery County
Thomas E. Dewey
Donald A. Campbell
Amsterdam
Republican
World Peace Council opposes rearming West Germany and Japan
The World Peace Council opened a three day session in East Berlin calling on world communism to oppose rearming West Germany and Japan. Delegates from many nations were convened to draft resolutions accusing Soviet led aims of leaving former axis partners defenseless.
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West Germany
Japan Berlin
World Peace Council
East Berlin
Japan
proKlemlin Council
International figures attend public session chaired by Pietro Nenni
The meeting opened its public sessions shortly before noon with Pietro Nenni of Italy presiding. On the rostrum were Dr Hewlett Johnson the Red dean of Canterbury, Ilya Ehrenburg top Soviet journalist, Jean Lafitte of France and Professor Kuo Mo Jo president of Communist China's peace committee.
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He Coule Ail
Pietro Nenni
Italy
Hewlett Johnson
Red Dean
Canterbury
Ilya Ehrenburg
Jean Lafitte
France
Kuo Mo Jo
China
Bandit Flees On Bicycle After Bank Snatch in Taipei
An armed man snatched 15 000 Formosa dollars from a man leaving a Taipei bank on Tuesday and escaped on a bicycle. The amount equals about 1250 U.S. dollars.
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Taipei
Formosa
U.S
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