Manila Prepares To Hold Olympics
Manila becomes an athletic hub as U S Army morale builders convert the city into a multi sport center with 24 sports and 10 minor activities in anticipation of the Far East Olympics from December 21 to January 1 and the Bamboo Bowl on New Year’s Day. Prominent ex college stars and base players compete in baseball football boxing and more with crowds numbering around 20 000 at Rizal Stadium.
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Manila
U. S. Army
Pacific
Peddige
Kirby Higbe
Dominic DiMaggio
Johnny Welas
Early Wynn
Clark Griffith
Army
Chuck Wynn
Dado
Ceferino Garcia
Madison Square Garden
Tommy Campbell
Kansas City
Golden Glover
Flashly
Bastian
Rizel Stadium
Work Resumed On Big Telescope In California
In Pasadena scientists remove a wartime canvas from the 200 inch telescope mirror and resume grinding to finish the largest astronomical reflector. Dr John A Anderson of Caltech says the mirror may be installed on Palomar Mountain within 18 months as the observatory nears completion.
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California
Pasadena
Calif
Palomar Mountain
San Diego County
John A. Anderson
California Institute of Technology
Forest rangers adopt wild animals as pets in remote lookouts
In Glendora California a district ranger named Anselmo Lewis reported that lonely forest rangers at remote lookout stations keep a variety of wild animals as pets. The men care for golden eagles tame quail a doe two fawns a raccoon and a flight of pelicans.
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Glendora
Calif
Anselmo Lewis
King Sentenced To Life Imprisonment
Paul W. King, 30, Casa Grande bartender, convicted of hold up and shooting Tempe filling station operator Howard I. Walter, was sentenced in superior court to life imprisonment. Judge Dudley W. Windes asked for remarks before judgment. King replied, Not a thing.
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Phoenix
Paul W. King
Casa Grande
Tempe
Dudley W. Windes
King
Howard I. Walter
Hostess Uses Perfect Rule in Back Bay Home
A Back Bay matron famed as a flawless hostess greets guests with "At last" on arrival and sighs "Already" at departure, revealing a quirky personal system praised by friends.
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Boston
W.P
Back Bay
India Provisional Government Aim Amid Independence Debate
The piece discusses Britain's path to Indian self rule after provincial elections and a potential provisional Indian government. It notes Nehru's influence and editorial views from the Times of London on a straightforward, unfettered Indian leadership and the obstacles posed by internal factionalism.
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Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Britain
India
Mohandas Gandhi
Nehru
Times of London
Juvenile Smoker Case Heard In Wolverhampton Court
A 10 year old boy appeared in juvenile court at Wolverhampton England where he was rated an inveterate smoker amid a youth delinquency case.
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Wolverhampton
England
Quisling Minister Sentenced to Death for Treason
An Oslo dispatch says William Hagelin, interior minister in Quisling’s puppet cabinet, was sentenced to death for treason with execution expected within three weeks.
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London
Oslo
William Hagelin
Vidkun Quisling
Milk truck driver sweeps up glass after spill
In Indianapolis a milkman was seen stopping his truck and sweeping a pile of glass from the street with a broom. The shards were not from a milk bottle, and the incident occurred amid a tire shortage affecting drivers nationwide.
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Indianapolis
MPs Leave Nogales After Four-Year Stay
Nogales Ariz Dec 5 Nearly four years of Army surveillance over military traffic at the border city have ended with the order to close the military police station. All personnel attached to the unit have departed the city.
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Nogales
Ariz
Is Epilepsy Inherited What Causes It
A booklet offering opinions of famous doctors on epilepsy will be sent free to readers who write to the Educational Divisions 535 Fifth Ave New York NY Dept M-11. The advertisement invites inquiries about inheritance and causes of epilepsy.
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Fifth Ave
New York
N.Y
Dept
M-11
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