Reds Gaining Congo Powers
In the Belgian Congo the spread of Communism is seen as a risk to one of the world’s uranium ore sources. Bishop Newell Booth of the Methodist church warns action is needed now to counter Marxist influence as the church plans its Africa mission effort across a vast region from Luanda to Lourenco Marques. He cites religious decay, poor education, inequality, and political impotence as drivers and urges cooperation with colonial liberal groups, the UN trusteeship commission, and UNESCO.
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Billee Wheelock
Buck Hill Falls
Belgian Congo
Newell Booth
Methodist
Africa
Board of Missions
Methodist Church
aHe
Church
Boston
Luanda
Lourenco Marques
Indian Ocean
Equator
Johannesburg
Booth
United Nations Commission On Trusteeship
Unesco
Senate probes TVA spending on dam funds and projects
Senate appropriations subcommittee plans to hear TVA Chairman Gordon R. Clapp regarding funding allocations for the year ending June 30. Sen. Ferguson says money earmarked for the South Holston and Watauga dams may have been diverted to a resource development fund funding fertilizer research parks and wildlife activities.
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Washington
Senate
Tennessee Valley Authority
Congress
Sen
Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate Appropriations
TVA
Gordon R. Clapp
Clapp
South Holston
Watauga
Upper
Holston River
Rediscount Rates Likely to Rise Soon
Federal Reserve Chairman Marriner Eccles told the Senate House Economic Committee that rediscount rates of 1 percent will be increased soon, possibly to 1 1/4 percent. He said he does not expect Congress to approve a proposed extra reserve requirement for banks to limit credit.
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Washington
Federal Reserve
Marriner
Eccles
Senate-House Economic Committee
Congress
Reserve Board of Governors
Treasury
Veterans Affairs Insurance Hearing Faces Heated Clash
Washington officials told the House Veterans Affairs Committee they are delivering the best possible service on veterans insurance given current conditions. Acting VA Administrator D W Clark and Harold Breining defended operations amid backlogs, misdirected payments, and staff shortages while noting dividends are paid and accounted for.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Veterans’ Insurance
D. W. Clark
Harold W. Breining
Rankin
D-Mass
Rogers
R-Mass
Breining
Rep
Kearney
RNY
Breiiing
Phillips
R-Tenn
Clark
Omar N. Bradley
Bradley
Veterans’ Administration
Food Prices Down 5 Cents
The wholesale food price index for the week ending December 9 fell to 7.12 from 7.17, with eight of 31 foods declining. Wheat, rye, hams, bellies, lard, cottonseed oil, cocoa, and lambs dropped while flour and several other items rose or held steady.
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New York
U.P
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc
Mexico Polytechnic teachers demand eight months back pay
Polytechnic schoolteachers in Mexico press for eight months back pay while students support the demand, highlighting labor and education funding tensions as the dispute unfolds.
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Mexico
Douglas Area Cowboy King Sloan Dies in Douglas Hospital
King Sloan 79, a longtime cowboy in the Douglas area, died last night in Douglas hospital after an illness that began on November 4. He lived in Douglas for about 25 years.
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Douglas
King Sloan
Douglas Hospital
Charges: Man Tortured Her
Pearl Jamar a 29 year old college student from Shreveport La reported to police that a man held her captive seven hours burned her body with cigarettes and beat her She suffered a possible broken vertebra blackened eyes and head injuries at St Monicas hospital The assailant a 34 year old case operator was in custody for investigation Det Harrington said.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Pearl Jamar
Shreveport
St. Monica’s ‘Hospital
Escapes After Firing At Car
The Arizona state highway patrol hunted Wednesday for a two occupant car that fired two shots at a patrolman on U S highway 60 between Wickenburg and Aquila. Raymond Massie reported the shots shattered a headlight and pierced the windshield as he pursued the fleeing vehicle. He said the car bore California license plates pirates. Road blocks were set up.
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Phoenix
State Highway Patrol
Raymond Massie
U. S. Highway
Wickenburg
Aquila
Massie
California
Freedom Train to Draw Large Douglas Crowds
Douglas plans for the Freedom Train arrival on February 18 with an expected crowd of 10 000 to 25 000. Charles Otis chairs the arrangements committee and pamphlets on freedoms will be distributed to 12 000 school children in southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. Schools will organize cavalcades to Douglas to parade historical documents aboard the train.
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Douglas
Charles Otis
Rangements Committee
Arizona
New Mexico
Car Escapes via Desert Side Roads Near Wickenburg
The vehicle reportedly fled the scene by taking side roads into the desert surrounding Wickenburg, avoiding pursuit. Evidence suggests the path led through arid terrain as investigators tracked the escape route.
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Wickenburg
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Freedom Train
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Our Service
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Weatherstrip
4Th Ave
Beacon Lighting Fixture CO
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America’s Finest
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WM. Rogers & ‘Son
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Wm. Rogers & Son
Holmes & Edwards
Sterling
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