1523 To Receive Yuletide Pardons
Washington December 24 Acrepresidential Christmas pardons restoring full citizenship rights are en route to 1523 men convicted of wartime draft act violations Some were conscientious objectors Amnesties from a 15000 plus list were approved by an amnesty board led by Owen J Roberts The board noted about 10000 were wilful violators and favored pardoning those whose offenses stemmed from ignorance or misunderstanding The report also covers Japanese ancestry cases and Jehovahs Witness exemptions
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Washington
Owen J. Roberts
Supreme Court
Truman
Roberts
Willis Smith
Raleigh
N. C
James F. O’neil
American Legion
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Solon Pledges Quiz In Machinery Dearth
Washington December 24 The house agriculture committee will launch a thorough inquiry into the national farm machinery shortage when Congress convenes Chairman Hope R Kas said. He aims to learn how much machinery is shipped abroad the impact of the steel shortage on supply and how much shortage stems from last year’s strikes.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Congress
Hope
R-Kas
Palma Rae Hammer Walks Home After Polio Battle
Santa grants a Christmas miracle as Palma Rae Hammer, two, recovering from infantile paralysis, walks at home in Aurora after a stay at Sister Kenny Foundation Centralia. She arrived with ten polio patients for holiday visits and welcomed a baby brother born last Saturday.
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Chicago
Santa Claus
R. C. Hammer, Jr
Aurora
Hammer
Palma Rae
Sister Kenny Foundation
Centralia
Ill
San Jacinto Monument Rises at Battleground Site
The San Jacinto monument and museum near Houston claim the world's tallest status at 564 feet above grade. The structure stands on the battleground where Texas won its independence from Mexico, with a construction cost of one million dollars.
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Texas
San Jacinto Monument
San Jacinto Battlegrounds
Houston
Mexico
Siegel's Partner Faces Deportation
Allen Smiley, associated with Bugsy Siegel, faces deportation to Canada after a warrant was issued in Washington. He sits beside Siegel when Siegel was shot at Virginia Hill's home last June. Federal official William A. Carmichael says the deportation will proceed after resolving false citizenship charges. Smiley, 40, is alleged to be born in Russia.
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Los Angeles
Canada
Allen Smiley
Man-About- Hollywood
Smiley
Benjamin (Bugsy) Siegel
Virginia Hill
William A. Carmichael
Federal Naturalization and Immigration Service
Washington
Russia
Larson Baily Citizen unlawfully enters from Canada in 1922
The note claims Larson Baily Citizen illegally entered from Canada in 1922. The rest discusses cocoa and chocolate origins, noting chocolate derives from the cocoa bean while cocoa is produced from it.
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Canada
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