African rail links to Rhodesia could boost US stockpile
London reports plans to tap Rhodesia and Belgian Congo mineral wealth for the Western defense program. Proposals include building railways to Tanganyika ports and expanding Beira harbor in Portuguese East Africa to ease Rhodesian ore traffic. A team of 50 American geologists will assist colonial efforts to boost output and Africa's mineral wealth for the western world.
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U.P
East Africa
Rhodesia
Sahara
Conference of Commonwealth
Western Union
Peanut
Mikindani
Tanganyikan
Beira
Portuguese East Africa
Portugal
Tanganyika
Belgian Congo
Congo
Broken Hill
Indian Ocean
British Colonial Office
Africa
Children’s Home Plans Radio Piano Program
Five children from the Arizona Children’s Home will present a piano recital featuring singing of Christmas carols over radio KCNA at 6 45 p m Saturday. A Christmas party for the children’s home of Mrs Madeline Schutzbank begins at 1 p m Saturday. Mrs Schutzbank is a piano instructor at the home.
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Arizona
Dam Plan Aims to Quench North Dakota Underground Fire
A dam across the Little Missouri River could flood and seal an underground coal fire that has burned for about 75 years. Three miles of damaged terrain bear scars from the burn as officials study a proposed project funded by federal and state agencies. A legend says a cowboy named Tex vanished chasing the fire into the mine.
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Little Missouri River
North Dakota
Big Bend
Little Missouri
Bureau of Reclamation
80Th Congress
State Water Commission
Tex
Funeral planned for Mrs Josefa Islas in Tucson
Mrs Josefa Islas 53 a Tucson native died Thursday night in a local hospital. She lived at 219 West 30th Street. Rosary 8 p m Saturday Tucson mortuary. Funeral 3 p m Sunday Santa Cruz church burial Holy Hope cemetery. Survived by husband Alejandro seven sons eight daughters and five sisters.
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Josefa Islas
Thief Steals Pay Telephone From Polo Village Store
A thief removed a full pay telephone from a wall inside a Polo Village store during the early hours before Christmas. Police said the theft included the coin box with nickels dimes and quarters and was reported by Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. officials.
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Polo Village
The
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co
Police Seek Girl Kidnapped by Own Mother
Harrisburg date line reports police chase leads on three year old Vicki Jeanne Snyder kidnapped by her mother Jeanne Morgan Brager. A postcard from Brager claims they are somewhere in Tennessee, supporting a southern route to Washington. District Attorney Carl B. Shelley said the couple may be arrested soon on a felony warrant for kidnapping.
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Harrisburg
Vicki Jeanne Snyder
Tennessee
J. E. Stark
Mechanicsburg
Jeanne Morgan Brager
Stark
Western Germans Await Merry Christmas Despite Shortages
Western Germany eyes the Christmas holiday with scarce goose inventory and rising prices as shoppers crowd stores. Berlin reports 70,000 children treated to celebrations by American and British troops, with airlift crews set for a turkey dinner between flights.
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Germany
Duyers
Fassberg
Bob Hope
Jane Russell
International Refugee Organization
Europe
British Red Cross
Christmas Midnight Masses Slated in Local Chapels
Rev. Francisco de la Torre of Montezuma will celebrate the first Christmas midnight mass at the San Cosme chapel 400 West Simpson. The San Jose mission at 1900 South Sixth Avenue will hold a high midnight mass with confessions from 10 to 11 30 a.m. 3 to 5 30 and 7 to 9 30 p.m.
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Montezuma
Mexico
San Cosme Chapel
Simpson Street
San Jose Mission
South Sixth Avenue
Radar of Air Force Hears Deer Sleigh
Air Force early warning radar reports a sleigh spotted heading south at 14 000 feet with eight reindeer powered craft. Interceptors were alerted and vectoring but contact failed. Estimated arrival over target 2400 hours on December 24, 1948.
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Air Force
Washington
Tucson Visitors Club Christmas Party and Show
The Tucson Visitors Club hosts an 8 p m Christmas party at the Chamber of Commerce building South Sixth Avenue with a pageant and comedy skit. Bert Mustin and Jonathan Schultz serve as masters of ceremonies and about 150 members are expected. The holiday party continues December 30 at A Mountain lodge with a buffet bridge luncheon.
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Tucson Visitors Club
Chamber of Commerce
South Sixth Avenue
Bert Mustin
Jonathan Schultz
Bernstein Named Judge for Phoenix
Gov. Dan E. Garvey appoints Charles Bernstein of Phoenix to the superior court to fill the unexpired term of Marlin T. Phelps who resigned to join the state supreme court. Bernstein was admitted to the state bar in 1930 and has served as assistant attorney general since 1937.
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Phoenix
Dan E. Garvey
Charles Bernstein
Superior Court
Bernstein
Marlin T. Phelps
State Supreme Court
Longtime Democratic Leader Garvey Urged to Name New Judge
The county board of supervisors created a sixth Maricopa division of the court prompting Garvey to appoint another judge. The article notes a longtime Democratic party leader and mentions a term ending in January 1951.
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Garvey
County Board of Supervisors
Maricopa
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