Nine U S Fliers Marooned on Labrador Ice
Nine American airmen aboard a Flying Fortress are stranded on ice covered Lake Astray in Labrador. Heavy snow and winds delay rescue, with supplies dropped and a C-47 rescue mission prepared. Two passengers and seven crew survived the Christmas landing, though the weather hampers full extraction plans.
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Westover Field
Mass
Labrador
Flying Fortress
Goose Bay
Air Transport Command
Baffin Bay
ATC
Canal Debate Sways Toward New Route as U S Withdraws
The piece notes the United States withdrew about 2,000 troops from 14 bases in Panama and shifted defense to the canal zone while considering a new sea level canal. Senators discuss Nicaragua Colombia and Tehuantepec as possible sites, with Knowland vowing to push legislation. Observers doubt Panamas acceptance of new leases, risking Pan American solidarity and defense.
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United States
Panama
Washington
Nicaragua
Colombia
Tehuantepec
Mexico
Sen. Knowland
California
Congress
Scientists Grow Cold Germ in Egg Fluids in Early Tests
Researchers announce isolation of the cold agent in egg fluids and have kept it alive through eight successive egg batches. They caution that results are in early stages and may lead to a vaccine, while stressing that work is significant toward solving the cold riddle.
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Topping
Stimson Favored Earlier Invasion In WWII
In his wartime biography On Active Service Henry L. Stimson says if he or George Marshall had led US forces the 1943 cross channel invasion might have happened earlier. He notes Churchill and Roosevelt blocked 1942 cross channel plans and credits their alliance for eventual Normandy 1944. He compares Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt as wartime leaders.
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New York
Henry L. Stimson
George Marshall
France
Stimson
Roosevelt
North Africa
American War Department
McGeorge Bundy
Harvard University
Ladies’ Home Journal
Normandy
Churchill
Army
Japan
Gen
Marshall
North
Africa
Mediterranean
Balkan
Soviet
Russia
Franklin Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
T. R. Stimson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
T.R
Five Injured As Florida Passenger Hits Freight Train
A Florida East Coast passenger train en route from Miami to Jacksonville collided with a freight train in Miami Friday injuring five crew members. Fourteen freight cars were damaged or destroyed. Engineer J. R. Ashworth survived with burns and injuries, others listed with head and ankle injuries. Eleven passengers, all Negro, were hospitalized for examination. The crash left steam venting from the locomotive for two hours.
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Miami
Fla
Florida East Coast
Jacksonville
J. R. Ashworth
Frank Ray
Railway Express Company
Person develops malaria two weeks after bite
A person contracts malaria two weeks after a mosquito bite carrying the parasite. The case highlights the typical incubation period and the need for early diagnosis and treatment to prevent complications.
Bughouse Square Misses Lady Cop
Chicago remembers Marie C. Hagan 74 a longtime Bughouse Square figure who kept peace on the soapbox beat for 28 years retiring recently The square near the Gold Coast and near north side hosts daily debates on religion Russia communism and capitalism and Hagan recalled the talks as endless but harmless.
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Chicago
U.P
Bughouse Square
Marie C. Hagan
Mecca
Gold Coast
North Side
Thanking Friends For Kindness After Loss Of Antonio Rodriguez
The family of Antonio V. Rodriguez expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy shown during their bereavement. They also thank them for the beautiful flowers and support for the loss of husband and father.
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Antonio V. Rodriguez
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McKesson & Robbins
Grady
Loan & Inv. Service
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Santa Rita Hotel
S. Sixth
Enkins Mattress
Congress St
OPA
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White Wood Yard
W. Speedway
Heart of Stock Territory
Heart of Montana
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Clyde Park
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