Local Teen Creates Notable Kerr Street Christmas Display
A 17 year old Richard Brumback built a bright outdoor Christmas scene at 321 Kerr St in northeast town. Colored lights frame the house with a life size Santa on the roof and a flood light in a front tree making the display visible from afar.
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Kerr St
Richard Brumback
Handley Junior
Fred I. Brumback
Eldridge Lemley
Stephens City
Brumback
Senta
Richard
Cardinal Mindszenty Arrest Sparks U S Protest In December
Washington reports Undersecretary Lovett denounced the arrest as a sickening shame while the Hungarian government presses a push for a national church and censors loyal priests. The dispatch notes a government plan for a Catholic Congress and alleged pressure to split from Rome. Previously Midszenty's fate drew harsh reaction from U.S. officials.
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Father Paulus
Rome
Midszenty
Washington
Lovett
Hungary
Josef Cardinal Mindeszenty
Truman Returns to Washington for Labor Talks
President Truman flies from Kansas to Washington for a White House conference with CIO leader Philip Murray and other CIO officials to discuss labor proposals ahead of the new Congress. A postponement of a joint talk with Vice President elect Barkley and Rep. Rayburn is reported.
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Kansas City
Truman
Washington
White House
Congress
Independence
Fairfax Field
Kansas
Philip Murray
CIO
Soviet Union
Charles G. Ross
Moscow
Dividends to be paid to national service life insurance veterans
The Veterans Administration says 16 million veterans may share in 1949 dividends from the national service life insurance surplus. Payments range from cents to hundreds of dollars, with early entrants to the program and maximum coverage of up to 10 000 likely to receive the most. Dividends cover premiums paid through 1948 and may not start before next August.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Gas Prices Increased by Atlantic Refining Co
Atlantic Refining Co. raised tank wagon gasoline prices by half a cent a gallon across its marketing area. A company spokesman said retail prices at Atlantic stations are also expected to rise by the same amount.
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Philadelphia
Atlantic Refining Co
Atlantic Stations
Chiang Uncertain as Chiang Kai-shek Quits Rumors Spread
Reports from the front near Nanking say Chiang Kai-shek may resign after long rule. Li Tsung-jen named as potential successor who could seek peace with the communists, while pockets of resistance remain in Peiping and Tientsin and other areas near Suchow.
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Shanghai
Canton
Chiang
Nanking
Yangtze
Peiping
Tientsin
Tu Li-Ming
Suchow
Communistt
China
Li Tsung-jen
Democratic leaders seek code of rights for all committees
Compromise efforts to avoid open fights over proposed changes to investigative rules continued. Mundt Nixon and others backed broader witness rights while Rankin and allies criticized the proposals as hamstringing the committee. Rep Forand proposed a special committee to draft a universal code of rights for all congressional panels. The Democratic caucus will debate the issue Saturday.
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Mundt
Nixon
Rankin
Rep. Forand
Rhode Island
House Democratic Caucus
un-American Activities Group
House Caucus
Nation Eats Less Food but Pays More in 1948
The U S Bureau of Agricultural Economics estimates Americans ate about 3 percent less food per person in 1948 than 1947 while total food expenditures topped $50 billion including groceries, restaurants, and farm consumption. Retail food sales rose to about $31.5 billion as profits per dollar edged down. Fresh fruit and vegetables stayed plentiful and prices fell about 20 percent over the year, with meat production edging up for 1949 prospects. Dairy prices showed peaks but a seasonal downtrend expected into summer.
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New York
U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Paul S. Willis
Grocery Manufacturers of America
Willis
Harvey A. Baum
Atlantic Commission Co
A & P Chain
Carlos Campbell
National Canners Assn
Agriculture Department
National Assn
Milk Industries Foundation
Theodore G. Montague
Borden Co
Agricultural outlook and price trends in 1949
The article notes the national average price of milk has fallen for the first time since June 1947. It lists seven crops setting new records this year: corn, flaxseed, soybeans, peanuts, rice, pecans and cranberries, with wheat oats potatoes popcorn and citrus near peak levels. It also reports Uncle Sam urging farmers to boost production of milk and poultry and other livestock and crops in 1949.
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America
Agriculture Department
Uncle Sam
Rescued Airmen Report Luxurious Greenland Snowhouse
Twelve U S airmen rescued from a Greenland ice cap said they lived in comparative luxury in a three room snowhouse with portable heaters and electric lights dropped from planes. They kept a pictorial record and spoke with families via portable radio on Christmas Day. A polar bear approached within 30 feet but did not threaten them.
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ST. John's Mid
United States
Greenland
Air Force
Harmon Field
Greenland Cap
Four Lives Lost In Crash Of Bomber Near Detroit
A Michigan National Guard B26 bomber crashed in rain near Detroit during a routine navigational flight from McDill Field. Four men died including three Air Force personnel and a Guard officer as the wreckage spread over ten acres. The craft went down only moments from the Wayne County airport base.
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Detroit
Michigan National Guard
Air Force
McDill Field
Fila
Wayne County
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Progressive Food
Florida
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