Congress At Work On Strike Mediation Plan
The CIO and UAW leadership back Truman’s plan to pause the General Motors strike while a government fact finding board acts. R J Thomas says local members will vote on the plan, with balloting completing by Tuesday. Separately steel workers are urged to hold their lines pending a second board’s findings. House leaders announced anticipated legislation to implement the president’s recommendations.
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Truman
General Motors
Uaw-Cio
R. J. Thomas
Iti
Detroit
Thomas
UAW
Congress
New York
C. E. Wilson
Labor leaders discuss hearings on war labor bill
Chairman Norton of the House Labor Committee said hearings would be held by the group. Ramspeck noted that leadership might oppose a plan by the House Military Committee to attach the legislation to a pending bill repealing parts of the War Labor Disputes Act.
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Norton
House Labor Committee
House
Ramspeck
Thailand
Eastland urges strong Germany to block Communist spread
Sen. James Eastland of Mississippi told the Senate that a prosperous Germany is a bulwark against Russia and communism. He warned that without German recovery there can be no lasting European revival and that current U.S. policy risks driving Germany into Russia's orbit. He called for a new program to foster German prosperity and warned of a Russia Germany bloc under communism.
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Washington
James O. Eastland
Mississippi
Germany
Russia
Senate
United States
Eastland
Adolf Hitler
Dallas Faces Frigid Sweep Across Texas
The Weather Bureau warned homeowners to shield outside water pipes and car radiators as a bitter cold front grips Texas from the Panhandle to the Rio Grande. Temperatures dipped to 16 in Dalhart and 19 in Amarillo with Dallas at 26.6, the coldest of the season, as clear skies prevail and ice blankets much of the region.
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Weather Bureau
Texas
Panhandle
Rio Grande
Dalhart
Amarillo
Dallas
Pampa
Wichita Falls
Wink
Gainesville
Pyote
Fort Worth
Big Spring
Sulphur Springs
Lubbock
Abilene
San Angelo
el Paso
Waco
Guadalupe Pass
Cor Sicana
Texarkana
del Rio
Austin
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Galveston
Navasota
Houston
Beaumont
Tyler
Brownsville
Austrian Council Names Figl Chancellor to Form New Government
Vienna reports Leopold Figl secretary of state in the provisional Austrian government and head of the People's Party was chosen by the Austrian political council as chancellor to form a new government. Dec. 4 report credits Figl with leading postwar coalition efforts.
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Vienna
Leopold Figl
People’s Party
U S Plans Food Aid to Germany for 1550 Calorie Daily Average
Lt. Gen. Lucius C. Clay, the American military governor for Germany, said the United States intends to move enough food into Germany to assure an average ration of 1550 calories per person.
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Stuttgart
Germany
United States
Lucius C. Clay
Nazis on trial bound by Kellogg Briand Pact halter
Sir Hartley Shawcross in Nuremberg opening for the British prosecution said 20 Nazi leaders have a halter around their necks for premeditated war. He argued the Kellogg Briand Pact outlaws war and that Germany violated multiple treaties by invading Poland and planning aggression. He described the Nazi hierarchy as conspirators who feign peace while preparing war.
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Mernberg
U.P
Hartley Shawcross
Walue
Germany
Sir Hartley
Poland
Hartley
Attlee
Distress on Two Fronts Aboard US Troop Plane and Beecher
A U S Army plane with 14 aboard went overdue between Asuncion and Montevideo, feared crashed after bad weather. Also, the Liberty Ship Henry Ward Beecher carrying 541 troops sought aid near Bermuda after losing its propeller. Restorer escorted to assist.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
U.P
United States
Montevideo
J. Cordes Delworth
U. S. Army Geodetic Commission
New York
Bermuda
Henry Ward Beecher
Third Naval District
Navy Tub Restorer
Newport News
Marseilles
France
Beecher
302Nd Military Police Escort Guard
Yamashita to Learn Fate Friday in War Crimes Trial
Manila dispatch says Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita faces possible judgment this Friday as the U S Military Commission pauses for final pleas. He is charged with responsibility for the rape of Manila and the slaughter of about 60 000 civilians and war prisoners. Proceedings began October 29 on a 123 count indictment.
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Manila
Tomoyuki Yamashita
U. S
Traffic Court in Amarillo Reports Light Day
Yesterday's docket yielded only two fines. Bobby Wayne Cameron, a taxicab driver at 411 West Third, was fined $5 for running a red light. L. W. Childress of 3706 Harrison paid $50 for reckless driving. Total fines from 27 other cases amounted to $83.
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Amarillo
Bobby Wayne Cameron
West Third
L. W. Childress
Harrison
That's the Ticket Bus and Fire Zones Defined
City police today reinforced rules on curb zones marking bus loading areas and fire zones. An officer said parking in these zones endangers pedestrians and motorists, with zones designed for safety and quick emergency response.
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Vicinity
Fair and slightly warmer today tonight and Wednesday in Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas stays fair and cold this afternoon tonight with lows 20 to 26 degrees. Del Rio Eagle Pass area near freezing. New Mexico fair this afternoon tonight and Wednesday with warmer temps. Low 10 to 15 NW to 35-40 SE. High Wednesday 60-70. 24 hours ending 6:30 A M shows 47 high 19 low 45 noon.
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Amarillo
West Texas
del Rio
Eagle Pass
New Mexico
Pauling cites 100 to 200 small atomic bombs in U S
Dr Linus Pauling head of the chemistry department at the California Institute of Technology says between 100 and 200 atomic bombs of the small variety exist in the United States.
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Hollywood
Linus Pauling
California Institute of Technology
United States
United States Pledges Iran Withdrawal by January 1
Washington reports the United States will withdraw its forces from Iran by January 1 despite Soviet rejection of the deadline. An Army- State Department mission is being sent to speed the wind up of U S affairs. Iran says foreign troops cause unrest and Russia spurned the March 2 1946 date in the big three accord.
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Washington
U.S
United States
Iran
Russia
Army- State Department
U. S
Hussein Ala
Ala
State Department
Clerk Claims He Removed Papers for U S Knowledge
Hoboken N J December 4 Tyler Kent former clerk in the S embassy in London returned home and said he took certain documents into his room because they contained information he believed the American people should know after spending five years in a British prison for official secrets acts violations.
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Hoboken
N. J
U.P
Tyler Kent
London
United States
Four Thousand Believed Killed by Tidal Wave
Reuters dispatch from Karachi reports about 4,000 believed dead and 40,000 homeless after a tidal wave struck the Karachi Bombay coast last Wednesday. Relief workers who visited the scene say seven villages were washed away.
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London
Reuters
Karachi
India
Karachi-Bombay
Committee Substitutes Measure For President's Legislation
The House expenditures committee approved legislation to declare a federal policy of maintaining a high level of employment. The measure acts as a substitute for the full employment legislation requested by President Truman.
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Washington
House Expenditures Committee
Truman
Regal Co Real Estate and Loans Firm Overview
E A Regal Company concerns real estate and loans services. The notice outlines business scope, locations, and offerings in property transactions and financing options.
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E. A. Regal Co., Real Estate and Loans
Warnings of War Two Days Before Pearl Harbor Attack
Congressional investigators heard that President Roosevelt told the Philippine high commissioner on November 26, 1941 that the next Japanese aggression could trigger hostilities with the United States. The testimony described U S forces and attacked regions under heightened alert as officials weighed possible targets and communications.
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Washington
Roosevelt
U. S
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Sherman Miles
United States
Great Britain
Miles
George C. Marshall
Thailand
General Marshall
Nylon Hosiery Sale Sparks Amarillo Morale Revival
About 700 Amarillo women queued for the city’s first nylon hosiery sale in over three years at Grand Silver Stores on Polk Street. The event drew shoppers, soldiers, and men, with nylon stock running low by mid afternoon and the last pair sold around 5 50. Manager B L Herd planned another shipment before Christmas, as excitement tempered by orderly conduct persisted.
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Helen Burgess
Amarillo
Polk Street
Seventh and
Polk
B. L. Herd
Mr. Herd
Herd
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