French explosives wreck Radio Berlin towers
France blows up Radio Berlin towers near Tegel Field after warning that the structures posed a great danger to Allied airlift. Brig. Gen. Jean Ganeval said the action was ordered to protect planes and was carried out without incident during a regular pause in broadcasting. Radios from Deutschlandsender offered Christmas carols while Radio Berlin remained off air.
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Sender
Radio Berlin
Deutschlandsender
Berlin
Jean Ganeval
Tegel Field
Ganeval
Tegel
Radio
Soviet Radio Stations Lose From Berlin Propaganda Blow
Programs for both Russian stations originate in the Soviet controlled radio building in the British sector. Officials at the Soviet station refused to comment. German technical experts said a permanent off air shutdown would deal a severe blow to Soviet propaganda. They noted Deutschland reception is weaker than Radio Berlin and few listened.
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Radio
Spy Papers Reveal US Cover Up of 1938 Talks With Hitler
The House Un-American Activities Committee released the second set of State Department documents allegedly stolen by a Soviet espionage ring. It claims officials sought to suppress 1938 trade talks with Adolf Hitler to avoid political embarrassment for the Roosevelt administration. One document allegedly bears Alger Hiss handwriting. The papers focus on Europe and the Far East as key interests in U.S. foreign policy.
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Washington
State Department
Hitler
House Un-American Activities Committee
Alger Hiss
Europe
Czechoslovakia
United States
Japan
Un-American Activities Committee
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Hiss
New York
Nazi Germany
Francis B. Sayre
Department
Democratic Party
Karl FE. Mundt
Germany
Cordell Hull
Charles F. Darlington
Darlington
Hiss Pleads Innocent on Perjury Charge in Spy Case
Alger Hiss, ex State Department adviser to Roosevelt at Yalta, pleads innocent to perjury counts over denying secret documents to Russia. Bail set at 5,000 dollars. trial date tentatively Jan 24. Grand jury proceeding continues as Chambers implicates Hiss with 200 confidential papers.
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New York
U.P
Alger Hiss
State Department
Roosevelt
Yalta
Russia
Hiss
John W. Clancy
Edward McLean
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
United Nations
San Francisco
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Grand Jury
City to install 300 new parking meters citywide
City Manager N V Moss announced groundwork begins to bring 300 new parking meters into operation. The meters, delivered about a month ago, will be installed at scattered locations across the city.
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Gan
N. V. Moss
Moss
Strike stops Texas trains
John Sullivan vice president and general manager said a train would leave Breckenridge at eight this morning and return to Wichita Falls by six this evening. H C Hobart of Houston said workers earned 3.92 less than peers across railroads, while freight rates rose 50 percent in 11 years and wages only 142 per day. Railway President Orville Bullington expressed sympathy but said the company cannot pay what it does not earn. Stockholders offered to split 1948 earnings among employees, an offer unions rejected.
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John Sullivan
Breckenridge
Wichita Falls
H. C. Hobart
Houston
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Orville Bullington
Time Playing Out For Contest Entries
Time is running out for the Christmas home decoration contest with 75 cash prizes and 3605 in total awards. Entries must be on official blanks by next Saturday noon, with many homes yet to enter despite visible displays and prizes across doorways windows and outdoor trees.
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H. V. Hovard
Washington
W. C. Hull
West
W. D. Sides
Crockett
Forrest R. Barnes
Fountain
L. B. Carlton
Bioks
L. K. Patton
Hughes
Robert Ricks
Belleview
Horton O. McGann
Vernon
Herman B. Guy
Burglars Victimize Two Firms
Burglars pried open doors last night, taking cash and items from Patterson & McClure Auto Co and other sites. A 1942 Ford sedan was driven from a used car lot, while losses included cash, a typewriter, adding machine, jackets, hats, shells, and personal belongings from three locations.
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Patterson & McClure Auto Company
West Sixth
Davis Washateria
East Tenth
Don Hohenstein
Dallas
Hohenstein
Amarillo Weather Sees Cold Exit With Warm Tomorrow
Fair skies and continued low temperatures mark today and tonight in Amarillo with a rise expected to 60 tomorrow. US Weather Bureau observer H. C. Winburn notes yesterday’s forecast predicted a wind shift and light precipitation, but no rain fell and he still questions why.
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Amarillo
H. C. Winburn
US Weather Bureau
English Field
Winburn
Royall Meets Greek General Staff in Athens
United States Secretary of the Army Kenneth C. Royall met the Greek general staff in Athens today. Observers predicted the session would lead to a request for an increase in the Greek army.
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Royall
Huddle
Athens
Kenneth C. Royall
United States
Weather Summary for Amarillo West Texas and New Mexico
Fair and cold with warming trend Friday across Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas mainly fair, colder tonight except Panhandle and South Plains with lows 24 to 30 degrees. elsewhere 30 to 38. New Mexico partly cloudy with light snow flurries in northwest mountains. highs near 68 and low around 23. Meyers Motor Co. Chrysler Plymouth.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
del Rio-Eagle Pass
New Mexico
Meyers Motor Co
Chrysler-Plymouth
Trial test reveals bruises on Brinkley stepson before death
In the murder trial of Orla L. Brinkley, witnesses say the baby had numerous bruises two days before death and describe injuries from falls on a porch brick border. The defendant faces charges of beating the child to death while his mother and others contest details and grand jury actions.
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Orla L. Brinkley
Brinkley
T. L. Brinkley
Marvin Wellman
North
Kentucky
Orla Brinkley
Wellman
Whiteway Food Stores
W. F. Nix
Getz
Grand Jury
Ruffin
Nix
Texas Ranger
Mrs. Brinkley
Jody
Bus Drivers Vote On Vacation Terms In Amarillo Contract
A committee of Local 1424 Amal gamated Association of Street Elec Railway and Motor Coach Employes of America drivers met Amarillo Bus Company officials at the Herring Hotel to review a vote by members. They accepted a 10 cent hourly wage rise but pressed for graduated vacations beyond the company offer. The union seeks one week plus an extra paid day per year of service up to 12 days.
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Amarillo Bus Company
Herring Hotel
British-US Rubber Frame Up Charged
US Attorney General Tom C. Clark filed a civil anti trust suit charging three major rubber firms with unlawful cartel agreements. Named co defendants were United States Rubber Co of New York Consolidated Rubber Manufacturers Ltd of New York and London and Dunlop Rubber Co Ltd of London. The suit says the firms controlled rubber and latex imports and exports by enforcing territory agreements that barred trading in each other’s regions, eliminating competition.
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Cleveland
Tom C. Clark
United States Rubber Co
New York
Consolidated Rubber Manufacturers, Ltd
London
Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd
Europe
GI's Chartering Entire Fleets of Airliners for Flights Home
A GI wish to fly home for Christmas grew into a mass air lift carrying an estimated 700 soldiers east for the holidays. Seventeen planes with 26 to 50 seats have been booked, with more likely as agencies call for help from California. Pvt. Gerald Roberts sparked the idea, which quickly expanded beyond him as others joined. The 72nd Tank Battalion soon contributed 130 men, chartering three planes for departures on December 21 from Fort Lewis for Christmas furloughs.
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Elmer C. Vogel
Fort Lewis
Wash
California
Pvt
Gerald Roberts
Peoria
Ill
9Th Infantry Barracks
Chicago
72Nd Tank Battalion
Urge Dictator for Military Washington Urges Defense Chief Rule
Hoover Commission task force calls for the defense secretary to be virtual dictator of the armed forces with power second only to the president. The 21st page report by Ferdinand Eberstadt and 14 leaders argues for centralized authority, new budget controls, and abolition of routine admin roles in favor of a top military assistant. It opposes a single chief of staff and merging the services, while noting gaps in policy linkage and intelligence, and urging faster mobilization and R and D tied to strategy.
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Washington
Hoover Commission
Committee On National Security
Ferdinand Eberstadt
Army- Navy Munitions Board
War Production Board
Commission
Congress
Defense Secretary
Armed Services
Army
Navy
Air Force
Defense
Sec
Chester I. Barnard
Rockefeller Foundation
John J. McCloy
International Bank
Robert E. Wood
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Robert P. Patterson
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Prince
Charles
Mary of England
Buckingham Palace
Elizabeth
Prince Phillip
Charles Phillip Arthur George
Texas
PHA
John Maynard Lbr. Co
P. A. Kirkland
North Sanborn
Roy Match
Wichita
C. M. Engle
North Lincoln
Edward Green
North Hughes
Byron L. D. Sawyer
North East Twelfth
George L. Hudson
Alabama
T. W. Whigham
Sunset
van H. Allin
Monroe
J. R. Spiller
Jack Hill
Russell's Book Department
Betty Brinkley
Gi's
Office of Comptroller
National Security Organization
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