Typhoon and Blizzard Hit Elsewhere as Rescue Delayed
Storms move north delaying rescue efforts as an Atlantic coastal blizzard strands airmen in Labrador and a fatal typhoon batters the Philippines. In New York City trains and planes halted while extreme cold and heavy snow disrupt travel and rescue teams. Weather shifts cut power, grounded flights, and worsened conditions for crashes and missing vessels along the coast.
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Atlantic Coast
Labrador
Philippines
Texas
South Texas
Panhandle
Houston
Amarillo
Atlantic
Washington, DC
New England
New York City
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Washington
Michigan
Albany
New York Harbor
Miami
Munn Norwood
Florida
East Coast
Jacksonville
Coast
Lazy Bones
Coral Gables Deep Waterway
Gerson Blatt
Harriet
Morris Liebman
New Haven
Conn
Goose Bay
Westover Field
Mass
Jewish Agency Official Slain in Jerusalem Ambush
In Jerusalem area attacks on two Jewish convoys left Hans Beith, a high ranking Jewish Agency official, dead along with four other Jews. A 3 year old girl and a 70 year old woman were killed by stray bullets in the same wave of violence. Golda Meyerson and Isaac Gruenbaum survived the ambush.
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Jerusalem
Hans Beith
Jewish Agency
Beith
Holy Land
Philanthropoist
Henrietta Szold
Golda Meyerson
Isaac Gruenbaum
Eleven Die in Texas Fires Fatal hotel and dance hall blazes claim eleven
United Press reports two fires in Texas killed eleven people. In Orange a Sikes Hotel fire on the second floor caused seven deaths by suffocation. In Fredericksburg the Seipps dance hall blaze killed four, including Albert Petri and his wife, while other victims were unnamed. An investigation is ordered to determine the fires origins.
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Texas
Orange
Fredericksburg
Bill Douglas
Earl Gisler
Albert Petri
Sikes
Seipps
E. L. Barker
Hotel Fire Fatalities Reported In Orange Incident
A fire at the Orange hotel left several dead as workers and guests attempted to flee. Identified victims include Julius O. Carter, a Pennsylvania transient, Ralph Slade, 72, of Orange, and W. L. Jordan, 41, of Tampa Florida.
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Orange Hotel
Julius O. Carter
Pennsylvania
Ralph Slade
Orange
W. L. Jordan
Tampa
Fla
Sleuth Turns Gangster Plot Into False Kill Scheme
Chester Winkler 47 offered $3,000 to kill his estranged wife Bessie Dale Winkler while consulting fake gangsters at a hotel. Detective James Ogden and partner posed as mobsters to trap him, revealing his plan and sketching the rooming house. Winkler was held on an open charge as police proceed.
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ST. Louis
Chester Winkler
James Ogden
Winkler
Ogden
Tel. Ogden
Bessie Dale Winkler
John Sinclair
Hannibal
Underworld
Police
Duchess Regains Crown Tops 10 Best Dressed List
The Duchess of Windsor is voted the world's best dressed woman in the New York Dress Institute's annual ranking. Also listed are social figures Mrs. Paley, Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Rhinelander Stewart, Mrs. Foy, Mrs. Wilson, Millicent Rogers, Mrs. Hawks, Mrs. Gates, and Mrs. Wallace, with several designers gaining votes but dropped to amateur status for business ties.
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New York
Duchess of Windsor
Willian Paley
Harrison Williams
William Rhinelander Stewart
Byron Foy
John C. Wilson
Millicent Rogers
Howard Hawks
Geoffrey Gates
William Wallace
Iaa Claire
San Francisco
Adam Gimbel
George Schlee
Valentina
Orson D. Munn
Carrie Munn
Gilbert Adrian
Janet Gaynor
Adrian
Ess Institute
Offices of Apartments on Washington Converted to Offices
Three Washington block apartment buildings known as the Washington Apartments are being converted into office units by Seale Co. Fred M. Seale announced the projects this morning. 1801 W. 1 يكون occupied by Seale Co and Manhattan Construction Co. The 1817 Washington unit becomes medical and dental offices and a medical lab, while 1815 Washington tenants are yet unnamed. The street in front will be widened. The Washington Apartments were built by Seale Co. during the war era, with five of the twelve buildings still owned by the company. Aleen Salmon, vice-president, oversees Seale Co. offices.
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Washington
Washington Apartments
Fred M. Seale
Seale Co
W. 1
Manhattan
Seale
French Kill 106 Viet Nam Partisans in Indochina
A Paris military communique from Saigon reports 106 Viet Nam partisans killed in five engagements in Indochina. The clashes include Viet Nam attacks on French army convoys and French operations against Nationalist river junks.
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Paris
Saigon
Indochina
Greek Towns Under Attack Amid Guerrilla Offensive
Greek guerrilla forces launched assaults on Konitsa and other towns in northern and western Greece in a bid to establish a pro visional government. The Konitsa attack, supported by artillery, was repulsed by the 4th army brigade, with a Greek brigadier and two majors wounded.
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Athens
Greece
Konitsa
War Ministry
4Th Army
Albania
George Stratos
Ionnina
Agrinion
Patras
Filiata
Komotini
Cafes Closed Prompt Jail Dinner for Christmas Visitor
A man complained no cafes were open for Christmas in Amarillo and was jailed after deputies invited him to share Christmas dinner at the sheriff's office jail. The notice also lists Herberg Bros. at 213 Taylor with Revere Ware and Presto Cockers.
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Amarillo
Revere Ware
Presto Cockers
Herberg Bros
Taylor
Tojo Claims Sole Responsibility for Pearl Harbor
Hideki Tojo testified at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East that he alone ordered the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941. The former Japanese premier denied crimes while shielding Emperor Hirohito and faced a life-threatening war crimes trial.
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Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Japan
Far East
Tojo
China
Southeast Asia
Emperor Hirohito
Hawaiian
Pearl Harbor
Ichiro Kiyose
Truman weighs running mate as 1948 nominating race forms
President Truman surveys a large field for a vice presidential candidate and may delay a decision until after the GOP convention. Early talk names include Rep. McCormack, Gov. Dewey, Speaker Martin, Taft, Lucas, Eisenhower, MacArthur, Nimitz, Harriman, Anderson, and Douglas.
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Washington
Trum Publicans
White House
Truman
GOP
Taft
Ohio
Lucas
Illinois
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Anderson seeks names of govt trading account holders
Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson asked all brokers for names of government employees or family members who had commodity trading accounts in the past two years. A second item reports a New York World Telegram dispatch claiming the Methodist Federation for Social Action will use church prestige to aid Communist-aligned speakers at its Kansas City conference. A third note says James Clifton Wheeler, 26, an ex convict, was ruled mentally incompetent to face armed robbery charges in Weatherford, Texas.
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Douglas MacArthur
Adm
Chester Nimitz
Truman
Commerce Harriman
New York
Wall Street
Agriculture Anderson
New Mexico
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Anderson
Washington
U.P
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
New York World-Telegram
Frederick Woltman
Methodist Federation — For Social Action
Kansas City
Methodist Church
Fort Worth
James Clifton Wheeler
Weatherford
T. W. Davidson
Missionary Attacks Indian Bureau Over Navajo Starvation Claims
Dr C G Salsbury head of Ganado Mission accuses the US Indian Bureau of exaggerating a Navajo hunger crisis to secure 80 million dollars. He calls for abolishing the bureau and outlines a six point plan emphasizing education, voting rights, taxation, trust lands, federal subsidies, and long term boarding school schooling on reservations.
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Ganado, Ariz
U.P
US Indian Bureau
John J. Rooney
New York
Salsbury
Indian Bureau
America
Indian Bureau Administration
John Collier
Collier
Washington
East Side
Stimson Reveals Wartime Struggles Over Allied Strategy
Former Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson recounts bitter disputes with Churchill and other British leaders over a second front in Europe. He notes Roosevelt wavered on Normandy invasion and details clashes with Marshall Marshall and De Gaulle. Stimson credits Soviet allies and reflects on leadership during World War II.
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Washington
U.P
Henry L. Stimson
Stimson
Winston Churchill
Europe
Roosevelt
Normandy
Ladies Home Journal
MacGeorge Bundy
Harvard University
Joseph W. Stillwell
China
Air Force
George C. Marshall
Army
Marshall
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Charles de Gaulle
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Summary
The forecast calls for continued fair weather in Amarillo and vicinity. Today and Saturday show slight temperature increases with little overnight change. West Texas and New Mexico regions expect fair skies with modest warming and a northeast portion of New Mexico this afternoon. Highs and lows range from the 30s to the 60s with a 63 degree noon reading.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
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John McCormack
Massachusetts
Thomas E. Dewey
Joe Martin
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Williams-Boyce Agency
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