Battle for Konitsa in Epirus siege fights
Greek army poured forces to relieve Konitsa as three thousand guerrillas led by Gen. Markos Vafthiades besieged the town, which was cut off. Radio reports said two government battalions still held the town center while guerrillas infiltrated key buildings. Warplanes dropped supplies and attacked guerrilla strong points around the mountain stronghold.
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Athens
Konitsa
Epirus
Markos Vafthiades
Guerrila
Morgenthau Proposes Inflation Control Plan for Truman
Former Treasury secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr said he gave the president specific inflation control suggestions. He declined to reveal the details as he spoke with reporters leaving the White House in Washington.
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Washington
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Secretary of the Treasury
Truman
White House
Morgenthau
Tojo testifies at war crimes court on solo war leadership
On his 64th birthday Hideki Tojo told the court he ran the war himself and did not allow some co defendants to voice opinions at conferences. He said Heitaro Kimura assisted with all his heart but that the war minister made the important decisions.
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Tokyo
U.P
Hideki Tojo
Japan
War Crimes Court Today
Tal
Tojo
Naoki Hoshino
Manchukuo
Adm
Takazuma Oka
Joseph Collins Howard
Childress
Tex
Heitaro Kimura
Kimura
Tojo Vapoorney
King Michael Abdicates to Marry Princess Anne in Romania
King Michael of Romania abdicated today as republic proclamation replaced the monarchy. He left Bucharest for potential marriage to Princess Anne de Bourbon Parma amid Groza government opposition and Soviet‑style rhetoric praising the new republic.
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Bucharest
Michael
Romania
Anne de Bouray Parma
London
Elizabeth
Britain
Republic of
Anne of Bourbon-Parma
Petru Groza
Groza
Europe
Switzerland
Ding
Anne
Edward VIII
Wallis Simpson
Edward
Five Still Sought in icy Waste
Alaskan search teams including bush pilots Army airmen and dog teams comb Mt Serpentine 100 miles north of Nome for five missing after a B 29 crash on an Arctic training mission. Six of eight crew survived though exposed and exhausted. two crewmen Lt Vern H Arnett and Lt Frederick I Sheetz are among the missing.
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Nome
Alaska
U.P
Mt. Serpentine
Here
Vern H. Arnett
Fairbanks
Frederick I. Sheetz
Keyser
Wva
Shishmares
Air Force
Bill Munz
Frank Whaley
Donald B. Duesler
San Fernando
Cal
Francis J. Schaack
Oklahoma City
Lyle B. Larson
Colfax
Wis
Wilber E. Decker
Plainfield
Leslie R. Warren
Waco
Olan R. Samford
Whitney
Tex
City Folk Prepare for New Year Celebrations in Amarillo
Amarillo plans a festive New Year with public and private parties across the city. Ceremonial events at Khiva Temple and Carpenters Hall mark the arrival of 1948 while theaters offer midnight showings and clubs host dances. Radio stations will broadcast nationwide as youths gather at the San Jacinto Youth Center and Polk Street Church hosts a Watch Party.
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Amarillo
Khiva Temple
Carpenters Hall
West Seventh
Carpenters
Sierra Madre
Humphrey Bogart
Leon
Star
Rex
Kgncnd
KFDA
San Jacinto
Polk Street
Mother and four children die in Wisconsin farmhouse fire
Five persons perished in a blaze that destroyed a farmhouse in Black Creek Wisconsin Mrs Fern Pinge 31 and four of her six children were trapped in the fire two children survived Ray Pinge husband and father of the victims owned the home.
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Black Creek
Wis
Fiersons
Fern Pingel
Ray Pinge
Wallace enters 1948 race splits Dems and GOP
The article reports widespread belief Henry Wallace will run for president in 1948. Republicans claim Wallace could boost the GOP majority while critics warn of a split in the Democratic Party. Wallace plans a Milwaukee rally as he weighs running mate options with Idaho Senator Glen H. Taylor while Democrats warn of electoral consequences in key states.
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Henry Wallace
Carroll Reece
Republican National Committee
Wallace
John W. McCormack
House
Truman
Jack Bell
Press
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
The
United Press
White House
Unitedress
New Deal
Milwaukee
Wis
Texas
Jack Carter
Fort Worth
Texas State Federation of Labor
W. J. Harris
Dallas
National Committee
Reece
Jefferson
Jackson
Moscow
Democratic Party
Pendergast
Taylor
Henry A. Wallace
Glen H. Taylor
Idaho
New Party
George Norris
Fiorello LaGuardia
Wendell Willkie
New York
California
Ilinois
Michigan
Millikin
Colorado
Republican Conference
McCarran
Nevada
Russia
Marcantonio
American Labor Party
Leroy Murphy Back in Jail in Peace Bond Case
Leroy Murphy, 22, convicted of killing his father, remains in Potter County jail awaiting a $300 appearance bond before Justice of the Peace Charlie Carder. A hearing within days will decide if a peace bond is imposed after Murphy’s wife alleged he threatened to kill her.
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Leroy Murphy
Potter County
Justice of Peace
Charlie Carder
Judge Carder
Murphy
North Arthur
Alta Manning Murphy
Carder
L. G. Murphy
47Th District Court
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Judge
Spectsters
Leroy
Marshal Pounds
Fred Wolfe
Nation 75 Billion Dollars Behind in Public Works
President Truman was told the nation needs about 75 billion dollars for public works to meet backlog demands for highways, schools, airports and similar projects. Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming, federal works administrator, submitted the estimate in a letter outlining needs and plans.
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Washington
Truman
Philip B. Fleming
Federal Works Administrator
Weather report for Amarillo and vicinity
Cloudy and considerably colder this afternoon with continued cold tonight and Wednesday. Partly cloudy in the west, cold in the Panhandle and South Plains, and colder statewide by Wednesday. New Mexico sees cloudy conditions tonight and Wednesday with snow in the mountains and rain in lower elevations, turning colder west and southeast Wednesday. High 61, low 22.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Grain Rationing for Distillers Aims at Food Supply
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson ordered grain use by whiskey makers limited to 2,450,000 bushels from now until Jan 31, 1948 under the anti inflation act. Each distilling plant receives a fixed ration, Wheat is barred, with a minimum 6000 bushels per plant.
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Washington
Anderson
Eddy Arnold Show Opens Tonight at Municipal Auditorium
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys open at 8 tonight in Municipal Auditorium. Admission is 1 dollar with 50 cent surcharge. A section is reserved for Negroes. The Amarillo Fire Department sponsors the event for firemen's retirement fund. Two shows are planned tomorrow at 8 and 10 30.
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Eddy Arnold
Eddyng
Tennessee Plowboys
Municipal Auditorium
Amarillo
Texan Law Professor Severely Beaten in Chicago Robbery
George Stumberg a 48 year old University of Texas law professor was treated at Illinois Masonic Hospital for a broken right arm after a street assault in Chicago's Loop district He said a robber stopped him for a cigarette then beat him and threw him to the sidewalk Stumberg reported a $75 loss and a $100 check during a meeting of the Association of American Law Schools in Chicago.
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Chicago
George Stumberg
University of Texas, Austin
Illinois Masonic Hospital
Loop
Stumberg
Association of American Law Schools
Haifa Riot Kills 47 in Refinery Siege Complicates Partition Clashes
Riot violence across Palestine after the UN partition vote claims 47 lives in Haifa's refinery area, including 36 Jews and 11 Arabs, with 14 Jews and 47 Arabs wounded. Arab gunfire hits a Jerusalem bus carrying Hadassah workers. spillover assaults widen in Tel Aviv outskirts.
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Jerusalem
United Nations
Palestine
Haifa
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Damascus
Middle East
Hadassah Hospital
Aso
Tel Aviv
Ain
County Tax Discount Deadline Looms For End Of Year
County Tax Collector Frank Hoyt reminds taxpayers the final date to pay state and county taxes to qualify for a 1 percent discount is December 31. Payments after the new year will be charged at the full tax rate. He notes December collections were light with about 35 thousand dollars, and October had higher activity with a 3 percent early payment discount totaling around 576 thousand dollars. Pete Kinkead, school tax collector, cites the deadline on income tax exemptions as driving a late surge. Yesterday saw heavy payments, including more than 30 thousand dollars to the Amarillo ISD tax roll.
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Frank Hoyt
Hoyt
Pete Kinkead
Wage Offer Rejected by Bus Union in Kansas City
The Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes AFL rejected Southwestern Greyhound Bus Lines wage offer. Union members voted on the deal after days of negotiations at union headquarters in Kansas City.
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Fort Worth
Southwestern Greyhound Bus Lines
AFL
Kansas City
President Signs Carbon Duplicate of Missing Anti inflation Bill
President Truman signed a duplicate copy of the missing Republican anti inflation bill at 7 15 AM Amarrillo time to prevent further mystery disappearance. The original vanished from Clark M Clifford desk between Sunday afternoon and Monday morning prompting swift action. Senate President Vandenberg signed the duplicate and it was flown to Dedham Massachusetts for House Speaker Martin to sign as federal agents seek the original.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
Amarillo
Clark M. Clifford
Senate
Arthur H. Vandenberg
House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Dedham
Mass
Mr. Truman
Secret Service
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Texan
Amarillo Independent School District
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