Labor Bill Seen Hinged on GM Oil Strike Outcomes
Government fact finding tests in three wage disputes may shape Truman labor bill. GM and oil wage panels open hearings as foreseen decisions probe profits and prices. Detroit talks continue on Ford wage demands with 12.4 percent increase rejected. Temporary injunctions curb picketing in several cities.
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Marines Held by Reds Of China Returned
Six heavily bearded Marines who were guests of Chinese Communists during a crash-landing near Hochin returned to their Marine post in Washington. Major General Keller E. Rockey praised the return as the best Christmas present, after Lt Robert A. Holrock, a Three Rivers Texas pilot, delivered the crew’s tale. A separate Senate fight blocked immediate confirmation of Edward R. Stettinius Sr. as secretary of state and UNO delegate.
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Shoppers' Christmas Gift-Spree Sets U S History Mark
New York reports record holiday buying as shoppers spend freely for the first peace-time Christmas in five years. Macy's and Gimbel Bros post multi-million day totals while stores note strong demand for handbags jewelry and luxury wear despite tight stock in hosiery lingerie and textiles.
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Luzon Death March Charges Rise in Trial
Manila reports accuse Japanese Lt. Gen. Masaharu Homma of ordering and witnessing the Death March in Northern Luzon with prisoners of war pushed over cliffs and used as pack animals. Prosecutor Lt. Col. Frank E. Meek says evidence will show Homma watched the first march from a car as the Philippines trial opens.
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Draft Ends For Fathers As Inductions Continue
The draft ends for fathers but 18 to 25 year olds must fill Army and Navy needs. Most inductees remain 18, with six to nine thousand over 18 out of about 35,000 in November. Enlistment by veterans remains insufficient to curb inductions. 30,000 called this month from a 50,000 plus 1,000 request.
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Bar Association Studies Labor Conditions at 68th Meeting
The American Bar Association, in its final session of the 68th annual meeting in Cincinnati, focuses on labor relations and the impact of strikes on the economy and living standards. Former Minnesota governor Harold Stassen urges new government approaches and says pace lags behind global events.
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Poison Bullets Used by Nazis
Nazi elite guards fired poisoned bullets into concentration camp prisoners and recorded symptoms of slow death. American prosecutors at the international military tribunal outlined these crimes. The Prosecution also recalled experiments at Dachau involving rewarming frozen men with women's naked bodies.
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Turkey for Christmas but fewer eggs seen
Los Angeles reports wholesalers say turkey is abundant for Christmas dinners but breakfast eggs are scarce. A poultry official cites increased civilian and military consumption as the cause of about 40 percent of normal egg supply and butter has been off shelves for days.
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Bethlehem’s Star Shines Again in Pennsylvania
Bethlehem PA prepares for Christmas with the 90 foot Star of Bethlehem atop South Mountain. Almost 10 miles of lights glow in the city revived after 1941 while Moravian candle traditions return for the Love Feast service.
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Schedule 60 Troop Transports at Ports
More than 14,400 American servicemen are due to arrive today at three east coast ports aboard 18 vessels while at Pacific coast points nearly 45,000 troops are scheduled to debark from 42 troop carriers. Arriving at New York are eight ships with about 1,400 men, at Sw LenS Solon i uy and at x jabout: 8,100.
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See OPA Step To Socialism
Rep Thomas A Jenk ins of Ironton Ohio says the OPA uses inflation control as cover to extend price controls and aims to make them permanent. He warns the campaign would be a major propaganda effort to perpetuate OPA and pave the way to state socialism.
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McVay Freed on One Charge Faces Second
Washington Captain Charles B. McVay III was acquitted of inefficiency in the loss of the Indianapolis but an additional charge of negligence remains unresolved awaiting further action.
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Charles B. McVay, III
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Probe Sags Plan To Quit By Feb 15
Investigators probing the Pearl Harbor disaster extend their work day and cut Christmas holiday short as they set Feb 15 as a goal to adjourn. Senate committee chair Barkley indicated cautious optimism about winding up the inquiry into the Dec 7, 1941 attack.
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Merger issue not settled amid congressional push for unification
Washington report details House Military Committee debate on unifying Army Navy and Air Forces under a civilian secretary. The committee considers steps to speed Pearl Harbor testimony, with Adm Turner and Lt Gen Short figures in the debate. Separate item notes Captain Clifford M Howell, 42, found dead aboard the SS North Platte Victory in Oakland California.
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Olmstead Falls
Threats against radio commentator H R Ekins in Syracuse
Radio news commentator H R Ekins of Station WYSR reports mail and telephone threats aimed at him his wife and son Harvey aged four and a half due to his broadcasts on industrial strife He recalls being expelled by Fascists in Italy when he was a United Press bureau manager for refusing their editorial demands.
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WYSR
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Marshall Will Meet Chinese To Talk Peace
General George C. Marshall arrived to press a peace effort in China as Communist leaders urged an immediate unconditional ceasefire. Lu Ting-i said Red leaders Chou En-Lai would seek an audience with Marshall, who planned talks with Chiang Kai-shek in Chungking. Marshall then met with Wedemeyer in Shanghai and Chungking officials indicated willingness to make concessions to impress the envoy.
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Half of Pacific Yanks Return by Christmas
Navy officials announced that about half of all servicemen in the Pacific will be back in the United States by Christmas. The replacement forces will keep the Pacific total above half of the 3,500,000 personnel in the theater on V J Day as Rear Admiral Kendall leads a D Day style transport push delivering roughly 90,000 veterans to the U S west coast by Christmas.
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College Proxy Declares Training a Fascist Tenet
Dr. William A. Shimer president of Marietta College told Ohio State University graduates that peacetime military conscription is a fascistic tenet and a distortion of a war fevered brain. He warned that instituting training outside of war would turn the United States militaristic.
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Cold Air Mass Advances From Canada Toward Midwest and East
The Associated Press reports an advancing cold front from central Canada targets the Dakotas and Minnesota, following a heavy snow spread from the Rockies to New England. The prolonged cold disrupts transport, closes schools, and halts production across multiple regions as temperatures drop sharply.
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Air Force To Fly Vets Home From W Coast
Wright Field will send two transport aircraft to the Pacific to return veterans to Midwest homes for Christmas. The C-97 transports carry 100 to 125 men each and fly non stop to Seattle and San Francisco in about eight hours. The first flight departs today for Seattle with a return tomorrow. a second flight to San Francisco is set for Saturday. Food blankets candy cigarettes and comfort items will accompany the men.
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Army Predicts 90,000 May Be At Ports For Christmas
About 125000 Pacific veterans stranded at west coast ports await rail to the east at 25000 daily. Army and Navy officials warn roughly 90000 will spend Christmas Day at ports as new rail allotments shift space among San Francisco Portland Seattle and Los Angeles San Diego regions. Camp Knight and Camp Kohler moved 5000 men each to ease congestion while Los Angeles opens Santa Ana Air Base staging for 5000 more.
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Yet Pleads Innocent In Death of Another
Martin J. Green 49 a World War I veteran pleaded innocent to a second degree murder charge in the stabbing death of Carl Bowers 30 a World War II veteran during an altercation at the American Legion headquarters in New Lexington He was bound to the grand jury by Justice of the Peace W King.
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Few Light Bulbs for Xmas Trees Forecast
Worldwide Christmas lights will be on this year but home bulbs are scarce. General Electric cites wartime use of bulbmaking machines for proximity fuses in Cleveland and says reconversion before Christmas did not happen.
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Heat Wave Deaths and Record Cold Hit Nation
Heat wave deaths mount in Australia with eleven fatalities and widespread heat records. Meanwhile the United States endures extreme cold in the Midwest and Northeast with subzero readings and heavy snow closing schools and delaying travel.
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Moscow Parley Progress Reported For Fifth Day
Foreign ministers of Soviet Russia Great Britain and the United States continued steady progress on the fifth day of talks with no expected Christmas finish. Unofficial reports say James F Byrnes plans to attend the American colony Christmas Eve dinner.
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79th Congress Ends Historic Session Faces New Year
The 79th Congress ends its session as 1945 gives way to 1946, ratifying the United Nations Charter and LUT. It extended price controls, kept draft and unemployment programs, set up the G I Bill, raised the debt limit, and prepared for a second election year session on Jan. 14 while deferring major issues like a British loan, pensions, and tax changes.
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