Three-Way Battle Looms Over Senate Commerce Chair
A three way struggle is forming for the Senate Commerce Committee chair in the 80th Congress. Senator Wallace White of Maine seeks the post alongside rival Senator Clyde Reed and New Hampshire's Charley Tobey. Reed says he will bid if White is challenged. Tobey is also eyed for the seat. The GOP assignment committee has yet to set clear seniority rules.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Commerce
Wallace White
Maine
White
Commerce Group
Robertson
R-Wye
Charley Tobey
New Hampshire
Clyde Reed
Kansas
Commerce Post
Tobey
Committee On Committees
Senate
Senate Banking Committee
Reed
Republican Assignment Committee
29 Frenchmen killed in Fray in Hanoi battle
French troops pressed attacks on Viet-Nam positions in Hanoi including city hall post office and Indo-Chinese quarter as fighting for the capital escalated. French authorities report 29 civilians killed including 11 women with bodies mutilated amid bombardment by Viet-Nam forces.
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Paris
Hanoi
Collie Dog Credited Saving Master's Life
In Gloucester New Jersey a collie kept watch outside a garage in freezing wind prompting a neighbor to investigate. Inside, George Goeckler 35 appeared overcome by carbon monoxide and was revived at a hospital after police were alerted.
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Gloucester
N. J
Laura Miller
George Goeckler
Shoe Merchant Charles Weber Dies in Portsmouth
Charles Weber 72 a local shoe merchant died yesterday in Portsmouth. He was a well known resident and operated a shop in town for many years. Funeral plans are pending with his family.
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Portsmouth
Charles Weber
Britain's Labor Government Plans Faster Farming Controls
SAM SIMMONS argues that Britain's socialist government moves to regulate farming swiftly. He notes farmers' nonownership, bureaucracy in public service, and the impracticality of creating farmers in colleges. He warns that early failures could push toward full socialization of farming.
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Britain
Two Bright Shiny Eyes Are Wanted
Indianap olis story of Cpl. Chester R. Perkins blinded in a German mine blast who seeks two bright blue eyes under his Christmas tree. He visits with his wife Janet and his parents during a two week furlough from Valley Forge Hospital while letters offering eyes pour in from across the country. Doctors say restoration is unlikely despite hopeful gifts.
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Indianapolis
Chester R. Perkins
Santa Claus
Germany
Phoenixville
Valley Forge Hospital
Janet
Adolphus Perkins
Indianapolis News
Pontiff Pius XII calls for a Holy Union of Christians
In St. Peter's Square Pope Pius XII urged a Holy Union of all Christians to overcome world hostility and defend the faith. The crowd cheered for ten minutes as soldiers guarded the square amid rising anti clericalism in Italy following the Don Basilio excommunications.
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Vatican City
St. Peter’s Square
Pius XII
Don Basilio
Three Zanesville Men Buy Radio Station WHIZ
Orville B. Littick announces purchase of WHIZ radio in Zanesville from Fort Industries Co. of Toledo and Detroit. Littick is joined by his brother Clay Littick and Ernest B. Graham, a Zanesville attorney, in the purchase.
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Zanesville
WHIZ
Fort Industries Co
Toledo
Detroit
Orville B. Littick
Zanesville Publishing Co
Littick
Clay Littick
Ernest B. Graham
Engineer Claims Youth Leaped in Train Path
A coroner's report was awaited in the death of 17 year old Dick E. Rosenberger of Fremont who was struck by a Pennsylvania freight train near the Tiffin station. Police say the youth leaped in front of the locomotive around midnight Saturday as the train neared the station.
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Tiffin
Dick E. Rosenberger
Fremont
Pennsylvania
Ralph J. Kelbley
Tiffin Station
Negotiations Open for Neil House Sale to Hilton
Columbus report states talks are underway to sell the 700 room Neil House to Hilton Hotels Corp. If finalized, it would follow a November sale to Maxwell Rubin and associates for 2 million 100 thousand dollars.
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Columbus
Hilton Hotels Corp
Maxwell Rubin
Chicago and Associates
Fremont Citizens Give $1,057 to Foundation
Fremont residents donated 1057 dollars to the Sister Kenny Foundation to support the fight against infantile paralysis. Campaign director Frank Stanton reported today.
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Fremont
Sister Kenny Foundation
Frank Stanton
Red Cross to Give Vienna Babies Newborn Clothing Bundle
Vienna residents will welcome newborns born late on December 24 into December 25 with a complete baby clothing package donated by the American Red Cross. The effort aims to provide essentials to families during the holiday period.
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Vienna
American Red Cross
Phone change delay hits Warren due to equipment shortage
Warren Ohio reports a delayed switch to a dial phone system because of missing equipment. The change is postponed until about March 1.
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Warren, O
Warren
Opiates Fatal To Wilson K in Santa Monica
Ellen McAdoo De Onate Hinshaw, 31, formerly married twice, who once played at the White House as Woodrow Wilson’s granddaughter, died in Santa Monica Hospital after telephoning a friend. Police were told by her lawyer Sid Cherniss and physician Dr. Leon Kahn that she had hinted at suicide due to financial and family troubles. A hotel maid recalled she said she had swallowed tablets and that she had put herself to sleep for good.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Ellen McAdoo de Onate Hinshaw
White House
Woodrow Wilson
Sid Cherniss
Leon Kahn
Yale builds electronic stop watch for atomic speeds
Yale University officials said the Sloane Physics Laboratory has perfected an electronic stop watch capable of measuring intervals as short as one-thousandth of one millionth of a second. The device can time atomic particle speeds count particles and determine energy in nuclear reactions.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
Sloane Physics Laboratory
Rankin Named Veterans Chair for Young Republicans
Walter R. Barney Rankin known for leading Rankin's Raiders in New Guinea has been appointed chairman of the veterans committee for the Young Republican Federation.
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Washington
Walter R
Barney” Rankin
Rankin’s
Raiders
New Guinea
Veterans Committee
The
Young Republican Federation
1126 Dead in Japan as Aftermath of Earthquake and Waves
Tokyo reports 1,026 dead with ongoing tallies from southern Shikoku and Wakayama areas as thousands face winter cold under fires and wreckage. Kyodo counts 1,125 dead while citing 2,700 dead missing or injured. U.S. Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger says no American casualties.
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Tokyo
Home Ministry
Shikoku Island
Wakayama Peninsula
Kyodo
Robert L. Eichelberger
U. S. Eighth Army
No Snow for Christmas Prompted by Weather Bureau
The Chicago Weather Bureau says there will be no snow for Christmas across most of the nation. Present snow cover is limited to North Dakota Montana portions of South Dakota Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan New York Ohio Pennsylvania West Virginia and inland New England. No additional snow is expected by Christmas morning and snow in Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia should largely melt by tomorrow morning.
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Chicago Weather Bureau
Santa Claus
Santa
North Dakota
Montana
South Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
New England
Weather Bureau
Zion Leaders Vote On Palestine Conference Participation
The World Zionist Congress political commission drafted a resolution denouncing terrorism in Palestine and debated participation in the London Palestine conference. Delegates from 43 countries weighed the issue as a final plenary session approached with a 20 to 16 vote against Zionist participation.
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World Zionist Congress
Palestine
London
BUC Probes 267 Fraud Claims in Unemployment Aid
The Bureau of Unemployment Compensation reviews 267 alleged fraud cases in jobless benefits. Administrator Charles H. Jones notes that veterans convicted of fraudulently seeking $20 weekly GI readjustment pay face up to $1,000 fine and a year in prison. Job applications and placements fell across the state last month.
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Columbus
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Charles H. Jones
BUC
Free Movies Planned By C O Railroad
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad announced free movies would be shown each night on the George Washington train between Washington and Cincinnati beginning next month.
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Cleveland
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Washington
Cincinnati
Verbal Ultimatum Forces U S Ship From Dairen Port
A United States Navy vessel LC-3 1090 pulled out of Dairen after a verbal demand from Soviet military officials to leave within 20 minutes. American officials faced repeated denials to land the three Americans including businessman Jesse L Poole and two journalists despite consular appeals. The incident follows Soviet control of the city since Japan's surrender and ongoing diplomatic friction with the United States.
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Dairen
Manchuria
United States Navy
U. S
Combined
World Press
Charles M. Cooke
Seventh Fleet
Darren Dee
Anchorage
H. Merrill Benninghoff
Jesse L. Poole
Atlanta, Ga
Standard Vacuum Oil Co
Benninghoff
V. V. Korezhanoff
Korzhanoff
Benningshoff
Chamber of Commerce Drives to Limit Portal Pay Liabilities
The United States Chamber of Commerce plans to mobilize its 2,000 member organizations to push amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. The drive targets retroactive back pay for portal to portal time and would define interstate occupations, limit retroactive liability periods, and validate compromise back-pay settlements.
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Nation
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Chamber
Supreme Court
CIO
John L. Lewis
Mt. Clemens
Ohio Men Wounded In Florida Taxi-Attack Arrest
In MTAMI Florida detectives arrested two Lima Ohio men after a stalled taxicab led to a confrontation. The wounded man identified as Donald Darnell alias Donald Davis, 25, was shot by Detective M H Wiggins as he fled with companion Joe Stewart alias Joe Graham, 23.
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MTAMI
Fla
George Campbell
M. H. Wiggins
Lima
Ohio
Donald Darnell
Donald Davis
Joe Stewart
Joe Graham
Campbell
Wiggins
Darnell
Quebec Train Wreck Injures Twelve on Arquette Express
A Montreal to Boston Canadian Pacific express and a freight train collided head on near Cowansville Quebec during a violent storm. About 12 persons were injured with one seriously. Both trains were moving slowly and no derailment occurred.
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Cowansville
Que
Boston
Here
Spare Sugar Stamp No 53 Valid Jan 1 for Five Pounds
OPA announced spare stamp No 53 good for five pounds of sugar starting January 1 1947. A possible additional ration could appear within four months and a second 1947 consumer stamp is expected to be validated before spare stamp 53 expires on April 30.
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Washington
OPA
Police Hold Stepson As Murder Suspect
In Rochester, John T. Luce, 18, who resented his mother's marriage to his stepfather, awaited arraignment today on a first degree murder charge in the killings of Vincenzo Leonardi, 60, and Mrs. Mary Leonardi, 46. Police said they were shot at close range.
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Rochester
N. Y
John T. Luce
Edward Collins
Vincenzo Leonardi
Mary Leonardi
Collins
Bevin Reports to King on UN Meetings
Foreign Secretary Bevin told King George at Buckingham Palace on Saturday about United Nations meetings in New York. The briefing followed his return from London, detailing developments and implications for wartime diplomacy and postwar planning.
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King
London
Bevin
King George
Buckingham Palace
United Nations
New York
Scrap Market Boosts Steel Prices Amid Coal Strike
Swift recovery in steel production after heavy scrap consumption during the coal strike pushed scrap prices higher. In the Pittsburgh district, heavy melting steel sold at 32.50 dollars per ton, seven dollars above the prior week and twelve above the old OPA ceiling. Steelmaking capacity rose 12.2 points to 85 percent, as operations near the year’s high before the miners’ walkout.
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Cleveland
Steel
Pittsburgh
School Teachers Accept Pay Boosts in Austintown Strike
Austintown school teachers ended their strike by accepting a board of education offer providing $206 individual pay boosts for the 1946 47 term. The plan sets a new salary scale with a $1500 minimum and $3500 maximum, and raises $100 annually per teacher until the top is reached.
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Youngstown
Austintown
Board of Education
Thieves Steal Gifts For Needy Children
Cincinnati Mrs. Leah Weiss operator of a soup kitchen in the bottoms hurriedly sought more Christmas presents after thieves took toys valued at 150 dollars and candy donated for a district Christmas party.
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Cincinnati
Leah Weiss
Clerk Awarded $1000 for Returning Jewels
New York report describes John Serriani a $35 weekly clerk who left police headquarters to tell his wife to plan extras for Christmas after receiving a $1000 reward from Miss Mary Schieffelin for returning a jewel case containing jewels valued at more than 10 dollars.
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New York
John Serrani
Margaret
Mary Schieffelin
Million Dollar Electric Plant Slated by Firm
An Electro Metallurgical Co. plans an 80 000 kilowatt electric plant costing several million dollars for its newly acquired local factory. Officials said construction will proceed to supply the plant, with completion expected in the near future.
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Ashtabula
The
Electro Metallurgical Co
Oeeny
Yet Is Father Of Quadruplets
In Baltimore Charles Henn Jr and his British wife welcomed quadruplets, three boys and a girl, swelling their family to seven. The babies were placed in oxygenated incubators after a 55 minute delivery at St. Agnes Hospital with no anesthesia. Dr Bowyer called the survival chances very, very good.
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Baltimore
Charles Henn, Jr
Thomas J. Bowyer
St. Agnes Hospital
Night Watchman Killed at Brown Industries
A thief murdered 65 year old Otto Hoffman and ransacked the Brown Industries Co office. William B. David, another night watchman, found Hoffman in the plant basement when reporting for work at 6 p m yesterday.
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Sandusky
Brown Industries Co., Inc
Otto Hoffman
William B. David
Detonator Trimming Explodes Injuring Pittsburgh Youth
A 14 year old, Ronald Berich, attached a home found detonator to his Christmas tree in Pittsburgh when it exploded and injured him. His father Clarence said the device had been in the house for years and no one knew its purpose.
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Pittsburgh
Ronald Berich
Clarence
Rising Sun Woman Dies in Snow Crash at Rail Line
Daisy Parsons 38 of Rising Sun was killed Saturday when an automobile skidded in a snowstorm and collided with the side of a Chesapeake & Ohio freight train in Fostoria.
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Fostoria
Daisy Parsons
Rising Sun
Chesapeake & Ohio
Record enrollments reach over two million in U S colleges
Dr Raymond Walters reports the 27th annual survey of 668 universities shows total higher education enrollment on November 1 at 1 718 862 with 714 477 veterans, plus an additional 350 000 enrollments in junior colleges and other institutions. Men outnumber women two to one on campuses. States listed include Ohio Indiana Michigan Kentucky West Virginia and Pennsylvania with thousands more in related institutions.
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Cincinnati
Raymond Walters
University of Cincinnati
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Kentucky
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
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