Ex-Phone Firm Official Herbert Burson Dies at 85
Herbert S. Burson aged 85 former head of the Athens Home Telephone Co. commercial department died unexpectedly at home after four days illness. Surviving are five daughters two sons and his wife Harriett Coe Burson. Funeral Sunday at 2 p.m. at the residence with burial at Shade.
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Herbert Burson
Herbert S. Burson
Athens Home Telephone Co
Lodi Township
Athens
Maplewood Place
Mr. Burson
John Burson
Sarah
Creamer Burson
Lodi
Shade
Athens County
Columbiana County
Ohio University
Athens Herald
Inlaw
David L. Sleeper
Ohio
Herald
Athens Messenger
Burson
First Methodist Church
Athens Elks Lodge
Modern Woodmen of America
Lucille Donzy
Toledo
Gladys Friess
Geraldine Whittington
Bertine Adlemann
Helen Will
McArthur
Lucius
Walter Burson
Harriett Coe Burson
Della Sleeper
Fred FE. Lachs
Christmas Story Birth of Jesus in Bethlehem
The passage recounts Caesar Augustus ordering a world tax, Joseph and Mary traveling to Bethlehem, Mary giving birth to Jesus in a manger, with shepherds watching their flocks and angels proclaiming joy and peace to all. The event fulfills prophecy and declares Christ the Lord.
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Caesar Augustus
Cyrenius
Syria
Joseph
Galilee
Nazareth
Judaea
David
Bethlehem
Mary
Christ the Lord
Two Defendants Still Held After Christmas Amnesty in Tokyo
In Tokyo the amnesty freed 15 war crime suspects from Sugamo prison including several in Tojo's Pearl Harbor cabinet. Two major defendants remain on trial, Adm. Soemu Toyoda and Gen. Hiroshi Tamura, amid delayed disclosures of prisoner deaths. Shomei Okawa and others tied to wartime leadership were released or reassigned, with posthumous extensions for two former commanders.
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TOKYO
MacArthur
Sugamo
Hideki Tojo
Tojo
Pearl Harbor
Nobusuke Kishi
Michiyo Iwamura
Ken Terashima
Kisaburo Ando
Kazuo Aoki
Greater East Asia
Alva C. Carpenter
Japan
Yoshihisa Kuzu
Black Dragon Society
Toshizo Nishio
China
Eiji Amau
Pope Warns War Threat Looms Over World in Christmas Message
Pope Pius XII warned of renewed war menace in a Christmas address noting two opposing poles pursuing peace but endangering it. He cited overhyped peace fantasies and warned against sacrifice of principle for peace, while reflecting on wartime trials for the Catholic Church and a difficult, costly Christmas ahead.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Extended Forecast for Columbus Temperatures Dip Early Week
Temperatures will average one to four degrees below normal with a normal high of 30 and low of 12. Little change Saturday and Sunday, warmer Monday or Tuesday, then cooler by Wednesday. Precipitation totals near 4 inches, with snow Saturday into Sunday and again around Tuesday.
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Columbus
Court Rules Fraud Trial to Stay in Meigs County
Court of appeals in Zanesville rules that the conspiracy case of J. E. D. Hartinger and co defendants must be tried in Meigs County. Prosecution could seek nolice prosequi to indictments if trials are moved, the defense says change of venue unconstitutional, writ of prohibition remains in force.
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Meigs County
Pomeroy
Court of Appeals
Zanesville
J. E. D. Hartinger
Dana Peoples
Hartinger
Fred W. Crow
Earl OD. Parker
Waverly
New Lexington
Crow
Fire Drives Out 200 From Lorraine Hotel in Chicago
A basement fire at the Lorraine Hotel in the Loop forced more than 200 guests from their rooms. Fire officials said the blaze stayed in the basement but heavy smoke lingered for over three hours as the building faced 20 degree cold.
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Chicago
Lorraine
Loop District
Security Council orders end to Indonesia fighting
The Security Council ordered an immediate ceasefire in Indonesia and the release of Indonesian leaders captured by the Dutch. It rejected the joint U S Colombian Syrian demand for withdrawal of Dutch forces from areas seized since The Netherlands attack began Sunday. Russia urged condemning the Netherlands as an aggressor.
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Paris
Security Council
Indonesia
Netherlands
Russia
Widow Sues Barge Line In Ohio River Drowning
Mrs Hazel Swain of Manchester Ohio filed a federal court suit against Mississippi Valley Barge Line Co seeking 75000 dollars alleging negligence in the January Ohio River drowning of her husband Otho Swain, a seaman.
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Ohio River
Pittsburgh
Hazel Swain
Manchester
Ohio
Mississippi Valley Barge Line Co
Otho
el Som
Company Beal
Sig
Jewelry Stolen Twice at Beverly Hills Home
Beverly Hills police search for two lost jewelry pieces worth 37 000 dollars each. Mrs Dorothy Green Walker reported a 37 000 diamond neck lace two weeks ago and yesterday a 37 000 diamond brooch belonging to Mrs Rosita Winston was reported missing from the same residence.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Dorothy Green Walker
Rosita Winston
New York
Tobacco auction markets open in Kentucky and Tennessee
The Agriculture Department reported today that fire-cured tobacco auction markets in Kentucky and Tennessee will open on January 3.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Kentucky
Tennessee
Spy Hearings End for Year Amid Theft of State Papers
Washington reports conclude congressional spy hearings for the year. Witnesses Franis B. Sayre and secretary Anna Belle Newcomb testified that secret papers from Sayre and Chambers were stolen, with Sayre naming four individuals who had access, including Alger Hiss now under indictment for denying sharing confidential data.
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Francis B. Sayre
Anna Belle Newcomb
Sayre
Whittaker Chambers
State Department
U. S
China
Chambers
Snow Storm From Midwest Affects East States
A midwest snow storm moves east hitting Kentucky Ohio West Virginia and Pennsylvania with four to six inches expected in some areas. Maryland Virginia and eastern Pennsylvania may see three to five inches tonight and Saturday as warnings extend across the region. In Kansas and Missouri roads were slick with several traffic accidents and deaths reported. Richfield Utah saw 16 inches of snow and Idaho and Montana report extreme cold conditions.
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Middle West
Kentucky
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
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Missouri Valley
Ohio Valley
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Virginia
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Chicago
Santa Claus
Kansas
Missouri
Richfield
Utah
Six Injured In Explosion At Rubber Plant
The Rubber and Chemical Products Co. plant in Conn eact Ohio closed after an explosion that injured six workers, three seriously. Damages estimated at 20 000 to 30 000 dollars. repairs will take weeks. Victims include Mrs. Frank Kapen 30 Mrs. Gladys Moyer 24 and Miles Smith with others Henry Roland 33 Arthur Norton 38 and Claude Anderson 60. Spark ignited dust from grinding rubber caused the blast.
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Arthur Norton
Claude Anderson
Store Manager Beaten by Three Masked Men
In downtown Cleveland three masked men kidnapped and beat Thomas J. Gillespie 38 assistant manager of the F. W. Woolworth Co store. They tried to force the store safe combination. Gillespie freed himself when their stolen car had a flat tire and the trio abandoned it with him on the back seat.
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Cleveland
F. W. Woolworth Co
Thomas J. Gillespie
Gillespie
Labor Reds Probe Targets CIO Unions
The House Committee on Un-American Activities named four and nine other CIO officials as Communists, saying 20 CIO affiliates are controlled by Reds. The study warns Reds in key unions could stall the U S war effort, with longshoremen led by Bridges and electrical workers under Matles Emspak and Flaxer seen as able to wreck U S fighting power.
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Congressional
Congress
House Un-American Activities Committee
CIO
U. S
Russia
Bridges
Electrical Workers
Matles
Emspak
Flaxer
United Public Workers of America
First Crash of New B-50 Kills 10 Men
Ten men aboard the Air Force B-50 bomber died in the first crash of the new four engine plane. The aircraft from Davis Monthan and based at Eilson AFB had been missing since Wednesday night on a Arctic test flight. Wreckage was found 10 miles south of Eilson in a timbered area. Ground crews were en route to recover remains as helicopters confirmed all aboard perished.
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Alaska
Air Force
Japan
Eilson Air Force Base
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Tucson
Ariz
Arizona
Gil Dobie Dies In Connecticut
Hall of Fame football coach J. Gilmour Dobie died at the Institute of Living in Hartford Connecticut at age seventy He had been hospitalized for months Cause of death not disclosed Dobie played for Minnesota and later coached at North Dakota State Washington Navy Cornell and Boston College He ended his coaching career in 1938 at Boston College succeeded by Frank Leahy
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Conn
J. Gilmour
Gil) Dobie
Institute of Living
Dobie
Institute
University of Minnesota
North Dakota State College
University of Washington
U.S. Naval Academy
Cornell
Boston College
Frank Leahy
University of Notre Dame
Flattop Joins Rescue Fleet
Washington reports a Navy carrier Saipan is joining the air rescue effort for 11 marooned men atop a Greenland icecap. The Saipan aims to reach Greenland in about five days, weather interruptions may persist through Christmas, and helicopters from Norfolk are supporting the operation along with a mixed rescue squadron of planes and gliders.
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Washington
Greenland
Navy
Norfolk
Saipan
Sarah Martin, 63, Dies at Nine Mile Creek
Sarah Martin wife of Shanon Martin died at 9 p.m. Thursday near Beech Hill at Nine Mile Creek. Survivors include her husband a sister Lola Robinson a daughter Myrtle and a niece Laura Bechtle. Funeral services are 2 30 p m Monday at Fairview School Beech Hill with burial at Moores Cemetery Five Mile Creek.
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Point Pleasant
Sarah Martin
Shanon Martin
Nine Mile Creek
Beech Hill
Lola Robinson
Myrtle
Laura Bechtle
Fairview School
Moores Cemetery
Five Mile Creek
Wellston Man, 80, Hit By Hit-Skip Driver
Gallipolis reports an 80 year old Wellston resident William Rice was struck on Route 75 south of Wellston by a hit-skip driver at about 6 30 am and was taken to Hols sizer Hospital.
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Gallipolis
Wellston
William Rice
Rice
Holssizer Hospital
Headhunters Revolt Reported by British Paper
The Nation reports headhunters from Was state have revolted against the Burmese government. Located on Burma’s eastern border near Yunnan, Was rebels threaten Burmese military police outposts as troops are dispatched to confront them.
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Rangoon
Burma
Nation
Was
Yunnan
China
Communist Radio Claims Capture of Kalegan
San Francisco dispatch reports Chinese Communist radio statement that Red troops seized Kalegan, about 100 miles northwest of Peiping. The claim underscores ongoing front line advances and strategic shifts in the region.
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San Francisco
Red
Kalegan
Peiping
Galveston Police Leave Christmas Parking Tickets
In Galveston Texas police issued special Christmas tickets to over 100 cars parked illegally. The notices read season greetings and note a meter ordinance violation while wishing drivers a merry Christmas and a happy New Year.
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Galveston
Tex
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