GM CIO Resume Negotiations Prompted by Strike
In Detroit, General Motors and CIO UAW negotiators met at the bargaining table for the first time since a Washington fact-finding session. With the 175,000 GM workers on a sixth week of strike, talks opened focusing on procedures for local union grievances as the next fact-finders meeting looms. Walter Reuther indicated the session would address procedural matters.
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Strike Damage Measure Urged in Labor Row
Washington reports push for making unions liable for damages from contract violations. Senate and House panel discussions focus on penalties and restrictions while GM plant pickets stay token. CIO and DAV demand delayed veterans case decision. Labor Dept conciliation meets with CIOUEW as wage talks with GM, GE, and Westinghouse continue, with offers debated and no firm walkout date set.
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AC Spark Plug
Flint, Mich
Cyril Smith
Michigan
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Conciliation Service
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United Electric Workers
General Electric
Westinghouse
General Motors
Neil Brant
Motor Company
Pittsburgh
W. C. Marshall
Brant
Army soldiers halt plea for delay in homeward ships
Manila AP says 4000 GTs plan mass meeting to discuss canceling a scheduled transport sailing after a mass protest march drew a reprimand from Col Campbell. The depot commander quoted “You may forget you’re not working for General Motors tracks.” Soldiers dispersed after unloading banners.
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Massa
General Motors
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Col
Campbell
17 Die in Hospital Fire Amid Alarm Delay
Hartford police report on a Christmas Eve blaze at Niles Street Hospital that killed 17 elderly patients and two kitchen workers as telephone wires failed, delaying alarms. Twenty-eight others were injured, and firemen raced to contain the tinder dry tree blaze.
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Niles Street
Edward J. Hickey
Hickey
Nest
Comar
Soichi Tachbana
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Sakaibara
Japan
Wake
Solons Probing Military Waste In Round The World Flight
Senator Knowland leads a Senate defense subcommittee inquiry into wartime waste. A month-long world flight beginning tomorrow will seek answers on whether usable trucks are discarded and food spoils as children go hungry. Senator Tunnell and Senator Mitchell accompany the mission's head.
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Knowland
Calif
Senate
Defense Investigating Committee
Tunnell
D-Del
Senator Mitchell
D-Wash
Big Three foreign ministers reach accord on peace draft
Moscow dispatch says the Big Three foreign ministers after a 11 day conference agreed on the drafting procedure for a European peace settlement. U S Secretary Byrnes expressed pleasure with talks with Molotov and Bevin. Other accords reportedly address control of Japan and troop withdrawals from Iran. Outcomes on atomic energy and broader details remain undisclosed.
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Jame
Byrnes
W. M. Molotov
Ernest Bevin
Washington
Group To Scan MacArthur Rule House Mission to Japan
Washington reports the Far Eastern Commission plans a fact finding tour to Japan and Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s administration. After visits to Pearl Harbor they will return on the USS Mt. McKinley and expect to be back in Washington around February 15. The 10 nation group indicated no major faults with MacArthur’s work in Japan.
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Christmas
Phone records broken in Cleveland on Christmas Day
Cleveland and Ohio Bell officials report long distance traffic surged on Christmas Day with 35000 calls sent worldwide, surpassing the previous 34000 on V J Day. Incoming call figures and overseas call pricing were not released, but officials said volumes were heavier than ever before.
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Cleveland
Ohio Bell TelePhone Company
Stolen Plane Crashes and Chiang Son in Moscow Report
Contained report notes Chiang Chung-Kuo, son of Chiang Kai-Shek, traveling to Moscow for consultations on Soviet relations amid Big Three talks. Separate item reports a C-47 crash near Ontario, California, with flight pilot E. E. Nelson stating the aircraft was “definitely stolen” and two Mars Candy Co. victims identified in a prior tragedy.
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Meanest Thief Steals $1200 From Cleveland Woman
A Cleveland waitress reported three cigar boxes containing about $1,200 in tips saved over three years for retirement were stolen from her bedroom last night. Police investigate possible break in and suspect involvement.
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Hawaii Celebration Luau Receives 104000 in Gifts for Sailors
In Honolulu a vast Christmas feast drew 4760 guests for what may be the world’s largest luau. The event distributed 104000 in gifts from New York and other cities to servicemen and children, with thousands of donated items and huge quantities of roasted pig fruit and beverages consumed by attendees.
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York City
US Cruiser Augusta Damaged In Heavy Seas At Sea
An Army spokesman said the cruiser Augusta, used as a troop transport, was badly damaged three days ago in heavy seas and has put into Portsmouth for repairs.
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Augusta
United States
Portsmouth
George G Wood Rites Conducted at Church
Funeral services were held at Carpenter First Baptist Church for George G Wood born near Carpenter in 1863 who spent life on the family home place. Interment followed at School Lot Cemetery as mourners heard a brief obituary of his long residence in the area.
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Charles J. Bowen
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School Lot
Jam Easing At Ports for Homing GPs
A break in the transport jam affecting nearly 170000 servicemen at Pacific Coast ports near Christmas appeared. Los Angeles and San Francisco, key bottlenecks, reported fewer men arriving than departing as the ports cleared about 15000 men daily for the eastbound route.
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Authorities plan mass demob aboard ships today
About 13,000 American servicemen are due to arrive today across 30 East Coast ships with more than 6,000 returnees aboard 22 Pacific carriers. New York will receive 17 vessels with over 19,000 men. Boston five ships with 3,000. Newport News eight carriers with 4,783.
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Newport News
Plan Chemical Plant on Ohio Plan Chemical Plant on Ohio
Major construction at the American Cyanamid Caleo Chemical Division plant along the Ohio River 16 miles north of Parkersburg West Virginia. Don H W Felch named manager of the Willow Island plant a $3 000 000 project on a 1000 acre site with 7000 feet river frontage. Two wells with capacity 4 000 000 gallons daily being drilled. The inorganic pigment department now at Newark New Jersey will relocate to Willow Island.
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Don H. W. Felch
Willow Island
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Inorganic Pigment Department
Newark
Death Claims D H Thomas Former Judge
David H Thomas former Common Pleas judge of Washington County died at Marietta Memorial Hospital. A Gallia County native and OU and Michigan law graduate he served as judge 1917 to 1920 and was a longtime Ohio University trustee. Survived by wife Mary and two sons Josephus T and Andrew A with services set for 11 am Thursday at the Marietta Baptist Church and burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Athents
Josephus T
Andrew A
Dayton
John
Virginia
Baptist Church
Oak Grove Cemetery
Ohio Christmas toll tops dozen dead in traffic and fire
Ohio suffered twelve violent deaths during Christmas, nine from traffic. Pedestrians in Columbus were slain, including Alonzo Acra and Mrs. Marcella Brokaw. Carl Swanson died in Cleveland, and other victims included Virginia Shaffer, Wesley Rudolph, Owen Borgon, Jane Fronefield, Anna Henthorn, and Melville Henthorn. Fireman Harold Lewis died when a fire truck skidded on ice after a false alarm. A rented Akron attic fire killed Anna and Melville Henthorn.
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Alonzo Acra
Marcella Brokaw
Carl Swanson
Cleveland
Harold Lewis
Youngstown
Pale
Virginia Shaffer
Portsmouth
Wesley Rudolph
East Springfield
Owen Burgon
Jefferson
Ashtabula
Jane L. Fronefield
Hanscock County
Lord Keyes Dies Naval Hero of Britain at 73
Lord Keyes, famed British naval leader and commander associated with the Zeebrugge raid, died in his sleep at 73. A large blast in downtown Santa Barbara and London reports describe the aftermath and its impact on nearby structures and streets.
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Brugés Canal
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Congressman Ervin Dies by Own Action on Christmas Day
Washington reports Rep. Joe W. Ervin of North Carolina, 44, a first term Democrat, was found dead in his kitchen on Christmas Day. Coroner A. MaGruder MacDonald certified death by self asphyxiation after a fall and heart disturbance worsened an old leg ailment. He had been released from Walter Reed after brief hospital treatment.
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Joe W. Ervin
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House of Representatives
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Auto Accidents Top Cause of Violent Deaths This Holiday
A national survey notes about 350 people were killed violently over Christmas with over half in automobile accidents and many in fires. Hartford hospital fire caused 17 fatalities. Texas and California led with 47 and 46 deaths. State counts show Indiana Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania and others with traffic fire and miscellaneous causes.
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Morning Blaze Kills Two In Five Alarm Fire
Two women died and six people were injured in a spectacular five alarm blaze that swept five Herren Hill tenement houses in Pittsburgh. Ten families, about 30 residents, were displaced as three buildings were destroyed and two damaged. Fire Chief William H. Davis put losses at around 20 000 dollars.
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Herren Hill
Williem H. Davis
Snowfall Eases Across Nation After Christmas Storm
Heavy snow sleet and rain disrupted travel from New England to the Midwest with rail and highway conditions poor. Snow totals exceeded a foot near Marquette while northern areas saw rising temperatures and clearing skies elsewhere.
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Midwest
Americans To Observe Elections in Greece
Washington reports the United States will send 600 observers next month to monitor Greece's National Assembly elections. Britain and France accepted. Russia declined under the Yalta framework. Greece invited foreign observers to uphold free elections as pledged by the Big Three.
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United States
Greece
National Assembly
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France
Russia
GI Santa's Swamped at Yule Party for Jap Kids
Tokyo scene as 1200 to 9000 Japanese children were admitted in shifts for a Christmas party hosted by U.S. Army personnel of the Eleventh Corps. A planned 6000 plus turnout grew chaotic as crowds stretched to 9,000, with 300 admitted at a time. Gifts and refreshments were distributed as workers hurried to handle the surge and the event ended with many still waiting in the cold.
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U. S
Eleventh Corps
G. I
Red Cross
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Abe
Truman Delights Home Folks During Missouri Christmas
President Truman toured the Missouri area for Christmas, visiting his mother in Grandview and greeting over 100 townspeople outside the Little White House in Independence. He traveled from Washington through sleet and snow by plane and returned home after brief calls with local friends and a Treasury representative.
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Truman
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Washington
Martha E. Truman
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Mike Peters
Treasury Department
Missouri
Blinded Italian Youth Befriended by Ohio GI
A 9 year old Italian boy Gianfranco Cabbia blinded when kicked in the face by a German horse in Feltre in September 1944 arrived in New York aboard the carrier Randolph. He was befriended by the 88th Blue Devils division and was en route to Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore for sight restoration surgery. Pfc. Howard W. Gorgas of Montpelier Ohio accompanied him.
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88Th
Blue Devil
Randolph
Johns Hopkins Hospital
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Gianfranco Cabbia
Howard W. Gorgas
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Ohio
Feltre
Commission Ponders Case of Jap Guard
An American military war crimes trial commission in Yokohama took under advisement the Allied case against Tate suo Tsuchiya alias Little Glass Eye, a Japanese guard. Verdict is expected tomorrow.
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Tatesuo Tsuchiya
Little Glass Eye
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