Big Three agree on China and Korea at Moscow talks
Washington reports that the Big Three outlined plans for a unified China under Chiang Kai Shek and a provisional Korean government with steps toward full independence. They also discussed broader Romania Bulgaria peace treaties and future settlements with Italy Hungary and Finland, amid unresolved Iran Dardanelles and Spain issues.
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United States
Russia
Britain
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Korea
Romania
Bulgaria
Italy
Hungary
Finland
State Byrnes
Bevin
Molotov
Break in Looms as Big GM Strike Bets on Fact-Finders
General Motors withdraws from government fact finding unless Truman board excludes profits as a factor in CIO wage demand. CIO United Auto Workers meet with the board amid renewed hearings, with GM to reveal how far it will go in the wage dispute. Meanwhile AFL bus drivers seek federal takeover of strikebound lines and the CIO Electrical Workers plan possible walkout after a Jan. 5 meeting, as 386000 workers idle nationwide.
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Washington
General Motors Corporation
Truman
CIO
Associated Press
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Oard
Cio-Auto
Lloyd K. Garrison
Indianapolis
AFL
Pennsylvania
Greyhound Lines
Ralph F. Gates
Paul Musick
Columbus
Indiana
Joint Council
Cleveland
General Electric Company
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
CIO Electrical
Clothing Goal for 1946 Seeks Cheap Shoes and Suits
Washington reports CPA plans to push inexpensive clothing in 1946. The aim is more low and medium priced suits for veterans and boys, with 23 million yards of wool and 15 million coats earmarked for early 1946. Total annual goal is 28 to 30 million suits, about 14 million at low prices. Jack Gill, 53, Cleveland, secretary of the International Typographical Union, AFL, died suddenly in Indianapolis from a heart attack.
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Washington
Civilian Production Administration
CPA
Jack Gill
Indianapolis
Cleveland
International Typographical Union
AFL
Bing Crosby Tops Box Office Appeal in Exhibitors Poll
Hollywood reports Bing Crosby again leads as the nation’s top drawing power in a year end poll by Motion Picture Herald. Crosby has grossed over 3 million dollars with Going My Way, while Roy Rogers tops the western list in the same survey.
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Bing Crosby
Hollywood
Motion Picture Herald
The
Herald
Sid Crosby
Roy Rogers
Egg price support set at 29 cents a dozen for spring
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson announced a 29 cent per dozen base support price for eggs during the next spring production season. The program aims to guarantee a U S average price, with Midwest figures expected near 29 cents, while disruptions delayed the announcement reaching Fort Wayne.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
U.S
Midwest
Fort Wayne
Ind
Fem
John Hunt
Ter
Hunter
Chicago
Japs Propose Constitutional Revisions Reducing Emperor Powers
A private group of Japanese constitutional experts submitted draft revisions to the government proposing to strip the emperor of all political power. The plans would transfer prerogatives to the Diet and place final state responsibility with the cabinet. Diet approval would be needed for imperial enthronement or regency, and the Diet could be dissolved only by plebiscite.
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Tokyo
Diet
House Lack Bars Vet Entry at B. W. College
Berea officials report a housing short age forces more than 200 veterans to postpone enrollment at Baldwin Wallace College affecting Berea and nearby communities.
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B.W. College
Berea
Armed Forces
Baldwin Wallace College
Plan Triple Rites for Davis Family in Influenza Tragedy
Services were held today for Buritt A. Davis Mary Jane Davis and their son Wayne R. Davis who died yesterday here Buritt A. Davis 88 and his wife Mary Jane 88 died of influenza while their son 63 died suddenly The deaths occurred within hours of each other prompting a large family service plan
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Warren
Buritt A. Davis
Wayne R. Davis
Mary Jane
Carter to Resume Post as City Health Commissioner
J A Carter former major in the Army Medical Corps will resume his post as City Health Commissioner January 1. The board of health announced the decision yesterday.
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Middletown
J. A. Carter
Army Medical Corps
Board of Health
Boy Runs Up 500 Dollar Christmas Spree in Chicago
A 14 year old Pekin boy Dickie Mason and his cat Cooksie spent five days in Chicago on a Christmas spree totaling about 500 dollars. Police questioned him after a hotel tip and he had roughly 1000 dollars left. He blamed loneliness and trains for the trip, explaining he bought gifts for his grandfather Henry Gleich and his mother Mildred Mason and kept the cat with him in a shoebox as he watched a ballet and went to movies.
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Pekin
Ill
Angora
Chicago
Dickie Mason
Cooksie
Dickie
Mildred Mason
Henry Gleich
Cookie
Gleich
Mrs. Mason
Loop
Fear Bomb Explosion on Vessel S
A vessel endured a fear bomb explosion reported in the archives. The incident prompted emergency response and safety protocol checks aboard the ship. No further details on casualties or specific location are provided in the fragment.
Soviets Fail To Sign Pact For World Bank
Washington reports that the Soviet Union did not sign the Bretton Woods era pacts creating the World Bank and International Stabilization Fund. Of 45 nations, 29 had formally signed the agreements yesterday, with boards yet to be formed to put the pacts into operation and nations allowed to join after December 31 if approved by governing boards.
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Washington
World Bank
Soviet Union
Bretton Woods
Russia
Benk
N. H
Doolittle's B-29 Sets Transpacific Record to Honolulu
Jimmy Doolittle's B-29 Challenger established a new official trans Pacific record by flying from Long Beach, California to Honolulu in 9 hours 36 minutes 10 seconds despite strong headwinds. The aircraft, previously flown by Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle, is headed to Guam.
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Doolittle
Honolulu
T. H
Jimmy Doolittle
Long Beach
Calif
James H. Doolittle
Guam
Sgt George Sporen Re-Enlists After Hospital Stay
A U S Army veteran of 22 years, Sgt George Sporen, appears in two photos showing him as a Japanese prisoner after Corregidor and later with his family in Minneapolis. He plans to re enlist this month following final hospital treatment.
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George Sporen
U. S
Top
Jim
Corregidor
Bottom
Minneapolis
Fires Slow Advance Into Wrecked Kentucky Mine
In Pineville Kentucky rescuers report more than 30 coal miners trapped by a subterranean explosion at Kentucky Straight Creek Coal Company No 1 mine. Firefighters battle a timber blaze hampering rescue while about 22 underground fires have been extinguished and cleaners fear many might be dead.
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Straight Creek Mine No. 1
Pineville
NEA
Aquadsi
Kentucky Straight Creek Coal Company
Ihew
Toiliers
Earl Lewis
Lewis
Bomb attacks strike Jerusalem and Tel Aviv police HQs
Police reinforcements deployed after synchronized bomb and gunfire assaults on Jerusalem and Tel Aviv police buildings. At least nine dead, seven in Jerusalem and a reported Arab operator killed. explosions and gunfire damaged blocks in central Jerusalem. Tel Aviv raid and an army store attack also cited, with a British soldier among the dead.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Royal Engineers Army
Charge Rental Agent Violated Rent Laws in Columbus
Ada Taylor and a rental agent pleaded in U S District Court to an indictment alleging they forced apartment seekers to buy furniture as a condition of renting. The first count describes a prospective renter, Helen Gallagher, told to purchase five rooms of furniture for $1,000 to obtain an apartment.
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Columbus
Ada Taylor
U. S
Helen Gallagher
South Pacifice
Meat Price To Be Hiked Soon
The government plans a January 1 announcement on meat price changes as $610 million in yearly subsidies are withdrawn by June 30. Consumers may bear about $267 million of the subsidies through higher prices while producers could face $343 million in lower animal prices, to curb consumer price spikes.
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Washington
Parts Shortage Forces Ford Plant Closure Four Days
DETROIT The Ford Motor Co announces a four day shutdown next Saturday due to a parts shortage. This follows a one week closure last Saturday that idled about 80 000 workers across plants.
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Ford
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Plan for Atomic Control Commission Outlines Global Roles
The plan proposes a control commission with representatives from 41 nations to manage atomic energy while major powers like the United States, Russia, Britain, and France would have specific roles. Canada may share atomic energy secrets, and Britain and Canada would sponsor a UN resolution toward a broad framework. The goals include peaceful use of basic scientific information, strict control to prevent weapons, and safeguards against violations.
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Washington
Russia
United Nations
Japan
Moscow
U. S
Britain
France
China
Canada
Truman
Control Commission
Tanaamteot of
Janan
Ohio agents to check liquor spots under tightened controls
A flying squad of Ohio liquor enforcement agents will target taverns and night clubs as part of a department tightening. Enforcement chief Frank W. Kleinfelder said inspectors will gather evidence this fall, with a focus on fairness to legitimate saloonkeepers but no tolerance for violations. Negro inspectors from the force w ill address issues in Ohio city districts.
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Columbus
Ohio
Department of Liquor Control
Frank W. Kleinfelder
Kleinfelder
Hleinfelder
Urges Curbing of Union Czar
Washington reports prompt congressional action to curb the powers of James G. Petrillo head of the American Federation of Musicians. House Interstate Committee Chairman Lea plans an immediate closed door session after January 14 to vote on a bill to prevent coercive broadcasting control. The proposal adds penalties to the Federal Communications Act for coercive hiring practices and tribute demands by unions.
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Washington
James GC. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
Lea
D-Cal
House Interstate Committee
Congress
Former Army Man Held in Elyria for Bigamy Marrying Four Women
Leonard E. Smith a 25 year old former Army physical instructor faced a bigamy charge in Elyria after his fourth marriage to Donna Mae Duffield on November 23. He allegedly married three prior women aged 17 within three years, and said he believed prior marriages were dissolved though records were unclear. He was bound over to the grand jury on $5,000 bond.
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Elyria
GPI
Leonard E. Smith
Justice of the
Otto K. Mischka
Smith
Wife No
Helen Edgington
Willard
Mischka
Common Pleas
Edgar Martin
Norwalk
Donna Mae Duffield
Lorain
Canadians Condemn Hon Leader to Death in Germany
In Aurich Germany General Kurt Meyer once a SS commander was sentenced by a Canadian military court to be shot after being found guilty on three of five charges. He was linked to the deaths of 48 Canadian POWs and accused of inciting troops to deny quarter and killing 18 Canadian prisoners.
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Aurich
Germany
Kurt Meyer
S. S
Meyer
Alli
Zanesville School Bond Issue Rejected by Voters
Zanesville voters defeated a proposed 2 775 000 bond issue for school construction by 54 votes in yesterday's special election. The measure previously failed in November by a large margin. In Youngstown Eugene M Knoll 60 died by hanging in his jail cell after being arrested on a driving while intoxicated charge. Lawrene M Kimble of Portsmouth has been appointed U S commissioner replacing J Julian Snyder as probate judge for Scioto County.
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Zanesville
Iassue
Warren
Eugene M Knoll
Youngstown
Snider Cincinnati
Lawrene M. Kimble
Portsmouth
U. S
J. Julian Snyder
Scioto Couny
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Atomic Commission
Woul
Nations Holding Council
Pal
Sne
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Four Power Council
Douglas Mace Arthur
Mace Arthur
MacArthur
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