Nation to curb pleasure driving to conserve gas
Washington reports that the Truman administration seeks voluntary curbs on pleasure driving as part of an anti inflation drive. Republican leaders plan to draft a GOP program including export controls and wage and price measures, with a voluntary gas rationing appeal coordinated by the Interior Department.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Interior Department
Senate House Economic Committee
Taft
Ohio
Senate Republican Policy Committee
House
Truman
Robert E. Friedman
Oil and Gas Division
Senate
House Economic Committee
Friedman
Rome clashes as crowds clash with police in Primavalle turmoil
In Primavalle Rome police and demonstrators battled amid 48 hours of unrest. Five wounded on each side, one demonstrator fatally shot and a police lieutenant gravely hurt. The outbreak followed a parliamentary vote against a controversial article on resisting oppression. Premier De Gasperi, recently active after an arthritis attack, faced stock market turmoil as panic spread in Milan.
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Rome
Primavalle
Italy
Alcide de Gasperi
Judge Delays Decision On DWI By Pushing Car Case
Acting Police Judge J Chesley Williams faced a legal knot in Charleston West Virginia as he took a week to decide if a woman can be convicted of driving while intoxicated while her car was dead and pushed by three men Ruth Gandy 26 argues the car had no power and was pushed at the time of arrest Police Sgt Steve Brown says yes under the law with the driver behind the wheel and steering the vehicle The judge will rule next Thursday on whether motive power matters in operating a motor vehicle
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Charleston
W. Va
J. Chesley Williams
Steve Brown
West Side
Mary Eva Sipe
Ruth Gandy
Williams
Body Of Bride Found In Automobile Trunk
The shoeless body of 36 year old Bernice Gold Gollobith was found doubled up in the trunk of her car in Livingston New Jersey. Her husband Vincent Gollobith was arrested for questioning as police investigated a strangulation after autopsy confirmed death.
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Livingston
N. J
Bernice Gold Gollobith
Vincent Gollobith
Northfield Road
Essex County
George Meagher
Virginia Merchants Fight Virginia Sales Tax
The Virginia Retail Merchant Association denounces a proposed retail sales tax as unjust and outlines objections. It releases a document arguing against the levy and calling for tax collection efficiency, tighter state expenditures, and a major reorganization of state and local taxation.
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Richmond
Virginia Retail Merchant Association
Virginia
Court Rules Meyer Not Child's Father
The Court of Special Sessions ruled unanimously that John W. Meyer, press agent for Howard Hughes, was not the father of Patricia Miles's 10 month old son. Meyer left the courtroom saying he never felt he was the father and the charges were fantastic. The judges barred the public and press from the hearing.
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New York
Court of Special Sessions
John W. Meyer
Howard Hughes
Patricia Miles
Meyer
Candidates File For May Primary In West Virginia
In Charleston on December 5 1947 state officials opened the 1948 campaign with Thomas J. Davis Jr filing for Republican renomination in the third senatorial district covering Ritchie Wood Pleasants Wirt Calhoun and Gilmer counties. Delegate Coral Chenoweth filed in Kanawha circuit clerk office for Democratic renomination to the house of delegates from Kanawha county.
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Charleston
W. Va
Thomas J. Davis
Harrisville
Secretary of State
Ritchie
Wood
Pleasants
Wirt
Calhoun
Gilmer
Davis
Kanawha Circuit
Coral Chenoweth
House of Delegates
Kanawha County
Oceana to Elect Town Officials in Wyoming County
Incorporation of Oceana, Wyoming County, was approved by a circuit court, with the first municipal election set for January 13. Voters chose 215 to 183 in favor after an earlier rejection, choosing a mayor, a recorder, and five council members.
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Pineville
W. Va
Wyoming
Oceana
Grover C. Worrell
Mullens
D. M Easley
Princeton
Russia Buying Wave Confirmed
Washington reports from the U S embassy in Moscow confirm a wave of buying in Russia. Under Secretary Lovett said the situation does not indicate an economic breakdown and warned against overreacting to rumors of a panic buying spree.
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Washington
Dec
Russia
U.S
Moscow
Robert A. Lovett
Lovett
Senate Appropriations Committee
Ferguson
R-Mich
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Soviet Union
State Department
Voice of America
Mostorg
Marshall Challenges Molotov Over German Unity Price
In London on December 5 AP reports U S Secretary of State George C Marshall pressed Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov to name Russia s price for German unity. Molotov attacked Western policies and Bevin clashed, while discussions on Germany s economic future and reparations continued without concession or agreement.
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London
U. S
George C. Marshall
V. M. Molotov
Russia
Molotov
Germany
Britain
France
Ernest Bevin
Marshall
Harriman
Commerce
State
Commerce Department
Plans Made For Young GOP Meet In Clarksburg
Ohio House Speaker C William ONeill will deliver the keynote at the opening session of the West Virginia Young Republican League conference in Clarksburg at the Waldo hotel. The two day meeting features forums on the Taft Hartley Act and youth role in the party with speakers including George Benson Clarence Peters Jim Shott and Ralph Becker.
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C. William O'Neil
Ohio House of Representatives
Marietta
Young Republican League of West Virginia
Waldo Hotel
Clarksburg
O'Neil
Executive Committee
George Benson
Republican National Committee
Washington, D. C
Raymond Brewster
Huntington
Larry Boggs
Fairmont
Eugene L. Scott
Beckley
Lewis T. Welch
Rawson
Don Cris
Hallanhan
Charleston
Jim H. Shott
Bluefield
E. Wyatt Payne
Young Republican Executive Committee
Ralph E. Becker
Young Republican National Federation
Port Chester
N. Y
John W. Byrnes
Congress
Wisconsin
Weather Mix Delivers Snow Sleet And Rain Across Regions
The Associated Press reports varied winter precipitation with moderate snow in northern New England and Boston, freezing rain in Hartford, heavy snow in Portland Maine, rain in southern New York, mixed precipitation in upper New York, and heavy rains in southern California. Midwest overcast with normal temps, clear southern plains, no unusually low temps nationwide.
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Associated Press
U. S. Weather Bureau
New England
Boston
Hartford
Michigan
Lake Erie
Ohio
Plain
Mississippi Valley
Operation Fails To Stop Burglar In Pittsburgh
A brain operation on habitual burglar Millard F Wright to curb criminal tendencies failed nine months after surgery. The behavior clinic reported he remained evasive crafty and cunning with no reduction in egocentrism. Wright is serving 2 to 12 years for burglary in a term by Judge G Malcolm McDonald.
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Pittsburgh
Behavior Clinic
Millard F. Wright
Wright
Millard Wright
G. Malcolm McDonald
Britain to resume drawing on remaining loan funds
Washington reports the United States authorized Britain to draw on the remaining 400 million of its 3.75 billion loan. The freeze from last August is lifted under an understanding Britain need not follow strict loan terms. Cripps said Britain will adhere to objectives and implement them as soon as possible while Snyder cited continued economic conditions delaying full dollar payments.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Treasury
U. S
Snyder
Stafford Gripps
Cripps
Truman to Speak at Dedication of Everglades National Park
President Truman plans to deliver the conservation policy speech at the dedication of Everglades National Park near Everglades City. More than 20,000 attendees are expected, including Seminole Indians who will present a tribal shirt. He receives a scroll appointing him as a submariner after a 450 foot dive in 1946 at Key West.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Florida
Everglades National Park
Everglades City
Everglade
Everglades
United States
Congress
Aerial Armada Fights Weather in Hunt for Missing Army Plane
U S air forces in Europe launch the largest postwar search for a C-47 missing seven days with 20 aboard. More than 200 planes, including 165 U S aircraft, scour four countries as clear skies return after a week of snow and rain. Among the passengers are Sgt Billy Walls of Princeton and Sgt Merriel Scherer of Welch. Parents of Scherer in Welch learn of the wartime struggle and await word from the War Department.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
Europe
Pisa
Italy
France
Switzerland
Austria
U.S. Airforce
Kassel
Bluefield Area
Sgt
Billy Walls
Princeton
Set
Merriel Scherer
Welch
W. Va
Abe Scherer
Elkhorn Stret
War Department
T-Segt
Merrie Scherer
Fatal crash kills salesman near Richlands in Russell County
Blanksburg Va traveler Blane Allen Wick about 35 died after his 1941 Plymouth station wagon collided with a C C Selfe bus on route 67 near Richlands. Fourteen others were treated and four were hospitalized at Clinch Valley Clinic. Wick, of Blacksburg, lived at 167 High Street and worked for Garland Christopher Ferris of Salem.
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Blane Allen Wick
Blacksburg
Clinch Valley Clinic
Richlands
Wick
Russell County
Clinch Valle
High Street
Garland Christopher Ferris
East Main Street
Salem
Richlands Funeral Home
Oakey Funeral Home
Roanoke
James W. Plaster
Sword’s Creek
Milt Dye
J. W. Baldwin
Sword's Creek
Tony Rose
Earl Rose
Honaker
Roberta Richardson
Dye
E. H. Vance
Mavisdale
D. T. Smith
Lebanon
Sam Angles
Angles
Virginia
C. C. Selfe
Robbers Return Nickel After Wallet Stolen in Seattle
John Doizer reported two men robbed him on a Seattle street early today. They fled in a car after brandishing a revolver and taking his wallet containing $14.85. One robber tossed a nickel back to the victim as they departed.
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Seattle
John Doizer
Dozier
French Police Ordered To Fire In Self Defense
Paris December 5 French police were ordered to fire on mobs in self defense after strikers seized two cities in a nationwide turmoil. Interior Minister Jules Moch said the firing order was issued as clashes continued in St Etienne Arles and Marseille while 2 million workers were idle and a token strike was urged by government workers.
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Paris
Naion
Vincent Auriol
General Confederation of Labor
CGT
France
St. Etienne
Lyon
Arles
Marseille
Jules Moch
National Assembly
Moch
Valence
Jeannette Vermeersen
Robert Schuman
Mihai to Seek Permit to Wed Danish Princess
Lausanne Switzerland December 5 Major Jacques Vergotti private secretary to King Mihai of Romania said the king will ask Romania's communist dominated government for permission to marry Princess Anne of Bourbon Parm a perhaps next week He said the king had not yet sent a message to Bucharest and dismissed as stupid malicious a London report that assent had been refused due to Russian objections The king's denial followed his uncle Prince Nicolas Romania saying an engagement might be announced in a few days
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Jacques Vergotti
Mahai
Romania
Anne
Bourbon-Parma
Bucharest
Malisious
London
Nicolas
House Concludes Aid Bill Debate in Congress
Washington observers report Secretary Lovett labeling France and Italy protests as communist inspired while urging continued aid. He backs the Senate authorized 597 million dollars for emergency aid to France Italy Austria as House factions argue over size and scope amid the London conference backdrop.
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Washington
Robert A. Lovett
France
Italy
United States
Europe
London Conference House
House
China
Rep
Lodge
R-Conn
Austria
Trieste
Jonkman
R-Mich
Buck
New York
Taber
Senate
Freight Conductor Leads Dual Life and Hidden Identity
Chicago court hears divorce case of Eva Healey against Thomas Lawrence Foley alleging adultery. Foley, 60, longtime C&NW freight conductor, concealed second marriage to Healey since 1935 under the name Healey. Bond set at 5000 to prevent leaving the state as details emerge.
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Chicago
Eva Healey
Thomas Lawrence Foley
Julius H. Miner
Foley
Chicago and North Western Railway
Bertha
Thomas Lawrence Healey
Embargo Clamps Arms Shipments to Palestine and Nearby Areas
The United States froze licensing of all arms and ammunition shipments to Palestine and six neighboring states citing Middle East turmoil. Records show total licenses in the last 22 months under $8,000. none issued in 1946 or the first ten months of this year. The State Department also warned Americans abroad and is weighing evacuation plans as it studies passport rules amid a plan for a George Washington battalion to serve in Palestine.
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Washington
United States
Palestine
Middle East
State Department
Rottern Palestine
Baruch Korff
George Washington Battalion
FBI Political Police Force Claim Sparks Missouri Debate
Jefferson City Missouri December 5 publicity director for the Republican state committee said the FBI is being made a political police force by Attorney General Tom Clark possibly at President Truman's instigation. Powell cited inquiries in Butler County where FBI was ordered to investigate reports of election irregularities. He spoke as a reporter presenting to his editor, not as a Republican employee.
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Jefferson City
Gene Power
Republican State Committee
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Tom Clark
Truman
Powell
Butler County
FBI
Missouri
Republican Party
Hoffman Slated for Banking Post in Morgantown
Morgantown man John H. Hoffman, a state bank receiver, slated to succeed Banking Commissioner A W Locke whose resignation takes effect December 16. The Morgantown Post cited unnamed friends and Governor Meadows said a successor had been chosen but would be identified soon. Governor was out of Charleston and unavailable for comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W. Va
Morgantown Post
John H. Hoffman
A. W. Locke
Charleston
Ten Hollywood Figures Indicted for Communist Contempt
A federal grand jury indicted ten Hollywood figures including Edward Dmytryk Herbert Biberman Robert Adrian Scott Bertolt Dalton Trumbo Ring Lardner Lester Cole and Alvah Bessie for refusing to disclose party membership to a House committee. Convictions could bring up to a year in jail and a $1000 fine per count with trials likely to start in January.
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Washington
House
Congress
Edward Dmytryk
Herbert Biberman
Robert Adrian Scott
Bert Maltz
Dalton Trumbo
Samuel’ Eee
Lawson
Ring Lester Cole
Alvah Bessie
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Will Balk
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