Truman consolidates wartime control into temporary agency
President Truman dissolves the expansive war and reconversion bureaucracy by creating the Office of Temporary Controls led by Maj. Gen. Philip Benning. The move terminates the OPA and civilian production controls, with rent, sugar, and rice limits set to expire by June 30 unless extended, and signals liquidation of other agencies by March 31 and February 24 for wage stabilization.
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Washington
Truman
OPA
Philip Benning
Army
OTC
Office of Price Administration
Truan
Paul Porter
Civilian Production Administration
John D. Small
Office of War Mobilization
Wage Stabilization Board
OWMA
OFS
Ag B
Accused Student Describes Wife Slaying as Awful Mess
Jewell Peters an Ohio university student charged with first degree murder described the death of his wife Leah Mae Peters as an awful mess. He admitted smothering her with bedclothes in their trailer on December 2 but refused to reveal a motive. He expressed concern over public trial and said he might have taken poison. Peters was found ill beside the body by a fellow student and is jailed without bail in Athens County awaiting a grand jury session.
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Athens
Leah Mae Peters
Jewell Peters
Ohio University Tudent
Athens Messenger
Charles W. Reamer
Peters
Reamer
Athensounty
Grand
Stalin To End His Vacation Shortly
Moscow reports Prime Minister Stalin will return to the capital soon from a late autumn vacation. An informed source says he is rested and in good health and will turn 67 on December 21. There is no illness basis for circulating reports. Sochi on the Black Sea has been mentioned as his holiday locale.
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Moscow
Stalin
Sochi
Black Sea
Earthquakes Sting Peruvian Andes Amidst Casualties
Earthquakes struck the Peruvian Andes causing village dust clouds and collapsed structures. Reports say several victims with no exact toll, amid belated official notices noting 36 farm workers swallowed by a November quake on the Pelazatos range near Shuitucochg.
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Lima
Peru
Peruvian Andes
cSones
Tony
Pelazatos
Shuitucochg
Search for missing Marine transport plane expands to Mount Rainier
An air search for a missing Marine transport plane with 32 aboard focused on Misqually glacier on Mount Rainier after reports the San Diego to Seattle flight may have struck above 8000 feet. Coast Guard Lt Cmdr Finley said the craft likely lies on the glacier while ground teams and wintry gear prepared at McChord Field for possible snowbound recovery.
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Seattle
Misqually Glacier
Mount Rainier
Marine Corps
San Diego
Finley
John C. Preston
Mount Rainier National Park
Paradise Valley
McChord Field
Witness Reveals Death Threats In Bilbo Inquiry
Washington December 12 A Senate war investigating committee hearing uncovers death threats against Edward P. Terry a former Bilbo secretary tied to allegations of war contractor influence. Terry vanished from public view as the panel pleads for FBI help to locate him before testimony.
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Washington
Senate War Investigating Committee
Bilbo
Miss
George Neader
Edward P. Terry
Meader
Terry
Senate Committee of District of Columbia
Mead
N. Y
Foreign Ministers Conclude Session in New York
The four power foreign ministers wrap up peace talks in New York after 33rd meeting, noting their experience drafting European satellite treaties will aid in German settlement. Byrnes says if issues stall at Moscow talks March 10, he will reconvene in New York.
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New York
Foreign Ministers’ Council
A. S
Byrnes
Moscow
Italy
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Finland
Paris
Truman signals labor reform push and court clash with Lewis
President Truman revealed plans to urge labor legislation in his forthcoming address and indicated reliance on the Supreme Court to settle the stalemate with John L. Lewis over wage demands. The new machinery replacing the wage stabilization board would be set up by the Labor Department, with dissolution of the board Feb. 24 and transfer of its functions to the secretary of labor.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Supreme Court
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Labor Department
United Mine Workers
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Smith-Connally
Secretary of Labor
Blum Chosen To Head France In Interim Government
Socialist veteran Leon Blum, 74 and ill, was elected head of the French interim government for at least a month. He will form a cabinet and may keep Bidault as foreign minister, as France resolves a two week governmental crisis.
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Paris
Leon Blum
France
Blum
National Assembly
Andre de Troquer
Bidault
UN Committee Backs Rockefeller Site for New York HQ
The 54 nation permanent headquarters committee of the United Nations approved an offer by John D. Rockefeller Jr. for an $8.5 million Manhattan skyscraper site as the world organization’s permanent home. The decision moves to the General Assembly for ratification requiring two thirds majority.
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New York
United Nations Assembly
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Manhattan
World Organization
General Assembly
United Nations
Soviet Russia
Great Biiin
U.N. Assembly
Security Council
Russia
Ukraine
Canada
Poland
Brazil
United Nations Security Council
Revised Housing Drive In Making
President Truman discussed developing a housing program for 30 minutes with two new housing chiefs and other officials. The White House review aims to decide changes, while relaxation of controls is anticipated by some officials.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
White House
Truman
John R. Steelman
Frank R. Creedon
Civilian Production Administration
Wyatt
Raymond M. Foley
National Housing Agency
NHA
Federal Housing Administration
Charles G. Ross
Creedon
Foley
Ross
Senator Myers
D-Pa
Philadelphia
Tommy Manville's Eighth Wife Jailed After Dispute
In Mamaroneck New York Georgina Campbell British born farmer and eighth wife of Tommy Manville was jailed on a disorderly conduct charge. She had left his estate after a string of spats and was held in lieu of 200 dollars bail by Justice Wesley M Messersmith. She was sent to Eastview penitentiary to await a Saturday hearing.
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Mamaroneck
N. Y
Tommy Manville
Georgina Campbell
Wesley M. Messersmith
Manvilles
Eastview Penitentiary
Lewis and UMW Ask Supreme Court Ruling on Vital Points
John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers seek Supreme Court review on 10 questions tied to contempt of court fines and a coal strike restraining order. The cross-petition argues district court authority under the Norris LaGuardia act, questions the size of fines, and whether individual actions can bind the union. The appeal, set for January 14, also queries admissibility of prejudicial testimony and jurisdictional reach in civil versus criminal contempt.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Today
Supreme Court
Lewis
Federal District Court
Norris
District Court
High Court
Lewis and the Union
District Court of the
United States
Petitioner United Mine
Brakeman Survives 35 Foot Plunge From Moving Engine
G L Caldwell a brakeman from Bluefield Va stepped off an electric locomotive on a dark bridge and fell about 35 feet into Tug River at Welch He walked and swam to the bank and then back to the engine before being treated for injuries at Stevens Clinic hospital He was shaken but not thought seriously injured by doctors
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G. L. Caldwell
Norfolk and Western
Bluefield
Tug River
Welch
Caldwell
Stevens Clinic
Rescue Crews Battle To Reach Miner Trapped By Cave-In
In Globe Arizona crews work deep in a hillside mine after a Saturday cave in entombed miner John Orcker. Despite a rescued fellow worker 20 hours after the accident hope faded as blasts and timbering efforts continue. Deputy Jones says hazards persist and officials expect a clearer update soon.
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Globe
Ariz
John Orcker
Jack Jones
Building collapse leaves fourteen dead in Manhattan
Rescue teams in New York search the rubble of an upper Manhattan tenement after a building toppled, yielding fourteen known dead, twenty one missing, over thirty injured, and many displaced. Officials warn the toll may rise as crews press the dig.
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Upper Manhattan
New York
UN Group Adopts Arms Cut Plans Amid Rescue Efforts
Amid a Madrid disaster scene, firefighters abandon heavy gear and dig with bare tools for a 60 year old chef named Joseph Arizo believed alive under six feet of rubble. The UN General Assembly votes to recall ambassadors from Franco Spain and approves a long range arms limitation plan seeking abolition of atomic weapons and a reduced global armament.
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Joseph Arizo
Auto Workers To Ask Pay Increase
Walter Reuther announced the CIO United Auto Workers will seek a 23.5 cent per hour general wage increase for about 900,000 members. He linked the demand to rising living costs and existing proposals for an equalization fund social security, and a retirement plan.
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New York
Walter Reuther
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Reuther
UAW
International Executive Board
Budget Tops 1945 Figure By $11,000,000
Charleston West Virginia budget director H Koontz presented a proposed two year general operating appropriation of 96 707 113 to the board of public works. The plan exceeds the 1945 budget by about 11 million and assumes no tax changes while aiming for a balanced budget within anticipated revenues.
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Charleston
W. Va
Board of Public Works
H. Koontz
Koontz
Hay
West Virginia
Virginia ABC Eases Whisky Rationing
The Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control board announced that starting Saturday six brands of blended whiskey may be purchased to the legal limit of a gallon per person without a ration. This marks the first time since November 15, 1942, wartime restrictions eased to allow access to varieties beyond the limited current whiskies.
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Richmond
Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
ABC
Missouri Battleship Hit by Star Shell in Training
The 45000 ton battleship Missouri was accidentally struck by a star shell during target practice in the North Atlantic on December 4. One man, Coxswain Robert Arthur Fountain of Thorndyke Massachusetts, died from burns sustained in the incident aboard the Missouri as it trained with Little Rock and Fechetler near Argentina and Newfoundland.
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Washington
Missouri
North Atlantic
Navy
Little Rock
Fechetler
Argentina
New Foundland
Robert Arthur Fountain
Thorndyke
Mass
Plane Crash Near Aix en Pro vence Injures No One
A French news agency report states an American twin engine plane crashed ten miles northeast of Aix en Provence this afternoon. No further details were provided.
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Marseille
France
Aix En Provence
Safeguards Set For GI Fiancés In Postwar Weddings
Frankfurt dispatch reports Gen. Joseph T. McNarney backing strict rules for GI fiancee marriages to German women. Officials say new regulations require long acquaintance, no hasty vows, exit permits and passport visas, with repeated screenings to weed out Nazi sympathizers. The GI fiancee law may be tightened to extend pre marriage checks and waiting periods.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Joseph T. McNarney
State Department
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Cate
Mt. Ranier
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Fla
Forrest Jackson
J. Marvin Quinn
Jackson, Miss
Jackson
Quinn
UN Committee
Florence McaAllister
Burtonsville
McAllister
UMW
Orekor
Jones
Elijah M. York
UN Group
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Spain
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Thomas Hannegan
Charles Glenn
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Grumet
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