Three Powers Map German Merger Plans
Informants report that Secretary Marshall and French Foreign Minister Bidault began exploratory talks on merging western Germany into a single occupation zone. German leaders met in Frankfurt to draft a tentative western German constitution for submission to U S and British commanders as pressures mount for quick policy action.
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London
Marshall
Bidault
Germany
Frankfurt
Molotov
Moscow
Stalin
Plitburo
Council of Foreign Ministers
Austria
Europe
Washington
United States
France
Secrecy of Trade Pacts Protested in Congress
President Truman orders tariff cutting pacts with seven nations into effect Jan 1 after a dispute with Rep Knutson over secrecy. Agreements reached at Geneva cover Australia Canada Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg France and the United Kingdom. Thirteen other nations await ratification and concessions remain suspended. Knutson accuses an iron curtain of secrecy and overstepping authority.
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Washington
Truan
Knutson
Minn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Australia
Canada
Belgium
Netherlands - Luxembourg
France
United Kingdom
State Department
House of An
Truman
Congressman Knutson
Special House Committee To Probe Speculation On Commodity Markets
A special House committee is formed to investigate speculation in commodity markets. The measure follows reports and discussions on market practices and aims to report findings and possible remedies to lawmakers.
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House
Publication of Names Of Traders May Be Authorized
Washington reports a congressionally led probe into commodity market speculation. Secretary of Agriculture Anderson urged legislation to publish the names of all traders including lawmakers and executive officials. The push follows Harold E. Stassen’s charge that Edwin W. Pauley used his position to profit in grain dealing.
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Washington
Anderson
Martin
R-Mass
House Republican Steering Committee
House Committee
Congress
Senator Bridges
Senate Appropriations Committee
Stassen
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Edwin W. Pauley
Pauley
Army
Royals
Bridges
Cold Wave Brings Snow Across Midwest States
A mass of cold air from central Canada covers the Midwest Tuesday with snow in Indiana and Michigan up to six inches. Central Minnesota records 16 degrees below zero at International Falls and Bemidji while Great Lakes areas stay frigid.
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Canada
Midwest
Indiana
Michigan
Minnesota
International Falls
Bemidji
Great Lakes
Rockies
Montana
Eastern Lakes
Ohio
New York
Maine
South Atlantic
Florida
Gulf States
Southwest
Pacific Northwest
Lad Sorry Inside About Killing Sister
Twelve year old Jimmy Melton confessed to killing his sister Phyllis Marie 16 as she wrapped Christmas gifts in the family living room. He admitted arming his father's .22 rifle and firing five shots. If convicted he could face life imprisonment though Colorado law bans the death penalty for under 18.
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Las Animas
Colo
Jimmy Melton
Phyllis Marie
L. E. Brookshire
M. L. Cline
Young Melton
Colorado
Seven Killed in Norfolk Naval Collision
A patrol bomber and a single-seat fighter collided during landing at Norfolk Naval Station. Six bomber crew members and the fighter pilot died. Ens. Joseph William Akins, 21, survived. The crash site was buried in swampy ground near the Corsair hangar. Rescue operations took two hours. one bomber crewman died later in the dispensary.
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Norfolk
Norfolk Naval Station
Naval
Ens
Joseph William Akins
Kingsport
Tenn
Akins
Amphibious Group Three
Coral Sea
Norfolk Naval Air Station
Molotov’s London gains widen Western diplomatic front
The collapse of the Yalta Potsdam framework leaves a shifted Cold War landscape. Molotov’s London tactics freed Western hands to push western Germany recovery and tighten economic ties with Poland Czechoslovakia and other satellites while the United States keeps a door open for possible Russia cooperation and a freer wartime alliance.
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Germany
Russia
Europe
Poland
Czechoslovakia
United States
Kelly Surrenders To Military Police
First Lt. Edward P. Kelly 40 disappeared from Camp Lee Virginia with 37 officers paychecks and surrendered to military police in New York He is in a station hospital at Fort Jay and a psychiatrist recommends transfer to Valley Forge General Hospital for observation and treatment The army says he will be turned over to Second Army in Baltimore His home is listed as Cliffside Trails Denville New Jersey and his wife could not be reached He reportedly mailed back most of the stolen checks.
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New York
Edward P. Kelly
Camp Lee
Virginia
Army
Kelly
Fort Jay
Governor's Island
Valley Forge General Hospital
Pennsylvania
First Army
Second Army
Baltimore
Cliffside Trails
Denville
N. J
DeMille loses long court battle over $1
California Supreme Court rejects Cecil B. DeMille’s claim that a $1 union political assessment violated his constitutional rights. The four year dispute with the American Federation of Radio Artists centered on a 1944 assessment aimed at defeating a state right to work amendment.
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San Francisco
California Supreme Court
Cecil B. DeMille
American Federation of Radio Artists
APRA
DeMille
Hollywood
California
New Radio Theater
net‘Works
12 Believed Dead In Crash Of Superfortress
Tucson reports at least 12 men believed killed when a B-29 Superfortress from Davis Monthan Air Field crashed on takeoff during a routine training flight. Twenty aboard. eight reportedly escaped. Major D D Burke said survivors may exist but identification would take time. Patrolman Walter Sheets saw eight survivors emerge from the wreckage. most were uninjured and only one appeared burned. The aircraft belonged to the 49th Bomb Squadron, Second Bomb Group, en route to Varna n Field Jamaica British West Indies.
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Tucson
Ariz
Davis Monthaneld
D. D. Burke
Walter Sheets
Arizona Highway Patrol
49Th
Second
Varnan Field
Jamaica
British West Indies
Russians Switch To New Ruble System In Major Reform
Moscow reports show Soviet citizens exchanging old rubles for new ones at a rate of one new per ten old with tiered bonuses above 3,000 old rubles. Stores reopened with lower prices under end of rationing, wage and rent levels unchanged, and the official exchange rate set at 5.3 rubles per dollar. Traders noted high demand and some stores closing for repairs as Moscow markets filled with food and consumer goods.
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Moscow
Geula
Stockholm
Morgentidningen
Helsinki
Izvestia
Bolshevik Party
Tavestia
United States
Senate To Take Up Taft Bill
The Senate agreed to consider tomorrow a modified anti inflation bill by Taft Ohio and urged action before Christmas. The bill calls for voluntary industry agreements to curb living costs and would suspend anti trust rules temporarily. Senate amendments restore wartime grain powers for liquor and strike a live stock marketing clause.
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Senate
Washington
Taft
Ohio
House
Martin
Mass
Senate Banking Committee
Tobey
R-Nh
Knutson to Offer New Tax Cut Bill in Congress
Chairman Knutson of the house ways and means committee plans to introduce another income tax reduction bill likely on Thursday. The measure proposes about 5.3 billion dollars in annual cuts, larger than two earlier vetoed bills. Speaker Martin said leadership has not set a policy stance and action may wait until the regular session.
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House
Taft
Senate
Congress
Truman
Wolcott
Re-Mich
House Banking Committee
Washington
Knutson
Minn
Ways and Means Committee
Martin
Rmass
Republican Steering Committee
Western Union Off er Rejected by AFL Telegraphers
The Commercial Telegraphers union rejected Western Union Telegraph Co. offer of a 1947 $22.72 per man bonus and a wage increase for about 50 000 AFL workers calling it insulting. The first proposal since talks opened Sept 16 aimed to avert a nationwide strike before Christmas. Brungs said 4 455 would gain five cents, 1 429 four cents, 1 021 three cents, 1 270 two cents, and 864 one cent, leaving 40 000 with nothing. The union vowed to strike for 15 cents more per hour.
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Philadelphia
Commercial Telegraphers Union
Western Union Telegraph Co
AFL
U. S. Conciliation Service
Adolph Brungs
Western Union
Brungs
H. Ross Colwell
New York
War Bride Of War That Ended 29 Years Ago Sails From England
Miss Amy Graham of Chester England sails as a war bride of the conflict ended 29 years ago. She met Satterlee in Liverpool in 1918 while he was a private first class in the U. S. army. Satterlee later wed her friend Ethel Tenfold who kept up the correspondence until her death. He proposed last April and the passport designation is war bride. She will arrive New York December 27 and Portland December 31 and hopes to recognize him at the depot. She says she will wear a green coat and no hat and her hair is white.
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Portland
Ore
Amy Graham
Chester
England
Kindley
Satterlee
Liverpool
U. S. Army
Ethel Tenfold
Graham
Ethel
New York
Hagana claims trap of Arabs near Peta Tiqva amid Jerusalem clashes
Hagana said its forces trapped and destroyed a large Arab scouting party five miles north of Peta Tiqva, believed from Tulkarm. In Jerusalem two British police sergeants were seriously wounded by gunfire as violence surged. five new deaths raised unofficial toll to 255 since the UN partition decision. Hagana and the Arab forces sparred over plans for a Jewish state while British and Arab police withdrew from Tel Aviv.
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Jerusalem
Hagana
Jewish Defense Army
Peta Tiqva
Tulkarm
Tel Aviv
Holy Land
United Nations
Palestine
Arab People's Army
Tel Erresh
Middle East
Seven Lost After Fishing Boat Capsizes Near Manasquan
The Paramount V capsized 500 yards from shore near Manasquan Inlet New Jersey during a gale. Seven men are believed drowned, nine survivors rescued, three bodies recovered, with coast guard and hospital crews aiding in the icy waters. Seaman Reinhardt Striepzel witnessed the accident from the inlet tower.
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Manasquan Inlet
N. J
Atlantic
Paramount V
Coast Guard
Reinhardt Striepzel
Sandusky
Mich
Tower Watch
Striepzel
Point Pleasant Hospital
Light Snow Falls In State Areas Briefly
Light snow continued in the Elkins area creating icy spots on mountain highways while long clear stretches kept chains be unnecessary. Cinder crews worked in Fayette and Greenbrier counties as light snow fell. All routes remained open in generally satisfactory condition with sleet reported in Parkersburg Huntington and Morgantown Shinnston areas earlier.
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Charleston
W. Va
Elkins
State Road Commission
Commission
Fayette
Greenbrier
Parkersburg
Huntington
Morgantown- Shinnston
House Democrats Fight to Restore Aid Slashed by Committee
House Democrats launched an eleventh hour bid to restore 88 million dollars cut from the 597 million emergency aid program aiding France Italy and Austria. Republicans argued the cuts save money while some funds might shift to China. State department planned swift coal and wheat shipments to France and Italy with a 150 million advance to cover initial freights.
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Washington
House
House Appropriations Committee
Cannon
D-Mo
Rep
D-Tex
Europe
U.S
Marshall
Truman
France
Italy
Austria
Appropriations Committee
China
Keefe
R-Wis
State Department
Congress
High Seas
Taber
R-Ny
Eight Injured In Canital Blast In Washington
An explosion damaged the Empire building at 9th Street and New York Avenue NW injuring at least eight people. Fire and police reported gas accumulation as the likely cause while ambulances ferried victims to hospitals and rescuers continued at the scene.
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Washington
Empire Building
Mt. Vernon Apartments
9Th Street
New York Avenue
N. W
Capitol
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