Living costs fall again in November index low
The 1947 November living cost index dropped 0.8 percent from October with food prices leading the decline and clothing and house furnishings also easing. The report notes potential impacts on price controls and postwar wage talks, with GM workers facing possible wage cuts if the index remains low. Early December trends suggest a continued downward path and a late January index release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Truman
Congress
General Motors Workers
CIO Auto Workers and
Electrical Workers
Dun & Christmas
Dun & Bradstreet
Smith Resigns U S Envoy In Moscow
U S Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith announced his resignation as he prepared to leave Moscow for home with Mrs Smith for Berlin around Christmas. He has served as ambassador since March 1946 and many expect a possible recall or final departure from the post. State Department notes that such resignations are customary at term end for ambassadors and cabinet members.
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Moscow
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Smith
Mrs. Smith
Berlin
Truman
United States
Washington
State Department
Santa Claus Brings Joy To 13 Dorsey Children In Frayed Fort Collins Home
Santa arrives at the two room tar paper shack housing 13 Dorsey children on Christmas Eve. Their mother, 26, describes two perilous trips to gather their brood from Panora Iowa and a disabled husband with six older children. Salvation Army and welfare pack gifts, groceries, toys, candy, nuts, and fruit for Christmas.
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Fort Collins
Colo
Santa
Dorseys
Dorsey
Panora
Iowa
Arthur
Salvation Army
County Welfare Department
Santa Claus
Delicacy Promises Turkey Goose Hybrid for Christmas
A Bismarck store advertises a “turk-goose” half turkey half goose sewn together, expected to grace Christmas tables this season. The item blends turkey and goose meat into a single festive centerpiece.
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Bismarck
N. D
Battle Hares In Holy Land
Reporting from Tel Aviv on December 23 United Nations observers described renewed fighting in southern Palestine as Israel launched a land sea and air assault in the Negev against Egypt. The UN said Gaza was shelled and a front possibly stretching 40 to 50 miles north toward Tel Aviv indicated broader hostilities. Military spokesmen claimed localized clashes near Nirim and Faluja with both sides committing air and armored forces.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Palestine
United Nations
Negev Desert
Negev
Faluja
Beersheba
Haifa
Gaza
Nirim
Falaija
Mount Sinai
Rafa
Egvynt
Bie Frontier
Faluia
Ferotian
Puluia
Pooches Gift Pup Happiness at City Shelter
Radio comic Alan Young visited the Los Angeles city animal shelter on December 23 to sponsor Christmas presents for dogs and dogless children. He paid pound fees and helped twenty five children receive new pets, continuing his annual charity at the shelter.
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Los Angeles
Alan Young
City Animal Shelter
Icebox cruelty cited in Royal Oak divorce
Ellis M. Smith of Royal Oak Michigan sought divorce from his wife claiming cruelty for denying him access to the icebox he needed permission to raid. Circuit Judge George B. Hartrick granted the divorce on cruelty grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontiac
Mich
Ellis M. Smith
Royal Oak
George B. Hartrick
Sayre Claims Spy Papers Are Genuine
Sayre testified before the House American Activities Committee that three highly confidential documents taken from his office about a decade ago are genuine and were stolen. He named four possible holders of access and linked one aide to later espionage charges while noting that the committee will issue a formal report next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Francis B. Sayre
Sayre
United Nations
House
American Activities Committee
Anna Belle Newcomb
Mundt
R-S. D
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Miss Newcomb
Miss Eunice Lincoln
Alger Hiss
Hiss
Sayer
New York
Grand
Miss Lincoln
Appalachian Power to Buy Raleigh County System
The Public Service Commission authorized Appalachian Power to acquire an electrical distribution system in Stanford and Ragland, Raleigh County from The New River Company for 9999 dollars. All current rates will stay in effect and no opposition was voiced.
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Charleston
W. Va
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Public Service Commission
Raleigh County
Stanford
Ragland
New River Company
White Christmas Seen For Appalachians Forecasters Say
Forecasters predict snow from Illinois and Indiana eastward across the Ohio Valley and Appalachians with snow beginning Christmas night in New England. Much of the west faces cold, with rain in parts of the south and Florida warm. Recent winter snows spread from the Rocky Mountains into Nebraska and Iowa as Utah reports 16 inches in Richfield and a 55 mph wind causes damage in Salt Lake City and Ogden.
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Rocky Mountain
Corn Belt
Middle West
Weather Bureau
Illinois
Indiana
Upper
Ohio Valley
Middle Appalachians
Great Lakes Region
Middle Atlantic States
New England
Kentucky
Virginia
East Gulf
South Atlantic States
Florida Peninsula
Plains
West Gulf States
Missouri
Mississippi
Rockies
Plateau
Cascade Mountains
California
Sierras
Continental Divide
Nebraska
Iowa
Utah
Idaho
Richfield
Salt Lake City
Ogden
Kanab
Dutch Ouster From UN Sparks Global Crisis Debate
International debate at the United Nations centers on the Dutch military actions in Indonesia. Australia and India condemn the Dutch move, calling for cease fire and withdrawal, while the Soviet Union opposes a cease-fire proposal. The council weighs resolutions as pressure grows over Soekarno's capture and Indonesian turmoil.
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Paris
Australia
Netherlands
United Nations
Russia
China
Syria
India
United States
East Indian Islands
Security Council
Soviet Union
Jacob A. Malik
U. N
Colombia
Col
W. R. Hodgson
U.N
Hitler
Hodgson
Jan Herman van Royen
van Royen
Soekarno
Good Offices Committee
Council
Renville
Southeast Asia
Faris el Khouri
el Khouri
Grain Diversion To Black Market Strains German Rations
American officials report large quantities of grain and meat flowing to the black market in western Germany, risking shortages of rationed foods despite bumper crops. The U.S. military government imposes new limits to curb this diversion as authorities cite luxury bakery products and animal fattening driving high prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
U.S
Philip M. Raup
U. S
Food and Agriculture Group
England
Yule Tree Party Draws 1300 Children For Christmas Cheer
Santa Claus heads three community parties at Ramsey auditorium Genoa high school gym and Bluefield Virginia starting at 1 pm. About 850 attend the Ramsey event with 450 more at Genoa. Lonesome Pine Fiddlers provide a 45 minute program before a Christmas program telegraphed by Mel Barnett of WHIS. All pledges from Granada theatre show exceed 3500 dollars with funds to aid less fortunate children.
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Santa Claus
Ramsey Auditorium
Genoa High School
Bluefield
Genoa
Ramsey
Mel Barnett
WHIS
Lonesome Pine Fiddlers
Ben Williams
Granada Theatre
Navy Carrier To Aid Rescue Of Airmen
Aboard the 10000 ton carrier Saipan a rescue operation is planned for 11 airmen stranded on the Greenland icecap. The carrier will carry helicopters and depart Norfolk to reach the area after five days at sea. Weather forecasts expect a 36 hour window of favorable rescue conditions.
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Washington
Greenland
National Military Establishment
Saipan
Navy
Norfolk
Louis S. Denfeld
Naval Operations
Atlantic Fleet
W. H. Blandy
Air Force
Bluie West 1
Twenty Seven Die In Spanish Plane Crash
A Therian Airlines two engine transport crashed into a mountain 40 miles west of Tarragona Spain during heavy rain and fog. All 27 aboard were killed including three women and four children. Civil guardsmen reported scattered wreckage over several hundred yards.
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Tarragona
Spain
Therian Airlines
Mediterranean
U S Woman Awaits Military Court Verdict After Deadlock
Mrs. Wilma Ybarbo, 23, from Malden Massachusetts, stands accused of killing Sgt John Ybarbo of Goliad Texas in what she says was self defense. A three judge U S military court in Marburg Germany deliberated 29 hours and remains deadlocked. The panel will reconvene on December 28 under Judge DeWitt White with jurists John C Campbell and Eldon V Soper.
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Marburg
Germany
Wilma Ybarbo
U. S
Ybarbo
Malden
Mass
John Ybarbo
Goliad
Tex
DeWitt White
Morgantown
W. Va
John C. Campbell
Alhambra
Calif
Eldon V. Soper
Glendale
NLRB Orders UMW To Stop Coercion in West Virginia Mines
The National Labor Relations Board ordered United Mine Workers to cease coercing workers at four West Virginia coal firms in Kingwood and Borgman, with District 31 agreeing to refrain from restraining workers. The case cites mine exit blockades and forced union membership applications during last March's strike. Contempt risk noted for noncompliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Labor Relations Board Today
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Lewis
Cecil J. Urbaniak
Ruthwell Coal Co
Hartman Coal Co
George Kefauver Coal Co
Kingwood
W. Va
Borgman Coal Company
Borgman
U. C. Court of Appeals
Lewis’ Union
District 31
Atlas Engineering Co
Wheeling, Grafton Coal Co
Clarksburg
Coleman and Gary, Inc
Buckhannon
Armed Forces Pay Hike Asked by Advisory Commission
A civilian commission led by Charles R. Hook proposed average armed forces pay increases of about 15 percent with wide variance by rank. Brigadier generals with 30 years would gain 58.18 percent, second lieutenants 25 percent, and recruits none. The group urged equity, noted past uneven boosts, and forecast total payroll rise of about 451.6 million on a 3.6 billion year payroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Defense
Forrestal
Advisory Commission On
Congress
Army
Navy
Air Forces
Budget Bureau
Charles R. Hook
Steel Corporation Executive
National Military Establishment
Marine
Air
Coast Guard
Public Health Service
Coast and Geodetic Survey
December retail sales surge exceed 1947 records
New York reports late December shopping push boosts expected monthly sales to around 13 trillion dollars, about 3 percent higher than 1947. Dun and Bradstreet preliminary figures project 1948 total retail volume 8 to 10 percent above 1947’s 118 billion, as Christmas buying accelerates in early December.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Truck Plows Into Christmas Singers in Morgantown
A truck driven by George Allgauer of Kingwood overturned in a ditch injuring the driver pelvis fractures and several youth carolers. Harold Sigley Jr of Kingwood suffered leg injuries while others had cuts and bruises as the truck door swung open while passing a slowing car. State trooper A W Hostatler cited the door opening as the accident trigger.
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Morgantown
W. Va
George Allgauer
Kingwood
Harold Sigley
A. W. Hostatler
Allauer
Weather year in review shows a brutal 1948 across the nation
Arthur Edson notes the Weather Bureau’s year end survey of 1948 detailing widespread storms floods freezes and record snow. He cites January cold midwinter blizzards flood years and a season ending with massive property damage and deaths while wryly concluding you can count on some people but never the weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Edson
Washington
Weather Bureau
W. B. Boys
Florida
Texas
Tennessee
New Hampshire
Middlewest
Columbia
Kansas
Rockies
New York City
Minnesota
Tazewell Man Charged In Hess Death
A 19 year old Tazewell county man was arrested and charged with the murder of Berry R. Hess a 54 year old at 1001 Wayne Street Hess died from a fractured skull after an incident at a Northfork McDowell county section crew shop Hess was struck with a wooden club December 16 at Rolfe. Donald Bane Lawson of Tazewell Va an N and W railway worker admitted striking Hess in self defense after a confrontation the night of December 15. Lawson waived preliminary hearing and is jailed in Welch pending grand jury action. Bond not set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell County
Berry R. Hess
Wayne Street
Bluefield
M. F. Hofstetter
Northfork State Police
Donald Bane Lawson
Tazewell
N. & W. Railway
Hofstetter
Lawson
Hess
Rolfe
Northfork
McDowell County
Tojo Ends War Era With Final Banzai And Death
Tokyo reports Hideki Tojo and six other war criminals were executed by hanging after a Buddhist priest described their final rites. Tojo and three companions shouted Banzai and Dai Nippon before death as bells tolled nationwide and cremation followed per General MacArthur’s orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Dai Nippon
Great Japan
Tojo
Shinso Hanayama
Japan
MacArthur
International War Crimes Tribunal
Mme Chiang Settles At Brother's Washington Home
Mme Chiang Kai-Shek arrives in Washington after a fast flight for aid to her husband's nationalist regime and has taken quarters at her brother Dr. T. V. Soong's home. Reporters note the indefinite stay as Mrs. Chiang settles in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mme
Chiang Kai-Shek
T. V. Soong
Nanking
George C. Marshall
Leesburg, Va
Marshall
Leesburg
Walter Reed Hospital
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Aldino Fanini
Fanini
Vancouver
B. C
Holy Land
AEP
Ok‘d
German Black Marts
NLRB
UMW
Upstate
Bluefielder
Mme. Chiang
Brother
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