Navy Sifts Florida Marshes for Missing Airmen
In Florida a large air-sea search seeks 27 missing naval airmen after flares and fires were sighted 20 miles inland between Melbourne and Orlando and another flare seen near Great Abaco Island. Coast guard vessels and amphibious craft join a daylong mission hampered by fog.
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Sixteen aboard C-47 crash near Billings in snowstorm
A westbound C-47 carrying 23 people including fifteen soldiers and two Northwest Airlines pilots crashed and burned one mile west of Billings Montana during a snowstorm. Pilot George D. Miller and co pilot Vernon Pfannbuch were identified. Six survivors were reported in critical condition and next of kin were notified. Army personnel names withheld pending notification.
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Russia Denies Interference in Iran by Soviet Troops
Moscow says it adheres to the pledge to Iran’s independence and denies Soviet troops in northern Iran interfered with Iranian forces actions. The denial follows the US note demanding foreign troop withdrawal, released by the State Department after Moscow granted permission.
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Secrets of Code Breakthrough Stirred Rumors in Washington
In Washington and Tokyo bar gossip swirled around the United States cracking the Japanese code. Gen. George C. Marshall recounted how officers talked freely of the secret and how a Fort Washington code cracker was caught trying to sell it. He warned of leaks and recalled Yamamoto’s capture as a turning point in the war.
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Todays Index Comics and Daily Record Highlights
A compact listing of sections including Comics, Deaths, Editorial Features, Service Members, Movies, Radio, and Sports. The page notes the presence of Marion subsections and a state section with brief entries across categories.
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Man Dies in 4 Story Leap From Mercy Hospital
William H. Duree 57 of 627 Tenth Street SE Cedar Rapids died at 1 10 am Saturday after leaping from a fourth floor hospital window at Mercy where he had been patient only hours. Coroner Dr T Frank Hersch ruled death self inflicted. Police reported a razor blade found in the room and blood on the bedding and window ledge. Duree had been ill and was employed by LaPlant Choate company. He is survived by his widow and a brother Arthur Duree of Rockford Ill. Born April 24 1888 in Louisville Ky he married Frances C Wit engl April 15 1914 at Ely. He had lived in Cedar Rapids since 1936. Funeral 1 30 pm Monday Turner chapel burial Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Two Explosions Hit Pacific Lighting Plants Wounding Nine
Nine workers were hospitalized after two explosions at Pacific Lighting gas compressor plants in Los Angeles. Two workers remain in critical condition as rescue teams continued.
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Union Council Rejects GM Wage Offer Amid Nationwide Strike
The CIO United Auto Workers council rejected General Motors 10 percent wage raise for 175,000 strikers at a special meeting. Walter P. Reuther said agreement on President Truman's appeal was reached but action awaits reassembly. A separate offer to boost 30,000 electrical workers in four cities was also rejected.
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Big Three Foreign Chiefs To Discuss Atom in Moscow
The United States Britain and Russia will meet in Moscow on December 15 to discuss control of atomic energy and other crises. Secretary Byrnes plans to travel from Washington and may not return by Christmas. The talks will be the first since the London council broke down and key issues include European peace, governments in Romania and Bulgaria, Allied Japan control, Iran troop occupations, China tensions, and postwar Germany.
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Woman Accused of Chasing and Killing Husband With Car
Genev a Humphrey, gray haired wife of Hugh Edwin Humphrey, charged with chasing him with an automobile in Singac New Jersey. Police say he was crushed to death atop a garbage pile after a pursuit ending near a cellar door.
Cold Wave Expected To Hit Cedar Rapids Tonight
Cedar Rapids faces a sharp cold wave with temperatures dipping to 5 to 15 degrees above zero by Sunday morning and even colder Monday. Snow flurries and moderate northwest winds are forecast, as a storm system pushes into western Iowa and spreads statewide. Local records show Cedar Rapids warming to 52 degrees earlier, with Friday at 51 and Iowa City recording 27 degrees at morning low.
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RAF pilots report bombing two sites south of Ambarawa Java
RAF pilots stated on Saturday they had accurately bombed and strafed two locations south of Ambarawa in the Semarang area of central Java. The targets were suspected concentration points of Indonesian forces.
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Marines shell Chinese village after marine killed in ambush
Maj. Gen. Keller E. Rockey reported one marine killed and another wounded near Anshan Dee. U S Marines fired 60 mm mortars at a Chinese village pursuing gunmen who killed the marine and wounded his comrade. The gunmen fled and surrendered no one. Names of the two Marines withheld pending kin notification.
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Crash Injury Fatal to Fox in Cedar Rapids
Robert H. Fox, 23, of Vinton died at a Cedar Rapids hospital Saturday at 2 15 p.m. from a skull fracture suffered in an automobile accident Friday night at Third avenue and Fifth street SE. Police report Fox swerved to avoid a car stopping at the intersection, lost control, and crashed into a car parked near the library. He was taken to the hospital by ambulance and attended by Dr S M Lehr who confirmed the skull fracture.
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Truman Pushes Real Estate Price Controls Amid Building Boom
President Truman called for price controls on real estate to curb inflation and reserve building materials for residences. The Bureau of Labor Statistics noted October's surge in construction as controls lapsed, with housing prices rising and 19,480 new family dwellings started.
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Marshall says warning about Pearl Harbor not sent
Gen. George C. Marshall testified that he did not warn Lt. Gen. Short about a possible sabotage alert in Hawaii in November 1941 because radio traffic between Roosevelt and Churchill had been tapped by the Germans and the danger of sending warnings. He noted U S high command expected attacks on Seattle or San Diego rather than Pearl Harbor and discussed implications of warning failures.
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