Mass Hunt Staged for Deserters
London police and military units joined civilians to search for 10 000 deserters from American, British, and Canadian forces. The citywide dragnet began at 8 p.m. on Friday, with up to 6 000 officers sweeping theaters, bars, hotels, and stations before daybreak. Hundreds were held for identity checks as crowds swelled at police stations.
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London
Piccadilly Circus
Times Square
Dragnet
P.’s
Scotland Yard
Four Trainmen Die In Iowa Head On Wreck
A head on collision between a deadhead engine and an 87 car freight train west of Carroll Iowa killed four crewmen and injured two others. Victims Walter Oldham Elmer Paul Sid Wilford and D B Hill were named among the dead with survivors aboard the caboose and freight engine. The wreck left derailed cars and a fuel tank car on the tracks as investigators noted the light engine had been scheduled to wait but proceeded ahead of time.
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Hill
Ernest Sharp
Walter Thomas
Clarion
M L. Peterson
H F Smith
Roy Dougherty
Caboose
Dougherty
Carroll
Senators Reject Raises for Selves
Washington report notes senators declined raises twice on Friday. A 2500 expense allowance increase for 96 senators failed 47 to 24, and a temporary 33 percent pay boost for six months failed 45 to 23. Senator Bankhead argued lawmakers have thumbed rides while agency heads ride in government cars.
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Washington
House
Congress
Bankhead
D- Ala
Iowa senators vote with economy bloc to defeat funding proposals
Washington report notes Republican senators Wilson and Hickenlooper aligned with the economy bloc to block two measures that would have provided them with extra funds, shaping budget priorities.
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Washington
Iowa
Wilson
Hickenlooper
Stambaugh Nomination Approved for Export-Import Board
The senate approved Lynn A. Stambaugh of North Dakota for the Export-Import Bank board of directors with a term expiring June 30, 1950. The action was announced from Washington.
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Washington
Senate
Lynn A. Stambaugh
North Dakota
Export-Import Bank
U.S. Chosen for United Nations Headquarters Site
London report notes the UN preparatory committee technical panel selected the United States as the headquarters site by a 30 to 14 vote, narrowly clearing a two thirds threshold. Britain had led a Europe location challenge, but the recommendation advances to the committee and then the January UN General Assembly in London.
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London
United Nations Preparatory Commission
United States
United Nations Organization
Britain
Europe
Preparatory Commission
United Nations General Assembly
Assembly
Auto Union Vows Fight to Bitter End Against GM
DETROIT AP The United Auto Workers CIO disclosed that Walter P Reuther told General Motors You are asking for a fight and you are going to get it The union said he vowed to sweat this one out to the bitter end during negotiations as 213000 GM workers in over 70 cities remained idle since Nov 21 Also GM and UAW CIO agreed to let white collar nonstrikers return to some plants while Truman fact finding board set hearings for Dec 20 with a final report to aid settlement Officials from GM and UAW will testify in Washington Ford and UAW CIO held a satisfactory discussion and recessed negotiations to Monday Reuther and GM negotiator Harry W Anderson were in sharp exchanges in released portions of talks
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Detroit
United Auto Workers (Cio
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
General Motors Corporation
Reuther
General Motors
Reuthers
Uaw-Cio
Truman
Washington
Ford Motor Company
General Motors-Uaw
Harry W. Anderson
British Troops Tighten Grip in West Java Buitenzorg
British forces in western Java extended control by advancing into the Buitenzorg area to root out extremist elements. The operation marks increased troop activity as the campaign to quell militant presence intensifies in the region.
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Batavia
INS
Java
Buitenzorg
Bevin and Byrnes Arrive in Moscow for Big Three Talks
Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin arrived in Moscow with over 40 staff, as the Big Three begin discussions on atomic energy control. James Byrnes reached Moscow after weather delays, and observers expect Iran and Japan to feature in the agenda, with Byrnes signaling exploratory talks rather than a formal peace conference. Byrnes proposed another Big Three meeting next March, noting no guarantees of agreements.
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Ernest Bevin
Great Britain
Bevin
Berlin
United States
James F. Byrnes
Iran
Japan
Byrnes
Yalta
Secretary to Chicago Firm Found Slain in City’s Tenth Slaying
Chicago police reported the tenth killing in eight days as Lawrence A. Lange aged 38, secretary to the president of Fairbanks Morse and Company, was found with multiple slashes and stab wounds.
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Chicago
INS
Lawrence A. Lange
Fairbanks, Morse and Company
All Testimony In Klatt Murder Trial Completed
Fort Dodge AP report says all testimony ended at 5:05 p.m. Friday in the second degree murder trial of Carl Klatt after the defense rested and the state presented four rebuttal witnesses. The defense offered no rebuttal and court adjourned to Monday for final arguments, with a jury likely Monday or Tuesday. The case follows Klatt, a former disciplinary officer at the Eldora state training school for boys.
Marshall Leaves For Chinese Post
General George C. Marshall departed Washington by plane for a new diplomatic post in China. Key figures present included Chinese Ambassador Wei Toa-ming and General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Marshall is expected to reach Chungking around mid next week.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
China
Wei Toa-ming
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Chungking
Post Office To Be Open Sunday in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids post office stamp and parcel windows will open Sunday from 2 p m to 6 p m to serve patrons. Superintendent R T Lubbock urged mailing late Christmas cards and gift parcels to avoid next week’s expected mail surge. Deliveries to residential districts will occur on Sunday but not in the business district. About 50,000 Christmas cards were in Friday’s letter mail. total letter mail reached 116,000.
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Cedar Rapids
R T. Lubbock
Lubbock
Boise Log Shows Darkened Ship Near Guam Nine Days Before Pearl Raid
The Pearl Harbor investigating committee learned that the US cruiser Boise altered course and manned battle stations after sighting a darkened ship near Guam on November 27 28 nine days before Hawaii was attacked. The navy mapped Boise position as not less than 1400 miles from the Japanese striking force.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
United States
Boise
Guam
Hawaii
Gerhard Gesell
Navy
Gesell
D. S. Edwards
Leonard T. Gerow
Gerow
Japan
Walter C. Short
Patton in Excellent Condition After Bulletin Update
In Frankfurt Germany an official bulletin described General George S Patton Jr condition as excellent noting a slight but significant improvement in sensation.
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Frankfurt
Germany
George S. Patton, Jr
Cold Wave Likely to Hold Through Next Week
Iowa faces continued severe cold through most of next week as station reports warn of below zero temperatures. Cedar Rapids residents brace for extended frigid conditions with biting winds and prolonged chilly weather.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Chicago Weather Station
Chicago
Texas
Great Lakes
Rockies
Ohio
Maintenance Continued at Choate Plant Cedar Rapids
Maintenance workers at LaPlant Choate in Cedar Rapids will remain on the job Monday after a weeklong strike began November 16. Union leaders say the plant could shut down if maintenance staff are pulled, while the company vows to keep critical boiler and unloading operations running and defends its hospitalization insurance plan as voluntary.
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Cedar Rapids News
LaPlant-Choate Company
Charles Hobbie
United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers of America
Ray Dillman
Cie
Roy Choate
LaPlant-Choate
Choate
Dillman
Kidnap Tale Lie Fades as Baby's Body Is Found
Chelsea Massachusetts reports the arrest of Mrs James Carlan 23 on murder charges after her month long kidnap tale ends with the discovery of six month old Ronald Carlan’s body in a closet of the C arlan tenement. The bail hearing and hospital observation were ordered as the case proceeds with the husband insisting on support despite shock.
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Mass
James Carlan
Ronald Carlan
China
Carlan
John W. MacLeod
Boston
James
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