Admission Ordered by President
President Truman ordered admission of displaced persons and refugees to a maximum of 3900 monthly under current laws. He urged focus on orphaned children in European zones, with visas charged to origin countries and distributed fairly among faiths and nationalities. The plan aims to start by spring, with ships ready, while protecting soldiers and families and using welfare guarantees and relatives for support.
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Panama Revolt Fails Ends in Deaths and Arrests
Former President Arnulfo Arias denies involvement as police quell a midnight revolt. Six killed and seven wounded, including a police captain, after attackers hit the Colon police station. Eleven rebels jailed. authorities vow mass arrests. Colon businessmen and Arias supporters implicated.
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Holiday Dinner Grows From Garbage Can
A turkey hatched from an egg tossed into a hatchery garbage can grows into a dinner served to Ed Osborn and his Kansas City license department colleagues. The meal was attended by Mayor John Gage City Manager L P Cookingham and Councilman Walter R Scott among others.
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Record cold wave chills North Dakota and Canada
The Associated Press reports a new cold wave with North Dakota lows of 29 below, Minot 26 below, and Winnipeg 31 below, while southern Canada faces extreme readings. Forecasters expect gradual moderation Sunday as a Pacific storm moves east, bringing snow and mixed precip to the northern regions and the South before Christmas.
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Truman to Sign Housing Measures for Veterans Soon
Washington report says the government will mobilize housing for war veterans once the president signs the needed legislation. Chairman Lanham of the house building and grounds committee expects Mr. Truman to sign within a few days.
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Society Woman Leaps From Cabin Plane Over Hinsdale Field
Mrs. Louise Scott a 33 year old Joliet society woman plunged 800 feet to her death from a cabin plane over the Hinsdale high school field. Pilot Charles Mittler reported she unfastened her strap and jumped after asking to view the countryside. The tragedy followed her resignation as Joliet Junior Woman's Club president and she had told her husband she was Christmas shopping.
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Wheaton
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C. E. Austin
Steel Workers Vote 5-1 In Favor of Walkout
incomplete returns from Friday's CIO United Steel Workers vote show a five to one majority favor a strike to push for a $2 a day wage boost. NLRB offices report 17 354 in favor and 3 858 against across 76 plants in 145 plants in 15 states.
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Woman With Rare Disease Hosts Hospital Christmas Santa
Mrs. Iola Warren, 45, living with ossified muscles, acts as deputy to St. Nicholas at Cook County Hospital. She assembles 100 Christmas gifts for bed-ridden patients, partners with husband Thoren in decorating their North Side home, and plans a hospital party with music and a homemade carol. The couple, aided by friend Jennie Zanetti and minister Rev. Eugene Daniels, celebrate a cooperative family life amid her 20-year illness.
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St. Nicholas
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Herbie
Kaiser Frazer Plan West Coast Plant
Kaiser Frazer announces completion of plans to build Frazer and Kaiser cars in a West Coast plant to start auto production within weeks. Edgar Kaiser will head West Coast operations as 2,500 workers expected by year end 1946, with the facility serving as an assembly site and later a self contained plant.
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Kaiser- Frazer Corporation
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Kaiser
California
Edgar Kaiser
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Willow Run
Snow Avalanche Injures Skier at Alta Resort
One skier suffered a broken leg and shock after an Alta Utah avalanche Saturday night. Bruce Holmes 18 of Salt Lake City was hurt. his partners Peter Van Dekel and Bill Sadler, both Salt Lake high school students, were not struck.
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Field Marshal Montgomery pays condolences on Patton death
Field Marshal Montgomery cabled condolences Saturday to General Eisenhower and General McNarney on the death of General George S. Patton Jr. He asked that a detachment of British troops be sent and represented at the funeral.
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Fay Merrill Civic Leader Dies After Brief Illness
Fay Merrill 45 longtime Cedar Rapids building trades official and labor activist died after a brief illness in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Merrill served as business agent for the Cedar Rapids Building Trades Council since 1938 and was active in the asbestos workers local. Survived by wife Cleola two children a father and two sisters. Funeral arrangements were pending.
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Pope May Name Five New Cardinals Today
Vatican sources say Pope Pius XII will designate five American churchmen as cardinals in a forthcoming consistory. A high prelate disclosed that five cardinalate appointments will be made with a date set for the consistory to be announced Sunday.
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Arthur Train Creator of Mr Tutt Dies at 70
New York AP reports Arthur C. Train aged 70 a lawyer and author creator of Mr Ephraim Tutt died Saturday in Memorial Hospital after a year long illness.
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Cedar Rapids Hit By Record Traffic Jam Holiday Chaos
Cedar Rapids faced an immense holiday traffic crunch as rail and bus networks strained under Christmas travelers service members and severe weather. Trains ran late and packed, with some passengers left on platforms while others rode detours or waited hours. officials credited high demand and wear on equipment for the historic congestion.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Midwest
U S Recognizes Yugoslav Republic After regime change
The United States announced recognition of the new Yugoslav republic while not endorsing the Tito government policies. Britain followed with recognition of Marshal Tito's regime. The note to Yugoslavia stated the new state would assume obligations and respect treaties, without indicating approval of the Nov 11 elections or personal liberties.
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State Department
U. S
Republic of Yugoslavia
Great Britain
Marshal Tito
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Tito
Stanoje Simic
Dean Acheson
Yugoslavia
Karageorgevitch
Peter
Transport Lines Creak Under Load As Holiday Travel Surges
Widespread rail, bus, and air travel pressed to capacity across the nation. Officials reported unmanageable crowds and near-riots at stations from New York to San Francisco as millions sought home for Christmas and New Year. FAA, USO and railroad officials described chaotic conditions with crowds, gate crushes, grounded flights, and limited coach availability.
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Cedar Rapids Stores Open Till 5 30 PM for Christmas Shoppers
Cedar Rapids stores will open at 9 30 a m on Monday and close at 5 30 pm for last minute Christmas shoppers. Most stores will be closed all day on December 31.
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Retail Merchants Bureau
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