Patton Laid To Rest Amid His Soldiers
Gen. George S. Patton was buried at a Luxembourg grave site beneath pines and white crosses. The service, brief and disciplined, included salutes and taps as Mrs Patton received the flag from Sgt. William Meeks, with dignitaries from 11 nations in attendance.
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Patton
Hamm
Luxembourg
George S. Patton
Third Army
United States Military Cemetery
William G Meeks
Junction City
Kan
Meeks
George S. Patton, Jr
Geoffrey Keyes
United ‘States Seventh Army
Russia
Luxembourg City
Heidelberg
Ardennes
Pierre Koenig
France
Prince Felix
Little Duchy
United States
Plane Spans 5 States After Crew Bail-out
A crewless C 47 transport crashed near Chillicothe Ohio after a four hour unguided flight across five states. The bomber had departed Denver on a routine training mission with eight hours of fuel and auto controls failed. Parachutes were found, six crewmen reportedly bailed out before the crash.
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Chillicothe, Ohio
Here
Dwight
Neb
Air Force
Lincoln
Sam Mark
Col
J. T. Posey
North Platte
Posey
Denver
Two Hitchhikers Held Up Dyer In Dallas
Dan A. Dyer 21 from Sapula Oklahoma reported to police that two female hitchhikers stole $25 and his car at gunpoint in Dallas Texas. He described them as two women and said he was reddened with embarrassment.
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Dallas, Texas
Dan A. Dyer
Sapula
Okla
Fred Keller
Enid
Phillips University
Keller
Searcy
Ark
St. Louis
Kenneth Swanson
Libertyville
Chicago
Gary
Ind
Indiana Harbor
Jerome D. Brenman
Victory E bond drive falters in Linn county deadline near
Bond drive progress in Linn county shows 1 941 057 dollars in E bond sales to date, 65 943 short of the 2 007 000 quota. Six reporting days remain with a required daily average of 10 991 to meet the target by December 31. Weekend sales undercut hopes for a Christmas finish.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn
Tommies Protest Shift to Mid east
About 300 British troops walked off the troopship Orion in Liverpool to protest overcrowded conditions and poor food aboard. Police clashed with marchers who tried to force them back for a Christmas eve sailing to the Middle East. Eight hundred more protested previously.
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Liverpool
Orion
Middle East
Storm Rises in Fury Over English Channel
A week-old storm intensified over the English Channel forcing ships to seek cover and stranding thousands of Christmas travelers. Torrential rain and hail battered coastlines as 60 mile winds hit seawalls and drove vessels into busy lanes near waterfront buildings. Traffic from the continent faced long delays with troops and furloughed Americans stranded.
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London
English Channel
English
Continent
Truman veto sharpens battle over USES control
President Truman threatened a pocket veto to kill a rider ending federal control of the United States Employment Service within 100 days, prompting Republican claims of inefficiency and a push for state administration. He argued the move would delay re employment efforts for veterans and workers while warning it could disrupt service during wartime to peacetime transition.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
United States Employment Service
Sen. Reed
R-Kan
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Budget Bureau
General Short Ill. Threat Of Pneumonia Reported
Maj. Gen. Walter C. Short, former army commander of the Hawaiian department at Pearl Harbor, is listed as a patient at Walter Reed hospital. A public relations officer said no pneumonia diagnosis had been given, despite rumors of such a threat.
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Washington
Walter C. Short
Hawaiian Department
Pearl Harbor
Walter Reed Hospital
Pope Names Four Americans to College of Cardinals
Pope Pius XII announced 32 new cardinals including four Americans Archbishops Spellman Glennon Stritch Mooney. The group will receive red hats in Rome on February 1, expanding U S presence to four of seventy and marking Detroit and St Louis first cardinalates for those sees.
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Vatican City
United States
Latin America
Canada
Pius XII
Rome
College of Cardinals
Francis J. Spellman
New York
St. Louis
Samuel A. Stritch
Chicago
Edward Mooney
Detroit
Vatican
Dennis Cardinal Dougherty
Philadelphia
Cardinal Dougherty
Spellman
St Louis
Pope Pius XII Seeks True Peace in Christmas Message
In his Christmas address to cardinals, Pope Pius XII calls for true peace beyond postwar, urging collaboration and reciprocal trust, denouncing censorship and total state tyranny. He announces changes in the Italian college, stating the Catholic Church is above nationality and belongs to all peoples.
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Rome
Pius XII
College of Cardinals
Christ
Daily Record Index and Features Mix Highlighted
The page mixes sections such as Deaths Editorial Features and Movies with sports coverage. It lists departments including Farms Marion AZ Men Women in Service and a state section with radio and cinema items.
Snow Makes Cedar Rapids Roads Hazardous in Storm
A Cedar Rapids forecast notes light rain and sleet turning to snow with continued precipitation until Tuesday noon. Monday's five inch snowfall across Des Moines Ottumwa and Ames left highways dangerous as rain and sleet kept pavements slippery. Temperature reached 22 after a 14 degree low.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Des Moines
Ottumwa
Ames
Highway Patrol
Towa
Engagement Ring Surprise Inside Yule Candy Box
In Philadelphia a soldier plans to give his girlfriend a Christmas day surprise with a candy box containing a diamond ring. The box was damaged and the ring dropped to the floor unseen. A radio station broadcast for the soldier to claim the ring, but he has not yet.
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Philadelphia
Betty Kuhn
Big Three Agree to Resume Peace Talks Across Italy to Finland
The Big Three radio Moscow says peace treaty talks will resume immediately for Italy Hungary Romania Bulgaria and Finland with France and China kept out unless invited. Byrnes Bevin and Molotov met with Stalin amid optimism and an audience ovation at the Bolshoi.
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London
Radio Moscow
Italy
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Finland
France
China
Moscow
Russia
James F .Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
W. M .Molotov
Byrnes
Bevin
United States
W. Averell Harriman
Stalin
Charles Bohlen
State Department
Finland Parliament votes to nationalize banks
London AP reports Helsinki radio says the Finnish parliament has voted to nationalize Finland's banks. The move signals a major state takeover of the financial sector amid economic pressures.
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London
Helsinki Radio
Finland
Patton Was To Have Been on Washington
The battleship Washington arrived in New York three days late with 1,628 homebound G I s from Europe as winter storms lashed the Atlantic. Gen George S Patton Jr who was buried Monday was to have been a passenger on the Washington his reservations made after the motor accident that injured him.
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New York
Washington
New York Harbor
Atlantic
Europe
George S. Patton, Jr
Third Army
Frank J. Lowry
Cresco
Bituminous Coal Output Surpasses Rest of World in 57 0 Million Tons
The Bituminous Coal Institute said New York output will total about 570 million tons more than the combined rest of the world this year. This claim highlights the U S coal production scale and global position.
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New York
United States
Bituminous Coal Institute
Deserters Nabbed After Crime Spree In Midwest
The FBI arrested army deserters Robert Frederic Smith and Boleslas Walter Czajkowski near Blue Island Illinois after an eight day search. They confessed to seven kidnappings and robberies and the murder of Ray Gordon Beh near Holland Michigan on December 20. The pair fled Camp Robinson Arkansas after overpowering guards and committing a string of robberies from Chicago to Crystal Lake Illinois before Beh was killed.
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Washington
FBI
Robert Frederic Smith
Ray Gordon Beh
Holland
Mich
Smith
Beh
Henry Ford
J Edgar Hoover
Boleslas Walter Czajkowski
Blue Island
Ill
Hoover
Camp Robinson
Ark
Chicago
Czajkowski
Cary
Standley Anderson
Lake Geneva
Wis
Crystal Lake
Leonard
Anderson
Grand Haven
Richard Milewski
Rose Leone McCormick
Holland, Mich
Milewski
Peak Past in Pre holiday Travel
The United Press reports the pre holiday travel peak easing though thousands of returning servicemen face detentions at debarkation points or aboard ships. Delays persist in rail, bus and air travel with crowded stations in Chicago and New York and heavy east west backlog into California and Florida.
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United Press
Army
Navy
New York
Grand Central
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Memphis
New Orleans
St Louis
Miami
Union Station
Illinois Reserve Militia
Dwight Green
Cor Bus Lines
Greyhound
Washington
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Calloway Faces Court Over Kansas City Ballroom Fracas
Cab Calloway a Negro bandleader is to appear in municipal court Wednesday on drunkenness and disturbing the peace charges following a scuffle at a Kansas City ballroom. He and Felix Payne Jr. were denied entrance by special officer Bill Todd who claimed the hall did not admit Negroes. Todd said he fired after Payne struck him and Calloway pushed him to the floor. Lionel Hampton’s orchestra halted after word of the incident and refunds were issued to about 1200 dancers.
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Kansas City
Cabl Calloway
Calloway
Felix Payne, Jr
Lionel Hampton
Bill Todd
Payne
Todd
Hampton
Million Dollar Fire Hits Windsor Business Block
A Windsor block in the downtown area was gutted by a fire estimated at one million dollars. Firefighters faced freezing spray and icy winds as they fought to halt the flames and prevent further spread.
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Windsor
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