Sleet Delays Truman Christmas Trip to Missouri
President Truman's planned 8:30 a.m. departure from National Airport for Kansas City, Missouri, was delayed by sleet and zero visibility. Flights remained grounded as he awaited weather clearance to fly in his four engined plane The Sacred Cow to Independence for Christmas visits with family.
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Missouri
Charles G. Ross
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Midwest
Independence
J. T. Norland
Grandview
Petrillo Targets Foreign Music on U S Radio Programs
New York news reports James C. Petrillo head of the American Federation of Musicians challenged radio stations over broadcasting of foreign musical programs after December 31. He said Canada programs are excluded and urged conferences after January 1. The NAB noted BBC programs on NBC CBS and independents could be affected.
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American Federation of Musicians
National Association of Broadcasters
Petrillo
Canada
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N.A.B
Jerusalem
British Broadcasting Corporation
NBC
CBS
BBC
County Faces $52718 Gap in E Bond Drive
Linn County must raise $52718 in the final five days to meet its 2007000 E Bond quota. Sales reached 13125 by Monday noon, with gifts expected during Christmas shopping. total E bonds sold stand at 1954282, enough to cover the overall county goal but not yet the E bond target.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County Victory Loan
George Hearn
Benes Warns Against Making Red Pact Issue
Prague AP report states President Eduard Beneš urged Czech politicians to keep alliance with Russia from becoming a campaign issue. He reaffirmed a promise of free secret elections next spring and said the alliance should be viewed as a cornerstone of Czechoslovakia’s policy.
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Eduard Benes
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Field Commanders Accused of Delaying Combat Stars
Washington AP The war department faces a Senate inquiry after reports that field commanders delayed awarding combat stars to keep soldiers from qualifying for discharge. Senator Johnson alleges theater commanders sometimes postponed orders, potentially keeping experienced men in the theater to improve unit showings.
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Pacific
Stricken Baby of Wac Widow Dies in Indiana
In Muncie Indiana 19 month old Gayle Eleanor Harvey died in her mother Jean Harveys arms from tubercular meningitis. Doctors had said streptomycin was the only medicine that could save her life after a nationwide appeal by the mother. A donor identified as Santa Claus sent a million units of the drug. The baby had shown initial improvement but weakened despite treatment. The childs father Sgt Thomas D Harvey a paratrooper was killed in action in Germany last March.
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Jean Harvey
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Thomas D. Harvey
Germany
Truman Urges Peace and Love World Wide at Christmas
President Truman led the first peacetime Christmas observance since 1941, urging the world to follow the Sermon on the Mount to solve global ills. He spoke from the White House South Lawn after lighting the national Christmas tree, invoking anchors of Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, and Lincoln as guides to a lasting peace.
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Communist Offensive Near Kaoyu On Grand Canal
Chinese press dispatches report 50 000 Communists attacking Kaoyu and Shaopo with strikes at Taihsien, aiming to seize three towns and prepare to cut the Yangtze between Nanking and Shanghai. The government confirms the actions along the Grand canal north of Nanking.
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Nanking
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Taihsien
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Slippery Cedar Rapids Roads Halting Buses
Eastern Iowa roads iced over with snow patches slowing travel. Highway 59 between Denison and Ida Grove closed and two thirds of Cedar Rapids bus lines canceled though trains largely run on time. Ice and sleet left 1.5 inches of ground ice with 4 to 10 inches of snow statewide. cold, windy conditions lingered through Tuesday night.
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Rock Island
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Kay Kyser and Georgia Carroll Expecting Child in May
Hollywood AP reports Kay Kyser told his band members he will become a father in the middle of May. Georgia Carroll, a former model and Kyser singer, is his wife and this will be their first child.
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Georgia Carroll
Poison Gas Bomb Attack Hits Communist Party Meeting in Rome
Police hunted Tuesday for suspects behind a poison gas bomb blast at the Communist directorate in party headquarters during a Christmas Eve gathering in Rome.
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Communist Directorate
Lin Party
Big 3 Agree on Draft Peace Terms for Europe
Moscow reports say the United States Britain and Russia agreed a procedure for drafting peace terms with Germany's European satellites. The terms will be prepared by the signatories of armistice treaties and submitted to a 20-nation conference by May 1. France and China were urged to approve.
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Ex-convicts receive full pardon for wartime service
President Truman issues a blanket Christmas Eve pardon restoring civil rights to thousands of ex convicts who served honorably after July 29, 1941. More than 2,000 federal prisoners were paroled to join the armed forces and several thousand more completed sentences and enlisted. Some served in the Marines, Navy, and Coast Guard.
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Armed Services
Truman
Army
Clark
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Navy
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White House
Father Rescues 2 Children as Fire Threatens
Vernon Tobin and Gary Tobin, sons of Mr and Mrs Hubert Tobin, were overcome by smoke in a Christmas Eve house fire on Sixth Street SE. The father rushed home from visiting neighbors and carried the two children to safety before they were taken to Mercy Hospital in good condition. The fire caused slight damage and its cause was undetermined.
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Vernon Tobin
Gary Tobin
Hubert Tobin
Sixth Street
Tobin
Mercy Hospital
End of Trail for Bridegroom at 101
James Augustus Cooper aged 101, a former tree trimmer who married at 101, was found dead in bed of a heart attack in Racine Wisconsin. His bride, 62, was hospitalized with a broken hip. Best man Kay Johnson found him. Cooper claimed long life via good living and whisky.
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Kay Johnson
Julius Westpatet
Westpatet
Buffalo
N. Y
Death After 96 Hours In Snow Attributed To Own Action
Coroner rules Herbert Waite 62 died probably by his own action after 96 hours in a snowbank near Patchogue New York He had written a note to his landlady fearing relief and saying he would join his parents Police found no tracks indicating movement Frank Bermudez saw Waite’s arm in the snow after walking his dog
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N. Y
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Grover A. Silliman
Waite
Frank Bermudez
Fire at Hartford hospital kills 16 in Christmas blaze
A Christmas tree fire caused by a short circuit swept the Niles Street hospital in Hartford, killing 16 residents and injuring 26. Firefighters fought bitter cold as nurses and staff evacuated patients, with several heroes aiding victims and State Fire Marshal investigating.
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Wish Granted Papa Joins Daughter in Death After Wish
Mary Ann Potter an 8 year old in Philadelphia asked for her father to join her in death as she lay dying from a streptococcus infection after surgery. Emory E Potter 45 a shipyard worker fulfilled the wish then died of a heart attack three hours after returning from the undertaker.
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