Parley Near End Details Are Awaited On Big Three Talks
Moscow reports say the Big Three foreign ministers completed an 11 day session with progress on drafting the European peace settlement. Byrnes Molotov and Bevin reportedly pleased with results and promised further details. Key issues cited include world control of atomic energy and troop withdrawals from Iran.
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Moscow
United States
James F. Byrnes
V. M. Molotov
Ernest Bevin
Byrnes
Washington
Japan
Agend
Iran
London
France
China
Byrnes Invites Molotov Bevin to Washington Conference
Secretary of State Byrnes invites Soviet Foreign Commissar Molotov and British Foreign Secretary Bevin to Washington for the next foreign ministers conference. If they accept and the Yalta schedule holds, the meeting could be held around March 15.
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Washington
State Byrnes
Molotov
Bevin
Yalta
Shots Fired at Indonesian Premier in Batavia
Premier Sutan Sjahrir escaped an attempted car theft when four Dutch uniformed men fired on his car in Batavia. He was struck with a pistol butt and later a Netherlands officer allegedly aimed a pistol at him. Six soldiers, said to be Eurasians and Surinamese, were arrested by British MPs. Netherlands army pledged punishment.
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Batavia
Java
Sutan Sjahrir
Aneta
Netherlands Indies
Sjahrir
Nurse panics as hospital fire traps 17 victims
Hartford fire marshal said a panicked nurse abandoned a blazing Christmas tree at Niles Street hospital, leaving a door open and flames racing to upper floors. The fire killed 17 people, despite four extinguishers being available but reportedly not working.
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Hartford
Conn
Edward J. Hickey
Niles Street Hospital
Hickey
Japanese officers sentenced to death at Wake Island killings
A U S naval court on Kwajalein sentenced Rear Admiral Shigematsu Sakaibara and Lt Cmdr Soichi Tachibana to death by hanging for the 1943 execution of 96 Pan American Airways workers on Wake Island. Nine others received prison terms. trials to be reviewed before execution.
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Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
United States
Wake Island
Shigematsu Sakaibara
Wake
Soichi Tachibana
Sakaibara
Japan
Pan American Airways
William P Mahoney
U.S. N.R
Bataan
Mahoney
Gas Blast Wrecks Building in Santa Barbara
Three people died and a fourth is missing after a butane gas truck exploded and a fire destroyed a warehouse apartment building in Santa Barbara. Five others were injured none seriously. Victims identified include John Johnson, his wife, and Caroline Sue Stovall. Frances Watson was missing. Driver Anthony Berta blamed the blast on the starter.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
John Johnson
Caroline Sue Stovall
Frances Watson
Anthony Berta
Truman Plans Radio Address On Legislative Program
President Truman announced from Kansas City that soon after returning to Washington he will address the nation by radio to outline his legislative program and state of the union. He will discuss labor policy and end strikes, and review his stalled agenda in Congress.
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Truman
Kansas City
Washington
Congress
Truman Enjoys Christmas Spirit Amid Busy Holiday Schedule
President Truman spent Christmas week holidaying with friends and family, greeting crowds in Independence and Kansas City. He arrived by plane from Washington and traveled through snow and street weather to visit his mother, Mrs. Martha E. Truman, 93, at Grandview.
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Washington
Kansas City
Independence
Grandview
Joseph T. Noland
White House
Mike Peters
Treasury Department
Western
Missouri
Truman
Federal
Ashington
Martha E. Truman
New York Papers Criticize Truman Flight Under Bad Weather
The New York Times and PM warned against risky travel by President Truman after his Tuesday flight in poor weather. The Times argued the President must shoulder responsibility and not gamble with his life, noting Christmas desires must yield to caution. PM echoed the judgment that Truman lacks the privilege to take chances, suggesting his mother would caution him similarly.
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New York
Truman
the Times
Harry Truman
General Short Condition Improved at Walter Reed
Physicians at Walter Reed hospital reported Maj. Gen. Walter C. Short’s condition greatly improved on Wednesday. The news provides an encouraging update on the Army general’s health status.
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Washington
INS
Walter Reed Hospital
Walter C. ‘Short
Town Shuns Sleep to Be Sailor Santa in Glenwood Springs
In Glenwood Springs Colorado 1200 residents stayed up all night to greet a trainload of sailors en route to eastern homes. The town raised 400 pounds of turkey plus sides and gifts. W J Hutchings organized volunteers to serve coffee donuts and a meal at the station as Navy cooks prepared the shipboard dinner. The sailors expressed thanks as the train pulled away.
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Glenwood Springs
Colo
Rocky Mountain
W. J Hutchings
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Hutchings
Lions Club
Navy
Demobilization Transport Measures Studied by War Dept
Secretary of War Patterson reports a special officer group has surveyed Pacific demobilization transport in the last ten days. He claims ships used for Japanese troops lack long voyage suitability and notes GI demobilization rates exceed World War I levels. Patterson cites 158,000 Pacific returns in October, 260,000 in November, and an expected 387,000 by December.
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Washington
INS
Patterson
Pacific
Sen. Lucas
Philippines
Japan
Lucas
United States
Army Air Forces
GM Picket Lines End Yule Peace At Flint Buick Plant
Pickets bar GM Buick plant executive from entering the Flint Michigan garage on a holiday picket line. H H Curtis Buick plant general manager had his car pushed back by four or five demonstrators and walked to the administration. O W Young assistant manufacturing manager drove through after a third attempt with no injuries reported.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Flint
Mich
Buick
H. H. Curtis
O. W. Young
Coast Guard to Return to Treasury Next Month
The Coast Guard will be returned from the Navy to the Treasury Department next month. Details have been worked out. a transfer date may be set after a possible conference between Navy Secretary Forrestal and Treasury Secretary Vinson. Admiral Waesche will retire and Admiral Farley will become the new commandant.
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Treasury Dept
Washington
Navy
Treasury Department
Treasury
Navy Departments
Forrestal
Vinson
Truman
The
Women's Auxiliary Organization
Russell W. Waesche
Joseph F. Farley
Boast Guard
Frank Beals Dies Suddenly at 66
Frank A Beals 66 longtime president of Welch-Cook Beals Co Cedar Rapids died suddenly Christmas day at his son Ray Beals home. He moved to Cedar Rapids in 1903 rose from stock boy to president serving on multiple boards and numerous clubs. Born July 15 1879 in Sterling Kansas he began work in Stafford Kansas and Iowa move in 1900 to New Providence then Cedar Rapids.
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Welch-Cook- Beals Company
Cedar Rapids
Ray H. Beals
Meadowbrook Drive
Beals
Commonwealth Apartments
Welch-Cook Company
Merchants National Bank
The
Perpetual Savings and Loan Association
Peterson Baking Company
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Crescent Lodge
A. F
A. M. Trowel
Apollo Commandery
Iowa
el Kabir Shrine
B.p.co
Embassy Club
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Beals
Sterling
Kan
Nettie
J. D Beals
Stafford
Ottawa
Providence
Kansas
Miners Trapped After Deep Coal Mine Explosion in Kentucky
About 30 to 35 miners were believed trapped a mile to two miles back in the Kentucky Straight Creek Coal mine near Pineville after an underground explosion blocked the exit. Rescue teams entered as smoke poured from the shaft and authorities assessed whether the air shaft was sealed by the blast.
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Pineville
G. E. Lewis
Mmine
Kentucky Straight Creek Coal Company
Lewis
Bell
Harlan
Linn County Faces Tight Finish in Victory Bond Drive
Linn County races to reach a $2,007,000 Victory Bond quota with five days left. As of Monday sales stood at $1,954,394, leaving $52,606 to raise at a daily average of $10,521. Chairman George Hearn cautioned the goal is tight and failure would be a first.
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Cedar Rounds
Linn County
George Hearn
West Coast G I Jam Shows Signs of Easing
In San Francisco and Los Angeles fewer servicemen arrived than left during the Christmas period, breaking a bottleneck that had tied up about 170000 men on the Pacific coast. The slowdown in entries and exits indicated the jam was easing by midweek.
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San Francisco
Los Angeles
Thief Steals Cutter Shafts From Kennedy Property
Police report a thief stole the shafts from Sam Kennedy's cutter parked beside the Kennedy barn at 1005 Eleventh Street NW on Christmas Day 1945. The value set at eight dollars.
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Cedar Rapids
Sam Kennedy
Kennedy’s Place
Eleventh Street NW
Iowa dig out of Christmas snow with milder weather
Iowa recovers from a Christmas Eve storm as temperatures climb to the low thirties in many areas. Snow depths reach up to 20 inches in Sheldon with statewide travel improving though still cautious. Des Moines and other cities report light snowfall and packed ice while airlines resume landings as field conditions ease.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Davenport
Iowa City
Mason City
Sheldon
Sioux City
Atlantic
Creston
Ames
Fort Dodge
Charles City
Burlington
Ottumwa
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Lamont
United Airlines
Churchill Accepts Invitation to Visit Czechoslovakia
Prague AP report says Winston Churchill has accepted an official invitation to visit Czechoslovakia either before or after his scheduled U S vacation visit, according to an authoritative source.
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Prague
Winston Churchill
Czechoslovakia
United States
Sailors cheer as streetcar crashes into patrol wagon
Dozens of sailors on a busy downtown street cheered a streetcar operator after a crash when a streetcar slammed into a navy shore patrol wagon. No injuries are reported and the scene drew a large crowd along the curb.
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San Francisco
Navy
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