63 Killed in Air Crashes At Shanghai
In heavy fog near Shanghai three CNAC and Central Air Transport planes crashed killing or injuring 85. American Capt. J M Greenwood was killed and Capt. R B Preus injured. Major William H Byrne aided survivors before his own transfer to safety. A fourth plane was missing with at least 10 aboard.
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Shanghai
China
Shanghai Evening Post
Mercury
Woosung
Post and Mercury
J. M. Greenwood
Austin
Texas
R. B. Preus
Minneapolis
Greenwood
Preus
Chinese National Aviation Corporation
Central Air Transport Corporation
William H. Byrne
Cookeville
Tenn
Air Transport Command
Tokyo
Orhan Duggan
Athens
Chungking
Francis J. Michiels
CNAC
United States Army
Purge of Jap War-Seeking Bloc Finishes
Tokyo reports Allied command has completed purges of war-seeking elements within Japanese society, removing thousands of Nippon leaders up to 1945. Officials say purges aimed to open leadership for a new constitution and reduce feudal influence, while critics warn of social disruption and risk of Communist infiltration.
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Tokyo
Supreme Allied Command
Nippon
Japan
Mercury Drops After Hitting 50 in Cedar Rapids
Eastern Iowa enjoyed bright sun as Cedar Rapids recorded 26 degrees at 11:30 am on Thursday down from a 50 degree Christmas high. The weatherman forecast light snow in the northwestern part of the state tonight extending eastward by Friday with temperatures remaining moderate.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Wisconsin Governor Backing Harold Stassen in Bid
Wisconsin's 84 year old governor Walter J Goodland endorsed Harold E Stassen's presidential candidacy today citing shared goals and party alignment. The endorsement signals GOP support from the state executive office and adds momentum to Stassen's campaign.
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Madison, Wis
Wisconsin
Walter $. Goodland
Harold E. Stassen
Lone Woman Robs Bank in daylight
A well dressed woman robbed United Bank and Trust Company in broad daylight, taking 582 dollars at gunpoint from teller Robert S. Walden. The 27 year old veteran described teller said she was about 35, five six, wearing a brown fur coat and warned customers and staff before fleeing.
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ST. Louis
INS
United Bank and Trust Company
Robert S. Walden
Walden
Dick Miller Elected 1947 Chair of Cedar Rapids Retail Bureau
Richard M. Miller of Craemer's department store was elected Thursday noon as chairman of the Retail Merchants Bureau of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce for 1947. He succeeds Gordon Barger of Morris Sanford Company. Vice-chairman will be chosen from the Chamber board. Committee chairs to be named at the next bureau meeting.
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Cedar Rapids News
Richard M. Miller
Craemer’s Department Store
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Miller
Gordon Barger
Morris Sanford Company
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Moss Hart Robbed Of $15,000 In New York Home
Police report thieves ransacked the apartment of Moss Hart playwright and producer and stole jewelry clothing Christmas gifts and silverware valued at over 15000. Hart and wife Kitty Carlisle found the burglary upon returning from New Hope Pennsylvania Wednesday night.
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New York
Moss Hart
Hart
Kitty Carlisle
New Hope
Soviet Complaint On Shanghai Tiff Rejected by US
The U S state department rejected Soviet protests that two Soviet citizens were attacked by American police in Shanghai on September 23. It blamed the Russians for the clash after an automobile accident and noted no compensation was sought.
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Shanghai
Washington
State Department
State Department B
Department
Lincoln White
Dairen
Manchuria
White
Reilly Defender of Hauptmann Dies at 62
Edward J. Reilly, the New York attorney who defended Bruno Hauptmann in the Lindbergh kidnapping trial, died Wednesday from cerebral thrombosis. A veteran defense lawyer with two thousand homicide cases, he had been committed to a mental institution in 1937 for a nervous condition tied to the case but was released in 1938 after a jury found him sane.
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New York
Edward J. Reilly
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Reilly
Hauptmann
Threat of Revolution Seen By Subversion Probe Aide
The House committee heard a warning from chief counsel Ernie Adamson about a conspiracy to foment revolution in the United States through a general strike. The report, drawn from 1946 material, cites Communist influence in 17 CIO unions and critiques U.N. representatives linked to foreign governments.
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Washington
House Committee On un-American Activities
United States
Ernie Adamson
Government Printing Office
United Nations
Library of Congress
Adamson
Moscow
Europe
England
CIO
U.N
Communist Party of the
Russia
Butter Prices Drop on Chicago and New York Exchanges
Butter prices fell two to six cents a pound on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange to the lowest since Sept. 3. Top grade AA 93 score butter reached 74 cents, down from 80 earlier in the week, amid expectations retail markets will feel the effect in about a week to ten days. Russell Fifer of the American Butter Institute noted the price drop would show in groceries soon.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Russell Fifer
American Butter Institute
Butter prices slide as production climbs in New York market
First grade butter fell 10 cents in the New York wholesale market on Thursday as weekly production rose four percent, 30 percent above last year. Market draw and heavy buying interest waned as 900,000 pounds purchased recently were withdrawn, while milk shifts from cheese and cream boosted butter volume.
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New York
Anti-Dewey Dixie Bloc Gains in GOP Battle for House Lead
A likely anti-Dewey coalition of Republicans and southern Democrats forms amid a GOP fight over the House majority leader post. Key figures include Halleck, Jenkins, Dirksen, and Brown, with Brown as rallying point for anti-Dewey forces aiming to curb federal controls and align with southern Democrats.
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Washington
G.O.P
House
Dewey
New York
Ohio
Sen
Taft
Bricker
Rep
Halleck
Ind
Hoffman
Martin
Mass
Republican Party
Porter
Bowles
Henderson
OPA
Brown
Living Cost Index Reaches All-Time High in Mid November
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the cost of living index at 151.7 in November, surpassing the June 1920 peak by 1.5 percent. Food prices drove the rise with a 34 percent jump since mid-October, while clothing and house furnishings rose, gas and electricity fell slightly, and rents barely inched up.
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Washington (Lp
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Famed Deadpan Comedian Dies
PASADENA Calif AP W C Fields 66 famed deadpan comedian dies at Las Encinas sanatorium after 14 months of illness Born Claude William Dukanfield in Philadelphia Jan 29 1880 Fields famed for liquor quips and feuds with Edgar Bergen also known for ad libbing and disregard for scripts Career spanned vaudeville Broadway films and radio with peers Cantor Wynn Rogers Brice Williams and others He left school at 11 and began in show business at five dollars a week continuing a long career in entertainment involving Ziegfeld Follies and Sally of the Sawdust
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Pasadena
Calif
W. C. Fields
Claude William Dukanfield
Philadelphia
Las Encinas
Fields
Edgar Bergen
Charlie McCarthy
Charles Dickens
Norristown
Florenz Ziegfeld
Eddie Cantor
Ed Wynn
Will Rogers
Fanny Brice
Bert Williams
W. Griffith
W. C
Broadway
NAM opposes CIO wage demands citing distorted data
The National Association of Manufacturers warned that general wage raises would raise inflation and unemployment in 1947. It disputed CIO research base years 1936–1939 and accused studies of selective data, noting profits rose 111 percent 1942–45 while manufacturing profits grew 75 percent.
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New York
National Association of Manufacturers
CIO
N.A.M
Congress
Treasury
National City Bank
Death toll from Christmas traffic tops 200
The Associated Press reports 213 people died in highway crashes during the Christmas period, with California accounting for 55 deaths, Illinois 27, and Iowa four. Wet streets and drinking blamed for many accidents as travel drew huge numbers to the roads.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
California
Los Angeles
Illinois
Chicago
Iowa
Two More Survivors Rescued From Ice Drift
In Montreal, two more survivors of a Quebec Airways crash were saved Thursday by a small boat from a drifting ice floe in the St. Lawrence river. They had been stranded for four days amid a blinding snowstorm and dangerous ice. No condition report was available immediately. Earlier, three survivors were still adrift and four had been rescued.
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Montreal
Quebec Airways
St. Lawrence
Truman to Send Congressional Message on January 6
Washington AP reporting President Truman has decided to deliver the annual legislative message to Congress on January 6. The White House indicates a second message will follow on January 8 with the economic council report, and a budget message on January 10, though plans may change. Presidential secretary Charles Ross noted no fixed schedule for regular meetings with legislative leaders unless Democratic majorities require it.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
Economic Council
Charles G. Ross
U S Seeks French Saar Explanation Over Plant Move
General Clay demanded from France a full explanation of reports that industries, including the Robert Bosch electrical parts plant, were moved from Württemberg to the Saar and placed under a customs frontier. He urged presenting the facts to the quadripartite Allied control authority and rejected claims of unilateral action.
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Berlin
Germany
Saar
Lucius D. Clay
Robert Bosch
Wuerttemberg
Ae Clay
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