U S Pushes Ban on Atomic Bomb with Auto Punishment
United States diplomat Bernard Baruch urged the United Nations to approve a treaty outlawing atomic weapons with automatic punishment for violators. The plan includes multilateral treaties, an International Atomic Authority, and junking existing bombs, while avoiding a veto that could shield violators.
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Lake Success
N.Y
United States
Bernard Baruch
United Nations
Baruch
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Security Council
Andrei Gromyko
U.S. Senate
International Atomic Authority
Atomic Authority
Commission
Alexandrov
Canada
Cold snap hits Iowa with near zero readings across state
The weather bureau reports a broad cold wave across Iowa with forecast lows from 5 to 15 degrees and highs near 15 to 20. Cedar Rapids saw a 26 degree low, Elkader 24 with a thunderstorm and 1.20 inches rain, while Spencer fell to 8 degrees and ice formed on some roads north of highway 3.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Elkader
Spencer
Highway Commission
Highway 3
Sugar policy sparks cross fire over controls and prices
Washington reports a heated clash as Secretary of Agriculture Anderson accuses New York brokers of plotting to end controls while pledging relief for housewives. Senators and representatives lambaste the policy as a mess, with calls to end rationing or boost production, and hints of possible price increases to secure supply.
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Washington (Lp
Anderson
New York
William H. Burns
National Sugar Brokers Association
Sen. Hatch
Dn.m
Brokers Association
Washington Cops Seek "Jack the Snipper" Hair-Cutter
Police issued a lookout for a dark haired youth nicknamed "Jack the Snipper" who trims hair of women on daytime Washington streetcars. Three girls aged 12 to 19 reported unrequested haircuts by a tall thin hatless man with long black shoes. Psychiatrists in Washington describe the act as possibly sex maniac driven.
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Washington
Jack
Bethlehem Steel Faces Pay Suit for 200 Million
Philadelphia AP report notes CIO United Steel Workers locals filed a portal-to-portal pay suit against Bethlehem Steel for 200 million, on behalf of 13,000 workers in 23 plants. The case seeks overtime and liquidated damages retroactive to Oct 24, 1938, with potential growth as more members join.
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Philadelphia
CIO
United Steel Workers
Bethlehem Steel Company
National Union
United States District Court
Passenger Train and Freight Collide Near Auburn North Carolina
An eastbound Southern railway passenger train collided head on with a freight train at Auburn, North Carolina, on Saturday. Initial reports said only a few people were injured as both trains moved slowly. The passenger engineer locked his wheels and jumped to safety, letting the engine skid into the freight. The conductor said the freight was expected on a siding and hurried to flag down another train.
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Raleigh
N. C
Southern Railway
Auburn
Jan 10 Deadline for Mailing to Antarctic Ships
The Navy announced mail for Byrd Antarctic expedition personnel aboard six ships must reach the New York fleet post office by January 10. After that date, letters will be delivered only when ships return to the United States. Emergency messages will be radioed to all ships. Ships listed include Mount Olympus Northwind Burton aaeee Nancey Merrick and Sennet.
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Washington
Navy
New York Fleet
United States
Mount Olympus
Northwind
Burton Aaeee
Nancey
Merrick
Sennet
St Paul Teachers End Five Week Walkout Reopen Schools
AFL Teachers Joint Council ends five week strike and 77 St Paul public schools will reopen. City charter amendment proposes $18 per capita school expenditure cap and $24 for other departments, with $30 cap on property, to be voted by city council next week.
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ST. Paul
AFL Teachers Joint Council
City Charter Commission
Herald-Tribune Price Raised to Five Cents
The Herald-Tribune announced a price increase for weekday editions from three to five cents and Sundays from ten to fifteen cents, effective December 30, announced in New York. This marks a shift in daily newspaper pricing by the publication.
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Herald-Tribune
New York
The
Lea to Push Four-Year Term for House Members
Representative Clarence F. Lea of California said he will renew in the new Congress his effort to increase the House term from two to four years. He contends longer terms would reduce influence of party politics and improve voter accountability.
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Washington
Clarence F. Lea
D., Calif
Congress
House
Deputies Guard Polk Prosecutor Office Over Christmas Eve Dispute
Deputy sheriffs stood outside Polk County Attorney Vernon Seeburger’s office Friday. The move, arranged at Seeburger’s request, followed a dispute involving night club proprietor Babe Bisignano at the Seeburger home on Christmas Eve. Seiburger left his office at noon and did not comment on the officers’ presence.
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Des Moines
Vernon Seeburger
Vane B Overturff
Seeburgler
Seeburger
al “Babe” Bisignano
De Gaulle Declines French Presidential Candidacy
Paris United Press reports General Charles de Gaulle refused to be a candidate for France’s presidency under the new fourth republic. He said the president would preside with no real power over a powerless regime and issued the statement to answer questions about a possible candidacy.
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Paris
Charles’ de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
DeGaulle
Skunk Found After Call At Teen Hangout Club
Police raced to Changito’s club in Santa Fe after a report of an accident. Patrolmen Manual Moya and Pete Mon toya removed a dead skunk from the scene.
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Santa FE
N. M
Changito’s
Manual Moya
Pete Montoya
Blizzard Delays Removal Of Crash Victims In California
Rescuers battled a blizzard to reach the wreck of a Western airliner on Cuyapaipe peak in Laguna range near San Diego. Twelve people died. ten bodies found amid wreckage, two believed buried in the charred fuselage. Coroner and a team of Marines and forest service worked six hours through two feet of snow to bring bodies down to San Diego mortuaries. The crash near the peak followed an earlier incident in March with eight dead. Airline officials await Civil Aeronautics Authority inquiry into why the plane veered off course.
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San Diego
Calif
Cuyapaipe Peak
Laguna Mountain Range
Imperial Valley
Here
C. D. Gunn
Forest Service
Cameron Guard Station
Thing Ranch
San Diego Mortuaries
Civil Aeronautics Authority
George Sprado
Santa Monica
Plane crash on Irish bog kills 12 of 23 aboard
Trans World Airlines Constellation Star of Cairo crashed near Shannon Airport, Ireland, on a forced landing. Twelve passengers died, four crew members perished, and 11 others survived with injuries as rescuers ferried survivors from the mud island to ambulances.
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Shannon
Eire
Trans World Airlines
Fergus River
Paris
New York
Simion Clerc
Pierre Drayfuss
Herman Koegel
Allan Lanyon
Washington
Maurice Picard
Flushing
N. Y
Clementine Pugh
Herbert Hansey
Falls Church
Plane crash at Michiana garden kills two pilots injures nineteen
An American Airlines flight from Buffalo to Chicago crash landed in a Michigan City flower garden after engine trouble. The pilot Captain Frank Hamm Jr of Bridgeport Connecticut and co pilot Harmon Ring of Muscatine Iowa were killed. Twenty one people aboard included the three crew.
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Michigan City
Ind
American Airlines
Frank Hamm, Jr
Bridgeport
Wealthy 84-year-old man slain in lake-front home
Otto Freund a wealthy retired businessman 84 was beaten to death in his lake-front Wilmette residence Friday The family maid Marie Held 51 was beaten unconscious and the house ransacked Police believed jewelry may be missing and that a hammer or chisel was used The slaying occurred as neighbors reported no one entering or leaving the home
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Wilmette
Otto Freund
Marie Held
Freund
Miss Held
Irene Popper
Clarence
Nu-Art Engraving Company
Rogers Park, National Bank
Chicago
Freund Engraving Company
Lillian Galvin
Edna Sibilski
Islain
Galvin
Evanston
Lake Michigan
John J. Louis
Mississippi Air Tragedy Claims Five Victims
Willis Hall flight instructor at Hunter field Cedar Rapids and his wife died in a plane crash near Union Mississippi along with three others. The group had been in Cedar Rapids and Waterloo for Christmas and were en route to Panama City Florida. The crash ended a Florida trip that included visiting relatives in Arkansas and Iowa. Hall had recently left Cedar Rapids to join the air forces and was stationed at Sheppard field Texas.
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Cedar Rapids
Willis Hall
Hunterfield
Union
Miss
Cedar ‘Rapids
Waterloo
Panama City
Fla
Halls
Mr. Hall
Grace Yeager
First Street
Roy
Duke
Hall
Dukes
Mrs. Yeager
Arkansas
Brannons
Harold Hall
Elkader
Hunter
Jim Wathan
Air Forces
Sheppard Field
Texas
Thin Belt Saves Woman from Fall
A 32 year old woman dangled from an 11th floor ledge at the Drake hotel for 15 minutes before rescue. She identified herself as Mrs Helena Hall of suburban Cynwyd and said she tried to throw water through a window she believed open and lost her balance.
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Philadelphia
Drake Hotel
Matthew H. Clark
Helena Hall
Cynwyd
Clark
House Changes Color In Two Hours In Santa Cruz
A Santa Cruz home shifted from white to reddish orange in two hours while the owners, the Campbells, were away with their dog. County Health Officer Dr. John Rafferty said swamp gases containing hydrogen sulfide mixed with lead in the paint, triggering a chemical reaction after the swamp drained.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
T. H. Campbell
John ‘Rafferty
Butter prices rise one cent at wholesale in Cedar Rapids
The wholesale price of butter increased by one cent per pound in Cedar Rapids on Saturday aligning with Chicago market gains. F W Orr of Wapsie Valley creamery quoted 76 cents per pound while many local stores kept prices near Friday levels between 75 and 85 cents.
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Cedar Rapids
Chicago
F. W. Orr
Wapsie Valley Creamery
Orr
Gazette
Russia Opens Door to German Armament Inspection
Berlin AP reports the Soviet Union will permit four power inspection teams to enter Soviet occupied Germany on January 6 to monitor disarmament progress. Allied teams were slated for November 25 but postponed due to redeployment. Newsmen remain barred from the Soviet zone with no readmission date.
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Berlin
Germany
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