U.N. Committee Approves Spain Action Over U.S. Objection
At Lake Success on December 9 the United Nations political committee overrode U.S. objections and endorsed a partial, immediate diplomatic break with Franco Spain by 27 to 7 with 16 abstentions. The Belgian amendment, proposing recall of ambassadors and ministers, passed. the full resolution gained 22 yes votes with 20 abstentions. The United States voted no on the Belgian amendment and later abstained on other related measures.
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Spain
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Madrid
United Nations Security Council
China
Franco
General Assembly
Wemtral
Belgium
Battaires
U. N
France
United Io
Ministers Agree To Convene Next In Red Capital
IONER LORE Dec 9 The F power foreign ministers council agreed the next meeting on a German peace settlement should begin in Moscow March 10 after Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov assured Secretary Byrnes the conference could be fully reported. Byrnes indicated no European peacemaking trip unless progress on German settlement is shown. Molotov said he would consider appointing deputies to work on German and Austrian settlements before the New York meeting ends.
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Foreign Ministers Council
Moscow
Molotov
Byrnes
Byres
Europe
Ernest Bevin
Molotty
Germany
New York
Europa Liner Strands At Le Havre In Wild Channel Storm
Tugboats battled to save the former German liner Europa renamed Liberte after a epic harbor storm. The 951 foot ship grounded on a mudbank, holes in her hull, decks awash, as Jules Moch declared the worst Le Havre storm in history and warned it could take a year to return the vessel to service.
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Weizmann Urges Palestine Jews to Reject Militant Federalization
Dr. Chaim Weizmann opening Basel World Zionist Congress condemns terrorism and rejects the Mortison plan. He argues for a Jewish nation in Palestine alongside Arab neighbors, warns against un disciplined acts, and favors British mandate return as a last resort. The plan would divide Palestine into four zones, undermining Jewish independence.
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Switzerland
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World Zionist Congress
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Holy Land
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Runyon’s Condition Dims. Small Chance of Recovery
New York dispatch reports novelist Damon Runyon, 62, is failing at Memorial Hospital after two years of poor health. Physicians say there is only a small hope for recovery as Runyon battles gastro intestinal and liver ailments. His son Damon Runyon Jr. traveled from Chicago to be at his bedside.
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Tate Today
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Damon, Jr
Chicago
Spa Gets Approval For Reconversion
Washington reports federal approval to begin converting the Greenbrier hotel in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia from an Army hospital back to its original use. Mayor Kenneth M Gillespie says the $146 000 Civilian Production Administration permit will let work start immediately to help about 3 000 residents dependent on the hotel. Work may continue into next summer or fall due to material shortages.
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Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs
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Kenneth M. Gillespie
Civilian Production Administration
Franco Lashes at U N Interference in Spain
Madrid reports General Franco addressing thousands of Spaniards from the national palace balcony denouncing United Nations interference in Spain. He warned that if liberty and sovereignty are at risk Spain would resist as a beacon against foreign dictates and a real apple of discord. Civilian crowds marched with banners pledging to defend Spain’s sovereignty.
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Court Upholds FCC Power and Supreme Court Ruling
Washington dispatch reports the Supreme Court agreed to decide a case on whether Wagner act protections cover foremen and notes nine opinions on major issues. It includes the FCC as sole judge of radio licensing public interest and a conviction voided due to systematic exclusion of women from juries.
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Wagner
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Donald Ballard
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Igland
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Cape Girardeau
Justice Burton
Galdsborough
Hanna Given Life Term for Murder
Sennett Aubrey Hanna, 25, a South Charleston liquor store clerk, pleaded guilty to first degree murder of his wife Yvonne. Special Judge Sidney Goad sentenced him to life imprisonment after a jury directed verdict, with Hanna reportedly still bearing a bullet in his brain and paralyzed on the right side. The case featured pleas of insanity and attempts at continuance by his counsel amid medical testimony on his condition.
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Aubrey Hanns
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Yvonne
Sidney Goad
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Goad
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BR. E. Woodall
Nazi Generals Sentenced to Death for Greek Crimes
A war crimes court in Athens sentenced two German generals to death for mass killings and deportations of Greeks to slave labor. Bruno Breuer, Crete military governor, and Friedrich Mueller, former commandant at Heraklion, Crete, face execution unless commuted to life by King George II.
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Swift action asked as pit workers return to coal fields
Pittsburgh dispatch reports that more than two thirds of the 400000 AFL bituminous miners resumed work after a 17 day strike. Production was expected to reach normal levels by midweek while government estimates put current output at about 63 percent of normal. Railroads and steel plants began recalling workers as furnaces roared back to life and normalcy returned to industry and homes.
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United States and Britain Admit Arms Standardization Talks
The United States and Britain acknowledged informal talks on arms standardization, denying any political or military alliance. Canada is cited as a party to discussions, with officials noting progress on weapon types and ammunition, including Britain’s redesign of the Enfield rifle for 30 caliber American ammo.
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London
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Canada
Herbert Morrison
House of Commons
Morrison
Trumped up quote about Lincoln from Stan Arnold
Fragmentary quote appears to reference Abe Lincoln and a birthday celebration. The garbled text mentions John Li and vague accusations, attributed to Stan Arnold, with an apparent copyright notice for The Gazette. The readable content is limited to a fictional or misread remark about Lincoln.
State Mine Output Moves Slowly to Normal Figure
Coal production crept back toward normal in West Virginia as United Mine Workers resumed work after accepting John L. Lewis’s strike termination. Southern mines largely idle, about 6,700 workers affected, while northern pits ran largely as usual with sufficient railcar supply.
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Wnl
Doomed Baby Saved With Entirely New Blood Transfusion
Boston report nine days after birth, Diane Seavey survived a blood transfusion replacing all her blood with RH negative blood. Diagnosed with erythroblastosis fetalis, she was given hours to live as antibodies from RH incompatibility destroyed her red cells. Doctors used a plastic tubing method developed at Children's Hospital to perform the exchange transfusion.
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Boston
Diane Seavey
Children's Hospital
Labor and management vow to uphold industrial peace in utilities
In Washington on December 9 leaders from labor and management in public utilities issued a joint statement pledging to use every effort to maintain industrial peace. The conference, led by conciliation director Edgar Le Warren, recessed with plans to resume later by industry group amid ongoing opposition to strikes that could paralyze communities.
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Warren
Edgar le Warren
Pipelines Deliver Gas in Ohio Today
The Interior Department said natural gas was put into the Big Inch pipeline at Longview Texas at 3 30 p m CST and Ohio consumers will begin receiving deliveries tomorrow The officials expect deliveries from the Big Inch to reach Pennsylvania or Ohio within a day at a rate of 50 to 69 million cubic feet daily.
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Washington
Interior Department
Long View
Tex
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Pennsylvania
Opia
British Grooming Hitler Successor In Red Paper Claim
Moscow reports claim Pravda indicates reactionary forces in Britain allegedly grooming Kurt Schumacher as a successor to Adolf Hitler. The piece cites a Soviet analyst saying the British Labor government welcomed Schumacher as a guest while denying he seeks to be a Fuehrer, arguing the claim is part of a broader imperial maneuver amid Germany discussions.
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de Hitler
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Thati
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Reba Eheeo
Violence Renewed At Allis-Chalmers Plant Fight
Milwaukee December report describes a 20 minute melee at the Allis-Chalmers plant as about 300 police and more than 500 pickets clash after a nonstriker's car is overturned and set ablaze. About 60 arrests reported, injuries to two nonstriking workers and two officers, and police deployed with 16 bus loads arriving as the crowd surged near the gates.
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