Tenement Disaster in New York Claims Ten Lives
In Upper Manhattan a six story tenement collapsed after an ice plant wall toppled, entombing 95 residents. As rescue crews labored through the night, bodies of Mrs. Theresa Green and others were recovered, with 22 still listed as missing. Firefighters faced dangerous debris as they searched for survivors, aided by pneumatic drills and floodlights. Authorities cited a possible cause linked to water from a fire weakening the wall, with ongoing efforts to reach the rubble's bottom to determine further casualties.
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New York
Upper Manhattan
Joseph Ainge
Theresa Green
Waller Green
Wallander
Thomas Hannegan
Miisicult
Charles Glenn
AFL
Jacob Grumet
Gazette
Marine Plane Missing After Mount Rainier Search
An air search for a Marine Corps transport missing with three aboard focuses on Nisqually glacier on Mount Rainier after reports the San Diego bound plane passed near the peak. Lt Cmdr Finley says the craft likely lies above 6000 feet, as winter weather hampers recovery efforts and ground teams prepare with winter gear.
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Seattle
Nisqually
Mount Rainier
Marine Corps
San Diego
Cmdr
RM. Finley
Coast Guard
Comdr
Finley
Leon John C. Preston
Mount Rainier National Park
Paradise Valley
McChord
Pearch
Mec- Chord
Sand Point Naval Air Station
Chehalis
Truman Names New Housing Chiefs Amid Drive to Abolish Controls
President Truman discussed a broad housing program for about 30 minutes with newly named housing chiefs Frank Creedon and Raymond Foley and other officials. The White House says the “Whole housing program” is under review as industry leaders push to end controls.
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Truman
Petra Nha
Dustry
Capitol Hill
White House
Pruman
John R Steelman
Charles G. Rose
We. Truman
Creedon
Feley
Appeal Asks: Are Miners Responsible for Lewis?
Defense lawyers seek Supreme Court review of a 3.5 million dollar fine against the United Mine Workers. They argue whether the union can be held responsible for actions of John L. Lewis and challenge related anti injunction and free speech issues. The case centers on Lewis’s role in terminating a government contract and a coal strike begun in November.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Supreme Court
John L. Lewis
Alan Goldsborough
UMW
Lewis
Justice Goldsborough
Union
David Lewis
Deaf Blind Student Makes Honor Roll at St John’s
Smithdas, a 21 year old totally blind and deaf student at St John’s University, made the honor roll with a 87.6 average ranking 52nd among 700 in arts and sciences and earned praise for overcoming severe handicaps. He excels in wrestling swimming horseback riding and writing, and collaborated with John J Spainer to navigate admission and support services for veterans.
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Men John's University
St.John's
Smithdas
St. John's
R Smithdas
United States
College of Arts and Science
Industrial School For the
John J. Spainer
Spainer
Simuthdas
Brailie
Koontz Drafts Budget Higher By $11 Million
Budget Director C H Koontz presented a two year spending plan to the board of public works proposing an 1 000 000 increase for general services and salary adjustments to partially meet the rising cost of living He urged a balanced budget within anticipated revenues and outlined capital improvements to be shifted to a supplementary budget for the 1847 legislature with a total general operating expense of 96 707 113 and 45 618 874 for the last two years compared with prior appropriations, noting higher requests from spending units and no changes to the tax structure
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Harry G. Hoffmann
Board of Public Works
C. H. Koontz
Koontz
Budget Office
Weather Halts Airport Paving Amid Weather Delays
Kanawha airport paving will stop soon due to unfavorable weather and is not expected to resume until mid April. Adj. Gen. Charles Ro Enx of the National Guard said the wage payments stoppage will delay arrival of planes and equipment for a guard air squadron, with federal recognition delayed until base facilities are secured. A plan for an air one mechanics school and hangar space is under discussion with the Charleston Aero club.
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Kanawha
Adj
Charles Ro Enx
National Guard
Guard
Fox
County Board of Education
Air One, Mechanics School
War Controls Consolidated By President
President Truman consolidates wartime powers into the new Office of Temporary Controls and ends key agencies. Rent and food price controls expire soon unless Congress acts. CPA and OPA functions shrink, with several offices terminated and leaders resigning.
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Washington
Truman
OPA
Philip B. Fieming
CPA
Office of Price Administraion
Congress
Paul Porter
Civilian Production Administration
Ohn D. Smatl
Office of War Mobilization
Office of Economic Stabilization
Fraulein Brides Face Sharp Tests in Germany
In Frankfurt on December 1 a policy limits marriages between U.S. servicemen and German women. General Joseph T. McNarney seeks safeguards to prevent hasty unions amid war weariness. New rules require long acquaintance, exit permits, and passport visas with screenings for Nazi ties or criminal records.
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Frankfurt
Werminy
Germany
Joseph T. McNarney
State Department
United Nations to Ban Atomic Bombs and Arms Race
A UN subcommittee adopted a unanimous arms control resolution backing worldwide limits on weapons and early force reductions. It calls for outlawing atomic weapons, creation of arms regulation bodies, and an international police force within Security Council oversight, with inspection free of veto by the five great powers.
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New York
United Nations
bBé-nation
U.N. Assembly
Prowities
Unlles Nationa Security Council
Genext Assembly
General Assembly
Tereury
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
East River
New York City
Great Powers
Hartley Shawcross
Vishinsky
Andrei
Mhinister
Russia
Securitty Council
Australis
Paul Hustuck
Jana Shaweronm
Plesse Tarm
Witness in Bilbo Inquiry Reports Threats of Death
A key witness in the Bilbo war contract inquiry testified to death threats, including a Meridian, Mississippi call promising harm to his wife and daughter for cooperation. The Senate War Investigating Committee discussed the threats as it probes Bilbo's alleged ties to war contractors and benefits.
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James Mead
D-Ny
Lett
Theodore G. Bilbo
D-Miss
Senate War Investigating Committee
Bilbo
Washington
Gazette
Sen. Biloo
Contractara
George Meader
Edward P. Terry
Tn Bilbo
Meader
Lince
Terry
Senate Committee On
District of Columbia
Assiler
Mead
Meridian
Miss
Sen. Bilbo
Manhattan Site Backed by Reds for UN Headquarters
The United States proposed accepting an 8.5 million midtown Manhattan site offered by John D. Rockefeller Jr. as a permanent world peace agency headquarters. Soviet representative George Saksin urged unanimous adoption while Australian Norman Makin cautioned against acting on short notice amid committee debate.
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HEW Oxvia
Russia
United States
United Nations
Manhattan
John PD. Rockefeller, Jr
World Peace Agency
George Saksin
San Francisco
Rockefeller
Norman 3. C. Makin
Australia
West Coast
Traman Names Advisers For Atomic Commission
President Truman named nine experts to advise the civilian Atomic Energy Commission on scientific and technical matters related to materials production research and development. The slate includes Dr. James B Conant Lee A DuBridge Enrico Fermi and J R Oppenheimer, all prominent wartime figures in atomic research and policy. Additional committees are expected to broaden guidance across biology medicine geology mining and social sciences.
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Dec
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James B Conant
Harvard, University
National Defense Research Committee
Truman
Civilian
Commission
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Atomic Energy Commission
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Lee A. du Bridge
California Institute of Technology
Office For Scientific Research and Development
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Enrico Fermi
University of Chicago
J. R. Oppenheimer
University of California
Los Alamos Laboratories
Yugoslav Demands U N Probe Into Greek Charges
The Yugoslav delegate urged the UN Security Council to form an investigative commission immediately to examine Greek allegations that Bulgaria and two other neighbors bankroll guerrilla warfare in northern Greece. Greek Premier Tsaldaris accused three neighboring nations of a detailed plot to push Macedonia into a Yugoslav federal state. Yugoslav ambassador Kosanovich denied grounds for the charges and blamed Greece's home policy for the fighting, requesting prompt inquiry.
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Bulgaria
Alania
Greece
United Nations Security Council
Constantin Tsaldaris
Gression
Greek Macedonia
Macedonia
League of Nations
Jane
Sava N. Kosanovich
United States
Leon Blum Named French Premier
Leon Blum, a 74-year-old Socialist leader and wartime prisoner, was named interim premier of France to break a two week government deadlock. He won 575 votes in the national assembly, with Maurice Schuman getting eight votes and seven absentions. Blum pledged to save France in its dark hour as he began selecting a cabinet to cover until the next month.
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Paris
Leon Blum
France
National Assembly
Blum
Maurice Schumin
Duke of Windsor may appear on railroad scene next year
The Duke of Windsor might visit the railroad scene next year as British job appeals falter. The note suggests he could require a coach or two, reflecting the era’s chatter and rumor mill.
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Noble
Duke of Windsor
Duke
Stan Arnott
Tee Gaaetiod
UNRRA Sets Plan for Final 1947 Council Meeting
Washington reports Russia pushes for a final UNRRA council session in 1947 while a policy committee approves a resolution to call a seventh and likely last meeting. Delegates must vote unanimously with eight nations to end the council after relief supervision. A U.S. diplomat notes what he calls wasteful spending.
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Russia
UNRRA
Europe
Far East
Dele Kates
Nikolai Fenonoy
UNBRA
Fmnai Relief
C. Tyler Wood
America
United States
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