Yule Parcel Ban Amid Rail Walkout Ordered
Postmaster General Donaldson announced a broad embargo on parcel post and bulk mail during a rail walkout. The ban targets Christmas packages with restrictions nationwide but uses a geographic formula to limit impact on localized areas. Exceptions include medicines and some medical instruments. Chicago St. Louis and Washington face strict limits unless for local delivery or rural routes.
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Masachusetts
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Connecticut
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Maryland
Old Indiana
Michigan
Illin
Soviet Blasted For Newest Lie About Japanese Rearmament
The State Department charged Moscow with attempting to hoodwink the world by claiming Japan is rebuilding an army. It said Japan has no army and suggested Russia may be preparing to fully enact its wartime alliance with Peiping to aid Communist China.
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China
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Peiping
Soviet Union
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Korea
City Cab Drivers Vote to Walk Out
Charleston cab drivers members of Teamsters Local 175 voted last night to strike at 8 p.m. today, potentially halting most city cab service except North Charleston Taxi Service and Red Star Taxi Cab Co. The move followed rejected wage offers and commission terms, with Local 174 backing the action though the national union reportedly did not sanction the strike.
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Teamsters Union
North Charleston
Neary
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Teamsters
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National Union
Carter
Ia Jcal
Shipping Smashed By Atlantic Gale
Paris reports a major Atlantic gale smashed seven nations vessels off France and Spain. One or two sank and eight damaged with a dozen believed drowned as SOS messages crackled through the storm. The American Bankers vessel escaped largely unscathed after a hold fire was fought out. Other ships from French British Greek Italian Dutch and Swedish flags were involved. The 3,868 ton Greek freighter Azias Spyridan disappeared.
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Spain
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Azias Spyridan
Carpenters Christmas Story Featured in The World's Greatest Christmas Stories
The page notes a tale titled Ye Carpenters Christmas from the Cacette series, fifth in The World's Greatest Christmas Stories, discussing piety and the carpenter's refusal to reference the Christ child on Christmas Eve. A priest offers a different view, suggesting piety is learned through moral paths.
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Cacette
Court Again Orders Halt To Crippling Rail Strike
The report notes halted rail actions during a crisis as U S troops in Korea blow bridges near Hungnam to slow Chinese offensives. 38th Parallel operations show bridges blown to delay an attack while air battles reflect a significant Red air concentration over the peninsula.
War Yard Strike Ordered Ended Amid Slowdown in War Supply
Government courts issue end strike orders to halt walkout by Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. stoppage slows Christmas shipments, meat transport, steel production, and war cargo. union officials meet in Chicago as walkouts spread to Washington St Louis and Baltimore yards.
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Christmaa Mat
Alexander Wolkoff
Washington
William Z. Campbell
Holtzoff
Brotherhood of Railroad
Washington Terminal
United States
Army
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Potomac Yards
Alexandria
Reds seek air supremacy in Korea with Russian jets
Washington reports the Air Force fears a full scale Communist air offensive using Russian built MiGs and other aircraft. intelligence experts warned of a mounting threat as hundreds more planes may be moved to bases in North Korea and Manchuria. Four American jets repelled 24 MiGs in a Northwest Korea engagement. The Air Force anticipates increased air activity as enemy aircraft become available from China and the Soviet Union.
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Air Force
Ltcom
MacArthur
United Nations
Korea
North Korea
Manchuria
China
Soviet Union
U N Approves Asian Arab Plan for Korean Cease Fire
The United Nations General Assembly passed by 52 to 5 a Korean cease fire plan proposing a three member committee chaired by Iran’s Nasrollah Entezam. India’s Benegal Rau and Canada’s Lester B. Pearson join the panel as the Soviet bloc warned of failure.
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U. N. Assembly
Korea
Asia
Middle East
China
Peru
Nicaragua
United States
Peiping
U.N
WU. N
Nasrollah Entezam
Iran
U. N
Enteram
Sir Benegal N. Rau
India
Lester B. Pearson
Dewey Calls for 100-Division Army Mobilization
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey urged national service registration for all over 17 and a mobilization of 100 Army divisions to confront Communism. Speaking at the New York County Lawyers Association dinner, he outlined an eight-point program to defend the free world and human freedom.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
America
United States
New York County Lawyers Assoc
Russia
Churchill warns against delaying atomic bomb use policy
In a House of Commons debate Churchill urged Allies not to delay using the atomic bomb, warning such a stance could heighten war danger. He noted Attlee’s briefing on a new agreement with Truman and said Prime Minister Attlee would weigh representations to the United States before any fusion of the bomb.
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Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Attlee
Washington
Truman
House
United States
Rosenberg Cleared for Defense Post by Senate Panel
The Senate Armed Services Committee unanimously approved Anna M. Rosenberg as Assistant Secretary of Defense after hearings that cleared her of past allegations. The former Communist claim about her ties to the John Reed Club was addressed, and the committee praised her fitness for directing Army Navy and Air Force manpower. The full Senate is expected to endorse the nomination shortly.
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Washington
INS
Senate Armed Service Committee
Anna M. Rosenberg
Defense
Russell
D-Ga
Army
Navy
Air Force
Senate
Rosenberg
Truman
Marshall
New York
Career Woman voting closes in Charleston contest
The Gazette reports the 14 day search across 15 city office buildings for Charleston's most representative career woman ended with polling in eight centers. Final judge panel of five will decide and announce the winner today. results for votes from the Union Carbide and Carbon building area were incomplete at press time.
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Union Carbide and Carbon
South Charleston
Charleston
City's Top Tenor to Solo at Choral Festival Gift Basket Contest
Mort Cohn of WCHS announced James Bailey, Charleston native and noted tenor, will perform as a soloist in the three hour December 22 Choral Festival at Municipal Auditorium. The event features more than a dozen choirs and the 51000 Gift Basket Picture Pirate contest winner is to be announced.
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Mort Cohn
James Bailey
Charleston
Municipal Auditorium
H.C. Pittenger
St. Albans
Wchs Gazette
W. Va
Salvation Army
Clarksburg Exponent Raises Rates amid Publishing Costs
The Clarksburg Exponent reports Jan 1 rate hikes for ads and subscriptions after rising publishing costs. Weekly price up five cents to 35 cents and the non Sunday paper from 20 to 25 cents, with the Sunday edition included in the higher rate. Similar increases echoed by Huntington and Charleston papers.
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Clarksburg
Democrats Retain Boyle as Chieftain
President Truman keeps William M. Boyle Jr. as chairman of the Democratic National Committee after confirming his intention to remain in the post. Speculation had centered on possible replacements such as Francis J. Myers or Maurice Tobin, but the final decision rests with the President ahead of the pivotal 1948 elections.
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INS
Truman
William M. Boyle, Jr
Boyle
Francis J. Myers
D-Pa
Maurice J. Tobin
Myers
Congress
Tobins
Russians Move Armored Unit Near U S Zone
Berlin reports say a Soviet armored division moved from Frankfurt on the Oder to the Elbe frontier within two weeks and established a new command post at Oberhof near the U S zone. Intelligence notes vary on whether such moves are routine for a 33 division Soviet force in East Germany.
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East Germany
Elbe
U. S
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Oder
Thuringian
Oberhof
West Germany
World Po
Huge Army and War Economy Seen for U S
Washington reports on eve of President Truman's address describe plans for a 4,000,000-man army and wartime mobilization. Officials discuss potential national emergency, wage price controls, and a central industrial agency with Charles E Wilson of General Electric possibly heading it.
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Washington
Defense
Truman
Congress
iLomorrow
Charles E. Wilson
General Electric Co
Jurors Convict Taxicab Slayer in Huntington
James W. Hewlett Jr., 21, a former Air Force and Marine, was convicted of first degree murder in the cab driver slaying in Huntington. The Cabell County Common Pleas Court jury deliberated 1 hour 43 minutes and showed no mercy. A motion for new trial was set for Dec. 29. Rowlett stood trial for the Oct. 23 killing of Julian Buie, a part time mail carrier and cab driver found on State Route 10 near Salt Rock.
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Huntington
James W. Hewlett, Jr
Air Force
Marine Corps
Cabell County
Comemon Pioas
Hewlett
Mount Hope
K. Clay Worth
Rowlett
Julian Buie
Buie
Salt Rock
Charleston Skies Forecast and Temperature Across States
Friday forecasts show mostly cloudy to cold conditions from Charleston to Maryland with highs around 32 to 45 degrees and light winds. Snow chances are noted in northern Virginia and western Maryland regions, while Tennessee and West Virginia expect cloudy skies with a mix of precipitation and cool nights.
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Virginia
Armen
Maryland
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