Japan Earthquake Toll Rises Amid Shelter Crisis
Tokyo reports 7 000 dead and more than 51 000 homeless after a major quake and tsunamis across 24 prefectures. Official tallies show 6894 homes destroyed and 11 023 damaged, with widespread injuries and dozens missing as relief teams race to deliver food and clothing to stranded survivors.
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Tokyo
Japan
Home Ministry
Shikoki Island
Honshu
Shikoku
Kyushu
Main Island
Wakayama
Ministry ‘Aid
Leeks
Kochi
Brother Arrested in Kanawha County Murder
Denver Freeman Page 34 was fatally shot with a 12 gauge weapon at his Haines branch home near Sis gonville. His brother Collette Boward Page 32 was arrested by State Troopers and jailed on a murder charge after claiming self defense during a wrestling for the shotgun. Funeral plans pending at Cunningham mortuary. Surviving wife and children, brothers and sisters listed.
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Denver Freeman Page
Haines Branch
Sisgonville
Collette Boward Page
Chandler's
N. W. Warner
W. L. Rymer
Kanawha County
Warner
Collett Page
Denver Page
Cunningham Mortuary
Macel Page
Charles
Winston
Ralph
Raymond
Norma Jean
Emma Jean
Dorothy
Emma Lanham
Chandlers Branch
Ivan
Ward
Harold Page
Charleston
Rosa Peters
Eloise Toms
Hallie Fields
Baltimore
Christmas Basket Drive Raises Five Thousand for Needy Families
The Yale Charleston Christmas Basket drive collected over five thousand dollars to fund food candy and toys for needy families. The WCHS Gazette program from the WCHS auditorium ran into Sunday morning before pledges ended. Funds cover freight for the first Needy Kids Christmas Party at the Shrine Mosque and support the Salvation Army distribution plan and party for 1 600 children.
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Yale
Charleston
Wchs-Gazette
WCHS
Salvation Army
Shrine Mosque
the Gazette
Meadows-Dawson duet raises 700 for needy at charity night
Gov Meadows and Mayer Dawson headlined a charity concert at WCHS auditorium to benefit the needy. The pair performed songs including Hail West Virginia and Sweat Adeline before a packed crowd, with law enforcement assistance, and the event netted more than 700 dollars.
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Meadows-Dawson
S and the Gazette
Radio Public
West Virginia
Gov
Meadows
Mayer Dawson
Virgins Institution of Learning
Governor
Manuar
WCHS
Christmas Basket Auction Draws Merchants Pledges
Saturday night pledges and receipts were being tabulated as WOHS prepared a 4 pm vaudeville program featuring music and San Claus. The event included a large merchants donated auction as part of the Christmas Basket. Final totals and page 10 continuation noted.
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Claus
WOHS
Zionists Reject London Meeting Bid International Action Favored
The World Zionist Congress political commission voted 20 to 16 against Zionist participation in the London Palestine conference under present conditions. Rabbi A H Silver cited Britain’s white paper on immigration as a prerequisite, a stance aiding his bid for WZO presidency. Weizman allies reaffirm Weizman for honorary president, with reelection contingent on continued talks with England.
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London
Basel
Switzerland
World Zionist Congress
A. H. Silver
Commission
Great Britain
Silver
Cleveland
Ohio
Palestines
World Zionist Organization
General Zionist Organization
America
Chaim ‘Weizman
Weizman
H Js
England
Arises
Wiley
Possible A-Bomb Disaster Provision Urged by Solon
Sen Wiley of Wisconsin urged the new Congress to fast track a plan to appoint someone to govern the country if an atomic bomb tragedy killed the President, the cabinet, and members of Congress. He warned the atomic age demands contingency governance.
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Solon
Washington
Wiley
R.wis
Congress
Legislators Ponder Presidency Succession after Atomic Crisis
Willie Willis cites need for continuity and checks and balances after an atomic disaster in Hiroshima. Wiley, likely to head the Senate judiciary committee, backs a plan to let the House speaker succeed if president and vice president die, not the secretary of state, noting the issue extends beyond mere continuity to governance safeguards.
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Hiroshima
Japan
Wiley
Senate Judiciary Committee
Truman
House
Labor Strikes Hit Lowest Pace in Year
Washington reports the nation entering Christmas week with the fewest workers on strike since VJ day. Only 18 new strikes totaling 3 600 workers began during Dec 11 to Dec 12, while 132 strikes continued, affecting about 39 345 people. A middle Atlantic labor management conference in Philadelphia is urged as an experimental local approach to disputes. Secretary Schwellenbach and Conciliation Director Warren back voluntary methods to ease labor troubles.
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Crosteel
Atta
Electrical
Dex
Conciliation Service
Philadelphia
New York
Detroit
Schwellenbach
Edgar L. Warren
Jahor
Holy Union
Vatican City
Christendom
Christ
St. Petet
Holy Father
Piazza
Don Basilio
Papa
St. Peter
Rome
Judge Surprised At Ruling Result
DETROIT December 22 federal judge Frank A. Picard expressed amazement at the result of his 1942 decision on portal-to-portal pay. The ruling, reversed by higher courts, led to widespread retroactive pay suits from CIO unions and others, shaping overtime and on-premises work claims nationwide.
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Detroit
Frank A. Picard
CIO United Pottery Workers Union
Mt. Clemens. Mich
Whimsical York Christmas Tales Report Odd Santa Notes
A quirky set of regional Christmas anecdotes describes Santas with beards or lack thereof in New York Newark and Detroit. Reports mention health exams for Santa and local officials, humane society Yuletide events, stolen lights in Nyack, and odd trolley decorations in Philadelphia.
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New York
Dee
Claus
Detroit
Santa Claus Union Gal Lack
CTO
St. ‘Nick
Newark
Daddy
Manhattan
Humane Society
Yale
Nyack
Rascal
Philadelphia
Deratur
Worcester
Mass
Decision Near On Negro Vote
Washington dated report notes Senator Elmer Thomas predicts next week’s Senate Elections subcommittee hearings will examine Mississippi’s election system and the alleged suppression of Black voters. He says Bilbo’s stance on the issue is well known and reflects a broader pattern in Southern politics.
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Washington
Elmer Thomas
Okla
Mississippi
Bilbo
Thomas
Senate Elections
Carsi
Waters Thomas
4 F'er Offers Eye To Any Blind War Vet for Christmas
Grand Rapids, Mich news item reports 18 year old Ceril Buck, a former factory worker, offering to donate an eye to a World War II veteran who is blind. Buck read a Christmas prayer by Cpl Chester Perkins and wrote Valley Forge hospital. Authorities said the eye could not help Perkins, but Buck suggested donating to a veteran who lost both eyes.
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Grand Rafids
Mich
Ceril Buck
Grand Ramies
Buck
Cpl
Chester BR. Perkins
Valley Forge Hospital
Phoenixville
Pye
Bevin Sees Peace Within Reach and Russia Cooperating
London reports Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin said Russia is ready to cooperate and that complete world peace is within grasp. He predicted a code of conduct for the UN veto and urged patience as peace talks progress with Britain seeking balanced roles among the US and USSR.
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Russia
U. N
London
Ernest Bevin
Ses
New York
BBC
Russie
Great Britain
United States
Soviet Russia
United Nations
Pracice
Yugoslavia
Jrocke
Fogeim
Britain
Fighting spreads in Indo China as French report deaths
Paris reports at least 30 French soldiers killed and many wounded in Hanoi as Viet Namese attacks widen across northern Indo China. Hue and Namdinh are struck. French civilians injured or killed while European quarters are cleared of combatants. French warships remain offshore as Ho Chi Minh forces flee the capital.
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Paris
Hanoi
Indo-China
Leon Blume
French National Assembly
Southeast Asia
Viet- Nam
Hue
Anzam
Viet-Namese
Associated Press
Saigon
Saiah
Honfay
Hanai
Namdinh
Hajdoung
Viet-Namese Ndldng
Viet Namese
Ho Chi Minh
Touraine
Aurane
Telephone curbs end Dec 31 under de control plan
Washington December 22 official word says wartime restraints on telephone companies will be removed by New Year with de control due December 6. Ordinary households will gain equal footing with doctors essential industries and utilities but installations may remain slow due to backlogs and urgent needs.
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Washington
Civilian Production Administration
CPA
Quadruplets Born to Baltimore War Bride at St Agnes
In Baltimore Der 22 Mrs Charles Henn Jr welcomed four babies three boys and one girl at St Agnes hospital. Dr Thomas Bowyer said all four are alive and in good condition. The mother, British war bride Dorothy Geass of London, and her 29 year old bookbinder husband were reported in good health.
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Baltimore
Der
Charles Henn, Jr
St. Agnes Hospital
Thomas Bowyer
Bowyer
Henn
Dorothy Geass
London
Huge Deficit Seen for U S in 1944 Budget and State Messages
President Truman faces a substantial year end deficit as he drafts the state of the union and budget messages for the new Congress. Analysts project a deficit of about 1 billion dollars for the fiscal year, with spending at 41.5 billion and veterans costs and higher public works outlays pushing totals higher.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Sen. Taylor
Idaho
Taylor
Roosevelt
White House
State of the Union
Army
Yugoslav court sentences nine Gestapo chiefs to death in Belgrade
A Belgrade military court sentenced nine former Gestapo chiefs in Serbia to death by hanging and nine former Nazi SS officers to death by shooting. Other defendants received prison terms, including two men given 20 years and a 74 year old colonel five years. Lt. Gen. August Meissner, Gestapo chief 1942-44, was among those condemned to hang.
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Belgrade
Gestapo
Serbia
August Meissner
Terraz
Terrazia
Meissher
Toj Nany
Wilhelm Fuchs
Einsatz Gruppe
Joseph Sepp-Hahn
Sepp-Hahn
Mississippi gloom hints at doom and return of Billin
A cryptic note from Stan Arnold hints at looming trouble in Mississippi with mentions of doom and the possible return of a Billin figure. The fragmentary message mixes towns and ominous imagery, leaving readers uncertain about specific events.
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Mississippi
Billin
Stan Arnold
tConzrintt
the Cazella
White Yule Unlikely Santa May Use Auto
A weather summary notes milder than usual Christmas conditions with a cold snap from Canada affecting Montana and North Dakota. Forecasters expect temperatures above zero nation wide and only light snow in the Northeast while Chicago predicts little snowfall before Christmas. Denver rises to 60 after a sunny day, defying a 43 normal.
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Santa
Associated Press
Canada
Montana
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Chicago
Denver
Senate Democrats Set Meeting for December 30
Senate Democrats with committee seats reduced to 90 plan a December 30 gathering in Washington to decide assignments and leaders. Majority Leader Barkley seeks committee preferences from all 45 Democrats amid no public friction noted while Republicans convene for the first time.
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Washington
Senate
Barkley D-ay
Barkley
Leslie Biffle
Biffle
President Plans Christmas Amnesty for Conscientious Objectors
President Truman and the Justice Department prepare to release about half of the conscientious objectors still imprisoned. A three member board will review cases and report to the President, who will decide releases, while an order may free 150 Jehovah's Witnesses on parole for good conduct. About 390 remain jailed after Christmas, with 231 total excluding the Witnesses.
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Washington
Truman
Justice Department
Ite House
Jehovah's Witnesses
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