Big 3 FMs Nearing End of Gathering
Moscow dispatch reports the Big Three foreign ministers plan to issue a communique after an 11 day conference. Byrnes Molotov and Bevin have agreed on a procedure for drafting European treaties and discuss control of atomic energy and withdrawal of troops from Iran. Quiet optimism noted but timing for the final communique remains undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ady Gilmore
Moscow
A. S
James F. Byrnes
V- M. Molotov
Ernest
Begin
Byrnes
Washington
Japan
Iran
London
France
China
WES
Gomelimne
Juke
Georges Bidault
Bidault
M. Molotov
Ernest Bevin
To Hasten Discharges Before New Years
New York and eastern seaboard army camps and centers faced a rush to discharge servicemen before New Year. About 70,000 veterans, delayed for Christmas travel, were offered Red Cross and USO hospitality as ships like the light cruiser Philadelphia and aircraft carrier Randolph arrived, bringing hundreds of sailors and Marines while storms affected westbound passage.
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New York
Seaboard
Red Cross
Philadelphia
Randolph
Prisoner Johnson Escape Shocks Pottawattamie Jail
Carl Edward Johnson 25 of Vicksburg Michigan vanished from Pottawattamie County jail after bending bars of a basement window. He fled after climbing out the east window near the dining room, leaving no tool marks or missing instrument. Johnson, held as a trustie, was last seen Monday night. He had been arrested in Hancock for automobile taking and later sentenced to six months.
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Carl Edward Johnson
Vicksburg
Mich
Pottawattamie
Johnson
Jim Jensen
Bernard F. Smith
Oakland
Calf
Jar
Smith
P.m. Mondhy
Stith
Jack Tyler
Hancock
Avora
Council Bluffs
Waste Paper- Old St George's Church Damaged by Fire
Old St George's Church, shrine of American Methodism and seven years older than the Waton itself, was damaged by fire Tuesday night. The historic building, dedicated in 1760, is the second oldest Methodist church in the world. Damages were estimated at $5,000. Old St George's hosted the first three conferences of American Methodism in 1773, 1774, and 1775.
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Pripaneuria
St George's Church
Waton
England
Bristol Chapel
Old St. George's
Travel Bottlenecks Near Breaking Point
San Francisco and Los Angeles report severe port jams over Christmas week. Fewer workers arrive than depart, hampering shipments and delaying veterans returning home to eastern points amid ongoing transportation bottlenecks.
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SAN Francisuu
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Bottenecks
Plants Turned Over to Poles in Pomerania
WARSAW Poland official announcement states the Soviet army in western Pomerania has turned over several industrial plants to Polish control. The remark underscores postwar reallocation of industrial assets amid occupation boundaries and territorial shifts.
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Warsaw
Poland
LPI
Western Pomerania
Wodines Plays
Three Die as Gas Truck Explodes in Santa Barbara Tenement
A blast from a butane gas truck destroyed a warehouse apartment building in Santa Barbara on Wednesday. Three residents, John Johnson, his wife, and Caroline Sue Stovall, age 10, were killed. Frances Watson is missing, believed away on holiday. Five others were injured, none seriously, as fire crews contained the blaze within about an hour. Police patrolled surrounding blocks and guarded nearby properties.
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Santa Barbara
Cali
John Johnson
Caroline Sue Stovall
Frances Watson
Chinese to Burn Seized Opium
After Japan’s surrender, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek’s headquarters announce public burning of 899000 ounces of seized opium in Peiping’s Forbidden City. A 60000-ounce medical reserve is chosen. many opium dens have closed and harsh penalties for violations are stated.
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Priping
Gpe
Chiang Kaui-shek
Peiping
Forbidden City
Cruiser Augusta Battered in Storm
London reports an army spokesman said the cruiser Atyguata, used as a troop transport, was badly damaged in heavy seas three days ago and has entered Portsmouth for repairs. The incident occurred during a storm while on U.S. wartime duty.
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London
Atyguata
United States
Portsmouth
Holiday Death Toll Reaches 414 Total
The Associated Press reports about 414 people died violently over the Christmas holiday. Traffic crashes led with 249 fatalities, fires caused at least 48 deaths, and 127 others died from miscellaneous violent incidents including shootings, freezing, tornadoes, train and plane crashes, or home accidents.
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Associated Press
Broadway Paving No 1 Project Named by Chamber
The paving of Broadway and the viaduct over Illinois Central and North Western tracks on West Broadway is listed as the No 1 project for 1948 by Chamber of Commerce members. Other top picks include housing, parking, city planning, a Union passenger station, lower taxes, and a Southwestern Iowa fair, with various projects named for different Chamber groups.
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Broadway
Illinois Central and North Western
West Broadway
Chamber of Commerce
Roy Harding
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Union Station
Kentucky Miners Trapped by Mine Blast
About 30 to 35 miners were trapped underground at Pinsville’s deep coal mine after an explosion blocked the exit. Operator W. F. Lewis said rescue teams worked to reach the blocked shaft and bring the men to safety.
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Kentucky
Pinsville
W. F. Lewis
Chiang Kai-shek's son reported en route to Moscow
Chungking bulletin says Chiang Chung-kai elder son of Chiang Kai-shek has left for Moscow. Official quarters neither confirm nor deny the report. The Chinese press carried the dispatch on Wednesday citing the move as unverified.
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Aal Fapeter
Chiang
Moscow
Chungking
Chiang Chung-kia
Chiang Kai-shek
Fire alarm delay blamed on burned out wire at Niles Street hospital
Hartford dispatch reports 17 dead after a Christmas Eve hospital fire. State police commissioner Howard J. Hickey said the blaze began before alarms could sound due to a damaged telephone line. Minutes elapsed before simultaneous alerts reached crews, leaving many frail patients without prompt help. Thirteen residents died, plus two kitchen staff, with eighteen saved and ten firefighters hospitalized.
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Hartford
Conn
Niles Street
Howard J. Hickey
Hickey
Tra Ot
Blind Italian Boy Comes to U S for Eye Operation
Gianfranco Cabina a year old blind Italian boy befriended by the 88th Blue Devil division arrived Tuesday aboard the storm battered Carrier Randolph for treatment at Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore. Pfc Howard F Gorgas of Montpelier Ohio traveled with him and said the boy was blinded when kicked in the face by a German horse in September 1944 in Feltre. The division members raised 3400 dollars to fund the operation and the boy will return to Italy after treatment.
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New York
GPA
88Th
Blue Devil
Randolph
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Gianfranco Cabina
Howard F. Gorgas
Montpelier
Feltre
Gorgas Gad
Johns Hopkins
United States
Italy
State Digs Out After Heavy Snowfall
Digs out from a Christmas snow blanket as Inva and Nebraska recover. Council Bluffs reports 8.4 inches with 0.69 inches of water, Sheldon records up to 20 inches. Highways open though hazardous, buses crowded, and trains vary. Temperatures fall to near 15 with a frigid Wednesday. New England see snow, mix, and moderating temperatures.
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Inva
Nebraska
Council Bluffs
Weather Bureau
Sheldon
State Highway Commission
Commission
Bismark
N.D
New England
GIs Starve Nippon Kids Party Sparks Near Riot
In Tokyo an Army 11th corps Christmas party for 600 Japanese laborers’ children nearly drew riot levels as crowds swelled to thousands. GI gifts and a rushed program failed to cap demand. by nightfall about 3,000 of 9,000 attendees were entertained while others waited in the cold notes.
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Hussell
G. T
Tokyo-Yokohama
G. I
Red Cross
Wasle
Fight Cactus Rot With Penicillin
Arizona researchers report penicillin can combat bacterial rot in giant saguaros north of Tucson. Dr. J G Brown notes forests attracting 8000 visitors yearly and discusses spraying from planes to halt infection while linking plant cancer and human cancer parallels.
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Ralph Dighton
Tucson
Ariz
Arizona
J. G. Brown
Department
University of Arizona
College of Agriculture
Brown
Avianna
Man
Canada to Lift Rationing of Tires
Ottawa Munitions Minister C D Howe announced that all tire rationing restrictions will be removed January 1. He stressed that lifting rationing does not imply current stocks can meet all demand immediately.
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Ottawa
Canada
Munitions
C. D. Howe
Howe
U S Army Chief of Staff Visits Silver City Home
Maj. Gen. Ray T. Maddocks chief of staff to the U S armies in China spends a holiday week at the Maddocks farm near Silver City with his family. He arrived after a China tour with 20 top enlisted men and four officers, returning for Christmas then to California and on to China January 31.
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U.S. Army
China
Silver City
Ray T. Maddocks
United States
Harry Maddocks
Maddocks
Chicago
Mimi
Palo Alto
Calif
Preston Maddocks
West Point
Amherst
Mass
California
Albert C Wedermeyer
Tabor College
Knox College
Galenburg
Generalisz
Legion of Resuit
Iowa
Clarence Maddocks
Mason City
Malvern
Earl Maddocka
Glehsgood
Mia
Will Schmiter
Glenwood
Truman Homecoming Tour Stirred by Christmas Cheer
President Truman spent Christmas in Missouri, greeting townspeople in Independence and Kansas City. He planned a radio address on the nation’s state and his legislative program, and enjoyed holiday meals with family despite sleet and wind as aides and supporters followed his return from Washington.
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Kansas City
Prealfield
Truman
Washington
Addreen
Congress
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Independence
Martha E. Truman
Grandview
Margaret
Mis. Trumans
Joseph T. Noland
S White House
Mike Peters
Treasury Department
Missouri
Heahy
Christmaz
Graniview
Newamen
Kanaax City
Steet
Two Women Die as Fire Ravages Five Tenements
In the Herron Fill section, a fire early Wednesday swept a row of five tenement homes, killing two women and injuring six people, including four firemen.
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Fittsburgh, Wpi
Herron
Labor Wars Again Sought in National Dispute
The United States grapples with major labor conflicts as General Motors and CIO United Auto Workers resume talks in Detroit, wage demands of 30 percent linger, and CIO Electric Workers threaten a wage hike. Federal mediators and a government fact finding board weigh GM pay ability while picketing remains token. Senate proposals seek to curb strikes violating contracts as nationwide labor unrest idles about 360,000 workers. Weather notes follow with mixed forecasts for the Midwest.
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Associated Press
General Motors
CIO Electrical
Detroit
Cio-United Auto Workers
Washington
Cio-United Electric Workers
Labor Department
Walter P. Reuther
Uaw-Cio
Wnon
CIO Electrical Workers
General Electric
Westinghouse
General Motora
Pittsburgh
Allo
Wiley
R-Wia
Obor
Congress
Witey
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