FMs Agree on Vital Issues Parleys End
London and Moscow reports say the Big Three foreign ministers agreed on a four power rule for Japan and other crucial decisions. They reached understandings on atomic energy control and a five year Korea trusteeship. Final details await Washington Moscow and London communiques.
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John A Parvis
London
U.i
Japan
Korea
Moscow
Russia
United States
Great Britain
China
Byrnes
Washington
Council
Douglas Mac
Arthur
Tapia
United Nations General Assembly
Rossa
Botain
Canada
France
No Secret Agreements According to Byrnes
Moscow reports secretary of state James Byrnes said the Big Three had an atomic agreement to be outlined in a communique at 6 a.m. Friday. He said no subject outside the communique was discussed and the ministers will meet again if needed to pursue agreeable results. The talks involved Byrnes Molotov and Bevin, with no French response yet on the three power European peace plan.
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Moscow
Unu
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Vyacheslav Molotov
Ernest Begin
Washington
London
Spasso
U. S
Trench
France
China
Reorganize 31st TOKYO unit to be organized in Korea
General Mace Arthur announced Thursday that the 31st Tokyo unit will be reorganized in Korea about January 19 and attached to the 7th Division, replacing the bone ward bound with regiment. The plan follows the first dark months of 1942 and seeks to revive the Bist infantry regiment.
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Tokyo
uPi
Baytaan
Bist
Mace
Arthur
Korea
Dr B Prouty Dies at Local Hospital
Dr B Prouty 72 longtime resident died Wednesday in a local hospital. Survived by widow Grane Prouty two daughters Mrs Walter Hansen Council Bluffs and Mrs Harry Truscott Lynn Mass and a brother Calvin Lock Prouty Council Bluffs. Funeral Saturday 2 p m Woodring's chapel Elder V D Ruch officiating. Burial at Walnut Hill. Body at Woodring funeral home.
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5. B. Prouty
Garner Township
Grane Prouty
Walter G. Hansen
Council Bluffs
Harry A. Truscott
Lynn
Mass
Calvin Lock Prouty
Woodring's Chapel
V. D. Ruch
Reorganized
Latter Day Saints Church
Buna
Walnut Hill
Woodring Funeral Home
Logan Man Will Represent Towa at Noted Ceremony
Theodore Evans of Logan, member of the Harrison county selective service board, chosen by Jot Thursday to represent Towa at the White House ceremony on Jan 2. Awarded a medal and certificate to uncompensated personnel with two or more years of service. Three alternates named. expenses paid by selective service. Regional meetings planned after Feb 15 with Gov. Blue presenting medals in Iowa.
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Des Moines
Theodore Evans
Logan
Harrison County
Selective Service Board
Towa
White House
Trumman
Congress
Iowa
Washington
Robert D. Blue
Probers Seek Mitchell Successor in Pearl Harbor Panel
In Washington UPI the Pearl Harbor committee pursues a successor to counsel William D. Mitchell. Barkley leads a subcommittee to survey candidates amid hearings. Weymouth Kirkland is urged, with Gearhart nominating Warren Atherton and Harry Colmery. Admiral Harold R. Stark is to testify as hearings resume.
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Washington
UPI
Barkley
D.-Ky
Pearl Harbor
Willian D. Mitchell
Kentucky
Lucas
D.-Ill
Weymouth Kirkland
Chicago
Commitlites
Rep
Gearhart
R.-Calif
Jing
Warren Atherton
Stockton, Catt
Harry Colmery
Topeka
Kai
American Legion
Harold R. Stark
Ihief
Navs
Mitchell
Stark
Injuries Prove Fatal to Denison Man
Albert Herbert Quade a 39 year old farmhand died at a hospital after a collision with an Illinois Central freight train near Denison. George W Selander 32 remained in critical condition at the hospital.
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Denison
Denisys
Albert Herbert Quade
Illinois Central
Quade
George W. Selander
Punishment of Nazi Criminals Demanded by German People
Letters pour into the Nuremberg tribunal from Germans across zones urging harsher penalties for Nazi leaders. Emu Ruege, ex-Sachsenhausen inmate, cites Goering orders. youths and parents write of revenge, while others argue war leaders are only human.
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Louis Lochoer
Nuernberg
UPI
International Military Tribunal
Germany
Tribunal
Geremany
Emu Ruege
Sathsenhausen
Count Ernst von Hohenberg
Goering
Hohenberg
Francis Joseph
House of Hapsburg
Sarajevo
Ruege
Ernst and
Max
Count Ernst
Mueller
Schwarzenberg-Erzgebirge
Karl Stuebner
Zwickau
Manfred
Hitler
Russia
Truman to Carry Fight to People in Radio Address
President Truman plans a nation wide radio address likely in January to present his labor and other proposals to Congress and the public. He will then deliver a state of the union message, possibly by TV, as he pushes for cooling off periods and fact finding boards amid the war to peace economy transition. He aims to return to Washington Friday weather permitting, after visiting his mother and Grandview Masonic lodge.
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Ernest R. Vaccaro
Kansas City
UPI
Truman
Congress
House
Capital
Washington
Henry T. Myers
White House
Martha E. Truman
Grandview
Hearing on Merger of Armed Forces Soon Resumed
Washington DGI reports that hearings on a unified defense department will reopen after the holiday recess before the house expenditures committee. Representative Jennings Randolph cites prior army navy bidding waste and notes a 1946 procurement agency saved 25 million in three months with potential multi‑billion savings over three years.
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Washington
GPI
House Expenditures Committee
Jennings Randolph
West Virginia
Department of National de
Fense Witt
Navy
Truman
Randolph
Army
H. Struve Hengel
Hensel
Army-Navy
Happier Days for Housewives Predicted by Expert
Washington prediction foresees a decade hence stores offering wife friendly meal options with pre cooked frozen foods. automation and dishwashing devices may become outdated as households rely on prepared meals and paper tableware. official report highlights convenience for apartment dwellers and potential cheaper meat distribution.
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Washington
FP. L.thomsen
Agriculture Department
Division of Marketing and Transportation Research
Thomsen
Jae
Weather Summary for Council Bluffs and Nearby Regions
Partly cloudy conditions with no decisive temperature change. Thursday afternoon highs near 24 degrees, dipping to around 15 degrees overnight and Friday. Iowa sees partly cloudy skies with warmer conditions in the north and east, and rising temps in the west and north on Friday. northern half forecasts 5 below and southern half 8 below for wind chills. Nebraska expects considerable cloudiness with light snow in the southwest on Friday. warmer northeast by Thursday night. Hourly readings show varying lows and highs. maximum 74 degrees today, minimum 6 degrees, total precipitation 0.35 inches with 2.72 inches excess.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Shippers
Nebraska
Uraiaity Davene Ae
Truman Thanks Paper Carriers
Philadelphia reporters note wartime newsboys of 937 daly newspapers, selling war savings stamps since 1941. President Truman writes Howard W. Stodghill praising 150,000 boys across 957 papers who raised about 74 million dollars for the treasury, a threefold civic benefit and home-front duty example. Letters from Vinson and others corroborate the impact, with statisticians linking funds to major war materiel.
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Philadelphia
Daly
U. S
Truman
Howard W. Stadghil
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Newsboy
Newspaper Boys
Treasury
United States
Griswold announces bid for U S Senate in Nebraska
Lincoln Neb 42 governor Dwight P Griswold said he will seek the Republican nomination for United States senator from Nebraska. In his third term as governor he will oppose Senator Hugh A Butter of Omaha. Griswold noted his record as governor and aims to win veterans and labor support.
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Lincoln
Neb
Dwight P. Grswold
Nebraska
Griswold
Hugh A. Butter
Omaha
Organized Labor
Tour Russian Zone in Germany
Five American correspondents completed an eight day tour of the Russian occupied zone in Germany. The Soviet program aims to reorganize industry farming and land ownership with veteran communists in key posts. Officials say the plan progresses despite shortages and refugee pressures.
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Lnne
Germany
Richard Wasischke
Berlin
Dresden
Halle
Leipsig
Ias
Offuchala
Saxony
Save Wanty
Indian Government to Purchase U S Surplus Property
Indian government to buy United States surplus property in India valued in the book at over 3.5 billion, under an agreement reached Monday and announced Thursday. The deal aims to prevent disruptions to the Indian economy from piecemeal American liquidation and awaits settlement of actual sales prices in early 1948. Major General Thomas A. Terry notes troop inactivation plans hinge on the long-term result of the transfer.
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U. S
New Delhi
United States
India
American Foreign Liquidation Commission
Washington
Thomas A. Terry
Predict Election of American Pope
Libera Stampa comments on the 42 member non Italian college of cardinals speculating a foreign Pope may be elected for the first time since 1522 Adrian VI. An anonymous book titled Will We Have an American Pope? circulates in Italy showing Archbishop Francis J. Spellman greeting American soldiers.
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Rome
Ine
Libera Stampa
College of Cardinals
Piua III
Adrian VI
Utrecht
Italy
Francis J. Spellman
New York
Morri son to sail from Liverpool for Canada and U S
United States envoy Herbert Morri son to visit Canada and the United States, sailing Friday from Liverpool aboard the Mauretania. Jord president of the council accompanies, confirming cross Atlantic travel plans.
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United States
London
Herbert Morrison
Jord
Council
Liverpool
Canada
Newsprint Short Drastic Cut In Paper Planned
Due to a critical newsprint shortage The Nonpareil announces drastic page reductions. Friday will be 10 to 12 pages, down from 16 to 20 wartime levels, with Saturday at six pages and eight to twelve pages on other days until supplies improve. A promised extra carload by December would allow normal wartime edition sizes, but shipping is delayed. Advertisers are reducing copy to cope.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Ontario
Canada
Saye
Peper
Wherry Attacks Bowles Over Price Controls
Senator Wherry criticized Chester Bowles on a national campaign to extend OPA price controls. He accused Bowles of lifting citrus price ceilings to create a price spike and claimed transportation problems worsened the shortage, arguing the move was deliberate misinformation.
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Washington
Wherry
Chester Bowles
Congress
OPA
Nebrasian
Bowles
Abduct Postmaster and Woman Clerk in Michigan
Postmaster Horace Parrish and clerk Helen E. Shillinger were abducted by two men near Sandusky Michigan. They reported being driven to a tourist camp north of Pontiac, bound and gagged, and left in a vacant cabin while the captors fled in Parrish’s car. No weapon use reported.
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Sandusky
Mich
Horace Parrish
Pontiac
Roland L. Meredith
Parrish
Sanilac
Helen E. Shillinger
Miss Sbillinser
VA Seeks Expanded Hospital Space Nationwide
The Veterans Administration requests more hospital accommodations after borrowing space for about 40,000 people across army navy and civilian medical facilities. Some 20 000 beds will be in 3 400 private hospitals, 9 375 in navy, 10 000 in army facilities with 7 000 more beds pending VA control of seven army hospitals. Maj Gen Paul R Hawley said the move aims to accommodate rising veterans under government care now 87 547 and growing by about 2 000 monthly.
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Washington
Veterans, Administration
Army
Navy
Paul R. Hawley
Veterans Administration
Labor Front Faces Dual Threats From Massive Walkouts
Threats of two large strikes threaten 400,000 electrical and telephone workers. CIO leaders call a 200,000 member electrical walkout "inevitable" and a nationwide telephone shut down looms after Western Electric, General Electric and General Motors negotiations falter. Picket lines may spread to Bell system centers. GM hearings proceed as idle plants exceed 176,000 workers. Across sectors, 218,000 more idle workers mark a nationwide labor standstill.
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Associated Press
Electrical and Telephone Company
CIO
New York
Western Electric Company
New Jersey
Westinghouse
General Electric
General Motors
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Edgar L. Warren
Cio-United Electrical Union
General Electrical
Waren
Westinghoue
Henry Mayer
Western Electric
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Mayer
Bell System
NEIW
NFTW
Western Electiig
Joseph A. Beirne
Western Electric Group
Chicago
Baltimore
Haverhill
Masa
San Francisco
Detroit
General Motors Corporation An
Washington
United Auto Workers
Issuz
Bave
Truman orders transfer of Small War Plants functions
Vice President Truman ordered the transfer of the functions of the Smaller War Plants Corporation to the Commerce Department and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Maury Maverick, former mayor of San Antonio and ex-congressman, was named to survey small business trade in Pacific countries and will visit the Philippines, China, Korea, Australia and New Zealand.
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Vic
Truman
Smailer War Plants Corporation
Commerce Department
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Maury Maverick
Pacific
Maverick
San Antonio
Congress
Pott
Ippines
China
Korea
Australia
New Zealand
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Logan Man
P. H. Probers
Heinrich
Manila
Clark Castillo
People's Court
Electrical and Telephone
War Plants Corporation
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