Marshall Chou En-lai talks hint at peacemaker role in China
Gen Marshall and Chou En-lai discussed a potential peace role for the American mediator amid talks on a truce in North China. The Central Government and Communists signaled openness to mediation, with representatives to meet Marshall and oversee a unilateral ceasefire and restoration of lines of communication, observers requested.
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Gonversation
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Ghina
Govermment
Chiang Kaishek
Ater
Marshall
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Menchuria
New Year Returns For 34 600 U S Veterans On 36 Ships
The Associated Press reports the New Year greets about 34,600 U S war veterans returning home from service worldwide. Twenty East and West Coast ports will host arrivals aboard 36 ships with troops from many units and ships including the Madawaska Victory and General Ballou, along with hospitals at Newport News and San Francisco. A mix of Army Navy Marine and Coast Guard personnel, engineers, battalions and support crews comprise the homecoming as patients and servicemen travel from Cherbourg Le Havre Antwerp Marseilles and Calcutta among others.
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Associated Press
New York
Madawaska Victory
Antwerp
General Ballou
Karachi
John Stevens
le Havre
18Th Field Artillery Group
Central Falls
Victory
Marseilles
Ward
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Usahs Meany
Cherbourg
Monticello
Argentina
Joseph T. Robinson
William S. Young
L@ Havre
William Hodson
Cesar D‘alene
Cilcutta
Webb Milder
Newport News
Lambert Cadwallader
William Evarts
Mist
Thomas Cri
Bane
482Nd Air Service Group
Calif
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Navy
Coast Guard
Trangort Riverside
Saxedo
Nabuc
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Om
UBS Falcon
Army
New Year Hope and Hunger Mark Global Celebrations
The world welcomed 1945 with cautious optimism as war drew to a close. In the United States crowds overflowed nightclubs and streets, while tense scenes in Germany and Japan showed scarce joy. Leaders like Pope Pius XI, De Gaulle, and Churchill offered mixed messages of hope, courage, and hard work.
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United States
United Nations
Moscow
Paris
London
Chungking
Germany
Japan
Berlin
Pius XI
de Gaulle
France
Winston Churchill
Stork Delays First 1946 Baby Birth in Dothan
The Eagle reports the first baby of 1946 in Dothan was delayed past midnight. The Palmer Carmichael child of Enterprise, born at 10 o clock, is noted as a contender for the First Baby award, with merchants sponsoring the prize across three hospitals.
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Stark
Eagle
Dothan
Boroommoval Hospital
Mre. Palmer Carmichael
Enterprise
Dothan Merchants
the Eagle
Pothan
Troops Claim Delayed Return As War Brides Sent Home
A group representing about 4000 U S Air Force troops in England says they are being kept from discharge despite eligibility. They protest war brides are being sent to the United States ahead of soldiers with over 30 months overseas and sent telegrams to Congress and newspapers. They urge prompt return home amid homesickness.
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Liverpool
Warrington
England
Mies
United States
Northern Ireland
United
United Nations panel ends hearings on peace agency site
A UN committee, denying Williamsburg Virginia a hearing, ruled out areas west of the Hudson River with Princeton New Jersey remaining as a possible site. Officials said hearings were concluded and press coverage centered on Boston and New York.
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London
United Nations
World Peace Agency
Williamsburg
Boston
New York
Hudson River
Princeton
N. J
BOWL GAME BULLETINS AND HOLIDAY HOTEL ROBBERY
Bowl game bulletins list scores including Georgia Tulsa Missouri Texas and Oklahoma A&M while a New Year hotel robbery at the John Handolph Hotel in South Boston involves three suspects who held up the cashier and guests and escaped with cash.
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Georgia
Tulsa
Missouri
Texas
St. Mary's
Oklahoma
A&mt
Wake Forest
South Carolina
Lane
Louisiana Normal
Holy Cross
Miami
Boston
John Handolph
Dothan Marks New Year Quiet Observance
Dothan welcomed the new year with a quiet night as police and sheriffs reported little activity. Midnight mill whistles briefly sounded, but only two arrests were logged by City police and two by the County sheriff as stores and offices remained mostly closed.
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Dothan
Steel Industry To Truman To Defer Strike
The steel industry urged President Truman to defer the threatened strike of about 700000 workers for two weeks while a new fact finding board, named last month, studies the dispute. The move would keep core production running as the board and OPA consider price adjustments. White House aides noted no current decision, but hints suggested a possible postponement to align with labor policy. The steel corp warned wage talks hinge on price boosts to cover rising costs.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Truman
Gane
White House
Eben Ayres
White
House Presa
United States Steel Corporation
Pace
Investigation Board
U. S
Short Says Islands Could Have Had Two Hour Attack Warning
Lt Gen Walter Short testified that with a rapid Washington alert he could have had about two hours to prepare for a Pearl Harbor attack. The Army inquiry questioned Stark about naval warnings and Pearl Harbor commanders. Short said uncoded wireless alerts could have allowed decisive preparations, while Stark argued there were sufficient warnings.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Walter C. Short
Aeori
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Adm
Harold R. Stark
Stark
Naval Operations
E. Kimmel
Wiliam D. Mitchell
Mitchell
Seth W. Richardson
Barkley DsKy
Richardson
Hoover
Circuit Court of Appeals
Senate
Army Inquiry Board
Une Roensags
George C. Marshall
Aidit
Stier
Dealers Expect Continued Wiregrass Tire Shortage
Local tire dealers anticipate the Wiregrass shortage persisting for months despite the end of rationing. Many customers remain unable to secure certificates or tires, with shops reserving stock for certificate holders and predicting slow shipments for the next week or two. Industry officials warn that once rationing ends, hoarding could worsen access for those who truly need tires.
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Jin Dothan
Desiers
Wand
Nate
Slocke
Tosjerity Dolan
Lorena
Amal
Dothan
INE le
Radi
New Taxes May Cut U S Income
Senator Edwin C. Johnson warns that despite reduced rates, tax revenues may fall short as the new law goes into effect. He forecasts total revenue around 26.5 billion for the year and notes inflation threatens further cuts while others expect higher receipts than predicted.
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Edwin H. Harkinson
Washington
Edwin C. Johnson
W-Cole
Basse
Mazny
Johnson
Imender
Senate
Cornus
Fises
Budohnsen
Sone
Colorado
Doughlun
House
Ways and Means
George D-Gav
Senate Finance Committee
Byrnes Sees World Peace Accord With MacArthur
Secretary of State Byrnes expressed strong belief that the Allied plan for Japan will succeed and that 1946 will bring major powers into accord on peace problems. He met reporters on a New Year’s day tour with President Truman aboard the yacht Williamsburg and discussed Moscow talks, MacArthur’s stance, and efforts to make the plan work.
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Graham Hovey Washington
Byrnes
MacArthur
Japan
Truman
Williamsburg
Byres
Beatty
United States
Phbir
War Department
Moscow
Thomas D. Blake
Far Eastern Commission
State Department
County E Bond Drive Ends With Strong Houston County Total
Houston County completed its E Bond drive with a grand total of 450,900 announced for the period October 29 to December 3. The county quota was 577,000, but the drive surpassed the minimum target by 30,900. A radio appeal credited to several local leaders helped push bond sales over the goal, with a maturity value of 71,075. The effort included prizes for top sellers and a total bond sales figure broken down by issuing agencies for the drive period.
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Houston County
J. Albert Logue
J. N. Mullins
Pat Poyter
Clyde Lavert
Dathan
Yours Union
O'Dwyer Becomes New York City Mayor
O'Dwyer assumes office as New York Mayor succeeding La Guardia who led the city for 12 years. A modest crowd attended the ceremony at City Hall as revelers celebrated. O'Dwyer, former Brooklyn district attorney and wartime General, won the Democratic nomination by a record plurality of 803,000 votes.
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New York
Willian
Io Ir
Cite Hall
Arély
la Giardia
Merbklyn
Violent Deaths Across U S During New Year Holidays
Violent deaths across the United States during the extended New Year holidays totaled at least 448, with traffic accidents causing about half. New York led with 32 deaths, including 12 traffic fatalities, followed by Minds and Pennsylvania with 24 each. The National Safety Council predicted a heavy traffic death total would arrive on New Year’s Day as several states reported no violent deaths since 8 p.m. Friday.
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New York State
Minds
Pennsylvania
New York
National Safety Council
Telegraphers Approve WLB Wage Proposal
The general committee of the AFL telegraphers endorsed a War Labor Board wage award averaging 12 cents an hour for 46 Western Union locales. CIO and American Communications Association leaders withheld comment awaiting the official text. The board also ruled a minimum wage of 40 cents an hour with six paid holidays and six workdays leaving workers with three weeks paid vacation after 13 years.
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Washington
AFL
CIO American Communications Association
New York Union
Weet Cen
CIO Wand Arl
SA Ceontx
Koreans Parade to Protest Moscow Trusteeship Pact
About 30 000 Koreans marched through Seoul New Year s Eve to denounce the Moscow trusteeship plan for Korea demanding independence now The crowd was orderly contrasting earlier knife fighting and stone throwing near US troops at Hodge s occupation headquarters The demonstration reportedly guided by a provisional government from exile in Chungking and some workers and Red Cross staff claimed they were coerced into participating.
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Seoul
Korea
APJ
Marys
John R. Hodge
Chungking
Juggard i
Marely
Hodge
American Red Cross
De Gaulle Threatens To Resign Over French Defense Budget
Paris AP report says President Be Gaulle warned he would resign with his cabinet if the Socialist Communist bid to cut defense credits by 20 percent in the 1946 first quarter budget passes. The assembly debated 125,000,000,000 francs for the Army as ministers pledge cuts or shifts, while De Gaulle demanded no reduction and said a government resignation would follow if defense funds were trimmed.
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Paris
Be Gaulle
Apaiast
Consultative Assembly
Socialist Party
Comimunist Party
France
Vincent Aurialeld
de Gaulle
Socialistx
Bnt
Clemency Denied for Lord Haw Haw in Treason Case
London AP report states Home Secretary James Chuter Ede refused clemency to William Joyce known as Lord Haw-Haw. The Brooklyn born propagandist faces hanging after Lords denied appeal. execution set for Thursday morning at 4. He was convicted of treason for aiding Nazi Germany.
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London
William Joyce
Haw Ilaw
German Airways
James Chuter Ede
Hitler
House of Lords
Longshoremen Win 20 Percent Pay Increase
Longshoremen who struck for 48 days in October begin the new year with a 20 percent basic wage hike. Arbitrator William H. Davis announced the increase after both sides accepted his decision. He rejected limits on sling loads despite current emergency shipping conditions but granted longer work periods at set times.
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New York
L AP
William H. Davis
Davis
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