Truman Plans TV Radio Appeal After River Cruise
President Truman returns to the White House to press his 21 item legislative agenda. He will address the nation via radio and television at 10 p.m. and then go before Congress on January 15 to deliver his message in person. The plan includes reforms on tax, government reorganization, surplus property, and labor dispute boards.
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Mikado Bold Move Denies Divinity In New Year Rescript
In Tokyo, Emperor Hirohito renounces the myth of divinity in a New Year rescript, signaling a gamble to maintain his position amid anticipated international attacks and domestic radical pressure. General MacArthur applauded the move as democratizing his people while officials framing the changes aim to reassure the public and curb Communist influence.
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County Reports No New Year Holiday Traffic Accidents
Houston County and nearby areas showed unusually safe driving over the New Year holiday as law enforcement recorded no accident reports yesterday. State Highway Patrol Inspector T S Hutto said no entries were on record and city files were blank for the first day of the year. No hunting accidents were reported to authorities.
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Television to Carry Truman Appearance Before Congress
Unclear OCR notes indicate Truman appearance coverage before Congress. Mentions regalia, Washington and New York, with garbled phrases about sounds and appearances.
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Hitler Orders Mass Slaughter Of Allied Paratroopers
AP reports a secret Hitler decree ordering the slaughter of all Allied commandos and paratroops captured after October 18 1942. Read at the Nuremberg trial, the order vows no mercy, directs immediate handing over to Himmler’s Security Service, and holds commanders responsible for failures to execute it.
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City Commission Reimburses Church on Assessments
City officials vote to reimburse Seventh Day Adventist church for paving assessments on East Washington Street. The commission orders no future payments by the church and cites municipal policy exempting churches from such assessments.
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Limited Auto Output Resumes In Half U S Plants
Detroit AP reports limited production of 164 model passenger cars in about half of U S factories. Ford Chrysler and Hudson reopened, Studebaker and Willys-Overland also resumed after labor disputes. Windsor Canada Ford back 10 000 workers amid security dispute. Packard stayed closed due to shortages. January capacity may reach about 100 000 vehicles barring further parts curtailment.
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Central Government Takes Jehol Under Control In China
Chinese Cabinet spokesman F H Chang said the Central Government is taking over Jehol as a matter of course and sending administrative personnel after National troops moved in. He denied Communist troops were in Jehol before Japan’s collapse and criticized their claim of democratic rule. China awaits the Communist reply to a truce proposal as airlift plans and Russian withdrawal are discussed for Manchuria.
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Adolf Hitler Portrayed Planning To Rise From Grave In Letter
MERNBERG Germany API Adolf Hitler pictured as facing death with a prophecy his spirit would rise from the grave and that the world would see he was right. The long secret von Ribbentrop letter to Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden, delivered before capture, paints a different political will than the public version.
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Marka Kay Clark First Baby Born in Dothan 1946
Marla Kay Clark, eight pounds, daughter of Mr and Mrs Jack Donald Clark, born 6:48 AM in a Dothan hospital. She is the first infant born in Dothan in 1946, earning the First Baby award with gifts from local merchants and the Eagle. Father serving in the Navy at Shoemaker California, awaiting overseas assignment.
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Diaper Derby Row Rocks Nation Coast-To-Coast
The 1946 diaper derby sparked a coast to coast contest over the first baby born in the New Year. Los Angeles mothers claimed Darleen Ayers and Nancy Edwards as joint champions, supported by calendars and observatories, while St. Louis reported James Otis Sickler Jr at midnight and Baltimore and Buffalo also listed late arrivals. Hollywood updates note further coverage on page 2.
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Missouri Baptist Hospital
James Otis Sickler, Jr
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Baltimore
Aloysius Nachreiner
Buffalo
N. Y
City Democratic Committee Schedules Primary Date Briefing
The City Democratic Executive Committee will meet at 5 PM to set the annual City Commissioner primary date. Members summoned include Smith Hall chairing, with Vance Ward and S M Bentley also listed. The session will also fill vacancies and set nominee qualification fees.
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Train derails kill mother and infant near here
A Seaboard Air Line train traveling from New York to Florida derailed two miles north of here, killing a mother Helen and her four month old daughter. Alonzo Wilhelm of Walhime said the victims were his wife and child. Two killed and several injured were taken to Columbia. The cause is under investigation.
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Cold Weather Easing Across the United States Today
A frigid Arctic air mass that swept much of the nation is expected to moderate slowly today and Thursday. Light snow fell in the Northeast while rain reached the Northwest coast. Key West saw a low of 87 with readings from zero to five above in various cities including New York, Chicago, Washington, and Kansas City.
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Stark Foretold Pearl Harbor Surprise Attack
Senate hearings reviewed Adm. Harold R. Stark testimony crediting him with foreseeing a possible surprise air strike on Pearl Harbor nearly a year before the 1941 attack. Ingersoll memo of Dec 31 1940 noted Stark’s concern over carrier aircraft threats and questioned whether Pearl Harbor defenses were adequate.
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Child Born With Two Heads At Selly Oak Hospital
A girl born yesterday in Birmingham to an American soldier's wife arrived about a month premature and remained in a neonatal ward with other preemies. Doctors note two perfect heads on twin necks and two respiratory systems, giving only a very slight chance of survival as the infant breathes at differing rates. The father has been in the United States since July. home details are undisclosed.
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Nation's Holiday Death Toll Reaches Five Hundred Thirty
A nationwide summary shows violent deaths over the New Year holiday period at least 530. Traffic fatalities numbered 248 with total motor deaths estimated between 373 and 400 by the National Safety Council. Other causes included crashes, drownings, fires, stabbings, explosions, and home accidents. States leading the toll were Pennsylvania, Texas, New York, and Illinois with Chicago-area deaths prominent. detailed state tallies follow on Page 2.
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MacArthur Opposes Army Navy Merger Split View Emerges
Washington AP report cites Gen Douglas MacArthur opposing a merger of the Army and Navy, while House Naval Committee Chair Carl Vinson argues the rationale remains. Vinson notes MacArthur’s past warning that such a consolidation could threaten national life and agencies proven over six wars.
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Lord Haw Haw To Die On Gallows In Britain
Brooklyn born William Joyce known as Lord Haw Haw faces execution for high treason at Pentonville Prison. Home Secretary James Chuter Ede denied a reprieve, and the House of Lords refused his appeal, sealing his fate for tomorrow morning.
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Alabama Counties Surpass Victory Loan E Bond Quotas
Alabama counties finish the Victory Loan drive with every county passing official E-Bond quotas and 35 counties hitting Super E Bond quotas. State War Finance Chairman Ed Leigh McMillan says Alabama remains the nation’s only state where every county met its E-Bond quota in all eight drives, with volunteers pushing to close the drive strongly.
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Packing House Walkout Call Set For Jan 16
A CIO United Packinghouse Workers strike call covers about 200,000 workers in large packers like Swift Armour Wilson and Co and many independents. They seek a 35 cent an hour raise, with immediate 17.5 cents and negotiations on 17.5 cents more. The wage push aims to lift industry pay from the current 57 cents per hour. The walkout would affect 147 plants nationwide, with 260,000 CIO workers comprising 93 percent of slaughterhouse employees.
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Edward Roche
Lyle Cooper
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Koreans Protest Trusteeship Setup in Letters to Consuls
In Shanghai a Kore Association letters to Russian, American and British consuls general condemn Allied trusteeship of Korea as unjust. They demand democratic government and immediate independence. A mass rally of about 8,000 Koreans also protested, amid growing numbers heading toward repatriation from China and Manchuria.
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Discharged Vet Interrupts Probe Of His Death
Alfred Huber 31, a Pacific service returnee, rushed into Howlan Funeral Home during an inquest into a reported death. His father Edward 32, a meat cutter, had identified the young man killed in a taxicab accident as Alfred. The coroner issued a burial certificate after a policeman testified to the ID.
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