Truman abolishes war controls and reshapes economic team
President Truman revamps the wartime framework by abolishing the War Mobilization and Reconversion Office. He names John R. Steelman as assistant to the president and Maj Gen Philip B. Fleming to head a new Office of Temporary Controls. Fayne M. Foley and Frank H. Creedon are named housing administrator and housing expeditor. The wage stabilization board is dissolved. Rent ceilings may rise under OPA review. no abandonment of rent controls.
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Truman
John R. Steelman
Philip B. Fleming
OPA
OWMA
Office of Economic Stabilization
Steelman
Mr. Truman
Two suspects sought in hammer slaying of Florence McAllister
Police report a Baltimore arrest in the death of 29 year old Florence McAllister in Burtonsville Maryland with two men in a blue coupe still at large. Jewelry stolen from the victim is in question and a former coworker is among those sought as authorities issue alerts across Washington and neighboring states.
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Baltimore
Florence Mcallister
Montgomery County
Partonsville
Washington City
Search resumes for missing Marine transport plane near Mt Rainier
The Marine Corps transport for 32 crew remains missing after Tuesday. Authorities shifted the search to the Mt Rainier south slope, after dismissing rumors of a Toledo flare. Coast Guard teams moved to Longmire as winter weather hampered operations and fear of exposure grew.
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Marine Corps
Mt. Rainier
Toledo
Washington
Coast Guard
Longmire
Army Air Forces
McChord Field
Tacoma
Tansport
Eighteen Deer Hunters Killed During Season
Charleston reports the Conservation Commission announced eighteen hunters were killed accidentally between October 5 and December 7, during the deer season. The toll is three higher than 1945, with most victims under age 20. among the deceased last year, all but one were teenagers and one was 10 years old.
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Charleston
Conservation Commission
Liquor rationing lifted temporarily in Charleston stores
In Charleston on December 12, the Liquor Control Commission announced a temporary easing of whisky rationing through Christmas due to a larger warehouse stock and promised deliveries. Rationing will resume after the holiday, with exact timing pending sales volume. customers may buy up to one gallon during the break, while prices rose by as much as 3.35 per fifth on some brands since December 1.
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Charleston
Liquor Control Commission
Christmas Sockeroo Sparks Boy's Santa Prank
In New Britain Connecticut a five year old boy faces a sock shortage on Christmas after clashing with a department store Santa. The child, upset over a promised bicycle he says Santa failed to deliver last year, admits giving Santa a shove to the jaw. His mother publicly chastises the boy while noting the incident at the City department store.
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New Britain
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Santa Claus
Santa
Bitain
Truman signals three messages on tax policy and merger plan
President Truman declined to discuss tax-reduction prospects at a news conference. He said he will send three messages to Congress and will renew his request for a merger of the armed forces in his state of the union. The House committee on postwar economic policy and planning added its voice to labor-legislation demands in its final report.
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Dig To Rescue Trapped Miner In Mud Slide
Rescue workers dig through a mud slide at a copper mine near Globe Arizona to find miner JohsOrekor buried six days earlier. Deputy Jones says no word since 5 a.m. yesterday though mine leasee Ralph Henderson reported contact at 2 p.m. with three raps from the cave in.
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Ariz
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Jones
Orekor
Ralph Henderson
Henderson
Socialist Leon Blum Elected Premier of Interim Government
Paris December 12 Socialist Leon Blum aged 74 was elected president premier of the interim French government to serve until mid January. He won about 575 ballots in the national assembly, needing 310 for a clear majority. Blum must vet parties to form a program and decide cabinet composition as the budget for early 1947 is prepared. He returns from confinement to steer France through financial and economic urgencies amid ongoing political seagues.
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Democratic Resistance
Socialist
Movie Boss Defends Space as Vidor Suit Continues
Federal records show four figure weekly pay as required to endure censure in Hollywood. Harry Cohn of Columbia defended against Charles Vidor's breach of contract claim. Vidor says Cohn's profane tirades unsettled him and seeks to void terms possibly paying $2,000 weekly during testimony.
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Hollywood
Harry Cohn
Columbia
Charles Vidor
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Cohn
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Vidtor
Foreign Ministers To Wind Up Final Meeting In New York
The four nation foreign ministers wrap up peacemaking sessions in New York with a 4 p.m. EST closing, drafting German and Austrian settlements and approving a six point Moscow agenda. Molotov's concessions shape discussions and Byrnes proposals for arms limits and a 40 year disarmament pact. Chinese participation remains uncertain as the session closes.
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New York
V. M. Molotov
Foreign Ministers’ Council
E.S.T
Moscow
Germany
Austria
Boards of Great Power
London
Molotov
James F. Byrnes
Europe
Byrnes
Woman Confesses Knife Murder Near Shelbiana
Pikeville Ky December 12 Acting county attorney Lawrence May announced a signed confession by a Pike county woman that she fatally knifed Washington Miller of Adrian Michigan during a party Monday night Miller's body was found on the swinging bridge at Shelbiana and coroner John P Call said he bled to death The acting attorney identified the woman as Mrs Martha Fields May lodging in Pike county jail on a charge of willful murder Miller had been visiting relatives in Pike county Material witnesses May See page 3
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Lawrence May
Pike County
Washington Miller
Adrian
Mich
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John P. Call
Martha Fields May
Christmas Lights Spark Grafton Main Street Scene
Colorful Yule lights illuminate Grafton’s Main Street as a Christmas tree tops the Compton Jot corner. Stores decorate this week and business houses expect holiday displays completed by weekend as the Junior Chamber of Commerce finishes lighting.
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Grafton
Compton
St. John
Main Streets
Elevator Crash Claims Two Women Workers Lives
In Dover Foxcroft Maine today two of twelve women hurt when an elevator dropped 35 feet at the American Woolen Company Brown mill died in a hospital. The dead are Lizzie 68 and Addie Burdin 62. Eleven others suffered leg fractures and other injuries. two remain in critical condition.
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Dover-Foxcroft
American Woolen Company
Lizzie
Addie Burdin
Industrial Men Dispute Nathan's Report Assertions
Washington December 12 industry leaders warned that the CIO claim wages can rise without price hikes may trigger another wave of serious strikes. The CIO used the same argument last spring during postwar wage demands in steel auto and other heavy industries, despite prices rising afterward. CIO President Philip Murray commented on this today.
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Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
Miller Held In Jail On Felony Charge
Floyd C Miller of West Francis street is jailed in Taylor county awaiting a pre hearing set before May. John W Snider faces a felony charge of disposing of a vehicle under mortgage. Walter Woodyard of Woodyard Lumber company filed a complaint alleging Miller sold a Model A pickup he had bought from Woodyard with a $170 balance due. Miller was arrested at 1 30 pm yesterday in a local restaurant.
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West Francis Street
Taylor County
John W. Snider
W. H. Canfield
Canfield
Walter Woodyard
Woodyard Lumber Company
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Miller
Woodyard
Ainfeld
UN Assembly Must Approve Arms Reduction Plans
A UN sub committee added a safeguard requiring that any security council arms reduction program be approved by a special session of the 54 nation General Assembly. Canada proposed the provision, passed 10 to 9, while ratification by each member remains in the amended resolution.
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New York
United Nations
Security Council
General Assembly
Assembly
Paul-Henri Spaak
Spaak
James F. Byrnes
Canada
Hopes for Cold Weather Pre-Christmas Forecast
Weather outlook includes a colder trend tonight and tomorrow after a day with high 54 and overnight drop to 39. Early today readings climbed to 68 then 65, with heavy rainfall reported last night. In Cincinnati, the death of Rev. Francis X. Lasance, a noted Catholic prayer book author aged 66 after a long illness, is reported.
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Cincinnati
Francis X. Lasance
Father Lasance
Fire Rips Manhattan Tenement. Eight Dead, Wall Falls
In New York City a five alarm blaze at an abandoned house on West 184th Street collapsed a five story wall and buried residents. Police say four bodies recovered, with four more seen. over 38 others feared buried, many injured brought to nearby hospitals. Identified dead include Frank Moorehead, Anthony Biancardi, Daniel Corrado, and Thomas Philips. Fire cause under inquiry after a prior rubbish fire at the ice plant.
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New York
Manhattan
Upper West Side
Frank Moorehead
Anthony Biancardi
Daniel Corrado
Thomas Philips
Thomas P. Bromphy
West 184Th Street
Watkins Stl No Mec Unresolved Judge Commission Delay
W Confronts delay in commission for W Merle Watkins elected judge of the ten judicial circuit succeeding Francia Warder in the November 6 general election. Governor Clarence W Meadows issued proclamation of election but commission and official badge remain pending from the secretary and governor. After proclamation he was to take office, but months have passed without formal commission or badge.
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W. Merle Watkins
Ten Judicial Circuit
Francia
L. Warder
Clarence W. Meadows
Ernor
Watking
Lisen
D Taylor
Barbour
Army Orders Out Searchers To Find B 25 Missing
The Army sent a fleet of search craft to locate a B 25 twin engined bomber that has been missing since yesterday afternoon on an hour long flight from Muroc near Los Angeles. The search effort was ordered today as officials work to determine the aircrafts fate and ensure air safety.
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Army
Los Angeles
Muroc
Back To Bataan John Wayne and Yours at the Grafton
John Wayne and Claudette Colbert star in Back To Bataan at the Grafton cinema with Fred MacMurray in a featured program. The showing promises wartime drama and classic on screen teamwork for local audiences.
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John Wayne
Fred Mac
Claudette Colbert
the Grafton
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