Big Three Foreign Ministers Break Formal Barriers
The three foreign ministers Byrnes Bevin and Molotov moved beyond formalities in a four hour sixteen minute session in Moscow. Informants noted progress and expected further agreements on key world problems as the seventh day of talks continued. The informal setting in the Speridoniska palace red room was described as easier for diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Gilmore
Moscow
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
V. M. Molotov
Red
Speridoniska Palace
W. Averell Harriman
Archibald Clark Kerr
A. Y. Vyshinsky
World Peace Agency HQ to be in eastern United States
The United Nations Preparatory Commission committee on sites voted to establish the permanent headquarters of the World Peace Agency in the eastern United States. The decision was announced in London on December 22.
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London
United Nations Preparatory Commission
Committee On Sites
World Peace Agency
United States
Marshall to Meet Chiang in Confab Tomorrow
Gen. George C. Marshall arrives at Chungking and is to hold a sequence of talks with Generalissimo Chiang Kai‑Shek starting tomorrow as China’s leaders greet him. Premier Soong and Chou En‑Lai attend, with Marshall dining informally with envoys before resting at his quarters.
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Marshall
Chiang
Spencer Miosa
Chungeking
George C. Marshall
Truman
China
Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Madame Chaing
Nanking
T. V. Soong
Chou En-Lai
Soong
Walter Robertson
Associated Press
Marshal
Hit the Hay theater night invites Mrs Stine in town
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs I A Stine of Maple Avenue to attend tonight’s presentation of Hit the Hay with Judy Canova at the Strand theatre or the Saturday night feature at the Dixie after showing identification may be required.
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Strand
Dixie
The
Grafton Sentinel
I. A. Stine
Maple Avenue
Judy Canova
Strand Theatre
Hawaii Admitted as 49th State Recommendation
Interior Secretary Ickes urged immediate statehood for Hawaii citing wartime resilience and economic governance benefits. The move follows past doubts about a 1946 recommendation and comes as Congress weighs Hawaii’s qualifications for statehood.
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Interior Department
Hawaii
Washington
Ickes
United States
Congress
House Territories
Territories Committee
Interior
West Virginia Briefs Highlight State Fiscal and Health Plans
West Virginia items note that 42-A special forms no longer needed for fathers 18 to 35 unless unmarried, with two children or more. regional VA offices to move within Huntington with new manager. a pedestrian death in McCoole Md leads to hospital. Funkhouser backs a 1500000 gift toward a 2550000 community hospital. WV school finance committee to meet Dec 28 to discuss interim recommendations.
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Charleston
Selective Service
Carleton C. Pierce
State Committee On
West Virginia
W. W. Trent
Furloughs Restored for POW Camp Soldiers
Fort Custer officials announced Christmas furloughs and passes were reinstated for soldiers at the POW camp after a War Department extension pushed readiness for 5,000 German prisoners to ship date January 1. Maj. Charles E. Gilbert said distant soldiers already on furlough remain unaffected.
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Fort Custer
Gemany
Army
Charles E. Gilbert
War Department
Raymond F. Collier
Christmas Holiday Halts Labor Talks Resume on Dec 28
The Christmas holiday paused efforts to end the GM strike as a government fact finding board recessed until December 28. The wage dispute, a major labor showdown, centers on a 30 percent demand by the CIO UAW while GM weighs its ability to pay. Union leader Walter Reuther expressed hope talks resume soon after the next meeting, with renewed bargaining urged.
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Associated Press
General Motors
Lloyd K. Garrison
Cio-United Auto Workers Union
Detroit
Walter P. Reuther
Cio-Uaw
Washington
Government lifts newsprint controls as supply remains tight
The Civilian Production Administration cancels most newsprint restrictions effective Dec 31. About 1,935,000 tons will be available to U.S. publishers in early 1946, about 98 percent of 1941 first-half supply, deemed insufficient to meet demand. ANPA pledged no paper suspensions and proposed a 3 percent set-aside if needed to avoid outages. J Hale Steinman notes pools allow eight page papers.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Civilian Production Administration
United States
CPA
American Newspaper Publishers Association
ANPA
New England
J. Hale Steinman
Unsuccessful Revolution at Colon Leaves Four Dead
At Colon Panama four or more killed and one wounded in a late night coup attempt blamed on followers of former President Arnulfo Arias. Police reinforcements rushed to Colon and gunfire near the presidencia ceased once forces identified themselves. No further casualties reported though brief exchanges occurred outside the presidential residence while authorities asserted the situation was under control.
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Panama City
Colon
Panama
Arnulfo Arias
Presidencia
Enrique Jiminez
Atmulfo Arias
Framework Of New And Demilitarized Japan Finished In Over Three Months
Tokyo dispatch reports General MacArthur announcing the framework for a demilitarized Japan is finished after four months of occupation. Japan will be taxed like an ordinary citizen while ex-Premier Tojo and his cabinet face joint trials likely in February. The plan emphasizes education and guidance to replace militarism and notes the removal of state Shintoism.
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Japan
Tokyo
MacArthur
Hideki Tojo
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor Committee Seeks New Counsel Amid Deadline Shift
The Pearl Harbor investigating committee takes a holiday as Barkley faces finding a new chief counsel and staff. Gesell and aides plan to quit after witnesses are questioned. the deadline was extended to February 15. Admiral Stark is expected to be the first witness when hearings resume.
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Pearl Harbor
Barkeley
New Council
Jack Bedl
Washington
Barkley
D.ky
Gerhard Gesell
William D. Mitchell
Congress
Gesell
Barklely
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
R. K. Turner
Ferguson
R.-Mich
Navy Department
Husband F. Kimmel
Pacific Fleet
Attlee portrayed as religious, honest Labour leader
DEWITT MACKENZIE reports Attlee's character as a steady, honest prime minister shaped by religion and social work in London’s East End. The piece notes his modest ambition, Oxford education, and family background including a clergyman brother, tracing how these factors inform his political approach and leadership.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
World Traveler
London
Attlee
Britain
Ten Downing Street
Toland
Attles
Oxford
East End
Young Attlee
Labor Party
Mrs. Attlee
M’kenzie
Erreree
Patton to be buried in Luxembourg with Third Army
Gen George S. Patton Jr. will be buried Monday near Luxembourg with U S Third Army troops who died in the Battle of the Bulge. Flags will be half staff as American troops mourn. Burial at Hamm American cemetery follows a Heidelberg funeral service.
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Richard A. O'Regan
Heidelberg
Germany
George 8. Patton, Jr
Luxembourg
U. S. Third Army
Bulge
Europe
Patton
Hamm
Luxembourg City
Mony
University Town
Christ Church of Heidelberg
John M. Willems
Congress Lewel Capital Hill for 2 Day Vacation
Congress adjourned for a two day break as the 79th Congress closes its first session with party praise. Hot issues loom for 1946 including minority protections and a permanent wire service agency, with filibusters threatened to stall debate on Pair Employment and labor disputes. See CONGRESS page 4.
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Washington
House
Senate
Ball
R.-Mich
Chavez
Capitol
Orig
Congress
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Molotov
Los Angeles
International Soundphoto
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Southern Railway
Piedmont Limited
Gainesville
Madame Chiang
Veterans’ Administration
Huntington
W. Va
Veterans’ Hospital
National Headquarters
Hilary Hooks
Veterans Administration
Keyser
McCoole
Robert W. Whiteman
Piedmont
Charles Town
R. J. Funkhouser
Eastern Panhandle
Funkhouser
Inmerigan
Congress Lewel Capital Hill
C. Morris
Blueville Hawai
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