Violent Death Toll From Holiday Surges nationwide
A national survey shows about 375 people killed in violence during the Christmas holiday. Traffic deaths totaled 186, fires 61, with 111 from miscellaneous causes including shootings and accidents. Hartford hospital fire caused 17 deaths, Meriden had six in a home blaze. Texas and California led in violence with 47 and 46 deaths respectively. Heavy winter weather kept highway travel light as states report fatalities by traffic, fire, and miscellaneous causes.
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Senate committee probes report of too much waste
Senator Knowland says a Senate defense subcommittee will travel a month long round the world flight to determine within a month if military goods are wasted now. He questions if usable trucks are pushed over cliffs or food spoiled while children go hungry as investigators seek answers alongside Senator Tunnell and Senator Mitchell. He notes wartime salvage saved shipping and notes war itself is wasteful. See SENATE page 4.
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Wash
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Theatre Ticket Present This Clipping for Ad
The Grafton Sentinel invites ARET A. WAGGONER of Beech Street to attend tonight's performance at the Strand or Dixie theatre. Identification may be required.
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Indonesian Premier Narrowly Escapes Death in Ambush
BATAVIA Dec 26 An unidentified assailant fired at close range into the car carrying Sutan Sjahrir premier of the unrecognized Indonesian republic and a companion. British military police arrived and arrested five Eurasians and a Surinamese.
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West Virginia News Briefs Roundup
West Virginia briefs report Lt. John M. Ferguson from Bluefield killed in an Indiana auto crash en route home from the West. An auxiliary of the Martinsburg West Virginia Junior Chamber of Commerce is formed with Louise Clark as president. Charleston mourns 75 year old golf pro William Briad, a 33 year Charleston resident and 13 year Baltimore Country Club veteran. About 100 chickens valued at 200 dollars burned in a Charleston fire. Morgantown dairy officials plan a short course on herd management and disease control. Page 4.
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Virginia
No Cold Wave In Immediate Offing Following Holiday
Heavy snowfall rains and sleet brought inclement weather across the nation during Christmas but eased today with no cold wave in sight. Snow covered northern regions while the south cleared after sleet and rain. Temperatures varied from minus three in Bismarck to eighty four in Alabama with forecasts of rising warmth in the southeast and west. Roads and rail traffic were disrupted and travel limited as storms lingered over Michigan and the surrounding Great Lakes region.
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President Truman Enjoys Christmas at Home in Independence
President Truman spent Christmas Day at home with family in Independence after a coast to coast trip through sleet and storms. He greeted friends in Kansas City, visiting his mother Martha B. Truman in Grandview and planning informal calls at places along the way. Officials emphasized the president would come and go as he pleased with no formal schedule, preserving holiday normalcy.
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Allied Commission Heads to Tokyo for Policy Role
The Allied Far Eastern Commission departs Washington for Tokyo to take part in guiding policy for Japan. They will fly to Pearl Harbor and aboard the U S S Mt McKinley, aiming to return around February 15. The group plans to study U S directives to General MacArthur and has rewritten the directive under Evatt to tighten instructions.
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Japanese War Crimes Trial Opens In Yokohama
An American military war crimes trial group in Yokohama heard the case against Tatsuo Tsuchiya alias Little Glass Eye. The prosecution sought the death penalty, arguing a simple violation of land warfare prohibiting cruelty to prisoners. Hearings were set to continue for two more defendants.
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Admiral Lord Keyes Dies in Sleep at 73 in Britain
Admiral of the Fleet Lord Keyes, a famed World War I naval hero and Zee Brugge raid organizer, died in his sleep at 73 after a three week illness. He helped combat the German submarine menace, led the Dover patrol, and shaped the St George's Day operation that sealed Bruges canal in 1918.
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Labor dispute shading GM and CIO unions
The nationwide labor crisis centers on a GM strike and a threatened CIO Electrical Workers walkout of 250000. Detroit talks aim to address grievances procedure with no wage discussion. Washington meetings with labor conciliators follow a stalled 113 12 cent offer as federal mediators push GE and Westinghouse to attend talks after year end.
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Britain’s Boxing Day Gift Change Signals Social Shift
London writer Dewitt Mackenzie notes a new trend on Boxing Day where some postmen refuse traditional gifts, insisting on voluntary presents only. He frames this as evidence of evolving labor attitudes aligning with a socialist era. The shift appears as workers assert dignity and altered expectations in Britain’s annual holiday custom.
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Hope to complete details tonite at Moscow talks
The United States, United Kingdom and Soviet Union foreign ministers met at Speridoniska Palace to finalize the last details of their conference. They reported wide agreement on main questions and hoped to issue a joint bulletin by tonight or tomorrow. France’s stance on drafting European peace treaties remained pending while Molotov Bevin and Byrnes displaced tensions from earlier London breakdown.
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Christmas Toll in West Virginia Tops Fifteen Deaths
West Virginia on Christmas Day claimed at least 15 lives in multiple incidents. A Fayetteville fire killed five children. a veteran’s wife died in a rare car crash near Pruntytown, while her husband and two others were rescued. A Harrison County woman died from a fall in Clarksburg. Severe winter conditions slowed travel with three inch ice in Pocahontas, plus ice across Preston, Greenbrier and Nicholas counties. Four additional deaths were reported statewide.
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