Plan to cut Germany reparations sparks Allied pressure
London dispatch reports Secretary Marshall and British and American advisers pressing Molotov to specify if Soviet Union will reduce its $10 billion reparations demand and defer payments until Germany is rebuilt. Bevin urges clear terms for German unity, warning against creditors from both sides. Debate mirrors push for western economic integration of Germany while guarding Marshall Plan funding.
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London
Marshall
Molotov
Russia
Germany
United States
Ernest Bevin
Bevin
Europe
Arshal
Foreign Ministers Council
France
Britain
U. S
George C. Marshall
V. M. Molotov
Condition Of Child Serious After Rape
A nine year old girl was found bound and gagged in a snowy field after being raped. She remained in serious condition at Butterworth hospital as police hunted a man about 30 in a 1937 car who allegedly abducted her yesterday on the way to school and held her for about three hours before abandoning her.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Butterworth Hospital
Jack Weist
Arthur Danis
Kent County
Weather summary for North Carolina on December 6 1947
Official weather readings show Charlotte 60 43 and Raleigh 62 44 with rainfall amounts from multiple stations. The forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy and cooler today, fair and cooler tonight, with no major changes in temperatures.
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North Carolina
Ekeenenie
Charlotte
Charleston
Chicago
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
Evansville
Galveston
Greensboro
Jacksonville
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis
Meridian
Miami
Snow Blanket Widespread Across Northern Regions
Snow covered the northern tier from coast to coast while parts of the Great Lakes and New England saw flakes today. Measurable snow fell rarely in Los Angeles as the weather bureau noted a rare event with a brief melt on contact.
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Great Lakes
New England
Weather Bureau
Colorado
Rockies
Kansas
Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce
Snow Swirls Across the North as City Totals Mount
Snow totals rise across the northern Rockies and upper Midwest with Fargo at 17 inches and Bangor Maine at 12 inches. Duluth Marquette and Minneapolis report heavy falls while rain dots the Ohio Valley and southeast Texas as milder air returns and sub-zero temps retreat.
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Rockies
Fargo
N. D
Bangor
Duluth
Minn
Marquette
Mich
Minneapolis
Ohio
mid-Atlantic
Texas
Minnesota
Carthage Man Heads Washington Democratic Club
John A. Lang of Carthage will head North Carolina's Washington Democratic club for the coming year succeeding Kidd Brewer of Winston-Salem. Lang was elected last night as Gordon Gray urged universal military training as a deterrent to future war. Other officers include Faith Brewer, Charles Walters, Betty Caldwell, Mrs Louis Snowden, and Leonard Parker in various secretary and treasurer posts.
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Washington
North Carolina
Democratic Club For
John A. Lang
Carthage
Lang
Kidd Brewer
Winston - Salem
Gordon Gray
Winston-Salem
Thurmont mother donates 19th pint at Red Cross
Mrs. Charles H. Clarke, 52, of Thurmont Maryland, visited the Los Angeles Red Cross blood bank to give her 19th pint. The trip was part of a southern California tour sponsored by a Thurmont service club in recognition of her wartime blood donations.
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Los Angeles
Charles H. Clarke
Thurmont
Red Cross Blood Bank
Communist led Rome workers demand action after deadly protests
Communist led workers in Rome give the government three days to meet demands for employment and police accountability after a deadly slum clash. About 70,000 unemployed gathered in Primevale. one worker died and several protesters and police were injured.
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Rome
Ays
Congress of Management
Romania
Primevale
L‘unita
Alcide de Gasperi
Mario SceWa
Italy
Salvator Rebecchini
Avanti
Scelba
Anniversary of Wright Flight to Be Held Dec 17
Kill Devil Hills will host the 44th anniversary of the Wright brothers first flight on December 17. Helicopters autogiros and other rotary wing aircraft will feature in ceremonies. Igor Sikorsky will deliver the principal address as descendants of coast guardsmen lay a wreath at the memorial pylon. Miles L. Clark and A W Drinkwater lead the organizing committee.
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Kill Devil Hill
Wright Brothers
North Carolina
Pearl Harbor
Elizabeth City
Coast Guardsmen
Wrights
Igor Sikorsky
Miles L. Clark
Kill Devil Hills
Flying Santa Claus Plans 4750 Mile Yuletide Tour
New England flying Santa Edward Rowe Snow maps a 4750 mile gift mission visiting 340 lighthouses from Canada to Florida to deliver gifts to 1000 people. The red twin engine plane will begin routes on Sunday December 14 with first stop at a Canadian light and final stops along the Atlantic coast including St Augustine harbor. Snow will drop a wreath in Rockland Maine to honor late pilot William Wincapaw who died in a crash last summer.
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Boston
New England
Santa Claus
Edward Rowe Snow
Canada
Florida
William {. Wincapaw
Snow
Atlantic
Sable Island
St. Augustine
Rockland
Wincapaw
Thousands of Jews Attack Arab Vehicles on Jaffa Road
Violence flared in the Jaffa Tel Aviv border area with three Jews killed and reports of a Hagana communique accusing Palestine police of firing on Jews. Fires burned in Jewish quarters as observers described general panic and worsening conditions along the border.
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Jerusalem
Jaffa Road
Partition of Palestine
Hagana
Jewish Defense
Richard
Jaffa
Tel Aviv
Palestine Police
Hatikvah
Yacob
Governor Says No Plan For Special Session
Governor Cherry has no plans to call a special session of the North Carolina General Assembly to act on higher teacher pay. He acknowledged a telegram from C Reid Ross urging immediate action and said he is considering the issue but does not foresee a session in the near future.
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Raleigh
Cherry
C. Reid Ross
North Carolina Department of School Superintendents
Wilmington
General Assembly
Railroad Man Keeps 2 Wives For 22 Years
Chicago court records reveal Thomas Lawrence Foley a 60 year old railroad conductor hid a second marriage and a second family for 22 years. Foley married Bertha in 1909 producing three children and, under the name Thomas Lawrence Healy, Eva became his second wife in 1925 with two children. He faced a divorce suit from Eva and was released on a 5000 bond as he sought to stay in the state.
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Chicago
Thoms Lawrence Foley
Foley
Bertha
Thomas Lawrence Healy
Eva
Graves escapes melee as Jerusalem tensions rise after stabbing reports
British municipal chair Graves was struck in a scuffle but remained unharmed. In Palestine the death toll neared 60 with hundreds wounded as unrest spread after reports of stabbings near a burned theater. Arab and Jewish areas in Jerusalem and Haifa opened shops slowly amid curfews and a general strike linked to the UN partition decision.
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Graves
Municipal Commission
Holy Land
Middle East
Palestine
Jerusalem
Haifa
United Nations
Tel Aviv
Band Leader Austin Wylie Dies at 54
Austin Wylie, famed 1920s dance band leader, died at Crile Veterans Hospital at age 54. His name was well known among musicians and jazz age dancers with former band members including Artie Shaw Vaughn Monroe Claude Thornhill and Eddie Peabody.
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Cleveland
Austin Wylie
Crile Veterans Hospital
Wylie
Artie Shaw
Vaughn Monroe
Claude Thornhill
Eddie Peabody
France approves tough anti strike law in 217 to 82 vote
In Paris the French upper chamber passed Premier Robert Schuman’s hard anti strike measure after a 21 hour session. The bill increases penalties for sabotage and empowers police to use force to stop strikes, sending it to President Vincent Auriol for signature.
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Paris
Robert Schuman
National Assembly
Vincent Auriol
Schuman
Auriol
General Confederation of Labor
CGT
Assembly
Council of the Republic
Negro Escapee Greer Faces Possible Return to Prison
Willie Lee Greer a 33 year old Greensboro Negro and former Army member held in a New York jail on a fugitive warrant weighs whether he will be sent to Leavenworth or returned to finish an unexpired term in North Carolina. Convicted of second degree murder in Guilford County in 1938 he has escaped multiple times since 1939 and was returned by the army in 1942 before his latest arrest. Prison officials could not confirm transfer location.
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Raleigh
Willie Lee Greer
Greensboro
New York
Army
Leavenworth
Kans
North Carolina
Greer
Ernest Yokley
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Cleveland County
Liberty
Surry County
Guilford County Superior Court
Greer to Lead North Carolina Business Foundation
Dr. I G Greer of Thomasville will head the Business Foundation of North Carolina established last year to promote education service and research for business in the state. He will become executive vice president on New Year’s Day resigning from Mills Home after 15 years as superintendent. The foundation backs UNC Chapel Hill School of Commerce and aims to build a 10 million dollar trust to develop the school. Greer is a native of Watauga County and has taught history at Appalachian State Teachers College and served in the state House of Representatives.
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Business Foundation of
North Carolina
I. G. Greer
Thomasville
Mills Home
Dr. Greer
Robert M. Hanes
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
School of Commerce
Truman Urges Vigilance in Guarding Nation's Resources
President Truman spoke in Everglades City urging constant vigilance to prevent raids on public lands and resources while linking conservation to world order and peace. He highlighted development of hydro power and energy resources and the creation of the 454000 acre Everglades national park with Gov Caldwell and Krug present.
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Everglades City
Fla
Truman
Everglades
Everglades Reserve
Free
Everglades National Park
Anti-Trust Suit Targets U S Bankers Convention
Investment bankers from across the United States closed the 36th annual convention in Hollywood Florida with a united critique of the government's anti-trust suit. Julien H Collins of Chicago was elected president and stressed the issue as central to their business and the association. The suit, filed October 31 in New York, names the association and 17 firms for conspiring to monopolize investment banking and to block competitive bidding on certain new securities.
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Hollywood
Fla
United States
Investment Bankers Association of America
Julien H. Collins
Chicago
New York
Woman Dies After Being Hit By Car In Yadkinville
Mrs. E. M. Tice, 68, of Yadkinville, died from injuries after being struck by an automobile while walking near her home. Sheriff A. D. Moxley led the investigation today.
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Yadkinville
Mvdway
E. M. Tice
A. D. Moxley
UNC Professor Wins 1947 Mayflower Cup for Book
Dr. Robert E. Coker, Kenan professor of zoology at the University of North Carolina, wins the Mayflower Cup for This Great Wide Sea. The award, presented by Ralph Coit, honors the best Tar Heel book of the year and underscores Coker's national recognition in scientific circles. The meeting featured Dr. Julian P. Boyd on Thomas Jefferson and the Police State, with Dr. Alice Baldwin named association president and other officers listed.
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Raleigh
Robert E. Coker
Kenan
University of North Carolina
Ralph Coit
Society of Mayflower Descendants
State Literary and Historical Association
Julian P. Boyd
Princeton University
Thomas Jefferson
Alice Baldwin
Duke University
Durham
Robert Lee Humber
Greenville
Guion G. Johnson
Chapel Hill
James L. Pearson
Guilford College
Christopher Crittenden
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Usta
Jormingham
Associated Press
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Key West
Charles G. Ross
William D. Leahy
James E. Foskett
Wright
Dr. Greer Will
Foundation
New Post
DR. I. G, Greer
U.S
UNC
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