Arms control draft moves toward UN assembly
The 54 nation General Assembly political committee unanimously approves a draft resolution on arms limit plans and inspections free of the big power veto. It calls for an international troop census vote down, and sets the stage for final assembly action, with ratifications by states.
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United Nations
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Security Council
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Great Britain
Tragic Golden Triangle Crash Kills Soldiers Near Coulter
An official said at least 15 people were killed and 50 injured when the Pennsylvania railroad Golden Triangle passenger train struck wreckage from two freight trains near Coulter, 12 miles southeast of Mansfield. Soldiers among the dead were en route from Fort Dix to Chicago. rescue crews worked amid twisted rails and wreckage as authorities investigated a broken air hose as the crash cause.
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Chicago
Fort Dix
N. J
Frank Robinson
Richland County
Robinson
Kenneth Compton
Superior
Wis
Sheriff Robinson
Santa Requests The Gift Of Sight For Wounded Vet
Cpl Chester R Perkins blinded by a land mine in Germany writes to Santa from Valley Forge hospital asking for two bright blue eyes to restore vision. He recalls the last Christmas he saw and hopes to study journalism at Butler University, requesting a God given luxury.
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Chester R. Perkins
Germany
Valley Forge Hospital
Santa Claus
Perkins
Santa
Yme
Weather outlook North Carolina cooler with showers possible
Mostly cloudy and colder today with morning showers and a low near freezing tonight. Extended forecast shows gradual warming to Monday, then colder by midweek. December 14, 1946 calendar notes sunrise 7:29 and sunset 5:07 with temperatures and rainfall figures from Charlotte AP report.
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North Carolina
Carolines
Tenement Collapse Claims 21 Victims in New York
Weary workers recovered 21 bodies from a Manhattan tenement wreck and fear 15 others are buried under rubble. The rescue effort, halted by fear of further collapses, aimed to restore three steam shovels as police reported 22 families housed in the building and more than 30 injured.
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New York City
New York
Rose Fucci
Upper Manhattan
Insurance Irregularities Charged at Home Insurance Co
New York state department reveals examiner's report charging salary irregularities at Home Insurance Co the nation’s largest fire insurer. Named are president Harold W. Smith and former vice president George E. Allen now RFC director. Findings deemed a matter of public record.
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New York
New York State Insurance Department
Home Insurance Co
Harold W. Smith
George E. Allen
RFC
Amber Must Go to Court in Massachusetts Obscenity Case
Boston will bring Forever Amber before the Superior Court under the 1945 Massachusetts censorship law. The petition by the attorney general charges the novel obscene and names the book itself as defendant, not the author or publisher, with the case set to test the new law early next year.
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Boston
Amber
MacMillan
Blum Busy On Program For France
Paris reports 74 year old Leon Blum the interim president premier plan new consultations today as he pursues a program amid health concerns and a short tenure beyond January 15.
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Paris
Leon Blum
France
Farm Federation Seeks Labor Reform Abolishing Closed Shop
The American Farm Bureau Federation representing over a million farmers urged major changes to labor laws including abolition of the closed shop. It called for curbs on who may strike organize and bargain collectively and criticized labor leaders for unchecked power. The group also pressed removal of price controls on sugar and rice and opposed double taxation of corporate dividends while defending parity price support through government loans if needed.
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San Francisco
American Farm Bureau Federation
Federation
Briton Admits Sea Power Has Gone
In a Commons debate on Indian affairs Labour MP W G Cove argues Britain cannot rule India by force. He says Britain lost sea power and America now has the largest fleet, weakening the empire and the cabinet mission plan lacks parliamentary approval. Sir John calls for time for reflection.
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House of Commons
Britain
India
W. G. Cove
America
Sir John
Caraway Case To Jury Today
Ward Beecher Caraway, a 23 year old African American chauffer butler born in Charlotte North Carolina, stands trial in Nassau county court for first degree murder in the shooting death of 52 year old Mrs Marjory Church Logan on Long Island. Evidence included psychiatric examinations asserting he had the mental capacity to know the act.
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N. Y
Ward Beecher Caraway
Marjory
Church Logan
Long Island
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Charlotte
N. C
Caraway
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James M Gehrig
United Nations Demands Action Over Franco Spain
The UN Assembly votes to recall ambassadors from Madrid and considers security council measures if Franco remains in power. It bans Franco from UN affiliated groups and seeks member reports on actions taken, signaling a first concrete move against Franco's regime amid decades of debate.
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United Nations Assembly
Spain
Madrid
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Fne
Hitler
Mussolni
Francisco Franco
Franco
Security Council
Oklahoma City Paralyzed By Walkout
Oklahoma City faced a transport shutdown as streetcar and bus operators did not report for work amid a labor dispute. City officials deployed police and fire department vehicles to haul passengers while an arbitration board proposed a five cent per hour wage rise. the union sought twenty cents.
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Amalgamated Union of Street Car Operators
AFL
William Gill, Jr
Arbitration Board
Two Negro Youths Executed In Gas Chamber For Murder
RALEIGH December 18. Herman Matthews 19 and Calvin Collidge Williams 18 were executed by gas at Central Prison for the slaying of John Addison in Sampson county in November 1945. They lured Addison into a woods on the pretense of selling whisky, shot him, and robbed him. They faced the chamber calm and ready, Williams asking if a deep breath would spare suffering. Both said they were ready to go and had made peace with God. Governors Cherry and Hathaway Cross denied further stays, citing the facts of the case outweighed youth and no commutation could be granted.
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Herman Matthews
Calvin Collidge Williams
Central Prison
John Addison
Sampson County
Williams
W. H. R. Jackson
Addison
Cherry
Hathaway Cross
GOP Favors Truman's New Plan
Republicans applauded President Truman's creation of a temporary controls agency to oversee price, reconversion and stabilization powers. Senator Wiley warned that real savings must follow and promised to monitor the plan, noting past promises often failed to deliver.
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GOP
Truman
Washington
Wiley
R-Wis
Sporadic Firing In Tabriz Ends After Movement Collapse
Jafar Pishevari, leader of the semi autonomous Azerbaijan movement, disappeared in Tabriz as the democratic movement and its armed resistance collapsed last night. By tonight only Haji Mirza Ali Shabastari and Dr. Salamol lah Javid remain as officials while sporadic firing continued in the city.
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Azerbaijan
Tran
Jafar Pishevari
Mianeh
Democratic Movement
Haji Mirza Ali Shabastari
Salamollah Javid
Party
Pishevari
Higher Wages Will Bring Boost In Textile Prices
A Georgia textile industry spokesman says wage increases must raise prices. The CIO union seeks a 15 cent hourly raise for about 100,000 workers. Forbes notes wages have risen since 1941, with take home pay up over 125 percent.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
T. M. Forbes
Cotton Manufacturers Association of Georgia
Forbes
Gardner Party Set for Spring
Shelby reports plans for a testimonial dinner honoring Mr and Mrs Max Gard ner revised from holiday to spring. The former governor asked deferring until after his ambassador to London appointment is acted upon by the senate.
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Max Gardner
London
Senate
Gardners
England
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