London Manhunt Nets 10,000 Deserters Across City
An army of around 6,000 police and 4,000 military personnel swept London in a city-wide dragnet to capture 10,000 deserters from American British and Canadian forces. The raid halted traffic and crowds as identity checks were enforced from Piccadilly Circus to major venues including theatres, clubs, and stations.
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Piccadilly Circus
Times Square
Thes
Dragnet
Lens Licemen
Molotov and Byrnes Await Bevin at Conference
Moscow reports that three ministers prepared to open a talks conference as British Secretary Bevin faces a blizzard delaying his arrival from Berlin. Byrnes arrived after a storm damaged his plane, leaving Bevin's arrival uncertain and possibly postponing the opening.
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Moscow
Bie
Ernest Bevin
Bevin
Berlin
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Bevins
Byrnes
Principals in Major Labor Disputes Plan for Sparring
The country faces heightened labor tensions as CIO President Murray calls the situation explosive. Detroit unions resume bargaining with General Motors and Ford, while a Truman fact finding board reviews the GM union strike affecting over 200,000 workers. Hearings in Washington extend after holidays with a proposed 30 day no strike window pending study. About 400,000 workers remain idle nationwide.
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Associated Press
CIO
Philip Murray
Detroit
Washington
Senate Labor Committee
House Labor Group
United Auto Workers
Grent
General Motors
Ford Motor Company
Truman
Union
Patton Condition Listed Excellent After Accident
In Frankfurt on December 15 an official bulletin described General George S. Patton Jr as in excellent condition following a traffic accident last Sunday. It noted a slight but significant improvement in sensation over 24 hours and stated he remains alert and cheerful with a temperature of 100 and a normal pulse.
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Frankfurt
Germany
George S. Patton, Jr
3Rd Army
Reunion of Doolittle Raiders Afloat in Florida
Fifty four men who bombed the Japanese empire in 1942 gathered in Miami Beach Florida for a reunion led by Lt General James H Doolittle. Capt George Barr recently rescued from a prison camp was promoted by Doolittle during a hospital visit. A formal dinner and deep sea fishing are planned before the group disperses.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Shangri-La
Tokyo
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Stanford Chester
Jimmy
George Barr
Schick General Hospital
Clinton
Doolittle
Barr
China
Sean O Kelly The Irish Statesman Of Erie
Sean O Kelly president of the republic of Erie is praised as a loyal Irishman and a key figure from the Easter rebellion era. The article recalls his long friendship with the author and his life from Dublin’s resistance to the Paris peace talks. It hints at the sensational Lincoln prison escape story he declined to publish.
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Sean O'Kelly
Republic of Erie
Shamrock
O'Kelly
England
Sean O’kelly
Paris
Ireland
Eamon de Valera
Lincoln
O’kelly
Indonesians Readied to Face British in Java Stand
Indonesian forces mass at Tjikampek eighty miles east of Batavia with arms shipments from Bandoeng and reinforcements arriving from across Java. The Indonesian peace preservation corps chief recommended full military action if needed against extremists. British officials report rising disorders near Bandoeng as sporadic fighting continues.
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Batavia
Java
Tjikampek
Aneta
Bandoeng
Jap Cyclotrons Destroyed By Mistake
Secretary of War Patterson said subordinates ordered destruction of cyclotrons in Japan by mistake. Occupation troops under Gen. MacArthur reportedly broke up and dumped the atom smashing equipment of Nipponese scientists into the sea, a decision he said he did not approve or see before it was carried out.
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Washington
Patterson
Japan
Gen
MacArthur
Divorced Man Responsible For Four Deaths
In Ewing Tennessee a recently divorced man killed his ex wife and two members of her family and wounded another before fatally shooting himself after informing her brother. The sheriff named the dead as Ted Edwards Juanita Edwards and Mrs Lincoln Edwards and Wade Blankenship. Wayne Foster was seriously wounded.
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McInturff
Blankenship
Bray Edwards
Juanita
Ten
Carolinas to receive larger coal shipments in December
The Solid Fuels Administration announced additional coal into the Carolinas and neighboring southeastern states this December to ease shortages. The plan increases available supply for retail yards without changing the overall winter quota. The Virginia Tennessee North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia bloc quota stands at 80 percent of the 1948 44 fuel year deliveries.
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Washington
Carolinas
Solid Fuels Administration
SFA
Virginia
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Inquiry Into Jap Attack To Go Ahead
Washington dated story reports a Senate House inquiry into Pearl Harbor will continue for a long time. Chief counsel William D. Mitchell plans to resign by early January, leaving the presentation of alleged pertinent evidence unsettled. Chairman Barkley noted the staff intends to quit.
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Washington
Senate-House
Pearl Harbor
William D. Mitchell
Mitchell
Pearl Ha
Barkleyee
Gerow challenges do not do warning on Pearl Harbor message
Lt General L L Gerow told Pearl Harbor investigators he viewed the November 27 1941 warning sent to Hawaiian forces as specific in its terms rather than a broad do not do message. Senator Ferguson argued the army board deemed it indefinite and a do dont warning.
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Washington
L. L. Gerow
Army Inquiry Board
War Department
War Plans
Pearl Harbor
George C. Marshall
Walter C. Short
Short
Oahu
Ferguson
R-Mich
Army Board
Senate Postpones Decision on Counsel Replacement
The Senate faces a leadership dilemma as pressure mounts for a replacement after Mitchell. Senator Ferguson opposes a bare committee, Rep Keefe suggests proceeding without counsel if needed, and Senator Brewster backs Hugh Fulton as successor though Barkley opposes the idea.
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Senate Majority
Rep
Keefe
R-Wis
Ferguson
R-Mich
Brewster
R-Me
Hugh Fulton
Senate War Investigating Committee
Mitchell
Barkley
Aman
Mother arraigned in murder of baby found under chest
Chelsea Massachusetts December 15 a weeping 23 year old mother Rose Carlan was arraigned on murder charges in the death of her six month old son Ronald Carlan whose body was found under a dresser 16 days after she reported a kidnapping. The case was continued to December 24 with the mother committed to a psychopathic hospital for ten days observation.
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Chelsea
Mass
Rose Carlan
John W. McLeod
Charles Finn
James J. Carlan
Navy
Marshall Departs for China Assignment to unify China
General George C. Marshall left Washington by plane for his new diplomatic post in China accompanied by Col. Henry A. Byroade and James R. Shepley. He aims to unite north China’s communist forces with Chiang Kai-Shek's national government and carry out a US policy plan outlined by President Truman.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
China
Orient
Henry A. Byroade
State Department
James R. Shepley
Chungking
Marshall
U. S
Truman
North
Chiang Kai-Shek
Patrick J. Hurley
Britain
Russia
United States
United Nations
Job Bill Delayed by Congress to Next Year
Key legislators said action on a substitute for a full employment bill will be deferred until with a conference committee to draft the final version. The House approved a measure for a federal program of high employment production and purchasing power and a three member economic council to advise the president. The panel must reconcile this bill with a Senate measure from early October.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Yeserday
Former Governor Harrington Dies in Cambridge at 81
Emerson C. Harrington former Maryland governor and World War I chief executive died at his Cambridge home after several weeks illness He was 81.
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Cambridge, Md
Emerson C. Harrington
Maryland
Masked Men Are Kin To Woman She Kills
Dora Camusso of Para Sabina near Rome killed two masked men after each demanded money. She learned the pistol was unloaded and was given two cartridges by locals. The two slain men were her brother and first cousin, prompting questions about banditry in Italy.
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U. S
New York
ASPCA
Poland
Brooklyn
Basta
International
Rome
Dora Camusso
Para Sabina
Italy
Nimitz Takes Over Top Post In The Navy
Fleet Admiral Chester W Nim itz today became chief of naval operations, succeeding Fleet Admiral Ernest J King who retires after long service since 1942. Nimitz pledged to meet the new duties and thanked all hands, allies, and sister services for wartime unity and outcomes across Africa Europe Asia and the Pacific.
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Nimitz
Navy
Washington
Chester W. Nimitz
Naval Operations
Pacific Fleet
Ernest J. King
Pearl Harbor
Navy Departa
King
Army
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Africa
Europe
Asia
Pacific
Bevin Arrives in Moscow for Big Three Talks
British Foreign Secretary Bevin arrives in Moscow for a three powers foreign ministers conference with Byrnes and Molotov. A spokesman says informal talks may occur tonight and first business session likely Monday. A blizzard forced three Bevin party planes to turn back.
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Moscow
Ernest Bevin
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Vv. M. Molotov
Bevin
Byrnes Says Talks Not a Peace Conference at Spasso House
Foreign observers expect the discussions to shape key issues with atomic energy likely to dominate. Byrnes, after a late press conference, stressed the meeting is exploratory and not a peace conference, aiming to maintain contact between governments with further talks planned next March.
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Spasso House
Sran
Byrnes
Yalta
Ceiling Prices On Automobiles To Come Shortly
The OPA said price ceilings on additional makes of new cars may be announced next week. Mercury ceilings show retail increases averaging four percent plus a $30 to $65 rise, with Ford and Studebaker already priced. Manufacturers' increases average 8.4 percent. Dealers' prewar discounts will be cut 2.5 points to curb pass-through of gains.
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OPA
General Motors
Hudson
Nash
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