Soviet Trio Meet to Discuss Atomic Energy Control
Moscow reports say Soviet Foreign Commissar Molotov and U S Secretary Byrnes plus British Foreign Secretary Bevin opened talks on world peace and the atomic energy issue. The first session at Speridoniska palace lasted about two hours amid cordial exchanges and light banter.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
Speridoniska Palace
Vyacheslav Molotov
James F. Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
Foreign Ministers’ Council
London
U. S&s
W. Averell Harriman
Archibald Clark Kerr
Molotov
Reynolds Sai
Byrnes
Ireland Eyes Holiday Boom as Air Route Status Grows
DEWITT MACKENZIE notes Ireland may become a favored holiday resort for nations on the north Atlantic air route. He recalls famine era in Cork and Dublin, the de Valera government reforms, and Ireland’s shift from cattle to grain, with wheat acreage rising from 31 000 to 660 000 acres.
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Emerald Isle
America
Europe
Fire
Croydon
Eric
Ireland
Gillie
Dublin
Eamon de Valera
de Valera
Conviction Demanded for 600000 Nazi Leaders at Nuremberg
American prosecutors urged the international military tribunal to convict 600000 members of the Nazi leadership as war criminals. They argued the leadership corps SS SA Reich cabinet Gestapo and high command acted as the brain and directing arm of the regime. Col. Robert G Storey opened the case citing records of active functionaries from Hitler’s aides to regional leaders ordered to spy on the population.
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Mernberg
International Military Tribunal
Nazi Leadership Corps
Nazi Party
Leadership Corps
Elite Guards
Storm Troops
Reich Cabinet
Gestapo
High Command
Germany
Robert G. Storey
U. S
Hitler
Doolittle Outlines Three Steps for World Police
Lt Gen Jimmy Doolittle on Kill Devil Hill outlines three means to enforce international law until a world police is formed. He calls for continued research and development, a modern mobile military organ, and a joint national license department for equal army navy and air force control. He warns air power is the safeguard of America.
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Kitty Hawk
Jimmy Doolittle
Wright Brothers
Kill Devil Hill
Doolittle
America
General Patton Makes Steady Progress In Hospital
General George S. Patton Jr., recovering from a broken neck in Heidelberg Germany, slept comfortably last night as doctors said preparations are under way to substitute cost immobilization for traction in his treatment. The army bulletin noted a temperature of 98.8, pulse 60, and respiration 20 as he improves.
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Heidelberg
Germany
George S. Patton, Jr
U. S. Army
U. S. 15Th Army
Patton
Japs to dissolve Diet and call election
Tokyo cabinet in an extraordinary session decided to dissolve the diet and set a general election for around January 24. The privy council approved a new election law expanding the vote to 22 million women and 3 million young men.
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Diet Tokyo
Diet
Asahi
Privy Council
Black Market Arrests In Irmagawa Japan
Five American soldiers and two Japanese civilians were arrested today in Irmagawa Japan for black marketing sugar clothing and cigarettes valued at 50000 yens about 300. Authorities say the group planned to traffic the goods through local markets and home deliveries.
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Irmagawa
Japan
Wage Panel Recessed As Talks Turn To Price Question
Dr. Graham heads the wage fact finding panel as it recesses to consult with Labor Secretary Schwellenbach and John Collett on whether wage increases would trigger price rises. The CIO railworkers seek a 30 percent raise amid strikes. Sinclair Oil settlements and GM negotiations loom as key tests of Truman’s plan to curb industrial strife.
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Thernment
Tr Gul Tngudtsy Sapeonentatives
Frank P. Graham
Secretary of Labor
Schwellenbach
John C. Collett
General Motors
Labor Department
Truman
CIO
Navy
Sinclair Oil Corp
Sinclair
United Automobile Workers
General Motors Corp
Uaw-Cio
Kaiser - Frazer Corp
Ford
Konoye Death Shocks Tokyo Prestige Amid Abdication Talk
Prince Fumimaro Konoye killed himself yesterday in Tokyo in a dramatic act that deals a severe blow to imperial prestige. His death revived discussions of abdication and could prompt steps toward the emperor Hirohito's resignation, creating upheaval in both the imperial household and political circles.
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Tokyo
Fumimaro Konoye
Hirohito
Eight Die In Seaboard Collision Near KOLLOCK
Eight persons were killed and more than 60 injured when the Silver Meteor plowed into the Sun Queen as the two trains, each with about 400 passengers, collided near KOLLOCK Florida. A locomotive, one coach, and four sleepers derailed while both trains faced dense darkness and cold. General J C Wroton of the Norfolk command reported the evolving crash scenes.
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Kollock
S. C
8. C
Seaboard Air Line
Yester
Nest South Carolina
Queen
J. C. Wroton
Norfolk, Va
Six Die in Seaboard Air Line Train Collision
The death toll from the Seaboard Air Line luxury train wreck was revised to six after Norfolk division headquarters found a duplication in the names of a serviceman. The Florida-bound Silver Meteor collided with the Sun Queen near here early Sunday, killing six and injuring many holiday travelers and soldiers.
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Kollock
Dee
Seaboard
Air Line
Norfolk
SAS
Seven Die in Railroad Disaster Confirmed by Officials
Division lists seven killed in the Silver Meteor crash with an additional death reportedly confirmed by an unnamed railroad official. The victims named include W. W. Shoemaker of Raleigh, North Carolina, an engineer on the Silver Meteor.
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Wroton
W. W. Shoemaker
Raleigh
N. C
Woman Author Describes Seaboard Wreck Rescue Efforts
Miss Martha of Tallahassee recounts the Seaboard crash near Kollock North Carolina where a Pullman car became an emergency ward. Two doctors, one a lieutenant colonel, are credited with saving many lives as a dining car clinic operated. The author and another passenger with nursing experience assisted.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Seaboard Air Line
Kollock
N. C
Martha
Tallahassee
Silvermen
Army Medical Corps
U S Canada Plan To Work On Defense
Washington reports the United States and Canada will develop joint plans to defend North America from potential attacks across the North Polar region. Six observers join a Canadian army airforce Arctic expedition on an 81 day, 3100 mile mission code named exercise musk ox to gather military and scientific information.
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Washington
United States
Canada
North America
Asia
Europe
Death Toll In Carolinas 29 On Week End
A weekend of fatal crashes across the Carolinas raises the toll to 29. In South Carolina a train wreck between Cheraw and Bennettsville killed at least seven. North Carolina deaths include six near Maxton, two near Bailey with four injured, and a fatal crash near Asheville injuring five. Victims include Lt. Cline Edward Mason of Thomasville and Mrs. Alma Wall of Middlesex.
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Cheraw
Bennettsville
S. C
Carolinas
Maxton
N. C
Bailey
Cline Edward Mason
Thomasville
Alma Wall
Middlesex
NC Probation System Eight Years of Cooperative Trial
North Carolina’s eight year adult probation program reports 12 585 offenders under supervision with over 4 000 active cases in November 1945. About 1 500 revocations led to prison terms while roughly 11 000 maintained compliance. Over 1 000 wartime cases received suspended supervision via army agreement. The agency supports full discharge on honorable military separation.
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J. H. Sample N
Associated Press
Raleigh
North Carolina
South
Probation Commission
Trap To Get Yamamoto Exposed Before Pearl Harbor
Vice Admiral Theodore Wilkinson testified before a Senate-House committee that he arranged a death trap for Japanese Admiral Yamamoto despite fears of leaking codebreaks. The session revealed naval intelligence notes warning of a crisis and cited six days before Pearl Harbor and a possible advance against Thai no. 2.
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Washington
Theodore C. Wilkinson
Yamamoto
United States
Naval Intelligence
William F. Halsey
Pearl Harbor
Wilkinson
Rep. Keefe
R-Wis
Omnas E. Dewey
New York
Office of Naval Intelligence
Yamashita Granted Stay of Execution by High Court
The U S supreme court granted a stay of execution for Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita, sentenced to death by an American military commission in Manila. The stay followed an airmailed petition for review after Philippines court rulings and ongoing petitions on the commission’s authority.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Manila
Yamashita
Philippines Supreme Court
Patterson
Philippines Court
Military Commission
Mercury Drops To Four Below At Mt Mitchell
The Carolinas endure frigid air with Mt Mitchell dipping to four below zero. Greensboro records eight above, Charlotte ten, Raleigh and Asheville fourteen and twenty in Spartanburg C. Interior temps 16 to 22 inland and 22 to 28 on coasts. South Carolina inland 18 to 25, coastal 25 to 28.
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Mt. Mitchell
Associated Press
Carolinas
Greensboro
Charlotte
Raleigh
Asheville
Spartanburg
North Carolina
South Carolina
Carolina Supply Company of Thomasville Formed
Certificates filed in Raleigh include Carolina Supply Company of Thomasville to deal in automotive parts. Authorized capital stock set at 100000 dollars, subscribed stock 300 dollars by A. C. Jackson, Lee C. Drye, and Carl G. Wilson, all of Thomasville.
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Fayetteville
Raleigh
UPI
Secretary of State
Carolina Supply Company of
Thomasville
A. C. Jackson
Lee C. Drye
Carl G. Wilson
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Erma
Amata
Florida
Dewitt MacKenzie
World Traveler
C. Marshall
China
Washington National
Graham
Labor
Konoye
U. S.-Canada
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