Greece Greece Greece row at UN debate on frontier violence
Yugoslavia opposes a U N six nation probe into Greek frontier fights and demands study of events inside Greece. The United States pushes a seven nation commission to investigate border incidents and internal pressures while Greece accuses neighbors of planning a coup. Johnson argues for action, backed by Cadogan Hasluck de Sousa.
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Yugoslavia
United States
United Nations
Greece
Security Council
Albania
Bulgaria
Pavel. Kasanovich
Gaid
Harschel V. Johnson
Council
U. S
Andrei A Gromyko
Russia
Ukraine
Javia
Erite
France
China
Brazil
Poland
Johnson
Macedonia
New York
Alexander Cadogan
Britain
Paul Hasluck
Australia
Henrique de Souez
Hundreds killed as Iranian troops crush Azerbaijan province
A Tass dispatch from Tabriz reports Iranian government troops killed hundreds in Azerbaijan Province and attacked Soviet institutions and citizens. It cites more than 600 killed and 300 arrested in Tabriz, with troops under Col Hashemi blamed for mobbing and looting. The claim marks Moscow’s charge against Tehran after talks to allow central troops for elections. Premier Qavam aims to start parliamentary elections and may offer Soviet oil concessions in Iran.
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Tass
Tabriz
Azerbaijan
Col
Hashemi
Tabriz_ eigen
Cobaijan
Union
Iran
Gavam
Tehran
Russia
Broken Promise
London
Soviet Union
Qavam
Gav
Bilbo Defends Gifts Amid War Contractor Inquiry
Senator Bilbo defends receiving two Christmas gifts while denying seeking gifts or funds in the war contractor probe. He attacks ex secretary Edward P. Terry as a “Judas Iscariot” and claims Terry lied about $15,000 and a promised $10,000 from a communist to influence a 1946 Senate race.
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Terry
Bilbo
Edward P. Terry
Theodore G. Bilbo
Mississippi
Senate War Investigating Committee
Washington
Paul Dillon
St. Louis
Judas Iscariot
D-Miss
Senate
Ross Collins
Michael T. Mogrissey
Benedict Arnold
Christ
Caesar
Brutus
George Washington
United States
Gov. Bailey
United States Senate
Simon Liberman
New York City
Liberman
War Investigating Committee
Mead
D-Ny
Price Index Shows Drop in Wholesale Food Prices
Dun and Bradstreet data show the wholesale food price index fell to 6.28 on December 17 from 6.35 the week prior and 4.16 a year earlier. It marks the fourth straight weekly drop from the peak 6.49 on November 19. Advances occurred in flour, wheat, corn, rye, oats, barley, cocoa, and steers, while declines were seen in hams, bellies, lard, butter, cheese, coffee, hogs, and sheep.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Weather and temperatures for December 20 1946
Official weather data shows a cold day with interior lows around 20 to 21 degrees and coastal areas near 26 to 30. Friday outlook includes slight warming. Readings list multiple city highs and lows including Charlotte 42 Greensboro 42 High Point 42 Raleigh 42 Wilmington 68 and other locations with rainfall figures.
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Chicago
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
Evansville
Galveston
Greensboro
High Point
Jacksonville
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis
Meridian
Miami
Mobile
Mt Mitchell
New Orleans
New York
Raleigh
San Antonio
Francisco
Spartanburg
Tampa
Washington
Wilmington
Horses Celebrate Christmas At Detroit Humane Party
In Detroit on December 19, more than 70 work horses from the city’s trash cart fleet attended the Humane Society’s 19th annual Christmas party. They marvelled at a decorated tree, heard carols, and received hay and oats from Santa while drivers who joined in were treated to coffee, sandwiches and candy.
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Detroit
The
Humane Society
Society
Santa Claus
Appeal for 40 year low interest veteran housing loans
Washington reports an all out drive to encourage rental housing with 40 year low interest loans for veterans. Commander Louis E. Starr of the VFW urged FHA to extend loans to congress, while officials said 25 year limits apply to small family homes and the emphasis is on rental housing for 1947.
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Washington
Federal Housing Administration
Louis E. Starr
Veterans of Foreign Wars
FHA
Starr
Congress
Raymond M. Foley
Frank R. Creedon
VFW
Creedon
Foley
Philip B. Fleming
Office of
Senate
Truman
Truman Plans Xmas Flight To Missouri
President Truman will fly to Independence Missouri on Christmas Day for a 24 hour stay with his family. He will deliver a 5 17 p m holiday message from the White House prior to the tree lighting ceremony on the South Lawn. Mrs Truman and daughter Margaret traveled by train to Missouri and will stay through the holidays. He will have three turkey dinners with his mother and relatives.
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Washington
Truman
Independence
White House
Freezing Weather Persists Across Carolinas Through Friday
A Carolinas cold spell continues with Asheville dropping to 21 and Mount Mitchell to 12 as interior North Carolina towns see 20s to 26. Temperatures in South Carolina range from 22 to 34, with Charlotte 28 and Raleigh 24. A large high pressure system from Canada blankets the region, expected to ease by tomorrow afternoon bringing warmer conditions.
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Carolinas
Charlotte
Asheville
Mount Mitchell
Spartanburg
North Carolina
South Carolina
Wilmington
Raleigh
Greensboro
Charleston
Canada
New England
Texas
Weather Bureau
Talmadge Said To Be Better
Governor-elect Eugene Talmadge in Piedmont hospital reported to have a gastro intestinal upset during the night but described as not critical. He has been in and out of hospitals since a stomach hemorrhage in Jacksonville on October 4.
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Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
Piedmont Hospital
Talmadge
Jacksonville
Fire Warning To Santa Claus
The National Fire Protection Association urged Santa to flame proof his beard. The warning notes Christmas fire hazards from a flowing beard that could ignite easily and burn intensely, urging protection if he hopes to remain for another Christmas.
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Santa Claus
Boston
National Fire Protection Association
Fire Safety Organization
Santa
Fire devastates Union grain elevator in Minneapolis
A spectacular blaze in Minneapolis destroyed the Union grain elevator housing nearly 3,000,000 bushels of grain. Flames reached over 150 feet, with barley reported initially, risking over three million dollars in losses as St. Paul firefighters joined to battle the blaze after midnight and the city’s equipment concentrated on the 80 foot tall, two block long structure.
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Minneapolis
Union
St. Paul
Teen-Age Prisoner Needs Extra Bars On His Cell
Lester Little a 14 year old held on murder charges with a $5 000 bond in Owsley County Kentucky related to a fatal shooting near the Owsley Breathitt boundary. Sheriff Charles McIntosh says the boy weighs about 90 pounds and the jailer added bars to prevent slipping through. The shooting followed a dispute during a group shooting match between cousins and other youths over a watch chain.
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Owsley County
J. M. King
Lester Little
Price Little
Jetts Creek
Breathitt County
Charles McIntosh
Sam Rasner
McIntosh
Owsley- Breathitt
Littles
Sloan Links Wage Hikes to Price Increases in Speech
Alfred P. Sloan of General Motors told the Boston Chamber of Commerce that higher wages must be matched by higher prices. He warned against wage hikes tied to living costs and urged production gains to lower prices through market growth. He outlined a 10 point Wagner Act revision proposal including free employer talks, outlawing closed shops, and public union finances.
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Boston
Alfred P. Sloan
General Motors Corp
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Sloan
School Bus Wreck Kills Truck Driver Near Dutch Fork
A road collision on a dirt road near here killed truck driver Ernest Sam Rowe, 50, and left bus driver James Earl Wessinger seriously injured. Three Eargle children, bruised and missing teeth, were hospitalized at Columbia. The crash occurred after 8 am as the lumber truck and loaded bus collided. this follows a prior fatal school bus and train crash in Silverstreet yesterday.
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Here
Ernest
Sam) S Rowe
James Earl Wessinger
Eargle Brothers
O'Neal
Lavern
Leland
Columbia
U. S. Highway 76
Dutch Fork
Southern Railway
Silverstreet
Newberry County
Runyon's Ashes Scattered Over Manhattan by Air
Damon Runyon's ashes were scattered over the Times Square area from an airplane. His son Damon Runyon Jr said the columnist left instructions to scatter over the island of Manhattan, the place he loved and that treated him well.
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New York
Damon Runyon
Broadway
Times Square
Runyon
Damon, Jr
Island of
Manhattan
Umstead to address Lenoir Democratic rally
New senator William B. Umstead will speak at a February 11 rally in Lenoir. The event is part of a statewide young Democrat reorganization week.
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Lenoir
William B. Umstead
Young Democratic Club
Beer salvaged for aged home after misbranded case
In Kansas City a federal court ordered 8,024 misbranded beer bottles be provided to a home for the aged rather than destroyed. Judge John Caskie Collet ruled the contents were not adulterated and must be served to residents per the home’s determination of appropriate serving.
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Kansas City
John Caskie Collet
Gold Medal Distributing Company
Collet
Soft Coal Spokesmen Discuss Possible Talks With Lewis
Soft coal industry spokesmen met quietly fueling reports they may reopen contract talks with John L. Lewis. Officials noted Lewis was with his mother in Springfield Illinois and did not commit to meeting the operators amid the recent strike and legal battles.
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Washington
Jonh L. Lewis
United Mine Worker
Lewis
Springfield
Ill
Fees of Labor Leading In Race for Vital Post
Two incumbents who won re-election despite union opposition top the race for the chair of the house labor committee in the new congress. Rep. Gerald W. Landis and Fred A. Hartley Jr vie for the post as Rep. Richard J. Welch may inherit the merchant marine chair. Welch has not decided which post to seek.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Congress
Richard J. Welch
Calif
Merchant Marine Committee
Gerald W. Landis
Ind
Fred A. Hartley, Jr
Hartley
Landis
Case
Truman
Welch
Public Lands
Merchant Marine
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