Attlee Seen as Master Chemist of Socialist Experiment
AP World Traveler Dewitt Mackenzie describes Britain's Prime Minister Attlee as honest yet the master chemist of a socialist experiment. The piece notes Attlee's deep religious commitment, social work in London's east end, and belief that religion must be practical as well as preached, with further discussion promised on page eight.
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London
Attlee
Britain
Ten Downing Street
England
Oxford
East End
Newsprint rationing lifted for 1946 use
Government controls on newsprint will end December 31 with about 1,935,000 tons available for U S publishers in the first half of 1946. The CPA says this will not meet demand but suffices to revoke the order given ANPA pledge to avoid suspending publications.
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Washington
Civilian Production Administration
United States
CPA
American Newspeor Publishers Association
ANPA
New England
J. Hale Steinman
Steinman
John D. Small
Funeral Services For General Patton In Heidelberg
Funeral services for Gen. George S. Patton Jr. will be held in Heidelberg Sunday with interment in the Luxembourg American cemetery. His body lay in a small room of the former German cavalry school where he died yesterday from injuries in an automobile accident.
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Heidelberg
Germany
George S. Patton, Jr
United States Army
Luxembourg
Yestrom
Patton to be buried in Luxembourg with Third Army dead
Patton to be buried Monday in Luxembourg beside U S third army men who died last year in the Battle of the Bulge. Funeral plans announced as American troops in Europe mourn and flags go to half staff.
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Heidelberg
Germany
George S. Patton, Jr
Luxembourg
U. S. Third Army
Europe
Patton To Lie In State As Army Honors Planned
Responsibility for Patton's services will be shared by the seventh and third armies. They will hold services at Christ Church Heidelberg at 3 a m Sunday 9 a m Eastern. A funeral cortege will go to Luxembourg for a 10 a m Monday service at the army cemetery. His body lies in state at Villa Renier from 6 to 10 p m tonight and will be viewed by GIs from 8 a m tomorrow.
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Seventh
Patton
North Africa
Sicily
Europe
Christ Church of
Heidelberg
Luxembourg
Villa Renier
Seventh Army
Plans To Remove Japanese From Batavia Java
Premier Sjahrir said the Indonesian peace preservation corps will discuss moving Japanese troops from interior Java with British support. He estimated 20,000 Japanese remain in east and central Java, with operation details to be arranged and completed quickly. Four British soldiers were killed and two wounded in Batavia's Kramat area during an RAF truck attack. An Indian soldier was wounded.
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Batavia
Java
Sutan Sjahrir
Indonesian Peace Preservation Corps
TKR
Sjahrir
Malang
West Java
Kramat
Alice Strong to Have Merry Christmas After War Ordeal
Six year old Alice Strong recalls Christmas under Japanese prisoners in Manila in 1941. She and her family endured Santo Tomas and internment, but now back in Birmingham she browses a department store and hopes Santa brings her a doll for the first time.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alice
Wonderland
Alice Strong
Santa Claus
Manila
Strong
Santo Tomas
Mick
Temperatures Plunge Across North Central States Into Subzero
A blast of Arctic air from Canada sent North Dakota and Minnesota to record lows and pushed temperatures below zero across New England. The bitter spell stretched into the midwest with a cold weekend ahead and readings plunging to 45 below in parts of Manitoba.
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Canada
North Dakota
Minnesota
North Central States
Midwest
Pacific Coast
New England
Atlantic Seaboard
Minnesta
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
U. S. Weather Bureau
Lebanon
Caribou
Japs' Emperor To Be Taxed Under New Regime
Tokyo dispatch reports General MacArthur announced a demilitarized Japan is finished and will tax the emperor like any ordinary citizen. the reconstituted country plans immediate financial measures following initial occupation.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Japan
High Point Gets 2 FM Channels
The federal commission tentatively assigned 45 FM channels to North Carolina and 21 to South Carolina as part of a plan aiming for about 1,500 static free stations. North Carolina allocations exceed existing stations by 50 to 100 percent, with High Point listed for two channels.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Communications Commission
North Carolina
South Carolina
High Point
Big Issues Talks in Moscow Pour Hope of Quick Accord
Informal discussions among the United States Britain and Soviet Union at the big three foreign ministers conference approach a possible agreement on several world problems. Byrnes Bevin Molotov and translators led the seven hour session with no firm results yet but a favorable shift in outlook.
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Moscow
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
Byrnes
Bevin
Soviet Russia
Great Britain
United States
Funeral Service Set for Carlan Infant in Chelsea
Funeral services were arranged for six month old Ronald Carlan in Chelsea Massachusetts after medical examiner William J Brickley ruled death an asphyxiation. Authorities announced no evidence of violence and the infant’s body was released to his parents while the mother faces murder charges and remains free on bail.
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Chelsea
Mass
Ronald Carlan
New England
William J. Brickley
Ronald Carlin
James J. Carlan
Pearl Harbor Body Takes Holiday as Hunt for Chief Counsel Continues
The Pearl Harbor investigating committee paused for a holiday as chairman Barkley D Ky plans to fill the chief counsel and staff roles. Assistant counsel Gerhard Gessell says the staff intends to quit after witness questioning when the panel reconvenes. Chief counsel William D. Mitchell and aides had announced they would withdraw due to scope expansion, delaying the January 3 deadline to February 15.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Barkley
D-Ky
Gerhard Gessell
William D. Mitchell
Four Killed in Panama City Police Station Attack
A late night uprising in Colon failed to unseat government forces. Police Captain Zambrano was killed and Lieutenant Comparaz wounded as partisans of Dr Arnulfo Arias attacked the national police station. The outbreak was quickly contained and order restored.
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Panama City
Arnulfo Arias
Colon
Zambrano
Comparaz
Anama City
Presidencia
Enrique Jimenez
Five Children Of Army Private Die In Fire
Five children of Pvt Otto Winkelman stationed in Japan perished in a Roseville duplex blaze. Marvin 7 Dale 6 Shelba Jean 4 Allen 3 and Barbara 18 months died in their beds. Their mother Vera 26 and a helper Louise Snow 18 were injured while trying to save them. Fire began about 11 30 p m Friday from an overheated kitchen oil stove and burned about four hours.
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Detroit
Japan
Roseville
Otto Winkelman
Marvin
Dale
Shelba Jean
Allen
Barbara
Vera
Louise Snow
State offices close for Christmas electrified long weekend
Raleigh December 22. All state offices close today at 1 p m until 9 a m Thursday December 27. State employees receive Christmas Eve and the day after off to give out of town workers a long weekend, per Governor Cherry.
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Raleigh
Cherry
Committee To Help Veterans Solve Problems
The Senate Small Business Committee moved to aid discharged veterans facing civilian clothing shortages and military restrictions. It endorsed legislation allowing former GIs to wear olive drab or khaki at their discretion, with the Quartermaster General agreeing to support the measure.
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Washington
Senate Small Business Committee
Ickes urges Hawaii statehood soon
Secretary of the Interior Ickes urged that Hawaii be admitted to statehood in the immediate future. He said the wartime record shows further postponement is unnecessary. The statement surprised many after a prior remark that he doubted…
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Washington
Ickes
Hawaii
Peace Agency to be quartered in eastern U S
The United Nations preparatory commission on sites voted 25 to five with 10 abstentions to place the permanent headquarters of the world peace agency in the eastern United States. San Francisco Denver and St. Louis were ruled out with Australia supporting San Francisco. The Mississippi and Missouri rivers will mark the east west boundary.
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London
United Nations Preparatory Commission
Committee On Sites
World Peace Agency
United States
San Francisco
United Nations Organization
Denver
St. Louis
Australia
Mississippi
Missouri
Congress Ends Successful Term in 1945
Washington dispatch notes the 69th Congress adjourned for a 23 day break after praising 1945 achievements. Leaders warn of a stormy 1946 session with battles over permanent fair employment practices, labor disputes boards, full employment policy, compulsory military training, health insurance, and atomic energy oversight.
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Washington
House
Senate
69Th Congress
Xmas Holiday Suspension Halts GM Wage Talks
A month long strike at General Motors is paused as a government panel recesses hearings until December 28. CIO UAW officials and GM executives will resume collective bargaining after reviewing revised local union demands and plan a meeting in Detroit on December 2 to push for wage increases while avoiding a broader showdown.
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Cristmas Uy Pepaane
General Motors
K. Garrison
Cio-United Auto Workers Union
Detroit
Walter P. Reuther
Cio-Uaw
Washington
Marshall And China's Chief Meet Sunday
Gen. George C. Marshall arrived in Chungking to press peace talks with Generalissimo Kai-Shek beginning Sunday. Premier Soong and Chou En-Lai appeared at the airport as Marshall met officials and prepared for formal discussions amid continued hostilities between Maoist and national government forces.
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Chungking
George C. Marshall
Truman
China
Kai-Shek
Chiang
Madame Chiang
Marshall
Nanking
T. ¥.Soong
Chou En-Lai
Eeac
Soong
Tech
Walter Robertson
Associated Press
Spencer Davis
Hua' Ing
Chinese 11Th War Zone
Hopen
Tsinan-to-Tsingtao
Shantung Province
Davis
Army Orders Silk for Japan Market
The U.S. army has placed orders for 150000 yards of white silk for sale to G. L's in Japan. A third of the December supply will be sold by the yard while the rest will be made into dressing gowns mufflers pajamas ties and handkerchiefs. The average price of bolt silk is 38 cents a yard.
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ARMY
Tokyo
U.S. Army
G. L’s
Japan
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