Britain Recalls Ambassador From Spain Over Franco Snub
London reports Britain has ordered Ambassador Sir Victor Mallet to quit Madrid as the United Nations calls for a complete rupture with Franco regime. Madrid plans to recall its envoy from London while Britain keeps a chargé d affaires in Spain.
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Great Britain
Spain
Francisco Franco
United Nations General Assembly
New York
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Madrid
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Norman Armour
United States
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Franco
Britain
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Organ Phillips
Labor Party
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Large earthquake and waves devastate southern Japan
Reports from Tokyo indicate one of historys most violent quakes followed by tidal waves. Damage spans over vast areas from near Wakayama to Kyushu with estimates of 592 dead and thousands homeless. Kyodo cites 14 592 buildings destroyed and 43 injured seriously. U S army estimates at least 422 dead.
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Kyushu
Wakayama Prefect
Associated Press
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Kainan
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Kyodo
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Wakyama Peninsula
Japan
Osaka
Pening
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Family of Four Found Dead in Swank Resort
Four members of the Courtright family were found beaten and stabbed to death in a Long Beach cottage near Michigan City Indiana. Coroner Russell Beck indicated murder and possible suicide. Victims: John E Courtright 34 Lucy Jane Courtright 34 Jan Albert Courtright 6 Kathy Lynn Courtright 4.
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Jan Albert Courtright
Weather summary for Carolinas and Washington
Fair and warmer Sunday and Monday in the Carolinas then a return to cold Sunday night. Weather service reports ice ending prevailing across regions and updates from Washington.
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South Carolina
Washington
Dec
All-Out Warfare Rocks Indo-China
French forces and Viet Namese guerrillas clash in Hanoi and other northern cities in a major Indo-China battle. Casualties reach about 30 French and Viet Namese killed or wounded as fighting erupts in the Viet Namese quarter. Viet Namese spokesman Maio warns Indo-China may be lost if no UN intervention.
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Paris
Dec
Hanoi
Viet Nam
M. Maio
France-Soir
Dalton Resigns From Federal Housing Program
Deputy Housing Expeditor Neil Dalton resigns to return to the Louisville Courier-Journal as assistant to its president. Dalton led field operations for Wilson Wyatt who quit after President Truman relaxed controls. He says government aid is needed to finance assembly line houses for affordable dwellings next spring.
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Washington
Neil Dalton
Louisville Courier-Journal
Dalton
Wilson Wyatt
Truman
Wyatt
London cold strikes Big Ben as nine tolls miss
London reports freezing night with Big Ben sounding hoarse at nine chimes and several chimes missed as temperature drops to 29 degrees Fahrenheit.
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London
Big Ben
Death Claims Lorraine Hollins After Mantel Collapse
Seven year old Lorraine Hollins reached for Christmas cards on a marble mantel. The slab toppled crushing her. she died later at a hospital from internal injuries. Her parents Mr. and Mrs. Robert Livingston Hollins mourn the loss as a younger sister, Jean, remained unaware of the tragedy.
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East Islip
Lorraine Hollins
Robert Livingston Hollins
Lorraine
Jean
Dean
Predicts Civil War to Spread Through China
Tom Masterson Pieping reports that high ranking Chinese government and communist leaders foresee an all out civil war. General Li Tsung Jen says government armies will resume offensives if the cease fire is ignored. From Yenan Li Shao Chi accuses government and the United States of driving the communists to arms.
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Tom Masterson Pieping
Li Tsung-Jen
Chiang Kai-Shek
Peiping
Yenan
Li Shao-Chi
Communist Party
United States
Truman Opens Short State of the Union Message
President Truman begins work on a shorter broad based state of the union message intended to reflect updates since the 21 point program. He seeks cooperation from the Republican led Congress while signaling new measures mainly on labor relations and the army navy merger. Carroll Reece warns cooperation hinges on whether the president sticks to the earlier program. Universal training and tax policy are also mentioned for future consideration.
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Truman
Congress
Carroll Reece
St. Louis
Reece
Republican Congress
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Special Commission
Teachers Back Forty Percent Pay Increase
In Raleigh on December 21 a meeting of about 150 teachers at Hugh Morson high school endorsed the South Piedmont plan for a 40 percent salary increase. The gathering, organized by Margery Alexander, elected officers for a temporary committee of the North Carolina Education Association unit and raised $84.12.
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Hugh Morson
Margery Alexander
Charlotte
North Carolina Education Association
Mecklenburg County
NCEA
Miss Alexander
Lucenle Allen
Hendersonville
Natalie Green
Durham
Unions Prepare Nationwide Legal Fight Over Back Pay
CIO and at least one AFL union plan broad legal action to recover retroactive portal to portal pay, potentially totaling billions. Suits target Detroit area employers including Ford and Briggs Manufacturing, following Mt Clemens Pottery ruling.
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CIO
AFL
U. S. Supreme Court
Mt. Clemens
Mich
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CIO Steel
Automobile
Detroit
Richard T. Leonard
United Auto Workers Union
Ford
UAW
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Lester Washburn
United Auto Workers
Milwaukee
Myer
United Steel Workers
Roosevelt interview with Stalin notes Stalin in good health on his 67th birthday
Elliott Roosevelt and his wife Faye Emerson met with Generalissimo Stalin in the Kremlin for a birthday interview. Roosevelt reported Stalin had just returned from a vacation and appeared in excellent health and high spirits.
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Moscow
Elliott Roosevelt
Winter Storm Delays Travel As Snow Hits Northeast
Snow and sleet disrupted travel from the Great Lakes to New York and New Jersey with icy roads causing accidents and seven deaths in Indiana. Newark saw its worst traffic jam of the season while New York canceled hundreds of flights stranding thousands before suspensions eased as ceilings rose.
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Associated Press
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Seaboard
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Ohio
Wisconsin
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Iowa
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Georgia in Turmoil Over Governorship
Eugene Talmadge, 62, a dominant Georgia political figure, died at 7 a.m. ending a volatile bid for a fourth term as governor. Governor Arnall ordered the capitol closed and ordered Talmadge to lie in state Sunday, with funeral set for 2 p.m. Monday.
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Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Talmadge
Capitol
Eilis Arnall
Arnall
Statehouse
Tal
Banker Pays Off After 31 Years
Frank Roti, former president of Western Savings Bank in Chicago, repaid about 14 000 of 18 000 owed to depositors over 31 years after a 1915 bank robbery. While no legal obligation remained, he continued seeking funds from earnings and investments to settle debts to roughly 200 customers, with 50 more still being traced.
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Chicago
Frank Roti
Roti
Sacred Heart Seminary
Melrose Park
Western Savings Bank
Oak Park
Economist predicts pay hikes won’t raise prices in spring
Washington reports economist Robert Nathan predicts a new round of wage increases next spring without triggering higher prices and that strikes will be averted. He acknowledges some may disagree with his view, noting cautious optimism amid wartime labor tensions.
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Washington
Robert Nathan
Neers
Catholics To Show Devotion To Pope In Rites Today
Rome Catholics rally to back Pope Pius XII amid anti clericalism plans a mass devotion tomorrow at St Peter's Basilica Tens of thousands expected to fill the vast piazza by 9 30 a m local time to demonstrate support for the pope
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Pope
Vatican City
Rome
Pius XII
St. Peter's
Subway Toll Reaches Record Monday Passenger Count
The New York city board of transportation reports 6,999,322 passengers used the three subway and elevated transit systems last Monday, the highest daily total since the lines were unified under city operation six and a half years ago.
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New York
City Board of Transportation
First Hand Quake Account From Osaka After Japanese Disaster
FRANK L. WHITE reports from Osaka that a large earthquake and tidal wave struck northern Osaka, leaving 15 dead in Osaka prefecture. Officials said tremors continued, rumors of damage in Wakayama peninsula circulated, and American personnel aided survivors. Rail lines were disrupted and travel limited to jeeps.
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Osaka
Japan
Tokyo
Disster
U. S. Army
U. S. Seismon
Wakayama Peninsula
Osak
Wakayama
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