Jewish Refugee Ship Intercepted by British Near Haifa
A refugee ship carrying about 800 visaless Jewish immigrants was intercepted by British forces and taken to Haifa amid ongoing Arab Jewish clashes in Palestine. Attacks crippled highway travel north of Jerusalem as Arab snipers wounded a Swedish journalist and an Associated Press reporter’s near miss, with casualties climbing to 305 dead since November 30.
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Jerusalem
Haifa
Cyprus
Palestine
Sacred Mount of the Ascension
Bab el Wad
Bat Yam
Aran Yahelia
Jaffa
Holy Land
United Nations
Associated
James M. Long
Weather outlook with cloudy warm spells tonight
A weather note reports cloudy and warm conditions tonight followed by a warmer day and a gradual cool down into Wednesday. A mild Thursday is expected with cooler temperatures by Friday. December 24, 1947.
Committees Scrutinize Commodity Traders for Info Leaks
Washington reports two congressional committees pledge intense review of trader lists for possible information leaks about government buying policies. House member Andresen will summon certain traders to explain premarket purchases, while Senator Knowland notes the 711 big traders listed by Secretary Anderson as the first of about 14,000 names to be released.
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Washington
House
Rep
Andresen
M-Minn
Knowland
Calif
Appropriations Committee
Anderson
California
Appropriations
Congress
Harold E. Stassen
Pauley
Edwin W. Pauley
Army Royall
Senate
Wages blamed for walkout by Chicago printers
In Chicago on December 23 the AFL ITU leaders Woodruff Randolph and John J. Pilch along with a Chicago Publishers representative testified to congressional investigators that wages were the sole issue in the November 24 strike by about 1,500 printers at Chicago's six daily newspapers. The Chicago Publishers secretary John F. O Keefe cited the closed shop struck work and jurisdiction as real issues. The witnesses spoke at the opening hearing of a House Education and Labor subcommittee chaired by Rep Owens to study the dispute and report findings to Congress.
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Chicago
AFL International Typographical Union
Woodruff Randolph
John J. Pilch
John F. O'Keefe
Chicago Newspaper Publishers Association
House Committee On Education and Labor
Rep. Owens
Lll
Rep. Onassey
House Labor Committee
Congress
Oil Session in Raleigh Aims to Curb Fuel Shortage
In Raleigh on December 23 officials from major oil firms and independents met Governor Cherry to discuss conserving fuel oil. W Z Betts was named state coordinator as talks focused on voluntary conservation. High Point said it could do little beyond urging conservation while Charlotte Mayor Baxter requested help to improve fuel distribution to families without access.
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Raleigh
Cherry
W. Z. Betts
High Point
A For Conservation
H. H. Baxter
Charlotte
Italian Girl To Stay In U S 90 Days
The 21 year old Italian woman Maria Formicola who arrived to marry James McIntosh, later found killed in an auto crash, will spend at least 90 days in the United States per a decision by the U S immigration and naturalization service. She arrived aboard the Vulcania and faced lack of sponsor and immigration barriers despite offers of assistance.
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Philadelphia
America
G.I
U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Maria Formicola
Miss Formicola
Vulcania
James McIintosh
Guerrant, Ky
New York
McIntosh
Italy
Dry Weather For Christmas
The weather bureau reports dry conditions across most of the United States for Christmas Eve. Light rain exists in a small area of Central Indiana and southwest Ohio while rain touched the Washington coast and snow flurries appeared in the Lake Superior region. Temperatures are near seasonal norms with the coldest readings around zero in North Dakota and the warmest in the Gulf states.
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Associated Press
Santa Claus
Weather Bureau
Indiana
Ohio
Washington
Lake Superior
North Dakota
Mercury
Grand Forks
P Mbina
Gulf States
Brownsville
Tex
Panama Assembly Rejects US Canal Defense Lease Pact
Panama's national assembly voted 51 to 0 to reject the agreement granting the United States the right to lease and man 14 military and air field sites around the canal. The unanimous denial may send the dispute to international arbitration or the United Nations. A celebratory crowd marched through Panama City as former Foreign Minister Ricardo J. Alfaro joined the demonstrators.
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Panama
National Assembly
United States
Panama Canal
United Nations
Ricardo J. Alfaro
Engel proposes Atlantic-Pacific canal to bypass Panama
Rep. Engel says the United States should build a new Atlantic-Pacific canal outside Panama if defense bases are denied there. He claims the Panama national assembly act was influenced by the communist movement in the Canal Zone.
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Washington
Engel
Panama Rejection Halts Pact Renewal Talks
Panama’s assembly voted to reject the 1942 wartime base lease agreement prompting a return to the Sept. 1 1946 status. The U S state department will wait for formal notice before deciding next steps while Washington holds to the 1942 pact ending a year after a definitive peace with Japan. Negotiations had begun 16 months earlier to craft a new accord for about 14 of the over 100 bases to avoid a wrangle.
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Panama
United States
Panama Canal
U. S. State Department
Washington
Panama Assembly
Japan
U. S
Three Die When Train Hits Truck Southwest of Norton
A Rock Island passenger train collided with a transport truck seven miles southwest of Norton Kansas. The Diesel locomotive and two cars burned. Engineer Pete Modlin and Fireman John Campbell died in the blaze. The truck driver was killed. No other injuries reported. The baggage and mail cars carrying Christmas packages were destroyed. One steel coach was lightly damaged.
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Norton
Kas
Rock Island
Gra
Train wreck in Germany leaves 37 dead
In Fahr-Irlich near Neuwied two express trains jammed head on with holiday passengers. Thirty seven killed and over 300 injured as officials report 98 of the most seriously hurt rushed to Neuwied hospitals. Casualties are German citizens, with fear of more bodies in wreckage.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Fahr-Irlich
Neuwied
Cologne
Taft Sees Eight Billions In European Aid On Marshall Plan
Senator Taft warned that American aid to Europe could top eight billion dollars in the year starting July 1 if President Truman’s Marshall plan funds are approved as proposed. He noted seventeen hundred million for the first 15 months and cited needs for German food and support from the International Bank and stabilization fund.
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Washington
Europe
Truman
Congress
Taft
Ohio
International Bank
International Stabilization Fund
Ohioan
Morse
Rore
Land front formed by agrarian workers in Italy
In Rome on December 23 the leftist press reported a land front of agricultural workers to pressure the government. A 6,000-strong land constituent was said to have order a village by village drive for expropriation of surplus properties and limits on land holdings. Pietro Nenni described Bologna meeting and Milan congress as moves to undercut Christian democratic control.
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Rome
Italy
Nempeees L'Unita
Avanti
Bologna
Pietro Nenni
Milan
Christian Democratic
Soldier Writes Santa For Eyes Now Helps Others See
Corp Chester R Perkins a 22 year old Indianapolis native and former high school star explains his Christmas letter to Santa Claus from Valley Forge General Hospital inspired others to value sight. He received about 5000 letters in reply and says many offered an eye, but he sought no sympathy.
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Phoenixville
Santa Claus
Corp
Chester R. Perkins
Indianapolis
Valley Forge General Hospital
Corp. Perkins
U S to Keep Using Bases In Panama
Washington reports the United States will continue to use 14 military bases in Panama for canal defense despite the Panamanian assembly rejecting a new leasing pact. Decisions await Panama’s May 9 presidential election and any new moves by Panama. The 1942 agreement underpins U S use, though Panama disputes it. Rio Hato air base near the canal remains central to the plan.
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Washington
United States
Panama
Canal Zone
U. S
Rio Hato
Canal
Panama City
Allies To Stay In Berlin Four-Power Council Postponed
British and American military governors said the four-power Allied control council for Germany should continue. They stressed western allies have no plan to leave Berlin and cautioned that withdrawal would be a serious step.
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Berlin
Germany
Allied Control Council
Brian Robertson
Lucius D. Clay
United States
Talking Fails To Prevent Death by Own Action
Chicago police and a Times photographer responded to Patricia Brody 36 after she telephoned she would kill herself. A reporter spoke with her about Christmas and hope as she locked doors and leapt from a third floor window to her death.
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Chicago
Patricia Brody
The
Times
John Arabinko
Arabinko
Fertilizer firm incorporated in Raleigh
Secretary of State Thad Eure issued a certificate of incorporation to Weil's Fertilizer Works Inc of Goldsboro with authorized capital stock of 100000 dollars. Ten thousand shares at par ten dollars would be issued to subscribers Lionel Weil Abram Weil Henry Weil and G F Seymour all of Goldsboro.
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Raleigh
Thad Eure
Weil
Fertilizer Works, Inc
Goldsboro
Lionel Weil
Abram Weil
Henry Weil
G. F. Seymour
Renewed White House Plea Urges Lower Prices and Real Competition
The White House renews a broad appeal to many industries to cut prices and profits while pursuing a long range policy of real price competition. The three man Council of Economic Advisers argues for stable high production without booms and warns against relying on artificial props through 1948. It cites housing as an example of mispricing favoring upper income and warns of future problems for buyers if affordable options lag. It calls for price and profit reforms, rectifying wage inconsistencies, and a move toward a stable economic equilibrium with broader price adjustments.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
Thdderry
Ex-Man-In-Law Shot To Death In Iowa
Robert Richey, 42, surrendered after an eight hour standoff as police say he shot and killed Barbara Davis 20 and wounded Harold E Davis 41 at their Newton home when he confronted his former wife Barbara who had refused to return to him and he opened fire.
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Newton
Robert Richey
Richey
Harold E. Davis
Huse
Joel Lammers
Davis
Barbara
Lammers
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