UN Assembly Hopes To Avert War In New Peace Drive
Paris dispatch notes readers on the UNO assembly in London and the failed League of Nations lesson. Editors say nations seek to outlaw war and curb atomic weapons while Europe and Asia face instability. The world awaits decisive UNO action to prevent further calamity.
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United Nations Organization Assembly
London
Europe
Versailles
League of Nations
Beng
League
Asia
UNO
United Nations Organization
Police Press Investigation In Chicago Deepens
Police say evidence found in an Edgewater basement links to the murder of six year old Suzanne Degnan. Two janitors, both Belgian natives, were detained for questioning as detectives pursue a bloody case with polygraph tests planned.
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Edgewater Beach
Degnan
Sara
Walter Storms
Hanrahan
Winth Avenue
Lice
States Attorney
Belgium
Winthrop Avenue
Suzanne
Nationwide walkout threatens country wide telephone tie up
The Associated Press reports a planned nationwide strike of installation workers begins in several states. Western Electric wage dispute prompts a wave of walkouts in Ohio Indiana New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware and Illinois with potential 100 percent toll service disruption in days.
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Independent Association of Communications Equipment Workers
Ohio
Indiana
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Pennsylvania
Delaware
Illinois
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Bell Telephone Company
New York City
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Washington
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CIO
Western Union
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War Labor Board
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Truman
Truce Talks With China Meet Delay
Government and Communist representatives failed to reach a final truce agreement in China. Marshall, Truman’s envoy, attended the session which adjourned until tomorrow with no news due to unfinished committee business.
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Truman
Gen- Chang Chun
Chou En- Lan
Marshall
Chang
Hus Mo
Turkey
Chou
Ental
United States
Cherry Calls For Better Farm To Market Highways
Governor Cherry urged North Carolina to finish its road program to serve all communities. He cited a three year $100 million highway plan funded by reserves and federal grants, aiming to avoid tax increases. He stressed farm to market roads boost cities and rural areas, and noted petroleum’s historic role in the state and WWI victory.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
North Carolina Oil Jobbers Association
A. H. Graham
State Highway and Public Works
High Award Goes To Furniture Man Of Atlanta
Clarence Haverty of Atlanta Ga won the Cavalier Award at the retail furniture association dinner in Chicago The honor goes to the merchant who contributed most to the industry community and country Haverty heads a south wide group of 24 furniture stores and is praised for leadership and service
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Chicago
Clarence Haverty
Atlanta
Haverty
Two-Headed Baby Born by Caesarean in Virginia
A two headed male infant was delivered dead by Caesarean at Norton General Hospital in Norton Virginia. The child formed a single torso with two chests two hearts and four arms while the baby’s head appeared normal. The mother of five was reported in serious condition.
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Norton General Hospital
Pres Atkins
Associated Press
Atkins
Flood Waters Of South At High Levels
Flood waters rise to record highs across the south causing at least 21 deaths and widespread destruction. Tennessee reports eight fatalities, Kentucky six, Arkansas six, and Georgia one as millions in property are damaged and thousands rendered homeless. Six relatives drown near Carthage Tennessee while a taxicab wreck kills six near Little Rock Arkansas.
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South
Tennessee
Kentucky
Arkansas
Georgia
Weather Bureau
Atlanta
Cumberland River
Carthage
Tenn
Jennings Creek
Little Rock
Ark
Virginia governor outlines education consolidation plan
Governor Colgate W. Darden Jr proposes consolidating elementary and high schools in Virginia at a building cost of 50 to 60 million dollars, to be financed over twelve years. The plan also allocates 15 million from highway funds for rural roads, financed by local contributions and a two dollar capitation tax, and aims to cut one room schools from 1556 to 9 and two room schools from 710 to 40 while endorsing suffrage reform including repeal of the poll tax.
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Richmond
Colgate W. Darden, Jr
Virginia General Assembly
William M. Tuck
Stolen Car Recovered With Tires Replaced
Albert Gideon of Palm City California recovered his stolen car at the sheriff's headquarters after a three week absence. The car arrived with two new tires, two recapped tires, and a spare added.
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San Diego
Calif
Albert Gideon
Palm City
Sheriff's
Caldwell resigns NC Grange post to join national plant food council
Harry B Caldwell of Greensboro steps down after eight years as master of the North Carolina State Grange and eight as state lecturer, saying he accepted the secretary treasurer post at the American Plant Food Council in Washington to serve farmers nationally. He asks delegates not to renominate him, citing the large responsibilities of the master’s role. The announcement followed his annual report at the Sheraton during the Grange’s 17th annual three day session with hundreds attending.
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American Plant Food Council
Washington
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Sheraton Hotel
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Congress Will Get Truman State of the Union Message
The White House announced that President Truman will send the annual state of the union message to Congress on Thursday January 17 rather than delivering it in person. The budget message is expected to follow around January 21.
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Washington
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Charles G. Ross
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Only Surviving Witness To Hitler Will Is Arrested
British security officers arrest General Nicholaus von Below in Bad Godesberg likely the last surviving witness to Adolf Hitler's private will. He is among few named in the document released by allied authorities, detailing Hitler's plans with Eva Braun and the disposition of his property to the Nazi party or state.
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London
Reuters
Bad Godesberg
Germany
Nicholaus von Below
Adolf Hitler
Martin Bormann
Hitler
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Va Braun
Linz
Danube
Nazi Party
Atomic Energy Policy Clarified Before UN Session
Secretary of State Byrnes announced that the United States Britain Canada and Russia agreed on safeguards for atomic energy under any UN plan. Senator Vandenberg said he was reassured, ending intra delegation tensions on the eve of the United Nations Assembly opening in Central Hall. Byrnes noted reports of talks with Bevin and emphasized U.S. limits on shared information.
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Byrnes
United States
Russia
Britain
Canada
United Nations Organization
Vandenberg
R-Mich
United Nations Assembly
Central Hall
United Nations
Yrnes
Ernest Bevin
Heat Headed Demonstration Disrupted in Yokohama
Col. Charles A. Mahoney broke up a "hot head" soldier demonstration upon Secretary Patterson's arrival in Yokohama. He reprimanded GIs who cried for home and warned he would arrest disruptive singers and send them to his Yokohama prison. A mass meeting was slated for Eighth Army headquarters. Meanwhile in Honolulu 1500 soldiers protested demobilization outside post HQ of Lt Gen Richardson.
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Yokohama
Charles A. Mahoney
Patterson
Mahoney
U. S. Army Service Command
Eighth Army
Col
W. N. Todd
Honolulu
Robert C. Richardson, Jr
Hawaii
Steel price rise eyed amid steelworkers strike talks
Government officials weigh approving a steel price increase of about four dollars a ton, up from the prior limit. The move aims to resume bargaining as CIO steel workers push for a two dollar daily wage rise, with top CIO leaders meeting in Washington amid renewed strike threats.
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Washington
OPA
John W. Snyder
John C. Collet
Ester Bowles
CIO Steel Workers’ Union
White House
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Western Electric Employer Association
CIO
Philip Murray
R. J. Thomas
CIO Automobile Workers
Albert Fitzgerald
United Electrical Workers
Designers Are Taken To Task By Memphis Man
Memphis critic Harry Conover head of a model agency condemns Baggy Wy designers for creating unhealthy fashion trends. He says current styles flatten chests and feign thinness, harming health and temperaments. he advises models to eat freely to maintain a healthy figure for returning servicemen.
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Memphis
Harry Conover
Omegaed
Bag Iy
America
Associated Press
Troops Question Uses of Deployed Forces
Manila reports soldiers rallying over demobilization pace worry they may be drawn into new American ventures in the Far East. They cite the 86th Infantry Division receiving renewed combat training as a sign of possible intervention beyond their own interests, including efforts to quell civil strife in China or rebel factions in the Philippines, while army leaders insist troops are ready for any assignment needed by U S foreign policy.
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