Plans To Increase Military Pay Faces Mixed Response
A five member civilian Advisory Commission on Service Pay proposed raises across all forces. A private would gain about 2 percent while high ranks see larger boosts, with brigadier generals near 8 percent. Critics warn rising pay may worsen shortages of qualified privates and strain the budget.
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Civilion Advisory Commission
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Pinkie Health Service
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Coto Sans Congress
Wilt Tire
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Johnson
Langer
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Senate Civil Service Committee
Moose
Washington Debates Truman Civil Rights Push
Senate leaders and senators from Rhode Island Alabama and Alabama debate President Truman stance on civil rights program. McGrath and Sparkman insist there will be no compromise and plan to press the program while vowing to continue the fight in Congress.
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Washington
Trannam
McGrath
Senster Sparkman
D-Aln
Trumen
Sparkman
Kingsport panel seeks compromise on poll issue and lynching law
A Kingsport discussion centers on a compromise over a federal poll tax proposal and a related lynching offense. Sparkman notes Southern reluctance to full federal control, urging a state rather than nationwide approach while department stores report stable demand for goods and a booming Christmas shopping season.
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Wright
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Sfe
Sparisnan
Ieee Geripin
Sparkman
Kingsport
Eas
Truman
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Truman to address nation from White House living room
President Truman plans a nationwide Christmas greeting from the White House living room with a 235-foot Christmas tree on the south lawn. The lighting ceremony at 4 20 pm BST will cap an hour of carols and music by the Marte Band as Sundrads gather for Washington's Eve observance.
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Missouri
Pam
White House
Washington
Marte Band
Will & Gin
Harry
Meery
Teen meets friend on street amid odd Christmas scene
A teenager exchanges greetings with a friend on a street corner while a Western Union messenger boy delivers a telegram in the pre dawn hours. The scene mixes Christmas tunes, rumors of purchases, and a maze of casual chatter about gifts and plans for the holiday, with locals recalling faded ties and shared street life.
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Western Union Messenger Boy
Christmas Eve City Slowdown and Holiday Dispatches
Kingsport reports a near standstill in official business on Christmas Eve with minimal police activity and few prisoners. The fast office closes for the day, rural and city deliveries pause, and four trucks operate to handle essential parcels. Salvation Army aid continues with a Yule party for hundreds of children and a Friday noon food distribution to the needy.
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Howard Long
Hiad
Pram
Alver
Salvation Army
Amos
J. BL Harton
Amnesty order frees 15 top Japanese war crime suspects
An amnesty decree under General MacArthur releases 15 high ranking Japanese war crime suspects from Sugamo Prison during Christmas Week, while several top defendants are executed hours earlier. Ten names are dropped from the list, leaving two main defendants still on trial. Several freed individuals had ties to wartime cabinets.
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Suspec
MacArthur
Sugamoe
Mideki
Pete
Torg
Ply
Spy Investigation Ends For This Year In Congress
Washington IP reports congressional spy hearings conclude for the year. Future actions depend on House Un-American Activities Committee votes and new members. Reps Mundt and Nixon are drafting proposed reforms and plan a joint statement.
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Drself
Peace lull in China north of Yangtze as Reds withdraw
Harold K. Midey reports a ceasefire impression across Peiping and Tientsin with Reds withdrawing into northern cities. Nationalists gather defenses while food prices rise and water supplies fail in Peiping. leaders ponder negotiated peace as Red forces consolidate near the Yellow and Yangtze rivers.
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Ientsin
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Yangtao
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Wischief
Lin Piao
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Rede
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Mulder
Peining
Yellow
White Christmas Weather Dims Shoppers Amid Snow
By noon observers reported 2.25 inches of snow with sleet changing to snow. Forecasts call for more rain or mixed precip tonight and Saturday with little temperature change. Temperature around 29 rising to a low near 32 tonight. yesterday’s high 48. Slush made streets dangerous but no traffic incidents reported. Public transit lines to run Sunday on Christmas. The heavy snow slowed activity as shoppers postponed purchases. Snowy weather affects birds. crumbs from tables aid wildlife.
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Kings vort Chamber names new director in surprise election
ReMew T B Diving of Tennnessee Eastman Corp was elected to the Kings vort Chamber of Commerce Board at a meeting held in the Station WEFT studios. Divine replaces Dor Mors, who resigned from the Mad Corporation. J Stivedl retires as president.
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Kings Vort Chamber of Commerce
St 2 Miseting
Station Weft Chutrsday
Divine
Dor Mors
Mad Corporation
J. Stivedl
Bethlehem Pilgrims Face War Ties On Christmas Eve
War and weather loom over Bethlehem as Christian pilgrims, reporters, and church leaders prepare for midnight mass at the Church of the Nativity. Jerusalem tensions and Arab Israeli lines shadow the holy city as troops guard routes to the sacred grotto.
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Atie
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al Bethlehem
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Israe
Bethlehers
Aras
Shrine of
Thejpiry
Christa Piogrims
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Bethlehem
Elel
Macy
Holy Land
Bethlehen
Malesi Banta
Arad Legion
Ares
Alex
Palestine
Gustavo Testa
Vatiatamvoy
Jerusateer
Ten Die in Crash Headed For Home
Reported deaths from a air force crash near Alaska involve a new bomber variant of the B 29 family. Six Air Force officers at Wilson Air Force Base died when a plane from Tucson Arizona broke apart during Arctic testing. Wreckage located ten miles south of the base. three autos stolen in Beltrami County recovered. seven men arrested in suspected auto theft ring.
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