Two Chicago janitors questioned in Suzanne Degnan kidnapping
Police grilled Hector Verburgh and Desere Smet, both janitors, as the 48 hour hunt for Suzanne Degnan’s kidnap slaying continued. No charges yet. Verburgh to take lie detector test. An inquest into the child’s death was resumed.
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Chicago
Suzanne Degnan
Hector Verburgh
Degnan
Suzanne
Desere Smet
Verburgh
Verburghs
Walter Storma
Dorothy
Herold G. Ward
Criminal Court
Thorndale Avenue
Kenmore Avenue
Winthrop Avenue
Jack Hanrahan
Hanrahan
Rapartera
Winthrop Building
St. Charles
Akawise
Belgium
Hanrahen
Winthrop
James E. Degnan
Office of
Price Administration
Jerry Kearns
Edgewater
Hoe
James Degnan
John L. Sullivan
Ed Daley
Chicago Police
Steel price rise eyed as industry threatens strike
Officials close to the decision say a higher steel price boost of about four dollars a ton may be allowed within the administration policy, despite protests by Price Administrator Chester Bowles. The CIO Steel Workers Union demands a two dollar per day wage increase, and a strike by telephone equipment workers against Western Electric threatens a national communications tie up as talks continue.
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Washington
OPA
John W. Snyger
John C. Collet
Chester Bowles
CIO Steel
Linion
Western Electric Company
Association of Communications Equipment Workers
Independent
Bowles
Truman
Gallet
Snyder
Peticans
White House
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Labor
Senators Call Probing Demobilization Demands
Senators Revercomb and Johnson urged congressional probes into demobilization following President Truman and Eisenhower remarks. They pressed for a top-to-bottom inquiry as Thomas resisted, defending Army demobilization as efficient and disciplined amid Manila protests.
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Revercomb
R-Va
House
Senate
Congress
Edwin C. Johnson
Dcole
War Department
Elbert Thomas
D-Stat
Senate Military Committee
Thomas
Urneaui
Jonm
Street Scene Delivers Odd Portraits at Busy Intersection
Reported events include two six year old boys causing a belned scene with a freshly killed hog in view of a grocery front, a cattle herd delaying mid afternoon traffic at a highway crossing, and a young woman joyfully holding two pounds of bacon after a lucky butcher’s counter visit. Entangled fragmentary notes mention a department and a lone woman in a single room with no cooking facilities.
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Belne
Jelsucely
Big Four Agree On Atomic Energy Safeguards
Secretary of State Byrnes said the United States Russia Britain and Canada are united on safeguards for atomic energy secrets under any UN plan. He noted broad agreement among delegates after a two hour meeting and said his view is acceptable to all. Harmony restored ahead of UN Assembly session.
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London
Byrnes
United States
Russia
Britain
Canada
United Nations Organisation
Vandenberg
Mich
United Nations Assembly
Central Hall
United Nations
UNO
Bank Announces One Of Best Years In History
Stockholders at the First National Bank annual meeting heard that the December 31, 1845 statement was the largest ever published for the institution and that 1945 was its best earning year. Officers and directors were re-elected and BE. W. Palmer was renamed to the board. Deposits rose by 4.5 million, total resources reached 21,811,915.07 with loans 1,160,003 and government bonds 12,678,909.74. Capital 247,000. surplus 253,000. undivided profits and reserves 243,460.65. deposits 6?
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First National Bank
First National
BE. W. Palmer
Federal Frexerve Bank
Washington
J. G. Stone
A. D. Brockman
P. Edwards, Jr
G. ©. Hamlett
P. L. Basinger
J. B. Catron, Jr
A. D. Brookman
Glen Bruce
C. P. Edwards
F. M. Kelly
E. W. Palmer
W., F. Smith
J. C. Stone
E. W. Tipton
J. C. White
U.S
British Announce Von Below Nabbed Amid Hitler Will Revelation
Reuters from Bad Godesberg reports British security officers arrested Gen. Nicholaus von Below, likely the sole surviving witness to Hitler's private will. Other named witnesses, Martin Bormann and Paul Joseph Goebbels, are believed dead. The document, dated April 28, 1845, references Hitler's plans to marry Eva Braun and their intended suicide pact.
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London
Reuters
Bad Godesberg
Germany
Nicholaus von Below
Adolf Hitler
Martin Bormann
Hitler
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Eva Braun
Americans Invested and Sent Millions to Palestine
Testimony to the Palestine inquiry committee cites at least 45 million dollars in American private capital and 110 million dollars in gifts by American Jews. The figures, presented by Robert Szold of New York, show how funds support employment for newcomers and potential expansion of investment if political conditions improve. The committee notes the need for cooperation with the Palestine government to ease Jewish and Arab economic development.
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Washington
Committee of Inquiry On
Palestine
Robert Scold
New York
Zionist Organisation of America
Eurepe
Szeld
Anglo-American Committee
Europe
Szold
Iworld
Two-Headed Baby Born Tuesday At Norton
A two headed male infant was born dead to Viola May Matthews Brickey, 26, wife of miner Ernest Brickey, at Norton General Hospital. Doctors described two heads, shoulders, chests, hearts and four arms with only two legs. The operation was performed by Dr. C L Harshbarger after initial plans for a normal delivery. Mrs Brickey, mother of five, was in serious condition Wednesday morning.
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Pres Atkins
Norton
Spi
Virginia
Viola May Matthews Brickey
Norton General Hospital
C. L. Harshbarger
Ernest Brickey
Wine Coalsand Coke Company
Dorchester
E. B. Cox
T. J. Tudor
Brickey
Hussband
Floods Drive Many From Homes In State Floods Drive Many From Homes In State
Hundreds flee flood-threatened homes as rivers surge through lowlands and farms across East and Middle Tennessee. Bridges wash out and telephone lines fail, isolating communities as officials fear more deaths. Red Cross aids homeless families in Carthage Dayton and Soddy and Meashville area towns report evacuations. seven of eight flood fatalities occurred escaping floods.
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Associated Press
Goads
Atale Snd
Hameless
Dayton
Chettenooga
Fellico
Soddy
Bakewell
Sale Creek
J. B. Davis Anid
North Springs
Jackson County
Nashville
16 Year Old Suspect Identified in Memphis House Fire Attack
Sheriff Perry said a 16 year old Negro schoolboy was identified as the attacker of a mother and two children found beaten beside a burning four room house. The mother Mia J. Goss lay injured and two children Sammie and Freddie died or were critically injured. Homicide investigators pursued arson-linked leads while two other suspects were detained without charges.
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Memphis
Olivers Perry
Mia
J. T. Goss
Ferry
Sammie Goss
Freddie
Pete Wichenga
Wichenga
Internet
Oliver Perry
Hopes for Truce in China Blasted by Talks Failure
Reports from Chungking say General Marshall’s peace talks failed to reach a final agreement as Communist and government representatives reached no compromise. A Yenan Communist spokesman blamed a demand to exclude Chahar and Jehol provinces from general terms, urging a nationwide cease fire. Protests against demobilization in the Pacific continued with warnings of potential sabotage as occupation forces in Japan, Hawaii, and the Philippines faced subversive activity.
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DRA
Frossy
China
Marshall
Chungking
Yenan
Chahar
Jehol
Pacific
Japan
Hawaii
Philippines
Charles B. Hall
Eighth Army
Gardner Declines Statement on County Equipment Purchase
Ward Gardner, Sullivan County highway commissioner, said he has no statement about the $40,375 second-hand road equipment purchase that spurred a special magisterial investigation and report to County Court. County Judge T. R. Bandy denied charges of unsound practices in the judge’s office amid the probe, while Gardner said a time would come when he would speak.
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Ward Gardner
Sullivan County
T. R. Bandy
Gardnar
Higher Butter And Meat Prices Loom Threatening Hold-The-Line
The Kingsport Merchants Association set 6:20 pm Saturday closing for retailers effective this week with January 12 the first observed early hour. Officials discussed the change after earlier board talks. global butter and meat price pressures fuel government efforts to hold food costs, amid forecasts of subsidy programme extensions and wage concerns.
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Kingsport Merchants
Washington
Agricuture
Anderson
Polly
Colonel Says He Broke Up Demonstration
Colonel Mahoney disclosed he broke up a hothead soldier demonstration at Yokohama when Secretary Patterson arrived. He reprimanded GIs for shouting We want to go home and warned he would act to stop it. A mimeographed sheet quoted his threats and insults but Mahoney denied calling soldiers babies. He labeled the gathering near mutiny and said Patterson entered the building as an honorary GI. Nearby Honolulu saw 1500 soldiers protest demobilization, voting to send views to President Truman, with a larger mass meeting planned for Saturday.
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Yokohama
Charles A. Mahoney
Patterson
Mahoney
U. S. Army Service Command
Eighth Army
Atlen
Paldlera
Ax Atated
MacArthur
Actian
W. N. Todd
Honolulu
Robert C. Richardson, Jr
Hawrai
Truman
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