Investigation of Atlanta Hotel Fire Starts 116 Dead
Fire marshal begins probe into the Winecoff hotel blaze in Atlanta after 116 deaths. Origin suspected in third or fourth floor corridors with flames spreading through carpeted hallways in a fire resistant building. Victims found on upper floors as rescuers recall screams and tragic leaps.
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Atlanta
Winecoff Hotel
Marry Phillips
Phillips
Atlante
William B. Hartsfield
Milwaukee
W. F. Winecoff
Chick) Hosech
Associated Press
Annie Lee Irwin
Arthur F. Geele
Danville
A. F. Geele, Jr
R. E. O'Connell
Geele
South
Georgia
Dairyland Power Board Seeks Bids on 68 000-Volt Line Project
The Dairyland Power Cooperative contract committee will open bids for a 216 mile 68 000-volt transmission line late this spring. Contracts also include erecting a steel river crossing south of Alma station to serve cooperatives in southern Minnesota and northern Iowa. The Dec 14 board meeting at La Crosse will set contracts to be pursued by the 25 member board representing 25 distributing cooperatives.
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Dairyland Power Cooperative
C. W. Eppard
Kivoli
Eppard
Mississippi River
Alma
Minnesota
Iowa
J. Stone
Platteville
XR. Fenner
Dodge
Biederman
Mitchell
W. E. Rabe
Tomah
H. O. Melby
Westby
Willam Garbisch
Brownsville
Minn
Board of Directors of
Dairyland
la Crosse
Legion Urges No Wyatt Successor
Washington article notes the American Legion urged President Truman to leave the housing expediter post vacant after Wilson Wyatt resigned. National Commander Paul Griffith argued leaving the office open would advance a national housing plan proposed by the Legion.
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Washington
Truman
American Legion
Wilson W. Wyatt
Paul MH. Grffth
Gion
Nine collaborationists sentenced in France trial ends
In Lille nine persons were condemned to death and 45 others received hard labor and prison terms after a trial of the brigade of the engels. The group was charged with informing the Gestapo about activities of patriotic Frenchmen during the German occupation.
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Lille
France
Brigade of the
Engels
Gestapo
Army Working On Atomic Warfare
General Dwight D. Eisenhower said the United States must prepare for a potential super birth conflict and warned that without ending war the nation will drift into deeper arms work. The War Department will form a special staff detached from regular duties to study atomic plans.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
War Department
Local Weather: Cloudy Mild Sunday With Light Rain Late Day
The forecast calls for cloudy and mild conditions Sunday with a light rain possible late Sunday afternoon and evening. Temperatures peak in the afternoon around 50 degrees.
Girls in Car Trunk Saving Toll Costs Mystery Debunked
Six Alton high school girls explained in a letter that a tale of a car crossing the Mississippi with two girls in the trunk was a 10 cent myth. They said they paid 55 cents toll to Missouri and had 45 cents home, then stuffed the two smallest girls in the trunk to save a dime.
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Alton, U1
Mississippi River
Missouri
Alton High School
Alton Evening Telegraph
Streamlined Nuernberg Security Measures Prompt Leadership Change
The U S army announced it streamlined security at the Nuernberg jail and removed Col B C Andrus as commander after his precautions failed when Herman Goering avoided execution by poison. Maj Frederick C Teich of Macon succeeded Andrus and Andrus returned to the United States with his ill wife in Denver. The first war crimes trial will open Monday with 23 Nazi doctors including Karl Brandt facing murder charges. Eleven people died and 15 were injured when a bus crashed into a trailer truck near Cordoba Argentina.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U.S. Army
Nuernberg
B. C. Andrus
Herman Goering
Andrus
Frederick C. Teich
Macon
Ndrus
United States
Denver
Colo
Karl Brandt
Adolf Hitler
Sheriff Evicts Own Tenant Family From 930 Cameron Ave
Washington scene of a stay of execution halted eviction as Sheriff Olson and undersheriff Henninger moved furniture from the Pitsch home. The Pitchens, with four children, planned to relocate while attorney Schleiter sought a circuit court review. Olson defended the action as a landlords test case and promised storage and relocation steps.
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Tribune Fhote
Stanley Olson
Rubert F. Pitsch
Cameron Avenue
Robert Henninger
Olson
Pitsch
Stephen
David
Hubert Schleiter
Davenport
Michael
Susan
Hubert F
Pitschs
Schleiter
Circuit Court
Ution
Schleiter Sperts
Varco
Henninger
Rail Trusties
Busch
Court
Black Market Profits Sought Bank Probe Of Veterans Home
A suggestion to audit bank accounts and tax returns of U S army officers and men who served in Germany last year was made to the house military committee by an investigator. The report covers occupation problems in Europe including conduct with German women and officer social ties to former Nazi families.
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Washington
Germany
House Military Committee
Ace
Europe
UNRRA
Martial Law Imposed in Mazandaran District
Tehran announced martial law and a curfew across Mazandaran province as Iran enters a tense two week election period. The army cited clashes between armed groups and citizens and reports said pro Soviet Tudeh party members were found with arms after disturbances.
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Tehran
Iran
Caspian
Mazandaran
Russia
Rezmara
Ministers To Begin Austria Peace Study
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov said the foreign ministers council should start work on an Austrian settlement at its next European meeting. He opposed a demand to name a deputy commission now to hear a German peace treaty before the European Conference. Byrnes proposed a new big power pact to limit occupation armies in Europe, drawing no immediate reaction. Also, Trans World Airlines announced the first scheduled air service to Palestine and India would begin next month.
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New York
Molotov
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Europe
Commission of
Byrnes
U S Leaders View End of Coal Strike
Leaders from labor and management react to John L. Lewis ordering soft coal miners back to work, touting relief but urging analysis to prevent recurrence. Officials in New York Richmond Virginia and Washington comment on the need for new labor laws and stronger oversight.
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John L. Lewis
New York
National Association of Manufacturers
Ira Mosher
Lewis
Mosher
Richmond
Ernest B. Pi
CIO
Virginia
Tuck
United Mine Workers
Congress
Lucas
D-Ill
United States
Hickenlooper
A-Iowa
Assamot
Butler R-Neb
Martin
Massachusetts
Halleck
H-Ind
Rep Case
R-Sd
Copper
R-Kas
Sen
Wiley
R-Wis
John Lewis
Millikin
R-Cole
Brooks
Agencies Move Speedily After Lewis Action
The end of the coal strike announced by John L. Lewis at 1 p.m. led to quick lifting of restrictions. Freight embargoes ease, passenger limits ease, parcel post rules relax, and brownout measures begin to unwind as power supplies resume.
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Lewis
Washington
John L. Lewis
Office of Defense Transportation
Post Office Department
Civilian Production Administration
District of Columbia
Christmas Lights To Brighten La Crosse Downtown
La Crosse will light up downtown Sunday night with multicolored decorations and white star accents. Half the lights go on Sunday, the rest by Monday as Alvin Saver leads the JCC lighting project with electrician crews slated to start Sunday.
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la Crosse
George Halverson
Chamber of Commerce
Alvin Saver
JCC
John L. Lewis
King
Main
Jay
Halverson
Alvin Mikelson
Central High School
Oak Forrest
Madison Ends Wisconsin Brownout After Federal Recommendations
Lynn Ashley chair of the state public service commission announced that the nationwide strike driven dimout is rescinded. Areas short of coal will continue brownouts, but Wisconsin has enough supplies to lift the measure now, effective after federal guidance received Saturday.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Lynn Ashley
State Public Service Commission
Washington
Ashley
Army Dependents Flown To Europe In Operation Reunion
The war department began airlifting about 100 dependents of soldiers weekly to Europe. Saturday 12 women and 14 children departed LaGuardia aboard a commercial airliner. The program aims to ease first class shortages on ships and marks the movement's launch.
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Europe
New York
War Department
la Guardia Field
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Lutz
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Office of Strategic Services
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