Patton Out Of Danger In Heidelberg
Gen. George S. Patton Jr. remains in fragile condition after a car crash with a broken neck. Col. R. Glen Spurling reports the general is in a touch and go state, unable to move limbs voluntarily but with some shoulder movement, and likely to need extraction apparatus and a neck brace before possible transport to the United States within weeks.
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Heidelberg
Germany
R. Glen Spurling
George Stion, Jr
Ameri
Patton
Spurling
Washington
U. 8
United States
Dead Man's Leg Contains $1030 In Bills
Milwaukee reports Charlie Summert 58 or 69? died after a physician ordered hospital care. On his artificial leg, investigators found $1030 in bills, later turned to the medical examiner while kin search proceeds.
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Milwaukee
Charlie Summert
Busnmert
Bummert
St. Luke's Hospital
57-Pointers Report Kyoyo Japan Depot Movements
Soldiers ordered to report to the 11th replacement depot at Nagoya Monday for return to the United States. Fifty-eight pointers already instructed to report at the depot Saturday.
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Kyoto
Japan
Levey Caplet Snob
Rmy
Nagoya
United States
Local Weather for La Crosse Tonight and Saturday
Occasional snow flurries tonight. Colder with lows around 10 in city and 5 in rural areas. Saturday remains quite cold with highs near 22.
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la Crosse
Blair Youth Polio Victim Dies in La Crosse Hospital
Blair Wisconsin reports 14 year old Thomas Wanorak, son of Mrs Wilson Webber, died from polio at a La Crosse hospital after admission one day earlier. He was a Blair High School freshman and was buried in La Crosse.
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Blair
Wis
Thomas Wanorak
Wilson Webber
la Crosse Hospital
la Crosse
Wanorek
Blair High School
Everett Woehrmann Named La Crosse Chamber General Secretary
Everett H. Woehrmann of Red Wing Minnesota was appointed general secretary of the La Crosse County Chamber of Commerce replacing Hugh G. Corbett. He will start Monday and brings two years as Red Wing Chamber secretary manager and prior service in Wahpeton North Dakota. He is a graduate engineer with leadership in several commercial secretaries associations and plans to relocate with his wife and nine year old daughter.
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Everett H. Woehrmann
Red Wing
Minn
la Crosse County
Rocky Mountain Institute
Missoula
Mont
National Institute
Northwestern University
Evanston
North Dakota Commercial Secretaries’ Association
Minnesota Association
la Crosse
Tabbert
Chamber
Woehrmann
Barcelona Synagogue Plan Deferred by Government
Isaac Weissman, a delegate to the World Jewish Congress, asked the government for permission to organize Barcelona's first synagogue in metropolitan Spain since the civil war.
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Barcelona
Isaac Weissman
World Jewish Congress
Spain
Be Itai n 11 Belsen Criminals Hanged in Hamelin
Field Marshal Montgomery announced that Josef Kramer the Beasted Belsen commander and ten others were hanged at Hamelin for crimes at Belsen and Oswiecim. Irma Grese and eight men died at the same executions with separate times and two gallows used. Witnesses included former inmates with special passes.
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Hamburg
Germany
Montgomery
Josef Kramer
Beast of
Belsen
Irma Grese
Hamelin
Pierrepont
Lueneburg
Wesser
Royal Engineers
Marshal Montgomery
Oswiecim
Elizabeth Volkenrath
Juana Borman
Franz Hoeszler
Kramer
Fritz Klein
Peter Weingartner
Karl Francich
Ansgar Pichen
Franz Starfie
Wilhelm Dorr
Elizabeth Volkenrat
Karl Francioh
Hopes Restrictions On Italy Will Be Scrapped
Premier Alcide de Gasperi expressed hope that the Moscow conference will recognize the need to lift armistice restrictions on Italy so that its people may regain their sense dignity and responsibility.
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Italy
Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
Moscow
Senate Rejects Hike In Its Expense Funds
The Senate rejected a $2,500 increase in its expense allowance by a 47 to 24 vote on Friday.
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Senate
Washington
2400 men of 27th division to ship out Saturday
In Yokohama 2400 men of the 27th division ready to sail home on Saturday. Since December 1 about 35000 U S troops have already sailed home, marking the pace of demobilization in this theater.
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Yokohama
Four Women Deaths Cremations Tied to Ex-Convict Case
National probe led by Edmund Brown links four elderly women to ex convict Alfred Leonard Cline. Victims, some leaving large estates, died after hotel registrations and were cremated. Cline held on forgery charges as investigators note a common pattern. Chicago lipstick killer case also unfolds with numerous clues and many suspects questioned.
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San
Edmund Brown
Alfred Leonard Cline
Brown
Macon
Portland
Los Angeles
Jacksonville
Fla
Dallas
Eva Delora Krebs
Chicago
Cline
Frank Ward
Columbus
Frances Browns
Strike Threat Looms In Major Electrical Firms
A large CIO strike vote threatens a country wide work stoppage by about 200 000 electrical workers in General Electric Westinghouse and General Motors Electrical division plants. After a 5 to 1 vote in favor the union may strike after January 1 1947 pending complete return tallies.
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CIO
General Electric Westinghouse
General Motors
National Labor Relations Board
United Auto Workers
CIO United Steelworkers Union
CIO United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Man Tossed 20000 On Fire Throws Cash From Window
Edward B. Hillis, who reportedly tossed twenty thousand dollars from a window as flames engulfed his burning home and salvage yard, searched for the money amid an estimated two hundred thousand dollars in total losses.
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Glen Falls
N. Y
Edward B. Hillis
Hillis
Raid on Christian Reformers Headquarters in London
Masked men attacked the Kingdom House headquarters of the Legion of Christian Reformers and beat the custodian. Arthur Schneider was seized and taken to Pentworth, Sussex, before being dumped. The group wore naval uniforms and claimed to stamp out Hitler’s cult.
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London
Kingdom House
Legion of Christian Reformers
Arthur Schneider
Schneider
Pentworth
Sussex
Legion
Hitler
Move For Priorities In Building Material
Washington signs indicate the administration fears inflation and plans to reimpose priority controls on building materials starting Saturday. The move aims to speed housing construction amid shortage fears as wartime price and supply problems return.
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Washington
No Draft Exams In Holiday Season
No selective service registrants will be inducted or called for pre induction exams during the holiday period. The ban applies from December 20 through January 2 as local draft boards received notice from Selective Service Friday.
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Washington
Selective Service
Armed Forces
Butter Held Up In Government Stock Pile
The Agriculture Department says it will withhold 20 million pounds of government butter from the civilian market until military service needs are determined.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Full Employment Measure Rejected by House Vote
The House rejected the administration's full employment bill by a 185 to 95 vote in Washington as lawmakers turn away the sweeping employment program.
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Washington
House
Kimes Dies Of Injuries After Long Manhunt
Matt Kimes 39 a notorious Oklahoma criminal held in Texas bank robbery cases died at 7 45 a m in Baptist state hospital Little Rock after being struck by a poultry truck on Dec 1. He had been in a three month manhunt across four states and underwent surgery for internal injuries from the crash. He served 13 years for murder and was furloughed from the Oklahoma Penitentiary last July.
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Little Rock
Ark
Matt Kimes
Oklahoma
Texas
Baptist
Lemay Heads New Air Research Section
The army created a new research and development section led by Maj. Gen. Curtis E. LeMay to coordinate aviation research between industry and AAF engineers. The move aims to keep army aviation development progressively advanced in all research areas and will not affect the Air Technical Service Command’s existing operations.
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Washington
Army
Curtis E. LeMay
AAF
Air Technical Service Corr
Byrnes Lands in Moscow After Storm Stopover
Secretary of State Byrnes, lost in a blizzard over Moscow for an hour, arrived by American transport at the central airdrome Friday for the foreign ministers conference. British Foreign Secretary Bevin reached Berlin later, en route from London to Moscow, and was greeted by Sir William Strang.
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Moscow
Byrnes
Central Airdrome
Ernest Bevin
Berlin
London
William Strang
Montgomery
Bevin
Byrd calls for halt to complex bills in Senate push
Senator Byrd of Virginia urged stopping what he called overly complex legislation. He proposed forcing lawmakers to draft their own bills, criticizing a 14 line amendment as among the most difficult and vexing measures before the Senate.
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Washington
Congress
Byrd
D-Va
Virginian
Senate
Madison man Paul Stark founder of realty firm dies
Madison Wisconsin realty and insurance executive Paul E Stark 61 founder president of the firm died of a heart attack Thursday in the city.
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Madison, Wis
Paul E. Stark
Thursay
Commons Approve Bretton Woods Pact for Britain
The House of Commons ratified the Bretton Woods monetary stabilization pact with no dissent on the third reading and sent it to the Lords. Earlier, it approved the $4.1 billion loan terms 345 to 98, amid sharp exchanges between Labour and Conservative leaders led by Bevin and Churchill. Paris also moved to seek immediate ratification by the constituent assembly.
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London
House of Commons
Bretton Woods
United States
Britain
House of Lords
Commons
Lords
Robert Boothby
World Stabilization Fund
Boothby
Hugh Dalton
Winston Churchill
Ernest Bevin
Bevin
Churchill
Paris
Army To Release Scarce Civilian Goods Amid War Effort
The War Department told senators it will release over 400 million dollars worth of scarce civilian goods immediately. A list to the war investigating committee shows items valued at about 203.7 million dollars, with an aide noting an additional 200 million dollars in release, though itemized tabulations are pending.
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Washington
War Department
War Investigating Committee
Hearings On Labor Bill Delayed By Senate Panel
The senate labor committee halted hearings on the fact-finding labor disputes bill and will not resume until after the holidays. Chairman Murray of Montana said it is impossible to finish before Christmas, with hearings resuming after Congress reconvenes for about a month. Over 100 witnesses have requested to testify on the bill and related labor measures. CIO President Philip Murray warned the nation’s industrial picture is explosive.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
CIO
Philip Murray
Six Million Jews Slain Warned by Nazi Records
German secret police estimates presented at the war crimes trial place Jewish deaths at about 7.6 million, with 4.8 million in extermination camps and 2.8 million killed in Russia campaigns. Eichmann, Kaltenbrunner aides and Himmler figures cited. Warsaw Ghetto massacre noted as 1943 record.
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Mernberg
International Military Tribunal
Hitler
Wilhelm Hoettl
Ernest Kaltenbrunner
Russia
Hoett
Adolf Eichman
Secret Police
Eichman
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Hoettl
Warsaw Ghetto
William F. Walsh
New York City
U. S
Warsaw
Detroit Boy Jimmy Sarchet Dies After Morse Code Struggle
Jimmy Sarchet a paralyzed Detroit boy who used Morse code taps with his mother to communicate died Friday after a rapid decline from an incurable illness. His mother Mrs. Fred Sarcher said he stayed cheerful, kept up school work, wrote letters and hoped to play piano and saxophone again.
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Detroit
Jimmy Sarchet
Fred Sarcher
Jimmy
Ocean Test For Atomic Bomb Likely In Pacific In Spring
The atomic bomb is expected to have its ocean test in a remote Pacific region next spring. Truman urged an early joint army navy test on warships to guide defense planning and funding, with preparations possibly taking up to five months.
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Pacific
Washington
White House
Truman
Army
Navy
Mr. Truman
Barkley Considers Resigning From Pearl Harbor Inquiry
Senate majority leader Barkley says he may resign from the Pearl Harbor committee if his obligations to the senate outweigh duties to the panel. The move follows the committee’s legal staff requesting relief, with Rep Gearhart urging broader testimony from enlisted men involved in the 1941 attack.
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Washington
Barkley
D-Ky
Pearl Harbor
Senate
William D. Mitchell
Rep. Gearhart
R-Calif
Calif
Hawaii
Gearhart
Senate-House Committee
Californian
Leonard T. Gerow
Army
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