Cold Weather Grips Upper Mississippi Region
Sub zero temperatures spread from Chicago to the upper Mississippi region with La Crosse expecting 10 below zero Sunday morning. Forecasters warned of strong winds and continuing plummeting temps through Sunday as a broad winter storm disrupted transportation and caused two deaths.
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Mississippi River
la Crosse
A. D. Sanial
Samal
Chicago
North Pole
North Dakota
Minnesota
Ilinois
Kentucky
Tennessee
Atlantic
Virginia
North Carolina
North Atlantic
Broadus
Mont. Oe
Chicago Weather Bureau
California
Florida
Buffalo
N. Y
Weather Bureau
Local Weather Fair Then Very Cold Sunday
Local forecast shows fair conditions with continued very cold temperatures into Sunday. Highs reach five to ten degrees above zero in the afternoon as a cold snap lingers.
Doctor’s 24-Year Deer Quest Ends With First Kill
In Montgomery Alabama Dr B J Lewis a 72 year old retired surgeon finally bags a 4 point 110 pound buck after 24 years of persistent hunting He plans to serve the deer at a Christmas dinner for 25 children and grandchildren in the family generated by his long pursuit.
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Montgomery
Ala
B. J. Lewis
Mass mother charged with beating infant to death
Mrs Rose Carlan 23 mother of six months Ronald Carlan was held without bail on a charge that she assaulted and beat the infant to murder. The crowded Chelsa district court heard the charge as the baby’s body was found under a china closet at the parents home. A hearing was set for Dec 24 with no formal plea entered.
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Chelsa
Mass
Rose Carlan
Ronald Carlan
Chelsa District Court
Stephen White
John W. McLeod
Socialists Call For Lifting Of Immigration Barriers
The Socialist party national executive committee urged removing immigration barriers and immediate Congressional action on the UNRRA 1946 relief appropriation. It backed regulations needed by war and consular disruption be removed and urged Congress to act after a careful survey to enable America to practice race hospitality it preaches abroad.
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Madison
Wis
National Executive Committee
The
Socialist Party
Congress
America
Molotov Seeks Groundwork for Big Three Talks in Moscow
In Moscow Molotov meets with James Byrnes and Ernest Bevin as preparations mount for the three foreign ministers conference set to open on Monday. Azeri autonomy, atomic energy dominate agenda while Bevin arrives after a stormy flight and holds talks with Soviet officials.
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Moscow
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
United States
James F. Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
Izvestia
Pravda
Red Star
Berlin
Bevin
A. J. Vishinsky
Great Britain
Molotov
Vinshinsky
Archibald Clark Kerr
Alexander Cadogan
Byrnes
Tehran
Iran
William Reader Bullard
John D. Jernigan
U. S
Azerbaijan
Spasso House
W. Averell
CAA Officers to Inspect La Crosse Airport Monday
The Chicago regional CAA will inspect La Crosse’s new French Island municipal airport Monday. E. H. Erickson said Robert B. Ely lighting engineer and William Goodfrey regional aeronautics engineer travel to La Crosse, arriving 2:35 p.m. on the Milwaukee railroad, escorted by the city aviation board. Members include Frank Sisson Aldermen Walter Roth James Durland and Harold Ecg.
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Chicago
The
Civil Aeronautics Administration
la Crosse
French Island
E. H. Erickson
City Aviation Board
Robert B. Ely
Ely
William Goodfrey
Milwaukee Railroad
Erickson
Aviation Board
Frank Sisson
Walter T. Roth
James Durland
Harold Ecg
UAW Appeals to Britain to Intercede in GM Dispute
The UAW-CIO urges British Labour government to intercede as GM profits become central to wage talks. Thomas cites Britain’s GM stock holdings and asks Attlee to signal to GM that profits are shared by workers and owners amid a 30 percent wage demand and pending Truman fact finding hearings.
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Labor Government of
Britain
Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Matare Sarmaration
PVD LVI VI
Tives
R. J. Thomas
Uaw-Cio
Laborite
Clement Attlee
General Motors
Foreign Office
Thomas
Washington
Charles Campbell
British Information Service
Campbell
American Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Great Britain
General Motors Corporation
Attlee
Truman
Corporation Silent
Chrysler Corporation
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Union
Cruiser Boise Story Denied in Pearl Harbor Inquiry
Navy report says the U S cruiser Boise never came closer than 1400 miles to the Japanese task force that attacked Hawaii on December 7 1941. Hearings show bipartisan bickering as Gerow Marshall and Dewey code cracking and secrecy prompts are questioned.
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Pearl Harbor
Navy
U. S
Boise
Hawaii
Lucas (Dill
Thomas E. Dewey
Japan
Lucas
Leonard T. Gerow
George C. Marshall
Dewey
Marshall
Congress
United States Chosen Permanent Home for UN
The United States won a roll call vote 30 to 14 to be the permanent home of the United Nations, with six abstentions. The decision follows European-site opposition and Canada moving to make the vote unanimous for the U S location. Adlai Stevenson urged no hard feelings as the United States takes the lead.
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United States
United Nations Organization
Preparatory Commission
World Peace Agency
General Assembly
Canada
Europe
Philip J. Noel Baker
Baker
Adlai Stevenson
U. S
Jina
Australia
Bolivia
Brazil
Russia
Chile
China
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
Dominican Republic
Egypt
el Salvador
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
India
Three Children Die As Train Hits Car
A Grand Trunk express plowed into a stalled auto four miles south of Charlotte Michigan, killing three children Betty 15 Sharon 6 and Robert 2 and injuring three others saved by their mother Mrs Harold Root of Carmel Township Eaton County on a Christmas shopping trip. The accident occurred less than a mile from the Root home and wreckage mixed with Christmas packages.
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Charlotte
Mich
Grand Trunk Railroad Mail
Here
Harold Root
Carmel Township
Eaton County
Betty
Sharon
Robert
500000 More Business Concerns Predicted
Secretary of Commerce Wallace forecast a net rise of about 500000 business concerns in the United States by end of 1947. He said most growth will occur in retail and service sectors with some expansion in construction while the current firm failure rate remains low and a higher mortality rate is expected for new firms.
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Washington
Wallace
United States
Indiana Blue Baby to Johns Hopkins for Operation
Michigan City Indiana seven month old Janice Marie Hayden known as Blue Baby heads to Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore to be examined December 18 for an operation similar to one performed recently on Judy Hackman of Buckley Washington The child travels with Nurse Thelma Fisch and her parents Mr and Mrs Ray Hayden by special railroad accommodations lasting until the exam.
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Michigan City
Ind
Janice Marie Hayden
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Judy Hackman
Buckley
Wash
Thelma Fisch
Ray Hayden
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chandler B Chapman Dies in Madison Pioneer Family
Chandler B Chapman aged 75 longtime Madison real estate and abstract worker dies Saturday. He was part of a pioneer Madison family and son of the late Gen. Chandler P Chapman who served as adjutant of Wisconsin from 1881 to 1889.
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Madison
Wis
Chandler B. Chapman
Chandler P
Wisconsin
Charge Homma Refused Quarter To Americans
Lieut. Gen. Masaharu Homma, already accused of permitting the Bataan death march, was charged with refusing quarter when General Wainwright offered surrender on May 6, 1942. The arraignment was postponed one day. Homma will be arraigned Wednesday and face a life tribunal on January 7 for killing and wounding U.S. troops on Corregidor and other Manila Bay islands.
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Masaharu Homma
Bataan
Wainwright
U. S. Army
Philippines
Homma
Corregidor
Manila Bay
United States
Marshall Seeks Peace In China
President Truman outlines Gen. George C. Marshall's goal to end Civil War hostilities and push for a broad united China. He seeks a multi faction conference to form a permanent national government and ties U S aid to progress toward peace and unity. Marshall flies to Chungking with a confidential instruction letter. Chiang Kai-shek vows a united free China amid ongoing factional struggles.
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Truman
George C. Marshall
China
Pacific
Marshall
Chungking
White House
Peiping
Indonesian Army May Attack Nationalists in Java
The British indicated the Indonesian peace army may be deployed at full strength against Nationalist patriots in western Java. Army Chief Arosdji reportedly urged strong action, with evidence of Nationalist activity east of Batavia and around Bandoeng while TKR units cooperate with British authorities.
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Batavia
Java
Indonesian People's Peace Army
TKA
Arosdji
Bandoeng
End of State Shinto Is Ordered by MacArthur
General MacArthur ordered state Shinto abolished to end compulsory religious ideology in Japan. The plan removes government support, purges militaristic doctrine from Shinto, and bars Shinto from schools while affirming equal legal status for all creeds. Shrines with real religious following may operate on voluntary contributions. The emperor remains a spiritual head.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
U. S. Department
Ken R. Dyke
Japan
Ex-Premier Konoye Takes Poison to End Life
Prince Fumimero Konoye Japan's former premier, aged 54, died by poison at his Tokyo home rather than face surrender as a suspected war criminal. Princess Konoye found him at 6 am with a poison vial nearby. American guards sealed the Sugamo area as trials of war criminals were slated to begin soon in Yokohama.
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Japan
MacArthur
Tokyo
Prince Fumimero Konoye
Konoye
Sugamo
U. S
Walter Livingston
Council Bluffs
Jay M. Evans
Lima
Ohio
China
Chiang Kaishek
Italy
Germany
Hideki Tojo
Pearl Harbor
Story
Roosevelt
Asahi
Konove
Saburo Kurusu
Washington
United States
Viscount Masatoshi Okachi
Riken Industries
Tojo
Count Tadamsa Saki
Abe
Shigeo Odate
Singapore
Loiso
Takuo Godo
Hiroshi Oshima
Berlin
Joseph B. Keenan
Bar of Justice
Keenan
Yokohama Court House
Robert V. Laughlin
U.S. 8Th Army
Training ends for WAC at Fort Des Moines
The women's Army Corps training program closed officially Saturday as Fort Des Moines, Iowa, ends its role as a training center.
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Fort Des Moines
Women's Army Corps
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