Greek forces clash as government probes outlaw bid
Fighting intensifies in Konitsa Koannina area as Greek troops press toward Bourozani bridge guarding Ioannina line. Guerrillas use artillery and mortars to block reinforcements. Brig. Constantine Dovas wounded at Konitsa. relief forces rush in. Government plans to outlaw the Communist party advance amid reports of a rival Greek state. US aid controversy grows as Sophoulis praises army effort.
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Athens
Konitsa-Koannina
Greece
Communist Party
Ioannina
Bourozani
Konitsa
Assimaskis
Macedonia
Constantine Dovas
Third Army
Kalpaki
Koannina
Albania
Coordinating Council
Themistokles Sophoulis
United States
Karl Rankin
Agrinjon
Markos Villace
Geece
U. S
Sophoulis
Major Sentenced for Accepting Gifts in Army Contracts
Yokohama reports Maj. Frank A. Kotches of Stamford Conn received a general court martial sentence of three years at hard labor. Kotches, formerly procurement officer for the Hiroshima military government, was accused of accepting eye gifts from Japanese to influence army contracts.
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Yokohama
Army Department
Frank A. Kotches
Stamford
Conn
Weather Outlook for La Crosse and Vicinity
Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with no significant temperature change. Low tonight 16, high Sunday 30.
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la Crosse
Alfaro cites three U.S. errors in Panama base deal
Former Panama foreign minister Ricardo J. Alfaro, who quit the cabinet, accused the United States State Department of three fundamental errors in negotiating the defense-base agreement. He said the pact stretched Panama's sovereignty, failed to state its expiration, and sought to turn a wartime base arrangement into a permanent instrument. He noted U.S. troop withdrawal is underway and called the assembly’s rejection a reaffirmation of Panama’s national sentiment.
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Panama
Ricardo J. Alfaro
State Department
United States
Panamanian National Assembly
Alfaro
Assembly
Students Riot In Turkey Force Rector Resignation
Rioting students estimated at five thousand in Ankara disrupted the university. Police and troops blocked the Soviet embassy as crowds forced Rector Shefket Aziz Kansu to resign for alleged leftist leanings.
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Ankara
Shefket Aziz Kansu
Istanbul
Britain Could Take Mediator Role in Stop Russia Drive
The British cabinet plans to study a plan by Foreign Secretary Bevin that could shift Britain from a postwar mediator stance toward a stop Russia partnership with the United States. Observers note Bevin resents Soviet Molotov’s charges of imperialism but may avoid a showdown that disrupts Big Four talks.
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Britain
Russia
London
Ernest Bevin
United States
Bevin
V. M. Molotov
Germany
Foreign Office
No Sensation In Trader List
Washington officials of the agriculture department aim to add 71 public officials to a forthcoming listing of traders in wheat. The 1,240 names active in wheat futures in Chicago on April 30 1946 were released last night but yielded no new congressional leads.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Chicago
Dwin W. Pauley
Secretary of the Army
Senate Appropriations Committee
Pauley
Navy
J. M. Mehl
Commodity Exchange
Anderson
Italian Reds Mobilize Against De Gasperi Government
Communists mobilized their forces across Italy to challenge Premier Alcide de Gasperi's cabinet. The leftist press praised Greece's free government while L Unita attacked Pope Pius XII's Christmas Eve speech as violent.
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Rome
Italy
Alcide de Gasperi
Greece
L’unita
Pope Pius XII
Soviet Recognition of New Greek State Predicted
Congressional members forecast Moscow will recognize a new independent communist state in northern Greece. They warn this could trigger a larger Greek aid package, with Rep. Nixon estimating up to 400 million dollars. The move follows Markos Vifiades declaring a northern communist state and Athens police arresting 454 people in a Red conspiracy case.
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Congress
Russia
Greece
Mediterranean
Rep
Nixon
R-Calif
Turkey
Teague
D-Tex
Moscow
Markos Vifiades
Athens
Stylianos Gonatas
Rep. Jonkman
R-Mich
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Rep. Engel
Appropriations Committee
America
Engel Decla
Escaped Convict Walks Into Milwaukee Police Trap
Roman Roy Franken, 22, who escaped over the Waupun state prison walls, was captured at his mother's Milwaukee home after police watched the residence. A car believed stolen at Waupun was found abandoned near Richfield as authorities intensified the search. Franken, sentenced for armed assault and burglary, had reportedly climbed a rain spout and used a rope to reach the outer wall before freedom. He was recaptured early today.
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Milwaukee
Roman
Roy) Franken
Waupun
Franken
Detective Bureau
Richfield
Here
Wall Towers
John C. Burke
Federal Prison Warden Appointed Michigan Corrections Chief
Lansing Mich A4 Joseph W Sanford warden of the federal penitentiary at Atlanta Ga was named Michigan s new corrections commissioner by Governor Kim Sigler. He reorganizes the state prison and parole system under a November law and elevates Garrett Heyns as director of the new division of prisons and industries and Ralph Hall Ferris as director of the new division of pardons paroles and probation.
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Lansing
Mich
Joseph W. Sanford
Federal
Atlanta
Michigan
Kim Sigler
Sigler
Garrett Heyns
Division of Prisons and Industries
Ralph Hall Ferris
Fires Rage In Storm Area
Spectacular fires struck Portland Maine Philadelphia and York Pennsylvania as New York City endured record snow 25.8 inches with the fire department on full alert. Portland battled a coal plant blaze and a Grand Trunk rail yard fire with a toppled loading tower. damage around 225000 dollars. Philadelphia saw a pre dawn warehouse interior destroyed while York suffered a large lumber yard fire at Home Furniture company spreading to a planing mill with damages about 100000 dollars. Fire crews from York and West York contained the York blaze in two and a half hours under Fire Commissioner Frank J. Quayle's report that New York's force remained on duty for the emergency.
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Philadelphia
York
New York City
Union Wharf
Grand Trunk Railway
Home Furniture Company
Planing
West York
New York
Frank J. Quayle
New England
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Washington, D. C
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Marshall Named To Supervise Stop Gap Aid
Secretary of State Marshall has been named by President Truman to supervise expenditure of 522 million dollars in stoppage aid for France, Austria and Italy. The aid mainly covers food fuel and living necessities to carry the nations through the winter. The White House order also authorizes Marshall to direct use of 18 million dollars allotted for China.
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Washington
Marshall
Truman
France
Austria
Italy
White House
China
Philadelphia Faces Acute Oil Shortage
Philadelphia faces a severe oil shortage threatening to close the gas works and cut gas for over 500,000 industrial and home customers. Reed called the crisis the most serious in 50 years as oil on hand dwindled to 7 million gallons from an annual need of 115 million.
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Phildelphia
Philadelphia
Reed
Rescue Efforts For Stranded Women And Children In Snow
Police and fire crews broke a frozen trail to reach women and children marooned by a record snowstorm. Emergency teams aided by coffee and food, with shelters set up in precinct stations for refugees along Route 1 between Elizabeth and Jersey City. The Long Branch weather observer reported 30 inches of snow, the deepest in the northeast.
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Newark
N. J
John Haller
Elizabeth
Jersey City
Haller
Long Branch
U. S. Weather Bureau
Voluntary Rationing Of Oil Urged By City Dealers
La Crosse oil dealers meeting with Mayor Beranek urged voluntary rationing as the winter worsens. They face high demand, limited deliveries, and rising costs while appealing to Washington and railroad heads for aid.
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la Crosse
C. A. Beranek
Washington
Beranek
E. H. Woehrmann
Ciiamber of Commerce
PUEL
49 Dead Or Missing In Typhoon s Wake
Manila reports toll at 49 dead or missing after the December typhoon the Kina sank in Samar sea during Christmas night. Thirty two aboard the Kina were not accounted for with eleven killed in Laguna and other damage across Laguna Cavite Manila and Samar. Communications remain disrupted delaying full casualty tally.
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Kine
Philippines
Kina
Samar Sea
Laguna
Laguna Bay
Cavite
Santa Cruz
Catbalogan
Samar
Explosions and Shootings Hit Jerusalem District
An explosion followed by rifle fire struck the Qatamon district of Jerusalem. Police said eight armed Jews were cornered inside a building and an injured man lay in the street under crossfire. Earlier, an Arab was killed and two wounded in a moonlight attack on Silwan on Jerusalem's southeast outskirts.
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Jerusalem
Qatamonî
Silwan
Ten Die As Mexican Cold Wave Hits Capital
Police report ten deaths and over one hundred hospitalizations from a three day cold wave in the Mexico City area. The city recorded its coldest December 26 on record with 30 degrees Fahrenheit. Snow and hail carved through Coahuila and Durango as temperatures were expected to rise slightly today.
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Mexico City
Coahuila
Durango
Roach Plans Quit From Wisconsin State Service
John W. Roach, chief of the beverage tax division and longtime anti gambling law enforcer, will leave state service after year start for a role in the liquor industry. He cites salary dissatisfaction and stalled job reclassification as factors. Roach, earning 5460 annually, has held the post about 12 years amid prior legislative conflicts over his division’s transfer and pay. Louis Milan also resigns from the lobbying post. State Treasurer John Sonderegger says no confirmation of Roach retirement, but rumors persist.
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Tribune
Madison
Wis
John W. Roach
Wisconsin
State
Roach
State Board of Personnel
Wisconsin Wine and Spirits Institute
Milwaukee
Louis Milan
State Tax Commission
State Treasury
John Sonderegger
Roath
AP Index Reaches New High on Friday
The Associated Press wholesale price index for 35 commodities rose to 207.32 on Friday from 205.13 the prior week and 168.72 a year earlier. Livestock prices led gains with hog, cattle and lamb components hitting 255.30, up from 241.96. declines occurred in hides, oxen, flour, butter, corn, wheat, oats, rye and cotton.
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New York
Associated Press
Noisy Town Is Ghostly Quiet After Storm
New York endures a record 25.8 inch snowfall paralyzing transit and emptying streets. Mayor O'Dwyer returns from California as city workers struggle to restore services and many seek shelter during a crisis that halts buses, subways, and ferries.
Truck Overturns Kill 21 Skiers in Italy Crash
An ANSA dispatch from Milan reports a truck carrying 50 skiers from Mount Primo ran off a road near Rome, killing 21 occupants and injuring the remaining 29, some seriously.
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Rome
ANSA
Milan
Mount Primo
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