Molotov Leaves Path Open for Big Four Peace Talks
In New York the Big Four set a Moscow timetable to finish German and Austrian peace drafts. Molotov tentatively blocks Byrnes invite to China but yields on deputy hearings for small nations. Paris session February 10 will sign five satellite treaties without Byrnes.
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V. M.molotov
Big Four
Foreign Ministers Council
Moscow
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Austria
Niente
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James F. Thrnes
Europe
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Iivite
Cdntret Council
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Moletes
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Blum Installed as Interim French Government Leader
Paris December 12 Leon Blum 74 was elected president premier of the interim French government to serve until mid January. He won about 57 votes short of the 319 needed for an absolute majority and faces shaping a cabinet and program with broad party cooperation.
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Paris
Leon Blum
Rational Assembly
Blum
United States
France
Socialist Party
Truman overhauls war emergency setup and housing posts
President Truman abolished the war mobilization and reconversion office and created a new Office of Temporary Controls led by Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming to oversee remaining functions of OPA OWMA and others. John Steelman becomes assistant to the President, while Raymond Foley and Frank Reedon take housing posts. The move keeps rent and sugar controls and sets March 31 as the expiry for CPA powers with possible extensions by Congress.
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President Blames Delays on Strikes and War Agency Reforms
President Truman blamed strikes for delaying end of the wartime emergency and announced a revamp of war agencies. He outlined three forthcoming messages to Congress including a state of the union, a budget message, and a third report from the economic advisory council. He indicated no tax talk yet and pressed for production to sustain national income, with lawmakers weighing labor legislation and budget cuts amid postwar fiscal worries.
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State of the Union
United States
Truman
Capitol Hill
House Committee On
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Capitol
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D-Va
Byrd
Virginia
Tehran envoy calls Azeri capitulation a victory for Iran and UN
United States ambassador George Allen said in Tehran that the capitulation of the Azerbaijan regime is a victory for both Iran and the United Nations. He answered a reporter's question today during his visit.
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Tehran
Iran
George Allen
United States
Azerbaijan
United Nations
Rooks Nominated as UNRRA Director General
Washington December 12 1945 Mai ne Lowell W. Rooks American was nominated to succeed Fiorello LaGuardia December 31 as director general of UNRRA.
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Maine
Lowell W. Rooks
Tos
Fiorello LaGuardia
UNRRA
Trouble Electing a Mayor in Rome
Rome reports a political storm as the Social Democrat councilman elected mayor resigns amid a city junta dispute. Democrats and the people section clash over participation as turmoil spreads from local to national government.
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Rome
Youth awards highlight Douglas County 4-H event
The ceremony features Mrs Ike leading special awards with cartoons. Donald Howard Douglas county F.FLAS secretary Calvin Flory FLF.A treasurer and Lester Ety vocational agriculture supervisor attend to present honors. 4-H representatives include Jean Morgar Lois Butte Cod and J Harohi Ji.
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Ike Magic
Ving Afeas
Donald Howard
Douglas County
F.flas
Calvin Flory
Douglas Cos
Flf.a
Lester Ety
Tope Wil le
P.fla
Jean Morgar
Lois Butte
Ier
Eight Die In Ice House Fire Collapse In New York
In Manhattan's upper west side an abandoned ice house fire collapsed a five story wall into a tenement. Police and rescuers pulled four bodies initially with more feared trapped beneath debris. Authorities cited unknown cause and questioned a nearby four to ten year old child.
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Manhattan
Upper West Side
Love's
Marshall Thomas P. Brophy
West Tity Street
Chivken
Missing Marine Transport Plane Sought After 32 Marines vanish
In Toledo Washington a search for a Marine Corps transport plane with 32 aboard shifted to the mountainous area east of town after farmer James Ruland reported spotting a green flare around 10 p m last night. Flooding streams and heavy rain slowed efforts and weather grounded all but one search plane. The last radio contact was 4 13 p m Tuesday near Toledo en route from San Diego to Seattle with three crew and 29 Marines aboard.
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Marine Corps
Here
James Ruland
State Patrol
Chehalis
Ruland
Sar. Diego
Calif
Seattle
Lawrence Milling back to full flour production after contract settlement
After eight days of halted production workers quit over a new contract dispute. A settlement between the Lawrence Milling Company and the union was reached yesterday restoring full flour production. Samson Electric Irons $9.05. Miller Furniture.-Adv.
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Lawrence Milling Company
Office of Price Control Wound Up in Lawrence After War
The Lawrence price control office closed after wartime activity with staff reductions. William Wetzel and Mrs Grace Flowers led the effort as quotas and rents were moved to the Ora Regional Issuance Unit in Dallas. The office began in a courthouse basement in 1941 and moved several times as personnel and workloads grew, eventually consolidating under OPA postwar reforms.
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Lawrence Price
Rema
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Fice
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Paul Lyons
Lawrence National Bank
Loti
George Wetzel
Miss Klock
Terry
OPA
Ora
Fidelity Building
Dallas
Tex
Cold Air Mass Moves Southeast Across Kansas and Midwest
A Canadian cold air mass swept from Lake Superior to Kansas and the Continental Divide and toward the southeast. Northern North Dakota saw temperatures four to nine below zero as the blast spread through the north central states. The U. S. Weather Bureau expected the cold spell to last about 10 days with some moderation this weekend. A broad rain belt stretched from Missouri to Wisconsin and from eastern Kansas to eastern Pennsylvania, while snow fell in the northern Rocky Mountain region.
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Stolen 1937 Chevrolet Recovered In Topeka
A 1937 Chevrolet coach stolen from Richard Wiley at 829 Mississippi Street after 9 last night was recovered in Topeka today. Topeka police traced the case via a Lawrence radio report and found the automobile on a side street this afternoon, relaying the information back to Lawrence.
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Lawrence
Christmas plans labeled tentative at Independence
Washington December 12 tentative plans show President Truman Mrs Truman and Margaret will eat their Christmas turkey in private at Independence Missouri.
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Washington
Truman
Mrs. Truman
Margaret
Inder Mo
Communist Troops Readied for Strike Along Sungari
Peiping reports government says over 100 Chinese Communist forces are deployed along the Sungari River front from Bongan toward the south ready to strike. The move follows battlefield reports and aims to pressure opposing forces as tensions rise in the region.
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Peiping
Government Oday
Sungari
Bongan
Car Crash Fatal Near Bethany Hospital Victims Identified
A two car collision near Lubbock left Harvey W and Abeey in Bethany hospital with severe injuries. Maurice Chan, 21, of Kansas City, was an amputee passenger. Chandler, a clerk for Kansas City Kansas gas works, survived with crushed chest and head injuries. The Venice car driver Edwards struck by the other vehicle near the scene.
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Seteria
Yelton
Esker
Harvey
Springs
Bethany Hospital
Venice
Kansas City
Kansas
Hard Freeze With Cold Night Forecast For Kansas
Federal meteorologist S D Flora predicts a hard freeze across Kansas tonight ending a 12 day warm spell. Temperatures range from 10 degrees in the northwest to 25 in the southeast with light snow flurries possible and clearing skies tomorrow. Rainfall totals across the state vary, with Willard 2.08 inches, other stations reporting lower amounts while Holton and Wichita record higher readings.
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S. D. Flora
Fedoral
Kansas
Flora
Willard
Har
Marron
Newton Ca
Cuotmneil Grove Hall
Hermeton
Coetten
Plane Not Missing. Pilot Forgot to Report Landing
A CP-A 25 twin engine bomber reported missing on a Mojave to Mines field flight landed safely at 1 PM yesterday. An Army Air Force statement said an oversight by the pilot left the landing not closed at Muroc field, Riverside's Marchfield was not advised. Names of the pilot and passengers were not disclosed.
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Muroc Air Base
Mojave Desert
Mines Field
Los Angeles
Muroe Field
Army Air Force
Marchfield
Riverside
Calif
Planning School Plant and Site for Future Needs
A discussion outlines considering building a school plant with cost, site selection, and timing. It emphasizes balancing finance with district ability to pay, retaining and improving existing facilities, and delaying new construction due to material costs while seeking public input and civic group engagement.
Churchill paints bleak India outlook at Commons
London dispatch reports Churchill described India as torn by strife and bloodshed as the British plan for independence unfolds. He joined Sir Stafford Cripps in appealing for an end to violent propaganda amid Indian political rivalries.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
India
Stafford Cripps
Weather Outlook For Kansas Tonight And Friday
Kansas clears and cools tonight with a very cold frame. Eastern two thirds fall to near 20s while west drops to around 25 in the southeast. Friday promises fair skies and continued cold conditions.
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