Macon Hero Pilot and Operator Safely Evacuate Lanier Hotel Blaze
In Macon Georgia a Army pilot Lieutenant Robert L Smithy and switchboard operator Marjorie Bishop guided more than 70 people to safety as flames swept the Lanier hotel killing 25 rooms damaged and evacuating almost 300 guests. Three people sustained minor injuries. Police and investigators probed arson as a possible cause while the city ponders fire safety ordinances.
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Macon
Lanier
Jerry Hudson
Hudson
Atlanta
Robert L. Smithy
Associated Press
Robbins Army Air Field
Trene Smithy
Smithy
Marjorie Bishop
Lila
Georgia
Truman Heads to Missouri for Christmas Yuletide
President Truman flies to Missouri to spend Christmas with his family and expresses hope that 1947 will bring world peace. He arrives in Kansas City after dawn from Washington, greeting reporters, with Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughan and Mrs. Martha Truman among those accompanying. He plans a family dinner in Independence and visits his 94-year-old mother on Christmas Day.
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Washington
Truman Washington
Missouri
Kansas City
Airpor
Harry H. Vaughan
Misa
Rose Conway
Louis Trutman
Louis Truman
South Lawn
Shire House
Anthe
Jruman
Independence
Eas
Trugad
Margaret
Wallaces
Truman
Martha E. Truman
Mary Jane Truman
J. Vivian Truman
Simas St
Herz Ho Veughan
al Mo
Ship Abandoned After Gale Splits Northeastern
A Simile gale forced the Captain and six crew members of the U S freighter Northeastern to abandon ship as it broke in two. Four fireboats rescued 38 crew and seamen. The vessel settled on treacherous Goodwin Sands near the Strait of Dover, with wreckage and huge breakers reported. The Northeastern was an American ship, and rescue efforts continued as the storm raged.
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Deis
England
U. S
Northeastern
Goodwin Bancs
J. Kostrons
News
Northeastern Victory
Strait of Dove
Newspaperman's Club In Philadelphia Burns
A two alarm fire destroyed the Pen and Pencil club in Philadelphia, the nation's oldest newspapermen's club, gutting the first floor and damaging the second. No injuries were reported, and damage estimates were not available.
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Newspaperman’s Club
Philadelphia
Pen and Pencil Club
Homeless New Year Faced By Disaster Survivors
Fifty seven survivors of the tenement collapse that killed 37 people in Manhattan face a homeless New Year two weeks after the disaster. The Manhattan Towers offered the seventh floor free until Jan. 1, supplying soap and towels. As the year ends many have no housing and rooms they occupy are being rented to others, leaving them with nowhere to go.
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New Yorix
Den
Manhattan Towers
Christmas Rescue Marathon Brings Nancy Home For Christmas
In Hammond Indiana 14 year old Nancy Freeman confined to an iron lung for infantile paralysis was brought home to open presents after the Hammond lodge of the Elis club funded a $1800 iron lung and the Calumet region police halted traffic for a six mile dash from St. Catherine’s hospital to the Freeman residence. An ambulance led the way racing the 15 minute limit many times during the trip. Nancy was installed in her front room with minutes to spare and the Christmas tree awaiting.
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Hammond
Ind
Nancy Freeman
Nancy
St. Catherine's Hospital
East
Chicago
Frank Freeman
Dad Kills Baby in St Louis Slaying Confession
Clarence R. Manaker a 24 year old bus driver confessed to police that he struck his four month old daughter Patricia Jean causing her death after she woke and cried. He was jailed on suspected homicide and to face a coroner's inquest scheduled for tomorrow.
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St, Louis
Clarence R. Manaker
Manaker
Patricia Jean
Manswer
Christmas Burglary at Colonial Bakery in Oklahoma City
Thieves stole a safe from the Colonial Bakery facility in Oklahoma City on Christmas night. Officials say the safe held $100 to $150 in petty cash and several thousand dollars in stocks and government bonds.
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Oklahoma City
iPi
Dallas Couples Tie Knot On Christmastide Plan
Fifty four Dallas couples bought marriage licenses from Deputy County Clerk O H Cross et who worked late to accommodate them. The couples planned to marry today so their anniversaries would coincide with Christmas.
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Dallas
O. H. Crossett
Murciers
Christaing
Joy Too Great, Man Falls Dead at Christmas Party
Floyd Mann, 50, a Whit ing Paper Co temporary worker with few ties, cried during the companys annual Christmas party in Chicago. He explained the emotion of never having attended such a party before, then died of a heart attack while presenting gifts.
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Chicago
Dee
Floyd Mann
Mann
Whiting Paper Company
Joe Mann
Presenta
Grandfather Escapes Jail Over Granddaughter’s Doll
In Astoria Oregon on December 25 Grandfather William Ellis Evang faced justice court for stealing a doll meant for his granddaughter. Public Prosecutor Garnet L Green offered to cover costs. Judge J W Pietarail suspended a $25 fine as Ellis claimed poverty and desire to please his granddaughter.
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Astoria
Ore
William Ellis’ Evang
Williams
Justice Court
Garnet. L. Green
J. W. Pietarail
Archbishop’s Christmas Message Echoes Peace and Joy
London’s Christmas record marks Britain’s happiest season since 1938 as Archbishop of Canterbury urges humility to receive Christ’s peace and joy amid Europe’s harsh times. His press message highlights Christ’s gift of peace and the nation’s widespread services under mild, green skies.
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London
Canterbury
Britain
Auch
Europe
Christ
Three gunmen rob Los Angeles jewelry store at midnight
Police said three gunmen robbed a Los Angeles jewelry store after midnight during Christmas shopping season. The bandits took diamonds and cash totaling about $4 100 and fled as the store remained open late for last minute shoppers.
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Los Angeles
Pilgrims Pack Bethlehem for Christmas Ceremony
About 30,000 worshippers including thousands of British troops gathered in Bethlehem for the Christmas rite at the Nativity grotto. A power failure after a truck crash darkened the church for half an hour as police kept guards along the road amid tensions in the Holy Land.
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Bethlehem
Holy Land
Manger Grotto
Lovis Barlasaina
Jesus
Manger
Diamond Returned From Hen Gizzard Reveals Christmas Gift
Mrs. Willa Reubert recovered a diamond from the gizzard of a hen she was preparing for Christmas dinner, the finds following a year-old loan of the ring. The incident occurred in Los Angeles on Christmas Day.
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Los Angeles
Willa Reubert
Tragedy Strikes In East St. Louis Christmas Eve
Police report a father Benjamin Franklin Dennison 40 a laundry checker killed his two daughters 8 Leanna Marie and 6 Loretta May then shot himself in the head at their East St. Louis home. Evidence notes drinking at a tavern and escalating calls from relatives preceding the slaughter.
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East ST. Louis
Til
St. Louis
Benjamin Franklin Dennison
Leanna Marie
Dennison
Loretta May
Gladys Dennison
Donnigan
Anna Marie Mann
Three Die in Christmas Highway Crash on Oklahoma Route
Three persons died and at least two were critically hurt in Christmas morning crashes on Oklahoma highways. A July 25 highway patrol report identified Obie Darnley Donaldson 30 Chickasha Herbert Wales 26 Rush Springs and Lorene Brewer 20 Chickasha Eales as victims of a state highway 41 crash nine miles east of Union City. Josephine Jeasie Vernon 41 Chickasha survived with leg injuries. A separate incident injured Sadie McDonald 46 Gladewater Texas and Douglas J. McDonald 60 near Sentinole. Ten occupants in Chickasha area cars survived without serious injuries.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Union City
Oklahoma City
State Highway Patrol
Obie Darnley Donaldson
Chickasha
Herbert Wales
Route One
Rush Springs
Loren
Capitol Hill
Yanieab
Sadie McDonald
Gladewater
Tex
Oklo
Highway Patrol
Douglas J. McDonald
Cleveland
Olja
Sentinole
Jeheteara
Spa
Dallas Big Yule Day Blaze Threatens City Block
Firemen fought a 100000 dollar blaze in downtown Dallas that destroyed a three story storage garage near the Baptist bookstore and the Calis art building. The fire began around 9 am and caused extensive damage but no injuries were reported.
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Dallas
Tex
Der
B. C. Hilton
Baptist
Texasa
Gnimee
Coisical
Bell
Patterson Sees Peace Progress in Christmas Broadcast
Secretary of War Patterson said in a Christmas broadcast that the world is making definite progress toward lasting peace. He noted gains since earlier decades and urged hospitals to support the Christmas peace and goodwill as an enduring principle.
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Washington
Robert P Patterson
America
Pratterson
Two Injured In Auto Crash Near Fort Sill
A 27 year old Lawton man held after a late Tuesday crash near Fort Sill left two injured. Ada L. Chandler 40 treated at Southwestern hospital with possible skull fracture. Sgt Daniel Gostodorsii Fort Sill suffered severe injuries and back damage and was admitted to a Fort Sill hospital.
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Lawton
Fort Sill
Ada L. Chandler
Lee
Southwestern Hospital
Daniel Gostodorsii
John Peter Groves
Summit
Fort Sill Gate 2
U. S. Highway 277
Samuel Monroe Thompson
Tol McKinley
Red Arthur
Lawton Man Shot In Bar Near Death
Lawton 25 year old David O K Jones was critically wounded by a single pistol shot at Hob Nob bar delivering a blow to his stomach. Police arrested G C Crowley who had called Jones on the telephone last night and said he believed Jones was seeking him. Blam, a beer parlor employee, heard the shot and turned over a 32 caliber pistol to officers.
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Lawton
Bilal
David O. K. Jones
G. C. Crowley
Crowley
Ed Gartrell
Jones
A. F. Blam
Blam
British Envoy To Spain Departs For London Today
Sir Victor Mallet the British ambassador to Spain left Madrid for London today without comment. He was seen off by the Duke of Alba and Prologo's foreign ministry chief. The departure aligns with a United Nations resolution for withdrawing leading diplomats from Madrid.
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Madrid
Victor Mallet
Spain
London
Duke of Alba
Foreign Ministry
Prologo
Latirens
Vicker World Senye
United Nations
Missing Western Air Lines aircraft in fog over Laguna mountains
A Western Air Lines airliner with 12 aboard vanished in fog above the Laguna mountains near San Diego. Searchers found reports of a nighttime fire and planned dawn ascents aided by navy and coast guard planes. Crew and passengers are named, with prior overhaul cited and authorities scouring the 000-foot peak.
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San Diego
Calif
Here
Western Air Lines
el Centro
Imperial Valley
Thing Mountain
Laguna Mountains
L. L. Ford
Adeline Jones
Holtvills
Alt. A. L. Adams
Los Angeles
W. H. Price
Beverly Hills
Richard John Weber
Deer Lodge
Mont
Missoula
Montana State College
Gienda Mae Wade
Hollywood
Mercy Academy
Red Bluff
St. Ritta's Convent
Omaha
Ned
Western Air
Lea Ho Dwerllotte
Jimmy James
CAA
Navy
Coast Guard
American Airlines
Yuletide Picture In City Report From Lawton
Lawton churches overflowed with attendees at Christmas services. Offices closed except essential services and post, police, and sheriff departments remained open. Families welcomed newborns at Southwestern hospital and the county jail fed inmates a turkey dinner.
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Lawton
Police Department
A. M. Spears
Cameron
Southwestern Hospital
John Leonhart
Airsport Addition
Alton L. Vaughn
Ed Gortrell
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Double Trouble
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California
Thomas
Yule Day Blaze
Patterson
Bar
Hunt
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