Winecoff Hotel Fire Kills 114 in Atlanta Inferno
A pre dawn blaze trapped guests on many upper floors of the 15 storey Winecoff hotel on Peachtree Street. At least 114 dead and about 100 injured, with dozens more feared. emergency mortuaries opened as firefighters battled the flames. Two Canadians from Toronto were registered guests. Mayor Hartsfield ordered an official investigation into the century old building lacking outside fire escapes.
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TLANTA
towntown
Atlanta
United States
Peachtree Street
theatre district
Toronto
Basil M. Wolf
Mr. Lishman
at & am. C.S.T
William B. Hartsfield
central
The
Red Cross
New Zealand Plans Massive Erosion Fight and Tree Planting
The nation faces major soil erosion with vast losses on Crown land and farms. Plans call for planting 1,000,000 acres of trees and creating national parks to stabilize land. South Island highlands show up to 50 percent soil loss on 2,000,000 acres with another 2,200,000 acres over 50 percent lost. East coast grazing lands also suffer. Continuous slips and landslides noted as forests were cleared.
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New Zealand
South Island
North Island
Major hotel fires list spans thirteen years in U S
A.P. lists significant U S hotel fires over the past 13 years with death tolls. Notable incidents include Sept 7 1933 Houston 54 dead Dec 11 1934 Kearns Lansing 32 May 16 1933 Terminal Atlanta 35 and later fires in San Francisco Chicago Dubuque and Lakewood among others.
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NEW YORK
A.P
United States
Houston
Texas
Kearns
Lansing
Mich
Victoria Mansions
Lakewood
N.J
Terminal
Atlanta
Amsterdam
San Francisco
Four Women Leap to Death From Winecoff Hotel Fire
Atlanta reporter recounts witnessing four women die as the Winecoff hotel blaze raged on Peachtree Street. He describes flames on upper floors, improvised rope escapes, nets unable to stop the plunges, and firemen overwhelmed by smoke while ambulances ferried victims through the night.
Leamington teen charged with mother’s murder
William Billy Jewitt a 17 year old Leamington high school student was charged with murder after police found his mother's body in the kitchen with a hammer wound. He appeared before Magistrate J A Hanrahan in Windsor and was remanded. His twin brother Jack found the body.
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LEAMINGTON
Qnt
William
Bil) Jewitt
Leamington high school
J. A. Hanrahan
Windsor
Jewitt
Lake Freighters Move Toward Winter Berths Across Great Lakes
Lean freighters ride low in early winter gales under gray skies as navigation ends on Canada's inland seas. From Montreal to Thunder Bay fleets haul final grain and iron ore for the year while crews head home or to winter jobs. Grainboats finish runs through Sagit Ste. Marie canals as insurance rises push ships toward winter berths after entering the St. Marys River. Rock barriers between Lake Superior and Lake Huron progressively close.
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Great Lakes
Canada
Montreal
Thunder Bay
lakehead
Sagit Ste. Marie
St. Mary's river
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Deseronto Councillor resigns after 55 years as mail carrier province
After decades in service Councillor H Howard ends a 55 year spell as Deseronto mail collector. He also hauled letters between Deseronto and NXpanee ten miles away for 58 years under all weather.
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DESERONTO
Dee
rain and shine
H. Howard
Nxapanee
Explosions Hit Shanghai Ammunition Dump and UN Debate
A large Chinese army ammunition dump near Shanghai began exploding this afternoon and into the night, causing wall collapses and shattered windows. Thousands of nearby residents fled as Chinese fatalities were feared. US air transport personnel at Kiangwan airfield were evacuated, though planes remained undamaged. In New York, Britain proposed a UN security council inspection agency to verify troop data with a supervisory committee to be formed by January 15, 1947.
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SHANGHAI
United States air tansport command
Kiangwan
LAKE SUCCESS
N.Y
Great Britain
United Nations security council
general assembly
fune
United Nations
United States
Russia
U.N. security council
Yugoslavia
Albania
Greece
Siam
security council
Iran
ehran
Azerbaijan
Britain
U.N
Lost Sub Rescue News From Toulon Describes 25 Trapped
A French 250 ton submarine 2326 is abandoned with 25 crew trapped after believed mine strike off Toulon. Navy officials withheld names of three high ranking officers pending kin notification. Rescue efforts paused by a storm but resumed at dawn with naval and air support.
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TOULON
France
ministry of armies
Tarmerly
LONDON
Edtystone Light
Oslo
Vtur rvise
Lloydminster Border Trouble Town is Saskatchewan Alberta Split
Ottawa reports Lloydminster sits half in Saskatchewan and half in Alberta creating jurisdiction chaos. RCMP magazine outlines cross border policing with dual divisions, incidents moved between provinces, mixed custody, and juries tied to location.
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LLOYDMINSTER
ALBERTA
SASK
OTTAWA
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Liostminster
Alta
Saskatchewan
C.N.R
R.C. M.P
North Battleford
Edmonton
Orders Miners To Go Back To Work
The system strike ended as John L. Lewis ordered miners back to work at least until March 31 to allow the Supreme Court to rule without public pressure. Lewis said production is needed during the crisis. The move follows contempt findings in court and a $3,510,000 penalty. Truman planned a nationwide broadcast on coal. the government seeks a prompt review. The coal industry faced rising unemployment and supply shortages as the strike persisted.
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ASHINGTON
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewie
supreme court
whena
U.M.W
peri Lewis
BEATS TRUMAN
Lewis
federal district court
White House
Truman
wis
onete
Atigaon
court of appeals
crery
republi
Marie Rogers, 103, oldest Annapolis Valley resident dies
Mrs Marie Rogers, oldest resident of the Annapolis Valley, died in Blomidon Nova Scotia at 103. She witnessed 179 descendants and is survived by nine of her 13 children, 84 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
Find Shugar Not Guilty
OTTAWA December 7 Dr. David Shugar former naval anti submarine expert was acquitted by Judge A G McDougall of a conspiracy to communicate secret information to the Soviet Union The 31 year old man born in Poland was the 11th defendant tried in Canada's espionage case He denied the charges and the court found no overt act or evidence of conspiracy in the verdict so Shugar walked free with his wife present and smiling
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OTTAWA
David Shugar
A. G. McDougall
Soviet Union
Shugar
Poland
dudge A. G. McDougall
Carleton county court
Canada
Russia
Glen Strike
Guerrillas Driven Off Near Athens and Thrace Picks Up
Reported combat in Greece says guerrillas near Carymvas, 18 miles from the Turkish border, were driven back across the Bulgarian frontier. Thirty Greek soldiers and two officers are missing after a 24 hour seesaw battle. Elsewhere in Thrace, Macedonia and Thessaly small units claim gains against leftist bands. A hit and run group looted 10 villages in 48 hours with no casualties reported. A Salonika report notes 33 band occupants of three military trucks were kidnapped near Xanthe in Thrace.
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ATHENS
Carymvas
Greece
Thrace
Macedonia
Thessaly
Kogine-Phlorina
Tito Assumes Complete Charge in Yugoslavia
Belgrade reports Tito consolidates control as private enterprises and public works are nationalized. The nationalization covers movable and real property and all ownership rights across 420 branches of the economy including mining, manufacturing, processing, transport, and all land, sea, and air communications. The law allows private enterprises to continue only with government permission.
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BELGRADE
Yugoslavia
national assembly
Marshal Tito
Tanjug
mathew
mothe
yset
goveernment
Bevin to Confer With Truman Sunday at White House
Foreign Secretary Bevin of Britain will meet President Truman Sunday in the White House, according to British sources. The report from London notes the high level talks amid ongoing wartime diplomacy and Allied strategy discussions.
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NEW YORK
Der
Bevin
Britain
Truman
White House
Forget Pearl Harbor remembered at Hickham Ceremony
Honolulu marks the fifth anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack with a formal ceremony to re-raise the flag flown over Hickham Field. Navy personnel honored the day with solemn reflection, while Army tradition emphasized not forgetting the event.
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HONOLULU
United States Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Hickham Field
United States navy
Typhoon Threatens Central Philippines And Other Global Briefs
A Pacific typhoon near the central Philippines intensifies and eyes Manila as a storm moves northwest from 135 miles east of Mud Oo. Turkey price hike authorized in Ottawa raises wholesale and consumer costs by about one cent per pound. Peoria schools suspend classes due to coal shortages, affecting 26,008 students. A Cairo camel caravan rescue brings a lost couple and two children back to safety. Ford Canada announces 112 layoffs with three additional two-day workers due to the US coal strike. A train derailment near Wellington, Nas, injures 14 people aboard a Manitoba-bound service.
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MANILA
Manila weather bureau today
Philippines
TURKEY
MCRE
OTTAWA
agriculture department
PEORIA
Peerka
Christman
CAIRO
Rewtern
Capetown
Kbarteam
FORD
WINDSOR
Ont
C.P
Fort Meter Company
Canada, Ltd
United States west
WELLINGTON
Nas
A.P
Wnet
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General Clark
Chicago
La Salle
Canfield
Dubuque
CHICK HOSCH
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Winecoff
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E. B. Brooks
Brooks
Folice
JOHN L. LEWIS
WLMW
FIGHT
HAMILTON
Prince Albert
Fort Saskatchewan
Alerta
Constable Cawsey
Saskachewan
U.M.W. of A
PITTSBURGH
West Virginia
Pemmesylvania
Jesse V. Sullivan
tia West Virginia Coal Assoctation
navy coal mines administration
Ohio
Pennsylvania
hesola fuels
administon
Altoona
atta
Washington
civilian production administration
War Assets Administration
C.P.A
Association of American Railroads
office of defence transportation agent
atsociation
CLYDE BLACKBURN
Canada Press
Tito
WEVIN
Mir John Latta
Tawther, Latta amt Company, Ltd
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