Weather Picture Unusual Yet Near Normal Across Nation
The current weather shows an unusual state but is nearly normal nationwide. No heavy snows or subzero cold nationally for over three weeks, though Great Lakes snow persists with a few inches in northern Michigan. Northeast sees fair rain with Portland Maine reporting several inches.
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Lee
Rumford
Mey
Fairoweather
Rocky Mountain
Pottery Plant Boss Plans $30,000 Christmas Party
Scio Ohio December story says Lew Reese, head of a pottery plant, plans a $30,000 Christmas party for employees. The event will reveal the year’s Christmas bonus and wage increases, part of an annual ritual except after a fire destroyed the plant days before a planned 1917 celebration.
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Scio
Ohio
Lew Reese
Lorlay
Eresse
Reese
All-out Mobilization Urged by Senators
Waastington Dec 9 Pr Secretary of Defense Marshall called the world crisis grave as he told reporters after a three hour closed Senate session that Truman is considering a national emergency and a $15.6 billion request to strengthen the nation s fighting forces. Senators urged moving beyond emergency and toward all-out mobilization with calls for faster defense production and wider powers for the President.
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Marshall
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Air Force
Elmer Thomas D-Okia
Senate
Thomas
Appropriations Committee
Russia
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McClellan
Roosevelt
Speeily
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Europeans hail Attlee peacemaker in wartime crisis
London reports Prime Minister Clement Attlee returns home next week to praise from western Europe for aiding a World War II avertant, as Truman Attlee communique stresses negotiation with Red China while Europe prioritizes peace over Asia. Ottawa says Canadian leaders find Attlee’s briefing reassuring, warning against appeasement fears. The Big Three plan a Big Four peace conference with the Soviet Union and an Atlantic army under Eisenhower.
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Louis St. Laurent Fiold
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10Th Army Corps
Berlin
Iest
Red China
Europe
Asia
Pair on Amphibious Jeep Given Fuel Aid
A patrol boat from Flores Island Azores reached the ocean crossing amphibious jeep of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Carlin about 100 miles northwest of the station with a supply of gasoline they requested. The Carlins, who left Halifax in their seagoing jeep in July, sent a distress signal after heavy gales off Funchal, asking for two barrels of fuel.
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Azores
Ben Carlin
Here
Halifax
Funchal
A-bomb Protection Booklets Available
Copies of the official government booklet Survival Under Atomic Attack are available through Parade Magazine in the Long Beach Press Telegram. The guide offers protection methods and essential advice on food, automobiles, radio and telephone use in an atomic attack. Copies cost 10 cents each or 7 13 cents for orders over 10, sent to Survival c/o Parade 305 Lexington Ave New York NY 17.
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c/o Parade
Lexington Ave
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N.Y
Acheson Denounces Appeasement Policy For Far East
Secretary of State Dean Acheson told congressional committees that the no appeasement policy applies with full force in the Far East as in Europe and the West. He presented the report after Truman Attlee talks, stressing unwavering stand against aggression in the East.
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China
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Senate
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Texas
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Wis
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East
Dutch Reject Plan on New Guinea Rule
Jakarta December 9 The Netherlands government rejects Indonesia’s proposals for sovereignty transfer over New Guinea. A foreign ministry official says no compromise unless the Dutch cede jurisdiction over the large eastern island, dimming hopes for a speedy solution to the New Guinea question.
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Indonesia
New Guinea
Netherlands
Foreign Ministry
Rumors of Building Freeze Denied by Official Sources
Washington officials rejected rumors of a government building construction freeze and wage price holdup. A National Production Authority spokesman said there is no foundation to the claims and that no halt on new construction is planned.
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Pals Remember Badly-burned Mike Calfi
ITTSBURGH Dec 9 JP Mike Calfi, badly burned on a six month-old accident, smiles at a 14 year old boy who once wished to die. A national outpouring follows as 5000 letters arrive, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello offer gifts, and Mike’s family sorts mail while hospital wards fill.
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Mike
West Penn Hospital
United States
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Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Boy
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