Five Die in Flash Fire at Victoria Hotel Chicago
Five persons died and 12 injured as a flash fire tore through the fifth floor of the Victoria Hotel in the Loop. Bellboys Sanders Davis and Rudolph Taylor alerted guests, aiding escape through dense smoke. Names of the dead include William James Keane and Eugene Oyler, with victims from Chicago and nearby towns, as fire crews fought the blaze for about an hour.
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Victoria
Xenia
Chicago
Loop District
Richard I. Alven
Austin
Minn
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Keane
Hubbard
Near North
South Clark Bt
Bessie Wilson
LaGrange, Lill
Chinese Reds 90 Miles From Capital
AP reports Chiang Kai shek faces a pressured defense as Communist forces threaten the Hwai River line. More than 50,000 troops of the encircled 12th Army group near Suhsien are reported wiped out, leaving the unit in a shrinking area with critical supply shortages. The Sixth Army near Pengpu is halted before breaking through toward the 12th.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai Shek
Yangtze River
Hwai River
12Th Army Group
Suhsien
Chinese Communist Radio
Sixth Army
Pengpu
Average wages in Trumbull County plants rise this year
A survey shows 95 industrial plants in Trumbull County will pay out $85,000,000 in wages by year end. Average pay this year was $1.25 an hour, up from $1.10 last year.
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Warren, O
Trumbull County
Flood Waters Roll Toward Oregon Farms
Flood crest from Willamette River threatens farming heartland as four die, 500 flee lowlands, and 200 residents seek shelter. High water blocks highways, slides, and snow hinder mountains while forecasts suggest limited damage possible in mid valley. Red Cross reports dispersed evacuees sheltered on campus and at Lane County fairgrounds.
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Ore
Oregon
Willamette Valley
Middle Valley
Willamette
Albany
Corvallis
Salem
Oregon City
Harrisburg
Jefferson
Santiam
Red Cross
Glenwood
University of Oregon
Lane County Fairgrounds
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Springfield
Salary Increase Is Requested For Cabinet Officers
President Truman asked Congress to raise cabinet officers' pay from 15000 to 25000 a year and to boost salaries of top officials. Budget Director James E. Webb outlined a plan for a higher level pay structure with suggested ranges for undersecretaries, assistant secretaries, and heads of independent agencies. Webb argued that without higher pay capable leaders cannot be attracted or retained in government.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
James E. Webb
Webb
Senate Post Office and Civil Service
Electors Meet in Capitals to Cast Presidential Votes
The 531 members of the electoral college assemble in state capitals to cast ballots for President. After the ceremony, the Senate will open returns on January 6 in a joint session to announce the results and declare the winner. Some lawmakers seek to reform the 150 year old system of electors. Truman carried 28 states, Dewey 16, Thurmond 4. Tennessee may shift one elector from Truman to Thurmond.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Congress
Thomas E. Dewey
J. Strom Thurmond
Tennessee
Thurmond
Reds Plan Republic in East Germany
Berlin dispatch says the Communist led East Germany may form a separate republic next spring after purges within the Socialist Unity party. Max Sydewitz named potential president as talks with Soviet and military authorities at Karlshorst advance. Informants cite a April target date, with Soviet troops likely to withdraw after a peace treaty, while Western powers push for a separate western Germany.
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Germany
Telegraf
Max Sydewitz
Saxony
Karlshorst
German Republic
Russia
Britain
United States
Western
West
JAPAN ADMIRALS SENTENCED FOR ALLIED SHIP DEATHS
In Yokohama AP reports four former Japanese Navy admirals were sentenced to eight to 20 years for responsibility in the deaths of more than 800 aboard Allied ships in the Indian Ocean and southwest Pacific. They commanded submarine forces. victims were passengers and crew gunned after torpedoing. Vice Admirals Komatsu Ichioka Mito and Rear Admiral Ishizaki were convicted. eleven lesser officers got 1 to 10 years. Twenty-three defendants were acquitted earlier.
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Yokohama
Japan
Indian Ocean
Southwest Pacific
Teruhisa Komatsu
Hisashi Ichioka
Hisashi Mito
Noburu Ishizaki
Costa Rica pleads for Inter-American aid in invasion
Costa Rica requested help under the Rio pact as 21 Western Hemisphere foreign ministers weighed emergency defense measures after Nicaraguabased forces—reported as 200 to 1,000 fighters—landed in the Gulf of Nicoya area and seized La Cruz. Costa Rican junta secretary Oduber said invaders were under control and five communists captured. Rafael Caldeon Guardia was cited as the commander by the San Jose regime.
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Washington
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Bay of Silinas
Pacific
la Cruz
Central American Republic
Panama Canal
Daniel Oduber
San Jose
Communist Party
Rafael Calderon Guardia
Tax withheld from military pay may start next month
Army and Navy paymasters will begin federal income tax withholding for all ranks next month unless Congress renews the wartime tax exemption before December 31. The Defense Department plans to seek reinstatement or higher pay to offset losses, with a civilian panel studying military pay. Loss of the exemption could hinder recruiting and raise draft quotas.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Congress
Defense Department
Professor Dies in Springfield at Whittenberg College
Dr. Laird T. Hites aged 54, associate professor of psychology at Whittenberg College, died early today in Springfield from heart disease. He was a respected scholar and longtime faculty member. His death prompts campus tributes as details emerge.
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Springfield
Laird T. Hites
Whittenberg College
American Girl Found Alive After Jungle Ordeal In Guam
Ruth Farnsworth 27, San Francisco, was found unconscious in Guam jungles 200 yards from a curio shop where she disappeared Saturday. Aiding searchers, Marines and police found her at 10:10 a.m. She was taken to a hospital still in critical condition, with police saying she was assaulted and left for dead in what appeared to be a planned attack by several suspects. Farnsworth’s sister Aline, 25, plans to fly to Guam to be at her bedside if permitted. The Farnsworths, Mor mons, lived on the Navy island to support a brother in Mexico, while Ruth served as a Navy civil servant.
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Guam
Ruth Farnsworth
San Francisco
Miss Farnsworth
Aline
Ruth
Navy
Associated Press
Lawrence
Mexico
Farnsworths
Navy Civil Service
Five Workers Injured In Zinc Plant Strike Violence
In Columbus a fourth flare up in the three month strike at the American Zinc Oxide Company injured five workers including an assistant plant superintendent.Eight men ambushed the group with iron bars near the plant as they headed to work. The injured were H. H. Black Silas Williamson Bob Chaudoin Lucien Girard and Earl Fink. Black and Williamson were treated at University Hospital others received first aid on scene. Police dispatched five cruisers and warned a city wide alarm for the attackers. The incident follows outbreaks on November 8 27 and 29. The CIO Mine Mill and Smelter Workers Union struck August 13 over a contract blocked by non Communist affidavits. Wages are not an issue.
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American Zinc Oxide Company
H. H. Black
Silas Williamson
Bob Chaudoin
Lucien Girard
Earl Fink
Black
Cleveland
Windsor
Williamson
Chaudoin
Girard and Fink
CIO
China Appears Doomed and Europe Focus Grows
Washington surveys the China crisis as the United States leans toward backing non Communist Western Europe. Mme Chiang Kai-shek’s mission to Washington and appeals to Secretary Marshall and President Truman are viewed as failing to shift American policy. Only a military miracle could rival European aid momentum.
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United States
China
Europe
Mme
Chiang Kai - Shek
Marshall
Truman
Generalissimo
Chiang
Mme. Chiang
Aid To China Will Continue If Government Respects Freedoms
Paul Hoffman, Economic Cooperation Administration head, said the ECA would continue aiding China under a new government if it preserves freedom, guarantees free institutions and the press, and allows free speech. Rehabilitation projects already approved would continue where possible, with long range plans on hold until the situation clarifies.
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Shanghai
Paul Hoffman
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
China
Hoffman
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kuomintang
Rebels Routed Near Karditsa in Greece Clash Report
Unconfirmed AP dispatch from Athens cites 2,500 to 3,000 rebels driven back in a fierce bid to seize Karditsa in north central Greece. Guerrillas retreat toward Mount Agraf after being routed earlier today.
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Larisa
Karditsa
Greece
Mount Agraf
Vishinsky Raps U S and Britain As UN Adjourns
Paris AP report says Russia bitter over UN General Assembly drubbing and drops diplomatic niceties. Vishinsky issues a no compromise warning to the West as the session adjourns.
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Vishinsky
U. S
Britain
Paris
Russia
United Nations General Assembly
West
Nixon Says Justice Dept Uses Spy Probe To Filibuster
Washington AP Nixon alleges the Justice Department uses a Red spy investigation to block another and fears a whitewash as HUAC and DOJ clash over who pursues the ten year old Soviet secrets case. A Nixon committee meet is planned. documents say spies copied State Dept files to send to Russia. New York AP pumpkin papers to grand jury for rapid review in widening spy hunt.
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Nixon
R-Cal
Justice Department
House UN - American Activities Committee
State Department
Russia
NEW York
Federal Grand Jury
Whittaker Chambers
Maryland
Richard M. Nixon
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House Committee On
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Curfew Enforced in Colombia After Ambush Kills Six
In Chiquinquira the Army imposed a curfew and patrolled streets after an ambush left six dead and fifteen wounded. A military mayor was appointed as reports claim peace was restored. El Siglo labels the killings a political crime, noting victims were conservatives headed to a mass meeting.
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Bogota
Colombia
Chiquinquira
el Siglo
Silly proposal from Truman’s office mocks Roosevelt
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt dismisses a proposal that President Truman name her secretary of state if George C Marshall retires calling it too silly to comment on. She hopes Marshall stays on for the country and world.
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New York
Eleanor Roosevelt
Truman
George C. Marshall
Secretary Marshall
Airline Travel Delayed By Fog
A heavy fog delayed airline travel and slowed highway traffic in Cincinnati. Flights were two to five hours late after a weekend of mixed weather from snow to muddy rain. The Weather Bureau attributed the rain to dust carried from arid western regions.
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Cincinnati
U. S. Weather Bureau
Play Producer Dies
New York AP reports Row land Stebbins a 66 year old stock broker and producer of The Green Pastures died last night in New York.
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New York
Rowland Stebbins
Ohio Electors Meet To Make Truman's Election Official
Ohio electors meet in Columbus to cast presidential votes for Truman and Barkley. The 25-member Electoral College, all Democrats, will deliver Ohio's 24 electoral votes to the Democratic ticket. Balloting is set for around 2:30 p.m. EST, with voters often unaware they are choosing electors rather than nominees.
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Ohio
Truman
Columbus
Mr. Truman
Alben W. Barkley
Senator Barkley
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