Stalin Willing to Hold Talks With Truman
Moscow reports Stalin expressed willingness to discuss a unified peace pact with President Truman at a mutually acceptable location. He also said the Soviet government would discuss a joint declaration of peaceful intentions and gradual disarmament. He raised lifting the Berlin blockade if two conditions are met, and noted no obstacles to lifting it if Western powers meet them. The issue ties to debates over a projected Atlantic pact and Norways possible participation.
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Kingsbury Smith
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Luxembourg
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Rus
News Executive Dies Suddenly at 75 in Washington
Fleming Newbold president of the Evening Star died unexpectedly in Washington at age 75. He had served the Star since 1890 and became president on February 18, 1948 after succeeding Frank B. Nyes. Survived by two daughters and born April 11, 1873 in Dayton Ohio.
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Evening Star
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Aiken
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St. Louis
Dayton
Col
Charles Newbold
Philadelphia
North Atlantic Pact invites Norway to join security group
Washington reports that seven nations negotiating the North Atlantic security pact expect to invite several countries, including Norway, to become full partners. Norway, key due to its border with the Soviet Union, defers to a widened Western alliance as Oslo and neighboring states clash over a Scandinavian policy. Diplomatic signals from Moscow and Oslo suggest momentum toward a broader pact within days to weeks.
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Victors March Into Peiping
The conquering force entered Peiping with an estimated 15 000 to 20 000 troops at the northwestern gate from the summer palace road. Spectators were curious rather than hostile or joyful as the Reds appeared worn and not parade ground troops, in a moment shaping the city’s historic fate.
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Man Shoots Priest In Church in East Side Shooting
New York AP report: a 40-year-old man Elmer Stanford was wounded and captured after a 45-minute gun battle with about 100 police. He fired from a rooming house, injuring Rev. Vincent J. Campbell in a confessional, and faced felonious assault and anti-weapons charges. Stanford wore a fake mustache spotted by a witness.
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New York
Elmer Stanford
Stanford
Bellevue Hospital
St. John the Martyr
Vincent J. Campbell
First Snow Delights City Beneath Slippery Roads
Residents woke to the season’s first snow blanketing the area with about three inches. Minor city incidents occurred, while several injuries happened on weekend highways near Middletown. Police warned motorists to slow down as oil trucks blocked a hill on Route 4 near Le Lourdesville and crews cleared the roads.
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le Lourdesville
Emanuel
Richard Schultheiss
State Highway Department
Roderick Cetone
Kettering Blvd
Dayton
Hubert L. Little
Clarendon Ave
Tytus Ave
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Middletown Hospital
Little
Dasha Miller
Excello
Bern Smith
Wilkerson St
Cetone
Chinese Group In South Plans War To Finish
Canton dispatch reports General Hsueh Yueh newly appointed governor of Kwangtung promises to lead the four southern provinces Kwangtung Kwangsi Hunan and Fukien in a last stand against the Communists. He says the southern coalition is prepared to act despite peace bids from Nanking and claims Chiang Kai-Shek as a feudal remnant.
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Canton
Hsueh Yueh
Kwangtung
China
Hsueh
T. V. Soong
Kwangsi
Hunan
Fukien
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Atomic Energy Commission reports new bomb designs in production
The Atomic Energy Commission announced advances in atomic material and weapon designs, noting tests at Eniwetok showed increased energy release. It said production of new weapons is underway to expand the nation’s stockpile as safeguards and defenses expand.
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Washington
United States
Atomic Energy Commission
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Congress
Eniwetok
Myrna Loy Undergoes Appendectomy In London
AP reports Myrna Loy, famed as the perfect wife in Hollywood, underwent appendicitis surgery at a London clinic. Doctors called the operation very successful. She will stay about two weeks then travel to the south of France to convalesce before returning to Britain next spring to discuss another film with Alexander Korda.
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London
Myrna Loy
France
London Film Productions
Britain
Alexander Korda
England
Huge Airliner Survives Midair Collision Over New York
Pan American World Airways Constellation, carrying 23 passengers and 10 crew, landed safely at Mitchell Field after a small Cessna 140 crashed into its top over Port Washington New York. Both occupants of the private plane were killed. The Constellation sustained a 15 by 5 foot hole, yet all on board survived.
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Long Island
Pan American World Airways
Port Washington
N. Y
George Knuth
Constellation
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Monarch of the Skies
la Guardia
London
Arthur Dulling
Portland
Conn
Eugene Kowalczylk
Middletown
Knuth
AFL Leaders Open Meeting in Miami Midwinter Session
American Federation of Labor leaders opened their midwinter meet ing in Miami privately lauding features of the administration's labor law proposals. The AFL executive council avoided direct comment until lawyers study the proposals, but welcomed plans to end the closed shop ban and Taft Hartley injunctions, and to curb compulsory union membership in many crafts.
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Miami
Fla
American Federation of Labor
AFL Executive Council
AFL
Bank Robbery At Miami Beach Bank Seizes Cash Sums
Two gunmen robbed the Merchants National Bank of Miami Beach around 8 a.m. taking an estimated 60 000 to 70 000 dollars in cash. Night clerks I L Jeter and J W Cameron were bound gagged and held in a small depository room as the robbers escaped with cash receipts for Saturday and weekend deposits.
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Tobin Seeks Labor Bill Replacing Taft Hartley in Senate
Secretary Maurice Tobin urged Congress to replace Taft Hartley with a labor act that promotes free collective bargaining. He testified before the Senate Labor Committee that the administration’s plan would encourage labor and management to follow national policy. The bill would remove Taft Hartley provisions for court-ordered delays and instead create emergency boards to settle disputes in vital industries with a voluntary cooling off period of up to 30 days.
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Maurice Tobin
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Nens
Diamond Jewelry Heist Strikes Bel Air Home
Los Angeles AP reports Thomas R. Winans, a wealthy market chain operator, says gems valued at 257000 dollars were stolen from his Bel Air residence. He claims the burglary occurred while he and his wife slept. a 24 carat diamond ring and other diamond pieces totaling 297900 dollars are missing along with 275 dollars in cash.
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Los Angeles
Bel-Air
Thomas R. Winans
Winans
Winter Snowstorm Sweeps Ohio With Five Inch Depth Forecast
Snowfall may reach three to five inches across Ohio and the northern states with mixed sleet tonight. Temperatures hover around freezing with roads risky. Ohio River flood crests rise near Cincinnati while river levels fall elsewhere. Two deaths blamed on the storm, including a Cleveland accident victim and a man found frozen in Elyria.
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Lake Erie
Associated Press
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North Atlantic
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Cincinnati
King
Portsmouth
U. S. Weather Bureau
Markland
Ind
Cleveland
Akron
Yo Alumbus
Arthur Joreski
Mildred Joreski
Frank F. Smith
Elyria
Paraguay Installs Army General in New Provisional Government
An Army general heads Paraguay's provisional government after dissidents in President J Natalicio Gonzalez' party forced his resignation in a bloodless coup. The coup unseated the 50 year old president who had been in office five months. A National Minister Ander Gonzalez will lead the provisional regime, with a presidential election to be held within two months.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
J. Natalicio Gonzalez
Ander Gonzalez
Ohio Missionary In Besieged Town Besieged Bassein in Burma Civil War
A Granville missionary is among two Americans remaining in Bassein as the town endures heavy fighting in Burma's civil war. The other American is Mrs. Charles Conrad, wife of a missionary, with her husband in Rangoon.
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Burma
Granville
Bassein
Erville E. Sewards
Charles Conrad
Lad Nine Rescues Three Siblings From Burning Farmhouse
Nine year old Laverne Finnerty raced into a blaze to push brothers Gordon, Parker, and Marshall through a first floor window to safety. Fire claimed two siblings, Larry and Eleanor, as nine children and three adults slept through the dawn blaze at Columbia Cross Roads.
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Troy, PA
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Columbia Crossroads
Gordon Finnery
Lavern
Mrs. Finnerty
Sinhand
George Finnerty
Laverne
Gordon
Parker
Marshall
Janet
Larry
Eleanor
Troy Hospital
Burns Fatal Claim Lincoln Heights Girl Dies
Betty Howell, 10, died from burns suffered when her clothing caught fire after she allegedly threw kerosene into a furnace at her suburban Lincoln Heights home. Coroner Herbert P. Lyle confirmed the cause of death.
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Cincinnati
Betty Howell
Lincoln Heights
Herbert P. Lyle
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