California Fire Front Is Out Homes Saved
A large brush fire near Silverado Canyon Santa Ana mountains subsided as winds eased. About 46 000 acres burned with 1500 firefighters including military and prisoners battled the flames. evacuations affected Silverado Modjeska and El Toro areas but no homes were saved, though isolated cabins may have burned.
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Ben Johnson
Ladd Canyon
Los Angeles
Calif
el Toro Marine Air Base
California
Santa Ana
Cal
Silverado Canyon
Santa Ana Mountains
Silverado
Modjeska Canyon
Ladd
Silverado Village
Joseph Sherman
Hamilton Pyles
Cleveland National Forest
el Toro Marine Base
Los Angeles County
Santa Ynez Canyon
Topanga Canyon
Tugs to switch to Diesel power for next season
The Great Lakes Towing Company said four harbor tugs will be converted to Diesel propulsion before the next sailing season starts.
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Cleveland
Great Lakes Towing Company
Truman May Visit Russia Personal Talk With Stalin
Moscow papers highlight a Washington dispatch claiming President Truman may travel to Russia for a personal meeting with Prime Minister Stalin. The report notes the significance of such wording appearing in the Soviet press. Vatican paper hopes elections ease a Truman Stalin meeting, editorial titled Historic Moment signed by Dalla Torre.
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Truman
Russia
Dispatch
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Moscow Press
Washington
Stalin
Vatican City
D'Osservatore Romano
Pius XII
United States
Guiseppe Dalla Torre
Truman may meet Stalin in Moscow or Washington
The report notes editors viewed it as serious and it spurred chatter in Moscow. A Soviet News Agency dispatch cited a Washington Times Herald Daybook item claiming President Truman seeks a world leaders conference on peace and even a possible trip to Moscow if Stalin does not leave the Soviet Union.
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Ers
Moscow
Dispatch
Washington Times Herald
Tris Coffin
Times Herald
Truman
Stalin
Washington
Soviet Union
Democrats Plan Speedy Confirmation Of 900 Nominees
Washington AP says Democrats expect swift Senate confirmation in January for about 900 stalled nominations. Over 700 are postmasters. others include James Boyd to lead the Bureau of Mines and Roy Harper to be Missouri federal judge. Interim appointments have kept nominees in place, with Boyd unpaid since 1947.
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Washington
Lucas
D-Ill
Senate
James Boyd
Colorado
Bureau of Mines
Thomas C. Buchanan
Pennsylvania
Federal Power Commission
Roy W. Harper
Missouri
Harper
Boyd
Forrestal Heads to Europe on Defense Mission
Secretary of Defense Forrestal travels to Europe to confer with American officials in Paris Frankfurt Berlin and London about problems affecting the national military establishment and potential Western European arms aid as budget plans loom and President Truman reviews finances with Webb while Gen Gruenther aids the trip.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Forrestal
Paris
Frankfurt
Berlin
London
Lucius D. Clay
Germany
Clay
Viscount Montgomery
Western Europe
Navy
Air Force
White House
Congress
Truman
James E. Webb
Alfred M. Gruenther
Joint Staff
Joint Chiefs of Staff
George C. Marshall
W. Averell Harriman
England
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Moscow report on president is puzzling
White House aides were puzzled by Moscow dispatches that President Truman might visit to meet Premier Stalin. Eben Ayers, assistant press secretary, had no comment on the reports but noted Truman’s repeated news conference statements that he would be glad to meet.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Key West
Fla
Moscow
Tuuman
Stalin
White House
Eben Ayers
Truman
Truman and Marshall to discuss direct talks with Russia
Well informed American sources said they expect President Truman and Secretary Marshall to confer soon on prospects for entering direct talks with Russia. The aim would be to ease East West tensions in the world’s trouble spots.
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Paris
Truman
Marshall
Russia
Edgar Kennedy Veteran Screen Actor Dies at 58
Edgar Kennedy, veteran screen actor and former Keystone Kop, died in San Fernando California from throat cancer at 58. He appeared in about 500 films since 1911 and starred in Mac Comedy for 18 years. A former boxer who once lasted 14 rounds with Jack Dempsey, he later worked in vaudeville and directed Laurel and Hardy and Charlie Chase films. Survived by widow Patricia Allwyn and two children. a requiem mass is set for Friday at St Gregory's Catholic Church.
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San Fernando
Cal
Edgar Kennedy
Kennedy
Jack Dempsey
O Laurel and Hardy
Charlie Chase
Patricia Allwyn
St. Gregory's Catholic Church
Pilot Killed In Plane Crash Near Springfield
An Air Force pilot died when an F51 Mustang crashed in a field at the Hollandia Gardens nursery eleven miles east of Springfield, Ohio. Wright-Patterson airbase officers held the dead man's name pending kin notification. Witnesses said the plane circled South Vienna with its engine missing before the crash.
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Springfield
Hollandia Gardens Nursery
Here
Wright-Patterson
Dayton
Vienna
Report on Unions Use New Pay Drive Ammunition
Washington AP report notes government data showing wage gains lagging behind price rises. AFL seeks cooperation to raise productivity and offset costs, while National Foremen's Institute reports early signs of a fourth round of wage increases. Bureau of Labor Statistics documents real weekly and hourly pay gains lagging after price inflation.
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Norman Walker
Washington
AFL
National Foremen's Institute
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Japan
Bureau
UN council demands Balkan nations quit aiding Greek rebels
In Paris the 58 nation Political Committee backed a resolution by 48 to 6 requiring Albania Bulgaria and Yugoslavia to stop aiding guerrillas opposing the Greek government. Russia and bloc nations voted against. four nations abstained or did not vote. The panel also urged those nations to resolve their differences with Greece.
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UN Council
Balkan
Paris
United Nations
Albania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Greece
China
France
Britain
United States
Russia
Security Council
Palestine
Ralph H. Bunche
Alexandre Bogomolov
Tojo Named Player in Pearl Harbor Plot by Tribunal
The International Tribunal found Hideki Tojo and seven of 24 co-defendants actively involved in plans leading to the Pearl Harbor attack. It held a conspiracy to wage aggressive wars proven against Japanese leaders, signaling likely convictions for all 25. The court outlined preplanned timing and naval orders, noting negotiations continued as a shield while war plans advanced.
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TOKYO
Hideki Tojo
Pearl Harbor
International Tribunal
Tojo
Japan
China
Hawaii
United States
Suburu
Kurusu
U. S
Kuriles
Washington
Pay Hike Sought For AFL Leaders
In Cincinnati AP reports delegates of the Metal Trades Department AFL backed raising President John P. Frey and Secretary-Treasurer James A. Brownlow from 12000 to 15000 yearly. The proposal goes to the department executive committee as AFL conventions near.
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AFL
Cincinnati
Metal Trades Department
American Federation of Labor
Metal Trades Convention
John P. Frey
James A. Brownlow
Metal Trades Group
Effort to Halt Bullitt Mission Sparks Washington Row
Senator Bridges accused State Department officials of trying to halt William C. Bullitt’s trip to China as part of a congressional watchdog review of foreign aid. Bullitt, a former ambassador, has criticized U.S. policy and urged military funding for Chiang Kai-shek. Bridges, yet to surrender his committee post, said the election outcome won’t halt data gathering on bipartisan foreign policy.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Bridges
State Department
William C. Bullitt
China
Bullitt
Congressional “Watchdog
Congress
Moscow
Paris
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Truman
Chiang Kai- Shek
Thomas E. Dewey
Second degree murder charges dropped in Akers shooting
IRONTON Ohio AP. Charges against Bessie Morrison 32 operator of Hanging Rock Inn were withdrawn after the victim Albert Akers 23 was shot during a disturbance Saturday night. The victim's father and several brothers did not want to prosecute.
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Ironton, O
Bessie Morrison
Hanging Rock Inn
Albert Akers
John Drake
State Narrowing Case Against Woman Accused of Murder
Cincinnati AP reports the state is near the end of its case against Mrs. Mary Clay Watts charged with first degree murder in her 11 year old daughter Barbara Ann’s poisoning. Prosecution cites inheritance motive of $11,000 estate and $3,000 life policy. defense plans 40 to 50 witnesses.
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Cincinnati
Mary Clay Watts
Barbara Ann
Carson Hoy
Loyal S. Martin
Simon Leis
L. W. Stacey
Watts
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William Bullitt
Harold K. Milks
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Marne
Tsingtao
U. S. Far Eastern
Chiang Kai-Shek
Coa
Tsing- Tao
Yangtze
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Suchow
Eols
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Great Wall
Peiping
Tientsin
North China
Fu Tso - Yi
Peipering
Spencer Moosa
Associated Press
Peipeing
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Hinton
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