Christian Throng Fills Bethlehem Church on Christmas Day
Thousands of pilgrims packed the Bethlehem manger square as Christian worshipers gathered in a venerable church over the grotto where Jesus was born. Amid a festive mood, security concerns rose after a few Arab celebrants fired shots, triggering Bren gun fire from guards near public offices.
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Bethlehem
Jesus Christ
Louis Barlassina
Palestine
Bethlehem Manger Square
Fair Christmas Weather Across Much of Nation
The forecast promises fair weather with considerable sunshine for most of the country on Christmas Day. It will be mild elsewhere with colder conditions in New England and the Ohio Valley.
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New England
Ohio Valley
Market Holiday in Prospect Tomorrow
The Associated Press reports a half day on Christmas Eve with major markets closing early. The New York stock and commodity exchanges halted trading by 11 a.m. and the Chicago board of trade suspended at noon as all domestic Canadian and London markets prepare for Christmas Day closures.
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Associated Press
New York
Chicago Board of Trade
London
Truman Leaves White House for Christmas in Missouri
President Truman, after delivering a Christmas greeting at the White House, will fly to Missouri to spend Christmas with his mother, Mrs Martha E. Truman, in Grandview. He will close the Yuletide ceremonies with a south lawn tree lighting before departing for Kansas City.
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Washington
Truman
Missouri
White House
Monroe
Froe National
Kansas City
Martha FE. Truman
Grandview
Planets Near Conjunction Recall Star of Bethlehem
Southeastern sky over several mornings shows Venus near Saturn in bright conjunctions. Venus outshines Saturn but the pair form a striking view between 6 and 7 o'clock as the moon neared its last quarter. Astronomers note the irregular planetary orbits, with Venus staying within 45 degrees of the sun, and discuss theories of the Star of Bethlehem including planetary juxtaposition or a brilliant stellar explosion.
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Venus
Saturn
Jupiter
Perle Guess
Monroe
of Bethlehem
Pope Warns Europe Faces Risk of New Conflicts
Pope Pius XII, addressing cardinals in Vatican City on the eve of Christmas, warned that Europe faces grave danger of new conflicts. He urged world rulers to pursue definite peace, remove tensions, and apply justice and wisdom to secure the Atlantic charter’s legacy amid postwar disillusionment.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Europe
College of Cardinals
Vatican
Meng
Roosevelt
Churchill
Death of Green County farmer Herman Brechlin at 65
Herman Brechlin 65 of Monroe Route 1 died at St. Clare hospital after a two year illness. Born November 22, 1881 in Jordan township, he married Louise Karlin December 21, 1904. Surviving seven children, ten grandchildren, and siblings, with service at St John’s Evangelical and Reformed church and burial in Greenwood cemetery.
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Herman Brechlin
Green County
St. Clare Hospital
Jordan Township
August
Ernestine Mau _ Brechlin
Woodford
Clarno
Wiota
Brechlin
Glen
Gail
Robert J. Elmer
Monroe
Otto Schild
Juda
Irvin Hanson
Simon Anderson
J. Edward Brechlin
Menomonie
Winslow
Henry
Browntown
Martha Maurer
Stuessy Funeral Home
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Paul C. Kehle
Greenwood Cemetery
Rail Wreck Injures Passengers Near Waubay South Dakota
A fast freight overshot a siding and collided with the Milwaukee Olympian near Waubay injuring 61 of the 450 aboard as the passenger train paused for a clear track. Locomotives derailed, a baggage car and four freight cars overturned, with 50 treated at the scene including soldiers home on Christmas furlough. Waubay, SD, 175 miles west of Minneapolis.
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Waubay
S. D
Milwaukee Railroad
Chicago
Tacoma
Faris Pfister
Webster
Pfister
Washington
South Dakota
Minneapolis
Chicago Crash Injures 26 Rail Riders on South Side
Twenty six persons suffered shock and minor injuries when a Chicago South Shore and South Bend electric train rammed the caboose of an Illinois Central freight train at 112th street. Six required only cuts and bruises. two were hospitalized for further treatment at Roseland Community hospital. The freight was stationary. brakes failed to hold, the engineer said.
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Chicago
Chicago, South Shore and South Bend Railroad
Illinois Central
112Th Street
Roseland Community Hospital
Twins Die in Medford Wisconsin Farmhouse Fire
Three year old twin brothers Dale and Duane Sova died trapped in a fast spreading fire that leveled their pine log and frame home twelve miles southwest of Medford. Coroner David Ruesch noted the blaze hindered rescue efforts and the cause remains undetermined. The parents, Alvin and Mrs. Sova, were alone with no other children.
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Medford
Wis
Alvin Sova
Here
David Ruesch
Taylor County
Ruesch
Dale
Duane
Sova
Free Beer at Milwaukee Breweries Defies Abolition Rumors
Milwaukee spokesmen for Pabst Blatz and Schlitz rejected reports that free beer for employees is ending. They said employee quotas remain and production stays steady, with small additions possible from grain restrictions. Tours still offer free samples after plant visits.
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Milwaukee
Pabst Brewing Co
Frank C. Verbest
Blatz Brewing Co
Sol Abrams
Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co
Washington
internal revenue _bureau
Pabst
Milwaukee County
Sternewirt
Visit of Santa in Monroe Amid Holiday Prep
Monroe readers prepared for Santa Claus arrival as snow dwindled under a bright sun and a clear cold forecast for tomorrow. Christmas shopping moved at a steady pace with some toy sales. most offices and businesses closed for the holiday. Police urged cautious driving and sobriety to ensure a safe season, praising cooperation with motorists, pedestrians, and cyclists.
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Monroe
Santa Claus
Here
J. H. Schwaiger
George W. Armstrong
Burglary of Offices In Goetz Building
Two offices in the Goetz building at the square’s southeast corner were entered and $3 in cash plus a woman’s wrist watch were stolen likely over the weekend. Ainsworth Insurance on the second floor lost $3, and a Hamilton wrist watch bought by Carlton E. Ashby for his mother from Sakison Rockey & Co. was taken from its wrapping in another drawer.
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Goetz
Ainsworth Insurance Agency
Herbert T. Ainsworth
Hamilton
Carlton E. Ashby
Sakiison Rockey & Co
Brazil Air Crash Kills 20. One Survivor Named
Rio de Janeiro fire department reports 20 killed and one injured when an Argent ine Fama air transport from London to Buenos Aires crashed near the city. The sole survivor is Claudio Mendonca Rios, 27, Peruvian air force technician, in good general condition per a doctor.
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Rio de Janeiro
Onc
Fama Line
London
Buenos Aires
Claudio Mendonca Rios
Rios
CIO Union Sues IH Over Portal-to-Portal Pay
The CIO United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers union filed in U S district court a 100 million dollar portal-to- portal pay suit against International Harvester company. The Columbus Dispatch noted former Gov John W Bricker would not seek the 1948 Republican nomination but would back Senator Robert A Taft of Ohio.
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Chicago
CIO
United Farm Equipment & Metal Workers Union Today
U. S
International Harvester Company
Columbus
Columbus Dispatch
John W. Bricker
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
West Virginia Supreme Court Affirms Santa Claus Existence
In a 19 year old court record Judge John H. Hatcher proclaimed Santa Claus a real figure, urging disbelief skeptics to “keep out of court.” The opinion lauds Santa as a joyous father of childhood and a memory of old age, challenging any contrary proof.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
North Pole
Haldeman-Julius
Julius
Santa Claus
Pave Way for Bitter Fight in Georgia on Who Will Be Governor
Ellis Arnall announces he will stay in office until a lieutenant governor is sworn in and then resign, prompting a fierce political clash in Georgia. The struggle centers on whether the legislature can elect Herman Talmadge, son of the late Eugene Talmadge, to a four year term, with actions likely in the upcoming legislative session and courts culminating in a supreme court decision. Lieutenant governor-elect is M. E. Thompson, Arnall’s revenue commissioner. The elder Talmadge died Saturday.
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Atlanta
Ellis Arnall
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Supreme Court
M. E. Thompson
Arnall
Herman Talmadge
Eugene
Talmadge
Frank Fitch Dies. Longtime Alaska Gold Seeker
Frank Fitch 78 a Brodhead resident and lifelong gold miner in Alaska and Northwest Canada died yesterday at 5 pm at the county farm. Born Feb 18 1867 in Newark township Rock County he spent much time in British Columbia with no survivors. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm Everson funeral home Rev J C Robertson Congregational Brodhead burial Greenwood cemetery.
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Frank Fitch
Brodhead
Alaska
Canada
Mr. Fitch
Newark Township
Rock County
Alfred
Sarah Whitehead Fitch
Northwest Territory
British Columbia
Everson Funeral Home
J. C. Robertson
Congregational Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Admit Soviets Legally Right in Dairen Order
Soviet authorities in Dairen retain full control of the city under a wartime clause in the 1945 Chinese Russian pact, while denying access to American correspondents. Washington calls the incident legally based but awaits an official report on the 20 minute ultimatum to leave the harbor.
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William H. Newton
Dairen
Russia
Manchuria
Japan
Port Arthur
China
U. S. Navy
V. A. Korzanoff
United States
Stalin
America
Moscow
Kremlin
Washington
State Department
Lincoln White
Department
William Newton
Scripps-Howard
Combined World Press
Cear
White
Stewart
D. Tenn
Darren
World Press
Tennessee
Navy
H. Merrill Benninghoff
U. S
Soviet Union
Johnson
D-Cole
Wiley
R-Wis
Benninghoff
Nanking
Two Killed in LaCrosse Motor Crash
Russell G. Schultz twenty four a University of Wisconsin varsity football squad member and Miss Helen Kessel seventeen Decorah Iowa were killed when the automobile they rode in jumped a curb and struck a tree early today.
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Russell G. Schultz
University of Wisconsin
Helen Kessel
Decorah
Base in Japan urged as part of peace treaty
Rep. Bishop, returning from a Pacific tour, urged establishing a permanent U S air and naval base in Japan and creating a Pacific territorial government centered at Honolulu. He suggested combining Marshalls, Carolines, Marianas and other islands under American supervision with tribal chiefs invited to a future conference.
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Washington
U. S
Japan
Bishop
Ill
House
Pacific
Marshalls
Carolines
Marianas
Pacific Island
Honolulu
Illinois
China
Philippines
Okinawa
Guam
Pacific Islands
Healy
California
Izac
Biemiller
Wisconsin
Rep
Mansfield
Dmont
Marion men killed in car crash near highway 45
Antigen PF Leonard Olson, about 35, of Marion was killed instantly and his brother Clarence, age unknown, injured seriously when their car left highway 45 and knocked down a telephone pole about 17 miles north of here yesterday.
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Leonard Olson
Marion
Clarence
Highway 45
Here
Santa Started as Joke In Oklahoma Carries On
Oklahoma's Santa Claus commission born from anger over extravagance now ships gifts to 3,200 orphans in state and private institutions. With a $2 per child cap, the group relies on private donations and letters from homesick orphans guiding item lists for each facility.
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Santa
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Sandy Singleton
Santa Claus
Commission
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