Ambassadress at Birmingham aids medical fund drive
The article details U S government measures to impose retroactive fines of 1 to 2 dollars per day on individual miners for the soft coal strike, with proceeds going to the union medical fund. It notes plans by John L. Lewis and UMW to appeal, potential dismissals of fines, and operator partners facing possible leadership changes as strike actions continue across coal regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling F. Green
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal District Court
Southern Coal Producers Association
Edward R. Burke
Willin
Lewis
Bury
Emment
Ffs
John D. Small
Paducah
John Welsch
Illinois ¢ Tral
Small
Welsh
N. H. Collisson
Collisson
Pittsburgh Consolidated Coal Company
Western
Pennsylvania
Death sentences for Nazi generals for Ardeatine massacre
A British military tribunal in Rome sentenced Col. Gen. Eberhard von Mackensen and Lt. Gen. Gurt Maeltzer to death by firing squad for the March 1944 Ardeatine caves massacre of 335 Italians. The verdict drew mixed reactions among spectators as relatives of victims watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Ardeatine
Eternal City
Eberhard von Mackensen
Mth
Anzio
Gurt Maeltzer
von Mackensen
Maeltzer
International Military Tribunal
Nuernberg
Richter Hans Keller
Albert Kesselring
UN Debates Disarmament Veto Clash Across Nations
United States and Britain clash with Russia at the UN over disarmament and veto use. A UN political committee session continues with calls to involve the Security Council and to establish internal control of atomic energy for peaceful purposes while pursuing global armament reduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
United States
UN. Assembly
United Nations
General Assembly
Security Council
Uo So
General Assembls
Fisat
Atomic Energy Commission
Alexandre Poral
Abd Chiceman
YO Pescbiution
Prac
Cep
Comeonite Ribera
China
Britain
Fiocee
Arctic test tactics and weapons planned for cold-weather drills
The War Department announced cold weather exercises labeled Task Force Frigid and Frost to test self-propelled guns, vehicles, rations, and field equipment in Alaska and Wisconsin. Col. Joseph D. Raney leads the Adak unit with observers from Navy and Marine forces as the five-day preliminary field maneuvers precede longer tests in December to February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Aleutians
S.aid
Bambanks
Alaska
Camp Mecoy
Wis
War Department
Smeditny
Awny
Navy
Qdaarine Cogs
Adak
Joseph D. Raney
Dak
Pairbaunks
Rmiyine
Army
Central Savings Bank grants extra month to staff again
For the third year in a row the Central Savings Bank and Trust Company directors voted to give all employees an extra month’s pay as a Christmas gift. The bank reports 220 savings clubs totaling $155,000 in the year, with the Quachita National Bank also mailing Christmas fund checks and preparing for 1946–1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Bank and Trust Company
Santa Claus
Central Savings Bank and Trust Company
Quachita National Bank
J. S. Washburn
Quachus Bank
Travis Oliver
Central Bank
Tallulah Leader Dies En Route to Galveston Convention
Tallulah December 30. Robert Stuart Gayle 64 prominent businessman and civic leader was found dead in his berth on a Pullman car near Houston Texas early this morning. He suffered a heart attack while traveling with his wife to attend an ice cream manufacturers convention at Galveston. Gayle owned the Gayle ice cream factory was former president of the Louisiana Ice Cream Manufacturers Association secretary of the Tallulah Chamber of Commerce and a Tallulah Baptist Church trustee. He is survived by his wife Robbie Mize Gayle a brother Norman W Gayle Tallulah two sisters Mrs Ruth Byassee Cairo Illinois and Mrs Aline Sauleoner Action Indiana two half brothers S C Gayle Lexington Tennessee and H M Gayle Beech Grove Indiana and his step mother Mrs Effie I Gayle Indianapolis Indiana funeral arrangements had not been made.
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Tallulah
Robert Stuart Gayle
Houston
Texas
Ufacturers
Galveston
Goale
Gayle
Louisiana Ice Cream Manufacturers Association
Tallulah Chamber of Commerce
Tallulah Baptist Church
Robbie Mize Gayle
Norman W. Gavile
Ruth Byassee
Cairo
Aline Sauleoner
Action
Ind
S.C. Gayle
Lexington
Tenn
H. 4. Gayle
Beech Grove
Effie I. Gayle
Indianapolis
Toy pistol hijack fails at Suburban Walbrook Branch
In Baltimore on November 30 a would be robber threatened clerks at the Suburban Walbrook Branch with a toy pistol. Police arrested a man nearby minutes later after a report of the attempt. The incident began when a man pressed a note through a window demanding money and a clerk shouted warning before the suspect fled.
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Baltimore
Campbell Farrow
Walbrook
Keshiy
Bilbo Arrives in Jackson for Senate Hearing
Theodore G Bilbo arrived in Jackson Mississippi to attend a Senate committee hearing on his election campaign complaints. He said he would be represented by lawyers from Yazoo City and Jackson and expected about 50 more if needed. He described the complaint as an indictment against white Mississippians and predicted the investigation would clear his election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Ah Pe- Sen
Theodore G. Bilbo
Senate Committee
D. FL Barber
Yazoo City
John Burkitt
Forrest Jackson
Allen J. Ellender
Louisiana
Bilbo
Civil Rights Congress
Mississippi
Bilbu
Hitler calls Stalin one of the world’s three great leaders
A wartime Nazi document published by the U S war crimes staff quotes Hitler listing Stalin Mussolini and himself as the three great statesmen. He faults Hirohito as weak and urges a brutal campaign against Poland while noting Japan’s defection and a planned new world order with Stalin.
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Washington
American
War Crimes Prosecution
Adolf Hitler
Stalin
Mussolini
War Crimes
Nuernberg
Russia
Poland
Hitler
Ghengis Khan
Japan
Soft coal walkout chokes nation economy grows
The ten day soft coal walkout slows the economy with unemployment rising to 100400 plus weekend layoffs of 175000 mainly auto workers. Predictions warn total unemployment may reach a million if 400000 AFL UMW continue idle. Factories in Georgia Alabama may face large shutdowns by next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
United Mine
Associated Industries of Georgia
Ino
Alabama
Logan
W. Va
Paducah
Ilinois Central Railroad
Wayne A. Johnson
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Russell
Newport News- Norfolk
Schemectady
N. Y
General Electric Corp
New York Power & Light Co
Dayton
Ohio
Delco Products Division
General Motors
Mexico to inaugurate Miguel Aleman as civilian president
Mexico City news reports Miguel Aleman will take office tomorrow as the first civilian president in the nation’s history. His program prioritizes private enterprise, industrial growth, and modernization of agriculture, with large land and irrigation plans and a $100 million three year investment in power and transmission lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miguel Aleman
Mexico City
Mexico
Palacio de Bellas Artes
Manuel Avila Camacao
Aleman
Ainning
Wheat futures plunge on Chicago board amid sharp daily loss
Wheat futures on the Chicago board of trade fell sharply with the January contract dropping to about 2.01 a bushel and closing 3 3/4 to 5 1/2 cents lower. Corn and oats slipped early but steadied, with Winnipeg rye sliding 5 3/4 to 10 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Winnipeg
Fire at Neiman Marcus in Dallas Destroys Basement Stock
A four hour basement fire at Neiman Marcus in Dallas causes extensive damage to reserve stocks valued over 500000 with total loss over 300000. Firemen battled intense heat and smoke as alarms brought a dozen trucks. several firefighters were overcome and a night watchman reported explosions before escaping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Neiman Marcus
Robert A. Ross
Benning Field
J. W. Owens
E. H. Miller
A. B. Williams
Burrus
Mysterious Death in Easthampion Attributed to Exposure
Donald R. Green a 32 year old Holyoke Worsted Co. executive and war veteran was found dead nude in woods after a party and is now believed by District Attorney Harold Grousbeck to be caused by exposure. No crime evidence at present. police continue tests and investigations. Green, married to Constance McLaughlin, leaves three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easthampion
Mess
Donald R. Green
Harold Grousbeck
Green
Growsbeck
Stub
Oon Air Force
Northampton
Wold
Holyoke Worsted
Constance McLaughlin
Chicago
Sruth College
Veterans to Leave Chicago Housing Squat at Airport Project
A group of over 50 veterans who occupied 50 housing units at the airport homes project near Chicago will move out Sunday night. Lawyers Hickey and Robbo said the seizure was to highlight homelessness and the need for permanent homes, while officials agreed to drop trespassing charges as the squatters vacate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Warren J. Hickey
Manuel J. Robbo
Dsana
Navy
Frank Fitzgerald
Airport Homes
Vetere
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Bill) Harper
Island Drive
Judge Harper
N.Y
Eileen McKenna
England
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Ett
Jay
John Foster
McKenna
Lord Renver
Atlantic
CAP
Central
Allan
Faulk-Collier, Inc
Carl D. Brooks
Russ Euceeeee
T. A. Brulte
Charity Hospital
Robt. S. Gayle
George L
Dad) Howe
Savannah
Los Angeles
Mobile
Howe
Hirohito
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