Congress Faces Many Big Issues in 1946 Session
Washington dispatch outlines a crowded election year docket for the 79th Congress, with January reconvening and major items including a permanent fair employment practices committee, the draft and universal military training, price controls set to expire June 30, 1946, labor dispute boards, unemployment legislation, and extended unemployment compensation. It notes potential filibuster from Senator Bilbo, pending committee hearings, and anticipated bonuses for veterans as political topics with election implications.
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Washington
Uman
Congress
House Military Committee
House
Senate
Senate House Conrees
Capitol Hill
Big Three Foreign Ministers Report Some Progress
Moscow reports indicate the seventh Byrnes Bevin Molotov conference revived wartime cooperation. Officials note no official results on atomic energy or other key topics, but Byrnes praises a cooperative spirit while Bevin remains cautiously optimistic about outcomes. Informal sessions ran four hours and fifteen minutes in the Red Room of the Sperace.
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Moscow
James F. Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
W. M. Molotov
Atomi
Byrnes
Bevin
Red Room
Sperace
W. Averell Harriman
Ickes Recommends Admitting Hawaii as State
Secretary Ickes urged admitting Hawaii as the 49th state noting Pacific voters backed statehood two to one. He said Congress will review the territory's qualifications after a committee visit, and argued economic control concerns can be managed under statehood with federal support.
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Washington
Hawaii
Aioa
Ickes
Pacific Ocean
Upw
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Islands
Interior Department
Trains Jammed With Travelers Amid Peak Holiday Movement
Christmas travel swamped transport hubs as rail lines halted some ticket sales and air carriers carried long waiting lists. Crowds packed waiting rooms and buses, with many overnight travelers at La Guardia. Officials blamed equipment shortages and blizzards for crowded conditions.
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New York
Air Lines
la Guardia Field
New York Central
Chicago
Toledo
Ohio
Erie
Cleveland
Washington
F. H. Baird
Baird
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
New
Keesler Soldiers Stranded for Christmas Rail Travel
Hundreds of Keesler Field soldiers at Biloxi Mississippi were unable to obtain trains home for Christmas. About 12,000 men received furloughs, but trains were crowded and only a small portion got transport while others returned their passes after two days in line.
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Biloxi
Miss
Keesler
Christmas Observances Mark Monroes Churches Tonight
Most Monroe and West Monroe churches plan Christmas Eve services with special programs at First Methodist Monroe Grace Episcopal and St Matthew s in Monroe and St Paschal s in West Monroe. Grace Episcopal will host a midnight Eucharist with organist William P Grant and a full litany of music and carols. St Paschal s marks its fifth anniversary with a midnight mass featuring a children s procession and lights as a crib scene is unveiled. Local children listed among participants in the service.
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Monroe
West Monroe
First Methodist Church
Grace Episcopal Church
St. Matthew's Catholic
St. Paschal’s
William P. Grant
Cesar Frank
J. S. Bach
J. Job
Clarence Dickinson
W. A. C. Cruickshank
C.S. Lang
Mary Lu LeBlanc
Michael Cage
James Cunningham
George Fox
Jackie Howze
Joe Marzula
Tommy Riser
Jon Schroeder
Meryl White
James Battaglia
Gradual Weather Moderation Seen Across North America
The Associated Press reports a gradual moderation from a cold wave that hit North Dakota and Canada with 29 and 46 below zero, as a Pacific storm brings gales and heavy rain to California and snow to northern regions. Forecasters expect easing northward drift, with mixed precipitation near Christmas. States from North Dakota to Oklahoma show varying readings from severe cold to light warmth.
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Associated Press
North Dakota
Canada
Chicago Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
Pacific Coast
California
Grand Forks
Minot
Fargo
Bemidji
Min
Duluth
Aberdeen
S. D
Key River
Sask
Prince Albert
Winnipeg
Man
Chicago
Oklahoma Panhandle
Oklahoma City
Old Regulars Back Maestri Ahead in New Orleans Race
New Orleans Old Regular Democratic ward leaders united behind Mayor Robert S. Maestri for reelection in a Jan 22 primary. Eighteen ward leaders backed Maestri and his incumbent slate, rejecting James E. Comiskey who had threatened to bolt and run for mayor. Comiskey, assessor for the first municipal district, indicated he would seek the assessor job again.
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New Orleans
Robert S. Maestri
Maestri
Third Ward
James E. Comiskey
Comiskey
Com
Army Deserter Implicated in Michigan Slaying
A 19 year old Holland resident identified as Donald Milewski is sought in Gary Indiana as a suspect in the slaying of Ray Gordon Belt a 34 year old salesman from Grosse Pointe Farms Michigan Belt was kidnapped near Holland and forced at gunpoint to drive to Indiana. Gary police hunt a deserter tied to robberies and kidnappings. The victim Behs body was found by a neighbor of Henry Ford II. The case unfolds with a second page continuation.
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Holland, Mich
Gary
Ind
Ray Gordon Belt
Beh
Henry Ford 11
Chicago
Muskegon
Mich
Patton Funeral Services To Be Conducted Today In Heidelberg
Gen George S Patton Jr body borne to Villa Reiner in Heidelberg where he will lie in state before Christmas Eve interment at Hamm Luxembourg In an army ceremony his coffin draped with Third Seventh and 15th army banners rests in an oak panelled room as MPs guard and roses fill the chamber Army and Allied units prepare to honor his memory with Episcopalian services and funeral at Christ Church Heidelberg staged by Third and Seventh Armies.
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Richard A. O'Regan
Heidelberg
Germany
George Smith Patton, Jr
Villa Reiner
Patton
U. S
Hamm
Luxembourg
U. S. Third Army
U. S. Third
France
Joseph Crosby
Corvallis
Ore
University City
130Th Station Hospital
Third
Seventh Armies
Third Army
Ancient
Christ Church of Heidelberg
GM USW wage dispute drags past year end talks
The GM UAW wage standstill continued as the Fact-Finding Board set Dec 28 hearings to reassess the company pay ability. Detroit talks set for Dec 28 follow a Dec 2 meeting on local grievances. A veterans day plan and picket holiday gains supporters among GM workers while GE and USW wage demands intensify. In steel, 16,000 USW members vote to strike for a $2 daily raise, with nationwide action on Jan 14. Bus routes halted in Hagerstown due to a drivers union stalemate.
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General Motors
C.I.O. United Auto Workers
G. M
Detroit
Uaw-Cio
General Electric Company
C. I. O. Electrical Workers Union
G. E
General Electric
Westinghouse
Pittsburgh
United Steel Workers
A. F. McDonald
Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Operators
Baltimore
Washington
Harrisburg
Auto supply tight as 1946 models lag in production
Detroit report outlines severe postwar car shortages. Production is about 400 000 units behind schedule with labor disputes stalling capacity, leaving an expected year end output of 100 000 passenger cars and 650 000 trucks. Ford shows 30 000 cars in six months, GM has only partial outputs, Chrysler limited to no shipments yet.
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Detroit
Ford
Mercury
Lincoln
Dearborn
CIO
United Automobile Workers
General Motors
Chrysler
K. T. Keller
Good Fellows Aid Christmas Campaign in Twin Cities
Community volunteers report strong support for a Salvation Army effort to provide groceries toys and clothing to less fortunate families. Captain Jack Hesketh and Mrs. Hesketh oversee packing and distribution with Mr and Mrs B B Martin and staff. The note thanks donors and invites belated gifts as baskets near completion with Christmas and New Year wishes.
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Jack Hesketh
Salvation Army
B. B. Martin
Twin Cities
Marshall Meets Chiang Kai Shek in Cordial Talks
General Marshall arrives in Chungking after cordial talks with Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek on China peace. Madame Chiang expected, Chou En Lai greets him, and reports say discussions will resume as hopes rise for use of U S ships to move Chinese occupation forces to Manchurian ports amid North China tensions.
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Chungking
Marshall
Nancking
China Central News Agency
U.S. Seventh Fleet
Haiphong
Hulutao
Peiping
Chiang Kai- Shek
China
U. S
Spencer Moosa
General Marshall
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Madame Chiang
Truman
T. V. Soong
Chou En- Lai
Chow
Generalissimo
Associated Press
Richard Cushing
Board Cuts Down Milam's Sentence
Laurence Sauer, secretary of the state pardon board, says Milam's sentence drops from 2 1/2 years to 18 months making him eligible for parole. Milam, a former guard at Ouachita Parish prison camp, was convicted of negligent homicide in a prisoner death. The board denied clemency for Milton Johns, a Shreveport attorney, in a separate perjury case.
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New Orleans
Laurence Sauer
State Pardon Board
J. D. Milam
Ouachita Parish
Milam
Milton H. Johns
Shreveport
Sauer
Woman Smothers Two Babies in New Orleans Suburban Cottage
Irene Connolly, 35, smothered her two infant sons Don 18 months and Terence 2½ while they slept in a Christmas decorated home in a New Orleans suburb. State Police said she claimed a nervous breakdown. Connolly jailed in Gretna on murder charges after her husband Moses brought home decorations. police say she initially refused to release Terence.
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New Orleans
Irene Connolly
Francis T. Moore
Moore
Moses T. Connolly
Connolly
Lieut. Moore
Don
Terence
Federal
Gretna, la
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