Soviet Union pushes three month limit for world arms plan
In New York the Soviet Union proposed the UN Security Council set a three month deadline to draft a universal arms reduction program. Andrei Gromyko urged immediate action on the entire plan, seeking a world commission to propose measures within one to three months. The move comes as the UN atomic energy commission nears a showdown over its first control report.
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New York
Russia
United Nations Security Council
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
U. N. Assembly
Trygve Lie
Andrei A. Gromyko
Security Council
Gromyko
General Assembly
Great Britain
Canada
Paris-NY airliner Star of Cairo crashes at Shannon Airport
A Trans World Airlines Constellation bound for New York crashed two miles from the Shannon runway killing 12 and injuring 11. The disaster trapped victims in wreckage and bog mud as rescuers labored for hours. Surviving crew numbered six of nine and five of 14 passengers. Pierre N. Dreyfus was among the dead. The crash prompted a three-way inquiry by U.S. Civil Aeronautics, Irish authorities, and TWA.
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Robert Hewett
Shannon
Eire
Constellation
Star of Cairo
Shannon River
U. S. Civil Aeronautics Authority
Eire Department of Industry and Commerce
Pierre N. Dreyfus
New York
Alfred Dreyfus
Bruce Waterbury
Edith Delaby Waterbury
Newark
N. J
Charles
Michael Donelan
Michael
O’boyle
Vina Fergusson
Dell Rapids
South Dakota
DePauw University
Jackeson Heights
N. Y
Winds and Snow Grimly Grip Northern States
Heavy snows and high winds hit the northern half of the nation with two deaths in central Michigan as roofs failed and services halted. Detroit set a warm record for the day while Chicago was forecast to avoid the dire cold earlier predicted. Utah and the Wa satch mountains saw major snow totals.
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Associated Press
Michigan
Ithaca
Mackinac Straits
Detroit
U. S. Weather Bureau
Chicago
Utah
Utah Valley
Wasatch Mountains
Illinois
Indiana
Author of Rain and other plays dies in Texas
John Colton aged 60, famed playwright of Rain and Broadway and screen hits, died in a Gainesville hospital after months of illness following a stroke. A Minneapolis native, he wrote Rain from W Maugham's book in 1921 and also penned Shanghai Gesture and The Widow and the Virgin. He worked in Hollywood as a script writer from 1925 to 1930. His body will be cremated and ashes sent to California.
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Gainesville
Tex
John Colton
New York
Colton
Minneapolis
Somerset Maugham
Hollywood
California
Best Dressed Woman 1946 Named Mrs How ard Hawks
The Best Dressed title for 1946 goes to Mrs. Howard Hawks wife of the Hollywood film producer. A poll of 150 fashion editors stylists and social celebrities determined the award.
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Howard Hawks
Labor Paper Attacks Portal Pay Fight Across Unions
The leading labor publication linked to the A F L accuses the C I O of pushing portal pay court actions to extremes and stirring union resentment. The Chamber of Commerce plans to urge Congress to amend the wage hour law and study its overall economic impact. The Labor weekly says most A F L unions oppose radical portal demands while accusing the C I O of a back pay suits push to gain members.
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Washington
A. F
Portal
United States Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Labor
A. F. of L
Viet Namese Convoys Move Toward Beleaguered Hanoi
Paris dispatch reports Viet Namese convoys advancing on Hanoi as France readies a naval squadron and air power to hold Indochina together. Saigon cables show mixed indications from supporters of the Viet Namese republic amid ongoing clashes in the European quarter.
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Paris
France
Indochina
Hanoi
Viet Nam
Saigon
Cochin China
Bad Weather in 1947 Predicted by Government Forecaster
Washington dispatch reports the weather chief I R Tannehill warned 1947 would be a bad year after a mild 1946. He cited freak events from Pembina to Denver and noted seven-inch rain and a May hail storm as examples of volatile conditions to expect.
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I. R. Tannehill
Tannehill
Pembina
N. D
San Antonio
Duluth
Denver
War Bride Held On Bigamy Charge In Louisiana Parish
Virginia Mae Crawford Arnold 19 formerly of Swartz is jailed on a bigamy charge filed by Charles Vincent Carrero 40 Monroe recreation parlor attache. She allegedly married Carrero at Rayville last fall while still married to Ray Arnold. Arraignment not yet set.
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Virginia Mae Crawford Arnold
Swartz
Parish
Charles Vincent Carrero
Monroe Recreation Parlor
Rayville
Ray Arnold
Monroe
W. M. Harper
Criminal District Court
Arnold
Carrero
Arthur Burke
Burke
Air Corps
Selman Field
Pyote
Tex
Women’s clothing prices poised to rise in spring
St Louis merchants say spring women’s garments will cost more despite reports of big price cuts. They cite higher costs for rayon and cotton and rising labor, noting the interview misquoted chairman Maynard as referring to winter rather than new goods.
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ST. Louis
Washington
Theodore G. Maynard
Textile Division
Office of Temporary Controls
Maynard
Heat Record Set in New Orleans on Dec 28
New Orleans reached 78.2 degrees shortly after 1 p m, the hottest Dec 28 in city history. The previous record was 77 degrees on Dec 28, 1875. Forecasters expect colder weather for northwest Louisiana Sunday afternoon or night with mild, scattered showers elsewhere. Small craft warnings were issued along the Gulf Coast from Brownsville Texas to Lake Charles Louisiana at 6 p m CST, with winds 25 to 30 mph rising to 25 to 35 mph Sunday afternoon.
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New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Mississippi
Gulf Coast
Brownsville
Texas
Lake Charles
Bureau
Two Die and Nineteen Hurt in Michigan City Plane Crash
An American Airlines "extra section" aircraft crashed three miles east of Michigan City Indiana after skimming the lake shore. Pilot Frank Hamm Jr and co pilot Harmon Ring were killed. Stewardess Helen Friel and nurse Helen Bass were among the injured who aided passengers before medical help arrived.
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Michigan City
Ind
American Airlines
Here
Airlines
Buffalo
N. Y
Chi
Cago
Lake Michigan
Scenic International Friendship Gardens
Frank Mates Hamm, Jr
Bridgeport
Conn
Chicago
Harmon Edwin Ring
Muscatine
Helen Friel
South Lastonderry
Helen Bass
New York City
M. J. Lobel
Dominick Bifaro
Jack Story
New York Central Railroad
Passman and Ervin head to Washington for new Congress
Congressman elect Otto E Passman and his secretary Robert C Ervin travel Monday to start the new session. They receive a seven page instruction booklet and a salary of 12500 dollars plus a 2500 duty expense allowance with mileage at 20 cents a mile and 75 dollars in air mail stamps. They also get 200 dollars per session for stationery and 68 recipients for the Congressional Record delivery. The booklet omits housing guidance in DC. Three young men from Gulfport Military Academy are visiting their grandmother at 815 North Third Street.
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Otto E. Passman
Robert C. Ervin
Washington
Congress
Capitol
Capitol City
Gulfport Military Academy
Jack Watson
North Third Street
Showdown for Republicans in Congress Next Week
In Washington the Republican ranks in both chambers buckle for a key showdown next week that could shape 1948 policy and the presidential race. Senate tactics hinge on committee chairmanships, while in the House a four way race for speaker unfolds led by Rep Hallick with support from Gov Dewey.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Senate Republicans
Reed
Rep
Martin
Massachusetts
Halleck
R-Ind
Dewey
Clarence Brown
Rchio
Dirksen
Jenkins
McCormack
Rayburn
Dtex
Republican Board of Strategy
Report on Bilbo criticized by Senate war panel approved
Senator Ferguson said a majority of the Senate war investigating committee approved a tough report accusing Senator Bilbo of improper dealings with war contractors. The document, printing next week, leaves to the Senate whether to act. Bilbo denies any wrongdoing.
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Washington
Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate War Investigating Committee
Bilbo
Dmiss
Mississipian
Senate
Brewster
Maine
Ball
Minnesota
Knowland
Calif
Mitchell
D-Wash
Mead
N. Y
Tunnell
Del
Briggs
Kilgore
W. Va
Connally
Tex
Girl to undergo nail removal after 14 years
Sixteen year old Shirley Skinner arrives at Temple University Hospital to have a nail removed from her lung after keeping it since age two. The journey from Melbourne began with support from her mother and Australian officials. The operation, scheduled for Tuesday at the Jackson Bronchoscope Clinic, will be provided at no cost by Dr. Chevalier Jackson after Australians raised $3,000 for the case.
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Philadelphia
Shirley Skinner
Australia
Temple University Hospital
Shirley
Melbourne
Muriel Skinner
Wilson Ewart
Washington
Red Cross
Jackson
Pacific
Oakland
Celif
Chevalier Jackson
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Third Street
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Ninth Avenues
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James Storm
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