Byrnes Bevin announce Anglo American Germany merger plan
Secretary Byrnes and British Foreign Minister Bevin disclose a zone German economic merger to start January 1 aimed at making 40 million Germans self sufficient within three years. They expect nuclear talks with Russia and France on Germany’s unification.
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New York
Byrnes
Bevin
Germany
Austria
Russia
France
Foreign Ministers Council
Italy
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Finland
Saar
Ruhr
Georges Bidault
United States
Commission of Deputies
Europe
Senators propose federal labor courts with Judge Knox support
Westbrook Pe gl er notes Ferguson of Michigan and Fulbright of Arkansas back a plan for special federal labor courts. He lauds Judge John C. Knox for defending American liberties and criticizes Roosevelt appointees, claiming union leaders and labor magnates wield obstructionist power.
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New York
Ferguson
Michigan
Fulbright
Arkansas
Srn
John C. Knox
R Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Washington
Congress
Knox
Lewis
Green
Murray
Tobin
Dubinsky
Wolf
Government eyes long term use for Inch pipelines
Washington reports a House committee heard Harold L. Ickes on disposal of the Big and Little Inch lines after wartime gas use. Interior Secretary Krug said natural gas would move within days to ease coal strike shortages, under a four month lease to Tennessee Gas and Transmission Co with expected profit of about $1,000,000 and six cent rental.
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Washington
Congressional
Harold L. Ickes
House
Ickes
Seaboard
John L. Lewis
J. A. Krug
Slaughter
Lewis
Truman
Tennessee Gas and Transmission Co
Twelve Killed in French Army Plane Crash in Vosges
A French army transport plane crashed in a snowstorm in the Vosges Mountains killing twelve people and leaving one missing. Among the dead were a woman and two children. Four bodies were identified, while others remained unrecovered as rescue teams battled fires and heavy snow. The aircraft was en route from Liden, Germany to Paris and exploded after impact, with wreckage scattered on Balloon D Alsace peak.
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Belfort
France
Vosges
Liden
Germany
Paris
D’alsace
Seventh Army
French Air Ministy Said
Unselfish 14-Year-Old Seeks Toys for Siblings
A 14-year-old boy wrote a heartfelt letter to Good Fellows asking that his four brothers and sister be remembered for toys this Christmas. He says he does not want anything for himself and wants his siblings to be happy, noting they have never had toys. The L. B. Faulk Post contributed generously to Good Fellows.
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Yuletide
Santa Claus
L. B. Faulk Post
New York Man Kills Self After Shooting Woman
Joseph Candelora, 51, a Floral Park neighbor, shot Lydia Spillman, 38, as she refused him in a Nassau County area incident. He later killed himself in a Midtown hotel room as police pursued the case. Spillman remained in serious condition with a chest wound.
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New York
Joseph Candelora
Lydia Spillman
Spillman
Nassau County
Cedelora
Floral Park
Long Island
Candelora
Negro veteran testifies of beating after voting attempt
Richard E. Daniel, a Negro veteran, told Senate investigators he was beaten unconscious July 2 in a Gulfport jail after trying to vote. He described being struck by two men at the city hall and later beaten by a policeman, then jailed on a drunk and disorderly charge.
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Jackson
Miss
Senate
Gulfport
Theo G. Bilbo
Richard E. Daniel
Sen. Bilbo
Daniel
Gulfport City Hall
Estes and
Allen
Williams
Two year old sees Christmas tree after cataract surgery
In San Francisco a two year old girl, Mary Marlene Green, leaves Stanford Hospital with renewed sight after Southern Pacific workers funded her congenital cataract removal. She meets her mother, sisters, father, and puppy Daisy, recognizing Santa and the train men who helped.
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San Francisco
Mary Marlene Green
Santa Claus
Southern Pacific Railroad
S. P
Stanford Hospital
Dewey Green
Greenfield
Daisy
Soledad
Ernest Hiehle
Mary Marlene
Mrs. Green
Man with broken leg conducts self rescue from range
Jack Crawford, 55, was kicked by a horse on a California range and crawled two days to a deserted cabin without food. He then saddled a horse, rode 12 miles to Lick Observatory on Mt Hamilton, bathing his injured leg at water holes, and was brought to San Jose by ambulance.
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San Jose
Calif
Jack Crawford
Lick Observatory
Mt. Hamilton
Crawford
United States Opposes Isolating Franco Spain Plans
Senator Tom Connally warned that Polish and White Russian measures to isolate Franco Spain could trigger bloody civil strife and drag other nations into a new war. He argued that approval would only isolate Spain, offering no positive results beyond cutting the Spanish off from the world.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United States
Spain
Tom Connally
Texas
United Nations Assembly
Panola County Royalty Owners Mark Panola Field Anniversary
Panola Field in Carthage Texas marks its third anniversary with a public open house for Chicago Corporation gas plant and tours of three processing facilities. Officials from state and federal levels join a parade and a 30 minute Stephen F. Austin College band concert while royalty owners protest federal power commission control of production.
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Carthage
Tex
Panola County
W. C
Reazel
Monroe
Chicago Corporation
E. O. Thompson
State Railroad Commission
Grover Sellers
Carlos Ashley
State Board of Control
Laren Stanberry
State Land Office
Jack K. Ayer
Myron Blalock
National Democratic
Feazel
United Gas
Lone Star
Stephen F. Austin
Federal Power Commission
Royalty Owners’ Association
Public report on Germany rule sparks Senate split
Senate war investigating committee debate over releasing a confidential staff report on Germany widens party lines. Chairman Kilgore denounces the move as not a committee report and cites hearsay. Secretary Patterson warns the document distorts the military government image.
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Francis J. Kelly
Washington
Germany
Senate War Investigating Committee
Kilgore
West Virginia
Brewster
Maine
Ball
Minnesota
Ferguson
Michigan
Knowland
California
Patterson
War Department
Senate
Auriol Wins French Assembly Presidency in New Republic
Socialist Vincent Auriol was elected president of the new French national assembly with 284 votes, defeating Marcel Cachin and Alexandre Varenne. The result hinges on a provisional cabinet and a looming January formation of a permanent government as De Gaulle looms in factional plans.
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Paris
Vincent Auriol
French National Assembly
Auriol
Marcel Cachin
Alexandre Varenne
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
Georges Bidault
Maurice Thorez
Thorez
Bidault
National Assembly
Assembly
United States House
Yvon Delbes
Socialists
Council of the Republic
Robert Schuman
Republic
Radical-Socialist Party
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Faith Pair Held After Child Dies
William Focht and Ada Focht of Easton Pennsylvania were indicted on involuntary manslaughter charges by Northampton County grand jury for the death of two year old Edwin James who burned in boiling water after his parents refused medical aid. Coroner Dr D F Bachman testified prompt treatment might have given the child a fifty percent chance of recovery. The Fochtts belong to a healing sect opposing medical attention.
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Easton
William Focht
Ada
Northampton County
D. F. Bachman
Edwin James
Bachman
Fochts
Three Miners Sign For Army Service
In Clarksburg West Virginia three Shinnston coal miners tired of coal strikes enlisted in the regular army. Capt J A Dries said Harald Lester Gregory Kenneth B Gregory and Edward Gregory cousins and brothers previously Marines were idle due to the bituminous coal shutdown and will seek better prospects in the armed services. They saw overseas service during World War II.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Shinnston
J. A. Dries
Army
Armed Services
Dries
Harald Lester Gregory
Kenneth B. Gregory
Edward Gregory
Fear Oakland mass strike
Oakland faces a planned citywide work stoppage with one million across East Bay unions protesting to halt streetcar and bus service and disrupt deliveries. The AFL and CIO mobilize pickets, authorities prepare emergency plans, and retailers vow to stay open despite tensions.
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Oakland
Calif
East Bay
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
A. F. of L
Ralph York
A. F. of L. Central Labor Council
A. F. of L. Building Trades Council
Alameda County
United Employers, Inc
Retail Merchants Association
J. P. St. Sure
Association
Kahn's
Hastings
Contracts Let On Three Highways In Louisiana Parishes
The Louisiana state highway department announced contracts for three highway projects across Avoyelles Winn Grant and Red River parishes totaling 81 658. Alfred M Moncia of Moncia won a 8 880 bid to provide free ferry service across the Red River during a new bridge construction. B T Henry of Dubach secured a 62 781 gravel contract for 35 5 miles of Winn and Grant parish roads. C S Adkins of Coushatta and Sam Grappe of Clarence will improve 11 miles of Red River parish gravel roads for 9 996.
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Baton Rouge
Avoyelles
Winn
Grant
Red River
State Highway Department
Alfred M. Moncia
Moncia
Winn and
Grant Parishes
B. T. Henry
Dubach
Calvin
Niemoeller Arrives in New York After Nazi Camps
The Rev. Martin Niemoeller, who endured eight years in Nazi concentration camps for opposing Hitler, arrived in New York early today from Berlin with his wife Else Bremer Niemoeller.
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Niemoeller
U. S
New York
Martin Niemoeller
Hitler
Berlin
Else Bremer Niemoeller
Judge Delays Sentence for Lewis Contempt Ruling
Judge T Alan Goldsborough finds John L Lewis and United Mine Workers guilty of contempt for defying an injunction to avert the coal strike. Sentence postponed to tomorrow with prosecutors and defense asked to submit penalty recommendations. Lewis vows to speak his mind on workers' rights as he faces potential fines or jail time.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
T. Alan Goldsborough
Goldsborough
Lewis
Two Bodies Found in Half-Awash Boat Off Mexican Coast
Coast guard suspects two bodies in a lifeboat near Mexico are likely crew of the vanished vessel Pacifica from Guatemala. Papers bear names Kenneth G. MacLean San Pedro Costa Rica Alejandro Sevilla and Luis E Bence vides. Bodies buried at Port Angeles after weeks afloat. Pacifica sailed November 12 toward San Pedro with a 13-man crew.
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Long Beach
Calif
Mexico
Coast Guard
Pacifica
Guatemala
San Pedro
Port Angeles
Acapulco
Kenneth G. MacLean
Pacific Avenue
Coast
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