Niemoeller and the limits of free speech in wartime views
The column argues for protecting Niemoeller’s right to explain his views in the United States, noting Mrs. Roosevelt’s support for free discussion of Communist and other ideas. It compares Nazi actions and New Deal labor dynamics, asserting free expression should allow exposure of controversial positions without endorsing violence or national socialism.
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New York
Roosevelt
Martin Niemoeller
Adolf Hitler
Niemoeller
United States
Germany
Russia demands delay on UN atomic control vote
Soviet delegate Andrei Gromyko refused to vote on a Canadian resolution backing the IAEA approval in principle of the American atomic control plan. He said he would neither vote for nor against and that his abstention should be understood as nonparticipation in the discussion.
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N. Y
Andrei A. Gromyko
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Iam
Lake Success
Russia
U. S
United States
Great Britain
Gromyko
Bernard M. Baruch
Sir Alexander Cadogen
Paul
Store Santa in Memphis Honors a Christmas Wish
A shabbily dressed girl told Santa she wanted nothing but a doctor to fix her eye. Lt Nick, a 23 year old former Marine, bought her a doll for nine dollars, saying he could not stand to see poor kids go without.
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Memphis
Tenn
Santa Claus
Santa
Bill Henson
Nick
Bill
Kennelly Backed By Chicago Democrats In Mayor Bid
Chicago Democrats and Mayor Ed ward J. Kelly back Martin H. Kennelly for the city’s next mayor. Kennelly, 59, said he had not decided to run but was expected to accept. Kelly urged Kennelly’s nomination as the February primary loomed. Kennelly’s limited public office record contrasts with Kelly’s long tenure as city boss and Illinois committeeman.
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Chicago
Martin H. Kennelly
Edward J. Kelly
Kennelly
Kelly
Russell W. Root
Dwight H. Green
Cook County
Park Board
Patrick Nash
Illinois
Anton Cermak
Miami
Fla
Soviet Union rejects Canadian compromise on UN atomic plan
Andrei Gromyko insists on voting on postponement of U S plan and veto free enforcement. Baruch welcomes Canadian approach while Britain and Australia weigh their positions at the United Nations atomic energy commission.
Twin boys seek Santa for family needs
Twin boys aged nine, in grade three, write Good Fellows asking Santa to visit them at Christmas since their father cannot work. They request a football, clothes for school, shoes size two, dresses size 14 for their sister, and a dress size 20 for their mother, noting their family relies on a small check.
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Good Fellows
Santa Claus
Twin Brother
Mama
Mrs. Eschweiler Found Guilty of Manslaughter
Mrs Tracy Steele Eschweiler 45 was convicted of manslaughter by a circuit court jury in Little Rock for the fatal shooting of her former husband Dr Paul C Eschweiler a University of Arkansas Medical School professor. The jury fixed her punishment at two years imprisonment after earlier indictments for first degree murder.
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Little Rock
Tracy Steele Eschweiler
Paul C. Eschweiler
University of Arkansas Medical School
Coal operators split over quick contract deal with Lewis
Washington reports a sharp split among soft coal operators on whether to negotiate now with John L. Lewis for a new contract. Producers yielding 60 percent of coal favor talks. Southern Coal Producers Association seeks to wait for court rulings on Lewis after the November walkout. Western mines largely back the South, while the appeal of Lewis on January 14 against $3.51 million in fines looms.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Supreme Court
Southern Coal Producers Association
Far Western
High Court
Lewis
Universal Training Advisory Commission Begins Session
President Truman convened a nine member advisory panel at the White House to study civilian opinion on universal military training. The group will propose plans and after review submit recommendations. members include Davies Wilson Rosenman Poling Rosenberg Gibson Dodds Walsh Compton. Universal training advocates in the War Department welcomed the appointments.
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Truman
Advisory Commission On
White House
Congress
War Department
Joseph E. Davies
Moscow
Charles E. Wilson
General Electric Company
Samuel I. Rosenman
Daniel Poling
Boston
The
Christian Herald
Hannah Rosenberg
New York
Truman K. Gibson, Jr
Chicago
Secretary of War
Harold W. Dodds
Princeton
Edmund A. Walsh
Georgetown University
Karl T. Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Medley Dies in Electric Chair After Last Minute Appeal
Joseph D. Medley, 45, known for his obsession with red headed women, was executed in the electric chair at 12:49 p.m. EST after the Supreme Court refused to delay for a lunacy hearing. He had murdered Mrs. Nancy Boyer in March 1945 following a poker game at her Washington apartment.
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Washington
Joseph D. Medley
Medley
Supreme Court
High
Haggard
Nancy Boyer
United States Court of Appeals
Laughlin
Chambers
Soldier's luck stays with him after fatal accident
S/Sgt. Floyd T. Van Jr., 29, veteran of five Pacific invasions and one of the four Van brothers, survived a severe Thursday night crash near 2310 Lee Avenue. He swerved to avoid a head-on collision, the car overturned twice, and was freed from wreckage by two men before being taken to the police. He was to meet his mother at St Francis Sanitarium.
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Army
Floyd T. van, Jr
Pacific
Fighting van
Hollis Crews
Fecan Street
Van
St. Francis Sanitarium
Floyd T. van, Sr
Lee Avenue
Lee
J. W. Welch
Welch Yard
Bass
Henry
Quick thinking saves 85 lives in plane collision
Two Miami bound airliners collided near Aberdeen Maryland at 2 009 feet. Co pilot of the Eastern DC 4 said he saw the Universal C 47 approaching and pulled up at the last instant scraping over the other plane. Pilot R Brown credited with saving the day. Both planes damaged but occupants mostly unhurt. Continuous on page ten.
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Here
Eastern Airlines
Universal Airlines
Universal
Eastern
R. Brown
Miami
J. B. Kuhn
Brown
Henry Norris
Cambridge
Mass
Aberdeen Proving Ground Field
Kuhn
National Airport
Washington, D. C
New York
Newark
N. J
Smith Outlines Peacetime Strike Control Plan
Rep. Howard W. Smith of Virginia proposes a peacetime strike control bill to ban the closed shop and require compulsory arbitration in essential industries. The plan would restrict industry wide bargaining, bar foremen from unionizing, require arbitration clauses, curb intimidation and mass picketing, mandate union financial disclosures, and extend Lea Petrillo radio act limits to musicians.
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Washington
Howard W. Smith
Virginia
Smith
Truman
White House
Congress
Senator Connally
Texas
Roosevelt
Judge Adrian Caillouet Dies in New Orleans Office
Federal District Judge Adrian J Caillouet collapsed and died at 63 in his New Orleans office in the postoffice building. Appointed in 1940 for the eastern district of Louisiana, he previously practiced law in Houma for 25 years. Funeral services are set for Saturday at Mater Dolorosa Church.
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Adrian J. Caillouet
Postoffice
Caillouet
Louisiana
Roosevelt
Ellender
D-La
Houma
Mater Malorosa
Thibodaux
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Vernon J. Boudreaux
Lafourche
Oil guards save Ruston aviator at El Dorado plant
Herschel L. Knight of Ruston La circled El Dorado at low altitude. Lion Oil guards used plant spotlights and fire truck lights to guide his plane to a safe landing. Knight and co pilot Charles Darrow were en route from Jonesboro to Ruston and were separated at night. Radio station KELD urged motorists to aid by lighting the old municipal airport.
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EL Dorado
Ark
Lion Oil Company
Herschel L. Knight
Ruston
Knight
Jonesboro
Charles Darrow
Darrow
KELD
Testimony Over $1500 Payment Sparks Narco Hearing Standoff
Washington dispatch reports clashing testimony over a $1500 payment tied to a narcotics permit for Natchez resident Harry Carr. Senator Bilbo denied knowledge of the payment and offered to share private files as hearings adjourn for Christmas. Dr. Anslinger testified the permit followed a doctor’s health certificates, with ongoing calls for more evidence after Christmas.
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Bilbo
Theodore S. Bilbo
Mississippi
Senate War Investigating Committee
Natchez
Miss
Mead
New York
Ferguson
Michigan
Edward P. Terry
Terry
Bilbo Yestersday
Judas Iscariot
Dr. Podesta
Vicksburg
Harry Carr
Natchez, Miss
H. J. Anslinger
Anslinger
Podesta
Carr
James Logan
Christmas in Europe: gaiety for some, hunger for many
Across Europe the wealthy enjoy luxury goods and festive markets while hunger and shortages press on the have-nots. Paris lists costly foods and toys, Rome faces luxury stores but requests for pasta rise, Holland shows fuel scarcities, and German children see a modest Christmas despite occupation.
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London
Europe
Paris
Rome
Holland
Turkey
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Mass Trial Slow For 328 Persons
The large movie strike trial in Los Angeles moves slowly through jury selection with 328 defendants facing charges from disturbance of the peace to unlawful assembly. Five defendants pleaded guilty and were fined 25 dollars. one defendant is missing and a bench warrant was issued. The case proceeds in two courtrooms, with possible termination by guilty pleas and ongoing behind the scenes negotiations.
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Los Angeles
Elrey Johnson
Ellsworth Meyer
John J. Ford
Don M. Redwine
Ames Ogden Stewart
Ford
Columbia Studio
Gower Gulch
Hollywood
Columbia
Technicolor
Talmadge Showing Some Improvement
Governor elect Eugene Talmadge, 62, critically ill with a stomach ailment, was described as a little better at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta. Doctors noted normal temperature and strong pulse as he nears a fourth term, with his illness tracing to October and complications from an enlarged spleen and liver.
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Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Piedmont Hospital
Talmadge
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