New York Borough Braces as 19.5 Inch Blizzard Hits Area
The Northeast endures a heavy storm with 12 deaths nationwide. New York City records the third heaviest snowfall in its history at 19.5 inches, closing airports and delaying transport though subways run near normal. Schools shut in suburbs and nearby states as damage mounts.
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New York
New York City
Jersey
New England
Long Island
Atlantic
New York State
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
West Virginia
la Guardia Field
New York International Airport
Newark
N. J
Otto Frankfurters on federal payroll in postwar bids
A Washington dispatch recounts Otto, a 64 year old Austrian born con man who reformed after World War II and joined the Paris based economic cooperation administration as an economic specialist. He has held treasury and Pinkerton linked aliases including Theodore Wilbur Ned Frankforter and E J Walters.
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Washington
Federal
Felix
Supreme Court
Estelle
Treasury
Labor Department
Office of Strategic Services
Otto
Paris
Economic Cooperation Administration
Trade and Payments
Special Representative
New York Board of Trade
Marshall Plan Committee
Treasury Department
Austria
College of Pharmacy
Columbia University
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Iowa State Reformatory
Anamosa
Iowa
Theodore Wilbur
Ned Frankforter
Ned Frankfort
E. J. Walters
W. J. Dawson
B. B. Braun
Register
Washington, D. C
R. A. Gossett's Rites Tuesday
Pop Gossett, noted paint contractor, died after a long illness at his home 2703 Lee avenue. The funeral will be at the First Christian Church Tuesday at 10 a. m., with Stonewall Lodge and Knights of Pythias in charge of the grave ritual at River View Burial Park.
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R. A
Pop) Gossett
Lee Avenue
First Christian Church
Ernest Duncan Holloway
Stonewall Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Riverview Burial Park
Davis Lawhead
W. Frank Farmer
Bert Coverdale
Johnnie Simmons
H. H. “Aur
E. R. Dawson
Frank Cline
Pythian Sisters
Knights of Khorassan
Mr. Gossett
Augusta
Edith Joiner
Macon
Shreveport
Monroe
Pythians
Stonewall Lodge No. 8
C. M. Davis
Arlington
Alma Collins
Houston
Tex
Fannie Fuchs
Baytown
Edith Stegman
John Fuchs, Jr
Plans Hunt for Missing Vessel Near Cape Antonio
Coast guard aircraft and Cuban naval vessels searched for survivors of the Honduran freighter San Luis after the crew abandoned ship near Cape Antonio Cuba. Two St Petersburg and one Miami coast guard planes joined the hunt while three nearby ships reported no trace and resumed their routes. The cutter Macoma was dispatched from Miami toward the area and expected to arrive around noon.
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Miami
Fla
Coast Guard
San Luis
Cape Antonio
Cuba
St. Petersburg
Macoma
Texas
William J Wood Dies After Sudden Heart Attack
William J Wood 62 prominent in business and church work died of a heart attack at his daughter s Abbeville home Sunday evening. Hixson Funeral Home to bring the body to Monroe for services Tuesday at the Hixson chapel with interment at Mt Lebanon Cemetery Arcadia. He lived in Monroe most of his life except for a period in Arkansas and taught at First Methodist Church.
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William J. Wood
Abbeville
Hixson Funeral Home
Hixson Funeral
Mt. Lebanon
Arcadia
Mr. Wood
Arkansas
Monroe
First Methodist Church
Ten Million Dollar Suit Filed Over Richland Parish Oil Lands
A Pennsylvania, Michigan and California group sues in Fifth District Rayville alleging they are rightful heirs to Fredrick Rhonert and seek recovery of $10,000,000 in underground minerals. They claim forged quitclaim deeds and fraudulent transfers in the Delhi oil field and name several defendants including Emma H Willis John W Willis Sun Oil Company and Kingwood Oil Company.
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Rayville
Richland Parish
Fifth District Court
Pennsylvania
Michigan
California
Fredrick Rhonert
Rhonert
Delhi
Delhi Land and Improvement Company
John W. Willis
Emma H. Willis
John McCarthy
W. L. Ethridge
C. H. Murphy, Jr
Sun Oil Company
Kingwood Oil Company
Carl B. Anderson
Emma Rhonert
China seeks honorable peace as Sun Fo forms cabinet
Premier Sun Fo announced a cabinet pledged to fight on until an honorable peace is secured and did not rule out a compromise with the Communists. He said surrender would erase China as a free nation and named Wu Te-Chen as vice premier amid speculation on other appointments.
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Nanking
Sun Fo
Sun
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Chiang
Wu Te-Chen
Kuomintang (Government) Party
Chang Chun
Kuomintang
Central Political Council
Clothes and Food Appeal Raises Funds Amid Teen Needs
A list of donations and memorials shows efforts for clothing and food aid. Citizens and groups such as Quachita Valley Camp No. 10 and First Christian Church contribute. totals note substantial gifts and memorials reflecting community support.
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Rey Pato Bis Pees Tanner d
Sonny Biossat
Aetes
Billy
Yoya Poe Pate
Sadie Faust
Suzanne
Yvonne Cason
Jack Alexander Collins
Tom Hiser
Fred
Mémis Fizer
Elizabeth Thornton
Goodfellows
Moor
Christian Church
Gipson
First Christian Church
H. L. Moore
Phil Smith
Pare Sitans Siaveentiogs
Uarhowi Sessnessvies
Narnowie
Beatty Gove. Sievsereissevsde
H. V. Col
HGS
Aseissees Bam de Sxeendieta
Tiny Stolpe Village Faces Soviet Return to Iron Curtain
In Berlin area Stolpe, a village of under 1000 farmers, awaits its transfer from French to Russian control amid Cold War tension. West Berlin police guard the settlement as a possible January 3 handover looms, with villagers fearful of reprisals and officials fleeing to Berlin.
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Berlin
Stolpe
France
Russia
West Berlin
Siolpe
Disabled motor craft beached at mouth of Onancock Creek
The 75 foot motorboat Hunt Brothers was beached in shallow water at the mouth of Onancock Creek on the Virginia eastern shore. A coast guard cutter and a tug from Onancock assisted with a rescue as the crew of Milton Wilson Guy West and Nelson Reed were aboard. The Hunt Brothers, owned by W. P. Hunt Company of Hampton, uses the Chesapeake Bay to tow oil barges and was reportedly skippered by Wilson.
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Norfolk
Hunt Brothers
Onancock
Virginia
Chesapeake Bay
Coast Guard
Violet
Milton Wilson
Hampton
Guy West
Nelson Reed
Newport News
Hunt
Tangier Island
W. P. Hunt Company
Said
Wilson
Injured Youth Paralyzed After Fall While Hunting
Donnie Varnado, 19, lay through a rainy night in the woods after a fall while retrieving a squirrel near Varnado town. Paralyzed from the waist down, he was taken to Charity Hospital in New Orleans where attendants said the injury occurred Friday afternoon. His hunting dog guarded him until rescuers arrived as a family member calmed the animal.
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New Orleans
Donnie Varnado
Charity Hospital
Varnado
Here
Supreme Court declines to review Tojo war crimes sentence
The U S Supreme Court refused to interfere with the international military tribunal that sentenced former Premier Tojo and six other Japanese warlords to death. In a 6 to 1 vote the court said it had no authority over the tribunal, denying appeals and challenges to the legality or release of the condemned.
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Washington
Supreme Court
International Military Tribunal
Tojo
International Tribunal
MacArthur
Justice Murphy
Justice Rutledge
Justice Jackson
High Court
Vinson
Black
Reed
Frankfurter
Douglas
Burton
United States
Neville Day Observance for Ernest L. Neville at Neville High
Neville Day honor is proclaimed by Mayor George Breece for Ernest L. Neville. A 7:30 p.m. program at Neville High School led by master of ceremonies W. L. Ethridge Jr. features testimonials, recordings, and a new Dodge gift from alumni and community in appreciation of Mr. Neville’s service.
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Ernest L. Neville
George Breece
Neville High School
W. L. Ethridge, Jr
Neville
Dodge
David I. Garrett
Harold Breard
Julia Wossman
Agnes Allen Miller
R. W. Germany
Daisy Strong Terzia
Thomas Leigh
Eleona Brinsmade
Dick Troy
C. W. Williams
Mike John, Jr
Monroe City High School
Twin Cities
Louisiana
Dutch Forces Seize Indonesian Capital in Java Police Action
Dutch paratroopers seized Jogjakarta and interned Indonesia's leaders as they moved through central Java and Sumatra in a rapid operation. Forces reached Tjepoe and Toeran while advancing toward Solok and Bukittinggi. The action, called a police operation, gains quick occupation with limited reported casualties.
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Batavia
Java
Tjeppe
Jogjakarta
East Java
Tjepoe
Toeran
Malang
Sumatra
Solok
Singakarak
Bukittinggi
Medan
Netherlands
Espionage Laws Tightened Under Unified Agency Plan
Washington reports outline steps to tighten spying laws and place about twenty intelligence agencies under a central civilian controlled mechanism. Secretary Forrestal said a campaign began last March to coordinate home front intelligence across military services and agencies.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
White House
House un-American Activities Committee
Truman
Defense Forrestal
Secret Service
State Department
Clark
Congress
U. S
Forrestal
National Security Council
Defense
Mary B. Hartman
Philadelphia
Pilgrimage to Birthplace of Jesus May Be Prevented
Christmas 1948 may see Christian pilgrims blocked from Jerusalem to Bethlehem as Arab and Jewish lines remain closed four days before the holiday. Israeli and Arab spokesmen signaled openness in principle to allow passage, but Lt. Col. Abdullah El Tel still held final approval. If held, services will be at the Church of the Nativity with priests presiding regardless of attendance.
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James M. Long
Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Jesus
Holy City
Abdullah el Tel
Church of the Nativity
Holy Land
Nazareth
Jaffa
13 Killed 43 Hurt in Utah Bus Crash
Thirteen people died and 43 were injured Saturday when two Burlington Trailways buses collided on a foggy highway near Tooele Utah. Four servicemen on the eastbound bus were killed and seven of the 18 injured were critical. Names of two victims remained unreleased pending kin notification. The dead include Daniel W. Regers Salt Lake City Kari Arvidson Norway Sherry Ann Cook Gold Hill Utah and Mrs Inez Magionos Elko Nevada.
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Tooele
Utah
Dee
Burlington Trailways
Salt Lake City
Veterans Hospital
Thomas H. Johnson
Thomaston
Navy
Daniel W. Regers
Kari Arvidson
Sherry Ann Cook
Gold Hill
Inez Magionos
Elko
Nev
Three Baton Rouge Family Injured In Auto Bus Crash
In Marion Virginia on December 20 a Baton Rouge Louisiana family faced serious injuries after a car struck a passenger bus on highway 11 ten miles east of Marion. The victims included Mr and Mrs Kenneth M Purdy and their 14 year old son Kenneth Jr all reported in serious condition.
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Marion
Baton Rouge
Kenneth M. Purdy
Kenneth
A. M. Lockard
Purdys
Clifton Forge
Highway 11
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Westbrook
Pegler
R. A. Gossett
William Wood
Wilmington
N. C
Murphy
The
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Treppe
Republic
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