Death of Lewis J. Valentine Quietly Marked by Family
New York notes the death of retired police commissioner Lewis J. Valentine with restrained tributes from family and police, contrasting with public mourning for famous figures. The piece recalls his devotion and refusal to seek celebrity, valuing duty over media attention.
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New York
Lewis J. Valentine
Jimmy Walker
Broadway
Hollywood
Valentine
Mr. Valentine
Arnall to Hold Seat Until Lieutenant Sworn In
Atlanta Dec 24 Governor Arnall said he will retain the governorship until a lieutenant governor is sworn in and then resign. He noted the surge of legal and legislative action as Georgia faces a fight over whether Herman Talmadge can be elected to the four year term. Lieutenant governor elect M E Thompson is due to be sworn in Jan 4. Thompson said the people expect him to assume the governorship.
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Atlanta
Aris Arnall
Fleet Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Supreme Court
M. E. Thompson
Arnall
Herman Talmadge
Talmadge
Peops
Thompson
Ellis Arnall
Eugene Talmadge
Amnesty for 800000 Germans in American zone
General McNarney announced amnesty for about 800000 Germans in the American zone, reducing those liable for denazification from 3,000,000 to about 2,000,000. The policy targets minor offenders and low income or property cases, while major offenders still face prosecution. the move aims to accelerate justice for major Nazis. McNarney spoke to a Christmas gathering in Frankfurt informing citizens of the change.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Joseph T. McNarney
United States
Europe
McNarney
United States Army
U. S
Truman to Fly to Missouri for Christmas Visit
President Truman plans a Christmas flight to Kansas City to spend the day with his mother in Independence, Missouri. He will speak to the nation at 4 17 p.m. and attend a White House lighting program before departing early tomorrow morning with Gen Vaughan for Missouri.
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Washington
Prestlet Truman
Missouri
White House
Tuman
Marine Band
Na- Agnal
Kansas City
Martha E. Truman
Taft Bricker Plan Showdown For Ohio Delegates
Ohio Senators Robert A. Taft and John W. Bricker move toward a January decision on which will seek favorite son support for the 1948 Republican nomination. Both may meet to work out an agreement to avoid bidding against each other for Ohio's 50 delegates as Dewey and Stassen pursue momentum. The outcome could shape the GOP convention strategy in the face of New York's heavy delegate bloc.
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Washington
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
John W. Bricker
Taft
Bricker
Dewey
New York
Vanderbilt Niece Plunges to Death in Fifth Avenue Hotel
Mrs. Jerome Preston 48 a former African hunter and Vanderbilt kin leapt from a fifth floor apartment in a New York Fifth Avenue hotel. Detectives report ill health depression and a companion said she was given milk before disappearing. Her pajama clad body was found in an areaway. Her son Ethan Allen died on D-day with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
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New York
Jerome Preston
Africa
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Sr
Fifth Avenue
Good Fellows Appeal Totals Near Three Thousand Dollars
Public donations to the Good Fellows drive in West Monroe accumulate to 2969.36 with anticipated toys and merchandise contributions from Leon Sugar and Monroe Drug Company. Recipients are unnamed charities, with memorials for Masur Heller Filhiol Hancock and others.
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West Monroe
C. J. Shirah
Woodmen Circle
Parlor
City
Grove
Jack Jones
Superior Cleaners
Grandma Thompson
Grandma Wiggins
John
Martha Thompson
Benny Oakland
Enue
Ccc
Cece Eeenene
E. H. Osterman
Sallie
Travis Oliver
Eisiaidis Borieabyes
Ceeenis
Cue Seeee
Fred L. Speakman
Ida Sophie Davidson
Good Fellows
Leon Sugar
Monroe Drug Company
Alcatraz Slayer Offers Eyes to a Veteran
Miran E Thompson, 29, condemned to death for aiding an Alcatraz escape attempt, asks to donate his gray eyes to a veteran. U S Marshal VICE will arrange an eye bank after execution. no date set. Sam Shockley and Clarence Carnes are also condemned or jailed for the incident that cost two guards and three convicts their lives.
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Miran E. Thompson
Lfe
Amarillo
Tex
Alcatraz
Federal
United States
George Vice
Thompson
Sam Shockley
Clarence Carnes
William A. Miller
Miller
Christmas Eve in Bethlehem Draws Thousands
In Bethlehem on December 24 pilgrims gather around the grotto birthplace of Jesus as Rev. Louis Barlassina leads Christmas eve vespers and a midnight high mass. Police escort the procession through the manger square with church dignitaries aboard carloads.
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Carter L. Davidson
Bethlehem
Jesus Christ
Louis Barlassina
Old City
Jerusalem
Palestine
Bethlehem Manger Square
Barlassina
Christ
St. Paschal’s Church
Dan Jackson
Frank Jacola
Philip Lynch
George Fox
Lannie Hanley
Tom Riser
Joe Marzula
Maryl White
Bobby Lemoine
Jon Schroeder
Richard Petrus
Axis Sally Released From Army Prison In Germany
Sally Gillars known as Axis Sally was released from a U S army prison in Frankfurt along with two other Americans who broadcast on German radio during World War II. Gillars is a Portland Maine native aged 37 and the men are Herbert Burgman and Donald Day. The trio were freed on Justice Department instructions after wartime broadcasts and arrests in Berlin and Germany.
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Frankfurt
Mildred Gillars
Sally
Germany
United States Army
Miss Gillars
Portland
Herbert Burgman
United States
Berlin
Donald Day
Chicago Tribune
Finland
United States Department of Justice
Bogus Motorman Delivers Christmas Ride in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on Christmas Eve a fake motorman boarded a Carrick streetcar and collected fares while giving festive transfers. After six miles the real motorman returned to find twelve passengers aboard and a mysterious impostor gone, leaving passengers puzzled but merry.
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Pittsburgh
Carrick Street
North Side
Curran resigns as co chair of maritime unity group
Joseph Curran president of the CIO National Maritime Union submitted his resignation as co chair of the Committee for Maritime Unity. He sent telegrams to Harry Bridges and four other union heads. Curran may seek withdrawal of the NMU from the CMU. final decision rests with union members.
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New York
Joseph Curran
C. I. O. National Maritime Union
Committee For Maritime Unity
Curran
Harry Bridges
International Longshoremen’s Union
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
The
Marine Cooks and Stewards
Inland Boatman’s Union
American Communications Association
Bridges
San Francisco
Maritime Union
C. I. O. Seamen's Unions
Senate criticizes Russia policy and naval incident
In Washington Senator Stewart says the United States has been too lenient toward Russia over an investigation into a verbal ultimatum that forced an unarmed U. S. navy ship to leave Darien. Multiple other items note Georgia governor’s resignation plan, C IO union leadership step, a Rio de Janeiro air crash, fighting in Vietnam, amnesty for “little Nazis,” Taft Bricker Ohio convention plans, and Pope Pius XIII warning of renewed conflict.
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Washington
Sen. Stewart
Tennessee
U. S
Russia
U. S. Navy
Darien
France Forms Fourth Republic Amid Colonial Peril
Paris dispatch reports France establishing the fourth republic as the nation confronts a fragile finances and a threatened colonial empire. Viet Nam’s bid for independence shocks Indochina while Interim President Blum warns of danger and orders Maj. to act as the new government forms.
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Viet-Nam
Robert C. Wilson
Paris
France
Indochina
Senate of the Third Republic
Council of the Republic
Senate
Jules Glasser
Council
National Assembly
Leon Blum
Henn Quadruplets Pass Crucial First 24 Hours
Baltimore December 24 The Henn quadruplets survived the first 24 hours of life in St. Agnes Hospital their mother Mrs Dorothy Henn reports the girl will be named Joan Mary and the boys Thomas Bruce Donald with middle names Joseph The quads born Sunday night weighed 910 1b 11 4 oz for the girl and 2 10 3 12 4 lb for the boys all in incubators and nourished with glucose water now considered safe with good prospects for normal life in time
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Charles Henn, Jr
St. Agnes Hospital
Baltimore
Henn
Dorothy Henn
Joan Mary
Joan
Mary
Thomas
Thomas J. Bowyer
Bruce
Donald
Joseph
England
No White Christmas Forecast for Louisiana Mississippi
A mild Christmas is expected across Louisiana and Mississippi with no rain. Skies will be cloudy in parts and temperatures should run slightly above normal for the next several days.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Russia plans to keep Dairen under Soviet control after war
Washington reports a state department official says Soviet Russia will retain full control of Dairen as a military zone until a peace treaty with Japan is signed. The city, described as cold and tightly policed, features Soviet currency, scarce heating, inflation, and widespread hunger.
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William H. Newton
Combined
World Press
Associated Press
Dairen
Manchuria
Russia
Japan
Port Arthur
China
U. S. Navy
V. V. Korzhanoff
United States
mute child speaks when shoes bought in Hattiesburg
In Hattiesburg Mississippi a three year old mute boy named Robert Gardner spoke once when trying on Christmas shoes. The moment came during a department store fitting after the family, aided by a war veteran, had been connected to help following their father’s death in a traffic accident. The boy regained speech briefly to say yes ma’am before returning to silence.
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Hattiesburg, Miss
Hattiesburg
Robert Gardner
Robert
Forest County Health Center
Gardner
Legion Truck Aid For Drowning Victims In Marksville
The American Legion truck went to Marksville Louisiana Monday night to assist in recovering drowning victims from a Red River crash. Capt J W Faler John Mee Stravick E D Orwell and L H Welch went as a crew and had not returned by noon Tuesday. The car carried a 25 year old Alexandria veteran and an unidentified woman whose bodies were recovered from 25 feet of water. State police identified the man as Noel E Duling. A second woman's shoe was found in the car suggesting a possible third drowning victim.
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American Legion
Marksville
J. W. Faler
John Mee Stravick
E. D. Orwell
L. H. Welch
Alexandria
Red River
Noel E. Duling
Disease Under Control After Japanese Earthquake Disaster
U S army reports disease under control in Japan after a quake and tsunami that killed 2395 people and left nearly 100000 homeless. Shingu in Wakayama worst hit with 14000 refugees living on boiling creek water as 500 hospital cases are treated in shelters. Casualties include 1083 dead 165 missing and 1142 injured. Relief efforts race to deliver serum and supplies to isolated areas as U S hospitals open to handle overflow cases.
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Tokyo
Japan
Shingu
Wakayama
Shingo
Japanese Home Ministry
U. S
U. S. Army
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Hanoi
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Pius XIII
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