25 Dec 1945
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1945
Page
1
George Spelvin, an American, laments high prices and shortages in stores and restaurants while imagining a simpler life. He muses about Russia, Communist railways, and housing costs, contrasting wartime production with postwar needs and political figures. He dreams of a rugged, affordable home in Wyoming or Montana.
Advertisement urges readers to place want ads for rental and buying crowds. Describes economy plan, cash with order rates, and daily publication billing. Mentions telephone ad placement and carrier collection next day by News Star World.
Robert Frederic Smith, 21, allegedly confessed to killing Roy Gordon Beh near Holland, Michigan. U S authorities weigh surrender to Michigan for murder or prosecution in Chicago. FBI says Smith and Czajkowski fled Camp Robinson after overpowering a guard.
Christmas came quietly for American troops in North China as marines airmen and sailors attended midnight services and shared gifts with orphaned Chinese children. Hundreds rallied to churches as about twenty orphans from Madame Sun Yat Sen’s orphanage gathered around a tree with their uniformed “dads” delivering presents and joy.
In Detroit on December 25 the United Auto Workers move to resume talks for a 30 percent wage increase from General Motors after a 36 day strike that idled about 200000 employees. Pickets will resume with brief holiday gaps as Truman’s fact finding board is in recess until Friday. Chrysler and Kaiser-Fraser hold second negotiating sessions while Ford awaits January 8 talks.
A Philadelphia salesgirl planned a diamond engagement ring surprise for a GI, but Betty Kuhn dropped the ring box in the candy package. She later found the ring on the packing room floor and waits for the soldier to call, a man about 23 with a mustache and broad grin.
General George C. Marshall had a Christmas luncheon in Chungking with Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-Shek. It was his first meeting with them since his arrival in the city on Saturday.
Hartford dispatch reports the Niles Street Hospital fire from a Christmas tree torching has risen to sixteen dead and twenty injured. Theodore Piper died, his wife among early victims, as firefighters battled in near zero cold, clearing the charred three story brick building and establishing a temporary morgue.
Seven people died when an automobile was struck at a grade crossing by a Southern Railway passenger train near Gaffney South Carolina. Freezing rain and poor visibility were blamed. Victims were believed to be local residents. identified by the Shuford-Hatcher Mortuary as Fred Warren Jack Cothran Henry Phillips and Charles Phillips.
Sydney reports one of its hottest Christmas days with Melbourne at 103.8F and Adelaide at 105F. Beachgoers thronged the coast while church attendance remained strong across the region.
Annie Irene Mansfeldt faces a sanity trial tomorrow for the manslaughter of Nurse Vada Martin after psychiatrist Dr. Joseph Catton withdrew from the defense citing disagreement with the insanity plea strategy. Mansfeldt, mother of three, had Christmas Eve reunions in jail as bail was denied.
Chinese press dispatches report 50,000 Communists attacking Kaoyu on the Grand Canal 60 miles north of Nanking. Forces also strike Shaopo and Taihsieng in a move to seize three towns and sever the Yangtze link between Nanking and Shanghai.
The report notes six years after peace began, many suffer from food clothing and fuel shortages worldwide. American GIs fill in as Santa for children while Pope Pius XII condemns totalitarianism and calls for goodwill. Civilians in England share scarce resources with awaiting troops as US sailors aid internee children in Singapore.
Senator Lucas, Republican of Illinois, urged the Pearl Harbor committee to retain at least the junior legal staff to avoid confusion if new counsel take over after the recess. He noted new hands would not know items like exhibit 87 and where to find them as most work has been done by Jule Hannaford and John Masten. Mitchell and assistant counsel Gerhard Gesell plan to quit. Lucas supports Weymouth Kirkland for Mitchell’s top job.
President Truman issued a blanket pardon restoring full citizenship to thousands of veterans who served honorably in World War I and lost civil rights due to federal convictions. Attorney General Tom Clark noted some cases may be handled individually, and the order mainly restores voting and public office rights.
In Philadelphia on Christmas Eve Mary Ann Potter eight died from a streptococcus infection after an appendectomy. Her father Emory E Potter forty five a Camden New Jersey shipyard worker arranged burial and bought gifts for his wife and other child. He died three hours after returning home from the undertaker, of a heart attack while climbing stairs.
Advisers refine drafts of a three power agreement on procedure for drafting the European peace settlement. A communique is expected at 2 a.m. Thursday British time. Byrnes Bevin and Molotov planned another meeting before adjournment as talks resume after the London collapse.
President Truman plans to fly to Missouri for a Christmas visit but a sleet and rain storm delays the 12:30 p m departure. Lt Col Henry Myers doubts the Sacred Cow can leave before noon and weather remains unfavorable.
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