Order Group To Evacuate Soviet Sector
Soviet authorities in Berlin released the Yugoslav Military Mission and consulate staff after 16 hours under house arrest on charges of trying to interfere with lawful order. Col. Momcilo Sibimovic said East Germany ordered the mission to move out of the Soviet Sector by Dec 17, though the group plans to stay, while seven dependents were confined at home.
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Berlin
Momcilo Sibimovic
Germany
Gerny
Sibimovic
Pandurovich
Vilko Kolar
Popcorn Plant Burns in St Marys Ohio
A popcorn processing plant in St Marys Ohio burned last night with more than 20 tons of popcorn inside. Firefighters reported the popcorn popped and flew as flames swept through the facility. No injuries were immediately reported.
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ST. Marys
Ohio
Site Near Tucson Selected As Best For Air Academy
Arizona backs Tucson as preferred site for a proposed 171 million Air Force academy with Phoenix as fallback if population limits are not met. Committee notes Tucson metro about 140,000. Air Force seeks about 250,000, but may accept around 100,000 in smaller cities. final site to be decided by Site Selection Board led by General Carl Spaatz.
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Tucson
Air Academy
Arizona United
Air Force Academy
Arizona
Dan E. Garvey
Phoenix
Air Force
Arizona Senate
Prescott
Joe Roberts
Lewis E. Haas
Maricopa County
Yuma
Kingman
Mesa
Chandler
Cold Wet Weather Shifts Across Much of U S
The Associated Press reports widespread cold and wet conditions across the nation. Temperatures ran near or below freezing from Minnesota to New England with snow in several states and rain in Texas, while warmer readings appeared along Florida, the Gulf Coast, South Texas, and the Far Southwest. Overnight lows included 8 below in Eau Claire and 6 below at Green Bay.
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U.S
Associated Press
Minnesota
Wisconsin
New England
Texas Panhandle
Arkansas
Tennessee
Washington
Dakotas
Nebraska
Iowa
Michigan
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Kansas
Texas
Weather Bureau
Florida
Gulf Coast
Southwest
Eau Claire
Wis
Green Bay
Mercury
Caribou
Portland
Concord
N. H
Duluth
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Storm Clouds Blot Sunshine Over Arizona Weather Update
The morning brought a cooler air mass across Arizona with light showers in parts of the state and snow in northern mountains. Valley lows near 37 and Flagstaff around 18, as Weather Bureau officials say temperatures are normalizing and the cold wave is mild. Showers and snow flurries were reported in Flagstaff Winslow Litchfield Park and Gila Bend with Yuma at one tenth of an inch.
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Arizona
Flagstaff
Louis R. Jarwitz
United States Weather Bureau
Phoenix
Winslow
Litchfield Park
Gila Bend
Yuma
Adopt a Family for Christmas aids Phoenix items
The Phoenix Gazette and Phoenix Community Council seek help for three families numbered 46 47 48 in need this Christmas. Family 46, an 18 year old with tuberculosis illness and seven siblings, needs clothing as poverty bites. Family 47, a 64 year old woman living alone, needs a food basket and warm clothing. Family 48 is urged to turn to Adopt a Family page for Christmas assistance.
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Phoenix
Phoenix Gazette
Phoenix Community Council
Gazette
Community Council
Lucy Krug
The
Ward and staff near liberty from Mukden to Tientsin
Tokyo dispatch reports Angus Ward and U S Consulate staff in Mukden approaching freedom as the consul general and party reach Tientsin. The journey covered about 700 miles by train, taking nearly 27 hours from Mukden.
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Tokyo
Angus Ward
United States
Mukden
North China
Tientsin
Byrd committee reports October federal payroll cuts
The government cut 50,711 people off federal payrolls in October. The Senate House Committee on Non-Essential Expenditures led by Senator Harry F. Byrd says 2,006,365 still work for Uncle Sam, the lowest payroll level since 1947.
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Washington
Byrd Committee
Senate
House Committee On
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Homemade Snow Falls on JC Tree in Phoenix Event
The Junior Chamber of Commerce staged a snow shower over Central Avenue and Washington Street in Phoenix. Two thousand pounds of ice were elevated to the First National Bank building and shaved into flakes for about 2,000 attendees. Santa supervised the tree lighting as students sang carols and Jaycees announced upcoming sales to fund toys for a December 24 party at the Federal Building.
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Central Avenue
Washington Street
Phoenix
Chamber of Commerce
Valley of the Sun
Louis R. Jurwitz
Jaycees
First National Bank
Bernie Grundman
Jaycee
Walter Cluer
Santa Claus
North Phoenix High School
Phoenix Gazette
Federal Building
Canadian Trains Collide in Ontario Head-On
A Canadian National Railway freight train and a Transcontinental passenger train collided head-on between Todmorden and Oriole in Ontario. Police said they did not yet know if there were any casualties.
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Toronto
Canadian National Railway
Todmorden
Oriole
Ont
Overtures Show States Want To End Colorado River Battle
Arizona and California push toward a coordinated move to end the river fight. Governors Warren and Garvey back court resolution and the Central Arizona Project, urging Supreme Court adjudication to settle water rights. The Los Angeles Times lauds potential approach as workable. Turn to RIVER FIGHT on Page 2.
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Colorado River
Arizona
California
Los Angeles Times
Warren
Sidney P. Osborn
Central Arizona
Evan T. Hewes
Imperial Irrigation District
Yugoslavs Sentence to Soviets To Prison
Sarajevo court found 10 Soviet citizens guilty of espionage and wartime collaboration, sentencing them to hard labor terms from three to 20 years. All appealed. Defendants included Arsen Boremovic and Father Alexei Krisko. Komad, a schoolteacher, received three years.
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Sarajevo
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Arsen Boremovic
Alexei Krisko
Gestapo
Ksenia Komad
Father Krisko
Gesne Niency
Marshal Tito
All-State Grid Team Selected
The Arizona High School All-State Football Team announced by the Arizona High School Coaches Association is featured on Page 32 of The Phoenix Gazette with first, second, third teams and honorable mentions. Ben Foote provides talent summaries as the Coaches Association marks its official first selection superseding previous unofficial nominations.
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Arizona
Arizona High School Coaches Association
Phoenix Gazette
Gazette
Ben Foote
Coaches Association
Noted figures comment on world order and society
International News Service reports views from Earl Bertrand Russell in London on world government as stability for a scientific world society. Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves in South Norwalk questions congressional inquiry into material flow to Russia. Dr Ansley C Moore in Atlanta describes the city dweller as lonely, troubled, insecure, with home life resembling a filling station by day and a parking lot by night.
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International News Service
London
Bertrand Russell
South Norwalk
Conn
Leslie R. Groves
Army
Congress
Russia
Atlanta
Ansley C. Moore
Pittsburgh
Tulsa Blast Kills Worker at West Tulsa Refinery
One worker Victor J. Henke died and four other workers were injured in a spectacular explosion and fire at the West Tulsa refinery of the Texas Company. The blast caused property damage estimated at $1,000,000 in Tulsa Oklahoma.
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Tulsa
Okla
Victor J. Henke
West Tulsa
Texas Company
Padding scandal nets J Parnell Thomas six to eighteen months
Representative J Parnell Thomas of New Jersey received a six to eighteen month jail term and a $10,000 fine for padding his office. The judge noted Thomas's duties as a former House Un American Activities Committee chair required example setting. Mrs Thomas announced plans to seek his seat.
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Washington
J. Parnell Thomas
Thomas
Alexander Holtzoff
House
New Jersey
Congress
House Un-American Activities Committee
Holtzoff
J. Parnell
Danbury, Conn
U. S
District of Columbia
William H. Collins
Collins
International Atom Deals Draw Probe
House atom probers seek to uncover secret international uranium dealings sealed by a New York court at the State Department request. The probe may hear Boris Pregel of Canadian Radium and Uranium Corp as details about a wartime uranium shipment and a 1947 parliamentary debate surface in a reactivated inquiry tied to a 1943 1,000 pound shipment and related Russian supply allegations.
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Washington
House
New York
State Department
House Un-American Activities Committee
Boris Pregel
Radium and Uranium Corporation of
Russia
Leslie R. Groves
Pregel
C. W. Howe
Government of
Canada
Committee
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Groves
Air Force
G. Racey Jordan
Great Falls
Mont
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