Christmas Adoption Drive Expands in Phoenix Valley
The Adopt-a-Family for Christmas Fund reaches 1 013 adoptions as Phoenix Gazette and Phoenix Community Council report 7 936 people aided with 6 709.77 from 519 donors across Arizona. Since Thanksgiving, groups and workers have coordinated gifts of food clothing and bedding to help 94 needy families daily.
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Valley of the Sun
Lucy Krug
Phoenix Gazette
Phoenix Community Council
Phoenix
Arizona
Soviet Charges Jap Researchers For Germ Warfare Experiments
Moscow reported that Japan's former warlords organized Formations for bacteriological warfare using Soviet and Chinese prisoners as guinea pigs. Unit 73 allegedly ran a 300 to 400 inmate prison conducting experiments with cholera and black death bacteria in Manchuria under Hirohito’s orders.
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Russia
Japan
Pravda
Izvestia
Manchurian
Hirohito
Soviet Union
Yale Fireclaims Six In Christmas Tragedy In San Antonio
In San Antonio a family of seven perished as a fire swept through their home. Josefina Montelongo 9 led her father Ascension 36 and mother Maria 37 and siblings Ch 5 Yolanda 5 Alicia 4 Carlos 1 to safety but the mother died from burns. Father and Francesca 13 were critically injured. The blaze followed a stove left burning overnight and fresh interior paint.
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San Antonio
Tex
Josefina Montelongo
Maria Montelongo
Alejandro
Carlos
Yolanda
Alicia
Ascension Montelongo
Francisca
Josefina
Five In Family Die As Flames Kill Six
A gasoline transport truck and a farm family's automobile collided near Childress Texas late last night and exploded in flames. Six people were killed, five from one family. Trapped in the burning car were Roy Lee Blake about 35, his wife Louise, and their children Vivian eight Hoyt six and Nelda two. Turn to YULE FIRE on Page 2.
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Childress
Tex
Here
Roy Lee Blake
Louise
Vivian
Hoyt
Nelda
Carl
Leatherman
Amarillo
Martial Law Ends in Greece after Two and a Half Years
Athens dispatch reports the lifting of martial law across much of Greece including Athens, Piraeus, the Peloponnesus and the islands. The order ends military censorship and restores freedoms like speech and assembly. The rule had been in effect since the assassination of Justice Minister Christos Ladas in April 1947.
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Greece
Piraeus
Peloponnesus
Greek Islands
Christos Ladas
Noted Figures React to Christmas Messages and News
Pope Pius XII calls advocates of extreme individualism violence and atheism to return to Christian principles. President Truman urges peace on earth guiding moral action. Jacque Mercer announces engagement in Phoenix with Miss America pride. Doug Cook, Mercer’s fiancé, expresses excitement about marriage.
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Pope Pius XII
President Truman
Earth
Jacque Mercer
Phoenix
Robber, Officer Shot In Loan Office Battle
Seattle police hunt a wounded bandit after a gun battle at Provident Loan Co in downtown Seattle. Detective Paul Lee was wounded as the robber fled through the Olympic Hotel lobby leaving money and blood. The suspect fled in a waiting car. the cashier and bystanders confronted him. Hospital officials report the detective in good condition.
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Provident Loan Company
Paul Lee
Harborview Hospital
Irvine O’meara
Arizona Welcomes Christmas With Bright Skies And Snow
Arizona prepared to greet Christmas with family gatherings and gifts. Forecasts show clear Phoenix skies and 65 degree high, while northern and southeastern mountains expect a white Christmas with snow on ground at Flagstaff McNary and Grand Canyon. Thousands of visitors attend valley parties as post holiday shopping spikes. postal receipts are 20 percent above last year. Gift packages will be delivered tomorrow and Monday as offices close from noon today to Tuesday morning. Meanwhile 137 prisoners were released by Police Chief Earl O Clair. Traffic expected to reach 220000 on Arizona highways with 50 000 from out of state. drivers urged to follow safety rules.
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Church
Earl O’clair
South Mountain Park
Arizona
Glen Smoot
State Highway Department
Frank M. Pool Pioneer Civic Leader Dies
Frank Marion Pool, a year old pioneer and civic leader, died at his home. He served as collector of internal revenue for Arizona from 1923 to 1925 under a Republican administration. A friend of crippled children, he led and funded Arizona Society for Crippled Children and supported Tucson Children's Home, holding multiple officer roles.
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Frank Marion Pool
North Second Avenue
Internal Revenue
Arizona
Mr. Pool
Former Beauty Queen Fires In Jealous Rage
Athens Ga December shootout ends with John E Drewry dean of UGA Journalism School and Miriam Thurmond shot by his ex wife Bee Dinewresha entien in her hospital bed after a Christmas dinner. Mrs Drewry confessed to firing first at Drewry then Thurmond in the Thurmond residence. Both victims hospitalized in fair condition. ex wife arrested and later checked for possible suicide attempt.
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Athens, Ga
John E. Drewry
University of Georgia Journalism School
Drewry
Bee Dinewres
Esha Entien
Svecwlay
Wiiw Luignucu
Georgia
Miriam Thurmond
Miss Thurmond
Miss’ Thurmond
University Hospital
John
Goodby
Reciprocal Air Treaty Signed By US and Yugoslavia
Belgrade reports Yugoslavia and the United States signed an air pact granting each side rights to fly over and land at designated airports in the other country and in allied zones. The accord marks a postwar thaw after Yugoslavia shot down two U S planes in 1946, a crisis that nearly reached the UN.
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Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
United States
U. S
Germany
Austria
West
Tito
Stalin
James F. Byrnes
United Nations Security Council
Zemun
United States Army
Jaycees Santa Party Brightens Phoenix Holiday Cheer
The Phoenix Junior Chamber of Commerce organized a holiday party before the Federal Building, stuffing 3500 gift bags with nuts, candy, apples, and oranges. Each child would receive a toy from Santa or a Jaycee helper as they lined up by a Christmas tree. The event was funded by 2253 dollars from The Phoenix Gazette special edition sales, with gifts starting at 11 am and expected to run past 2 pm.
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Phoenix Junior Chamber of Commerce
Federal Building
van Buren
Monroe
Jaycees
St. Nick
Phoenicians
The
Phoenix Gazette
Tom Williams
White Christmas Assured In Big Area
The Weather Bureau forecast a white Christmas for the northern states from the Rockies to the Upper Great Lakes as snow remains. Snow is also expected in Minnesota Wisconsin and parts of the Northern Plains and Michigan with rain in the Central Mississippi Valley and Lower Missouri Valley. It will grow colder in most areas by Christmas night with near zero to 10 below in North Dakota and northern Minnesota.
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Upper Great Lakes
U. S. Weather Bureau
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Wisconsin
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Michigan
Weather Bureau
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Missouri Valley
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Gulf States
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California
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Florida
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Yule
Bill Hines
Phoenix Post Office
Frank M. Pool
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Arizona Society For Crippled Children
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