Deaths From Cold Wave Prompt Two Fatalities
Two Raleigh area residents died as record snowfall blanketed Raleigh County and temperatures plunged. L M Toney, 78, died from burns after his coat caught fire while tending a coal fire at Mount Hope near Bailey's Cabins. John W Clay, 54, of Beckley, died from a fractured skull after a fall downtown. Several others were treated for injuries from falls on icy streets and steps as snow depths reached up to 13 inches at Flat Top. Road crews worked through the night to keep primary and secondary routes open.
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L. M. Toney
Mount Hope Road
Bailey
John W. Clay
Beckley
Beckley Hospital
Raleigh General Hospital
Nan Mulford
Mapleewood Lane
Milton Epstein
Kays Drug Store
H. C. Blakely
Woodlawn Avenue
T. J. McDermott
Raleigh Heights
H. L. Crawford
Bank of Raleigh
State Road Commission
Arter
Batoff Mountain
White Oak Mountain
Spruce Mountain
Clear Fork
Flat Top
Fred Bowling
Best Is None Too Good This Year
The first peacetime Christmas in five years drives record gift buying as shoppers spend freely across the nation. Macy's reports a Dec 6 sales high of 1,121,621 and a third million-dollar day this season, while Gimbel Bros. tops 2 million. Shortages push revised lists and bigger budgets as shopping continues.
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Associated Press
New York
Macy’s
Gimbel Bros., Inc
Bernard F. Gimbel
Gimbel
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Milwaukee
Saks
Union Rejects Ford Wage Offer Amid Cost of Living Fears
The C I O United Auto Workers rejected Ford's 15 cents an hour or 12.4 percent raise as inadequate to offset living costs. The union, seeking 30 percent, argues the offer may not reach all workers and contests Ford's claimed 1946 loss of 35.9 million, stating the company could have a very profitable year with full capacity use. The UAW CIO warns that defeating OPA controls could drive living costs higher.
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Associated Press
Detroit
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Richard T. Leonard
Union
Liberalized GI Bill Of Rights Passed By Congress
The liberalized G I Bill of Rights was approved by the House 134 to 23 and Senate after weeks of debate. The measure, now on President Truman’s desk, eases loan and education access with less red tape. Key changes remove the deduction rules on future federal bonuses and raise monthly subsistence for G I students from 50 to 65 dollars for unmarried and 75 to 90 for married.
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Associated Press
Washington
G. I
Truman
House
Senate
G. J
McVay Acquitted On First Charge
Washington Acquitted on one charge, navy Capt. Charles B. McVay III waited for court martial to run its course on a second count related to the loss of the heavy cruiser Indianapolis last July. A finding of not proved ruled the culpable inefficiency charge. The negligence claim, tied to steering zigzag courses in submarine danger, awaits review.
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Navy
Charles B. McVay
Indianapolis
McVay
Judge Advocate General
Bureau of Personnel
Chief of Naval Operations
Secretary of the Navy
Pearl Harbor Probe Extended To Feb 15
Washington lawmakers extended the Pearl Harbor inquiry to February 15 as the Senate House committee eyed a quick adjournment. Chairman Barkley said he expected unanimous Senate consent for the extension and rapid House action, despite opposition from Senator Ferguson. The panel resumed questioning Admiral Turner on war plans.
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Associated Press
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Barkley
D-Ky
Ate-House
Senate
Kentuckian
House
Ferguson
R-Mich
Brewster
Maine
Rep
Keefe
Wis
Adm
R. K. Turner
Navy
Street Scene on Main Street Icy Spills Reported
A schoolboy crawls on hands and knees trying to escape an icy patch after a fall, while a woman and man in Heber and Earwood Street try to move away from an oncoming car. At the hotel corner a boy asks a buddy if they have classes under Gravel Gertie.
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Heber
Earwood
Buddy
Gertie
Nazi Death by Own Action Squad Idea Revealed
Oberursel Germany. Hanna Reitsch said Nazi leadership considered a manned glider bomb plan to force Allied peace. A Messer Schmitt 328 would carry a 2000 pound bomb torpedo with pilots pledging suicide. Tests killed pilots. Hitler and others dismissed the scheme as unsuitable for Germans.
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Associated Press
Oberursel
Germany
Hanna Reitsch
Aviatrix
Hitler
Himmler
Goering
C and O To Build Charleston Passenger Depot
Charleston officials announced plans for a new C and O passenger station near the South Side bridge to serve the city and surrounding area. Mayor Dawson said construction could begin as early as practicable and did not disclose the building cost. In Huntington, C and O officials acquired 14 adjacent lots as part of an improvement program, with price undisclosed.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
D. Boone Dawson
Dawson
South Side Bridge
Huntington
Postponement Of Food Handlers School Told
The food handlers school scheduled at Sophia and Rhodell today and tomorrow has been postponed to a later date. County sanitarian J. E. Williams cites bad weather as the main reason for the postponement.
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Rhodell
J. E. Williams
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Sanitarian
Konoye Memoir Claims Emperor Could Have Ended War
Prince Fumimaro Konoye says in his memoirs that Emperor Hirohito alone could have restrained the militarists but took no decisive action. He notes the army’s drift toward war despite peace talks, and that the emperor remained aloof while negotiations collapsed.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Fumimaro Konoye
Hirohito
United States
Konoye
Japan
Naruhiko Higashi- Kuni
Privy Seal
Marquis Kido
Russell Brines
Higashi-Kuni
Hayashi-Kuni
Patton Develops Chest Condition After Accident
Gen. George S. Patton Jr. while recovering from injuries in Heidelberg Germany spent an uncomfortable night due to excessive bronchial secretions the midday medical bulletin said. The bulletin noted no change in neurological status with temperature 97.8 and pulse 60.
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Associated Press
Heidelberg
Germany
George S. Patton, Jr
General Patton
Portland Marks 100th Anniversary With Coin Toss
Portland observed the centennial of its founding by dedicating a granite boulder with a bronze plaque recounting how the city was named by a coin toss between Asa L. Lovejoy of Boston and Francis W. Pettygrove of Portland. Pettygrove chose Portland as his birthplace after the flip.
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Portland
Obe
Asa L. Lovejoy
Boston
Mass
Francis W. Pettygrove
Pettygrove
Weather in West Virginia tempers snow tonight into Friday
Occasional light snow in West Virginia tonight and Friday with colder temperatures on Friday. Yesterday’s high and last night’s low are not fully stated. Precipitation in the last 24 hours ending 8 am today was .08 inch.
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West Virginia
Fall Is Fatal To John W. Clay
John W Winsor Clay 4 died last night at 10 at Beckley hospital from a fractured skull after a fall. A lumberman for Crab Orchard Improvement Co at Eccles he had been to a Prince mill yesterday afternoon and rode home by bus. He later went to a barber shop then lost consciousness at the hospital. Born April 23 1881 at Eccles he was the son of Ridrigge and Pauline Clay. Survived by wife Lavada Lovell Clay, a son Thomas L. Clay Mabscott, six stepchildren and two brothers and two sisters. Body at Rose Funeral Home with funeral plans incomplete awaiting word from California. No flowers.
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Beckley
Clay
Crab Orchard Improvement Company
Eccles
Prince
Beckley Hospital
Leftridge
Pauline Clay
Lavada Lovell Clay
Thomas L. Clay
Mabscott
Rose Funeral Home
California
Unit Citation Hero Huffman Honored in Navy Discharge
James Alfred Huffman Jr a third class motor machinist mate from Piney View was honorably discharged at Bainbridge Maryland as a crew member of the USS Tangier. He participated in Biak Morotai Leyte and Lingayen invasions aboard the Tangier and USS Curnituck earning a unit commendation ribbon and theatre ribbons.
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Alfred Huffman
Piney View
Bainbridge
Naval Separation Center
Huffman
Georgia Huffman
Biak
Morotai
Leyte
Lingayen
Tangiers
Curnituck
Nelson Forfeits Bond On Several City Charges
George Nelson of Winding Gulf forfeited a $40 bond for failure to appear in city police court on charges of profane language drunkenness and resisting arrest. Sherman Croy of Corinne forfeited a $67 bond for failure to appear on charges of drunkenness and carrying a pistol without a license.
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George Nelson
Winding Gulf
Sherman Croy
Corinne
Marshall Opens Mission to End Chinese Civil Strife
General George C. Marshall arrived in Shanghai on a mission to end internal strife in China and to meet with Chiang Kai-shek in Nanking. Communists urged an immediate cessation of hostilities and planned to present their case through Chou En-lai. Marshall, arriving from Manila, planned talks with Lt. Gen. Wedemeyer and was expected to travel to Chungking for further discussions with both sides this week.
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George C. Marshall
China
Lu Ting-Yi
Marshall
Chiang Kai- Shek
Nanking
Cairo
Spencer Moosa
Chungking
Red
Chou En- Lai
Manila
Kiangwan
Cathay Hotel
Albert C. Wedemeyer
U. S
Chiang
Patrick J. Hurley
Yenan
Manchuria
John Roderick
Kuomintang
Power
Mrs. Truman Home Incoming in Snowy Independence
The first lady Bess Truman, with daughter Margaret and mother Mrs Wallace, arrived in Independence, Missouri, late from a Christmas train run. They were met by relatives in snow and taken to the snow-covered stationary White House. A sixteen-foot Christmas tree shipped from Colorado was awaiting in front of the garage, needing trimming to fit the living room.
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Margaret Truman
D. W. Wallace
Bess Truman
Independence
Secret Service
White House
Pike National Forest
Colorado
Truman Living Room
San Francisco Socialite Mansfeldt Convicted of Manslaughter
Mrs. Mansfeldt, widow of Dr. John H. Mansfeldt, was found guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of Nurse Vada Martin. A second trial on sanity is scheduled next Wednesday to determine if she was sane at the time of the Oct 4 incident. If sane, she faces one to 16 years. if insane, commitment to an institution.
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San Francisco
Annie Irene Mansfeldt
Vada Martin
Baltimore
Mansfeldt
John H. Mansfeldt
California
Vincent Hallinan
Talesmen
Edda Ciano Sentenced to Two Years in Confine ment
Edda Mussolini Ciano daughter of Benito Mussolini and widow of Galeazzo Ciano received a two year confinement sentence from an Italian provincial commission for aiding Fascism. She did not attend the trial and remained on Lipari island where she has been interned since the war. The charge cited conduct in a Fascist manner and support for a German-aligned policy.
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Associated Press
Rome
Edda Mussolini Ciano
Benito Mussolini
Galeazzo Ciano
Messina
Il Tempo
Edda
Lipari
Sicily
Germany
Stalin Looking Well To Harriman
Moscow reports say Russian British and American foreign ministers progressed on their long conferees fifth day with no clear end in sight. Byrnes Bevin Molotov were said to attend a Christmas Eve dinner for the American colony while weather delays hindered flight and document delivery. The talks remained secret, but observers noted a cordial atmosphere and steady progress despite complex issues.
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Moscow
Soviet Russia
Great Britain
United States
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
Berlin
London
Byrnes
Bevin
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
Churchill to Visit U S For Rest And Talks
Winston Churchill, former British prime minister, will travel to the United States in mid January for rest and a possible warm climate retreat. He plans to give a world affairs address at Westminster College in Fulton Missouri on March 5, introduced by President Truman, and will stay with Col. Frank Clarke in Florida in February accompanied by Mrs. Churchill and his daughter Mrs. Sarah Oliver.
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Washington
White House
Winston Churchill
United States
Churchill
England
New York
London
Lord Moran
Westminster College
Fulton, Mo
Trusman
Col
Frank Clarke
Quebec
Florida
Sarah Oliver
Congress Ends 79th Session With Mixed Record
The 79th Congress ends its session with a mix of approved measures and postponed items. It ratified the UN charter, funded UNRRA, extended lend lease and Bretton Woods, boosted the national debt limit, and rewrote the G I Bill while delaying many big proposals including a British loan, universal training, and major labor reforms. It leaves for an election year in January 1946.
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Roosevelt
Truman
Senate
White House
Franklin Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
79Th Congress
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Bretton Woods
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