Children Are Killed In Holy Land Fight
An Israeli spokesman said three Jewish children were killed and five injured when unidentified planes bombed a Jewish settlement near Nazareth. Haifa sources identified the bombs as Arab. The attack disrupted Christmas Eve services at Nazareth. Aubrey S. Eban defended Israel’s actions in the Negev as protecting frontiers under UN charter provisions. Egypt claimed Negev fighting ended in Egyptian victory, while Israeli reports noted continued land and air activity. Arab refuge camps and towns were among the targets of the bombardment.
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TEL AVIV
ISRAEL
Nazareth
Jesus Christ
Galilee
Palestine
Haifa
Aubrey S. Eban
United Nations
Negev
Eban
U. N
Egypt
security council
Ralph Bunche
U. WN
U. S
Philip C. Jessup
Gat
U.N
Gaza
Suspect Marjorie Metzzger Held in Child’s Murder
Mrs. Marjorie G Metzzger 23 of Lomita California sits in a San Diego police HQ booked on suspicion of murder in the bludgeon slaying of her four year old daughter. Detective Russell Ormsby said the weapon may be a battered bloody mail can found near the woman.
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Marjorie G. Metzzger
Lomita
Calif
San Diego
Szt
Russell Ormsby
Nation's Death Toll Reaches 53 on Christmas
Nation wide Christmas Eve and early Christmas Day deaths total 53 with 50 from traffic accidents. The National Safety Council had projected 265 motor-vehicle fatalities from Friday evening to Sunday midnight. Michigan led with nine highway deaths. Ohio had six in crashes. Other states reported smaller counts across Arizona California Colorado Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Maryland Minnesota New Mexico New York North Carolina Pennsylvania Texas Utah Virginia Washington and others.
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national safety council
Michigan
Ohio
Arizona
California
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Kentucky
Maryland
Minnesota
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington
middle Atlantic
Carolinas
mercury
Pacific coast
Miami
weather bureau
Missouri valley
Ohio valley
West Virginia
Delaware
Famed Artist Thorwald Probst Dies at 63
In Los Angeles on December 25 Thorwald Probst died at his home at 63. The artist was renowned for paintings of Franciscan missions and contributed to the restoration of the Santa Barbara mission after the 1925 earthquake. His work includes a collection of California mission paintings and sketches deemed among the finest in existence.
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LOS ANGELES
Thorwald Probst
Santa Marbara
fila
California
yester
Death of Laurence Duggan remains mystery to police
Police conclude final finding on Laurence Duggan’s fatal 16 story fall from the Institute of International Education building. He either fell or jumped, a determination unchanged after a three day probe. Nixon Mundt and Clark defend Duggan’s service while questions linger about espionage links.
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NEW YORK
Laurence Duggan
state department
Duggan
Institute of International Education
Sumner Welles
house an American activities committee
Richard Nixon
R+ Calif
Karl Mundt
R-SD
Tom Clark
North Central States See White Christmas Snow
North and central regions report heavy snow with up to 11 inches in Nebraska and big dumps across the Dakotas, Missouri, Illinois, and Kentucky. Freezing rain crept into Missouri and southern Illinois as extreme cold entered the Rockies and upper Midwest with sub zero readings in several cities.
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CHICAGO
UPI
Santa Claus
Nebraska
Rockies
Kentucky
Carolinas
Virginia
West Virginia
Spartansburg
Greensboro
N. C
Dakotas
Missouri
Illinois
Rocky Mountain
north central states
Big Piney
Wyo
International Falls
Minn
Fraser
Colo
Fargo
N. BD
Pembina
N. D
Minnesota
Michigan
Wisconsin
north central
No Bad News In Yale Paper Banner Headline
Washington Times Herald proclaims no bad news on page 1 under a Christmas banner. Front page highlights President Truman’s peace message the Bethlehem pilgrimage and Attorney General Clark clearing Laurence Duggan in the spy probe plus last minute holiday buying and features.
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WASHINGTON
Washington Times Herald
Truman
Bethlehem
Clark
Laurence Duggan
Strife Torn World Takes Yule Pause
The Associated Press reports a world at war’s end still finds Christmas joy. In the U S crowds fill churches and homes while Europe and other regions face slower recovery and somber celebrations amid continuing conflicts. Pope Pius XII warns against new wars as Christmas Eve services draw crowds. In the U S Truman and families celebrate at Independence Maine with a 35 foot living tree lit on the White House lawn. News notes also include UN guests in upstate New York and a Greenland rescue mission underway for marooned airmen.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
America
Europe
Santa Claus
turkey
New York
Binghampton
Johnson City
Endicott
United Nations
Greenland
air force
navy
Europe’s Brightest Christmas in Years
Europe faced a scarce Christmas as prices surged up to 60 percent year over year. Paris sold medium turkeys at 13 and night clubs offered champagne at 11.80 a bottle while Western German families skipped geese. American allied troops aided morale, with 70,000 Berlin children and 30,000 Hamburg kids entertained.
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Europe
Paris
Berlin
Christmas Party Awaits Tot Believed Kidnapped
Harrisburg dispatch reports three year old Vicki Jeanne Snyder, adopted daughter of the Snyders, is believed kidnapped by her mother Jeanne Braget and her second husband. Santa promised a post-Christmas visit once Vicki is returned. The home tree remains untrimmed awaiting her return as police pursue the southern route to Tacoma.
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HARRISBURG
Santa Claus
Harry M. Snyder
Vicki Jeanne
Snyder
Vicki
Snyders
Jeanne Braget
Tacoma
Wash
Plane Attempts Mercy Flight From Randolph Field
An air forces plane was to depart Randolph Field Texas on a second attempt to evacuate Fernan do Viscarra a 22 year old tuberculosis victim from Fort Smith Arkansas. Bad weather hampered the first landing Friday. Viscarra will be sent to La Paz Bolivia via Mobile Alabama.
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RANDOLPH FIELD
Tex
Fort Smith
Ark
Arkansas city
Fernando Viscarra
Viscarra
La Paz
Bolivia
Mobile
Ala
Guests Flee Hotel Fire in Harmony Hotel
Fire swept interior of the Harmony hotel in Cohoes New York driving 100 guests into near zero Christmas morning cold and injuring seven persons Five residents leaped from windows to nets and firemen rescued 15 others by taking them down ladders.
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COHOES, N
Harmony hotel
Planes Banned Over Burma by Burma Union
In Rangoon Burma on December 25 three Burma s banned Dutch commercial planes from flying over Burma union territory or landing on Burma fields.
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RANGOON
Burma
Burma union
First Family Observes Yule In Quiet Fashion
INDEPENDENCE MO December 25 President Truman kept Christmas simple at home with family in Independence a ten foot tree lit rooms full of relatives and the aroma of turkey marvelling at family ties and peace efforts He spoke by radio promising to work for peace and calling Christianity a world hope for harmony amid nineteen centuries of tradition and the epic of home
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INDEPENDENCE
Truman
White House
Washington
Margaret
Mrs. Truman
Fred
Denver
George
Frank Wallace
Mary Jane Truman
United States
Council Orders Peace Move Between Costa Rica and Nicaragua
Washington reports the Organization of American States council ordered Costa Rica and Nicaragua to abstain from all hostile acts and to establish a five man international military commission to ensure compliance. The move follows Costa Rica’s claim of invasion two weeks earlier, based on an investigative report finding fault on both sides.
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WASHINGTON
UPI
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
council of the organization of American states
Dutch Extend Advance in Java Amid Cease Fire Clash
Batavia reports Dutch forces press a Christmas push across central and western Java and Sumatra. Kediri falls, leaving Republicans with one major city. negotiations on a cease fire continue as the Dutch cabinet holds an emergency session in The Hague.
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BATAVIA
Java
security council
Kediri
Soekarno
Madicen
Jogjakarta
Madi+cen
Sumatra
Netherlands
Hague
Paris
Republic
ward
Madioen
Tan Malaka
ant
U.N. good offices committee
T. Elink Schuurman
Supomo
council
Raymond Merre- Mans
Suematra
PENDS
Lawoe
Willis mountains
Tawamangoe
Wonogiri
Troops Move Amid Civil War News From Nanking
Armed units pressed through muddy streets of Nanking in a show of force as Chinese forces reinforce Pengpu while reports indicate shifting fronts near Tangju and Jiaigan. Ho Ying-Chin ceded defense post to Hsu Yung-Chang after admitting failures during six months of reverses.
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NANKING
China
Pengpu
Jiaigan
Feiping
Tientsin
Tangju
Tangku
Yangtze
Ho Ying-Chin
Hsu Yung-Chang
Arab states urged to revive Palestine war effort
Cairo dispatch reports UR urges Arab states to resume war against Israel in Palestine accusing Israel of violations, as calls for renewed hostilities intensify amid ongoing regional tensions and stalled peace efforts.
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Egypt
tai talay
Palestine
Israel
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