Returnees To Get Good Yule Dinner
Returnees to enjoy a bright Christmas with a lavish tree gifts and turkey dinner while GIs at sea or in redeployment centers receive special arrangements. USOs in feeding cities will offer extra rooms as housing tightens. 40,000 Pacific veterans expected to spend Christmas in San Francisco staging areas and on rotating hotels with thousands more arriving aboard 31 vessels.
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High Sea
Targa
High Seas
Army
Navy
San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
Monterey
Kohler
Knight
Transporta
Pacific
Ex U S Professor Named Poland Envoy to U S
Former Chicago economics professor Oscar Lange, now Poland s envoy to the United States, arrives with hopes for Poland s rise as a major power. Lange, who gained U S citizenship during World War II, renounced it to become Poland s first envoy to the United States.
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Washington
Dec
Oscar Lange
Chicago University
Todny
Poland
United States
Lange
Army Lifts Ban On Sale of Silk
Tokyo dispatch reports the army exchange office released nearly 500000 yards of silk for sale after a memorandum to the Japanese government. About 9000 bolts of silk at a full yard wide will be needed to fulfill occupation purchase requests.
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Tokyo
INS
Army Exchange Purchasing Office
Zorina Becomes Reno Resident Amid Balanchine Ties
Renowned ballet dancer Vera Zorina established legal residence in Reno on December 22, tying her status to a possible connection with choreographer George Balanchine.
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Reno
Vera Zorina
George Balanchine
Five children die in fire in Roseville Michigan
Five children of Pvt. Otto Winkelman and his wife Vera died in a Roseville house fire blamed on an overheated oil stove. The victims were Marvin seven Dale six Getha Jean four Allen three and Barbara eighteen months. Vera Winkelman twenty eight and a hired aunt Louise Snow eighteen were injured.
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Roseville
Mich
Japan
Pvt
Otto Winkelman
Marvin
Dale
Ghetha Jean
Allen
Barbara
Vera
Mise Louise Snow
Mild Norther Brings Cooler Temperatures This Week
A new norther will move into the Panhandle at a steady pace, lowering temperatures by 6 to 10 degrees through Monday. Partly cloudy weather accompanies the cool spell as Sunday’s low reached 40s and the high was around 52. The Weather Bureau issued the forecast through Saturday.
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Panhandle
Bundey
Weather Bureau
Toy Wen
Hawaii Seeks Statehood Amid UAW GM Picket Pause
UAW-GM pickets withdraw from General Motors plants as holiday recess looms after unions press wage disputes. Labor boards pursue oil industry talks and GI, M wage issues, with Hawaii statehood policy under Interior scrutiny. Both Truman and Schwellenbach back Hawaiis admission while wage and price investigations continue. The GM board reconvenes December 26 to resume bargaining. Oil wage panel to meet January 1. Sinclair and related oil firms settle a 18 percent wage increase after a 30 percent demand.
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Yule Spirit
Uaw-G. T. O
Washington
INS
Harold L. Ickes
Hawai
Abe
Hawaii
Truman
Lee
Departmentretary of
Schwellenbach
Interior
Rmed
Oi Workers International
Sinclair
Yoran
Shell
Savony Opts
Atlantic Camea
World
NAM and GE wage dispute threaten full employment
NAM leader Iva Moshér warned that delaying progress and full employment hinges on employers ledgers. General Electric rejected a 14 percent wage proposal as grossly inadequate, while UEW officials voted to strike on January 1 for a $2 daily raise, GE deeming it economically impossible.
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NAM
Iva Moshér
The
Electric
General Electric
Cig-Uew
Joseph Dermody
UEW
Cline Arraigned In Coast Court
Alfred Leonard Cline, 56, charged in a San Francisco court with murder in the death of Eva Delora Krebs Cling of Chicago. He faces a fugitive warrant as part of a nationwide probe into deaths and cremations of as many as eight people linked to his company and estates.
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San Francisco
ANS
Alfred Leonard Cline
Eva-Delora Krebs
Chicago
Cline
Numay
Rus. Extates
Mines Roundup in English Channel
Minesweepers swept the English Channel to neutralize hundreds of mines, threatening passage. More than 700 homeward-bound escorts and troop carriers faced gale conditions as minesweeper escorts guided ships through Dover Straits toward Bremerhaven. The flotilla aims to restore safe passage and expected control by dawn.
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London
TNS
Briliy
le Jound
Blerville
Dover
Bremerhaven
Dvet
Slayer of Nurse Denied Yale Bail
In San Francisco on December 92 Irene Mansfeldt, convicted of manslaughter in the death of nurse Wade Martin, was denied bail by both the sunpike and appellate courts. The 45 year old mother of three hoped to spend Christmas at home amid her appeal efforts.
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San Francisco
Irene Mansfeldt
Wade Martin
San Franseisco
Oith
Sun Pike
Finance Office Move Under Way
Plans to move Tulsa finance offices to Dallas after January 4 were underway. The Eighth Service Command led by Lieut. Gen. Walton H. Walker announced the offices would occupy space at Fort Worth quarters for economy. Tulsa duties will shift to Dallas and Camp Robinson as the move proceeds.
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Wallas
Texas Warns on Auto Tags in Louisiana Deal
Texan cheating on license tags prompts Louisiana authorities to tell Texans to buy 1946 tags only in Louisiana. Texas motorists warned about illegal tags as new tags are issued, with a March 31 deadline.
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Austin
Louisiana
Texas
Printers Strike Ends as Arbitration Proposals Debated
Printers in Seattle and bakery drivers in California reported progress in wage dispute talks. The Seattle strikers rejected mediators named by the mayor and publishers, while both sides agreed to a public committee to present the case. Bakery drivers in San Francisco Oakland Sacramento and San Jose settled after 42 days, terms undisclosed.
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Seattle
San Francisco
Oakland
Sacramento
San Jose
Railroad Strike Cuts Costa Rica Shipping and Traffic
Costa Rica ports were paralyzed as Northern Railroad employees including rock workers and rolling stock hands walked out. The strike, aimed at higher wages, disrupted shipments and clogged traffic from the coast to San Jose.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Northern Railroad
Forecast San Antonio and vicinity turns chilly Sunday
Partly cloudy and colder conditions are expected in San Antonio and surrounding areas on Sunday. Lows near 48 degrees with a high around 2.
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San Antonio
Priesthood Vanishes in Death of Famed Scalper
In Gallup New Mexico a famed scalp hunter dies after tribal funeral rites. The elderly warrior Crazyhorse, noted for clown scalping raids, is described as dead and his priesthood status questioned due to his antics. Officials indicate tribal ceremonies did not authorize him as priest after his death.
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Gallup
Crazyhorse
Joe Oyanyhorse
Double Deal in Dallas Alcohol Sales Under OPA Clampdown
In Dallas on December 22 the price administration reports stop to double deal sales by whiskey sellers. Milton G. Mell, district OPA enforcement attorney, explains buyers are forced to accept lesser brands to obtain prized whiskeys. He says the sales violate an OPA rule banning tie-in sales.
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Dallas
Areq
Dellas Aquor
Milton G. Mell
OPA
Tremor Causes Widespread Destruction in Othao Portugal
Reports describe a violent cyclone followed by an earthquake in Othao southern Portugal. Enormous damage to homes and factories left four dead, hundreds injured, and thousands jobless. Other tales speak of deadly cyclones across Portugal and a British ship wreck with an unidentified American vessel damaged.
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MIO
de Negri
Othao
Portugal
Houston Cafe Blaze Sparks Bragging Claim
At le John Markou cafe in Houston a small fire caused panic during lunchtime as about 126 customers fled. Co owner George Caridus estimated the meal checks totaled around $100, noting patrons returned to settle up after the blaze and the incident was treated as an addition to the fire.
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Houston
Feason
le John Markou Cafe
George Caridus
Calvert Criticizes Smith as Reaction Defender in Texas
Hillsboro resident W. R. Calvert released a statement denouncing Lieutenant Governor Smith as a “self anointed defender of reaction in Texas” amid Calvert’s gubernatorial candidacy bid. Smith had earlier called Calvert’s campaign the work of a minor faction of extremists and criticized newspaper ads that bore his name.
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Austin
R. W
Bob' Calvert
Hillsboro
Hermann
Jones
Smith
Calvert
Texas
Sergeant Arrested As German Spy At Hamilton Field
Sergeant Frank Hirt, a 30-year-old Army sergeant from Petaluma California, was held at Hamilton Field on a charge of being a German spy. He reportedly admitted to Army authorities that he belonged to the Nazi party and served with Adolf Hitler's storm troopers, and is accused of sending U.S. warplane specifications to enemy agents.
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Ramilton Field
Calif
Rec
INS
Hamilton Field
Stali
Frank Hirt
Petaluma
San Francisco
S. A
Adolf Hitler
Storm Troopers
Hirt
Implied Threat Faces Early Execution in Missouri Case
In St Louis on December 23, Van Lee Ramsey, a 3-year-old Black individual and former convict, faced a forthcoming sentence for a serious sharp object incident involving 11-year-old waitress Miss Long Affton Davis from May 1. Judge William B Flynn set January 26 as the execution date at Missouri Penitentiary in Jefferson City.
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St, Louis
INS
van Lee Ramsey
Miss Long Affton Davis
Chanter
William B. Flynn
Misouri Penitentiary
Jefferson City
Crews Hunt Lost Plane Near Utah Site
Ground crews launched today toward a snowbound area five miles north of American Fork Utah where the wreckage of an army plane labeled BY-13 was sighted. Two army officers believed aboard were Captain Coffeyville Kansas Second Lieutenant Jack D Lester of Corpus Christi Texas.
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American Forhes
Utah
Jegetn
Here
Balt Lake City
Tokyo
INS
Renee Re
Smith C. Cotrel Jr
Christ- Coffeyville
Kan
Jack D. Lester
Corpus Christi
Scooter Gift for MacArthur’s Son Jap Finds USA Scoot
A reader notes that a scooter with no loss is what the boy wanted. Credit for the idea goes to George Togo Bak of San Francisco, editor of the Nippon Times. The story mentions repairs to a battered hut and branding reading Made in U G A Scooter.
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George ‘Togo Bak
San Francisco
Nippon ‘Times
Wilting
Gls
Holidayers Stream Out of Capital for Christmas
Washington buzzed with homeward travel as 200000 people left the capital for the holidays. Government workers and officials received a four day break as Congress adjourned until January. The Pearl Harbor committee entered a nine day recess, with a chance Admiral Husband E. Kimmel and Gen. Walter Short may be called as witnesses after the session. Unfinished business looms for President Truman’s 79th Congress, with about 20 major items awaiting action as lawmakers depart. Snow is expected to continue into Sunday across the city.
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Mletuscimar
Servier
Washington
Congress
Pear Harbor
Admiral Husb
E. Kimmel
Walter ¢. Short
House
Senate
Truman
Continental Trailways Presents Bonus to San Antonio Driver
A Continental Trailways bus company bonus for longtime service was presented in San Antonio. The amount, reportedly around $8509, was determined by length of service. The ceremony honored a Christian girl involved in the presentation.
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Continental ‘Trailways
San Antonio
Assassination Fear Haunts De Gaulle In Paris
Paris reports fear that General Charles de Gaulle might be assassinated as he attends a theater event. More than 900 gendarmes 50 guardsmen and plainclothes officers block off streets near the Athenee theater while authorities question pedestrians and patrol the area.
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Paris
Ains
France
SAM
de Gaulle
Athene Theater
Walsh
Solon Criticizes State Department Policy on Potsdam Pact
Wabitting December 22 Senator Kilgore argues the State Department is redefining the Potsdam agreement to permit Germany to rebuild its industrial war machine. Kilgore contends the current department policy seeks presidential concurrence.
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Wabitington
Jins
Kilgore
Vad
State Department
Germany
Crowds Rush Train Gates at St Louis Station
Holiday travel chaos in St Louis as a crowd of about 1000 men and women gathered to board a Pennsylvania train to New York. Station staff and four military police held the rushing crowd back as several people fainted and four dozen were injured during the gate crush amid heavy crowds and damaged terminals.
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St. Louis
Ainston Station
Pennsylvania
New York
Tina
Patton Death Triggers Congressional Furore
SOUTH BEND Ind Dec a- (INSi Charles Kuhl a former soldier who faced Patton during Sicily says Patton had the GI heart and regrets his death. The slapping incident sparked congressional uproar and led Eisenhower to order Patton to apologize to the army.
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South Bend
Ind
Insi
Charles Kuhl
Patton
Sicily
Calorful Military Teader
Kuhl
Eisenhower
Patton's Death Premonition Linked to Normandy Landing
General Patton reportedly predicted he would not leave the continent after landing in Normandy. The frank remark, recalled since, ties his grim premonition to the D Day campaign and the ongoing European theater.
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Frankfurt
Vec
Ins
Fersons
Geneva
Patton
Normandy
France
Patton to be laid to rest in Luxembourg region
General George S Patton will be interred Monday near Hamm Luxembourg after a pulmonary disorder followed serious injuries from a recent automobile crash. A funeral procession will travel from Heidelberg to Luxembourg with an honor guard from the Third Army. Wreaths and state detachment will attend as Mrs Patton joins his side for Christmas.
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Hamm
Luxembourg
Ardennes Forest
Patton
Helielburg
Batellon
Cherbourg
Saar
France
Heidelbert
Third Army
Heidelberg
Joseph TV
Mon Narnay
Buring
Europe
Ikwis
Hik
Métz
Mrn
7Patton
iFraderick Ayer
Boston
Mass
Pal
Luxemenburg
Christ ‘Church
Reiner
Ith Cavalry
1St Armored Division
Supfers
Glen Spurling
Boon
Spurling
Montgomery expresses condolences on General Patton death
London dispatch reports Field Marshal Montgomery sending condolences to General Patton's family and the American army. He notes representation at the funeral with a Guards battalion and a detachment of Tommies. He also extends deep sympathy to General Eisenhower and the U S Army, praising Patton as a great soldier and generous commander.
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London
INS
Marshal Montgomery
Europe
Patton
Joseph T. McNerney
Montgomery
Britain
Blainhower
Washington
United States Army
Tatton
Yayaek
Death of Patton Shocks troops Aboard U S 8
News of General Patton's death stunned soldiers returning home aboard the Washington. Many aboard had served in the Third Army under Patton from Cherbourg to Germany and into Czechoslovakia, and Patton was expected to travel back aboard this ship.
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U. S
Washington
Atlantic
CINS
den. Patton
Thes
Third Army
Cherbourg Peninnsula
Neors
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Patton
Six Die in Colon Revolt Over Stallion Seizure
At Colon police station an abortive revolt left six dead including five attackers and one Panama policeman. The assailants reportedly supported former president Arnulfo Arias. Later stray gunfire caused no additional fatalities and authorities said the situation remained under control.
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Hashor
Canal Zoo
INS
Colon
Panama
Toreador Rallies With Penicillin Aid
London dispatch says Spain's famed torero Martin Cabre recovered from goring wounds in Seville with penicillin, improving after the bull attack as reported by the Daily Express.
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London
Spain
Marton Cabre
Seville
Express Dispateh
MacArthur mourns Patton in Pacific theater remarks
General MacArthur expressed deepest regret over General Patton’s death and called him a gallant and valorous soldier of unquestioned greatness. He noted that army forces in the Pacific will mourn the loss under poignant circumstances.
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Tokyo
INSI
Eral
MacArthur
Pacific
George Patton
Patton
Memorials in Denver echo Patton views on honoring soldiers
In Denver on December 47 a columnist recalls General George Patton's belief that memorials after World War II should honor enlisted men rather than generals. The piece notes Patton argued generals gain glory from rank, while soldiers perform the hard, unseen work deserving memorials in their names.
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Denver
George
Patton Ox
Dénver
Patton's Wealth Tied to Ayer Family Fortune
Wealth at Patton's door linked to his wife Hes tencia Ayer, heiress Frederick Ayer, and her cosmetic firm stake. He earned riches from family real estate and a father’s fortune, cementing his standing before World War II.
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Boston
Ned
INS
Genara
Patton
Hestrica’ Ayer
Frederick Ayer
UNO Site to Be in East
London dispatch reports the UNO preparatory commission selecting the eastern United States park as the headquarters location by a 25 vote to 5 margin with ten delegates absent. The final session will vote on recommendations to the general assembly on January 10 with further site choices by the interim committee and the line dividing East and West left to the interim group.
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London
JINS
United Nations
United States
UNO Preparatory Commission
Easts Aad
AY Uno
Preparatory Commission
General Assembly
Mayor Lapham lashes at UNO bid in London
Mayor Roger Lapham of San Francisco criticized Lodry the vote to establish the United Nations permanent headquarters in the eastern United States as a cheap dirty trick smelling of ward politics rather than a great international organization. He learned of the decision at Heathrow while waiting to fly home after presenting San Francisco's bid.
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Ired London
Roger Lapham
San Franscisco
Lodry
UNG
United States
Lapham
Hangirport
San Francisco
London
UNO
Egypt Seeks British Troop Evacuation Plan
London reports a formal Egyptian note proposing the evacuation of British troops from Egypt as they are no longer necessary for military posture. The note signals Egypt pressing for removal amid changing regional security dynamics and imperial presences.
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London
Britain
Egypt
Honorary pallbearers named for Patton funeral in Europe
Honorary pallbearers for General Patton's funeral include American generals John H. Lee Lucian J. Truscott and J. R. M. Littlejohn among others. Britain France Czechoslovakia and Italy will send representatives to attend the services in Heidelberg. A later item reports Dallas fire damage estimated at $60 000 across four buildings.
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Heidelberg
INS
Europe
Patton
Lieiat
John ©. H. Lee
Licus
Lucian J. ‘Truscott
J. ¥. Caninon
Hughes
A. W. Kenner
Walters
Mueller
Halley G. Maddux
John M. Willems
J. R. M. Littlejohn
Col. PF
D. Harkins
T. H. Nixon
Leven Allen
Britain
France
Czechoslovakia
Italy
Dallas
Des
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