Secret Meader Report on German Occupation Troops Sparks Debate
Four Republican members of the Senate war investigating committee released a Meader report on alleged immorality and misconduct by American troops in occupied Germany. War Department objections cited distortions and jurisdiction issues. The document cites crimes by negro troops and questions about discipline and replacements, amid press and political backlash.
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Senate War Investigating Committee
George W. Meader
Senate
Miller
Inspector General
Meader
War Department
U S Presses For Austrian Settlement Plan
Secretary Byrnes said the United States would push for an immediate Austrian settlement and a basic plan for a German peace conference next year. He outlined an Anglo American economic merger in Germany and support for small nations in their voice in the final German accounting.
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New York
James F. Byrnes
Inday
United States
Germany
Tlea
Ernest Bevin
Byrnes
Council of Foreign Ministers
Italy
Balkan
Finland
Britain
Austria
Bidault
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Indian Leaders Arrive in London for Delhi Assembly Talks
Mohamad Ali Jinnah Pan dit Jawaharlal Nehru and other Indian officials arrived in London with Viscount Wavell for talks on India's forthcoming constituent assembly. Jinnah has repudiated prior plans to send Moslem delegates amid fear of Hindu majority blocking a separate Moslem state.
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London
INL
Attlee
India
Congress Party
League
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Viscount Wavell
Jinnah
New Delhi
India Office
Constituent Assembly
Nehru
Nehra
Britain
Wavell
Downing Street
Malta
Lord Pethick-Lawrence
Burma
Arthur Henderson
Stafford Cripps
Board of Trade
Cripps
Gardner Named Ambassador to Great Britain by Truman
O Max Gardner former North Carolina governor and under secretary of the treasury was appointed ambassador to Great Britain by President Truman. Gardner will assume duties soon. no treasury successor named yet. Gardner, born in Shelby NC, rose from textile business to politics over four decades.
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O. Max Gardner
North Carolina
The
Treasury
Great Britain
Truman
Gardner
London
W. Averell Harriman
Commerce
Shelby
N. C
Olive Harry Gardner
Max Gardner
West Point
University of North Carolina
Philadelphia to Honor National Commander Griffith
More than 100 American Legion posts in the Philadelphia area will honor National Commander Paul H. Griffith of Uniontown at a reception at Benjamin Franklin January 9, Packey A. Long Philadelphia County commander announced tonight.
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Philadelphia
Griffith
American Legion
Paul H. Griffith
Uniontown
Benjamin Franklin
Packey A. Long
Udvari Pleads Bigamous Guilty in Latrobe Case
In Greensburg on December 3, John A. Udvari 32 of Latrobe pleaded guilty to bigamy and larceny. He was sentenced to one to two years in the Allegheny county workhouse on the bigamy count with a suspended larceny sentence. Larceny involved books and articles valued at 336.66 taken from St. Vincent College Latrobe where he worked briefly. The bigamy charges stemmed from two marriages while not divorced, to Mary Short of Pittsburgh and Veronica Bullock of Westmoreland County, after posing as an army major.
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Greensburg
John A. Udvari
A. D
Latrobe
Allegheny County
Udvari
J. Hilary Keenan
St. Vincent College
Clarence Schnable
T. Caslin
Mary Short
Pittsburgh
Veronica Bullock
Westmoreland County
Defrauded mail order houses by false claims case in Harrisburg
Federal District Judge John W. Murphy set Friday as the sentence date for Mrs. Anna Mae Obenstine of Elizabeth town aged 30. She pleaded guilty to using the mails to defraud mail order houses of merchandise and cash, employing 61 names to obtain over 1000 items. She rented post office boxes in Lancaster, Lebanon, Chesett, and in Dauphin Cumberland counties.
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Harrisburg
John WF. Murphy
Anna Mae Obenstine
Elizabethtown
Murphy
Vnu
Obenstine
Berlin youths’ larceny case dismissed in Berlin
Leo Ohler Kenneth Blubaugh Pete Muntication and Frank Drabish of Berlin R D 3 faced larceny charges after a Friday arrest by Constable Ed Peck. They appeared before Justice C J Harrison Tuesday and the case was dismissed by prosecutor John Swett of Berlin AD 3.
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Leo Ohler
Kenneth Blubaugh
Pete Muntication
Frank Drabish
Berlin
R. D
Ed Peck
Justice of the Peace
Oakland Labor Walkout Paralyzes East Bay City
In Oakland unions stage a widespread protest walkout halting transit and many businesses. Mayor Beach warns of a state of emergency as labor leader Galliano demands store negotiations and trainee escorts end. About 130000 AFL members join the action amid clashes and store picketing.
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Calif
East Bay
Herbert L. Beach
Orae
James F. Galiano
AFL Alamea
County Labor Council
Labor
Galliano
Beach
Roadio
AFL Clerna
Alameda County
Plank Sentenced to Life for Murder of 2 Year Old Daughter
Judge Chester D. Fetterhoff in Huntington county court im poised life imprisonment after James Forest Plank, 30, pleaded guilty to first degree murder in the strangulation death of his two year old daughter Barbara Jane. The child’s body was found in a crib with a woman's black glove in August.
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Huntington
Chester D. Fetterhoff
James Forest Plank
Barbara Jane
Plank
I. Newton Taylor
Taylor
Elliott Roosevelt and Faye Emerson Tour South Russia
Elliott Roosevelt and his wife Faye Emerson left Moscow for a southern Russia trip and expect to return around December 8. They may visit Poland briefly before heading home to the United States where Elliott could be called before the House Un American Activities Committee. Roosevelt avoided commenting on foreign policy criticisms reported in Newsweek. The couple plans a stop in Dublin to see David Gray, U.S. minister to Ireland.
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INS
Elliott Roosevelt
Faye Emerson
Russia
Poland
United States
House UN- American Committee
Roosevelt
Newsweek
U. S
Dublin
David Gray
Eire
Coal Saved For Farm Show In Mild Weather
Harrisburg December 3. The state farm show commission announced enough coal was conserved at the 15 acre exhibition during mild fall weather to heat the huge building for the January 13 to 17 show.
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Harrisburg
State Farm Show Commission
Dulding
Seek Missing Sophomore in Green Mountain
Paula Welden a Stamford, Connecticut born 18 year old Bennington College sophomore, disappeared after leaving campus Sunday in a hiking costume. Investigators say she headed toward Everett's cave on Mt Anthony, a Botany student with no hat, sub freezing nights raising concern, no foul play evidence, father questions love angle.
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Bennington
Paula Welden
Green Mountains
Benington College
Wlliam T. Jerome, Jr
Stamford, Conn
Everett
Mt. Anthony
Jerome
W. Archibald Welden
Temperature Rises After Cold Snap Amid Winter Storm
A sharp warm up followed a plunge to two below zero Monday with temperatures climbing to 34 around noon Tuesday and 30 at 9 p.m. The home temperature stayed steady as a sweeping Monday gale eased, wind dropped, and residents kept warm with heavy clothing. Roads are clear and traffic normal, and Somerset reports no coal shortage, a relief for households facing a severe winter ahead.
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Somerset
Oyster case proprietor shot in Philadelphia quarrel
Charles Cardio a 43 year old South Philadelphia oyster case proprietor was shot and critically wounded in a quarrel with a customer. He was taken to Pennsylvania Hospital after bullets passed through him with another man seeking treatment at Methodist hospital for a possible skull fracture. Police held a man for questioning.
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Philadelphia
Charles Cardio
Missing farmer Joseph McCardell found dead near home
A two day search in Waynesboro located 50 year old Joseph McCardell in a mountain thicket a quarter mile from his residence. The World War I veteran reportedly shot himself through the heart with a .22 caliber pistol after last being seen Sunday afternoon.
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Waynesboro
Joseph McCarrell
McCarrell
Willia
Richard
John Burke
McCardell
War brides due in New York arrive from Bremerhaven
The transport Henry Gibbins is scheduled to arrive in New York today from Bremerhaven with children aboard. The AP report notes about 150 war brides are among the passengers awaiting processing and reunion in the city.
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New York
Associated Press
Henry Gibbins
Wed
Bremerhaven
Lewis Found Guilty in Contempt Case Amid Coal Strike
Pittsburgh report details John L. Lewis found guilty of criminal contempt in federal court as the coal strike continued. Gov actions included a general railroad embargo, post office cuts, and a 50 percent passenger service reduction on coal routes. President Truman stayed hands off, awaiting sentencing tomorrow.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
T. Alan Goldsborough
Interstate Commerce Commission
Post Office Department
Office of Defense Transsersation
Truman
Goldsborough
U. S. Justice Department
United Mine Workers, Afl
Ickes Attacks Lewis and Steelman as Hitler Metaphor Roars
Harold L. Ickes tears into John L. Lewis calling him our own domestic Hitler and accuses the government of soft handling. He also targets John R. Steelman as a close ally, before the House surplus property committee. He urges using war pipelines to move natural gas to the east to counter Lewis.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
John L. Lewis
Hitler
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Unite Mine Workers Union
Tckes
House
Rep. Slaughter
DMO
Ickes
Burke resigns as head of Southern Coal Producers Assoc
Edward R. Burke steps down from a $30 000 a year post as leader of the Southern Coal Producers Association amid policy clashes during the coal crisis. He had proposed a two week strike truce for talks with miners and pushed for an industry wide agreement, influencing negotiations with John L. Lewis and government pressure. The move without comment from Burke or the association signals firmer opposition to terms before court action and broader settlement efforts.
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Harold W. Ward
Washington
Edward R. Burke
John L. Lewis
Southern Coal Producers
Burke
Lews
Southern Mines
Asociation
Lewis
Southern Association
510 Years For Fiancee's Death
Pittsburgh December 3 On the verge of collapse William Leifara a 33 year old McKeesport carpenter today was sentenced to five to ten years in Western penitentiary for the second degree slaying of his fiancee last June Judge Thomas Marshall fixing the defendant's guilt at second degree murder said he took into consideration the fact that Leffard was emotionally unstable and had always had a good record in his community
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Pittsburgh
William Leifara
McKeeswort Carpenter
Western Penitentiary
Thomas Marshall
Leffard
Specht Injured in Keyser Milk Truck Crash
Josiah Specht was admitted to Potomac Valley hospital Keyser W Va with a severe left leg injury after being struck by a Queen City Dairy milk truck head south while he drove north on Route 220. The truck left the highway rolled over spilling milk and a second car struck the smashed sedan. State police investigated the crash.
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Josiah Specht
Potomac Valley Hospital
Keyser
W. Va
Specht
Queen City
Accider
Near-Mutiny On Ships Injures Yanks
Four American sailors were hospitalized after a near mutiny aboard the steamship Crusader off Manila. The chief steward M. M. Jennings and the first officer were attacked by drunken crew members as the vessel lay near the Manila harbor breakwater. Cabins were broken into with hammers, and MPs and harbor police were called to detain the assailants.
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Manila
INS
Crusader
U. S. Army
M. M. Jennings
Manila Harbor
Jennings
United States
Mp’s
Mushroom House Fire Destroys Two Story Structure
Fire near Tem ple destroyed a two story mushroom house likely started by a short circuit. Loss estimated by Onvy- officials believed the early December blaze caused extensive damage to the structure and contents.
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Reading
Temple
Onvy
Spain Denies Franco Fascist Label After Connally Proposal
Madrid reports that Spain rejected U N motion calling for Franco to cede power and hold elections. The foreign ministry says Franco's regime is not fascist or Axis imposed, citing liberties and the small share of foreign volunteers in the civil war.
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Alburn D. West
Madrid
Foreign Ministry
U. S
Philip W. Bonsal
United Nations
Francisco Franco
Axis
Lake Success
N. Y
Tom Connally
D-Tex
Connally
Franco
Spain
Lake Succes
Weather Outlook for Maryland and Mid-Atlantic
Partly cloudy and warmer Wednesday and Thursday across Maryland and eastern Pennsylvania with increasing cloudiness and mild temperatures. Extended through Sunday December 6, precipitation possible Saturday in the east and northern areas, with near to slightly above normal temperatures overall.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Somerset Weather Report Summary
Daily observed temperatures from 5:30 p.m. Monday to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday show unclear data. The entry references a previous year temperature of 34 but lacks full readings and context.
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David Grove
U. S
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