Basic Issues Discussed by Secretaries
The Moscow talks among Byrnes Bevin and their advisors focused on core disputes among the three powers. Izvestia criticized Japanese militarists while Iran faces Azerbaijani insurgents and Britain Russia and the U S troops remain in Iran. Premier Hakimi says he will travel to Moscow to press his case.
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Carl Bevin
Russia
Foo Peng Sheung
Byrnes
Pravida
China
United States
Izvestia
Japan
Toga
Democrats
Bevin
Iran
Azerbaijan
Britain
Ibrahim Hakimi
Tehran
Moscow
SS Prepared Germany for Warfare at Nuremberg Trial
The American prosecution described the SS as a massive breeding and warfare organization used to train and marshal Germany for brutal conflict. Himmler commanded atrocities including firing on children and massacres at Malmedy. The defense requests nearly 150 witnesses as 21 Nazi leaders face trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noland Norgaard
Nuernberg
Schutz-Staffel
Germany
International Military Tribunal
United States
Warren Farr
Dorchester
Mass
U. S
Robert H. Jackson
Heinrich Himmler
Malmedy
Belgium
Himmler
Farr
Nazi Party
No To Ford Will Pass Today Formal Vote Expected
Detroit reports the CIO United Auto Workers likely to formally reject Ford Motor Co 12.4 percent wage offer at tomorrow’s management union meeting. Ford described the raise as 15 cents per hour while GM had offered 10 percent, about 13 1 2 cents per hour, with a nationwide strike idle ing 175 000 union workers.
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Detroit
CIO
United Automobile Workers Union
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Richard T. Leonard Uvaw
General Motors
Washington
Truman
R. J. Thomas
Walter P. Reuther
Uaw-Cio
Ford Auto Industry
Opa
Two Soldiers Injured In Turnpike Crash On Holidays
Perry F Otis and John Schell both former soldiers admitted to Somerset Community hospital after a turnpike accident at 11 05 Wednesday night. Otis sustains a possible fracture to the left leg and Schell has forehead abrasions. They had just been discharged from the army and were heading home for Christmas. their condition is listed as fair by attendants.
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Perry F. Otis
Fertigs
John Schell
Sandy Lake
Somerset Community Hospital
Otis
Schell
Ford's Canada Strike Ends in Windsor Vote
Windsor Ontario December 19 Striking Ford Motor Company of Canada workers have ended their walkout after voting to accept the federal government plan to return to work Local 200 United Automobile Workers CIO said the measure carried 72 percent in favor and 28 percent against
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Windsor
Ont
Ford Motor Company of Canada
United Automobile Workers of America
CIO
Jenkins Lad Arrested for Theft of Car
A 16 year old Meyersdale youth Charles North Jenkins was arrested in West Palm Beach Florida in custody of the FBI for involvement in the theft of Eugene Bowman’s car from Meyersdale. He confessed with details of the plan to drive to Berlin then return to Meyersdale before hitching to Baltimore.
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Meyersdale
Maryland
West Palm Beach
Fla
Pennsylvania
FBI
Charles North Jenkins
Morganza
Elmer Crissy
Eugene Bowman
Berlin
A. D. Shaffer
Jenkins
Crissy
Young Jenkins
Baltimore
Bowman
Woulid
Hancock
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Truman Out For Service Unification
President Truman presented a plan for full unification of the army navy and air force into a single national defense department led by one cabinet member with a unified staff. He urged Congress to adopt a single commander for all services and equal footing for each branch under civilian secretaries, noting no rush to passage.
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Washington
Truman
Army
Congress
Navy
Department of National Defense
Air Force
Defense Secretary
Senate
House
Navy Department
Marine
Marine Corps
Pearl Harbor
Stalin Sees Bevin and Byrnes in Moscow Talks
Soviet leader Stalin hosted British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin and U.S. Secretary of State James Byrnes in Moscow for a fourth session with Foreign Minister Molotov. The talks covered multiple world problems as Molotov invited them to a formal reception and a lengthy luncheon shortened the meeting.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
London
Stalin
Byrnes
Bevin
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
W. Averell Harriman
Archibald Clark-Kerr
Alexander Cadogan
Sochi
Black Sea
V. M. Molotov
Sesson
Molotov
Carey Guilty of Voluntary Manslaughter in Fair Death
Berks county Judge Forrest R. Shanaman delayed sentencing Thomas W. Carey 34 of Cincinnati and Miami after a six juror panel found him guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the death of Samuel Cohen 60 year old New York City carnival owner. Cohen known as Samuel Lawrence was shot Aug 18 in his trailer office during a Kutztown fair show. Carey a carnival concessionaire testified he acted in self defense after Cohen threatened him. The commonwealth said the death penalty was sought and no debt was proven.
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Reading
Kutztown
Carey
Cohen
Commonwealth
Shanaman
Wainwright Will Not Testify Against Homma
General Jonathan M. Wainwright will not travel to the Philippines to testify in the wartime atrocity trial of Lt. Gen. Masaharu Homma. Homma pleaded not guilty to charges tied to the Bataan death march and other prisoner abuses. Wainwright, in Dallas, said he will provide evidence against Homma in court from afar.
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Manila
Masaharu Homma
Philippines
Homma
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Bataan
Corregidor
Dallas
Tex
Wainwright
Capt. Coder On Staff To Aid Homma
A Pennsylvania native, Capt. Frank R. Coder Jr. of Somerset joins the legal staff defending Japanese Gen. Masaharu Homma in Manila. He enlisted in 1942, rose to captain in an artillery regiment, fought in the Philippines, then went to Japan with occupation forces before this assignment. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Coder.
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Manila
Pennsylvania
Frank R. Coder, Jr
Somerset
Masaharu Homma
Coder
Somerset County
Philippines
Japan
Frank R. Coder
Citizenship Restored By MacArthur
Tokio date General Mac Arthur orders the Japanese government to restore voting and public office rights to political prisoners released after Oct 4. Late registration to be permitted and residence requirements waived for those affected by the order.
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Tokio
MacArthur
White Xmas For Most of Pennsylvania
The weatherman predicted a white Christmas across most of Pennsylvania as a major storm raged. Winds up to 25 mph piled snow in foot drifts, prompting school and college closures and at least five deaths with many injuries.
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Publicity director tears down slogans in Colorado cold
Denver December reports state publicity director Robert E. Warren noted Colorado’s lowest temperature, 12 below zero, and ripped down a slogan reading Come to Cool Colorado as the cold spell continued.
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Ocrkol
Colorado
Denver
Robert E. Warren
Holiday Closure at Court House Officials Close Offices
County commissioners W. K. Walker D. J. Beachley and Ernest C. Johnson ordered a holiday closure of all court house offices from Saturday noon to Wednesday 8 30 morning with court approval.
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Court House
W. K. Walker
D. J. Beachley
Ernest C. Johnson
Frigid Wave Sweeps Eastern Nation Amid Snow Toll
The bitter cold and heavy snow across the eastern half of the country endure with at least 56 deaths blamed on exposure sledding accidents and traffic incidents. An Arctic air outbreak from central Canada is forecast with no relief in sight as New York and other areas face more accumulations and impassable roads.
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Rockies
Kansas
Atlantic Seaboard
Canada
New York City
la Guardia
Newark
N. J
Pennsylvania
Maryland
North Carolina
South Carolina
Ohio
Washington
Buffalo
N. Y
New York
North Dakota
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Land O'Lakes
Wis
Miami
Snowy Day Curtails McKean County Schools
Ten inches of snow and flu kept students home across most McKean County schools. Bradford high schools dismissed at noon, 700 of 1600 absent, Derrick City 100 of 290 absent, and three Bradford Township schools reported 218 absences.
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Bradford
McKean County
Derrick City
Bradford Township
Five to seven years for Jersey farmer on murder plot
James C. Gibbs, 56, Johnsonburg farmer and bank director, was sentenced in Belvidere to five to seven years in state prison and fined $5,000 for advocating the murder of his wife Mrs May Gibbs. A jury convicted him on Dec 5 after evidence showed Gibbs paid $400 toward a proposed killing, with the maximum legal penalty potentially 15 years. Mrs Gibbs seeks separate maintenance in Chancery court.
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Belvidere
N. J
James C. Gibbs
Johnsonburg
May Gibbs
Warren County
Clark O. Bowers
Gibbs
Jersey
Jimmy Stuart Expected Home for Christmas
Indiana residents anticipate Jimmy Stewart's return for the holidays as snow delays and a train arrival loom. Mrs. Stewart remains hopeful despite weather hindrances, recalling his wartime absence and plans to greet him when he arrives by train.
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Indiana
Hollywood
Jimmy Stewart
Jimmy
Pittsburgh
Snow Continues as Heavy Winter Storm Hits Town
Snow blankets Roof Garden and outskirts with over 11 inches by evening, rising to deeper drifts by midnight. Patrols report 24 F highs and 16 F lows, with 38 large plows and 18 smaller ones clearing county roads and seven plows on the turnpike. No serious injuries reported. winds worsen drifting.
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David Grove
Pennsylvania Highway Department
George Kline
Highway Department
Turnpike
King Winter
No sense in skidding rules for safe driving
The piece stresses adjusting speed to road and weather, slowing before intersections and curves, keeping safe following distances, braking lightly and intermittently, and signaling when turning or stopping. It urges taking time to be safe to avoid accidents and regrets.
Suit Filed Over Train Wreck Damages in Pittsburgh
Emerson 5 Hixson and Estelle B. Hixson of West Newton sue the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co in federal court for 6000 dollars claiming a B and O train wrecked a building they own.
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B and O
Pittsburgh
Emerson
Hixson
Estelle B. Hixson
West Newton
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co
B&o
Somerset Weather Report Summary
Daily U S Weather Observer David Grove reports 24 hour period 5 30 p m Tuesday to 5 30 p m Wednesday in Somerset with temperatures and snowfall details. Weather data placeholders appear garbled but indicate a daily high and low with a past year comparison.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
U. S. Weather Bureau
Boston
Chicago
Coset Soso
Cleveland
Denver
Tamanansbhenaeenn Satheshunasnenanni
Miami
Weather Outlook for Maryland and Neighboring States
Maryland stays fair but cold with freezing temps all day Thursday. Clearing and colder Thursday night. Friday enjoys fair skies and rising afternoon temperatures. Pennsylvania and West Virginia see a mix of clouds, colder conditions, and light snow flurries through Thursday night with gradual cooling then a milder Friday.
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Maryland
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Robert Pressnell, Jr
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Somerset Paint & Supply CO
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Miller’s Beauty Shopper
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Center Ave
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Associated Press
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Scranton
Luther W. Guigley
Mohnton
James Gannon
Williamsport
Lawrence Bunch
Johnny Allen Bunch
Turkey City
Gugley
Gannon
L. M. Knauber
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Somerset American
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