GM and UAW Agree to Begin Local Plant Negotiations
The CIO United Auto Workers announced General Motors will start local level talks on plant grievances affecting more than 70 GM plants. Walter P. Reuther said wage demands for a 30 percent increase are not on the table in these local sessions.
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Detroit
Wee
United Auto Workers
General Motors Corporation
Walter P. Reuther
Uaw-Cio
UAW
Reuthers
General Motors
Washington
Reuther
Truman
Wintil
UAV
Goday
Slippery Somerset Highways Cited After Christmas Ice
Somerset County roads were coated in a thin ice glaze from mist on Christmas night and Wednesday morning. The Pennsylvania Turnpike from Pittsburgh to Carlisle was iced. crews worked to restore safer driving. William Will said most highways were passable but many hills remained dangerous. Buses ran late but on schedule. crews worked long hours amid flu outbreaks. Police answered many road condition inquiries. accidents were few and minor. Temperature ranged 37 to 26.
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Somerset County
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Pittsburgh
Carlisle
Somerset
Allegheny Tunnel
William Will
Oscar Reitz
Johnstown
Highway Department
Burns Cause Miller Death
Johnstown December report states Merrill Miller a 56 year old of Boliver Westmoreland county died from burns suffered while attempting to set fire to his estranged wife’s home. McAllister noted Miller poured two gallons of gasoline on the porch but ignited his clothing instead. the house remained undamaged.
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Johnstown
Fred T. McAllister
State Police
Merrill Miller
Boliver
Westmoreland County
Memorial Hospital
McAllister
Miller
Couple killed at crossing in Cumberland
Ada V. C. Sawyer age 40 and Oscar George Peters age 43 of Cumberland were killed when an express train crashed into their automobile at the Pear street crossing. The B&O Railroad eastbound Cleveland express dragged the car 135 feet before stopping, police reported.
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Cumberland
Ada V. C. Sawyer
Oscar George Peters
Pear Street
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Cleveland
Newly Elected County Officials Announce Appointments
New court house officials sworn in January 7 1946 outline appointments. Recorder elect Howard R Boose names his son Howard R Boose Jr as chief deputy and keeps existing clerks Nina Maust Schlosnagle and Ethel Maust Johnson. Prothonotary elect Christine Z Schrock keeps Emory Hostetler as chief deputy and Mable Barron as chief clerk. Coroner elect Dr A M Uphouse names Dr C Y T Saylor as deputy with potential second deputy. Jury commissioners elect Harvey G Hay and Wesley Brougher retain clerk Louise Miller. Treasurer elect Dr Philip Dosch keeps Blanche Stone and Marker Critchfield as clerk.
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Boose
Armored Command
Schlesnagle
Recorders Office
Johnson
Christine Z. Schrock
Emory Hostetler
Mable Barron
Hostetler
Middlecreek Township
Barron
Galen P. Schrock
Schrock
A. M. Uphouse
Stoystown
C. YT. Saylor
Rockwood
Uphouse
Somerset
Louise Miller
Philip ©. Dosch
Blanche Stone
Marker Critchfield
Meyersdale
Mother of Five Shot by Girl in Norristown Home
Elizabeth Akins a 39 year old mother of five was accidentally shot in her Center Point home when her 11 year old daughter Betty aiming at a dog fired a loaded 20 gauge shotgun. She was taken to Montgomery hospital with non serious injuries as state police investigated.
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Norristown
Elizabeth Akins
Center Point
Here
I. F. Clemens
J. A. O’brien
Collegeville
Clemens
Akins
Betty
Paul
Mrs. Akins
Rescue Efforts Continue as 35 to 50 Trapped Miners Feared Lost
In Pineville Kentucky a coal mine explosion trapped 35 to 50 miners. Rescue teams battled flames and smoky debris two miles back from the entrance as officials warned the trapped men likely could not be reached in time.
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Pineville
Daniel Harrington
Bureau of Mines At
Washington
Austin Hall
Task Hall
W. E. Lewis
Kentucky
Lewis
Harlan County
Derb Harris
Harris
Bell County
Two Cambria Men Die in Christmas Day Cold
In Cambria county two men died from exposure during the Christmas cold wave. John Noverta, 45, a miner, was found dead near his St. Benedict quarters. Matthew Bums kyk, 65, found under a Beaverdale coal tipple, likely after a Christmas Eve collapse. Coroner investigates a report of Merrill Miller, 56, Bolivar, who ignited his clothes with gasoline, dying from burns on Christmas Day. Roads were slick as sleet rain and snow fell and temperatures neared freezing.
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Johnstown
Cambria County
John Noverta
St. Benedict
Victoria Noverta
Wallingford
Matthew Bumsky
Beaverdale
H. A. McMurray
Westmoreland County
Merrill Miller
Bolivar
Grip outbreak on decline in Cambria Blair counties
The state health department reported the grip and other upper respiratory diseases appear to be on the decline, especially in the hard coal region and in Cambria and Blair counties. Dr J Moore Campbell said most cases only caused discomfort and lost work with no permanent disabilities per state reports.
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Harrisburg
State Health Department
Cambria
Blair
J. Moore Campbell
Russians Progress in German Zone Seen by U S Reporters
Five American correspondents touring the Russian occupation zone report a Russianization program in progress with veterans in key posts. A planned economy guides industry and farming, refugees overwhelm Saxony, and rations vary from 1178 to 2160 calories daily while free markets exist for some goods.
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Berlin
Germany
Dresden
Saxony
U. S
Hallendzig
Russ Zone
Georgi K. Zhukov
BaxGuy
Wsstern
Halle
Fatally Stabbed at Christmas Tree in San Pablo
In San Pablo California a 35 year old beauty parlor operator Mrs Lila Gertrude Anderson was stabbed to death last night as she and her 14 year old daughter sat near a lighted Christmas tree in their home. A suspect was held for questioning after receiving knife wounds to his left wrist following a stated quarrel about going out. The suspect said he had been drinking.
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San Pablo
Cal
Contra Costa County
Barden Carlson
Lila Gertrude Anderson
Carlson
Anderson
Tsuchiya Convicted Of Killing U S POW In Japan War Trials
Tatsuo Tsuchiya known as Little Glass Eye was found guilty by a U S War Crimes Commission of killing Pfc Robert Gordon Teas of Streator Ill and torturing Sgt G J Lundquist in a series of prison camp abuses He received life hard labor and faces review by Lt Gen Charles P Hall with additional trials pending for other guards and officers.
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Tatsuo Tsuchiya
Japan
U. S. War Crimes Commission
Tsuchiya
Little Glass Eye
Robert Gordon Teas
Streator
Ill
Bataan
G. J. Lundquist
Fred L. Kollis
Vincente P. Vigil
Ken Yuri
Wais
Chotora Furushima
Beverly Coleman
USNR
McClean
W. Va
Hall
United States Defense Counsel
Optimism High As Big Three Conference End Near
Diplomatic observers forecast a prompt announcement of results from the Big Three foreign ministers conference in Moscow. Byrnes was preparing to depart for Washington while a press conference was slated for 7:30 am Moscow time if held.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Washington
London
Y. S
Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Foreign Office
Molotov
Germany
France
Italy
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Russia
United States
Britain
Balkans
de Gaulle
George Bidault
Georges Bidault
Bidault
Small Fry Prosecution Speeded Up in Japan War Crimes
Yokohama reports accelerate the trial of a guard nicknamed little glass eye Tatsuo Tsuchiya charged with fatally beating Pfc. Robert Gordon Teas of Streator Illinois. Trials of two camp commandants 1st Lt Red Yuri and 1st Lt Chotora Purushima to open this week with verdicts anticipated soon.
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Yokohama
Japan
Tatsuo Tsuchiya
Little Glass Eye
Pfc
Robert Gordon Teas
Bataan
Red Yuri
Red Cross
Chotora Purushima
Admiral Keyes Dies In Sleep at 73 in London
Admiral of the Fleet Lord Roger Keyes, famed for the Zeebrugge raid and WWI U boat victory, died in his sleep at age 73 after a three week illness. A wartime hero, he led combined operations in 1940 and influenced British commando planning as he returned from retirement.
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Tom Williams
London
Roger John Brownlow Keyes
Lord Keyes
Zeebrugge
Bruges Canal
Ostend Am Zeeburgge
Rin Tee Leopold
P R R Fireman Killed in Altoona
Luke A. Boylan 48 of Lilly Cambria county locomotive fireman was struck and killed by a passenger train in Altoona railroad yards. He went to the works tower to learn why the train was held up and was hit as he returned. Dr Daniel Replogle Blair county coroner ruled the death accidental.
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Altoona
Luke A. Boylan
Lilly
Cambria County
Boylan
Daniel Replogle
Blair County
Pedestrian Safety Urged During Christmas Shopping
Ohio State Police warn pedestrians face higher risk in shopping season. They cite that nearly half of U S auto fatalities involve pedestrians and crossing between intersections is far more dangerous than at crosswalks.
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United States
Truck Driver Killed In Snow Crash On Lincoln Highway
In Pittsburgh a fatal crash during a snowstorm left one trucker dead in a flaming wreck and another, Merv Bennett of Bedford, critically injured with brain concussion and multiple injuries. The collision occurred on the Lincoln Highway near Westinghouse Bridge, causing heavy traffic delays. The unidentified driver, trapped in a burning cab, died as fuel fed the blaze.
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Pittsburgh
Lincoln Highway
Westinghouse Bridge
Motor Cargo Co
Akron
Ohio
Merv Bennett
Bedford R. C. 2
Braddock General Hospital
Pittsburgh-North Braddock
Michael Pastor
North Braddock
McKeesport Auto Crash Ends With Second Victim
Matthew Sudath 55 of Elrama Washington County died in McKeesport Hospital today nine hours after his wife Emma 50 was killed in the same crash at Large Allegheny County.
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Mckeesport
Matthew Sudath
Elrama
Washington County
Emma
Allegheny County
Maryland and Pennsylvania Forecasts Ahead of Weekend
Maryland shows fair but cold conditions on Thursday with increasing cloudiness by Friday. Eastern Pennsylvania expects partly cloudy and cold Thursday and fair Friday. Western Pennsylvania faces mostly cloudy skies and ongoing cold with light snow flurries in the north Thursday, then fair Friday. West Virginia remains fair and cold Thursday with Friday turning cloudy and light rain or snow possible.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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