Fay Road Boy Aims Big Future With Santa Claus Aid
Five year old Peter Hafner of Fayrd writes Santa Claus asking for a dream list. Postmaster Myron Parkinson forwarded the note to the North Pole as the boy hopes Saint Nick brings a steam roller so he can enter the road building business next December 25.
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Herald-Journal
Peter Hafner
Santa Claus
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Peter Hatner
Saint Nick
Myron J. Parkinson
Little Peter
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Chiang Army Opens Drive on Chengteh in Jewol Capital Siege
Three government forces supported by air and artillery have virtually encircled Chengteh, city capital of Jewol Province, in reprisal for the siege of Tatung. Field dispatches report Chiang Kai shek’s armies converging from north, south and east.
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Peiping
Chengten
Jewol
Tatung
Chiang Kaiahek
Chengteh
Weather Outlook for Syracuse and Eastern New York
U S Weather Bureau forecast shows increasing cloudiness and warmer conditions today with showers tonight and Thursday. Highest Tuesday reached 76 degrees and a 53 degree low. record highs were 88 in 1930 and 44 in 1941.
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New York
It’s Going To Get Colder Weather Ahead For Syracuse
The Weather Bureau warns of a cold air outbreak from Canada reaching Syracuse tonight with showers into Thursday morning. Temperatures are expected to fall about 10 degrees over the two day span, with readings recently hovering around August normals before a potential warmth return.
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Weather Bureau
Canada
Syracuse
United States backs broad UN membership amid Siam hold request
The United States urged the UN Security Council to approve eight pending member applications despite reservations on Albania and Outer Mongolia. Siam asked its application be withheld until its dispute with France is settled. The eight nations proposed were Albania Afghanistan Ireland Transjordania Portugal Outer Mongolia Sweden and Iceland. The Ukraine Greece dispute was debated but postponed.
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Lake Success
United States
United Nations Security Council
Herschel V. Johnson
U. S
Council
Siam
France
Johnson
Albania
Outer Mongolia
Afghanistan
Ireland
Transjordania
Portugal
Sweden
Iceland
Oscar Lange
Eelco van Kieffens
Holland
Andrei Gromyko
Russia
Ukraine
Greece
van Kieffens
Alexander Cadogan
Britain
Gromyko
Army Receives Five Fliers Bodies Across Morgan Line
Five containers holding the bodies of five American fliers killed August 19 when Yugoslav fighters shot down their unarmed U S Army transport were moved from Ljubljana to Avaza near the U S 88th Division. A Yugoslav guard of honor accompanied the procession as authorities received them. The Morgan Line separates American British and Yugoslav occupation forces in Venezia Giulia Italy.
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U. S
Venezia Giulia
Italy
Wenatchee Fire Destroys City Block
A massive blaze in Wenatchee Washington caused estimated damage of 750000. Firefighters fought to stop the flames from spreading to adjacent business structures as the city declared its worst fire on record.
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Wenatchee, Wash
Ins
Wenatchee
Dawes Observes Quiet Birthday in Chicago Observance
General Charles Gates Dawes marked his 81st birthday in Chicago with no formal celebration or interviews per his request, being the only living Republican former Vice President.
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Charles Gates Dawes
United States
Punjab division arrives in Basra amid oil region tensions
Tass reported from Tehran that a fully armed 10 000 strong Punjab division has arrived in Basra, the Iraqi port near Iran's Khuzistan oil fields, signaling heightened postwar regional activity.
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Khuzistan
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War freight crisis prompts U S agencies action
The government moves to avert a transport crisis with the CPA directing 120000 rail cars into service and urging steel and lumber industries to speed material flow for 40000 new cars by year end. John R Steelman outlines reconversion steps to expand car availability and reduce freight bottlenecks.
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John R. Steelman
CPA
Joh D. Small
Uder
Sm@l
Truman Fishing Trip Spoiled by Bermuda Rain
President Truman canceled plans for deep sea fishing off Bermuda as rain and overcast skies interrupted the outing. He had hoped for pleasant weather similar to California but saw a rainbow and persistent showers, with the sea voyage disrupted for hours at the U S S Naval Base Bermuda site.
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Bermuda
Truman
New England
California
Nation's Economy in a Lost Summer Says Lawrence
Editorial notes Congress vacations and President Trump fishing as a metaphor for a stalled economy. Lawrence argues the lull impacts policy momentum and market sentiment while urging renewed focus on growth measures and fiscal action.
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Trumant
David Lawrence
Housing Fight May Divert All Hardwood Flooring to Homes
The meeting between housing officials and John D Small aides discussed diverting the nation’s entire hardwood flooring and millwork output to home builders. Proposals for lumber controls were examined as part of government construction measures.
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Wasilington
Wilson Wyatt
Hous
British Raid Seizes Dorot Ruhama in Gaza District
Red bereted troops of the British 6th Airborne Division swept into the Jewish villages of Dorot and Ruhama at dawn to search for arms. Officials gave no troop numbers or clash details. A separate Sedot Yam fishing village search near Haifa ended with 85 people detained for questioning. In Rafah camp, 750 Jewish detainees began a 36 hour hunger strike.
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Haifa
Rafah
Eight Koreans Held In Slaying Plot
Seoul police arrested eight North Koreans who allegedly were sent from the Russian occupied zone to assassinate political leaders in American occupied South Korea. The Police Chief announced the arrests with no immediate U S military confirmation.
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Korea
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U. S
Keitel Opposed Bacteriological Warfare Admitted in Trial
Evidence shows Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel as chief of the German High Command opposed all measures for bacteriological warfare and was admitted today into the record of the International Military Tribunal.
Sour Note sidney williams arrested for attempted robbery
Sidney Williams nineteen arrested for attempted robbery said he earned his living as a church choir singer. He told police that job did not pay much.
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New York
Sidney Williams
O Rea r Survives Steamroller Chest Injury
In Chattanooga Tennessee John H O Rear was run over by a steamroller during road work. Doctors reported his chest pressed flat but he recovered quickly, sitting up in a hospital bed after two hours and smoking a cigarette.
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U S Plans to Claim All Japanese Gold for Occupation Costs
Washington reports the United States intends to seize roughly 209 million dollars in gold in Japan as payment for American occupation expenses. The plan reportedly includes claiming revenue from Japanese exports and tapping assets held by neutrals to defray costs.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Meat price ceilings raise pork and beef to boost production
Secretary Anderson directed OPA to set new ceilings on hogs cattle and lambs to spur meat output. Hogs would rise to 16.25 per hundred pounds and cattle to 20.25 on a Chicago basis with stabilization ranges. dressed lambs around 19 per hundred. Expect retail pork up 2.5 to 3 cents per pound and beef about 6 cents.
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Anderson
OPA
Chicago
Film Star Stricken in Taxi Crash Head Injury
New York IN S. Gloria Swanson, silent film star, sustained a possible serious head injury from a taxi crash en route to LaGuardia Field. She canceled her planned visit to Washington.
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LaGuardia Field
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Washington
Halsey Says Navy May Go Anywhere on Will
Fleet Adm. William F. Halsey Jr. asserted that U S warships may sail where they please and that worldwide goodwill cruises are a good idea. He did not address Russian criticisms of the Mediterranean goodwill cruises as U S ships plan visits to Piraeus and Salonika amid Balkan politics tensions.
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William F. Halsey, Jr
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Redio
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Balkan
Big Four oppose Australian reparations proposal at peace talks
The Big Four lined up solidly against an Australian plan for a special commission to probe reparations claims as the 21 nation peace conference considers speeding its work. American officials predicted the Foreign Ministers Council would meet tomorrow to advance the effort, with France and Britain echoing U S positions while Molotov opposed the plan. Italy discussed frontier redrawing and a military commission debated procedures as core riders at Luxembourg Palace.
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Foreign Ministers Council
Willard Thorp
U. S
United States
France
Britain
V. M. Molotov
Italy
Luxembourg Palace
Australia Denies Amended Bulgarian Treaty Text
At the Paris peace conference Australia rejected a Bulgarian treaty amendment attributed to its delegation. Colonel W. R. Hodgson said the amendment was not created or mimeographed by Australia and pledged to investigate with the secretariat to locate the source.
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Paris
Ins
Australia
W. R. Hogdson
Bulgarian Treaty Commission
Big Four Set For Fresh Talks On Draft Treaties
speculation centers on tomorrow's Big Four meeting and its potential influence on the heavy treaty amendments. Thorp, adviser to the U S delegation, backs by Alphand of France, while Glenville Hall backs Thorp for Britain. A French Foreign Ministry source says France accepted a British proposal for the ministers session, the first since July 13, two weeks before the peace conference.
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Herve Alphand
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