Winecoff Hotel Fire Claims Dozens Dead in Atlanta
A predawn blaze engulfed the 15 story Winecoff Hotel on Peachtree Street killing at least 120 and injuring around 100 guests. The fire trapped many on upper floors as rescue crews searched for survivors amid chaotic conditions. Weather reports noted mild conditions with winds 15 to 25 mph expected to continue through the weekend.
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Woman Uses Her Head in Winecoff Hotel Rescue
Elderly permanent resident Mrs. Whiteman was carried to safety from the top floor over four hours after the blaze began. Firemen moved her through a water-logged hotel lobby at 7:48 ADL as she kept towels against her door. At least 38 people injured. guests trapped above the third floor where the fire started around 8:25 A.M. The 1913 brick building had no outside fire escapes and fire damage was on the southwest side to the roof.
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Weather Syracuse Area Forecast Today
Weather forecast for the Syracuse area calls for fair and warmer conditions today and tonight. Low around 46 degrees, Sunday partly cloudy and continued warmth. Highest Friday around 44 with a west wind near 27. Sunset 4:30 PM, sunrise 7:25 AM. Relative humidity 89 percent at 8:30 PM and 81 percent in the morning.
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Wails of Dying Like Eerie
Four women leaped to their deaths from the burning Winedorf Hotel on Peachtree Street in Atlanta during a predawn blaze. Firefighters arrived within minutes. guests clung to ledges as smoke and flames filled the building. Ropes of sheets and bed coverings dangled from windows as survivors sought escape.
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Big Four Open German Treaty Talks In New York
The Big Four Council of Foreign Ministers will begin long delayed talks on a German peace treaty in New York. Nations like Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg Czechoslovakia Poland demand a bigger voice in shaping the treaty as they were not fully represented in earlier drafts. Talks on Italy Romania Bulgaria Hungary and Ireland were postponed to February 1947 amid mechanistic debates.
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Train wreck injures six near Riverdale Kansas
Six people were injured, none seriously, when the Rock Island Railroad northbound Rocket derailed near Riverdale Kansas before dawn today. Three mail clerks, a railway express agent, a porter and two passengers were taken to a hospital. The engine and six of seven cars derailed. cause unknown.
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Roosevelt visit to Tiflis reported by Moscow radio
Elliott Roosevelt and his wife reportedly visited Tiflis the capital of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic. The Moscow radio said they were greeted on arrival there by high Soviet officials on Thursday.
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Typhoon Threat Affects Central Philippines Coast
The Manila Weather Bureau reports a Pacific typhoon increasing in intensity on a course toward the central Philippines. The storm lies 135 miles east of northern Mindanao and is moving northwest toward the region, endangering coastal areas.
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Editorial reacts to Norris LaGuardia injunction ruling
An editorial page argues that CLO and ABA leaders mislead followers by claiming the injunction against John Z L Lewis was improperly issued under Norris LaGuardia Law. The piece questions the validity and urges scrutiny of the legal basis and procedures involved.
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Truce Keeps Miners Idle Through April First
Washington sources report the coal strike pause extends to April 1 while agencies prepare to rescind coal stock conservation orders and lift embargoes. John L. Lewis tallies 400,000 miners in the union as the Supreme Court weighs sides in the national dispute.
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Truman cancels radio address on coal strike after talks
President Truman announced there will be no radio speech tomorrow night about the coal situation after discussions with White House secretary Charles G. Ross. He offered no further comment.
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Miners Return After Government Action Endorses Restored Work
News reports indicate nearly 1,000,000 miners idled and the national economy hit hard by stoppage. Chief Justice Vinson helped broker a court aligned agreement allowing miners to resume under the prior contract terms, with Lewis fined and the union penalized for contempt. Production to resume immediately across all districts with the deadline set for midnight March 31, 1947.
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Strike Trace Spur To Syracuse Industry
Area industry and business responded today to an announcement that soft coal miners will return to work. Workers at Holcomb works and related sites faced temporary layoff due to the emergency. About 100 employees in the melting department were out of work as the week ended amid rail freight embargo concerns and anticipated layoffs.
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Couple Survive 3 Hour Fire at Hotel After Sheets Descent
A husband and wife recount a three hour ordeal in a high rise hotel fire in Atlanta. They tied bedsheets to form ropes, climbed down to the 14th floor, and crawled along a ledge to safety with another couple and a man named Henry assisting. The escape involved flames seen from multiple windows and dense smoke.
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