Christmas Shopping Booms in Syracuse Area Stores
Stores and streets in Syracuse and nearby towns were crowded as residents boosted Christmas shopping. Paul Flair of Flair & Co and head of the Chamber of Commerce retail division said last Saturday was the biggest day most Syracuse stores ever had and this weekend could match or surpass that record. Good shopping weather helped draw crowds.
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Allna
Paul Flair
Flair & Co, Inc
Chamber of Commerce
Syracuse
Weather outlook for Syracuse area forecasts warmth and flurries
The Syracuse area forecast shows partly clear Sunday with rising afternoon temperatures and warmer Monday with occasional light snow flurries. Saturday highs near 27 and lows around 22. sunset at 4 31 P M and sunrise Monday at 7 30 A M. Old records note 55 in 1918 high and 6 in 1943 low.
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Syracuse
Weather Bureau
Driver to Support Victim's Children in Plea Deal
In Hattiesburg Mississippi Walter H Sherrill, 29, faced a potential two to twenty year prison term for manslaughter after a fatal traffic crash that killed John D. Gartner. A judge offered Sherrill a plan to pay four dollars and sixty-five cents monthly to support Gartner’s ten children until the youngest turns 18, with payments to be completed by 1962. Sherrill reportedly failed to comply, risking imprisonment. Gartner’s family lives about 15 miles north of Hattiesburg in a sparsely furnished three room house. Mrs Sherrill expressed satisfaction with the judge’s decision.
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Hattiesburg
Co—Toll
Walter H.shérril
Sherrill
Robert
Gardners
Five Children Die in Garage Fire
Five children died and another was seriously injured when an oil stove exploded in a converted garage where they slept. Two died en route to hospital and two more after arrival. The improvised home housed Mrs. Bernice Ewert and four children with Mrs. Lawrence McKenna and her two children. McKenna worked nights and was away when the fire occurred.
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Lawrence ‘McKenna
McKenna
London Fog Bets and Burglar Tales in Dark City
In a fog shrouded London a spate of robberies and thefts alarms residents as criminals move through the murk. Marquise de Zahara, widow of a former Spanish minister in Paris, loses 20 000 dollars worth of jewels at Victoria Station after misplacing them on a train and seat theft. The piece notes five major robberies since the fog descended and concludes with a travel ink about eggs and jewels forgotten on a seat as the station fog thickens.
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de- ‘Zahara
Mnister
Paris
Victoria
Golden
Arrow
Dual Western Pacific wrecks near Salt Lake City and Oroville
Two Western Pacific passenger trains collided within 700 miles of each other injuring 44 people, 15 seriously. The Salt Lake City wreck eight miles west of the city sent 15 to Salt Lake City Hospital, while the Oroville incident occurred on the outskirts of Oroville California. The report notes another fatal Pennsylvania Railroad crash at Mansfield Ohio the day before, with three trains involved. The piece references a Farm Bureau convention scare also connected to the Salt Lake City area.
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Western Pacific Railroad
Salt, Lake City
Oroville
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Mansfield
Sdit-Lake City
Farm ‘Bureau
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Louisiana
Yame
San San Francisco
Passegers
Salt Lake City
Child Mauled by Leopard in Park Enclosure
A three-year-old boy, John Stearns, was mauled by a young male leopard named David in the Sentral Park enclosure. The animal stretched through bars and attacked after the child crawled over a guard railing. The child sustained facial cuts and was taken home by his mother, Anna Stearns. A hospital physician said he was not seriously injured.
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John
Stearns
Anna Stomrns
Stomach Ulcers Mask a Youth’s Suicide Attempt
Los Angeles police report Richard Case, 18, suffered stomach ulcers until X rays revealed he had swallowed two bed springs and parts of a thermometer, prompting hospital diagnosis and ongoing investigation.
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Los Angeles
Genevia Hospital
Richard Case
Optimism and Hopes to Scrap All Arms
New York A P report notes optimism over a UN plan to reduce arms and eventually scrap all weapons. Molotov departs for important talks as American assurances push for international control of atomic energy and disclosure of all weapon details. Izvestia in Moscow hails progress toward disarmament.
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Russia
United Nations Assembly
Arma
M. Molotov
Moscow
Izvestla Dé
United
United Nations Selects Manhattan East Side as Permanent Capital
The United Nations General Assembly chose Manhattan's East Side as its permanent capital by a 16 to 0 vote with several nations abstaining. The decision followed a yearlong search, climaxing as John D. Rockefeller Jr. offered 8.5 million dollars to buy land for the site. Australia Egypt and others opposed while global leaders spoke on peace efforts.
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New
York
Upi
United Nations ‘General
Manhattan
Tiltiwas
Sen. Francisco
Philadelphia
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Manietiames East Side
Australia
Bypt
Salvador
Iraq
Leenon
Saudi
Arabia
Syria
New Yorke
Nations and Foreign Minister's Council
Didn't Get a Dollar Bilbo Collins Deny Payoff in 1942
Former Rep Ross Collins denied receiving $14,000 to switch policy support in 1942. Senator Bilbo claimed he did not get $25,000 from a war contractor. The Senate War Investigating Committee heard statements from Collins and Bilbo aides about disbursements and campaign expenses, with further testimony planned.
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Senate
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INS
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Collins
D-Miss
War Investigating
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Bibbo
Minde
Jackson
Miss
Fornest Jackson
Biltie
Robert Gandy
Felix T. Newton
Wall Doxey
Bubo
Edward ‘Terry
Quitman
Golumix
GOP Shakeup Sees Marion Martin Resign As Dewey Aide
Washington UPi reports a Republican staff shakeup in the Dewey campaign with former Chairman Herbert Brownell workers affected. Marion Martin resigns Saturday as assistant chairman and head of the women's division effective Jan 1. Jane Hamilton Macauley will assume leadership of women's party work. Martin says she disclosed her resignation. Reece says he discussed it but made no decision about accepting.
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Upi
Herbert Brownell
Marion Martin
Miss Martin
Jane Hamilton
Macauley
Will
Carroll Reece
Reece
Truman unveils housing program expansion for 1947
President Truman announces broad relaxations in housing controls for 1947. The plan drops price ceilings on new homes and allows nonveterans to build for own occupancy, with higher rental and material allocation freedom. RFC financing remains, to be used when warranted, as real estate and construction leaders push for more home construction.
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