Breakdown of Big Four talks shocks Western Europe
Foreign ministers struggle to salvage Austrian peace talks as Bevin Marshall and Bidault plan possible three power meeting. Molotov returns to Moscow while Truman faces a muted reaction at the White House. press and newspapers pin blame on Moscow. Congress demands stronger western Germany and transfer of German industry to Russia.
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Ernest Bevin
Paris
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Marshall
Washington
White House
Charles G. Ross
Truman
Ross
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Europe
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Taegliche Rundschau
Berlin
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L'Humanite
Congress
Germany
Russia
Austrian Cabinet Sits in Special Session on London Talks
Vienna reports that Chancellor Leopold Figl convened a special cabinet session to discuss the breakdown of the Big Four foreign ministers conference in London. Government sources offered no comment on the talks' failure prior to the meeting.
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Washington
Aids
London
Molotov
Stalin
Politburo
Bevin
Vienna
Leopold Figi
Tass Blames Britain U S for Breakdown
A Tass dispatch from London blames the Western powers for the Big Four conference failure. It alleges Secretary Marshall proposed adjourning without fixing a next meeting date and says the United States and Britain exposed themselves as hampering international cooperation.
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Moscow
London
Tass
George C. Marshall
United States
Britain
Georges) Bidault
Refugees Stampede Western Zone
London report says a flood of refugees from the Soviet occupation zone is moving toward western Germany after the Big Four talks collapsed. German trains are crowded with east to west passengers, and British occupation authorities plan to cope with the arriving masses.
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London
INS
Germany
London Daily Graphic
Linda Decides Bobby Will Be Her Christmas Present
A moved family in Tully from Three Rivers struggles after a milk-delivery neighbor offers help. Linda declares Bobby, the neighbor’s child, will be her Christmas present this year, brightening the holiday plans despite financial worries.
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Tully
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Labor Unions in Catania Call General Sicilian Strike
Labor unions in the city and province of Catania Sicily declare a general strike over relief fund demands. A separate police report notes a case where a coal miner and his wife, Reta, were found dead by a firearm at their home near Rupert after residents investigated missing persons.
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INS
Catania
Sicily
Reta
C. R. Dawson
Sluss
Rupert
Vet Shoots Wife and Commits Death in Double Tragedy
In Rainelle West Virginia state police report a murder suicide ending with James David Sluss 27 a Navy veteran dying after a shooting of his wife and his own death by action. The case remains under investigation with authorities referencing a fatal confrontation.
Foreign aid page one outlines proposed European relief cuts
The committee recommends a total foreign aid of 772.5 million, 31 percent below the administration, with France and Italy adjustments noted. It trims: France not related items, Italy war claims and cotton loan payments, plus substantial reductions in army relief for occupied zones.
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France
Italy
U. S
Senate Appropriations Panel Considers China Funding
The Senate Appropriations Committee will review the appropriation bill and may add funds for China as part of its amendments.
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Senate Appropriations Committees
China
Rudder Gone Ship in Peril in North Pacific
The Army Tanker Caney had its rudder ripped loose and propeller damaged by heavy seas south of the Aleutians. In danger early today, ships nearby responded to aid the vessel en route from Yokohama to Seattle with a crew of 45. distress call sent 550 miles southwest of Adak.
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North Pacific
Aleutians
My the
Hawaiian Sea Frontier
Yokohama
Seattle
Adak
Court Recommends Brotherly Love
In Chicago Judge Michael Tremko sentenced two brothers Joseph Pecak 30 and Matthew Pecak 32 to go home with a warning to their mother to bring you up more carefully after one accused the other of assault. The judge set aside formal punishment saying mother knows best.
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Chicago
Michael Tremko
Joseph Pecak
Matthew
Long Estate Granted in Murder Case at Tully
Lester Long of Tully received letters of administration for Edward Longs estate after the farmer was murdered on Nov 7. The petition lists $1,000 in personal property and $3,000 in real property. Heirs include three brothers and four sisters. Edward Longs body was found on a town dewitt towpath. sheriff officials have not identified the killer.
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Lester Long
Tully
Edward Long
Tully Farmer
Kenyon and
Amé
Dewitt
Sheriff's Department
Dollar currency to be replaced faster under plan
The Treasury will shorten the dollar bill lifespan from 11.5 months to nine months as worn notes circulate too quickly. Experts map plans to print about 1.14 billion pieces this year and a similar amount next year across all denominations.
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Washington
INS
Treasury Department
Department
Treasury
Italy to Get Gold Looted by Nazis
The British Foreign Office announced an agreement among the United States France Great Britain and Italy permitting Italy to participate in the distribution of monetary gold looted by Nazi Germany.
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INL
British Foreign Office Today
United States
France
Great Britain
Italy
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