Surprise Amnesty Clears 19 Names and Postshumously Names
United Nations ordered a cease fire in Indonesian fighting and demanded Dutch release of Indonesian leaders including President Soekarno and Premier Hatta. Seven Security Council members supported the stopgap order with four abstentions as pressure built over Indonesia and Palestine. The United States and Australia backed the proposal, Syria sponsored, while a Soviet demand to condemn the Netherlands failed.
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Netherlands
Security Council
United States
Australia
Soekarno
Mohamed Hatta
Syria
Palestine
Egypt
Israel
Negev
Russia
Indonesia
Thussia
Jacob A. Malik
UN Committee Defies Dutch Order to Leave
In Batavia Java the United Nations Good Offices Committee defied a Dutch military order to withdraw 42 observers from six countries. The committee reported to the Security Council in Paris that while observers must obey field orders, the three power panel would not issue its own directive to pull out the teams as requested by the Dutch command.
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Batavia
Java
United Nations Good Offices
Security Council
Paris
U S Seeks Renewed Talks on Austria
Washington proposes that Britain France Russia and the United States resume negotiations for an Austrian peace treaty around February 7 in London. Samuel Reber, State Department official, leads the deputy group of the Big Four Foreign Ministers Council handling the pact work.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Russia
London
Samuel Reber
State Department
Big Four
Foreign Ministers Council
Todays features and page plan listing sections
A brief contents guide outlines pages where features appear including comics Ida Jean Nain Dr. Dean and Crossword on pages 20 and 21, Horoscope, Talking It Over on page 22, letters and editorials in various pages, and sections like Classifieds, City Life, Social News, Deaths, and other regular features. It also notes Todays Pictures on page 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Jean Nain
Dean
Mary Haworth
City Life
Traffic fines suspended as Christmas gesture by court
Traffic court halted speeding charges before Christmas, with Judge Truman H. Preston suspending $10 fines as a holiday gift. Two drivers were fined for accidents, while several other $10 suspensions cited errors such as failure to yield, running a red light, back timing, and improper parking or obstructing traffic. Names include Robert P. Stessen, Thomas J. Reed Jr, Jack T. Davis, Douglas Ragan, Carmen DeJohn, Richard L. Donoghue, Peter Gutlato, and Joseph O. Loza poni.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman H. Preston
Robert P. Stessen
Seymore Sr
Thomas J. Reed, Jr
Onondaga Hill
Jack T Davis
Seothay
Douglas Ragan
Contin Ay
Carmen DeJohn
Winton St
Richard L. Donoghue
Phillips Rd
Peter Gutlato
N. McBride St
Joseph O. Lozaponi
Hawley Avy
Carrier Saipan heads Arctic rescue for 11 airmen
Norfolk dispatch reports the Saipan will deploy a helicopter task force within five days to reach 11 stranded fliers atop Greenland's 7,700 foot icecap. Previous attempts failed due to winds and snow. favorable weather may allow rescue within 36 hours. Survivors include crew from a December 9 C 47 crash and a B 17 crash two days later.
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Arctic
Hese
Air Force
Greenland
Norfolk, Va
Saipan
Pilder
Severa
Flv
Milk Price Due for Cut in New York State
Milk prices in major cities across New York State are set to fall by one cent per quart after federal and state orders reduce what dairy producers are paid. Distributors in New York City Rochester and Syracuse anticipate passing the cut to consumers, lowering prices from about 23 cents per quart. The action takes effect at the start of the year, with producer pay reductions aligning with the orders.
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Albany
New York City
Buffalo
Rochester
Syracuse
Air Force
Snow to Reach Syracuse Area Tomorrow Night
Weather man predicts Syracuse and Central New York will see three to four inches more snow tomorrow and tomorrow night. Temperatures will be around 14 below zero in some areas, with milder highs near the mid thirties Christmas Day. Winds will come from the east and northeast and dew points drop to about 28 tomorrow night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man Wenter
Syracuse
New York
Andrew P. Keller
Utlea
Canton
Pact Signed Amid Trade Talks With Yugoslavia
London reports Brisoli's new trade pact with Yugoslavia signed after sixteen months of negotiations. The accord involves an equal exchange of goods valued at 60 million dollars in both directions.
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London
Brisoli
Yugoslavia
Patrolman Smitty Plays Santa On East Side Beat
Patrolman Harold Smith known as a firm officer turns soft for the East Side kids gifting 29 youngsters in the 800 block with clothing toys and food from his own pocket and gifts from colleagues. He lives at 405 Niagara Street on the force since 1927 and has a record for cleaning up block 100 West Onondaga during earlier crime scares.
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TA Claus
Washington
Harold Smith
Smitty
Loy
Niagara St
W. Onondaga St
Lower East Side
Ex Cornell Mentor Gil Dobie Dies at 69 in Connecticut
Gil Dobie, famed football coach known as Gloomy Gil, died at 69 in Hartford at the Institute of Living after a long battle with a nervous disorder. He retired from coaching at Boston College in 1938 and had lived in Putnam, Connecticut, for five years. Dobie rose to prominence at Cornell, where his teams accumulated more wins than any other college coach in his era. Born January 31, 1879, in Hastings, Minnesota, he was an athlete who found his calling in football.
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Hartford
Conn
Gilmour Dobie
Gil
Institute of Living
Dobie
Boston College
Putnam, Conn
Dohle
SV Pod Salou
Cayuga
Cornell
Pigskin
Tellegiate
Doble
Scotland
Glens
Hastings
Minn
University of
Conelidad An Pageth
Colonna
Airlift to Boost Berlin Supplies in 24 Hours
Berlin news reports that Anglo American air forces aim to deliver over 6500 tons of vital provisions to blockaded Western Berlin in a single 24 hour period beginning today. The target surpasses the minimum needed to maintain food and fuel stocks for the city by about 3000 tons.
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Berlin
Slayer Hunt Off MOBILE Alabama Ends Amid Narrowed Search
A posse abandoned today a search for a man believed to be the slayer of four persons. The hunt ended after posse members under shoot to kill orders reported they had narrowed the pursuit to a two square mile section around Mobile Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Truman to light White House Christmas tree, broadcast
President Truman, home in Independence after a half hour snow walk, will press a button to light the White House Christmas tree from his living room. At 5:16 P.M. he will deliver his nationwide Christmas greeting. He wore heavy boots gifted by Robert Patterson.
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Truman
White House
Washington
Robert P. Patterson
Oswego Raids Seize Eleven Slot Machines
Oswego residents learned of surprise raids on two private clubs that led to seizure of eleven slot machines. The raids occurred at 4 PM with police movements continuing until 10 PM, at locations including William S. Monaghan Post Ameri VFW and LaVere Harrington Post. District Attorney Jamies C Feeney declared gambling ended during his term.
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Herald-Journal Wire
Oswego
William S. Monaghan Post
Ameri
Can Legion
W. Fourth Andiserve
Bridge Sts
LaVere-Harrington Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
First St
Legion Clan
Jamies C. Feeney
Amnesty Frees 15 War Criminal Suspects in Tokyo
In a Christmas Eve surprise, General MacArthur released 15 high ranking Japanese war criminal suspects from Sugamo Prison, leaving only two major defendants on trial. Among the freed were three Tojo cabinet members. Tojo himself was hanged hours earlier. The order applied posthumous clemency to two former leaders and extended to an insane propaganda figure now in asylum.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Sugamo
Hideki Tojo
Tojo
Pearl Harbor
Shumei Okawa
Hayao Tada
China
Kumataro Honda
Yakahhiro Suma
Firemen Host Kids at Station 2 Party Turned Upset
Jamestown reports a Christmas party for children at Station 2 where two police officers intervened after the squad car front seat caught fire. The event resumed once the fire was put out. In Galveston police issued special Christmas tickets on more than 100 cars for parking meter violations with holiday greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
Station 2
Bluecoats
Galveston
Tex
Christmas Tree Vandalism Hits Detroit Parks
Parks Director John J. Considine reported missing light bulbs and electrical wiring on city Christmas trees across multiple parks. The City Council ordered repairs but warned the festive display could be curtailed if the vandalism persists.
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Detroit
John J. Considine
Considine
Missionary Funds Urged By Australian Aborigine Aid
In Saginaw Michigan an Australian missionary named John S. Watson urged generosity for his work among Aboriginal peoples. He recounted visiting Plymouth England last summer where a rich farmer offered only a penny for a missionary collection, prompting him to publicly rebuke the gift as inadequate to cover a farm hand's shilling.
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John S. Watson
Saginaw
Mich
England
Plymouth
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Bertha Reddy
Gil Dobie
Gil Doble
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