Pope Pius XI Opens Holy Year Amid Rome Tensions
Pope Pius XI inaugurated the 25th Holy Year of the Roman Catholic Church with three strokes of a silver hammer opening St. Peter's Holy Door as 50,000 inside and 300,000 outside cheered. The event coincided with labor unrest as Communists called a general strike in Rome, later cancelled after promises from Interior Minister Scelba.
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Germ war charges tag Japan in Manchuria
Moscow radio broadcast accuses Japan of using human guinea pigs for germ experiments in Manchuria during World War II. Indictment names 12 Nipponese army men linked to Unit 731 and Unit 100, and cites Emperor Hirohito ordered centers near Harbin and Changchun.
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Holiday Toll Reaches 60 As Holiday Traffic Fatalities Grow
United Press reports a Christmas holiday spike with 69 violent deaths since Friday 6 P.M. Of these 51 were auto related. The National Safety Council projects 435 traffic deaths over the period 6 P.M. Friday to midnight Monday. Through October auto accidents averaged 83 deaths per day. Last Christmas had 396 accidental deaths including 277 traffic fatalities and over 50 from fires.
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Christmas Season Editorial and Page Index Note
The editorial page features James Marlow on a column about Christmas for everyone and a Nations Today discussion on cancer research. It lists page placements for comics, horoscopes, amusements, letters, churches, radio, classifieds, social items, and deaths, with editorial and pictures on specified pages.
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Congress Set to Act Anyway on War Tax Cuts
Washington report says administration aides advised President Truman to push for excise tax reductions, anticipating Congress will repeal wartime rates or veto resist. Officials expect Truman to request cuts with other tax changes to offset revenue loss, as 1950 election year limits increases in personal taxes. Corporate levies may fund the gap amid renewed pressure to end 1943 excise levies.
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Good Intentions Make Policeman Double Loser
CHICAGO, UP Police Captain Frank Gill chose to help a sick brother officer by giving away two boxes of cigars and a bottle of whiskey. He left his car to run an errand, returned to find a known car prowler missing both gifts and his car.
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Rand Offers Job To MacArthur
James H. Rand of Remington Rand says he and General Douglas MacArthur have discussed the possibility of MacArthur joining the firm in an executive role. Rand notes any progress depends on MacArthur finishing his duties as supreme Allied commander in Japan.
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Cleveland Transit Strike Continues After Unanimous Vote
The APL Transit Union voted unanimously to continue the three day strike against the Cleveland Transit System. About 1,500 union members participated in the ballot.
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Bidault Has Shaky Regime
Paris the Bidault government survived a narrow confidence vote on the budget with 303 to 297. The coalition led by Georges Bidault won to allow discussion of a 2.257 trillion franc budget but faces a crucial item by item vote on taxes and balance. The dispute centers on higher taxes the cabinet argues are needed while the opposition proposes a smaller plan without tax hikes.
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Driver Held After Fatal Belden Van Rensselaer Crash
Anna L Corcoran 58 sister of Mayor-elect Thomas Gareizan died when her car was struck by a southbound vehicle at West Belden and Van Rensselaer streets. Richard C Whitten 33 of Solvay, charged with criminal negligence and DUI, pleaded not guilty. Bail set at 2000. Whitten released until Jan 5. Whitten represented by Namisha and Obremski. The incident marked the citys 13th fatality this year.
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Jail Break Foiled at Norfolk Prison Colony
Two inmates overpowered a guard and plunged Norfolk State Prison Colony into darkness by pulling a main switch during a failed escape attempt. They were captured as they tried to return to their cells when yard floodlights on a separate circuit remained in service.
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Add White Christmas To Shattered Dreams
The weatherman in Syracuse ends hopes for a white Christmas as snow chances drop to near zero. An official at Hancock Field says a few flurries may occur tonight but will be minimal. Snow from yesterday is blamed on warm weather. a later storm from Montana may bring snow late tomorrow night. Cold air stays with a low of 12 and a high of 28.
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Hungary says Yank headed espionage ring and sabotage
Budapest reports charge that jailed American Robert Vogeler led a 12 Hungarian spy group. The communique says Vogeler and aides Sanders and Geiger sent industrial and military reports, state secrets, and maps to a foreign spying center. It accuses them of illegal capital withdrawal and currency smuggling.
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Robert A. Vogeler
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Tt Paid to be Tardy This Time
New York report describes two gunmen seizing the Bloch Metal Stamping Co in Brooklyn as a bookkeeper rushed in with a $500 payroll. The robbers held workers at pistol point for 15 minutes, took $10 from owner Benjamin Bloch, then fled, noting Christmas bank delays.
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Orchestra bans fatal symphony by Nottingham unit
London report says the Nottingham Symphony Orchestra dropped Tchaikovsky Sixth Symphony after two players died when it was performed twice. Conductor Gaze Cooper called deaths likely coincidental and warned the piece feels ominous, noting legends of the composer foretelling his death.
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Ex-wife shoots dean and secretary after reconciliation plans
In Athens Georgia ex-wife Kathleen Drewry shot her divorced husband John E. Drewry, journalism dean at University of Georgia, and his secretary Miriam Thurmond last night. Both victims were wounded and listed in satisfactory condition. Drewry reportedly told a reporter that she and the dean had planned to remarry after a reconciliation.
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Boy electrocuted by Christmas tree in Newton Mass
Albert Kevorkian Jr., six, died after touching an open socket of a Christmas tree light while lying on an iron hot air register. Medical Examiner T Morton Gallagher said he was killed by an electrical shock from the tangled wires at the base of the decorated tree.
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Christmas Travel Rush Nears End in New York
Officials report the Christmas travel rush has mostly ended with only a few stragglers. Railroad, airline and bus services note travel volume slightly above last year’s level as travelers depart New York.
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Triplets Arrive in Mexico Maine Christmas Day
Dr. David Broughton reports three newborns born to Mr and Mrs Walter Sylvester of Mexico Maine weighing about four pounds each. The Sylvester family already has five other children making a total of eight. The arrival marks a festive addition as the trio consists of two boys and a girl.
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Planes Will Use Slav Airports Belgrade Pact
United States and Yugoslavia reached a provisional civil aviation agreement allowing U S airlines to land at Belgrade and overfly Yugoslav territory. Yugoslav planes gain rights at occupation zone airports in Austria and Germany. Pan American may stop in Belgrade on its New York Calcutta run, cutting about 800 miles. Negotiations ongoing since November 1946, with potential revisions by either side.
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Miss America Weds July 4 Miss America Weds July 4
Miss America announced engagement to her high school and college sweetheart Douglas Cook, 20, a student. The pair, from Litchfield Park Arizona, plan a July 4 wedding after a party that highlighted Independence Day as they prepare to balance Miss America duties with marriage.
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Teetotal Meaning Quips From Mississippis Mrs Craig
Mrs. Howard Craig of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union told Hattiesburg schoolchildren a playful definition of teetotal as “three meals a day.” A little girl answered the question by saying teetotal means three meals when dad drinks and more meals when he does not.
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