Freight rate boost granted by New York PSC
The Public Service Commission authorized railroads in New York to raise freight rates by 20 percent with many exceptions, effective January 1, following a similar Interstate Commerce Commission decision. In Brooklyn a young woman reported being assaulted in a subway by a man in a sailor suit, then pushed onto the tracks. Two Niagara Falls girls died in a crossing collision, Irene Campbell and Mary Lou Johnston, while four others were injured. Mrs Murray Cohan alerted Albany police to a husband threatening self harm. he was found semi conscious from illuminating gas. Patricia Klein, six, died after a choking spell, her younger brother hospitalized nearby.
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Albany
Public Service Commission
New York State
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
Brooklyn
Virginia Augitore
Murray Cohan
New York City
Roy Colwell
Cohan
Buffalo
Patricia Klein
Armed holdup accusations rock Chicago area youths
A 12-year-old boy told police two youths with guns robbed him of 25 cents at a street corner. Detectives later seized two boys ages 12 and 14, identified by the detectives as the culprits, who denied the charges.
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Chicago
Austin
Charles Rawleigh
Edward Troogstad
John Aldworth
Deaths and obituaries of notable figures across nations
William W Neylan advertising production manager for the New York Daily News since 1924 dies aged 45 in Ardsley on Hudson. Dr Porter James Crawford 51 director for the Caribbean region of the Rockefeller Foundation dies in Havana. John Bowman 64 city circulation manager for Chicago Tribune dies after 42 years with the paper. Charles F Angell 65 dean of West Texas Wool Buyers and senior partner in Boston firm Angell Buonson duPont Wool dies. Edwrd Rop Galligan 67 retired golf professional dies in Charleston W V. Max M Warburg 79 philanthropist and former Hamburg banker who aided Jewish emigration dies in New York City.
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William W. Neylan
New York Daily News
Ardsley-on- Hudson
Porter James Crawford
International Health Division
Rockefeller Foundation
Havana
John Bowman
Chicago
Tribune
The
Charles F. Angell
West ‘Texas Wool Buyers
Two Disabled Russian Vessels Rescued Off Hokkaido
Allied headquarters report two Russian ships were rescued near Hokkaido. One boat, towed to Otaru on Dec 26, carried seven men and two women who had 120 days at sea without water. The second ship drifted to Utora on Dec 21 with 70 aboard.
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Tokyo
INS
Allied Headquarters
Hokkaido
Japan
Otaru
Utora
New Details Of Dairen Case Told By Navy Officers
Two U S Navy officers who were on the ship's bridge provided further details of the Soviet ultimatum demanding the vessel leave the port of Dairen within 20 minutes or face consequences The officers recount a Soviet major shouting and a Russian officer attempting to moderate the scene The ultimatum was denied by a State Department spokesman and the ship eventually sailed after the American consul and the captain arrived
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Willi HA Newton
Cornell
Arthur
Navy
Dairen
United States “State ‘Department
Edgar
Yates
Stassen Politer Welcome to Party Forums Progress
Stassen, the Republican presidential hopeful, offered to take over the party forums but National Committee chair Carroll Reece declined citing cost and potential intra party dissent. Reece said forums would continue under current oversight and could be reassumed by the committee if needed.
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Washington
G.O.P
Carroll Reece Jett Harold
Stassen
National Committee
Forun
Reece
Renec
Nue
New York Butter Price Break Sparks Official Inquiry
A price drop in New York butter prompted Attorney General Nathaniel L. Goldstein and Agriculture Commissioner Chester Du Mond to instruct investigators to probe trading, price manipulation, and possible legal violations. The Dairymen’s League said it supported high butter purchases to hold January milk prices at $5.46 per hundredweight, tying milk prices to butter in the milkshed.
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Dewey
Nathaniel ‘L. Goldstein
C. Chester du Mond
Dairymen's ‘League — Cooperative “Association
New York
Talmadge's Son Edged Out in Poll
In Atlanta a poll of 104 Georgia senators and representatives by the Associated Press shows Lt. Gov Elect M. E. Thompson leading Herman Talmadge 47 to 28 with 26 undecided. A few called for a special election. The survey covered 40 percent of the 15,257 legislators.
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Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
M. E. T’hompson
Associated Press
A.P
Thompson
Eugene ‘Talmadge
Herman “Talmadge
Hypocorism and baby talk traced through history says Read
Allen Walker Read of Columbia University traces hypocorism from its 18th century American roots to modern usage. He notes baby talk appears in contexts with lovers animals advertising humor and satire and argues it travels beyond infants to everyday speech including playful or satirical uses.
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Meens
Allen Walker
Read
Association of America
Thomas
Elyot
Tohmas
Columbia University
America
Noah Webster
Joseph M. Field
Big Boy
Labor Courts Proposed by Ferguson
Detroit Senator Homer Ferguson announced a plan to establish three man labor courts in the 80th Congress. The proposal aims to curtail union power to strike over contract interpretations and move such disputes from the political executive to a new judicial mechanism. He said existing courts are crowded and speedy decisions on labor contracts are needed.
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Detroit
Homer Ferguson
Mich
Cvew
Michigan
Labor Court
Bureau of Agency
De Gaulle Declines Run for France Presidency
General Charles de Gaulle announced he would not be a candidate for France's fourth republic presidency. He stated to wartime readers and the Free French audience that stepping into the role would be inappropriate, citing conscience and the state's impotence as reasons. The legislature is to elect the president on January 16 or soon after.
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Paris
Charles
de Gaulle
France
Pretis
Hunt for two men in Freund murder in Wilmette
Chicago and Cook County police joined a hunt for two men who yesterday stabbed and beat Otto E. Freund, an 84 year old retired businessman, to death in his Wilmette home. Marie Held, a 51 year old maid, was assaulted and left with a fractured skull. she was hospitalized in Evanston in serious condition.
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Chicago
Cook
Otto
E. Freund
Wilmette
Marie
Attithe
Freund
Evanston
Panthers Hold Sway On Texas Railcar Escape
Three panthers shipped from Dallas to Camarillo Calif escaped their cage inside a Railway Express car near Big Spring Texas. Officials from Texas and Pacific Railroad and local police kept watch as a trainer from Dallas planned to arrive to guide capture. Noble Hamiter, the panthers' shipper, was to fly in to supervise the recovery.
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EE Paso
Texas (P
Texas &* Pacific Railroad
Amallas
Dallas
Camarillo
Calif
Big Spring
Texas
Noble Hamiter
Shipper
Panthers
La Follette Ends Senate Career
Washington notes Senator Robert M. La Follette Jr a Wisconsin Progressive who failed to win reelection on the Republican line closes his Senate career today. He hands in the key to his offices in the Senate Office Building ending 41 years of service shared with his late father Fighting Bob La Follette.
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Washington
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
Senate
Bob” la Follette
Wreck crash report from Eire rescue and survivor list
Rescue crews recovered from a plane crash in Eire as Miss Kay Ferguson, hostess from New York, survived after swimming to safety. Officials later revised casualties listing 12 survivors of 23 aboard, naming Captain Herbert Tansey of Falls Church, Flight Officer Clifford Sparrow of Washington, the hostess, and the baby among those saved. Other survivors include Davis N. Tanenbaum of New York and Guenther Lubszynski, a French engineer, plus a 12-year-old French boy living in New York.
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Kay Ferguson
Jackson Heights
N.Y
Paris
TWA
Ferguson
Limerick
Davis N. Tanenbaum
New York City
Guenther N. Lubszynski
Jean Claude Zelaznegora
New Yorkty
Herbert Tansey
Falls Church
Clifford Sparrow
Washington, D. C
Paris Held Pending New Bail Appeal
Alvin J Paris is back in City Prison after a habeas corpus hearing before Justice Samuel Hull. He seeks bail while awaiting a renewed bid for freedom, and records are to be produced Monday to justify the prior denial of bail. He is charged with attempting to bribe Giants stars Merle Slapes and Frank Filchock.
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New York
Alvin J. Paris
New York Giants
City
Supreme Court
Samuel Hull
Paris
Giants
Chicago Bears
Manhattan
Null Friday
Caesar B. F. Barra
General Sessions
Francis
L. Valente
Null
Whitman Knapp
Valente
Merle Slapes
Frank Filchock
The
Teachers Call Off St. Paul Strike
In St Paul Minnesota teachers ended their strike after the City Charter Commission approved funds for higher salaries and school improvements. About 36,578 pupils were to return to classes on January 6, with a chance to reopen additional schools next Monday if a survey shows enough teachers remain.
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ST. Paul, Minn
St. Paul
Fred M. Truax
Ss 77
Sleuths Recover 11 Carat Diamond on Florida Train
A sharp-eyed detective recovered an 11 karat diamond worth $12,000 after Sam Bernstein of New York reported his mother had lost the gem on a Florida east coast train en route from New York to Miami. Detectives interviewing Bernstein at his apartment Friday spotted glittering in a corner and confirmed the diamond. They concluded it dropped from its setting after Mrs Bernstein arrived.
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Miame Beach
Fla. VP
New York
Milam
Sam Bernstein
Bernstein
Bank Faces Surprise as 18 Forged Dividend Checks Cashed
In Philadelphia 18 counterfeit dividend checks, each for 50 dollars, marked paid from the clearing house, were cashed before genuine checks were mailed. Robert L. Hilles, president of the bank, said none of the real checks will be mailed until next Thursday and warned of forgeries.
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Philadelphia
DINS
Second ‘National Bank
Robert’ L. Hilles
Spadework Role Open To Allen
Washington reports George E. F. Allen resigned as an RFC director today clearing the way for his return to the Presidents inner circle as a spadeworker and key consultant. Close sources say Allen could have earned up to eighty thousand dollars in 1946 through private directorships but chose a ten thousand dollar government post instead. They add Allen seeks to avoid controversies that might blunt his effectiveness in political work and he previously attended nearly all of Truman's nine o clock staff meetings before joining the government.
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Washington
George FE. Allen
RFC
Why Today
Allen
Wilson Wyatt
REC
Truman
Portal Suits Curb Sought By Congress
By the Associated Press early action by Congress to limit portal to portal retroactive wage suits was predicted as industry groups studied measures to curb the wave of such actions by labor unions. New suits were added yesterday total claims over 900 million dollars with estimates the figure may reach five to six billion. Two Michigan Republicans said Congress would act next session to omit the payoffs. Representative Wolcott said businessmen protest that payment would destroy their business.
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Associated Press
Congress
Michigan
Washington
Wolcott
Bilbo Blast Wins OK
Senator Ferguson says a majority of the Senate War Investigating Committee has approved a report criticizing Senator Bilbo for relations with war contractors. He notes six of ten members have approved so far, but names and party affiliations cannot be disclosed until the poll is complete and the report filed.
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Washington
Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate War Investigating Committee
Bilbo
D-Miss
Senate
Freezing Rain Across New York State Reported
Weather sections note freezing rain expected across New York State from IJunkIirk to Albany. Snow fell Friday night in Glens Falls and in the northeastern area. In New York City freezing rain gave way to rain overnight. A 12 inch snowfall covered the Mojone area of Franklin County where temperatures were about 3 above. Police warn against travel as secondary roads were blocked and motorists stranded.
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New York State
Ijunkiirk
Albany
Glens Falls
Ionderosa
New York City
Mojone
Frankin County
Sinte
Trave
Homeless Mother and Baby Lodged in Salvation Army Home
Mrs Eliza beth Schaeffer and her 22 month old baby found shelter at a Salvation Army home for women and children after a holiday vigil at Baltimore bus stations ended. Patrolman Frank Burman detained her early yesterday morning. she said she had been sleeping in terminals and begging for food, forced to leave her rooming house last week after running out of money. She is expecting another baby.
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Baltimore
Elizabeth Schaeffer
Salvation Army
Frank Burman
Five Killed in Plane Crash Near Union Mississippi
The flaming wreckage of a plane killed five people and a dog as they returned to Florida from Christmas visits in Arkansas and Iowa. The victims were Mr. and Mrs. Wills F. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Brannon and their four year old son Terry Brannon. Identification was made by papers on the bodies and checked with Panama City police.
Brothers Drown In Ice Break, Mystic River
In Medford Massachusetts two young brothers James Haley seven and Robert six drowned after venturing onto thin ice on the Mystic River. The older boy attempted to rescue his younger sibling when the ice broke beneath them.
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Medford
Mass
Mystle River
James S. Haley
Robert
Atom Power In Planes Army Aim
Boston AP Maj Gen Curtis E Lemay announced at the 113th AAAS meeting that the US Army Air Forces and the Manhattan Engineer District, with several aircraft engine firms, are pursuing atomic power to propel airplanes to meet future speed and range needs. He warned nuclear powered flight and guided missiles could be as significant as the atomic bomb, stirring wide interest among scientists.
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Boston
United States Army Air Forces
Manhattan
Curtis E. Lemay
Air Staff
American Association For the Advancement ‘of Science
Lemay
Juemay
Manhbatian
Plane Found After Crash Near 6000-Foot Peak
Deputy Coroner Dave Bone and a search party reached the peak last night but were forced to turn back by a storm for daylight. Ed Nell of the San Diego Tribune-Sun, with the discovery party, reported the DC-3 transport crashed into a 35 foot high boulder 100 feet from the top. Pilot George Sprado of Santa Monica radioed that the plane cleared the mountains at 7 09 P M 24 minutes after leaving the Imperial Valley for San Diego with no trouble reported. Victims include co pilot Richard John Weber 25 Deer Lodge Mont stewardess Glenda Mae Wade 25 Hollywood and several California passengers including Mr and Mrs A P Ford El Centro Miss Adeline Jones Holtville A L Adams Los Angeles W W Prien Beverly Hills Ed gard Martin Holtville Fred Bright El Centro L Barlow Los Angeles and Miss V Maney El Centro.
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Ed Nell
San Diego ‘Tribune-Sun and Union
Discovery
George Sprado
Santa Monica
Imperial Valley
San Diego
Richard John Weber
Deer Lodge
Mont
Glenda Mae Wade
Hollywood
A.P. Ford
el Centro
Adeline Jones
Holtville
A. L. Adams
Los Angeles
Ww. i. Prien
Beverly Hills
Edgard Martin
Holtvile
Fred Bright
L. Barlow
V. Maney
United States pushes veto ban at UN atomic energy talks
The American delegation urged that no single nation be allowed to veto punishment for wrongdoing in the atomic field as part of UN discussions. Baruch faced mixed backing with China Egypt Brazil Mexico and Australia pledged support, while France and Britain favored safeguards without naming veto. The Russians staunchly opposed mentioning the veto in any document.
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Milwaukee
Ci.c.-United Automobile Workers
Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Co
West Allis
Inter
Baruch
United States
Security Council
China
Egypt
Brazil
Mexico
Australia
Alexandre Parodi
Movie Stars In Santa Monica Hospital Private Life
Actors Robert Stevens and Mrs Jerelyn Stoddard Arthur applied for a marriage license in Santa Monica. Tenor Jan Kiepura was sworn in as a U.S. citizen and plans to film in Mexico Italy and France. Ida Lupeno urged thieves to return valuables taken from her car Christmas Eve. Ella Raines testified about mistreatment by ex-husband William Trout and won a final divorce decree. Glenn Langan reported having pocket picked with $60, a draft card and a contract stolen.
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Robert Stevens
Jerelyn Stoddard Arthur
Jan Kiepura
Mexico
Italy
France
Ida Lupeno
Ella Raines
William Trout
Glenn Langan
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