Rail freight rate boost authorized in New York 20 percent
The Public Service Commission approved a general 20 percent increase in freight rates for New York railroads effective January 1, with many exceptions. The action echoed an Interstate Commerce Commission decision allowing similar nationwide boosts. In other city news, a Brooklyn subway assault was reported, a Niagara Falls train collision killed two girls, a wife saved her husband from gas poisoning, and a child choked to death in Buffalo.
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Public Service Commission
New York State
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
Brooklyn
Virginia Augitore
Buffalo
Patricia Klein
Boys accused in armed holdup near Chicago
A 12-year-old boy told police two youths with guns robbed him of 25 cents at the Austin station. Detectives later detained a 12-year-old and a 14-year-old, identified as the robbers, who denied the charges.
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Chicago
Austin
Charles Rawleigh
Edward Troogstad
John Aldworth
Deaths of prominent figures across fields and cities
William W Neylan 45 advertising production manager of the New York Daily News since 1924 in Ardsley on Hudson. Porter James Crawford 51 director for Caribbean region International Health Division Rockefeller Foundation in Havana. Joan Bowman 64 city circulation manager of the Chicago Tribune 42 years. Charles F Angell 65 dean of West Texas Wool Buyers senior partner Angell Bronsden and duPont Wool Company in Boston. Edward Galligan 67 retired golf professional in Charleston. Max M Warburg 79 anthropologist and former international banker in New York City who aided Jewish emigration before and during Nazi terror.
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New York Daily News
Ardsley- On- Hudson
Porter James Crawford
International Health Division
Rockefeller Foundation
Havana
Joan Bowman
Chicago Tribune
The
Tribune
Chicago
Charles .F. Angell
Texas Wool Buyers
Angell
Bronsden
duPont
Wool “Company
Boston
CTS
Edward
Pof
Disabled Russian Vessels Rescued Near Hokkaido
Allied headquarters reports two disabled Russian boats pulled from waters off Hokkaido. The first vessel, towed to Gtaru on December 26, carried seven men and two women who had drifted for 12 days without water. The second ship drifted ashore at Utoru Deg, bearing 70 people.
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Tokyo
INS
Alliled
Hokkaido
Japan
Gtaru
Utoru Deg
Polish priest sentenced to death for under ground activity
Warsaw reports Father Boleslaw Stefansi was condemned by a Polish military court after a 10 day trial on charges of illegal underground activity and teaching youths to murder and to fire. He is the second Catholic priest sentenced on similar charges.
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Warsaw
Poland
Boleslaw Stefansi
Liner port changes to Southampton for America’s ship
The United States Lines announced that the liner America will use Southampton as its terminal port instead of Le Havre due to berthing difficulties. The change is in effect until further notice as winter problems at Le Havre are reported.
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London
United States Lines
Hner
America
Southampton
le Havre
U S Probes Butter Price Fallout in New York
Attorney General Tom Clark ordered the anti-trust division to probe New York butter market after consumer groups alleged artificial support kept producer milk prices high. The inquiry, in cooperation with U S Attorney John McGhee, follows a sharp price break on the first trading day after the monthly price-determining period ended.
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Justice Department
Clark
Council of
New York
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Wendell Berge
U. S
New, York
Anderson
Dewey orders state inquiry into market butter drop
Governor Dewey ordered Attorney General Nathaniel Goldstein and Agriculture Commissioner Chester Du Mond to probe recent butter trading in New York. The inquiry aims to determine if any laws were violated after a nine to ten cent drop in the New York market. The Dairymen's League Cooperative Association had supported butter prices by purchases to hold the market. Milk prices rely on the New York milkshed and the federal state milk marketing administrator formula, with January pricing announced after December 24.
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New York City
Dewey
New- York
Nathaniel” L. Goldstein
The
Dairymen’s League
New York
Peete
Nvembar
Talmadge's Son Edged Out in Georgia Governor Poll
An Associated Press survey of 257 Georgia legislators shows 47 favor Thompson to succeed the late Eugene Talmadge, 28 favor Herman Talmadge son, 26 undecided, and 3 backing a special election. The poll represented 40 percent of lawmakers, with a 129 vote majority needed.
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Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Thompson
Associated Press
A.P
Eugene ‘Talmadge
La Follette Ends Senate Career
Senator Robert M. La Follette Jr. of Wisconsin, a Progressive who lost reelection on the Republican ticket, closes 41 years of Senate service today as he hands over the keys to his Senate Office Building suite to the custodian. The longtime lawmaker, known as Fighting Bob’s son, ends a storied political era.
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Washington
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
Senate
Bob
Panthers Hold Sway In Railway Express Car Incident
El Paso Texas report of three panthers shipped from Dallas to Camarillo Calif escaping a cage on a railway car near Big Spring. Officials from Pacific Railroad and local police watched and awaited a Dallas trainer to assist capture as the animals prowled the car.
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Texas
Railway Express
Texas: & “Pacific
Dallas
Big Spring
Noble
Hypocorism Across Ages and Uses in Language
Columbia University linguist Allen Walker Read discussed hypocorism or baby talk, tracing its roots to 1531 complaints and 1788 America. He noted its use by lovers animals advertisers wheedling or satire, with examples from readers like Noah Webster and Alexander Woollcott.
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Washington
Allen Walker Read
Modern Language Association of America
Frohmas
Columbia University
Read
America
Noah Webster
Joseph M. Field
Big Boy
Alexander Woollcott
Woollcott
Labor Courts Proposed by Ferguson
Detroit Senator Homer Ferguson proposes a three member labor court system in the 80th Congress to interpret and enforce labor contracts. The plan would curb union strikes over contract interpretations and bar public and utility workers from striking. Ferguson says the courts would not be another agency but a distinct mechanism, shifting interpretation from the political executive to the judicial branch to speed decision making.
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Detroit
Homer Ferguson
Michigan
De Gaulle Declines French Presidency Bid
Paris reports Gen Charles de Gaulle stated he would not run for president of France's new Fourth Republic. The legislature would elect the president on January 16 or soon after. In a written statement to the press he said he did not believe it would be proper for him to preside over a state he viewed as impotent.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
France
Hunt 2 Who Slew Rich Man in Theft
In Chicago and Cook County suburbs police hunted two men who fatally stabbed and beat Otto E Freund, a 58-year-old retired businessman, at his Wilmette home. Marie Held, 51, a longtime maid, was severely beaten and left with a fractured skull. she remained in a serious Evanston hospital.
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Cook County
Otto TE. Freund
Wilmette
Engraving Company
Marie Held
Freund
Evanston
Debutante Burns After Fire At Hotel St Regis
Virginia Black daughter of publisher Douglas M. Black was hospitalized with first degree burns after a careless cigarette set her dancing gown alight at a Friday night party. Doctors Hospital reported her condition as improving and she was slated to debut that evening at the Hotel St Regis.
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New York
Sns
Virginia Black
Douglas M. Black
Doubleday & Co
Ms. Black
Doctors Hospital
Virginia
St. Regis
Rescue and survivor accounts from Shan non river crash
Survivors evacuated by flatbottom boats after a Pan American Airways flight crashed on the Shan non river tributary near Limerick. Hostess Kay Ferguson, 22, rescued the baby as ambulances and bog-road routes ferried the injured to hospitals. Cap Harrington reported “the worst wreckage I ever saw,” with several passengers trapped by fire.
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Shannon
Fergus
Limerick
Sitney P. Harrington
Holyoke
Mass
Pan-American Airways
Kay Ferguson
Jackson Heights
Paris
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 and reversal of a prior decision holding him without ball since December 15, amid alleged threats. Paris is charged with attempting to bribe Giants players Merley S Tapes and Frank Filchock and key records are to be produced Monday.
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Alvin J. Paris
New York Giants
Supreme Court
Samuel Hull
Paris
Ball
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Chicago Bears
Manhattan
Axel
Null Friday
Caesar B. F. Barra
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Francis I. Valente
Null
Whitman Knapp
Valente
Merley
Frank Filchock
The
Teachers Call Off St. Paul Strike After Charter Vote
St Paul public school teachers suspended their strike after the City Charter Commission approved an amendment funding increased salaries and school improvements. About 36,578 pupils will return to classes Jan 6, with 77 schools possibly reopening next Monday if a survey shows few teachers remain on holiday.
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St, Paul, Minn
St. Paul
Fred M. Truax
Sleuths Find 11 Karat Diamond in Miami Beach
Detectives traced an 11 karat diamond valued at 12000 dollars to a New York man Sam Bernstein reporting his mother had lost the jewel on a Florida east coast train. Investigators at Bernstein's apartment spotted glittering jewelry in a corner and confirmed the gem, likely dropped from its setting after Mrs Bernstein arrived.
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Miami Beach
Pla
New York
Miami
Sam Bernstein
Bernstein
Bank Uncovers Surprising Forgeries of New Year Checks
In Philadelphia 18 counterfeit checks for $50 each appeared as paid at the clearing house to the surprise of officials of Second National Bank. President Robert L. Hilles explained none of the genuine dividend checks has been mailed yet and the forged items were cashed.
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Philadelphia
ENS
Second National Bank
Robert L. Hilles
Spadework Role Open To Allen Returns To Advisor Post
Washington reports George E. Allen resigned as an RFC director clearing the way for his unofficial role as presidential spadeworker and key consultant. Friends say finances lured him from private directorships but public controversy hindered his activities. He had attended most of Truman's 9 AM staff conferences before joining the government job.
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Washington -Up
George E. Allen
RFC
Allen
Wilson Wyatt
RFC Jeans
Truman
Portal Suits Curb Sought by Congress
Associated Press reports early congressional action to limit portal to portal retroactive wage suits. Industry groups study possible bills as total claims exceed 900 million dollars and analysts forecast five to six billion. Two Michigan Republicans say Congress will move quickly in the next session to restrict payouts.
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Michigan
Washington
Wolcott
Bilbo Blast Wins Ok War Report Approval
Senator Ferguson reported that a majority of the Senate War Investigating Committee has approved a report criticizing Senator Bilbo for his relations with war contractors. He said six members already approved and names will not be divulged until the full poll is complete.
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Washington
Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate War Investigating Committee
Bilbo
D-Miss
Senate
Weather Alert: Widespread Melt and Snow Across New York
Melting rain forecast across New York State from Dunkirk to Albany with snow in Glens Falls and Ticonderoga. Freezing rain in New York City gave way to rain overnight. Malone Warren in Franklin County reports 12 inches of snow with temperatures at 3 above. State police warn against travel as secondary roads are blocked and motorists stranded.
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Dunkirk
Albany
Glens Falls
Ticonderoga
New York City
Malone Warren
Franklin County
Homeless Mother and Baby Find Shelter in Baltimore
Mrs. Elizabeth Schaeffer, 22, and her 22 month old child were lodged today in a Salvation Army home after a day of living in bus terminals. Patrolman Frank Burman took her into custody as she sought food and shelter, saying she had run out of money after leaving her rooming house. She is expecting another baby.
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Elizabeth Schaeffer
Salvation Army
Frank Burman
Five Killed in Plane Crash Near Union Mississippi
The charred remains of five people and a dog were recovered from a flaming wreckage. Victims identified as Willis F. Hall, W. E. Brannon, his wife, another man, and four year old Terry Brannon returning to Florida from Christmas visits in Arkansas and Iowa. Identification by body papers checked with Panama City police.
Brothers Drowned Crossing Mystic River in Ice Mishap
In Medford Massachusetts James S. Haley seven and his brother Robert six walked home across thin ice after a movie trip. The Mystic River ice broke and one sank while the other attempted to save him. Both boys drowned.
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Mass
Mystic River
James S. Haley
Robert
Indians Sue To Get Ohio Land Back
Detroit lawyer Chief Onee-Wash-Ka lines up with Cherokee Tom-Pee-Saw to reclaim Cedar Point Ohio claiming 1805 sale to Connecticut Land Co and United States did not include the amusement park site. The tribes seek return of the land and back pay from the historic deal.
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Detroit
VPI
Onee-Wash-Ka
Cedar Point
Peter P. Gilbert
Tom- Pee-Saw
Parsons
Kansas
Connecticut Land Co
United States
Plane Found From Page One After Plane Crash Hurtle
Deputy Coroner Dave Bone led a search party that reached the crash site on a 6,000 foot peak but had to retreat for daylight. The last radio from Pilot George Sprado reported clearing the mountains at 7 09 P M with no trouble prior to the fatal impact near a 25 foot high boulder close to the summit. Victims include co pilot Richard Weber stewardess Glenda Wade and several Californian passengers named L P Ford Adeline Jones A L Adams W Price Ed Gard Martin Fred Bright L Barlow and Miss Haney among others.
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Ed Nei
San Diego Tribune-Sun
Union
Discovery Party
George Sprado
Santa Monica
Imperial Valley
San Diego
Richard John Weber
Deer Lodge
Mont
Glenda Mae Wade
Hollywood
el Centro
Adeline Jones
Holtville
UN debate on veto at atomic energy control commission
Baruch refused to advocate surrender of atomic weapon knowledge while urging a ban on a Security Council veto. He argued it must not allow punishment nullification by veto and pressed for enduring justice. The American delegation warned of a minority report if defeated, with support from China and others amid Russian opposition to veto language.
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United States
Senate
Americcan
Security Council
China
Egypt
Brazil
Mexico
Australia
Alexandre Parodi
Movie Stars and Celebrities Involved in Personal News
Santa Monica hospital report places actress Mrs Arthur Cameron in private life. Robert Stevens and Mrs Jerelyn Stoddard Arthur applied for a marriage license. Tenor Jan Kiepura, now an American citizen, plans three film projects abroad. Ida Lupino appeals for return of stolen items from her car. Ella Raines wins a final divorce from William Trout after mistreatment claims. Glenn Langan reports pocket theft of $60, draft card, and contract.
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Jerelyn Stoddard Arthur
Jan Kiepura
Mexico
Italy
France
Ida Lupino
Ella Raines
William Trout
Glenn Langan
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