Hopes for Real Peace Dominate Closing Week of Year
Nine injured when LIRR train derailed on a new bridge near Medford on the New York Greenport line after track was loosened by a bulldozer. Fire probes into death of a mother and two children in Oriskany home blaze. Mazel Williams, hospital bookkeeper, admits embezzling 15559 from Wilson Memorial Hospital to fund a life with her boyfriend. DA outlines daily pilfering from January to November.
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NEW York
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Mazel Williams
Wilson Memorial Hospital
Johnson City
Robert O. Brink
Williams
Ice Drowns Boy as Two Rescue Efforts Fail
Springfield reports a 9 year old boy drowned after breaking ice on Watershops Pond. His two older brothers were saved by firefighters. Edward Scudellari died in a failed rescue attempt. body recovered. Police in Newport report a probation incident involving hunting without a license and a rabbit gift. Expansion plans announced in Trenton for Roebling's Sons Co. A New Orleans heat record set at 74.2 F for Dec 28. Snowbound upper Michigan towns isolate region after epic storm. South Bend Tribune to skip Monday and Tuesday ads due to newsprint shortage with New Year's Day not published. Rita Dryer, 23, jailed on perjury charges in Gettsyburg after accusations against a physician. Default bond action pending grand jury.
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Watershops Pond
Edward Scudellari
South Bend
Ind
South Bend Tribune
Indiana
Meee Vacet
Gettysburg
Rita Dryer
Death notices for Colton Crawford and Thomas in Tex New Jersey
Deaths include John Colton 60 author of Rain in a Gainesville Texas hospital. Dr James Crawford 51 Caribbean area director of the Rockefeller Foundation in Havana Cuba from a heart attack. Harriett M Thomas 77 mother of news commentator Lowell Thomas at home 111 Fifth Ave Asbury Park New Jersey after a long illness.
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Gainesville
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James’ Crawford
International Health Division
Rockefeller Foundation
Havana
Cuba
Harriett M. Thomas
Lowell Thomas
Asbury Park
Nit
Gifts from United States Lost in Naples Fire
Thousands of gift parcels mostly from the United States were destroyed when a harbor storehouse burned in Naples. An investigation into the blaze’s cause was ordered.
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Brooks Elevator Corp
United States
Naples
INS
Tomb of first dynasty ruler found largest yet
Cairo reports the tomb of a early dynasty Egyptian ruler from about 5000 years ago was unearthed. Dr Etienne Dripton, head of antiquities, said it is the largest first dynasty tomb uncovered to date.
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Nile Valley
Etienne Dripton
Egyptian Antiquities Department
War-Probe Urges Bilbo Censure Over Gifts From Contractors
The Senate War Investigating Committee majority approves a subcommittee report condemning Theodore Bilbo for accepting gifts from war contractors. The panel plans to send the report to the full Senate, while debates continue on Bilbo’s ouster and related testimony about gifts, a $25,000 contribution to Wall Doxey’s 1942 campaign, and a morphine testimony matter.
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Senate War Investigating Committee
Theodore G. Bilbo
D-Miss
Senate
Subcommittee
Thursda Stat
Bilbo
Mississippi
Wall Doxey
New ‘Senate
Natchez, Miss
Ferguson
Nhs
Lan
Five Million Pounds Clothing Donated by Catholics
NEW YORK INS Cardinal Spellman reported that over 5,000,000 pounds of clothing have been donated by U S Catholics for overseas needy. He praised the response to a Dec 1 drive by the National Catholic Welfare Conference war relief services. The clothing will be distributed regardless of recipient race creed or color with the only question being Are you in need.
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INS
Francis Cardinal Spellman
U. S
Paoting Reports Fierce Communist Attack on City
Paoting, a key railway hub 90 miles southwest of Peiping on the Peiping Han Kow line, faced a fierce new Communist attack Saturday. The city endured a prolonged siege that was broken by government troops in October.
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Paoting
Peiping-Hankow
War Department orders active duty training for organized reserves
The War Department Saturday night directed six Army commands in the United States to begin immediate active duty training of organized reserve corps officers.
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War Department
Organized’ Reserve
Time Test for Royal Love in Britain
King George VI orders a three month separation test to prove Princess Elizabeth's love for Prince Philip. If she passes, the royal engagement would be announced next spring after the royal tour of South Africa. The king advised waiting to confirm sincere affection amid palace chatter and doubt about a quick betrothal.
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UFP
George VI
Britain
Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Greece
Philip
George
South Africa
Buck Ingham Palace
Headon Train Collision Injures Sixteen Near Raleigh
Sixteen people were injured in a headon collision between a Southern Railway passenger train No 14 and freight No 64 near Auburn eight miles from shore. Both locomotives derailed the passenger cab torn loose. no fire, several hospitalizations, all residents of North Carolina.
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Auburn
Morehan
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Landon Predicts 1948 GOP Victory and Battling Nominee
Alf M. Landon address to the National Conference of Christians and Jews in Chicago predicted a sweeping 1948 Republican win. He said the GOP chances could not be better, noted wartime and postwar changes, and foresaw a vigorous fight for the nominating convention while suggesting President Truman would be the Democratic candidate.
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Alf M. Landon
Kansas
National Conference of Christians and Jews
United States
England
Landon
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2500 Dollar Salary Demanded for Public School Teachers
In Chicago the executive council of the American Federation of Teachers pressed for a nationwide minimum annual salary of 2500 for public school teachers. The council, meeting here, argued salaries must be sufficient to keep teachers from leaving the profession. It urged legislation to ensure every child has a qualified instructor and noted one in six teachers lacks adequate training.
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Executive Council
A. F
Li American Federation
Tounell
Can't-Can't Paris Cabaret Closes Over Insubordination
Police shut the Cant-Can Paris cabaret after a Saturday night disturbance as dancers flounced their skirts in the faces of French income tax investigators. The venue was charged with insubordination in the incident.
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U S Crash: Plane Plunges Toward Lake Michigan Garden
A passenger plane attempting a landing in a wooded area near Lake Michigan crashed after crossing overcast skies. It struck trees, tore through woodland, and tangled in a tree trunk. Eighteen passengers plus a stewardess were injured. A nurse, physician, and two sailors aided the wounded. Dr M J Lobel of New York treated the seriously hurt despite a broken arm. Passengers included Dominic Bifro, Jack Story Jr, Miss Friel, Miss Bass, and Betsy Blaisdell among many others.
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S. E.hall
Michigan City
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M. J.lobel
New York City
Dominic Bifro
Buffalo
Jack Story, Jr
Chicago
Telen Bass
Dr. Lobel
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Peter’ Avella
Garfield
N. dv
Lillian McVan
Rosaline Burns
Donald Burns
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Port Alleghany
Mary Meserole
Isomer Kerns
Forest Leirls
Thomas Kennedy
Allen Davies
Robert Ritter
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Biffo
Charles Zehler
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Jamestown
Robert French
Jersey City
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Cabbies threaten strike over New Year’s Eve city permit
San Francisco cabbies warn they may strike at midnight New Year’s Eve if permission is denied. The union says a halt could trigger an unprecedented downtown jam as revelers move about the holiday.
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Yellow Cabs
Portal pay suits surge past billion in unpaid labor claims
Across the nation unions file portal pay suits totaling over 1.0 billion dollars in a single day. Major actions target Bethlehem Steel for 200 million and Ford Motor Co for 272 million while Curtiss Wright and Briggs Manufacturing face multi million claims. Numerous locals and thousands of workers are cited in the wave of legal actions seeking compensation for time spent on company property since 1938.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Bethlehem Steel
Bethlehem
U. S. District Court
Lee Pressman
Carry Bodies Down Slope From Wreckage
In San Diego 12 victims' bodies were removed from a Western Airlines crash site on Laguna Mountains slopes. Ground crews including 30 Marines carried remains in blanket litters to jeeps and ambulances for transport to San Diego mortuaries. Deputy coroner Dave Bone announced positive identifications near the 6,000 foot unnamed peak.
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Calif. GD
Laguna Mountains
San Diego Marine Base
Dave Bone
Here
Panthers Loose Aboard Express Car Delays En Route
A Dallas veterinarian, Dr. Noble Hamiter, was flying to El Paso to handle three panthers loaded for Camarillo California. The cats escaped their crates inside an Express train near Big Spring, prompting police intervention and a tear gas effort before the car was sealed and the train redirected to the Southern Pacific for delivery to Los Angeles.
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Noble Hamiter
Dallas
Los Angeles
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Louis Goebel
Camarillo
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Express
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Big Spring
H. Cooper
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Cooper
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Southern
Pactite
Nations Take Stock as 1947 Ends
During Christmas week hopes for peace dominated the international scene. Leaders including Pope Pius XI King George VI and President Truman voiced wishes for peace in 1947 yet warned of many obstacles on the road ahead. Other items noted: U.S. atomic control plans moved forward the Russian held Darien incident was downplayed the Chinese National Assembly adopted a constitution the French pressed Viet Namese opposition and Bevan urged patience with rebels. The year would bring headaches including Indian independence and possible censure of Britain’s Labour government. Pope Pius spoke twice denouncing atheism while calling for justice and peace. A Navy courier ship near Dairen faced a Russian ultimatum and diplomatic clarifications followed.
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Hope For Peace
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George VII
Truman
Ments
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Beven
Great Britain
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Burma
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Poland
Pope Pius
St.Peter's Square
Christmas Messages Era of Hope and Postwar Recovery
President Truman in a White House Christmas tree ceremony spoke of progress and hope for the new year. King George VI urged goodwill and open discussion of postwar differences to aid global recovery. The UN Atomic Energy Commission worked through holidays with Soviet delays, as Dr. Alexandrov represented Russia while Gromyka stayed away. Poland abstained on a key vote.
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White House
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United States
Canada
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
UN Security Council
Andrei A. Gromyka
U.S
S. P. Alexandrov
Russia
Alexandrov
Poland
Gromyko Faces Choice On Atomic Pact Plan
The article questions whether Russia's Gromyko will follow Moscow's instructions at Monday's commission meeting or wait for action in the Security Council where his veto power could decide the fate of the plan. Baruch warned the US would not surrender atomic secrets without UN veto reform. The commission postponed a final vote until Monday.
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Bernard M. Baruch
United States
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Chiang Triumphs In Nanking Christmas Constitution Handover
On Christmas Day in Nanking the National Assembly handed Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek the completed Chinese Constitution set to take effect next year. The Kuomintang will govern until the new president is elected and the constitution begins. Chinese Communists boycotted the assembly calling it illegal. Estimated fighting areas include more than 3,000,000 combatants with about 2,000,000 Kuomintang soldiers.
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Nanking
National Assembly
Chiang Kaleshek
China
Kuomintang
Bevin Backs UN Hope Amid Indo China Tension
Ernest Bevin spoke on a radio report defending British policy and urging patience as rebels challenged his approach in New York. He asserted Britain is not bound to the United States or any other nation and denied insufficient cooperation with Soviet Russia. Bevin painted an optimistic UN and Foreign Ministers Council view while France and Viet Nam accused each other as troops and officials moved to quell a spreading revolt in Indo China Saigon reported a state of siege amid fighting fears.
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Britain
Labor Party
New York City
United States
Russia
Bevin
United Nations
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Leon Blum
Indo-China
Saigon
Fragmented wartime notes on postwar shifts in Europe and Asia
Disjointed report covers French measures in the Saar region, hints Blum may visit Washington to meet Byrnes, and the formal birth of the Fourth Republic. It notes U S amnesty for over 800,000 ex Nazis in the American zone, dissolution of the Halanne empire in the East Indies, and the creation of the Great East government forming part of a planned United States of Indonesia with a 1949 Dutch link.
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Saar
Germany
Paris
Blum
Washington
State
Byrnes
United States
Hallane
East Indies
Great East
United States of Indonesia
Netherlands
Gas Strike In 3d Day In Newark Area
Pickets marched for the third day in front of the Harrison and Newark gas works as Gov. Edge deferred decision on seizing the struck plant until Monday. About 60 supervisory employees kept gas production normal, with no curtailment seen. Edge would decide whether to call a special session to amend the state strike law. a senate session was already slated for Monday.
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Newark
N. J
Harrison and Newark
House of Assembly
State Senate
Blaze Forces Guests From McAlpin Hotel in Manhattan
New York firemen said guests were routed from upper floor rooms of the McAlpin Hotel in midtown Manhattan after a blaze on the 24th floor near the ballroom. The fire was confined and no injuries were reported. The blaze apparently started among tables and chairs under a stairway adjacent to the ballroom.
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McAlpin
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