Women of the Year 1946 Dorothy Roe AP
The Associated Press lists ten top women of 1946 in two groups. Five new faces include Betty MacDonald, Sarah Gibson Blanding, Emily Greene Balch, Marilyn Buford, Dorothy Shaver. The established stars are Helen Hayes, Kate Smith, Helen Traubel, Ingrid Bergman, and Mildred Didrikson Zaharias. Emily Balch won Nobel Peace Prize co award with John R. Mott. Balch plans to give prize money to the League. Balch named co winner after Luxembourg trip. Blanding named outstanding in education for directing Vassar and war morale work. Shaver noted as first female president of a major department store. MacDonald’s bestseller The Egg and I gained 1946 traction. Bergman won 1945 Oscar and starred in Joan of Lorraine. Traubel starred in the Metropolitan Opera. Zaharias added three golf titles in 1946. No single woman chosen as sole “woman of the year.”
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Dorothy Roe
Associated Press
Betty MacDonald
Sarah Gibson Blanding
Vassar College
Emily Greene Balch
Wellesley College
John R. Mott
Marilyn Buford
Dorothy Shaver
Lord and Taylor
New York City
Helen Hayes
Kate Smith
Helen Traubel
Metropolitan Opera
St. Louis
Ingrid Bergman
Mildred
Wellesley
Mass
Women’s International League For Peace and Freedom
League
Luxembourg
Kentucky
Vassar
U.S. Army
Swork
The
Arkansas
New York
Syonian
Helen Hines
Call
Radio
Har
Helen Braubel
Babe” Didrikson
George Zaharias
Lustron to Slash Housing Loan Bid
The Lustron Corporation of Chicago plans to reduce its government loan request for steel houses from 52 million to under 14 million. Carl Strand Zund, Lustron president, said the firm will add private capital to back its entry into assembly line housing. Further talks were deemed premature by a housing official.
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Washington ,Lp
Lustron Corporation of
Chicago
Carl Strand- Zund
National Housing Agency
Lustron
Weather Expert Warns 1947 Will Be Bad Year
Government forecaster Tannehill warned that 1947 could be stormy and severe despite 1946’s mild pattern. He noted 16,000,000 thunderstorms annually and 250,000 storms expected in 1947, with lightning, floods, droughts, tornadoes, and other hazards possible worldwide.
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Washington
IR. Tannehill
Tannehill
Parison
Tanneill
U. S
Tannehll
Grain Commitments 96 Percent Fulfilled Amid War Strikes
Col. J. Monroe Johnson, director of the Office of Defense Transportation, reported that by Christmas morning 96 percent of grain needed for fourth quarter commitments to foreign nations had been moved into export position at U.S. ports. He noted recent maritime strikes delayed the U.S. world food program, and that to meet the situation the inland movement of 28,362 carloads of bulk grain for export between November 1 and December 31 must continue under existing controls to assure first quarter 1947 commitments.
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Washington
Johnson
U. S
Ice Weather Impacts Routes and Regions Across State
A severe cold spell and lake effect snow disrupted travel from Syracuse to Massena. Officials warned of subfreezing temps, snow squalls, and icy roads. Greyhound, Central NY rail and bus lines reported delays, while Massena and Ogdensburg faced blizzards, stranded workers, and disruptions to utilities and communications.
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Central Greyhound Lines
Syracuse- Rochester
Syracuse-Oswego
Auburn
New York Central
Opdensburg
Ogdensburg
Canton
Malone
Hair Snipping Spree Across City Cars Hints At Maniac
Police report a series of hair cutting incidents on streetcars and downtown corners. Victims range from 12 to 21, with four inch to nine inch losses and one 19 year old noting a large triangular cut. Detectives track a tall, hatless young man suspected of multiple snippings amid uncertain charges.
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Harvey G.callahan
Bellek
Washington
Halo
UN Move On Atomic Control Sparks UN Debate
The United Nations debates a Canadian French plan to enforce atomic control with automatic action against violators as the US seeks top priority for atomic control. Britain backs the compromise to win US and Soviet approval while Australia objects to a system bypassing the Security Council.
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United States
Great Britain
Canada
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
U. S
Bernard M. Baruch
Paul Hasluck
Security Council
British US Agree To Exchange Data
A British American agreement for exchange of German technical information acquired since V E Day was announced Saturday night. The joint statement by Secretary of Commerce Harriman and Sir Stafford Cripps said investigators in both zones found hundreds of thousands of important German scientific and technical documents and made photographic copies.
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Washington
Harriman
Stafford Cripps
Great Britain
Board of Trade
Police Nab Suspect After 18 Day Cross Country Chase
Boston police inspector Timothy Sullivan returned from Seattle with prisoner Robert J. Upson alias Robert J. Granville. Upson, 26, of Haverhill, was captured after a nationwide pursuit linked to stolen Chelsea checks and a Brookline car theft. The case began with break in at Federal Insulator Co. in Chelsea and spanned Chelsea to Minneapolis and Seattle.
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Boston
INS
Timothy Sullivan
East Boston
Seattle
Wash
Knoxville
Tenn
Robert J. Upson
Robert J.granville
Haverhill
Upson
Charles ‘Street
Federal Insulator Co. Inc
Chelsea
Winthrop
Revere
Malden
Everett
Cambridge
Philip Whaland
Theodore Salacy
Sullivan
Tennessee
Minneapolis
FBI
De Gaulle Declines Presidency Bid in French Fourth Republic
Gen Charles de Gaulle said he will not seek the presidency, opting for political retirement rather than preside over what he called an impotent government. The announcement comes as France prepares for a Jan. 16 parliamentary election to choose the republic’s president. Public opinion polls show 34 percent favor his return to power, 53 percent oppose, with 13 percent undecided.
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Roberti. C. Wilson
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
France
Napoleon
Republic
Versailles
Popular
Repub- Mean Movement
de Gaulle
Joan dAra
Public
Gen. de Gaulle
Burglars Kill 84-Year-Old Man and Beat Maid in Wilmette
Two unidentified burglars attacked Otto E Freund and his housemaid Miss Marie Held at a palatial Wilmette home. Freund, killed with a chisel to the head, while Held suffered a four–place skull fracture. Robbers looted a diamond brooch worth 1000 dollars and amethyst earrings as police trace bloodstains through the house. The men, described as wearing dark overcoats, remained at large as investigations continue.
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Cricago
Wilmette
Otto E. Freund
Chicago
Marie Held
Freund
Miss Held
Clarence Freund
Mr. Freund
Compulsory training sparks Senate opposition
Senators Elbert D. Thomas and Edwin C. Johnson, opposing any universal or compulsory military training, criticize the plan as outdated and disruptful to education. The Truman commission for universal training meets at the White House, with no conclusions yet, while leaders urge six months basic training at 18. The Reserve Officers Association backs universal training for service unification and reservist equality.
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Washington
Elbert D
Thomas
Utah
Edwin C. Johnson
Colo
Johnson
Truman
White House
Thomas-Johnson
Congress
Senate
Army
Navy
War and Navy Departments
House Military
Armed ‘Services
Freight Rates Rise 25 Percent in Northeast
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized nationwide freight rate hikes effective January 1 in New York State. The Public Services Commission said all New York railroads may raise rates up to 20 percent on items allowed 25 percent elsewhere in the Northeast. Tariffs may reflect the full 25 percent with 30 days notice.
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Albany
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York State
Public Services Commission
ICC
Senate views on labor laws and Wagner Act reforms
A briefing of new Senators positions on labor issues and the Wagner Act. Figures include Edward J. Thye Harold Stassen Barry Cain Arthur Watkins George Malone J. Howard McGrath John Sherman Cooper Edward Martin Henry Cabot Lodge Ralph Flanders A W Robertson. They discuss mass picketing arbitration jurisdiction and long range labor policy with emphasis on balancing labor and management.
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Edward J. Thye
R-Minn
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Stassen
William E. Jenner
R-Ind
Barry ‘P. Cain
Wash
Arthur W. Watkins
Utah
George W. Malone
J. Howard McGrath
D-R.d
John Sherman
Cooper
Edward Martin
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric
Henry Cabot Lodge
Rmass
Congress
Ralph E. Flanders
Wims Robertson
Zionist Council In Policy Fight In Basel
The World Zionist Congress general council in Basel remained deadlocked after the WZO adjournment. The dispute centers on the Jewish Agency executive’s political makeup and whether to revive Jewish participation in the upcoming London Palestine conference. The 77-member council planned to reconvene to consider executive nominations.
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Basel
Switzerland
General Council
World Zionist Congress
World Zionist Organization
Jewish Agency
Baby Found Abandoned After Prom Night, Police Told
Mrs Harrison reported a newborn boy found unattended in a shed two hours after crying. Hospital staff notified police, assuming the mother may visit the hospital. A 27 year old woman described as about 5 feet 6 inches, 140 pounds with dark complexion, wearing a fur coat and white rubber boots, carried a kerchief over her arm. The baby, eight pounds, dark blue eyes, dark hair, long at the neck, was in a pink cuddler under a white flannel dress with diapers.
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Harrison
Elsa Case
Philip Schiller
Thompson calls Georgia legislature to allow him to become governor
Lt. Gov elect M. E. Thompson urged the Georgia legislature Saturday night to permit him to assume the governorship so the execution of the Talmadge platform can be accelerated.
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Atlanta, Ga
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Gove
M. E. Thompson
Georgia
Talmadge
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