Secretary Marshall demands firm U S stance on Russia
In London for a foreign ministers conference, Secretary of State George C. Marshall vows blunt, decisive action on Allied policy toward Germany and Russia. He denounces Soviet propaganda, rejects blame for US motives, and calls for clear, forceful resolve to end stalemate and push for German rehabilitation and international unity.
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George C. Marshall
Tondion
Foreign Ministers
Marshall
Germany
Russia
Chicago
United States
Efe
Kremlin
America
Secretary Marshall
State Department
New Navy Chief Denfeld Selected to Succeed Nimitz
President Truman named Admiral Lewis E. Denfeld to become Chief of Naval Operations, succeeding Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz who retires after leading the Pacific war effort. Denfeld, 58, commanded a battle line in Okinawa operations and has since directed personnel, demobilization, and postwar planning.
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Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific West
Admiral Nimitz
Truman
Lewis E. Denfeld
Pacific Fleet
Admiral Denfeld
Naval Operations
Los Angeles claims third largest city title in the US
Los Angeles pressuring claims third largest US city status, arguing Philadelphia's population ranking after the 1940 census. Detroit and New York remain ahead, with figures expected to revise standings as the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce disputes the claim.
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California
Philadelphia
United States
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce
Frank G. Binswanger
Quaker City Chamber
Merchants urged fire prevention during Christmas season
Joseph He Hall president of The Kroger Company proposes steps for retailers to prevent fires. Suggestions include avoiding riper decorations and keeping items above flame. flame proofing decor. maintaining safe distances from lights. limiting nautical decorations. banning Christmas trees inside stores while allowing display in show windows with proper wiring. and preventing promiscuous stickinging in retail settings.
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Kroger Company
Cin Cinna
Elimi
Pire Preyettinn
Girl X Wheat Train Highlights Aid to Europe
The Friendship Train wheat special moves through Kansas with 102 cars, organized by Santa Fe Railroad and Dick Long of the Wichita Eagle. Communities nationwide seek more trains and private aid under the Marshall Plan, while relief agencies coordinate deliveries to Europe.
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Santa Fe
Dick Long
Wichita Eagle
Kansas
Southwest
Los Angeles
Texas
Colorado
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Congress
Europe
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Mary
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France
Broadway
New York
Christian Rural Overseas
Washington, St
Chicago
Church World Service
Lutheran World Relief
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Broad St
United States
Nether
Asia
U. S
RFC
Cyrus Ching
Senate
Joint
Congressional Labor Study Group
Ching
U.S
Grand Champion Steer Tops Pittsburgh Show Prices
Clifford Teets of Rochester won the 15th Annual Pittsburgh Junior Market Show grand champion Hereford, selling at a record $53 per pound for a 1040 pound carcass. Reserve Angus brought $1.25 a pound. The grand champion lamb sold for $3.25 a pound, totaling $308.75. Market totals: 183 lambs weighed 15,515 pounds for $4,718.40. 447 steers weighed 424,295 pounds for $152,804. The event celebrated 4-H and Future Homemakers entries from five states, and the sale was at the Pittsburgh stockyards. Police in Capetown seized dagga found after examining a teacozy in a routine search.
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Jimmy Walker
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West Virginia
Judge Rules Rent Control Act is Unconstitutional
Washington today government prepared to appeal a Cleveland federal court ruling declaring the 1947 rent control act unconstitutional. Judge Paul Jones said Congress lacked power to impose rent controls as a war emergency beyond hostilities.
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Cleveland
Tigher B. Woods
Law
Supreme Court
Paul Junes
Ohio
Congress
Woods
Denver
Hastings
Neb
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Yessterday
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Truman
Air Force to Test Mammoth Bomb in Desert Exercises
The Air Force plans test drops of a 42,000 pound bomb from a modified B-29 at Muroc California within weeks, with twelve bombs supplied by the Army Ordnance. The mission aims to study fall, earth shock, blast and damage zones, with tests conducted at remote ranges and secrecy surrounding results.
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Washington
Air Force
Muroc Air Base
California Desert
Army Ordnance Department
Eglin Field
Fla
Muroc
Army Ordnance
Japan
Ohio Chamber Creates Four Vice Presidencies
Ohio Chamber of Commerce directors at the 54th annual convention in Columbus reorganized to form four general vice presidencies. New VPs include Edwin H. Davis Columbus, W. T. Holliday Cleveland, H. D. McClelland Cambridge, and J. S. Sprott Cincinnati. They will handle legislative taxation and governmental research duties as officers were re-elected for 1948. Governor Thomas J. Herbert and Dr. Thomas Y. Smith spoke at the closing session.
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Columbus
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Ohio
Edwin H. Davis
New York Coal Sales Co
W. T. Holliday
Standard Oil Cap
Cleveland
H. D. McClelland
Universal Potteries, Inc
Cambridge
J. S. Sprott
Globe, Wernicke Co
Cincinnati
Chamber
Goy
Thomas J. Herbert
Thomas Y. Smith
University of Chicago
New Insurance Plan To Be Offered To G.M. Employees
Detroit reports a new GM group life and health program adopted for January and set to take effect February 1 1948. C E Wilson GM president says plan adds life, sickness and accident protection for salaried and hourly workers with extended coverage after age 65 and continuation options after age 60. Extra accidental death payments may reach 50 percent of life insurance up to 4000 dollars.
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Detroit
General Motors
C. E. Wilson
Man Who Beat His Two Sons Gets A Year In Jail
George M Fortney, 31, was sentenced to one year in county jail and fined $500 for injuring his two sons with a broomstick. His wife Cleo Fortney faces neglect charges after arrest in Zanesville. A sanity hearing found Fortney normal. his older son reportedly suffered a broken arm.
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Canton
George M. Fortney
Fortney
Cleo Fortney
Zanesville
Veteran Fireman Dies Cambridge
Private funeral services will be held in Cambridge for Joseph L. Black 69 a longtime member of the Cambridge volunteer fire department.
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Cambridge
Joseph L. Black
Youths Confess To Fatal Shooting In Michigan
Detroit reports two Michigan youths confessed the fatal shooting of Kenneth Luhn, 28, a Pontiac Motors worker and Air Forces veteran, after he picked them up in his car. Luhn died at Grace Hospital eight miles from Pontiac in a barn where his body was found. The suspects, Charles Picket and Theodore Hall, were arrested in Richmond Indiana after driving off from a gas station without paying.
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Michigan
Richmond
Ind
Kenneth Luhn
Air Forces
Pontiac Motors Company
Grace Hospital
Luhn
Poliée
Pontiac
Mich
Hollie
Charles Picket
Theodore Ernest Hall
Rochester
John Murphy
Francis Dodge Johnson
Lake Orion
Harvey W. Luhn
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