U S Presses Moscow on Hung four flyers case
U S officials led by charge d affaires Hugh Cummings met with Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian Zorin at the Kremlin to push for the release of four American airmen held in Hungary on spy charges. Washington warned of strong public backlash if Hungary proceeds to trial. The four are Capt. Dave Henderson, Capt. John J. Swift, Sgt. James A. Elam, and T/Sgt. Jess A. Duff.
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Washington
United States
Hungary
Hugh Cummings
Moscow
Valerian A. Zorin
Kremlin
State Department
Cummings
Truman
Budapest
Russia
United Nations
Vishinky
Air Force
C47
Germany
Yugoslavia
Legation
Lincoln White
George Abbott
Christian M. Ravndal
Dave Henderson
Shawnee
Okla
John J. Swift
Glens Falls
N. Y
James A. Elam
Kingsland
Ark
Jess A. Duff
Spokane
Wash
Butte Girl and Husband Die in Nevada Auto Crash
Mrs. Whitlow 23 and her husband 35, of Butte, were killed while driving from Pioche to their Ca liente home in Nevada. The couple, Christmas shoppers in Pioche, had lived in Nevada since their marriage and were survived by Mrs. Whitlow's Toy family of Butte and several Toy brothers in Navy service.
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Nevada
Butte
James Whitlow
Caliente
Nev
Carter, Butte
Toy
Hungary Charges Four With Spying
Four American airmen face trial as border violators in Hungary. Hungarian security officials said leader of the spy ring was Janos Weissengruber, a Hungarian researcher who fled to Austria last January. Weissengruber reportedly trained in Austria and the American zone in Germany before confessing.
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Budapest
Hungary
United States
State Security Office
Janos Weissengruber
Austria
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
United Nations
Vishinsky
United States Air Force
Weissengruber
Aged Man Burns Sister-in-Law and Self to Death
In Willoughby Ohio on a Saturday Fred Churchill 84 attacked his bed-bound sister-in-law Mary C Brennan 93 with kerosene setting her on fire then lit his own kerosene soaked clothing and died Authorities said police at the scene as dawn approached attempted to force entry noting the sister in law died from her injuries and the man perished in the blaze
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Willoughby
Ohio
Fred Churchill
James G. Billson
Mary C. Brennan
Churchill
Wesley Pignoles
Truman Hands Steel Issue to Wage Stabilization Board
President Truman turned the steel strike threat over to the Wage Stabilization Board and urged the CIO Steelworkers Union and the industry to keep production at full speed until the board acts. He warned a stoppage would hurt national defense and noted a 650,000 worker walkout was planned when the contract expires December 31.
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Washington
Truman
Wage Stabilization Board
CIO Steelworkers
United States
Pittsburgh
Benjamin F. Fairless
United States Steel
Philip Murray
Joseph Short
Murray
Stabilization Board
80 Men Trapped Likely Dead in West Frankfort Mine
In West Frankfort Illinois a massive coal mine explosion may have left up to eighty miners trapped or dead after nine bodies were recovered and rescue teams faced toxic fumes. Superintendent John Foster revised the trapped count from sixty to eighty and warned the death toll could rise higher than the Cen tralia disaster of 1947.
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West Frankfort
Ill
John F. Foster
Foster
Deneen Taylor
Centralia
Britain faces tougher austerity under Churchill warning
London dispatch notes Prime Minister Winston Churchill warned Britons of greater austerity and reduced American aid in a grim Christmas message. He said Britain must prepare for hardship, abandon hopes of quick aid, and pursue solvency while hoping no war breaks out, with new proposals to be unveiled in Parliament after his Washington trip.
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London
U.P
Winston Churchill
Britain
British Broadcasting Corporation
Washington
Butte Doll Club Toy Mission Inspired by a Child
A car breakdown on a Great Falls to Shelby highway day five years ago sparked the Butte Doll Club idea. Mrs. L. P. Sanders, inspired by a girl who used a stick and cloth as a doll, launched a project to give real dolls to girls at Christmas. The effort grew as Sanders rallied Butte women to collect clothing, design patterns, and sew, leveraging her WWII service as a catalyst for this charity initiative.
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Solomon
Butte
Montana
Butte Doll Club
William Clark
Great Falls
Shelby
George Herbert
Butte Volunteer Service
Sandra
Stassen Plans Philadelphia Announcement On 1952 Role
Harold E. Stassen president of the University of Pennsylvania and former Minnesota governor said he will announce Thursday night in Philadelphia what part he intends to take in the 1952 race. He spoke after arriving from Europe where he met with General Dwight D. Eisenhower and declined to discuss the talk. The dinner at the Warwick hotel will host the public-staged reveal by friends' committee.
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New York
Harold E. Stassen
Philadelphia
Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Warns Celebrants Chalk Warning From Glendale Dealer
Real estate dealer F. E. Hudnall used his office bulletin board in Glendale California to post a holiday warning. Chalk message read Nip and tuck. If you nip the police will tuck you away for salely.
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Glendale
Calif
F. E. Hudnall
Elks Honor Yuletide Tradition at County Hospital
In 1918 Elks in Butte began a Christmas Eve ritual to lift hospital residents. County Commissioner Joe Fabian visited the county hospital and returned to the West Quartz lodge feeling the need for cheer, inspiring a decades-long community yuletide effort.
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Butte Lodge of Elks
Joe Fabian
Elks’ Lodge
West Quartz Street
Elks
Fabian
Santa Baffles Vernon On Dusters Baseball Team
In Vernon Texas on December 22 a child’s letter to Santa lists requests that include a baseball bat a baseball uniform with Dusters on the shirt front a back number brown boots size five with no pointed toes and black spike shoes size five. The Vernon baseball team is named Dusters.
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Vernon
Texas
Santa
Patricia Ruth Thomas
Not for Herself Letter to Santa Claus
Frances Hunter writes to Santa in the Marietta Journal holiday page asking not for herself but for her mother and father to have a son in law. The brief letter appears in the Letters to Santa Claus column.
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Marietta, Ga
Santa
Frances Hunter
Santa Claus
Marietta Journal
Nation Reaches Millionth Auto Death in 52 Years of Traffic Toll
The nation logged its 1,000,000th traffic fatality as of Saturday at 9:27 a.m. MST. Victims included Miss Elma Wischmeier of Cleveland and Dave Dawson of Danbury, with two others fatally injured in the same crash. The tally, compiled with AP input and Safety Council estimates, notes the identity of the millionth victim cannot be determined.
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Dave Dawson
Danbury
Texas
Associated Press
Elma Wischmeier
Cleveland
Ohio
National Safety Council
The
Safety Council
H. H. Bliss
New York City
Ned H. Dearborn
Council
Night Shopping Ends in Butte as Stores Close
Butte saw large crowds for late shopping with last-minute buys downtown. The late-hour season closed Saturday night at 9 o clock as shoppers dispersed. stores will return to normal hours Monday and are stocked for any final demands on Christmas Eve.
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Butte
Weather Summary from Montana and West of Divide Regions
Partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered light snow flurries Sunday and slight temperature changes. Montanas west of Divide: high 20 to 30, Sunday night low around 6 to 10, precipitation 0.03. East of Divide: high 10 to 20 with near 0 to -10 near the North Dakota border and 20 to 30 in the southwest. The table notes 12 hour maximums and 18 hour minimums ending 5 30 p m Saturday.
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School of Mines
Montana
Divide
North Dakota
Allies Invite Communists to Visit Prison Camps in Korea
Allied negotiators proposed that Communist representatives travel to southern Korea to inspect roughly 37,500 prisoners believed to be South Korean civilians rather than Red Army troops. The move aims to speed prisoner exchanges and ease armistice talks while Geneva patterns of reply remain unsettled.
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Korea
Munsan
Red Army
United Nations
Pusan
Red Side
Panemunjom
Adm
R. EB. Libby
Libby
Quiet Front as Korea Warfront Records Losses Fall
Seoul dispatch reports a quiet battlefront with overcast hindering air operations. The Fifth Air Force tallies 14 aircraft losses in the week, a seven day record, largely from Communist ground fire. The Eighth Army notes a probing attack near Yondon repelled, with only patrol activity otherwise.
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Seoul
Korea
Fifth Air Force
United States
Eighth Army
Yondon
Motorist Runs Over Himself in Portland Collision
Myron D. Yax, 42, was thrown from his car after a collision at an intersection. The vehicle then ran over him, climbing onto his chest before a service station operator used a jack to free him. He sustained a shoulder fracture and cuts to his head and legs.
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Portland
Ore
Myron D. Yax
Yax
Holiday Mishaps Take 122 Lives
The Associated Press reports 122 people died during the holiday period from traffic, fire, and other accidents. Traffic deaths dominated with 92, fires 21, and others 9 as cold weather and hazardous driving persisted across many states.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin
Montanans Dig Out After Snow Storm
Montanans cleared snow after a southeast moving storm hit Wyoming and Canada cold air. Kalispell reported 30 inches, Lewistown 13, Helena and Great Falls 12, Billings 9 inches. Roads mostly open but chains were needed on MacDonald and Lookout passes and on Lost Trail pass near Hamilton. Snow flurries forecast Sunday with sub zero temperatures east of the divide.
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Helena
Montana
North Dakota
Mercury
Plane Crew Jumps Pilot Dies In Michigan Crash
In Flint Michigan on a night flight from Minneapolis to Griffith Air Base a B29 bomber developed engine trouble. The pilot remained at the controls as seven crew members parachuted to safety, but he jumped seconds before impact and did not open his chute. The plane crashed into a snow covered alfalfa field killing the pilot.
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Flint
Mich
Michigan
Minneapolis
Minn
Griffith Air Base
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