Truman Pope Pius Renew Pledges to Work for Peace
President Truman told Pope Pius XII in a Christmas message that most peoples live as good neighbors and efforts continue to persuade leaders who do not follow friendly relations to let their people also live as good neighbors.
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Truman
Pius XII
Pope Pius
Russia
Arlington National Cemetery
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White House
Pope Pius XII Calls Christians to Unite Against Atheism
Pope Pius XII urged believers outside the Catholic fold to return to the church to oppose militant atheism. He addressed Protestants, Greek Orthodox, and Jews, urging unity and a peaceful world order aligned with America's peace efforts under President Truman. The White House released the exchange, dated December 17.
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Pope Pius XII
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Christ
Death Rate Drops to New historic low in 1948
The government reports 1948 death rate at 9.9 per 1 000, lowest ever, with heart disease and cancer accounting for nearly half of 1 444 337 deaths. Population reached about 150,183,000 as of November 1, while polio and measles deaths rose.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Office of Vital Statistics
Weather Forecast for Butte and Surrounding Areas
Cloudy and colder with occasional light snow Saturday. Highs around 25 with lows near 18. Mines and airport report highs 36 and 37, lows 22 and 19. Trace precipitation. West of divide expect more cloudiness and colder winds with light snow diminishing by afternoon. East of divide will stay mostly cloudy with varying snow chances and highs from 5 to 35 across zones.
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School of Mines
Divide
Hungary Holds Yank as Spy
Israel Jacobson an American director for Hungary of the American Joint Distribution Committee is held on suspicion of espionage after disappearing December 15 while returning to Budapest from Vienna. He is the second American arrested recently, with ITT official Robert Vogeler held incommunicado and US travel bans in effect.
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Hungary
U.P
Israel Jacobson
Jewish Welfare Agency
Foreign Office
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Vienna
Buffalo
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Chicago
American Joint Distribution Committee
United States
Israel
Robert A. Vogeler
International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
Bidault Wins Narrow Confidence Vote in French Parliament
Paris reports Premier Georges Bidault secured a tight confidence victory in the lower house, 303 to 297, with the outcome depending on avoiding 311 votes against him. The issue was whether the assembly would discuss the cabinet budget for 1950 or an opposition plan from the finance committee.
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Georges Bidault
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National Assembly
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Railroads Granted First Call on Coal
The government ordered rail carriers to have first claim on coal from mines, aiming to prevent transport shutdowns amid winter demand and John L. Lewis’s production curb. Industrial users and households will face tighter fuel access as holidays begin.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Charges Japs With Germ Warfare Plot
A Moscow radio broadcast said 12 Japanese army officers will be charged by an inter allied tribunal with planning and partly using germ warfare during World War II. The report links a Kwantung army bacteriological lab headed by Lt Gen Isii Shiro to activities for aggressive war and mass extermination.
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U.P
Moscow
Russia
Inter-Allied War Crimes Tribunal
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Japan
Manchuria
Imperial General Staff
War Ministry
Kwantung Army
Isii Siro
Moscow Radio
Soviet Union
Kuzma Derevyanko
Allied Council
Douglas MacArthur
Airmen Killed in Flaming B 50 Bomber
A B 50 bomber crashed and burned near Savannah killing 11 airmen including Rogers Hornsby Jr the 29 year old navigator and son of baseball figure Rogers Hornsby. The 62 ton four engine craft fell five minutes after takeoff from Chatham field for El Paso Texas during a final pre Christmas training flight. Investigators probed the fire cause as marshland debris scattered across abandoned rice flats.
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Air Force
Rogers Hornsby
Rogers Hornsby, Jr
Denison
Texas
Rajah
J. A. Lyles
Hornsby
Montana braces for cold snowy Christmas across state
The Weather Bureau forecast a cold and snowy Christmas in Montana with colder temps west of the Continental Divide and lighter snow east of it. Readings range from five to 35 above zero east of the divide, 25 to 30 below west, with snows continuing in northwest and south central Montana.
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Montana
United States Weather Bureau
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Mountain Barrier
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Belgrade
Havre
Miles City
Cut Bank
King Abdullah vows to fight bid to internationalize Jerusalem
An Arab News agency dispatch from Amman quotes King Abdullah of Hashemite Jordan declaring he will resist any effort to enforce the United Nations plan to internationalize Jerusalem.
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Cairo
Egypt
Amman
Jordan
King Abdullah
United Nations
Jerusalem
Monument dealer mails limestone Christmas cards in Logansport
Logansport monument dealer E. H. Billman sent five limestone Christmas cards weighing 3 4 pounds each. The eight to ten inch by five inch slabs carried Merry Christmas and his name on one side and the address on the other. Parcel post cost 13 cents per card.
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Logansport
Ind
E. H. Billman
Dillman
Fabian Christmas Party Tonight at Silver Bow County Hospital
The annual Joe Fabian Christmas party hosted by Butte lodge No 240 Elks returns for its 32nd year with Santa and gifts for hospital patients. Entertainment features local singers dancers and Fred Harvey's orchestra beginning at 7 p.m. tonight under chairman Carroll Fabian.
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Silver Bow County
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Elks Lodge
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Elks
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Butte
Elks County Hospital
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Fred Harvey
U S Warns Ships to Stay Out of Shanghai Waters
The State Department announced a new barrier on sea trade with Communist China warning American skippers that entering the hazardous Shanghai waters may lead to license suspension or revocation. Officials also stated Formosa can buy weapons with its own money and rejected a 100000 Springfield rifle export license to China.
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Washington
United States
China
State Department
Shanghai
Formosa
Michael McDermott
Driggs Engineering Company of
New York
Driggs
McDermott
Raymond Voges
Truman Approves Housing Loans for 118 Cities
President Truman approved federal planning loans totaling 15,286,600 dollars to 118 cities under the long range housing act. The funds will cover surveys and planning for 84,040 families and up to 810,000 housing units planned over six years. Final construction loans will follow after complete plans and local approvals.
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U.P
Truman
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PHA
To Spare Women Embarrassment Hosiery Firm Adapts Socks
A Chicago hosiery manufacturer announced on Friday that women’s feet are getting bigger. The firm will produce stockings with larger feet to spare ladies the embarrassment of requesting a bigger size.
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Chicago
Bethlehem Route Cleared of Mines as Pilgrims Prepare
Israeli troops cleared land mines on the Jerusalem to Bethlehem route used by pilgrims to the Nativity. Pilgrims face two separate roads through Arab and Jewish territory with mass set for St. Catherine church and churches around the Nativity. The Holy Land vigil includes carols by the Anglican sects in the courtyard of the church of the Nativity.
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Jerusalem
Ewish
Holy Land
Holy City
United Nations
Red Cross
Old City
Abdullah
Arab Legion
Jordan
Jewish Jerusalem
St. Catherine Church
Church of the Nativity
Msgr
Gustave Testa
Johnson Rejects Budget Cut on Military Dependents Care
Secretary of Defense Johnson disclosed that he rejected Budget Director Pace’s proposal to end free medical and cut-rate hospital care for dependents of military personnel. He appointed a committee to review the issue to establish a defense department policy. Pace likely will not seek Truman’s adoption of the idea for next year.
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Secretary of Defense
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Pace
Department of Defense
Truman
Brannan to urge 12 percent cut in 1950 corn output
Secretary of Agriculture Brannan is expected to ask farmers next week to reduce corn production by about 12 percent for the 1950 crop. The target would be around 3.0 billion bushels, down from 3.377 billion this year, as a large carryover stock from recent years looms under government price support programs. Brannan may also establish acreage planting allotments for the first time since before the war.
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Washington
Brannan
Winter Wheat Crop Forecast for Montana 1950
The federal agricultural economics bureau projects Montana's 1950 winter wheat harvest at 27,144,000 bushels, up 2,880,000 from 1949 and 1,900,000 above the 1938–47 average. Good fall rains and snows boost prospects despite dry planting in September. Farmers currently have 1,508,000 acres planted, down from last year but above the decade’s average.
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Helena
Federal Agricultural Economics Bureau
Montana
Despair Haunting to Hopeful Christmas in Maryland Village
Despair haunted Shallmar Maryland receives charity after its coal mine closes leaving 50 families hungry The community fills three rooms in the school principal home with gifts and more than 5000 dollars in cash is raised to fund hot lunches for children and welfare.
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Shallmar
Build Butte committee eyes 1950 turning point
The Build Butte group plans a January 5 dinner at the Finlen hotel with members from the Butte Building and Construction Trades council, affiliated craft unions, and contractor-employers. The event follows a prior meeting on sustaining a local building surge, as the committee aims to unite development groups and resolve labor-employer differences.
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Butte Committee
Butte Development Association
New Industries
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Silver Bow Employers Association
Butte Building and Construction Trades Council
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