Overtures for Negotiations Are Rebuffed
Paris reports a French spokesman refused talks with Ho Chi Minh citing ongoing Viet Nam shelling and unverified Viet Nam leadership. Mouet heads to Hanoi to seek meeting while France demands cease-fire and proper negotiating authorities.
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Paris
Ho Chi Minh
Marius Moutet
France
Associated Press
Hanoi
China
Houyen Manh Ha
Saigon
Moutet
Disappearance of Mary Virginia Kimberly in Ohio
Ohio State University professor reports his 20 year old daughter Mary Virginia Kimberly missing since Wednesday after she left with a friend’s father Robert Hemming for a alleged surprise party. Hemming and the girl are both missing. Hemming’s parents deny knowledge and note estrangement. Kimberly is a senior in OSU College of Commerce.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
Mary Virginia Kimberly
E. E. Kimberly
Robert Hemming
Mary Virginia
Sarah Hemming
Kimberly
Hemming
Robert N. Hem
California Stores to Remain Closed
About 90 percent of southern California grocery stores will stay closed Friday after employers rejected AFL Retail Clerks demands for a graduated wage scale up to 60 dollars weekly. They reiterated their last offer of 55 dollars top weekly as final, noting 6,000 clerks on strike and 1,500 food markets in the Greater Los Angeles area closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
California
Carrier Sails for Antarctica Led by Admiral Byrd
The aircraft carrier Philippine Sea left Hampton Roads bound for Antarctica under Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd who hoped to locate his Little America base from 1933 in the South Polar region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
U.P
Philippine Sea
Hampton Roads
Antarctica
Richard E. Byrd
America
South Polar
Relief From Intense Cold Expected in Butte Area Today
Butte area residents face a slight relief from a brutal cold wave after a record low of 28 below zero at the airport Thursday. The U S Weather Bureau predicts mostly clear and warmer conditions Friday with a high near eight above, though subzero readings may persist before morning. John Francone ranch near Trask logged 50 below, while West Yellowstone hit 32 below, with Glasgow at 26 below and Great Falls reaching similar extremes as Montana endures a day of wide temperature swings.
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Butte
United States Weather Bureau
School of Mines
John Francone
Trask
United States
Montana
West Yellowstone
Belgrade
Glasgow
Whitehall
Broadus
Miles City
Havre
Drummond
Great Falls
Dillon
Silver Lake
Anaconda
Georgetown Lake
Mercury
Montana Weather Center
Fitzpatrick Named to City Council in 1947 Session
Dennis L. Fitzpatrick was named the 16th city council member by an 8 to 7 vote over Alex McDonald. The ex-alderman will represent the Second ward, joining John McCartan. The meeting covered insurance bids, traffic safety notes, and liquor license transfers.
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Dennis L. Fitzpatrick
West Quartz
Emmett Kelly
Waukesha
Fitzpatrick
Alex McDonald
Antimony
Shiner Furniture, Company
John McCartan
Caledonia
Pete J. Sodja
Fifth Ward
South
Arizona
Barry O’leary
Police Committee
Police Department
Montana Insurance Agency
Alan Kangas
Robert Jacobson
East Broadway
Oscar Toumi
Daniel T. Garrity
Purge of Un Americanism urged by House committee
The House committee on un American activities urged patriotic Americans to purge un American agents from organizations and activities in contact with them. It proposed 11 legislative steps to curb subversive elements including restricting union leadership and federal work to American citizens. The report warns citizen cooperation is essential and notes Communist control aims described in prior drafts were toned down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Committee On
House
Rep. Wood
D-Ga
Committee
FBI
America
Ernie Adamson
Adamson
United States
Soviet Russia
Armed Attacks Flare in Jewish Cities
Deadly clashes erupt in Tel Aviv Haifa and Jerusalem with home made flame throwers grenades and gunfire. British troops guard Citrus House as darkness falls and reinforcements converge. Ben-Gurion says a Jewish state could emerge within his lifetime amid talk of martial law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Haifa
Tiberias
Sea of Galilee
Jerusalm
London
Palestine
Citrus House
David Ben-Gurion
Jewish Agency Executive
Ben-Gurion
Arthur Creech Jones
United Nations
Alan Cunningham
Guerrillas Driven From Peiping Suburbs Amid Reinforcements
Peiping suburbs cleared of communist guerrillas as government forces push back along the Peiping Hankow railway. Reinforcements arrive at Paoting, 90 miles southwest, with Chen Chi-cheng stating attacks along major lines have slackened and Liaocheng in western Shantung renounced its siege.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peiping
Paoting
Chen Chi-cheng
Llth
Chen
Peiping-Hankow
Peiping-Tientsin
Liaocheng
Shantung
Wartime Co operation Between U S OSS and Soviet NEVD Revealed
Maj. Gen. John R. Deane said the Office of Strategic Services and the Soviet secret police N E V D worked closely in 1944 and 1945. He described mutual intelligence sharing and coordinated escapes for American fliers in Siberia, citing details from The Strange Alliance.
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New York
U.P
American Intelligence Service
O. 8
Deane
United States
Russia
Viking Press
Roosevelt
Josef Stalin
Italy
Japan
Poland
William J. Donovan
P. M. Fitin
A. P. Ossipov
Washington
O. S
London
Pee
Dane
Switzerland
Balkans
Siberia
Potsdam
First Session of New Congress Opens Today
London reports the Big Four Foreign Ministers will meet on January 14 to decide whether to summon a full dress peace conference of all powers that fought Nazi Germany. They will also decide how smaller nations may be heard in preliminary talks on Germany and may reach agreement on a treaty with Austria ahead of Germany.
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London
U.P
Foreign Office
Moscow
Belgium
Holland
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Austria
Yugoslavia
House panel seeks enforcement or repeal of corrupt practices act
A House investigating committee urged the Justice Department to probe alleged violations by 60 labor unions 11 corporations and the Communist party. It urged a permanent ban on union and corporate political contributions and noted potential penalties up to 5000 dollars per violation for entities and 1000 dollars or one year imprisonment for individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Justice Department
I. O
Communist Party
Smith-Connally Labor Disputes Act
Greater New York Political Action Co
N. Y
Marcantonio
Americans United For World Government, Inc
Robert G. Barker
Weather Forecast for Butte and Montana Regions
Butte predicts mostly clear and slightly warmer Friday with a high near eight above. School of Mines reports a high of nine and a low of minus one hundred eleven. Airport shows a high of four and a low of minus twenty eight. West of the divide in Montana is partly cloudy and slightly warmer with Friday highs around fifteen to twenty five above zero. East of the divide similarly partly cloudy and warmer with highs from five to fifteen above zero, rising to twenty five above zero toward the west.
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Divide
Camera Shooting Victim Loses Leg by Surgery
Olga Trapani Rocco, wife of Alfredo Rocco who allegedly used a proxy shooter, had her left leg amputated after a shotgun attack at Roosevelt hospital. Pearl Lusk, 19, who fired the gun thinking she was gathering evidence, was held as a witness with no charges filed. The case spurred a large nine state search for Alfredo Rocco as police guard the victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Olga Trapani Rocco
Alfredo Rocco
District Attorney's
Pearl Lusk
Mrs. Rocco
Roosevelt Hospital
Snow marked airplane clue near La Grande area
A private flyer reported seeing the word airplane and a south arrow in the snow about 10 miles west-southwest of La Grande Oregon at 2 p.m. An Army C-47 searched but daylight ended before markings could be seen. The report came as a Marine transport missing since Dec. 10 remained under search in western Washington.
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Mcchord Field
Wash
Prosser
la Grande, Ore
Hogue
Yakima Caa
Army
R. R. Jensen
Jensen
Baker
Ore
Marine Corps
Tax Reduction Bill Poised as First Measure of 80th Congress
Washington dispatch reports the 80th Congress opens with a proposed 20 percent cut in personal income taxes, a $3.9 billion across the board reduction deemed top priority by Knutson. The session also centers on anti Bilbo actions as Republicans select Halleck as House floor leader and Barkley unveils Senate leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Knutson
R-Minn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Theodore G. Bilbo
Bilbo
Senate Republican Steering Committee
Mississippi
Senate
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Halleck
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Thomas Jenkins
Ohio
Charles J. Brown
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Lucas
Commission To Aid Mexico In Foot and Mouth Crisis
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson authorized a veteran U S commission to assist Mexico in fighting a foot and mouth disease outbreak among cattle. Two U S veterinarians will fly to Mexico City to advise on control measures as shipments from Mexico to the United States are halted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Anderson
Mexico
Oscar Flores
United States
Agricultural Department
S. O. Flatness
Mexico City
Pladness
Bureau of Animals Industry
Shahan
A. E. Ward
Gandhi Sets Out on Walking Tour in East Bengal
Gandhi 77 begins village to village march through Noakhali in East Bengal to spread non-violence. He travels into 26 villages this month with four assistants, despite fasting weakness and Muslim-dominated area tensions from October communal unrest.
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Calcutta
Mohandis K. Gandhi
Noakhali
East Bengal
Congress Party
Ramgunji
Efforts to Halt Bilbo May Open Filibuster
Senate debate over Senator Bilbo D Miss triggers talk of a filibuster as Maybank and other Southern Democrats plan to read the full Senate investigation record to block seating. The move could delay seating of all 1946 appointees and hinder Senate organization.
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Washington
Bilbo
D-Miss
Senate
Maybank
D-S. C
United States
States
Bridges
R-N. H
Illinois
Arthur H
Kansan Sen Reed attacks GOP committee assignments
Sen Clyde M. Reed of Kansas accuses fellow Republicans of manipulating committee posts to favor allies. He criticizes Wallace White of Maine for neglecting duties while serving as Senate Republican leader and Interstate Commerce chair. The conference awarded Sen Lodge on foreign relations for his war service as the sole new member to gain a notable assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Clyde M. Reed
Kansas
Wallace White
Maine
Reed
White
Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee
Robertson
G. O. P. Committee On Committees
Morse
Senator Lodge
R-Mass
Lodge
Eight Trainmen Hurt in Crash Near Auburn
In heavy fog one and a half miles south of Auburn Washington two freight trains collided head on injuring eight crew members. The Chicago bound CM and Pacific freight and the Union Pacific Portland bound freight caused about 25000 dollars in locomotive damage.
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Auburn
Wash
Here
Pacific
Union Pacific
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Carrier Sails
D. L. Fitzpatrick
U.S. Intelligence Service
Secret Police
Congress
Olga Rocco
Times Square
Rocco
Billings
Cut Bank
Herbert Hoover
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Gandhi
G.O.P
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