Ex Convict Held in Case of Missing Girl
Ex convict Robert H Hemming, 42, was arrested in Cleveland after a police hunt when he vanished with Ohio State coed Mary Virginia Kimberly, 20. She returned home to Columbus late Friday, reporting Hemming tried to marry her and had stolen a car in Elyria. Kimberly was unharmed and in good condition.
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Columbus
Ohio
Robert H. Hemming
Ohio State University
Cleveland
Frank D. Carey
Upper Arlington
Albert Morton
Joseph Greene
Hemming
Mary Virginia Kimberly
E. E. Kimberly
Union Station
Kimberly
Mary Virginia
Elyria
Clay May Receive Major Army Role
Lt. Gen. Lucius D. Clay is expected to become commander of American forces in Europe and military governor of the U S occupation zone in Germany. A planned reshuffle would move Gen. Joseph T. McNarney to the United Nations military staff committee and replace Gen. Mark W. Clark in Austria with Lt. Gen. Geoffrey Keys, while Clark goes to join Secretary of State Byrnes at the Moscow talks in March.
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Washington
Lucius D. Clay
Europe
United States
Germany
Clay
Joseph T. McNarney
United Nations Military Staff Committee
Mark W. Clark
Austria
Geoffrey Keys
United States Third Army
Clark
Byrnes
Moscow
U.N Balkan Group to Meet in Athens on Jan 30
The United Nations announced a Balkan situation commission will hold its first meeting in Athens on January 30. The Security Council plans to reconvene Tuesday with a busy agenda including the Trieste issue basic arms reduction resolution and the atomic energy commission report. Mark Ethridge of Louisville Ky will be the U S representative.
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New York
United Nations
Balkan
Athens
Security Council
Trieste
General Assembly
Atomic Energy Commission
Balkan Commission
Trygve Lie
Greece
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Albania
United Nations Secretariat
Mark Ethridge
Louisville
United States
Tokyo Shaken by Twin Five Second Quakes
Two five second tremors rattled Tokyo windows at noon as residents remain nervous after the Dec. 21 disaster. Experts say damage is unlikely and the shocks likely reached only about 60 miles from Tokyo, with the December quake death toll at 1,289.
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Tokyo
Japan
Mercury Weather Upward in Butte After Cold Siege
Weathermen predict a warming trend in Butte after temperatures plunged to -28 Wednesday night and -22 Thursday. Friday low near 15, Saturday high around 18 above zero at the airport and Montana School of Mines. High pressure persists, with 31.14 inch readings, noted by Tom McGovern, airport forecaster.
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Butte
Airport
Montana School of Mines Bureau
Mines
Tom McGovern
Pacific Fleet
Warm West Coast Wind Thaws Montana Cold Snap
Helena reports a warm wind from the West coast ending Montana's week long cold spell. Friday night temperatures fall five above to five below west of the divide and ten above to ten below east of the mountains. By tomorrow highs rise to ten to twenty above west of the divide and fifteen to forty above in eastern counties. Havre logs a jump from minus twelve to plus thirty one. West Yellowstone records minus thirty four. Kalispell sees only a trace of snow while other towns had several inches during the storm.
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Helena
Montana
Helena Weather Bureau
Continental Divide
Havre
Yellowstone
Kalispell
Ogden Reid Dies in New York
Ogden Reid, president publisher of the New York Herald Tribune, died Friday night at his home in New York. He was 64 and had abandoned a law career to become a reporter. Reid led the Tribune publishing group and held directorships and charitable roles with several organizations.
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New York
Ogden Reid
New York Herald Tribune
East 84Th Street
Reid
Horace Greeley
New York Tribune
James Gordon Bennett
New York Herald
New York Tribune, Inc
Mergenthaler Linotype Company
Trudeau Sanatorium
Tribune Fresh Air Fund
Violence Flares as Palestine Underground Attacks Rise
Jewish community leaders urge restraint while British troops suffer casualties in renewed strikes by underground forces in Tel Aviv. Police arrest 61 Jews as search efforts intensify across two quarters, with many civilians injured in 12 locations.
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Jerusalem
Jewish Community Council
Holy Land
Tel Aviv
London
Palestine High Commissioner
Sir Alan Cunningham
Lord Montgomery
Arthur Creech Jones
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Cutters Race to Aid Grounded Ship Off Nantucket
Coast Guard cutters sped to the Davis south shoal near Nantucket to assist the 3,678 ton Panamanian freighter Kotar which sent an SOS. The vessel, bound from New York to St John’s NB, is believed aground in dense fog with about 30 crew aboard. Kotar was built in England in 1940 and measures 339 feet.
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Boston
Coast Guard
Davis Shoa
Nantucket Island
Davis South Shoal
Nantucket
Weather Bureau
Woods Hole
Portland
Cape Cod Canal
New York City
St. John’s New Brunswick
West Hartepool
England
Famed Boys Town Building Burns in Nebraska
Famed Boys Town in Boys Town Nebraska suffered a major fire Friday. The five story building developed by Msgr E J Flanagan built in 1920 saw the fifth floor engulfed while the rest of the structure suffered water and smoke damage. Patrick J Norton, Boys Town general manager, noted the fifth floor was the only non fireproof section.
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Boys Town
Neb
Msgr. E. J. Flanagan
Omaha
Patrick J. Norton
Senate Labor Bills Trigger Chaotic Filibuster Debates
The 80th Congress opens with a push to rewrite the Wagner Act led by Rep. Howard Smith who proposes a labor policy emphasizing equality of labor and industry. Rep. Hartley and five Republicans introduce A-C-3h bills to curb strikes affecting public health or safety including coal strikes. Senators will add proposals as House members push multiple labor measures amid a broader drive for new labor laws.
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Washington
Howard Smith
D-Va
Hartley
R-N. J
House Labor Committee
House
Achincloss
N. J
Clifford Case
Hale
Herter
Mass
Heselton
Rep
Smith
United States
Taft Threatens Continuous Senate Sit In Over Bilbo
Senator Taft warned of a continuous Senate session to push the Bilbo seating dispute after southern filibusters blocked organizing the chamber. He urged Bilbo supporters to yield and outlined a 20 percent personal income tax cut goal tied to a $34 billion federal budget, with details to follow on page 2.
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Washington
Senate
Bilbo
D-Miss
Taft
Ohio
N.B.C
Republican
Union
Weather Forecast for Butte and Montana Mines
Weather today in Butte shows mainly cloudy for Saturday with warmer highs. Temperature outlook: near 18 above zero at both the airport and Montana Mines bureaus, last 24 hours ranged from -22 to 20. West of divide fair with highs 10-20 above, east of divide increasing clouds and southerly winds 15 to 25 mph, highs 30-40.
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Montana
Divide
Martin Urges Rigid Economy as New House Opens
Rep. Joseph W. Martin Jr. warns the national debt is beyond quick payback and calls for strict government economies. He says costs can be cut and the public must support the government, ending federal overreach while pledging tax reductions where feasible.
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Washington
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Rmass
House
Martin
Congress
Gradual Sugar Decontrol Favored by Industry Leader
Earl B. Wilson, president of the California and Hawaiian Sugar Refining, urged Congress to delay rapid action and allow the Agriculture Department to craft a gradual decontrol plan with the sugar industry. He cited 1920 price spikes followed by collapses that harmed jobbers, manufacturers, and refiners.
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San Francisco
Earl B. Wilson
California and Hawaiian Sugar Refining Corporation
Congress
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Mystery surrounds Trans-world Constellation crash inquiry
Shannon Airport Ireland January 3 officials said investigation into the Trans-world Constellation crash that killed 13 last Saturday remains unclear. James Luddy of the U S Civil Aeronautics authority called the cause still shrouded in mystery.
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Shannon Airport
Eire
James Luddy
United States Civil Aeronautics Authority
G O P Proposes 20 Percent Cut in Individual Taxes
Republicans introduced House Bill No. 1 proposing a 20 percent income tax cut for most filers, effective Jan 1 1947, with higher earners capped at 10.5 percent. The plan lowers overall tax take to 76.5 percent of income, mandates withholding adjustments from April 1, and offers a $500 extra exemption for taxpayers over 65, while sparking early cross party debate on economy and debt.
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Washington
House
Congress
Knutson
R-Minn
Ways and Means Committee
Bill to End Pay Claims Offered
In Congress and federal court actions to nullify portal pay claims began as total claims neared three billion dollars. Rep. Clare Hoffman introduced a bill to throw suits out of court while the Justice Department sought to brief the Mt. Clemens Pottery portal pay case to limit economic impact. The union-driven suits date to 1938 with claims now about 2.6 billion dollars and projections to six billion. The largest filing sought 52.65 million from Wright Aeronautical for 25,000 former workers three unpaid hours weekly.
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Chicago
U.P
Organized Labor
Portal
Congress
Washington
Clare E. Hoffman
R-Mich
Detroit
Frank A. Picard
Justice Department
Mt. Clemens
Supreme Court
Pottery Company
Hoffman
C. I. O. United Automobile Workers of Cincinnati
Portal To Portal
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Lockland
Fire Damages In Alaska Business District Estimated At 130000
Pairbanks Alaska January 3 fire of undetermined origin caused about 130000 dollars in damage to several business establishments and a store, according to reports from local authorities and dispatchers.
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Pairbanks
Alaska
U.P
House Organizes Quickly With Tax Cut Bill No. 1
In Washington the House moved to organize with an income tax cut bill as its top measure while Republicans celebrate electing Joseph W. Martin Jr. as speaker. The Senate, meanwhile, opened amid a southern filibuster backing Bilbo and a tense struggle over oaths and seating amid plans for Truman’s state of the union message.
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Washington
Bilbo
D-Miss
Senate
House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
Baldwin
Rconn
Taylor
Idaho
Overton
D-La
Taft
Ohio
R-Conn
Brewster
Senate Republicans
Vandenberg
Rmich
Truman
White House
Congress
Martin
Rep
Rayburn
Texas
Marcantonio
Al-N. Y
Japanese Government to Clarify Purge Order Targeting Zaibatsu
Tokyo reports the Japanese government will issue a clarification of the November purge order aimed at Zaibatsu and large firms. The economic aim is to bar purged individuals from hiring relatives in senior posts, reflecting Allied plans to dismantle family control of Japanese business.
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Tokyo
Allied Command
Zaibatsu
Supreme Allied Command
United Press
Allied Headquarters
Aikawa
Asano
Furukawa
Iwasaki
Mitsui
Nakajima
Nomura
Okura
Sumitomo
Yasuda
Zaipatsu
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Finance Ministry
Allied Holding Company Liquidation Commission
Southern Solons Filibuster in Support of Bilbo
The Southern senators filibustered to block seating of Senator Bilbo amid a delay in sworn in members. Republican and Democratic leaders traded statements as the Senate recessed with no decision on Bilbo’s oath. Barkley proposed a temporary seating and a formal action set for January 17.
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Solons
Bilbo
Washington
D-Miss
Senate
Mississippi
Ferguson
R-Mich
Barkley
Colonial Minister Escapes Snipers in Hanoi Inspection
Paris reports Colonial Minister Marius Moutet returned to Saigon from a Hanoi peace mission where he dodged Viet Namese sniper fire. Dispatches note no meetings with insurgent spokesmen and emphasize securing nationals and soldiers. A French communique tallies 183 French dead, 396 wounded, 28 missing during Dec 19 to 31 fighting.
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Paris
Marius Moutet
Saigon
Hanoi
Indo-China
Moutet
Robert Guillain
Havas
Orient
Ous
Measure to Admit Alaska Introduced
Legislation to admit Alaska as the 49th state was introduced in the House by Delegate Bartlett D Alaska. The measure aims to place Alaska in the Union.
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Alaska
Washington
Bartlett
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