Quentin Roosevelt among 33 killed in Hong Kong CNAC crash
Quentin Roosevelt, grandson of Theodore Roosevelt and World War II hero, is identified among 31 recovered bodies after a CNAC C-54 crash on Bisul Island near Hong Kong. He served as a CNAC vice president and had flown from Shanghai, his wife confirming the death.
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Shanghai
China
Quentin Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Chinese National Aviation Corporation
Hong Kong
Roosevelt
Cornelius
Manila
Quentin
Bisul Island
CNAC
Pan-American World Airways
Mgers
Peng Sueh
Unit Nations
Feng Yu-Cheng
Rmer
Shanghai Oo
North Africa
Oyster Bay
L.I
Harvard
Tibet
Theodore Roosevelt Jr
Kasserine Pass
Tunisia
Normandy
Frances Webb
Kansas City
Red Cross
Blandford
Eng
Berlin Romeo Caught Again
American agents captured Newark native Edward J. Lada, a U S army stockade escapee, at a German girl’s home in Berlin while Ruth Riecke and Antonia Lindauer were linked to the case. Lada intended to surrender after Christmas to be with his two year old daughter and her mother.
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Berlin
Edward J. Lada
Newark
N. J
Romeo
Lada
Ruth Riecke
Antonia Lindauer
Ruth
Fraulein
Community Tree Party Slated Friday
The Kiwanis club announces a Friday community Christmas tree celebration at 7 p.m. on the courthouse lawn with Girl Scout carols and chimes. Entertainment chairman John Taylor and general chairman Ray Merman lead a team including Spencer Ford, Rampton Barlow, and Rudolph Goranson as lights, songs, and excerpts from a Lloyd Douglas novel are planned.
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John Taylor
Ray Merman
Spencer Ford
Rampton Barlow
Rudolph Goranson
Kiwanis Club
Hotel Bannock
O. G. Roche
Last Frontier Club
Emerson School Chorus
Lew Muscatsky
Wallace Garretts
Llyod C. Douglass
New Fuel May Speed Rockets
Dr H L Johnston of Ohio State University reports liquid hydrogen fuel, combined with liquid oxygen, could power rockets to speeds over 30 000 miles an hour. A tiny test motor emitted 11 000 000 BTU per hour and may heat 1 500 homes. Further improvements and cheaper oxidizers may accelerate interplanetary travel within months.
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Columbus
H. L. Johnston
Jet Propulsion Research
Ohio State University
Dr. Johnston
Space
Moon
Johnson
Prisoner Gambino Sends Yuletide Greetings From Hiding
An escaped army prisoner Vincent Gambino now 28 sends Christmas wishes to Col J J France at the U S disciplinary barracks in Milwaukee. He asks to surrender and serve his time but fears another sentence for escaping. He has mailed cards from Los Angeles and previously from Miami after fleeing in 1947.
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U. S
Vincent Gambino
Col. J. J. France
Los Angeles
Miami
Dutch Charged With Violating Truce Agreement
The United Nations Indonesian committee formally accuses the Dutch of violating the truce signed aboard the U S S Renville on January 17. The three power UN good offices committee urges the Security Council to act promptly on the truce violation as an urgent matter. The council is to meet today.
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Paris
United Nations Special Indonesian Committee
Young East Indies Republic
U. S. S. Renville
UN Good Offices
Security Council
Fire crews respond to two unusual incidents
At 8:03 a.m. floor wax heated in an oven at 720 North Bridger Street exploded with no damage. At 8:58 a.m. an oxygen tank hose in the Sonnekalb building dental laboratory blew its moorings, also with no fire and no damage.
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North Bridger Street
Sonnekalb Building
Dental Laboratory
Prizes Awarded In School Room Decoration Contest
Pocatello Jaycees distributed candy to students across several Pocatello schools for decorating rooms. First grader Lettie Rice led Emerson. Ila Jean Parker at Tyhee won second grade. Daryl Anderson's group at Washington took third. Special mentions include students at Roosevelt Lincoln Jefferson Whittier and Bonneville.
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Pocatello
Pocatello Jaycees
Lettie Rice
Emerson School
Ila Jean Parker
Tyhee School
Daryl Anderson
Washington
Kenny Harten
Jaycee
Beverly Griffin
Roosevelt
Peggy Pierce
Lincoln
Mary Martineau
Jefferson
Betty Tydeman
Whittier
Genevieve Bistline
Bonneville
Boise Hardware Co Wins State Bulb Contract
The Salt Lake City Hardware Co Boise branch was awarded the contract Tuesday to supply electric light bulbs for all state departments institutions and other state organizations during 1945.
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BOISE
Salt Lake City Hardware Co
Moose Charges Truck Crashes Grant Heavy Damage
Lin Carter of Idaho Falls driving for Garrett Freight Lines says a moose stood in the road near West Yellowstone and charged the truck. The collision smashed the grill, with damage estimated around $50 to the truck. moose damage not estimated.
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Lin Carter
Idaho Falls
Garrett Freight Lines
West Yellowstone
Garrett
Carter
Moose
Rail Unions To Continue Negotiations With Peace Proposals
Union leaders of about 1 million non-operating railroad workers voted to negotiate further with railroads based on government peace proposals. They found the presidential fact-finding board recommendations far short of their views but usable for next talks. Jan 5 start chosen over a nationwide strike.
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Chicago
G. E. Leighty
Road Conditions Improve Across Bannock County Area
Idaho state police said Tuesday night that roads in Bannock and surrounding counties were pretty good. No. 30E between Lava Hot Springs and McCammon was open to two way traffic with rough spots reported. No. 20 Rexburg to Driggs and the Rigby to Alpine route on No. 20 were open. Main highways out of Pocatello were good with some icy spots.
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Idaho
Bannock
Lava Hot Springs
McCammon
No. 20
Rexburg
Driggs
Pocatello
Snow removal costs New York City millions daily
New York City will spend about 500000 dollars a day to clear Sundays 19.5 inch snow fall from the streets. The operation costs roughly 20 cents per ton of snow cleared.
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New York
New York City
No Word On Executions Reported In Pacific War Watch
The Pacote Post reports no confirmation of executions for General Tojo and six other condemned war lords as Allied authorities with General MacArthur’s press office keep details secret. Newsmen have waited over a day for timing of the mass hanging with no official time released.
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Tojo
Pocateco Post
MacArthur
Sheriff Shot Dead On Routine Call in Mississippi
In Lucedale Mississippi a sheriff a housewife and a two year old child were killed on a farm northeast of town. Sheriff J E Nelson Mrs Murdock Hinton and her two year old child died from shotgun blasts as a manhunt for the Hinton family’s estranged spouse began.
T B Hospital To Accept More Patients
GOODING AP Between 20 and 25 more patients will be admitted to Idaho's state tuberculosis hospital here in coming weeks. Dr Kenneth A Tyler medical director said six buildings moved from Rupert POW camp have been remodeled and a new heating unit added. First group of five new patients will arrive Dec 27 with notices mailed to Idaho residents soon.
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Tyler
Boundary
Boise
Custer
Camas
Clark
Power
Fremont
Madison
Teton
Paras Oneida
Franklin
Bear Lake
Idaho group seeks broader unemployment benefits and labor reforms
The Idaho joint labor legislative committee urged moving unemployment security from a single official to the Industrial Accident Board and pressed for broader benefits. It backed reactivating the state labor commissioner, tightening occupational disease coverage, and preserving labor interests through a standing three member subcommittee for the 1949 session.
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Boise
Idaho Joint Labor Legislative Committee
Industrial Accident Board
Fred McCabe
Legislative Committee
State Employment Security Agency
McCabe
State Federation of Labor, Railroad Unions
CIO
Independent Machinists’ Union
Idaho Farm Labor Union
Idaho
George Warren
Montpelier
Elmer McIntire
Mos Federation of Labor
Mebe
State
Immigration and Statistics
Witnesses Describe Brutal Abuse In Yarbo Case
In Marburg Germany witnesses including Anne Marie Nolte testified that Wilma Ybarbo endured repeated beatings by Sgt John Yarbo. Nolte said Yarbo knocked his wife off a chair and demanded a pistol to kill her while she hid the weapon. Prosecutors and defense presented conflicting accounts as the case moved toward closing arguments.
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Marburg
Germany
John Yarbo
Anne Marie Nolte
Wilma Ybarbo
Malden
Maas
Ybarbo
Miss Nolte
Corp
Morris J. Burr
Gouverneur
N Y
Burr
Sunday Movies Still Banned in Zion Illinois
Zion residents voted against lifting old blue laws with 1756 opposing and 1564 for repeal in a 3383 turnout. Otto Lawrence led the repeal faction saying Zion will stay in the same rut as the last 40 years.
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Zion, Ill
Otto Lawrence
Zion
Keep Yule Lights On Prize Contest In Pocatello
Judges from the Pocatello Junior Chamber tour the city nightly to pick outstanding outdoor and window decorations for a Christmas display contest. No entry form is needed. winners will be announced with photos in the Sunday POST issue. Prizes include 25, 15, 5 and five awards of 1 dollars.
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Pocatello Post
Linde Garry
North Main Street
Pocatello Junior Chamber of Commerce
the Post
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