U S Sending 600 Experts To Observe Greek Voting
The United States plans a large observation mission to monitor Greek elections, headed by Henry F. Grady with Maj. Gen. Harry J. Muljouny among the commissioners. The delegation will include historians, pollsters, and a sizable support staff, with Britain and France also sending observers and Russia declining.
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War Department
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Tech
Wats Crom
Officie
Pye
Fidel VY Mars Dies Turf Enthusiast and Candy Magnate
Fidel VY Mars of La Jolla California and Chicago Marsy GJ a Mare Candy Company president died in a hospital yesterday. She inherited the Milky Way racing interests from her husband Frank C Mars and was a leading money winner on the American turf in 1938. Her estate was valued at $2.9 million and she supported yearling sales and racing operations at Milky Way farms.
Five Children Die in Christmas Blaze Near Fayetteville W V
Five children of Mr. and Mrs. George Ladder died in a Christmas Day fire two miles north of Fayetteville West Virginia. State Trooper F L Springer said the two story frame home burned completely trapping the calls from the ten floor to the bottom. The victims aged six to fifteen, Maurice fifteen Martha Lee twelve Fools nine Jennie eight and Bolly stn Folir were identified by Byringer. Parental and sibling rescue saved the rest as they fled in their night clothing.
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George Ladder
EL Springer
Byringer
Maurice
Martha Lee
Fouls
Jennie
Bolly
Jap Admits Striking American Prisoners
Tokyo reports Tatsuo Tsuchiya admitted in Japan's first war crimes trial that he struck American prisoners with an open palm eight times. The defense argued he used no heavy instrument and did not repeat alleged abuse. The case centers on the death of Robert Gordon Tous, the director.
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Tokyo
Tatsuo Tsuchiya
Japan
Robert Gordon Tous
Hartford Fire Tragedy Leaves Seventeen Dead
Seventeen people die and 20 more are hospitalized after a Christmas tree fire at a Connecticut hospital. Investigators led by Hartford police and state officials say cotton decorations on a Christmas tree sparked the blaze, which ripped through a three story brick dormitory. Firefighters battled the flames in near zero temperatures as a woman attendant tried to extinguish the tree with a small extinguisher. The building was described as almost fully gutted, with lists of dead and injured to be released later.
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Niles
Stiryt
Hiskey
Stanley I Osharn
Connecticut
Hazandy
Hwhekey
Walter Weissenborn
St. Francis Hospital
Mnratus
Palign
Dora
French Franc Pegged at 119 To U S Dollar
An official government decree sets the French franc at 119 to the dollar and 46 to the pound with a devaluation likely to follow. Assembly members expect further value reductions next week as part of moves toward full state depreciation.
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U.S
Japs to Hang For Slaying U.S. Civilians
Rear Adm. Shiramatsu Sukaibara and Lt. Seichi Tachibana were executed by hanging for orders leading to the killing of American civilians at Wake. U.S. Military Commission found they condemned captives to death after bombing retaliation. Defense blamed wartime tragedy, but the executions proceeded to purge the Wake unit during the Pacific conflict.
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Shiramatsu Sukaibara
Ciode
Seichi Tachbana
U.S
Sakaivar
Sakaibara
Japan
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Uiak
Wake
Klermuuda
Bind
Coir
Isnriona
Ex Gov Earle to Wed in Istanbul Ceremony
Former diplomat Earle, 55, will wed Jacqueling Marthe Jermine Sacre in Istanbul this Friday. The couple’s plans include a quiet ceremony and future life together in a diplomatic circle.
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Istanbul
uPi
George Hi. Waria
Psuramar
Americans Brighten Christmas Abroad Amid War Turmoil
American GIs worldwide brighten the holiday as troops share gifts and meals with civilians, aid organizations and local families. From Palestine to Berlin, Denmark to Singapore, service members distribute food, toys, and warmth while locals and POWs contribute to cheerful scenes despite scarcity and danger.
Death notes hint at gas suicide of Rep Ervin in North Carolina
Washington coroner A Ma McBender MacDonald reports Dan Breasmen Joseph Wilean Bevin a North Carolina Democrat found in his gas filled home yesterday. Notes addressed to relatives warn of danger request funeral arrangements and an expensive casket. Caudle said the scene showed a pistol and razor in the hand with a unfinished cigarette and whisky.
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Dan
Joseph Wilean Bevin
North Carolina
Kevin
MacDonald
Christine Lye
Itlase Frignd
Theron B. Caudle
Ay‘sistant Attormey
Theron, Jr
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Caudle
Ie Juetign
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Caudie
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Susan
Morganton N.C
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Morganton
Walter Reet Army Hospital
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Mrs Mortimer Named Best Dressed Woman
New York 9 Mortimer was named the best dressed woman for the second consecutive year by the New York Dress Institute. The Duchess of Windsor rose to fifth, while Barbara Cushing and Mrs. Stanly Martinez head a list featuring social figures and film actors, with multiple misspellings and fragmented names reflecting the OCR source.
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Mortimer
Duchess of Windsor
Byron Fay
Walter Chrysler
Millicant
Rogers
Lawrance Tibbett
Robert Surnam
Esme O'Brien
Clain Booth
Connecticut
Lice Pinced
Gifts End in Death of Utah Boy
A Utah boy died after falling from a box while reaching gifts in a closet. Deputy Sheriff Frank Millis said the youth apparently became entangled in a hanging object above the closet, and died in a 16 minute interval before his mother found him.
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Alii l
Joseph
Jonitier
Frank Millis
Truman Braves Sleet Storm Homecoming in Independence
President Harry S. Truman arrived at 5 o clock at his home in Independence after a 5 hour flight through sleet and rain aboard the plane The Sacred Cow. About 200 townspeople waited outside The Littl While Houge and serenaded him as he greeted family, shared cake, and spoke from the porch before dinner with his wife and Margaret.
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Martha
Margaret
Feed Wolare
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Grandview
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Bhat
Ashey
Franklin 3
Kansan
St. Louis
Henry T. Myers
4000 American Soldiers Protest Ship Cancellation
About four thousand soldiers protested a transport cancellation at the Replacement Depot, demanding ships for home. Col. Campbell ordered them to return to barracks after a brief standoff. a spokesman said another meeting would occur today. The cancellation followed consolidation of depots, with Army sources noting 251,000 men assigned to the Western Pacific but only 70,000 eligible to return home.
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4. C. Campbell
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Western Pacific
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Oneonta Youth Held In Double Slaying
Raymond H. Woot, 10, Oneonta, charged with first degree murder in the fatal shooting of Doughs Scudder, 21, and Raymond Scudder, 19, at a Chemains party. Wood held in Otsego County jail after arraignment, plea entered, case adjourned for counsel. Mother Elizabeth Scudder seriously wounded, at Oneonta Hospital.
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Raymond H. Woot
Otsegon County
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Robert J. Simmons
Simo
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Wizabeth Scudder
Simmons
Scudder
Leea
Explosion Triggers $500000 Fire Loss in Minneapolis
A blast caused an estimated $500000 fire loss as flames raged for over seven hours at the Anstrayed One Atlantic elevator. Arthur TF Apattewand, chief of the Fire Prevention Bureau, said the damage matched key figures in the area.
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Armen
Arthur TF Apattewand
Tite Prevention Bureau
Christmas Hope Extends to China Cease Fire Talks
Amid mixed signals a hoped New Year truce between Central Government and Communist forces surfaces in reports from Chungking and Nanjing. A Communist spokesman outlined a proposal, with both sides to present lay proposals by December 19 for a broader pause, while fighting across Kaoyt and other fronts continued. Western dispatches noted General Chiang Kai-shek repelling assaults as U.S. envoy Marshall attended a Christmas dinner with Chiang and Madame Chiang, amid broad public reactions to Christmas in America and a national mood of unity.
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Walter Robertson U
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Madame Chiang
Oldest Fallon Resident Carolina Whea Lon Dies
Varney mourns the death of its oldest resident Mrs. Carolina Whea Lon who passed away Sunday night at the age of 110, according to town records and local obituaries.
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Carolina Whealon
Varney
Snow and Ice Shut Roads East of Rockies Across Regions
A major winter storm affected the eastern half of the United States, with heavy snow in Michigan Wisconsin and the Midwest and sleet and freezing rain expanding into the South. Travel vonditions deteriorated as trains planes and highways faced closures and dangerous conditions from Georgia to New England.
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Byrnes and Allies Reach Moscow Conference Tone
The Moscow meeting among Byrnes Bevin and Molotov extended late into the evening at Speridoniska Palace. They reported progress toward a draft for a postwar peace settlement and discussed atomic energy policy, with Byrnes proposing a public announcement of any agreement on Christmas Eve.
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Byrnes
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Patton Widow Arrives in Washington After Flight Trouble
General Patton's widow landed in Washington yesterday after a Boston to New York routing due to engine trouble. The plane, delayed by rain and ice, touched down by instrument approach and was met by Col. Julia Waters and West Point cadets, as Mrs Patton planned to remain with Mrs Waters for an unknown period.
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James W. Teller
West Point
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Witters
Mare Auto Workers Strike Across Four Plants
Executive boards of four local unions of the United Automobile Workers last night approved a strike wall for 7 hours today in four plants of the J. J. Cause Company in Rockford Rock Island Racine Wis and Burlington Iowa. About 70 production workers in the four plants will be involved including about 850 here. Picket lines will be established at all four plants.
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