President Truman Visits Everglades National Park Dedication
President Truman arrived in Everglades City Florida to dedicate Everglades National Park. Hundreds of Seminole Indians from the tribe watched as he was greeted by Gov Millard Caldwell and Sen Johnson.
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Everglades City
Fla
Truman
Florida Everglades
Everglades National Park
United States
Boca Chica Naval Air Station
Key West
Naples
Millard F. Caldwell
Florida Sons
Pepper and
William McKinley Osceola
Corey Osceola
Mrs. Truman
Everglades
Ingram Billy
Free
Marshall Asks Russia Outline For German Economic Unity
London December six. Secretary of State Marshall urged Molotov to draft by Monday a comprehensive Soviet outline for German economic unification. Bevin and Marshall pressed for a complete plan, warning no accord on unity without reparations, amid wrangling over Moscow disagreements and the western powers plan for Europe’s revival.
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London
Marshall
Council of Foreign Ministers
Molotov
Germany
Bidault
Bevin
Moscow
Russia
United States
Ernest Bevin
Europe
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Parties Split Philly Costs for 1948 Conventions
Philadelphia reports that Republican and Democratic leaders will share expenses for erecting physical equipment at convention hall for the 1948 nominating conventions. They plan to coordinate rostrum, press and radio facilities, lighting, seating, and related tasks while broadcasters cover their own sending gear. The GOP gathering is set for the week of June 20 with the Democrats to follow in July.
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Philadelphia
Walter S. Hallanan
Republican National Committee
William N. Roach
Hallanan
Civil Aeronautics Board Rejects Retroactive Mail Pay Claims
The Civil Aeronautics Board ruled on December 6 that it will not reimburse airlines for losses from mail flights at previously accepted rates. It dismissed petitions by Trans-World Airlines for 11.157 million dollars and Pennsylvania Central Airlines for 5 million, on a 3 to 1 vote with Josh Lee dissenting. The board said rates cannot be retroactively revised.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Josh Lee
Trans-World Airline
Pennsylvania Central Airlines
Lee
Bridges Demands British Use 80 Million for Occupation
Senator Bridges pressed Treasury Secretary Snyder to require Britain to spend 80 million dollars of the final 400 million loan in occupation costs for the joint British American zone in Germany. He said dollars are needed to buy food and fuel and cited Gen. Lucius Clay’s explanation to senators.
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Washington
Sen
Bridges
Treasury
Snyder
United States
Germany
Senate Appropriations Committee
Beatsoon
Lucius Clay
More Snow In North States Across Regions
Snow blankets the northern tier from coast to coast with heavy falls in the Great Lakes and New England. Fargo North Carolina reported 17 inches, Bangor Maine 12 inches, Duluth Minnesota 10 inches, Marquette Michigan nine inches, and Minneapolis eight inches as western and southern areas saw rain and fair weather. Northern Minnesota recorded the coldest reading at 6 above zero.
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Great Lakes
New England States
Weather Bureau
Colorado
Rockies
Kansas
Fargo
N. C
Bangor
Duluth
Minn
Marquette
Mich
Minneapolis
Ohio
mid-Atlantic
Texas
Minnesota
International Falls
Methodist leaders plan 1948 52 mission program
The Methodist board of missions reported spending 9.3 million dollars in 1947 overseas and in the United States, about one dollar per church member. The six day meeting in Buck Hill Falls opens with 27 bishops, 20 laymen, 20 ministers, and 40 women, with Bishop Arthur J. Moore of Atlanta presiding.
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Buck Hill Falls
Board of Missions of the
Methodist Church
United States
Arthur J. Moore
Atlanta
Riots Resume Amid Middle East Violence Killing 145
The death toll from a week of Middle East rioting rose to 145, with 75 dead in Aden over three days and 40 Jews, 24 Arabs, and two Armenians dead since the UN partition plan. In Palestine fighting, seven Jews died near Tel Aviv and Jaffa, as Hagana blamed British troops for casualties. Panic spread in Jerusalem and Baghdad officials discussed Arab leadership and compulsory service. The Arab legion reportedly participated in Jaffa fighting.
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Associated Press
Middle East
Aden
Red Sea
Palestine
No Man’s Land
Tel Aviv
Arab Jaffa
United Nations
Hagana
Jewish Defense Army
Palestine Police
Jerusalem
Bagdad
Zaid
Partition
Foreign Office
Iraq
Britain
Syrian Chamber of Deputies
Fawzi al Malki
Trans- Jordan
Cairo
Arab Legion
Jaffa
Holy Land
Indian Agency Is Under Fire
About 50 American Indian tribes at the national congress of American Indians in Santa Fe plan to vote on Saturday on proposals to reorganize the U S Indian service, provide Indian votes, and Navajo relief. Mrs Ruth Kirk of Gallup urged a national Indian board to set standards in health education welfare and economics and to hire a commissioner for Indian affairs.
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Santa FE
N. M
National Congress of American Indians
U. S. Indian Service
Congress
Ruth Kirk
Gallup
Kirk
Indian Welfare Committee
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Double Life To Cost Buy Trusty 20 Years
Oklahoma district court gave 18 year old Bill Bennett 20 years in prison. He already had five years for a hardware burglary, plus 15 more for burglaries committed while in jail. Bennettt used a cell key to mix burglary with daily duties as a trusted inmate and escaped supervision before capture.
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Bennett
Gordon Coker
Coker
Boyd Vantine
Walters
House To Vote On Aid Tuesday
Congressional leaders push to send the European Winter aid bill to President Truman by end of next week despite a House push to cut the 597 million dollar request. Final action set for Tuesday, with a Senate-House conference to resolve differences. Lovett links current strikes in France and Italy to Communists and urges full relief funding despite opposition.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
House
France
Italy
Austria
House-Senate
Robert A. Lovett
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Tito Visits Budapest For Pact Celebration
Premier Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia arrived by train in Budapest for a state visit tied to the signing of a Yugoslav-Hungarian treaty of friendship and mutual aid. The treaty is scheduled for signing Monday.
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Budapest
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Defiant Reds Rally as Strikes Hit France and Italy
In France and Italy labor turmoil escalates with Communist pressure. French lawmakers pass antistrike measures while unions defy rulings and demand victory. In Rome workers demand action over police violence in Primavalle. U.S. official Lovett links strikes to Soviet policy and four power talks, urging continued foreign aid.
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Italy
France
U.S
Robert Schuman
National Committee
French National Assembly
John Foster Dulles
U.S. State Department
Paris
Rome
Primavalle
National Congress of Partisans
Washington
Robert A. Lovett
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Foreign Ministers’ Council
London
United States
Magnet For Cyclotron At Columbia Reaches Completion
Irvington N Y Dec 6 A colossal magnet nearing 2300 tons completes for Columbia University s giant cyclotron set to fire 400 million electron volts protons at heavy atoms. It forms the core of the atom smasher built with Naval Research Office support and will begin operations next summer at Nevis on the Hudson.
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Irvington
N. Y
U. S
Columbia University
Columbia
John R. Dunning
Office of Naval Research
Lettuce Strike Near Settlement in Phoenix
A settlement in the Phoenix lettuce strike appeared near as negotiations resumed after the Salt River Valley Growers association reviewed a proposal from the CIO United Fruit and Vegetable Workers. Remaining sticking points were non Communist affidavits by union officials and rehiring of workers who stayed on strike.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Aid Plan Seeks Use of Surplus Food for Foreign Relief
Representative Jack Z Anderson announces an amendment to the foreign aid bill directing the Commodity Credit Corporation to sell surplus eggs prunes raisins potatoes and citrus at a loss for foreign relief. The plan aims to price foreign relief commodities by calories equal to wheat value, risking an estimated 50 million dollar loss if all surpluses are disposed at wheat calories.
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Washington
Jack Z. Anderson
Calif
California
Texas
Arizona
Florida
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Macy’s sets one day sale record at $1.48 million
Macy’s department store in New York shattered a one day sales record with $1,481,072 in total sales, surpassing the previous peak of $1,407,989 from the prior December. It marks the store’s 24th multiple seven figure day since 1944.
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New York
Macy’s Department Store
Macy’s
Harder Work Faces Nation
The National Association of Manufacturers urged Americans and Congress to pursue an anti inflation program from higher productivity to a 31 billion dollar budget ceiling for 1949. NAM called for collective bargaining at plant level to avoid monopolistic practices and urged housing reforms and job provisions for disabled veterans.
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New York
Congress
National Association of Manufacturers
NAM
Congress of American Industry
Truman Urges Vigilance as Everglades Park is Created
President Truman spoke at Everglades City urging constant vigilance to protect public lands from destructive influences while promoting hydroelectric power and resource development. Florida officials presided as 454,900 acres were designated a national park, with Gov Caldwell and Interior Sec Krug present.
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Everglades City
Fla
Truman
Everglades
Key West
Millard F. Caldwell
Florida
Florida Everglades
Krug
America
28Th National Park
Sens
Pepper and
Holland
Statue Marks Spot Where Tom Mix Died
A seven foot stone column with a saddled horse statue stands at Tom Mixwash in Florence Arizona, honoring western star Tom Mix who died in an October 12 1940 car crash. The monument was unveiled Friday before about 500 visitors erected by the Florence Chamber of Commerce and includes a plaque recalling Mix
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Florence
Ariz
Desert Wash
Here
Tom Mix
Mix
UNS Demands Resignation Over Foot and Mouth Policy
The Sinarquista unions call for immediate resignations of Secretary Nazario Ortiz Garza, Undersecretary Oscar Flores, and all department staff linked to cattle foot and mouth disease cullings in Mexico. They accuse the government of pressure from the United States and blame officials for farm devastation and industry harm. The movement, known for militant opposition, cites a September ambush of nine commission workers in Michoacan.
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Mexico City
National
Sinarquista Unions
UNS
Nazario Ortiz Garza
Oscar Flores
Mexico
Sinarquistas
Guzman Cardenas
21St Military Zone
Commission
Senguio
Michoacan
Orden
Aleman
United States
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