Patton Paralyzed After Car Crash Near Mannheim
Gen George S Patton is critically injured and paralyzed below the third cervical vertebra after a car collision near Mannheim. He suffered a fracture of the third cervical vertebra and dislocation of the fourth. Medical bulletins report stable but guarded prognosis as specialists assess outcome.
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Heidelberg
U.P
George S. Patton
Patton
Gilbert Phillips
Mannheim
Western Front
Washington
R. Glenn Spurling
Hugh Cairns
Oxford University
England
Hunt
Marshall Tells About U S Plan To Aid British
Gen George C Marshall testified that he authorized an Army air reconnaissance flight over Japanese mandated islands in November 1941 despite the risk of provoking Japan. He said US hopes for joint British American action in the Pacific reflected the belief war with Japan would involve the United States. He emphasized he had no political authority and warned of a possible catastrophe if Britain and the US did not resist Japanese moves toward Singapore and the Kra peninsula.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
John L. Cutter
U.P
Japan
Great Britain
Pacific
United States
Marshall
Army
Pearl Harbor
Thailand
Kra Peninsula
Malaya
Singapore
Philippines
Marshal
Gulf of Siam
Harold R. Stark
China
Sen
Homer Ferguson
Ferguson
U. S
Thomas C. Hart
Hart
Stark
Parley
Navy Undersecretary Artemus Gates to resign this month
President Truman accepted the resignation of Undersecretary of the Navy Artemus L. Gates effective December 31. Gates, a New York banker and industrialist, had led demobilization of naval personnel and previously directed procurement of Navy planes and training of air personnel.
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Washington
Truman
Navy
Artemus L. Gates
Gates
New York
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Air
Naval Air
Ralph A. Bard
Induction of 15 Pima County Men Planned This Month
Draft boards announce induction dates with five men from Board No. 2 on December 19 and nine from Board No. 1 on December 18. George Tucker Hilward to be inducted December 20. Board No. 2 inductees include Phillips Brooks Quinsler Jr., Allan Ray Taft, John Commodore Sparks, Reuben William Walther, James Robert La Motte. Board No. 1 inductees are Jenaro R. Leon, Joaquin Islas, Arnulfo Molina, Roman Yanez Moreno, Leslie Gene Krietmeyer, Harvey Bernard Glaze, Ruperto Simon Mentijo Jr., Theodore Robert Doran, Amador Gutierrez.
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Pima County
George Tucker Hilward
Phillips Brooks Quinsler, Jr
Allan Ray Taft
John Commodore Sparks
Reuben William Walther
James Robert la Motte
Wainwright Finds Tucson Is Changed
General Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright visits Tucson for the first time since 1917 and notes the city has grown beyond recognition. He arrives at the Pioneer hotel with Col. O L Holman and Col. Keller, recalls old comrades, and expresses concern for Gen. George Patton in Germany. A crowd gathers as he meets Lt. Verna Henson, a former prisoner from Corregidor.
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Jonathan M. Wainwright
Bataan
Pioneer Hotel
Tucson
Verna Henson
Long Beach
Calif
Wainwright
Henson
Reggie Russell
Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright
Old Pueblo
Phoenix
O. L Holman
Frank Keller
Calle el Centro
Keller
Cavalry
Gen
George Patton
Germany
Corregidor
Mels Nelson
Nelson
Army
Army Nurses Corps
Iran Oil Debate at Moscow Parley Threatens Iran
Iranian ambassador Hussein Ala warned the Moscow foreign ministers conference could become “another Munich” if the Big Three compromise Iran's sovereignty. The talks involve Secretary Byrnes with Soviet and British counterparts in Moscow starting Saturday. Ala aims to meet Byrnes before departure to oppose any breach of Iran's territorial and political integrity pledge.
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Gwen Morgan Washington
U.P
Hussein Ala
Moscow
Munich
Iran
James F. Byrnes
Ala
Byrnes
Delay Denied In Trial Of Converse
Twelve defendants were brought before Judge Albert M. Sames for arraignments on charges from last week's indictments. One was sentenced. others delayed until 10 a.m. next Monday. Thomas Gonzalez pleaded guilty to illegal re entry and received 18 months. Several others pleaded guilty to marijuana and opium charges with sentences postponed.
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Albert M. Sames
Thomas Gonzalez
Mexico
United States
Gregorio Gonzales
Antonio B. Grijalva
Gilbert M. Dorama
Miguel Salvador Tejada
Luciano Alfonso Serventi, Jr
U. S. Court
Communist Circular Is Basis of Motion in Converse Case
Superior Judge John J. Lyons Jr denied a continuance in the Jim Converse murder case after ruling a Tucson Communist party circular widely distributed in the area did not prejudice the proceedings. Defense attorneys Van Buskirk and Johnson argued for change of venue citing the handbill urging support for equal justice. The circular targeted readers to attend tomorrow’s trial, with a call to “pack the superior court rooms.”
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John J. Lyons, Jr
Tucson Communist Party
Jim Converse
Pima County
John van Buskirk
Lawrence Robertson
van Buskirk
James P. Converse
Francisco Romero
Arizona
Robertson
Johnson
Dobson Motel Sold to Illinois Couple
The Dobson Motel at 2425 North Oracle Road with 12 units sold for about $60,000. New owners are Harry and Emma Killebrew of Booneville Illinois. Seller was Elmer B. Dobson. Transaction negotiated by B Makley of Voight Realty Co.
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Dobson
North Oracle Road
Harry and
Emma Killebrew
Booneville
Ill
Elmer B. Dobson
B. Makley
The
Voight Realty Co
Capper Proposes Eisenhower as 1948 GOP Nominee
Senator Arthur Capper urged Dwight D. Eisenhower as a potential Republican presidential nominee. Capper praised the Army chief of staff as a high caliber statesman in a WIBW radio address, noting he had not spoken with Eisenhower and that Eisenhower is not publicly tied to any party.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican Party
Army
Arthur Capper
R-Kas
WIBW
Topeka
Eisenhower
Nazis Fear Christian Influence In German Policy
AP World Traveler Dewitt Mackenzie reports a Berlin secret report from the Reich Security Department linking Hitler's regime toSuppressing Christianity. The document targeted the Oxford group led by Dr Frank Buchman as a threat to Nazidom, with directives to suppress the movement in Germany and occupied territories.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
World Traveler
London
Germany
Munich
Hitler
Europe
The
Oxford Group
Oxford
Lewis Caustic Testifying On Truman Plan
UMW President James L Lewis blasted Truman plan during House labor hearing calling it an evil foul smelling mess He charged General Motors dispute could be settled in 10 days if prices were allowed and criticized CIO auto workers union for striking Now idle GM profits due to year start tax readjustments touted by Lewis as leverage for production delays He labeled auto union leaders as blundering.
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James F. Donovan
Washington
U.P
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
General Motors
Lewis
House Labor Committee
Truman
CIO Automobile Worker Union
Auto Union
Detroit
General Motors Corporation
United Automobile Workers Union
CIO
Acheson Denies Hurley Charge On U.S. Policy
Undersecretary of State Dean Acheson told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee he did not wreck U S Iranian policy, attributing Patrick Hurley s charges to pique. He defended his record and noted Hurley blamed a memo phrase on a young assistant who faced Army rejection and a later operation.
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Washington
U.P
Dean Acheson
Patrick J. Hurley
U. S
Iran
Hurley
China
Roosevelt
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Acheson
State Department
Arthur H. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Congress Begins Hearings Upon Strike Curb
Detroit reports President Truman's plan for fact finding boards faces labor opposition as General Motors aims to end a 20 day wage strike with CIO UAW. GM stockpiles risk 200 000 strikers and 98 plants idle if concessions falter. Walter Reuther presses for good faith bargaining or access to company records.
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General Motors Corp
CIO
United Automobile Workers Union
House of Representatives Labor Committee
Truman
Gm-Cio
Detroit
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Power Board Signs Boulder Dam Power Contract
J R A Hobson Jr, a director of the Arizona Power Authority, announced a signed contract with the federal government to receive Arizona 18 percent of Boulder Dam hydroelectric power. The deal hinges on obtaining transmission lines to bring power into the state and amid a court action to condemn the Central Arizona Light & Power steam plant.
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Phoenix
J. R. A. Hobson, Jr
Arizona Power Authority
Arizona
Boulder Dam
Boulder
Hobson
Power Authority
Maricopa County
Central Arizona Light & Power Co
Hilton Buys Palmer House for 20 Million Dollars
Hilton Hotels of America president UP C N Hilton announced the purchase of the Palmer House in Chicago for 20 million dollars and the Ambassador hotel in Los Angeles for 2 20 million. He plans to assume control of the Palmer House from the Palmer estate around January 1. Hilton already owns the Town House in Los Angeles the Plaza and Roosevelt hotels in New York and the Stevens hotel in Chicago.
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C. N. Hilton
Hilton Hotels of America
Los Angeles
Hilton
Plaza
Roosevelt
New York
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