Lupe Velez Found Dead After Broken Romance
Hollywood reports Lupe Velez a 33 year old Mexican actress was found dead from an overdose of sleeping tablets. A note to Harold Ramond and Mrs Beulah Kinder indicated she preferred death to becoming an unwed mother. Autopsy awaiting results to confirm cause.
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Mexan
Ace
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Harold
Ed Gourson
Beverly Hills
Acress
Kinder
Raond
Frank Nance
Cefalu
Forest
Mortuary
Velez
New York Hollywood
Manhattan
Capt. White
Department
New York
Luke
Lupe
Senate Passes Crop Insurance Revival
The senate passed legislation reviving federal crop insurance after rejecting an amendment to allow member banks of the federal reserve system to absorb exchange and collection items as overhead. The measure had been amended to authorize spending 30,000,000 dollars next year to expand flax production. The bill goes back to the house for action.
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Washington
Senate
Federal Reserve System
Sen
Flaybank
D-Sc
House
Germans Fight Fresh Troops To Flush Budapest
London dispatch reports fierce street by street combat as Red Army and German forces clash around Pest and eastern Budapest. Soviet units under Malinovsky push toward the city, claiming eight towns and three rail stations captured on the outskirts.
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London
U.P
Budapest
Pest
Danube
Berlin
Moscow
Austria
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Tang's Tax Trial Set for January Twenty Three
Joe W. Tang, owner of a local grocery, was arraigned in federal court and pled innocent to charges that he failed to pay full income taxes for 1937. Trial is set for January 23, with the government given 10 days to file a bill of particulars. Tang has been repeatedly postponed since 1942.
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Joe W. Tang
Tang
John D. Lyons
Churchill stands firm as laborers shout in Greek crisis debate
Prime Minister Winston Churchill told the Commons that dominions were kept informed on Greece developments though full empire consultation on every step was impossible. He rejected calls to reopen debate on intervention and ignored Labor threats of widespread strikes without more government clarity.
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London
U.P
Winston Churchill
Commons
Greece
Churchill
Laborite
Papandreou
House
Japs On Leyte Flee To Hills In Ormoc Corridor
General MacArthur reported heavy Japanese losses as American forces pressed at Ormoc on Leyte. Seventh and 32nd division troops advanced, with japs retreating into the mountains while three small freighters were sunk attempting to reach Ormoc. NBC’s George Forster described disorganization as the end nears for Nippon forces in the valley.
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Philippines
Ormoc
Leyte
Enmy
Douglas MacArthur
Seventh Division
77Th
Yamashita
32Nd Division
Palompon
NBC
George Thomas Forster
Bruce
Greeks Fight in Athens as Peace Talks Progress
Ruptured cease fire and renewed shelling marked updates from Athens as 11 days of civil war shift toward settlement. Leftists and government officials met at British headquarters while reports say Mitso Bartsalides and Alexander Svolos prepared to seek guarantees and a new government under a non Papandreou leader.
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William R. Higginbotham
London
Athens
Papandreou
Ronald B. Scobie
Russia
Elas
United Press War
James E. Roper
Mitso Bartsalides
EAM
National Liberation Group
George Papandreou
Nicholas Plastiras
Nice
Themistocles Sophoulis
Athens Radio
Chaplin Denied Motion To End Paternity Suit
Los Angeles judge rejects Chaplin bid to dismiss Joan Berry's case seeking paternity of her 14 month old daughter Carol Ann. Defense argued prior stipulation on blood tests bars further litigation. Judge Henry M. Willis rules against dismissal.
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Gene Handsaker
Los Angeles
Henry M. Willis
Charlie Chaplin
Joan Berry
Carol Ann
Nagoya Raid Scores Direct Hits On Jap Plane Works
Tokyo reports a pre dawn Superfortress raid over Nagoya with 40 direct hits on Mitsubishi Hatsukobi plant and related facilities. US sources say fires and explosions damaged machinery while water works and filtration systems were hit. The operation followed other strikes on Rangoon and Bangkok area targets.
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Fred Scherff
Washington
U.P
Thailand
Rangoon
Burma
Tokyo
Comei
United Press
San Francisco
Mitsubishi Aircraft Works
21St Bomber Command
Saipan
Mitsubishi
Hatsukobi
Honshu Island
Honshu
India
High Seas
MacLeish Nomination Heads to Senate With Adverse Report
In a hurried foreign relations committee meeting Archibald MacLeish faced an 11 to 9 favorable vote after Sen. Guffey shifted to support him, breaking a prior 10 to 10 tie. The panel planned to report the tie to the Senate along with five other state department nominations.
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Jack Bell Washington
Archibald MacLeish
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
D-Tex
Sen
Guffey
D-Pa
MacLeish
Mac
Sen. Glass
D-Va
U S Clarifies View On Blocs Of Europeans
U S officials state a firm stance against spheres of influence in Europe denying any Roosevelt approval of a British Russian deal to divide Balkans political interests. They warn against military agreements drawing political boundaries and note Churchill pledges no special zones.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Roosevelt
Balkans
Russia
Britain
Greece
U. S
Churchill
Bevin Outlines British Strategy With Russia and Greece
Ernest Bevin, labor leader and British labor minister, said Britain and Russia have agreed on separate spheres in liberated Europe. He asserted the plan was reviewed with President Roosevelt in Quebec and approved by him, amid Labor Conference debates over Greece policy.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Ernest Bevin
England
Britain
Russia
Europe
Bevin
Labor Party
Romania
Greece
Quebec
Roosevelt
Washington
Four Ward Stores In Detroit Face Labor Board Action
The War Labor Board gave Montgomery Ward and Company until Monday to comply with directives at four Detroit stores where a strike has been ongoing since Saturday. The board acted after Ward officials did not appear to explain noncompliance with WLB orders.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Montgomery Ward and Company
Detroit
Ward
WLB
Doughboys Reach West Bank Frontier Near Karlsruhe
U S Seventh Army drove nearly seven miles in under ten hours pushing toward the German frontier on a sector about ten miles from Karlsruhe. Heavy artillery began shelling the Siegfried line as reports said some shells landed in German lines.
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Rhine
Strasbourg
Seventh Army
France
Germany
Palatinate
Siegfried Line
Karlsrhue
Cologne
Hurtgen Forest
Roer
Duren
U. S. Seventh Army
Rhineland
Karlsruhe
Mayor Delays Involvement In City Manager Police Row
Mayor Henry O. Janstad said he would not personally intervene in the dispute between City Manager Phil J. Martin Jr and Police Chief Harold Wheeler. He will wait for Martin to report, leaving any council action to the next meeting if desired. The mayor noted his charter position gives him no vote in dismissals, only police chief appointments.
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Henry O. Janstad
Phil J. Martin, Jr
Harold Wheeler
Martin
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