Arizona Faces Dual Attorneys General As Sullivan Fights Pay
John L. Sullivan and Eva DeConcini both seek salary as Arizona attorney general after Sullivan’s gambling conspiracy conviction and an Osborn appointment. State Auditor Frohmiller refuses Sullivan pay for Sunday to Tuesday, saying DeConcini is legally in office since 4 p.m. Saturday. DeConcini arrives at the office, keeps staff intact, and asks to replace Sullivan in defense of the right to work amendment.
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Phoenix
Arizona
John L. Sullivan
Eva DeConccini
Tucson
Sidney P. Osborn
Gov. Osborn
Sullivan
Safford
DeConcini
Ann_ Frohmiller
Secretary of State
Attorney General's
Perry M. Ling
Charles H. McCarty
Ling
Supreme Court
Harry T. Hendricks
J. P. Christy
Hendricks
Arizona Supreme Court
John Francis Sullivan
Beauchamp
Big Four chiefs quit in deadlock over Germany and Austria
The Big Four foreign ministers failed to unite Germany and restore Austrian independence after three weeks of talks. Marshall blamed Soviet Russia for the collapse as Western powers pressed to move on German unification while Moscow sought oil-rich concessions. The 17th session ended with an indefinite adjournment and no date set for a new meeting.
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London
Germany
Marshall
Russia
United States
Great Britain
France
Soviet Union
V. M. Molotov
Negro Beating of Rail Union Case Upheld by Supreme Court
Supreme Court effectively sustains a Baltimore circuit ruling that a railway workers union may exclude Negroes from membership yet must still protect all workers under its contracts from racial discrimination. The case involved the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen and 13 Southeastern railroads plus a $1,000 damages award to Tom Tunstall, a Negro fireman faced with alleged job discrimination.
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Washington
Supreme Court
U. S. Circuit Court
Baltimore
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
Southeastern
Tom Tunstall
Norfolk Southern Railway
Brotherhood
Stalin Strikes At Russian Inflation
Moscow reports a decree signed by Prime Minister Stalin to check inflation by issuing a new currency and abandoning rationing of food and industrial goods. The plan, 10 new rubles for 1 old, runs Dec 16–22 and affects bonds savings accounts and cash holders.
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Moscow
Stalin
Council of Ministers
Communist Party
Ussr
Washington
Robert Lovett
Russia
Rivals Weigh Ike Strength in 1948 GOP Race
Washington dispatch reports Dewey and Taft strategists regard Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower as possibly the toughest to beat for the Republican presidential nomination. Dewey backers doubt a first ballot win in Philadelphia. Taft allies see Eisenhower as the chief challenger. Plans to force Eisenhower into the open may affect campaign strategies, with Dewey unlikely to announce before the convention. Dewey supporters claim about 400 votes, Taft up to 175, Stassen under 100, others in the field.
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Washington
Dewey
Sen
Taft
Dwight D.eisenhower
Army
New York
Philadelphia
Ohio
Hisenshower
Teisenhower
Columbia University
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Hisenhower
Stassen
Favorite
International Trieste Governor Issue Looms in UN Talks
United Nations security council holds two formal meetings this week to decide the Trieste governance question. Delegates note Russia and Western powers have not agreed on a governor, with upcoming year-end shifts as Australia Brazil and Poland exit the council and Canada Argentina and Soviet Ukraine join.
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Lake Success
Security Council
United Nations
Trieste
Australia
Council
Good Offices
United States
Belgium
Brazil
Poland
Canada
Argentina
Ukraine
Elizabeth And Philip Return From Honeymoon
Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip return to royal duties after a 23 day honeymoon. Philip resumes naval duties as a lieutenant while Elizabeth oversees Clarence House renovations. Parliament weighs Philip’s potential £10,000 annual allowance and Elizabeth’s anticipated £35,000 to £40,000 income amid royal financial debates.
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London
Elizabeth
Prince
Philip
Aberdeen Express
Buckingham Palate
Clarences House
St. James Park
Royal Navy
Admiralty
Lizabeth
Clarence House
George the Royal
George VI
Windsor Castle
House‘of Commons
Chinese War Swings South
China’s civil war resurges on three fronts as Communist forces push from western Manchuria and northern Henan toward Kaifeng and Chenghsien. Foreign evacuees from Kaifeng reach Shanghai while Lunghai railway damage climbs past 100 miles. General Chen Yi reportedly commands about 60,000 troops in the Henan threat.
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Shanghai
China
Manchuria
Henan
Hupeh- Anhwei-Kiangsi
Red
Kaifeng
Nanking
Chenghsien
UNRRA
Lunghai
Chen Yi
Liu Po-Cheng
Anhwei-Kiangsi-Hupeh
Gardner to Decide Union Dues Case In Labor Dispute
Justice of Peace C W Gardner weighed a suit by Olivia Mary Lux seeking 17 50 allegedly deducted as union dues from her wages by J M Procter manager of the Pioneer hotel Lux says she was not a union member when dues were taken Procter says he deducted dues because he was informed she was a member and cites a closed shop contract at a prior hotel
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Justice of Peace
C. W. Gardner
Olivia Mary
Lux
J. M. Procter
Pioneer Hotel
Employes
Procter
Baldwin Dies Former Briton and Tempestuous Kingmaker
Earl Baldwin aged 80 and thrice prime minister of Britain died in his sleep at his home in Stourport Worcestershire. He helped force Edward VIII to renounce the throne over Wallis Simpson in 1936. He later became Earl Baldwin of Bewdley and retired to Stourport to raise pigs.
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London
Earl Baldwin
Britain
Stourport
Worcestershire
Edward VIII
Stanley Baldwin
Cosmo Gordon Lang
Canterbury
Edward
Wallis
Warfield Simpson
Baldwin
House of Commons
Permanent Aid Is Need Of Navajos
Navajo relief advocates pressed for a lasting program as shipments from at least 36 New Mexico cities and a California truck caravan aid 61 000 Navajos facing poverty. Officials warn relief is stopgap and urge self supporting industries, broader Indian service authority, and a Navajo rehabilitation plan for long term welfare.
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Gallup
N. M
New Mexico
Barnes
John J. Kirk
National Welfare Committee
General Federation of “Women’s Clubs
Office of Indian” Affairs
Indian Service
Chambers ‘of Commerce
Elwood Romney
Philadelphia
Democrats Smash GOP Price Bill in House Vote
Democrats in the House defeated a Republican bid for a quick anti inflation bill 202 to 188. The party line vote blocked amendments and foreclosed changes to the measure, with leaders predicting little chance for further living cost legislation before the special session ends.
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Washington
House
Truman
Halleck
Indiana
Martin
Massachusetts
Patman
Dtex
Congressional
Krug
Interior
Agriculture Anderson
Commerce Harriman
Labor
Schwellenbach
Rep
Spence
D-Ky
Navy promotion creates ten temporary rear admirals
President Truman approved promotion of ten Navy staff corps officers to rear admiral for temporary service. Three already serve as rear admirals. others will assume the rank as vacancies occur. Names and birthplaces include Herbert Lamont Pugh Batesville Virginia and Bertram Groesbeck Jr Brooklyn New York among others.
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Washington
Navy Staff Corps
Truman
Navy
Herbert Lamont Pugh
Batesville
Bertram Groesbeck, Jr
Brooklyn
N. Y
Alfred White Chandler
Newport
R. I
Clemens Vincent’ Rault
New Orleans
Spry
Owen, Claytor
Prince Frederick
William Nathaniel Thomas
Rankin County
Mississippi
Trenton
Charles Miller
Howard Manfred Shafer
Cambridge
Mass
Navy physician claims rapid head cold cure
Navy physician Captain John M. Brewster reports a treatment that allegedly relieves head colds within hours if started at onset. The method uses anti histaminic drugs Bennaryl phenylene or pyribenzamine taken by mouth, with sedative effects, effective only in early head cold stages.
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Great: Lakes
Itl
Navy
John M. Brewster
U. S. Navy Medical Corps
Brewster
Western Union Workers Vote on Christmas Strike Amid Pay Demands
50 000 Western Union employees allied with AFL locals outside New York City vote overwhelmingly for a Christmas strike to press for a 15 cent hourly wage raise. CIO United Electrical Workers plan a Jan 5 conference to set new demands. 2 500 CIO Communications Workers threaten a strike against three major New York cable firms if 1948 contracts fail by Dec 31.
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AFL
New York City
CIO
United Electrical Radio & Machine Workers
The
Electrical Workers
Hal Swann
AFL Telegraph
Western Union
CIO Communications
New York
U S Troops Leave Italy as political shifts unfold
The last 1600 U S troops depart Italy from Leghorn under a Truman warning to avoid disturbances. Premier De Gasperi reshuffles his cabinet adding five moderate left Republicans and right wing Socialists. Giuseppe Saragat and Randolfo Pacciardi become vice premiers, undermining Communist hopes for a leftist front before the March elections.
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Rome
United States
Italy
Communist Party
Truman
Leghorn
Sims Sunday
Alcide de Gasperi
Giuseppe Saragat
Randolfo Pacciardi
Republican Party
Long-Range Plan to Be Subject of Congress Review
President Truman plans a long range European recovery aid message this week for Congress. Leaders from both parties met at the White House to review adjournment timing as 597 million dollar emergency foreign aid measure moves toward approval. The conference featured Sen. Vandenberg and key congressional leaders as action on winter relief for France Italy Austria and China progresses. See CONGRESS on Page 19.
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Washington
Truman
France
Italy
Austria
China
Senate
Congress
White House
Capitol
Charles G. Ross
Sen. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Sen
Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
House
Martin
R-Mass
Eaton
R-Nj
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Rep. Halleck
R-Ind
Rep. Rayburn
Rep. Bloom
D-Ny
Speed
To Ban Strike At Oak Ridge
Sen Hickenlooper said Congress may need new law to assure continuous operations at atomic energy plants. After a closed session the Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee considered continuity of operations and whether Taft Hartley covers the issue. Oak Ridge Tenn cited as a likely target for any new statute with CIO Chemical Workers threat noted.
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Washington
Sen. Hickenlooper
R-Ia
Congress
Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee
Hickenloopers
Hickenlooper
Oak Ridge, Tenn
CIO Chemical
Atomic Energy Commission
Vets Build Pipe Line To Home Of Sick comrade
In Cleveland on December 15, 75 neighbors and former service members laid a 170 foot pipeline to deliver water to the home of William Smith Jr a 27 year old Army veteran ill with a blood disease. They supplied and installed the system after village bid delays and a sewer rule blocked official help. Water flowed by Monday despite planning hurdles.
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Jefferson, Wis
Wisconsin
Georgia Jean Weckler
Francis Garity
Buford Sennett
Carl Carlson
University ‘of Wisconsin
Ft. Atkinson
Garity
Blue River
Sennett
Robert Winslow
I Carlson
Carl ‘Son
Winslow
Cleveland
William Smith
Smith
Crile Veterans’ Hospital
Chagrin Falls
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