Death of New York police chief Lewis J. Valentine
Lewis J. Valentine 64 former New York police commissioner died at Long Island College Hospital after a long illness. A Brooklyn native he fought corruption and led a purge of criminals with Fiorello LaGuardia. He served 11 years as commissioner resigning Sept. 6 1945 and later helped in Japan. Survived by four daughters and eight grandchildren.
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Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Tammany Hall
Fiorello LaGuardia
LaGuardia
Thomas E. Dewey
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Ruth
Dutch Schultz
US pays first war damage aid to Philippines
Manila reports Dr. Frank A. Warning, war damage commissioner, gave President Manuel A. Roxas a 1 million dollar check as the first U S payment for war damage to public property in the Philippines. The total 620 million dollars depends on a March plebiscite approving an equal rights amendment.
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Manuel A. Roxas
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United States
Islands
Rivers Relocation Center Is Closed
The Gila river relocation center housing 18 000 Japanese and Japanese Americans during the war was officially closed. Most buildings were assigned to Arizona schools and $1 500 000 in equipment was sold as surplus. Maintenance crews have left and evacuation of the last internees, 155 Japanese Hawaiians, occurred in November 1945. The camp lies about 50 miles southeast of Phoenix.
Greeks protest four hour strike over border demand denial
Athens reports a nationwide four hour standstill planned for Wednesday in response to the foreign ministers council refusal to alter the Bulgarian Greek border in Greece's favor. The Pan Hellenic council described the move as a public expression of disappointment.
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Foreign Ministers Council
Pan Hellenic Council
Mormon Battalion Flag Raising Centennial Observed in Mesa
In Mesa on December 16 a Centennial celebration recalled the 1846 Tucson flag victory by the Mormon battalion. About 2,000 attended in Mezona hall, including 200 descendants, with Harley L. Taylor and Howard Pyle speaking on the battalion’s role in Arizona’s development.
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Howard Pyle
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Gangland Slaying of Los Angeles Businessman in San Mateo County
Maurice Malter, 53, a Los Angeles radio and appliance business owner, was found shot to death beside a rural road near San Mateo. Criminologists studied tire castings and three empty cartridge cases as detectives pursued gangster-style clues. The shooting left a legacy tied to California’s mid December crime scene with investigators noting close range chest and eye wounds.
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Maurice Malter
Los Angeles
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G. W. Patterson
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Eversharp & Parker
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