Atomic Control Debate Continues Atoms Commission
Russia's Andrei Gromyko accused U S influence of blocking agreement on atomic control. Polish scientist Ignacy Zlotowski urged scientists to push for a real peace oriented plan and warned against delaying talks. The commission pressed plans for the third phase as Zlotowski departs with Ukraine to replace Poland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances W. Carpenter
Russia
Andrei’ A. Gromyko
United States
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
UJ. S
Gromyko
Soviet Union
Keiling
Zlotowski
Poland
Russa
Ukraine
Caffrey to Step Down as SEC Chairman on Dec 31
Philadelphia dispatch reports James J. Caffrey will resign as SEC chairman effective December 31. He plans to join Gordon Brady Keller in a New York law firm. Ed Hanrahan or Robert McConnaughey may succeed him, with Hanrahan having taken the post conditionally in 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Securities and Exchange Commission
James J. Caffrey
Caffrey
Truman
New York
Mortimer Gordon
Leo Brady
Gordon, Brady, & Keller
Robert B. McConnaughey
Edmond M. Hanrahan
Hanrahan
Commission
McConnaughey
Ciaffrey
Ganson Purcell
SEC
Boston
House Asks Facts On German Plants
The House voted unanimously to ask the State Department and the Array for a full explanation of policies dismantling war plants in Germany. Rep Francis Case of South Dakota sponsored the resolution which passed by voice vote after about twenty minutes of debate with no opposition. Case predicted the move would stop this country from shipping further dismantled plants to the Soviet Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
State Department
Array
Germany
Francis
Case
R-Sd
Soviet Union
Swelling Rice Threatens Ship In Pacific Storm
Adak Alaska dispatch reports the 7000 ton Liberty ship Simon Benson listing amid heavy seas 600 miles from Dutch Harbor as a rice cargo swells. Crew of 38 jettison rice to prevent hull rupture while three rescue ships, including the hospital ship Comfort, race to assist. shipowner officials warn swelling rice could burst the hull.
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Adak
Alaska
Simon Bengon
Dutch Harbor
Aleutians
Benson
Honolulu
Army
Comfort
Coast Guard
San Francisco
R. C. Demarest
Sudden & Christensen
Demarest
Maritime Commission
Kaiser Shipyards
Portland
Ore
Vernon ‘McFadden
Deaths rise in Holy Land war amid partition tensions
Arabs captured and killed a 30 year old Jew near Jerusalem as fighting escalates at Jaffa gate and St Stephen's gate. A 16 year old Arab boy was later shot dead in the same area. Toll rises to 266 as violence swells ahead of Christmas in Palestine and Arab leaders vow to fight to the end against UN partition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter Davidson
Jerusalem
Jaffa
Old City
Hebrew Quarter
St. Stephen's Gate
Palestine
Holy Land
United Nations
Haifa
Arab League
Cairo
United
Holy ‘Land
Ten Indicted in Kansas City Voting Fraud Probe
A federal grand jury in Kansas City returned an indictment against ten individuals tied to reports of fraudulent voting in the 1946 primary. The names and exact charges were kept under seal by Judge Albert A. Ridge until custody. The probe noted it had exhausted evidence from the FBI and mentioned the vault blast at the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Albert A. Ridge
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Air Secretary Seeks $50 Million Housing Fund for Air Field Families
Secretary Symington urged Congress to appropriate 50 million dollars for family housing at 12 air fields across states including Wyoming Maine Texas Arizona Georgia Montana New Hampshire California Washington South Carolina New Mexico and Massachusetts. He cited poor housing and morale declines on bases and urged federal local cooperation to provide proper accommodations for air force families. Symington argued building now at service members homes is cheaper than future repairs and drift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Kernodle Washington
Air
Stuart Symington
Reongress
Air Force
Sen
Maybank
D-Sc
Congressional Armed Services Committee
Symington
Swift Dog Reunited With Gen Mark Clark After AWOL
DENVER reports a cinnamon colored spaniel named Swift, missing for two weeks, was found foraging at a farmer’s pig pen and bound for San Francisco to join Gen. Mark Clark. In Washington, Undersecretary Draper estimated U.S. occupation costs in Germany at about 1.2 billion dollars for 14 months, with Britain ceding expenses and policy influence in joint zones. The administration seeks congressional funds to cover ports and occupation costs as part of a new financial agreement with Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
San Francisco
Mark Clark
Rock and Key
Colorado Springs
Washington
William Draper
United States
Germany
Draper
Britain
Congress
State Department
Willard Thorp
William Strang
Fearful mother fears heiress killed by kidnappers
In San Diego the mother of 15 year old Maria Jesus Yoland a Escobar says she fears her daughter, an heiress to a one million peso fortune, was murdered by five Moran brothers who kidnapped her near Mazatlan. Nazario Moran Sr. was arrested for the kidnapping. The mother plans to leave Mazatlan, believing vengeance and the law of the gun drive the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Mazatlan
Californiia
Maria -Jesus
Yolanda Escobar
Moran Brothers
Nazario
Senora
Manuel Acosta Meza
Tijuana
Mex
Senora Capaceta
California
Maria
Moran
Nazario, Jr
Capaceta
Senate blocks Truman power to regulate scarce food
The Senate defeated Barkley amendments to Taft's anti inflation bill. The first would grant the President mandatory authority to parcel out scarce commodities, while the second would allow presidential orders with a 30 day congressional veto. Taft seeks voluntary price controls under temporary antitrust suspension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Truman
Jueader Barkley
Sen
Taft
R-O
Congress
Barkley
PCA Divides Over Third Party A Wallace Ticket
New York reports split among Progressive Citizens of America leaders over backing a Wallace independent run. Cochairman Dr Frank Kingdon resigns calling a third party folly. Bartley Crum also resigns in San Francisco. In Los Angeles Ila Ca cochair Robert A Kenny backs Wallace saying they can win in CA and OR. New York CIO Amalgamated Clothing Workers oppose the move. Jacob Potofsky notes NY units reaffirm opposition to the third party effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New. York
Progressive ‘Citizens of America
Henry A. Wallace
PCA
Wallace
Gs. Oe
New York
CIO Amalgamated Clothing
Americans For Democratic Action
Los Angeles
National
Ipca Cochairman
Robert A. Kenny
Wallace Com
California
Oregon
Cochairman
Frank Kingdon
New Jersey
Bartley C. Crum
San Francisco
Crum
Wendell L. Willkie
Roosevelt
Jacob S. Potofsky
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Congress of Industrial’ Organizations
Amalgamated
PAC
Truman rejects secret trader list for senate panel
Washington December reports President Truman says Secretary Anderson properly refused the senate appropriations committee request for names of commodity traders supplied in secret at a closed session. London dispatch notes Marshall departs for Washington after Big Four ministerial talks. Chicago guards foil gunmen and save $30,000 satchel. Williams Field jet pilot makes forced landing north east of the base. Prescott city council names two police appointments including an assistant chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Anderson
Senate Appropriations Committee
Government to push renewed talks over AFL Western Union strike
Washington December 18 The government plans another Friday round to avert a 50 000 member AFL Western Union strike set for 6 a m Tuesday. CIO union members in New York threaten a joint strike, potentially tying up nationwide service. Mediator Cyrus S Ching arranged the talks after Philadelphia sessions failed. The AFL affiliates demand a 15 cent hourly rise from a current average 96 7 cents while rejecting a wage offer seen as tiny. If Friday fails Ching may report to President Truman who could name a board and seek an injunction under Taft Hartley to halt the strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
AFL Western Union
CIO American Communications Association
New York City
AFL
Cyrus’s. Ching
Western Union
Philadelphia
Commercial
Telegraphers, Telegraph Workers Union
Telegraph
Associates
Ching
Truman
Board of
Knutson Offers Tax Cut Measure Fronted in Congress
Washington sources report Rep. Knutson of Minnesota introduced a $5.6 billion income tax cut plan aimed at removing about 7.4 million low income and elderly from tax rolls. The proposal lowers rates, raises personal exemptions to 600 dollars, and applies community property rules to all states. The bill is expected to be first major action when Congress reconvenes, retroactive to January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Knutson
R-Minn
Ional
Rep
Rminn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Truman
Bevin Blames hostile Soviet for breakdown of Big Four talks
British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin blamed Russia for hostile propaganda that derailed the Big Four foreign ministers conference. He told Parliament Britain would not close doors to European unity and peace while opposing a strong central German government. An Austrian treaty update and hopes for a peace settlement were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Singleton
London
Ernest. Bevin
Russia
Britain
Europe
House of Commons
Austria
Karl Gruber
Bevin
Coal Pension Plan Faces Industry Split Over Payments
Soft coal operators готовe to reject John L. Lewis demand for a $100 monthly pension for miners over 60 with 20 years of service. An operators' rep says support exists but a key hurdle is funding from the miners welfare fund. Three trustees of the fund are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Miners’ Welfare Fund
Senate panel drops bid to force grain trader list
The senate appropriations committee voted 11 to 8 not to insist that Secretary Anderson supply the names of big grain traders. Anderson argued legal and moral grounds against disclosure, offering to provide the list if pressed. Bridges aimed to push a joint resolution to compel disclosure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Anderson
Senate
House
Bridges
R-Nh
Congress
Democratic Congress
Sen. Saltonstall
R-Mass
Agriculture Department
Burg
Ferguson
Chicago
Church Silent On Birth Rule In Britain
London dispatch reports heads of the Church of England offering no comment on the government's implied approval of birth control. The Lords of Appeal ruled contraceptives do not prove wilful non compliance in marriage and similar divorce cases are pending. A Vatican source notes the decision conflicts with Catholic teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Church of England
House of Lords
Vatican City
90 Foot Christmas Tree Lights Up Williams
A 90 foot living Christmas tree atop Bill Williams mountain near Williams lights nightly through the season. A seven foot five point star tops the tree with 100 small colored lights, plus seven long strings from the star to the lower branches. The display resumed for 1946 after war time interruption and uses over 200 bulbs with a reflector on the star for a sharp star shape. The tree is visible throughout the city and from nearby highways.
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Pacific
West Coast
Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Reichchancellery
Berlin
U.S
Albert W. Wiese
Marshall
Williams Field
Here
Linkerfield
Oklahoma City
Sydney
Australia
Fred Newling
New South Wales
Fred
Goulburn
Audrey Bugg
Audrey
Francis M. Lemay
Church
Williams
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