Soviet Navy Expands With Rocket Battleships And Submarines
Jane's Fighting Ships reports Soviet Russia plans a naval buildup including three ultramodern 35 000 ton battleships with radio controlled torpedoes and rockets. Two more are in blue print phase while Russia already has two battleships. A five year plan aims for 750 to 1000 long range submarines by 1951.
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London
Britain
United States
Soviet Russia
Jane’s Fighting
Russia
Soviet Union
Jane's
U.S.S.R
Germany
Moscow
Jane
Jane’s
U.S. Navy
US Navy
Atlantic
Pacific
Anderson And Brannan Battle Over Cotton Policy Clash
Washington reports show Agriculture Secretary Brannan and Sen. Anderson clashing over cotton farm policy. The dispute centers on acreage reductions and allotments under the cotton control law, with crackdowns on past plantings causing farmer hardship across the old cotton belt. Sparkman calls for flexible changes to the law as growers back strict controls.
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Washington
Agriculture
Brannan
Sen. Anderson
D-Nm
Anderson
Truman
Sen
Sparkman
D-Ala
Anderson-Brannan
Alabama
Denham Weighs Easing Taft Hartley in Building Trades
Washington December 19 The Taft Hartley act top enforcement officer Robert N Denham plans to bypass union shop election requirements in the construction industry He will outline his position before the National Labor Relations Board arguing to ease application of the law The move follows industry and AFL unions asking for exemptions and mirrors ongoing disputes over appropriate bargaining units and timing of elections IAM attorney Meyer S Ryder criticized any waivers noting a fired IAM member at the Hanford atomic energy plant reflected union shop impact
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Washington
Robert N. Denham
Denham
National Labor Relations Board
AFL
NLRB
Building Trades Department
Meyer S. Ryder
International Association of Machinists
IAM
Ryder
Hanford
Wash
Five Children Perish In Fire At Emmett Farm
A two story frame farmhouse near Emmett Michigan burned, killing five children of Clarence Bethway and Irene Bethway. The parents escaped with five other children while 80 year old grandmother and the mother were injured. Two older children survived. The blaze started from a heating stove, firefighters said.
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Emmett, Mich
Emmett
Clarence Bethway
Irene
Mr. Bethway
Della
Freddie Bethway
Beverly Ann
David
Billy
Thomas
Joe
Mary Lou
Huron
Mich
Frankie
Henry
Jean
Santa’s Helper Cuts Thumb Working on Tree Stand
Carl M. Hitt, Tucson city clerk, arrived at his office with a bulky bandage on his left thumb after cutting through the thumbnail while sawing a board for a Christmas tree stand. He joked about buying a ready made stand next year.
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Carl M. Hitt
Tucson
German Field Marshal Manstein Sentenced by British Court
A British military court sentenced former Field Marshal Erich Von Manstein to 18 years for war crimes arising from atrocities by German troops in Poland and Russia. He was found guilty on nine charges and acquitted on eight, with sentence dated to today and subject to higher review.
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Hamburg
Germany
Erich von Mannstein
Mannstein
Hitler
Poland
Russia
Britain
Winston Churchill
Walter von Brauchitsch
Gerd von Runstedt
Adolf Strauss
Werl
Hamm
Albert Kesselring
Nikolaus von Falkenhorst
Manstein
von Manstein
Gestapo
Dewey Calls Water Parley On City Crisis
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey summoned New York State water officials and engineers to a late afternoon conference on New York City's water shortage. City reservoirs stood at 34.8 percent capacity with Croton and Catskill systems holding 5.5 billion gallons. a month of rain was needed. Rationing was raised as a possibility if rains failed.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
New York City
Dewey
Croton
Catskill
Stephen J. Carney
State Water Power and Control Commission
Commission
McNeal Fate Delayed Here
William V. McNeal 30 a service station operator was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in a traffic death and his sentencing postponed to December 27 Judge Lee Garrett will pronounce the sentence. A nine man three woman jury found McNeal guilty after more than three hours of deliberation. He killed Ferimia Rose Shaar 64 and her daughter Victoria Jacobs 27 who were crossing Speedway at North Cherry and East avenue last April. Both died within hours.
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William V. McNeal
Lee Garrett
McNeal
Ferimia Rose Shaar
S. Fifth Jave
North Cherry Avenue
East Ay
Syrian Army Leads Revolt In Damascus Coup
A Syrian army group led by Col Adeeb Chichakli seized Radio Damascus and arrested Army Chief of Staff Gen Sami El Hinnaoui and other officials to block a planned assembly vote on Syria Iraq union. Offices and banks were seized as troops occupied government buildings.
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Beirut
Lebanon
U.R
Adeeb Chichakli
Radio
Hinnaoui
Assad Talasi
Foreign Office
Damascus
Constituent Assembly
Iraq
Chichakli
Himaoui
Hashem El-Atassy
Syrian National Bank
Radio Damascus
Himnaoui
Husni Zayim
Zayim
Syria
Air accidents claim lives in Paris and other crashes
Eleven persons were killed in two weekend crashes in the United States and France while 42 Americans escaped injury in three other U S aviation incidents. A Sabena airliner struck a frame house near Paris killing four crewmen and four passengers including Foster White of Hartford Connecticut after an engine failure on takeoff from Le Bourget.
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United States
France
Paris
Foster White
Hartford
Conn
le Bourget
State Hospital Board Delayed Five Cottage Plans
The Arizona state hospital board's request to build five doctor cottages from a 400000 fund is postponed. The interim legislative committee insists on full legislature approval and will seek to amend the blue sky law.
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State Hospital Board
Phoenix
Special Legislative
Board of Control
Arizona State Hospital For the Insane
New Highway Board Member To Be Named
Governor Garvey said he has chosen a successor to Dewey Farr on the Arizona state highway board but will not reveal the name. Farr’s term ends January 15 and the appointee must be a Navajo county resident. Leading candidates include John M. Scott of Show Low and EF. R. Crozier of Winslow who has regional organizational backing.
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Brophy
Fritz
Drifffenhagen & Associates
Chicago
Capitol Annex
Phoenix
Dan E. Garvey
Dewey Farr
St. Johns
Arizona State Highway Commission
Farr
Navajo County
John M. Scott
Show Low
Board of Regents
Baylor Bear Josephine Expecting Twins This Christmas
Baylor University veterinarians announced the irritable bear mascot Josephine is pregnant with twins or possibly triplets. The litter is due around Christmas, explaining the recent sluggish behavior observed at the measures of the university.
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Waco, Tex
Baylor University
Josephine
Ray Gilbert To Lose Post As Industrial Chief
Gov Dan Garvey announced an interim successor to Industrial Commissioner Ray Gilbert whose term ends January 8. Garvey said the attorney general allowed an interim appointment without senate confirmation and that he will name a replacement after the new year though selecting a candidate remains difficult. He ruled out Jack Gavin despite Gavin having been appointed last spring after Senate refused confirmation.
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Senate
Fred J. Fritz
Dan E. Garvey
Attorney General
Arizona Racing Commission
Frank Brophy
Chicago
New York
Phoenix
Ray Gilbert
State Senate
Gilbert
Garvey
Jack Gavin
Commission
Gavin
Two Train Crewmen Injured Near Winslow
Two railroad workers were injured six miles north of Prescott when a mechanical failure released steam in the engine cab. Engineer J. D. Llewelyn sustained first and second degree burns on both legs, Conductor C. A. Netz had less severe burns, with minimal equipment damage reported.
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Winslow
Prescott
Santa Fe Railway
J. D. Llewelyn
C. A. Netz
British airliner makes safe crash landing with no injuries
A London bound airliner carrying 10 persons made a safe crash landing after its undercarriage jammed. None of those aboard was injured.
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London
Pemex Plane Missing Then Found Safe At Jalapa
A Pemex transport plane with six to eight people aboard was reported missing in Mexico City on Friday but later located safe. The pilot, who had not been heard from since Saturday, contacted authorities after learning of the search and said he had landed at Jalapa airport Saturday.
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Chicago
Trans-World Air Lines
Stanley Kasper
San Francisco
Coast
Mexico City
Pemex
Jalapa
Cooler Weather Outlook and Ski Conditions Report
The U S weather bureau forecast a cool night with little daytime change and a low around 35 to 40 degrees. Skiing at Bear Wallow Mt Lemmon showed eight inches of wet snow with poor conditions overall. Snow Bowl in Coconino National Forest listed as fair while other six resorts were poor.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Bear Wallow
Mt. Lemmon
Weather Bureau
Snow Bowl
Coconino National Forest
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Denver
United Press
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Air Force
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Richard Armstrong
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