Veto Remains Central in Atomic Energy Commission Debate
Delegates to the United Nations atomic energy commission clashed over removing the big power veto on punishment for atomic energy violations. The Baruch plan won broad support in principle, yet Russian opposition and a Canadian condition cloud the issue, with enforcement to be tied to the Security Council.
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New York
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
United States
Russia
U. S
Bernard M. Baruch
Andrew G. L. McNaughton
General Assembly
Assembly
Security Council
V. M. Molotov
Truman Seen as Sure 1948 Nominee by Two Senators
Sen. Tydings of Maryland and Sen. Hatch of New Mexico predicted Truman will be renominated in 1948 with little opposition. Tydings said Truman's strength grew after Republican gains, while Hatch asserted all signs point to renomination. They noted GOP accountability for future policies and potential cross-party support.
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Washington
Tydings
D-Md
Hatch
D-Nm
Truman
Maryland
Truman Hatch
New Mexico
Congress
Lyle C
Wilson Washington
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ohio
Hallesk
Halleck
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Jenkins
Clarence J. Brown
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Dewey
Burma
Commonwealth
India
Netherlands
Dutch East Indies
America
Marley
Three Alcatraz inmates convicted in guard murder
In San Francisco a jury found three inmates from Alcatraz guilty of first degree murder for the slaying of a guard during May riots. The verdict makes the death penalty mandatory for two of the convicts.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz
Island
Elliott Roosevelt Reported as Stalin Guest in Moscow
London dateline reports radio Moscow said Premier Stalin received Elliott Roosevelt and his wife Faye Emerson on a Saturday. The broadcast gave no location but said the meeting occurred, presumably in Moscow.
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London
Moscow
Stalin
Elliott Roosevelt
Faye Emerson
Commons Recesses For Month-Long Vacation
London reports the house of commons ended 45 days in session and began a month long Christmas recess. It will reconvene on January 21 with members returning after the holiday break.
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Commons
London
House of Commons
Crews Discuss Midair Collision Over Aberdeen Maryland
At National airport Washington crew members from an Eastern Airlines plane talk about how the midair collision occurred with a Miami bound plane over Aberdeen Maryland. The two planes landed safely after the incident.
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National Airport
Washington
Eastern Airlines
Aberdeen
George Merle
Brooklyn
N. Y
Joseph Kuhn
Miami
Mary Wilson
North Plainfield
N. J
Roland Brown
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Universal Airlines
Eastern
Henry Morris
Joan Cotton
East Orange
Eugene M. Harvey
Trash Burning Plan Evolved and Annexation in Tucson
Recommendations on incineration methods to curb smoke and odors were to be presented to Pima county supervisors on January 6 after a Tucson Mountain delegation urged city cooperation. Henry Rubenstein agreed to annex his St Marys Road holdings to the city, citing insurance constraints. Contracts were awarded for water pipe, hydrants and fittings, and public works equipment. Catalina Vista zoning was changed to include R-1 R-1 and R-2 classifications along with railroad crossing approvals for Lumber Distributors and Arizona Flexicore Co.
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Pima County
Tucson Mountain
Gorm Loftfield
Tucson Mountain Association
West Side
Henry Rubenstein
Pioneer Industries, Inc
St. Mary’s Road
Western Cotton Products Co
Johns-Manville Co
Piper
Crane Co
Western Supply Co
R. D. Wood Co
F. B. Pacheco Co
Randolph Baseball Park
Carl W. Pistor Drilling Co
Catalina Vista
South Vine Avenue
Lumber Distributors, Inc
East Twenty-fifth Street
Arizona Flexicore Co
Possible Ouster Of Bilbo Talked
The Senate Republican steering committee asked for a special report on whether Sen. Theodore Bilbo should be ousted for dealings with war contractors. Sen. Homer Ferguson will prepare the report, with a likely recommendation to ban Bilbo for moral depravity.
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Washington
Senate Republican Steering Committee
Theodore G. Bilbo
D-Miss
Senate
Robert A. Taft
R-O
Homer Ferguson
R-Mich
Ferguson
War Investigating
Bilbo
Mississippi
Baby Alice Receives Milk Formula At County Hospital
Mary Alice, found as an infant in Tucson, begins on evaporated milk formula at the county hospital. Nurse Phyllis Finn notes blue eyes are not yet visible, and visitors remain barred as Mary Alice sleeps between feeds and grows healthier.
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Mary Alice
Tucson
J. C Penney
Santa Clauses
Mary
Alice
Phyllis Finn
Five Men Escape From State Prison
Florence December 21 five men escaped from Pinal county jail Friday night between 9 p m and midnight and were being sought by Arizona highway patrols and sheriff's officers. A patrol bulletin at 10 a m gave descriptions of Fred Smith 41 Frank Armstrong 35 A G Rowland 31 Clark Benford 52 and Gregorio Rodrigues 20 and police pursued leads across the area.
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Florence
Pinal County
Arizona
Highway Patrol
Fred Smith
Frank Armstrong
A. G. Rowland
Clark Benford
Gregrio Rodrigues
Regents Hear Arizona University Reports and Campus Naming Plans
Dr. Alfred Atkinson told the Arizona regents the Yuma reclamation center is raising water levels and harming crops at the university farm. The board voted to address reclamation authorities and approved renaming the department of agricultural economics and rural sociology. Inquiries for the second semester total 1,052 with 1,059 inquiries for September. enrollment expected near 4,484 current figures with about 250 new students. Dormitory names Hopi and Papago lodges were selected, with Apache hall and Cocino Mohave halls planned. Dr. G T Caldwell reappointed head of zoology for six years. J L Picard named acting dean of men for the year.
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Alfred Atkinson
University of Arizona
Board of Regents
University and State Colleges of Arizona
Mesa
Yuma
University Yuma Valley
University Department of Agricultural Economics
Department of Agricultural Economics
George W. Barr
Atkinson
C. Z. Lesher
Arizona
East Fourth Street
North Vine Avenue
East Fifth Street
North Highland Avenue
Apache Hall
Mohave
G. T. Caldwell
J. L. Picard
Picard
Regents
Regents Favor UA Pay Boost and New College Opening
The University of Arizona regents seek a lump sum from the legislature to raise salaries for faculty and staff at the UA and at Tempe and Flagstaff teachers colleges. Salaries for summer instructors rose to 380 per five weeks. professors up to 440. A new college of pharmacy opens September 1947. Retirement fund plan would require 5 percent contributions from faculty and state. The board may borrow 250000 for memorial authority.
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University of Arizona
Tempe
Flagstaff
Board of Regents
Jack B. Martin
Tucson
Sidney P. Osborn
Phoenix
College of Pharmacy
Memorial Authority
Pro
Heaviest Japan Quake and Tidal Wave Report
U S military reports say all American personnel in the quake and tidal wave area in Japan are safe with one missing soldier. British HQ at Kure damaged. two Allied trains reached safety. Osaka and Hyogo regions report deaths among locals while GI casualties are denied. Seismologists in New York record tremors centered near the Aleutians.
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Tokyo
U. S
Japan
Kure
Eighth Army
Wakayama
Osaka Prefecture
Hyogo Prefecture
Takamatsu
Shikoku
New York
Pye
Joseph J. Lynch
Fordham University
England
West Bromwich Observatory
J. J. Shaw
Shaw
Aleutian Islands
Contempt Action Sought Against Edward P. Terry
Senate investigation lawyers seek contempt charges against Edward P. Terry former secretary to Senator Bilbo for refusing to reveal what happened to $15,000 allegedly given by Simon Liberman of New York to oppose Bilbo in Mississippi elections. Contempt could bring up to a year in jail and a $1000 fine. Meader directed perjury charges as well.
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Washington
Senate War Investigating Committee
Edward P. Terry
Sen
Bilbo
D-Miss
Terry
Mississippi
Federal District Attorney
Senate
Mead
D-Ny
George Meader
Committee
Simon Liberman
New York
Liberman
Churchill fights loss of Burma independence clash in Commons
AP analyst Dewitt Mackenzie notes Premier Attlee proposes early negotiations for Burma's independence, sparking a debate with Winston Churchill who urges quicker action. Mackenzie frames the exchange as a turning point away from empire and toward self rule, citing Burma's 1885 annexation and broader imperial decline.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Attlee
House of Commons
Burma
England
Winston Churchill
Churchill
India
Churchills
John Bull
Attiee
Fight Looms As Talmadge Dies In Georgia Governor Elect Dies
Eugene Talmadge, four time Georgia governor elect, died at 62 after a coma at Piedmont hospital. His death triggers a constitutional fight over succession with Ellis Arnall possibly remaining in office and Herman Talmadge eyed as a successor.
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Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Atlanta
Piedmont Hospital
Talmadge
McRae
Ellis Arnall
Herman
Arnall
Jacksonville
Fla
Bill Kimbrough
Charles Smyly
U. S. Senate
Richard B. Russell
Walter George
Roosevelt
Lawrence Camp
George
Hiis
James V. Carmichael
Tokyo Earthquake and tsunami devastate southern Japan
A massive quake and seven foot tidal wave hit Wakayama peninsula and Shikoku, killing about 500 and injuring 612 with 4,500 homes destroyed and 9,044 heavily damaged. Osaka reports 14 dead and widespread flooding. Relief via Red Cross and aerial surveys noted. damage spans 14 prefectures.
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Tokyo
Wakayama Peninsula
Japan
U. S. Army
Kochi
Kushimoto
Honshu
Shingu
U.S. Army
Kyushu
Shikoku
Shizuoka Prefecture
Kyodo
Osaka
Kyoto
Nara
U. S
Kobe
Shikoku Island
Miho
Britsh
Kure
Wakayama
Atom
Hiroshima
Sea of Japan
Red Cross
Welfare Ministry
Home, Welfare and Agriculture Ministries
U. S. Air Force
Kawabe
Trial Extends Week with No Jurors Seated
In Los Angeles 328 movie pickets face a mass trial for various offenses. The first week ended without a single juror selected. A Christmas recess was granted until next Thursday.
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Los Angeles
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