U S Effort to Avert Strikes in Electrical Industry
The U S conciliation service moved to avert a threatened strike in the electrical industry as Westinghouse and General Electric workers vote to strike for a $2 daily wage rise. Auto workers at GM and suppliers face large layoffs across Detroit tied to ongoing walkouts. Retroactivity disputes delay Greyhound return to work amid broader labor tensions.
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United Press
U. S. Conciliation Service
CIO Electrical
Westinghouse
General Electric
Washington
United Automobile Workers
CIO
General Motors
Ford, Packard
Briggs Automotive
Detroit
Oil Workers International Union
Sinclair Refining Co
Philip Murray
Ford
Packard
Briggs
Greyhound Bus
Pennsylvania
Central Greyhound
AFL Street, Electric Railway & Motor Coach
UAW
93 Die In Auto Wrecks On Christmas Road Toll
Holiday travel pushed highway deaths to 93 nationwide with 71 more killed in miscellaneous accidents during the first peacetime Christmas in five years. Weather kept many off roads while California logged 15 highway deaths and 11 other fatalities alongside Texas 14.
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America
National Safety Council
Icted
California
Texas
Patton Buried Among 6000 Men Amid Rainy Day Notice
The item notes that on rainy days Daily Citizen delivery may appear dirty due to brown wax paper wrappers. Readers are advised to inspect closely, as white paper used to be standard and its absence could cause misperception of the paper’s condition.
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Daily Citizen
Three Million Servicemen Are Out Of Country
About 3,200,000 soldiers sailors and marines will spend this first peacetime Christmas either at sea or in foreign lands. The Army and Navy counted noses today and came up with this estimate. They note the war is over and say celebrations can proceed without worry of enemy actions. Preparedness included early shopping with turkeys and trimming, and ships preparing Christmas trees since October.
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Arthur Edson Washington
Army
Navy
Special Services Division
Usc Camp
General's Grave Beside That Of Private Who Fell Last December
Mrs George S Patton arrived at Orly Field on a special plane after attending her husband General George S Patton's funeral. She requested no photographs and planned to fly to Washington today, with Paris reporters noting the visit near Christmas.
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Paris
George S. Patton
Orly Field
Washington
Patton Buried Beside Third Army Private in Luxembourg
Gen George S Patton Jr laid to rest today near Luxembourg City beside a private from his Third Army who helped win the Ardennes battle. His coffin was moved from Heidelberg on a special train as Mrs Patton, 10 generals and 2 colonels served as pallbearers amid rain and flags.
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Heidelberg
George S. Patton, Jr
Luxembourg
Hamm
Third Army
Saar
Rhine
Belman Morin
Ardennes Bulge
Duchy of
Germany
Patton
Luxembourg City
Nubbins Hoffman To Have Real Christmas
Cheyenne Wyoming reports 4 year old Nubbins Hoffman awaiting a belated Christmas after a bladder ailment nearly took his life last year. His mother Mrs. Marshall Hoffman says he is "feeling swell" after an operation and excited for the holiday.
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Cheyenne
Woo
Santa Claus
Forrest
Nubbins) Hoffman
Nubbins
Marshall Hoffman
Truman Kills Congress Bill On Job Office
President Truman used a pocket veto to block a bill returning the U S Employment Service to state control within 100 days He said the move would retard the reemployment program and urged delaying action until June 1947 Capitol Hill immediately eyed new legislation to end federal control of USES Senior senator Reed advocated returning USES to the states
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Clair Johnson
Washington
Truman
Congress
U. S
Capitol Hill
Sen. Reed
D-Ill
36 Children Recover From Polio Head Home
MINNEAPOLIS December 24 36 children from 10 states left the Elizabeth Kenny institute without crutches or braces after treatment for infantile paralysis. They were discharged as recovered in time for Christmas and walked out over the weekend.
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Minneapolis
Elizabeth Kenny Institute
Big Three Agree On Drafting Peace Treaties
The Big Three foreign ministers agreed on a compromise drafting procedure for peace treaties with Italy, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Finland and will resume work in London. A May 1 deadline is set for treaty completion with a five nation council to review after drafts.
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U.P
Italy
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Finland
Radio Moscow
United Nations
Europe
Russia
France
United States
Britain
Council of Foreign Ministers
China
Australia
Belgium
Brazil
Greece
Holland
India
Canada
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Ukraine
Czechoslovakia
Ethiopia
Yugoslavia
South Africa
Three Germans Recaptured After Arizona Escape
Three of seven German prisoners of war who escaped in Arizona in the past week were recaptured. H. R. Duffey said they were found near Sasabo at about 10 a.m. by immigration official Herbert Perkins and border patrolman Danny Wooton. The trio Johann Brunner Josef Ritter and Ernest Woidick had escaped Saturday from a cotton picking detail at the Continental branch camp near Tucson. Werner Hoener 24 who disappeared from the Cortaro branch camp was also reported as the seventh escapee. The remaining three escapees had fled from a work detail near Coolidge Thursday.
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Phoenix
Arizona
H. R. Duffey
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Sasabo
Herbert Perkins
U. S. Immigration Service
Danny Wooton
U.S. Border Patrol
Johann Brunner
Josef Ritter
Ernest Woidick
Continental
Tucson
Duffey
Werner Hoener
Cortaro
Coolidge
Tucson Officials File Wish List for Santa
Public officials in Tucson share humorous holiday requests to Santa. Items include the school district seeking folding wall classrooms, the city seeking wells and water access, the county hospital project aid, rezoning hearings eased by a Harmony cocktail gadget, and the University of Arizona asking for a veterans curricula compiler.
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Tucson
Robert Morrow
Henry 0. Jaastad
Phil J. Martin, Jr
City of Tucson Wells
City Planning and Zoning Commission
County Postwar Planning Board
City Health Department
Santa
Chamber of Comerce and
Sunshine Climate Club
University of Arizona
CPA
Bob Brooks
Christmas Trees Reported Stolen
A terse note in the Moscow dispatch reports no further details on Christmas tree thefts. The item appears in a broader World War II era summary of the Big Three foreign ministers conference, with emphasis on optimistic mood and ongoing discussions on atomic bomb control.
Christmas trees and diamond rings vanish on East Broadway
Thieves lifted twelve Christmas trees from in front of the Broadway Village Market and a tray of twenty diamond rings from White Jewelers at 30 East Congress. Lena Gordon of 4104 South Sixth Avenue was injured in a separate reckless driving incident near Broadway. Police pursue talks. charges expected.
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Tucson
Broadway Village
White Jewelers
East
Congress Street
Lena Gordon
South Sixth Avenue
Miss Gordon
Benson Highway
Broadway
St. Mary
Peace Dawn as World Seeks Postwar Unity
World peace optimism grows after seven war years as three developments push toward unity. The Big Three meet in Moscow with cordial signals, the UNO preparatory commission reaches unanimous decisions, and the atomic bomb fuels desire for a global organization.
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Moscow
London
United Nations Organization
UNO
World Organization
Hess Shows Interest in Religion During Wartime Imprisonment
Rudolf Hess, long noted for no church affiliation, signals openness to religious practice as Christmas services approach at Nuremberg jail. Chaplains report his hesitation due to fear of criticism amid his life on trial. Diet for prisoners remains simple. no packages allowed. Capt. Henry Gerecke from St. Louis to lead Lutheran services in the chapel cell.
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Mernberg
Rudolf Hess
Hess
Henry Gerecke
St. Louis
Tree Lighted By President At White House
President Truman led the first peacetime Christmas observance in four years from the White House south lawn. He urged the world to follow Christ's teaching of brotherly love to find solutions to its ills and preserve the peace won at a great price.
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White House
Washington
U.P
Truman
Mr. Truman
Bethlehem
Sea of Galilee
Pardon Proclamation Restores Rights for Thousands Enlistees
President Truman issued a Christmas Eve proclamation granting full pardons to more than two thousand servicemen who served honorably since July 29 1941. The measure applies to federal prisoners and excludes those convicted after induction. it restores voting rights and may extend to others through executive clemency, per Attorney General Tom Clark.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Tom Clark
Clark
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