Pope Labels Insincerity Bar to Peace Urges Honest League
Vatican dispatch reports Pope Pius XII in his Christmas message condemning insincerity among nations as blocking peace. He called for a league of honest men to safeguard the world and blamed lying and garbled word as offensive tools in class, ideology, and power politics. He offered sharp criticism of Communist and postwar Soviet policies and warned that propaganda distorts thoughts and hinders free exchange of ideas. The address also notes Rome’s Communist directed general strike continuing for six weeks.
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Ee Pope
Few Pilgrims At Bethlehem On Christmas Eve
Cold rain swept the Judean hills as Christmas Eve pilgrims arrived in Bethlehem amid ongoing strife. Police guarded the Church of the Nativity while a small crowd watched the opening of the celebration at the grotto where Christ was born. A pale rainbow appeared after the Latin celebrant entered the church as tens of thousands normally attend.
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Eastern Girl Knows What Gifts She Wants
A Baltimore post office receives an upbeat note to Santa from a girl asking for a record player or typewriter or ice skates and other gifts. She admits she is not very good but expresses holiday wishes for several items.
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Santa Claus
North Pole
Santa
Nation Set To Enjoy Holiday
Christmas spirit sweeps the nation as travel snarls and parties fill the day. President Truman extends Merry Christmas to all White House staff. In Tamaqua miners light lamps and sing as Newkirk mine opens. A northeast storm brings deaths and travel delays. Pardons restore rights to 1523 wartime offenders. A railroad car fire ruins gifts aboard a New York to St Louis passenger train.
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White House
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New England
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Air Transport Command
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Labrador
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New York
St. Louis
San Fran
U. S. Yuletide
Mrs Anna Bone Buried in Phoenix After Long Residency
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Anna Bone 85 a Phoenix resident since 1888 widow of J T Bone She died Tuesday Born in Dybersburg Tenn moved to Arizona with her husband The couple were married 62 years when Bone died in 1943 She chaired the Maricopa county board of supervisors when the new city hall and courthouse were built in 1928 Survived by daughters Mrs William Rawlins Tucson Mrs Sidney Myers Phoenix Mrs Jennie Wood Phoenix and son C R Bone Phoenix
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U.P
Anna Bone
J. T. Bone
Bone
Dybersburg
Tenn
Maricopa County
William Rawlins
Tucson
Sidney Myers
Jennie Wood
C. R. Bone
World Christmas Observances Amid Global Strife
A Christmas message notes war weary world seeking peace as bloodshed and hunger persist from Palestine to Europe. Pope Pius XII laments insincerity among nations while Bethlehem stands as a rare oasis of peace in a Holy Land torn by hate. More than 300 killed in Palestine since Nov 29 as the world marks Christmas.
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Greece
China
Indo- China
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Austria
Japan
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Aid To World Pledge By President Truman At White House
President Truman promised aid to the cold and hungry of other lands in a Christmas Eve speech from the White House. He spoke during the electric switch ceremony lighting the Christmas tree and noted the homeless Christmas for Europe and Asia. He said the aid will grow alongside the European recovery program and urged Americans to act with charity as part of an American tradition.
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Asia
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71 Pay Rollers In Grain Deals
Washington officials acknowledged 71 local state and federal employees traded on commodity markets in September and promised to disclose names soon. Anderson aides said lists may include all public workers over two years and will be released as ready. Rep MacKinnon urged release of names amid debate on insider trading by government officials.
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Agriculture Department
Anderson
Rep
MacKinnon
R-Minn
Department
Senate Appropriations Committee
Mehl
Department of Agriculture
Edwin W. Pauley
Army
Sen
Knowland
R-Calif
Royall
Appropriations Committee
Whisky Makers Face U S Curb After Grain Holiday
Washington note reports a 60 day distilling pause ending midnight Wednesday may be followed by rationing. President Truman’s anti inflation bill could cap grain for liquor. industry groups push voluntary reductions while Agriculture Secretary Anderson seeks 2 5 million bushels monthly.
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Washington
Truman
Anderson
Distilled Spirits Institute
Citizens Food Committee
Europe
Agriculture Department
Clay Urges German Help in Postwar Rebuilding
General Lucius D. Clay appealed to Germans in the American zone to participate energetically in reconstruction, saying the American people want to aid them. He warned present conditions prevent a merry Christmas but urged renewal of faith and peace on earth. The Neue Zeitung echoed patience and faith after the London conference failure.
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Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
Neue Zeitung
Germany
London Conference of Foreign Ministers
Rice Ship Safe In Port Of Honolulu
The freighter Simon Benson, battered by heavy north Pacific seas, reached Honolulu harbor Tuesday night after sending an SOS on December 15. Water flooded the rice cargo as the ship’s plates split, crewmen dumped part of the rice, and the vessel was escorted in by the coast guard cutter Iroquois. Captain Vernon McFadden of Portland, Oregon, commands the Benson.
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Honolulu
Simon Benson
Benson
Orient
Coast Guard
Iroquois
Vernon McFadden
Portland, Ore
Weather Just Right For Santa's Journey
NORTH POLE Dec 24 The weather is 43 degrees below zero here and the U S weather bureau in New York City says Santa Claus and his reindeer will have clear fast flying all the way to the United States He is in a grand mood a trifle stouter than during the war years to carry heavier packs
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U. S. Weather Bureau
New York City
Santa Claus
United States
Greek Reds Seek Open Aid for Guerrilla State
Guerrilla radio broadcasts claim a Communist government in northern Greece under Gen. Markos Vifi ades with Elass leftists urged to take up arms. Premier Sophoulis doubts immediate recognition by Yugoslavia Albania and Bulgaria. Cabinet posts named include Ionnides foreign minister and Porphyrgennis justice minister.
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Themistokles Sophoulis
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Bulgaria
United Nations Commission
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Konitsa
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Ionnides
P. P. Russos
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Miltiades Porphysrogennis
Bartzakas
Cocalis
Viadas
Communist Central Committee
Communist Movement In
Crete
U S Faces Panama Talks as Forces Withdraw
U S Acting Secretary Lovett said the United States is ready to discuss a new Panama base agreement at any time while beginning immediate withdrawal of 14 defense installations outside the canal zone. Panamanian leaders remain open to renewed talks on bases, with Rio Hato and a 10 year lease seen as possibilities. Senator Knowland plans a bid to authorize a Nicaragua canal project.
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U.S
Robert A. Lovett
United States
Panama
Canal
Lovett
Panama City
Florencio Arosemena Forte
Panama Canal
Assembly
State Department
Rio Hato
Republic of Panama
United Press
Frank T. Hines
U. S
William F. Knowland
Calif
Nicaragua
City Judge Pardons 50 Inmates From Local Jail
City Magistrate Paul J. Cella discharged 50 of 64 inmates in the city jail Wednesday afternoon. The Christmas pardons were granted to all prisoners under his court's jurisdiction.
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Paul J. Cella
Judge Cella
West Palm Beach man slashes family then jumps to death
Police Chief says 42 year old David Ralph Burnside used a Boy Scout knife to slash his wife Bernice Bell and son James Burnside 14 and two lawyers in the Comeau building on Clematis Street before leaping six floors to a fatal fall. The wife died at the scene and the lawyers and boy were hospitalized with injuries.
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Fila
Jack Thompson
Thompson
David Ralph Burnside
E. M. Baynes
R. G. Hamilton
James Burnside
Baynes
Hamilton
Burnsides
Burnside
Bernice Bell
Mrs. Burnside
Santa Delivers Christmas Hope Then Death for Boy
In Huntington on December 24, 10 year old Jackie Lockhart awaiting Christmas dies after a brain tumor operation. His family had moved Christmas forward to bless his waning strength. he chose a shiny pistol as his final token and spoke of better days before passing away Tuesday.
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Huntington
W. Va
Santa Claus
Jackie Lockhart
Olen Lockhart
Jackie
Downey Declines California Committeeman Post
Senator Downey of California says he is too busy with Senate duties to accept the vacated California national committeeman seat left by Edwin W. Pauley. Party chair McGrath urged him as California Democrats debate leadership with James Roosevelt and potential 1948 election implications.
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Downey
Calif
California
Edwin W. Pauley
Senate
Pauley
McGrath
D-Ri
James Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Truman
Henry A. Wallace
Texan To Manage Whipple Hospital
The Veterans Administration announces Dr. Van Cockerly as manager of the VA hospital center at Whipple near Prescott. Col. Thomas J. Cross notes the Texas native is a World War veteran who replaces Dr. Albert G. Walker, moving to San Diego as chief regional medical officer. Dr. Cookery comes from Washington, D. C. to Whipple.
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Phoenix
U.P
Veterans’ Administration
van Cockerly
Whipple
Prescott
Thomas J. Cross
Albert G. Walker
San Diego
Cookery
Washington, D. C
Texas
Navajo Council Blames Fryer for Reservation Troubles
Navajo Chairman Sam Akeah says the tribe does not want E R Fryer as superintendent of the Navajo agency covering Arizona New Mexico and Utah. He cites Fryer stock reduction policies as a cause of hardship and urges Congress not to restore Fryer. Fellow councilman Joe Duncan echoes the opposition before Christmas. Norman Little says the bureau did not consult the tribe before the change and calls it unfortunate.
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Gallup
N. M
Sam Akeah
Navajo Tribal Council
E. R. Fryer
Arizona
New Mexico
Utah
Interior Department
Washington
Fryer
James M. Stewart
Navajo Agency
Akeah
Collier
John Collier
Zimmerman
William Zimmerman, Jr
Aheah
Stewart
Joe Duncan
Shiprock
Tribal
Duncan
Norman M. Little
Indian Bureau
Little
Bond Market Slump Tests Federal Reserve Support Policy
U S government bonds fell sharply on Wednesday signaling a new fed policy to back prices at a lower level. The Fed has bought 666.1 million dollars of longer term issues to defend prices, with top officials echoing restraint. The 1967 1972 victory loan dropped to 100.25, a notable decline amid ongoing downward trend as yields rise. High grade corporates moved with government prices.
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New York
U. S
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve Bank
Airline Pilots Sign Contract and Late News Notes
Oklahoma City reports on a federal warrant raid ending with suspects in custody including Chester G. Smith found in a Tishomingo area tavern and an 18 year old mother, Jane Summers, held in Claremore. Also Southwestern Public Service registers 10000 shares preferred and 113113 shares common with details to be disclosed later. President Truman delays signing the anti inflation bill until after Christmas with a possible post holiday action.
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Oklahoma City
FBI
Holbrook
Ariz
Chester G. Smith
Tishomingo
Oklo
Claremore
Jane Summers
Philadelphia
Southwestern Public Service Co
Dallas
Tex
Securities and Exchange Commission
Southwestern Common
ICC approves Rock Island reorganization plan with new securities
The Interstate Commerce Commission finalizes the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railway reorganization approved by a federal court in northern Illinois. The issuance of new securities is authorized and Rock Island’s capitalization is reduced from 452,259,000 dollars to a lower level.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway Company
Federal District Court For
Northern Illinois
ICC
Rock Island
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