Navajo oppose Fryer appointment as reservation chief
Norman M. Littell, attorney for the Navajo, says Fryer’s nomination as superintendent will not be finalized. Interior’s Krug announced Fryer Tuesday and Warne called it premature amid Navajo protests. Indians cite Fryer’s prior harsh administration from 1931 to 1941, while James Stewart would go to Washington to head the Indian land office.
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Norman M. Littell
E. Reeseman Fryer
Fryer
Secretary of the Interior
J. A. Krug
Interior Department
William E. Warne
Littell
Supt
James Stewart
Stewart
Indian Land Office
Arizona
New Mexico
Utah
Funeral Saturday For William J. Stinson
Funeral arrangements announced for William J. Stinson who died last Monday in Sawtelle California after 56 years in Tucson. A rosary is set for Friday evening at Reilly chapel followed by a 9 am Saturday requiem mass at St Ambrose church. VFW to officiate graveside rites at South Lawn Memorial Park.
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Sawtelle
Calif
Tucson
Reilly Undertaking Company
Reilly Chapel
St. Ambrose Church
VFW
South Lawn Memorial Park
Toll totals by state show Texas second in deaths and mis haps
The toll continued from page one records 21 total toll for the year and 55 in 1946. Texas ranks second with 29 deaths including 11 in motor mishaps while New York reports 20 total deaths with 14 from miscellaneous causes.
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Texas
New York
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Utah
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
District of Columbia
Harsh Winter Across Northeast With Heavy Snow and Plows
The coldest Christmas in 71 years hit Albany as New York City reported 28 degrees with strong winds. New York Harbor saw minimal activity while Manhattan mobilized 10,000 workers and hundreds of snow removal machines to clear drifting snow. Temperatures ranged from eight below to above zero in surrounding areas with accumulating snow in several states. Weather improved in parts of the Northeast as conditions eased.
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New York
Manhattan
Newark
N.J
Lebanon
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New York State
Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Plains
Midwest
Greeks seek broader aid from foreign backers amid turmoil
The United States reportedly assumed heavy responsibility for further aid to the Athens regime as Greek authorities crack down on guerrillas. Constantine Rentis, minister of public order, urged police and the national guard to intensify operations against rebels. Soon after Vis iades proclaimed his state, police rounded up about 450 people tied to a Communist assassination plot against Greek politicians including former premier Stylianos Gonatas, with arrests in Athens, Piraeus, and Kiphissia.
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Athens
Moscow
Markos
Constantine Rentis
National Guard
Visiades
Stylianos Gonatas
Piraeus
Kiphissia
Motorist Injured In Holiday Crash
John Thaw of 632 Highland avenue remained in fair condition at the county hospital Friday with head injuries from a Christmas day crash on South Sixth avenue. He was a passenger in Mario C. Byorano’s car, which collided head on with Herbert R. Celby’s car after Byorano allegedly drove on the wrong side of the street. All three were hospitalized and only Thaw was held.
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Highland Avenue
South Sixth Avenue
Shaw
Walter Sheets
Mario C. Byorano
Highland
Herbert R. Celby
East Michigan Street
Sheets
Byorano
South Sixth
Shan
Life Insurance Tax Formula Sparks 1947 Debate
The 1947 deduction figure would largely relieve life insurance companies from federal income tax on life insurance investment income and exempt much of their nonlife reserves. Only a small portion of firms, mainly those with heavy accident and health business, would owe tax, prompting calls for congressional review. Representatives of the industry have discussed the issues with the treasury.
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Congress
Treasury
Kina ship Kina wrecks near Samar and Leyte islands
Survivors reportedly include Ablebodied Seamen K. Skafte T Nielsen Mortensen and Chief Officer Adalberg with an unclear additional passenger. The Kina faced 80 mph winds near Camandag Santo Nino and Tagapula islands as rescue planes were blocked by the storm. The passenger list mentions three American WACs three married couples and three children. Tacloban’s fire and transit systems suffered as Manila endured scattered damage.
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Samar
Leyte
Santo Nino
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Samar Sea
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T. Nielsen
Mortensen
Adalberg
Chicago
Ada Espenshade
War Department
Louise Rosso
Anne Malek
Espenshades
WAC
Olufsen
Manila
Tacloban
Associated Press
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North Harbor
Pasig River
Nichols Field
Pan-American World Airways
Northwest Airlines
Pedestrian Beaten By Gang Of Juveniles
Police found Manuel Vargas at 2 a.m. Christmas morning with a badly broken nose and a cut eye on South Ninth Avenue after being jumped by an unknown gang of youths while walking home from South Meyer Street near West 17th Street. He was treated at the county hospital and reported in fairly good condition.
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Manuel Vargas
Vargas
South Meyer Street
West 17Th Street
Girardo Valencia
Democratic hopes for 1948 run within party limits
The article assesses potential Democratic presidential and vice presidential prospects for 1948. It notes William O. Douglas as acceptable but not favored, Washington Governor Mon Wallgren as possible yet unlikely, Maryland's William S. Lane and Senator Tydings as rivals, and the appeal of Senators O Mahoney and McMahon along with Stassen Warren links and Florida's Pepper as a possible broker with Walker adherents.
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Douglas
Washington
Mon Wallgren
Truman
Solid South
William Preston Lane, Jr
Maryland
Lane
Sen
Tydings
Ohio
Mr. Truman
CIO
Senate
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D-Wye
McMahon
D-Conn
O'Mahoney
Minnesota
Harold E. Stassen
California
Earl Warren
Pepper
Florida
Henry A. Wallace
Host Slashed At Christmas Party Breaks Up Fight
Edward Rossi of 312 South Convent street was wounded while separating a party brawl in front of his home about 2 a.m. Friday. Police say knives caused minor neck back and chest cuts, Rossi treated at county hospital and released.
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Edward Rossi
South Convent Street
Rossi
Chinese forces clear Communists on Hankow line west of Peiping
Reports from Nanking and Chengchow say government units broke up Communist forces along the Hankow Peiping railroad between Hsi Yang and Hsuchang after two Nationalist columns formed a junction at Chaochwang. Service could not yet be restored due to demolition by the Reds. Chiang Kai Shek approved Lt General Li Tien Hsia’s court martial acquittal on negligence charges after the 77th division’s loss.
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Peiping
Nanking
Chengchow
Hankow-Chengchow
Hankow-Peiping
Chaochwang
Hsiyang
Hsuchang
Shantung Peninsula
Li Tien- Hsia
83Rd
Chiang Kai-Shek
Bloodshed in Tel Aviv Jerusalem Haifa Firefights Escalate
The report details a deadly attack on a second convoy inside Jerusalem killing four Jews. A child in the Tel Aviv Jaffa area is reported as a border-strife victim found by her mother. A 70-year-old woman among Haifa casualties was shot on a balcony during an attack in Hagana territory. Two British civilians died in Hadar Carmel Haifa, including 41-year-old Christopher William Thornton of the Iraq Petroleum Company, amid Jewish Arab sniper fights.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv-Jaffa
Haifa
Hagana
Hadar Carmel
Christopher William Thornton
Iraq Petroleum Company
Notice of Probate Hearing for Winnifred Atkinson
James P. Boyle filed for probate of Winnifred W. Atkinson's will in Pima County Arizona. The hearing is set for Sunday in January 1948 at 10 a.m. in Tucson Court House, inviting all interested persons to appear.
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State OF
Arizona
Pima
Winnifred W. Atkinson
James P. Boyle
Tucson
County of
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