City to Begin Its Own Garbage Collections in January
City Manager S Lee Grant announced that starting January 1 the city will take over garbage collection from private contractors after purchasing Holmes Yeakley’s equipment. The Sanitary Committee approved twice weekly pickups as equipment is secured, with trucks on order and curbside collection by 7 am during a transition period.
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S. Lee Grant
Grant
Holmes Yeakley
7. P. McGuire
T. J. Kremer
W. W. Dellinger
J. R Brandon
Simple blood test claimed to detect cancer in Moscow
Izvestia reports a new cancer detection method by A P Pototskaya using ultra violet rays on a single blood drop. Tests on 400 patients with infections showed the method is simple and easy but not universally effective.
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Moscow
Izvestia
A. P. Pototskaya
J. W. Groveture
S. Loudoun St
Jack the Snipper Strikes Again Targets Front-Seat Girls
A third attack by Jack the Snipper on a Washington trolley leaves three girls hair cut. Diana Sklar sky, 12, Jean Thompson, 19, and Janice Rome, 18, report losses of pigtails, a page boy bob, and several inches of auburn hair. Police warn of a potentially dangerous pervert. trolley riders urged caution.
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Washington
Jack
Diana Sklarsky
Jean Thompson
Janice Rome
Winfred Overholser
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Panthers Loose In Railroad Car In Texas Paranormal Panic
Three captive panthers escaped their cage aboard a Texas and Pacific express car near Big Spring Texas as officials and a Dallas trainer prepared to intervene. Noble Hamiter, the shipper, planned to fly in to supervise capture while El Paso lion tamer Raymond Hathanya assisted police with gas and riot gun preparations. The animals were en route to the Louis Goebel wild animal farm in Camarillo California.
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EL Paso
Tex
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Dallas
Camarillo
Cailif
Big Spring
Cooper
Noble Hamiter
Shipper
Panthers
Raymond Hathanya
Louis Goebel
De Gaulle Declines Candidacy for France Presidency
Paris December 28 Gen Charles de Gaulle stated he would not seek the presidency of France's fourth republic. The legislature is to elect the president on January 16 or soon after. In a written press statement he said he did not believe it would be right for him to preside with impotence in the state.
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Paris
Chas. de Gaulle
France
Chicago Police Hunt Two In Killing
Chicago and Cook County police hunted two men for the killing of Otto E. Freund 84 a retired businessman at his Wilmette home. Freund was stabbed nine times and Marie Held 51 a longtime maid was beaten severely with a fractured skull. she remained in serious condition at Evanston Hospital.
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Chicago
Cook County
Otto E. Freund
Wilmette
Engraving Company
Marie Held
Freuch
Evanston
Louderback Backs Higher Virginia Teacher Pay Plan
Louderback predicts higher teacher salaries in Virginia though not all of the 6 million from the Virginia Education Association. He supports moves to raise average teacher pay to match state employee averages, with localities funding part of increases. He also backs Governor Tuck’s labor measures, urging protections for the public and balancing pro labor and pro business stances.
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Tuck Wew
Tuck
Louderback
New Cold Wave Moves Eastward
Heavy snow and freezing rain spread from Montana to the Atlantic as a new cold wave hits the midwest and moves east. Drifting snow slows travel in North Central states and New England, with 12 inches in Alpena and 5 to 7 inches elsewhere in Michigan Wisconsin and Minnesota. Drift depths reach two to six feet in Michigan's upper peninsula. Mackinac Strait ferries halted. sub-zero temps in northern Maine and parts of North Dakota Montana and Minnesota.
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Associated Press
Midwest
North Central
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Montana
Wyoming
Atlantic Coast
Alpena
Mich
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Upper Peninsula
Straits of Mackinac
Maine
North Dakota
Plains States
Clark Probes Sharp New York Butter Price Break
Attorney General Tom Clark orders aides to examine possible anti trust violations after a sharp price drop on the New York butter market. Agriculture Department and Secretary Anderson had already launched an inquiry into recent Butter market transactions ahead of the break.
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Washington
Der
Tom Clark
New York
Agriculture Department
Anderson
Coroner Links Seaman Slaying to Murder Case in Frederick County
Coroner Dr. H R DuPuy ruled Frederick Currie 1 C of Grosse Pointe Mich strangled with a rope, dumped near U S Route 50 by a ditch. autopsy fixed death 20 to 30 hours earlier. Police seek two companions last seen at a pool room and Parkway Hotel. investigation ongoing.
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Seaman
Frederick County Police
Frederick Currie
Grosse Rointe
Mich
Frederick County
William Newcome
George Pingley
George Miller
Newcome
Pingley
U. S. Route 50
Winchester
L. S. Kay
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Currie
Clarence Lake, Jr
DeHaven
Hall
Parkway
Crash of Trans World Airliner Kills 12 in Eire
A TWA Constellation crashed near Shannon airport in Eire killing 12 and injuring 11 as it disintegrated in fog. Captain Herbert Tansey was severely injured. most victims were American passengers and crew. Hostess Vina Ferguson survived and described the moment of impact.
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Eire
Rmneanna
TWA
Trans World
Paris
New York
Shannon
Herbert Tansey
Falls Church
Cairo
Vina Ferguson
Jackson Heights
N. Y
Silk belt saves woman from 11th floor fall at Drake Hotel
Helena Hal of Philadelphia, 32, hung from an 11th floor ledge after plunging through a closed window. A thin silk belt caught on a hook and held her mid air for 15 minutes until three men pulled her to safety. Detective Lt. Clark said she planned to toss water outside.
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Philadelphia
Drake Hotel
Helena Hal
Matthew H Clark
Treason Trial Under Tight Guard Enters Week End
A grand jury in Boston investigating treason against former American newspapermen adjourned for the weekend after hearing 11 witnesses including a German woman. The Justice Department began evidence against Robert Best and Douglas Chandler with armed deputies guarding jury corridors as more witnesses were to be called.
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Boston
Department of Justice
Robert Best
Douglas Chandler
New England
Plane Crashes in Michigan Two Killed and 21 Hurt
An American Airlines extra flight crash landed in International Friendship Gardens near Michigan City. Pilot F M Ham and co pilot H E Ring were killed. 21 others were injured, with 13 at Clinic hospital and eight at St Anthony's. The crash happened around 9 22 a m after engine trouble reported at 9 17. Weather was cloudy with no rain.
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Michigan City
American Airlines
International Friendship Gardens
Here
Robert Vinzant
Conirot
Clinic Hospital
St. Anthony's Hospital
Buffalo
N. Y
Chicago
Strike Ended By St Paul Teachers
St Paul public school teachers end their walkout after the City Charter Commission approves an 18 per capita annual expenditure for school salaries and improvements. Pupils return January 6. special election of voters on the measure within a month is anticipated. Salaries range from 2400 to 3600 annually starting January 1 1947, rising to 4200 September 1.
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ST. Paul
Minn
City Charter Commission
Fred M. Truax
Truax
Mollie Geary
Teachers Joint Council
Charter Commission
Baruch Urges Abandoning Veto in Atomic Control Plan
Bernard M. Baruch warned that the United States cannot yield atomic bomb secrets if the veto remains in any international control plan. He spoke to the UN atomic energy commission during a closed session as delegates wrestled with whether to include the veto in penalties for violators.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Bernard M. Baruch
United States
United Nations
U. N. Atomic Energy Commission
U. N. Assembly
Baruch
Commission
Senate
Star to Not Publish on New Year’s Day 1947
The Star will not publish on Wednesday January 1 1947 New Years Day a national holiday. The Evening Star.
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Star
Virginia Council Opens Hearing on Labor Legislation in Roanoke
The Virginia Advisory Legislative Council held its second hearing on Governor Tuck's labor program in Hastings court room Roanoke drawing about 150 attendees. Lexington attorney C B Glasgow urged balanced reform and opposition to a closed shop while others criticized the bills as one sided and unconstitutional.
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Roanoke
Virginia Advisory Legislative Council
Tuck
Hastings Court Room
Edward O. McCue, Jr
Charlottesville
Advisory Council
Glasgow
Lexington
Virginia
Richmond
Tion
Largest Portal Pay Suit Filed Against Bethlehem Steel
More than a score of CIO United Steelworkers locals filed a portal to portal pay suit against Bethlehem Steel for 100 million dollars on behalf of 13 000 employees in 23 plants. The suit aims to recover pay for time spent clocking in and out and for reduced lunch periods and penalties for lateness, potentially affecting 37 000 additional union members.
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Philadelphia
CIO
United Steel Workers
Bethlehem Steel Pany
National Union
U. S. District Court
Ferguson Reports Committee Majority Supports Bilbo Criticism
Senator Ferguson said a majority of the Senate war investigating committee favors a report criticizing Bilbo for his relations with war contractors. Ten members were polled, six had approved so far, with names and party affiliations not yet disclosed. He noted hearings could not be reopened before the new Congress convenes January 3.
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Washington
Ferguson
Senate
Bilbo
Congress
Mead
Bus crash near Worland leaves four dead
A Trailways bus collided with a truck on a narrow snowbound bridge nine miles north of Worland Wyoming. The flaming wreck trapped four dead and 14 injured with many still inside as a soldier smashed windows and a bystander pulled others to safety. Sheriff John Eid and coroner Arnold Ach reported autopsy results today to identify victims.
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Worland
Wyo
Here
Feu
Passenger and Freight Train Collision Near Auburn
A Southern Railway passenger train and a freight collided today near Auburn one mile from Raleigh North Carolina. Early reports say no passengers were killed but the passenger fireman is unaccounted for.
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Raleigh
N. C
Southern Railway
Auburn
Hypocorism and Baby Talk Through History
Washington December 23 The Modern Language Association heard a speech by Allen Walker Read tracing baby talk hypocorism from 16th century complaints to 18th century literature. He noted meanings for use with children animals and satire and cited examples from early English usage.
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Washington
Allen Walker Read
Modern Language Association of America
Read
Thomas Elyot
Thomas
Columbia University
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