Funds For Conducting Strike Votes Exhausted
The National Labor Relations Board lacked funds to continue conducting strike votes and left about 600 union lists pending. AFL members in New York City sought a 200,000 worker ballot over the wage adjustment dispute. The GM labor dispute persisted as the CIO United Auto Workers pressed for a 30 percent increase with no company figures provided.
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National Labor Relations
General Motors
CIO
United Auto Workers
Charges Nazi Industrialists Are Pampered
Berlin dispatch reports Russell A. Nixon, deputy director of the ICEA division in the American zone, accusing authorities of pampering German industrialists. He cites releases of I G Farben leaders and urges arrest of key industry and finance figures until culpability is determined. Lt. Gen. Clay denies pressure on releases, noting ten in custody remain.
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Berlin
Russel A. Nixon
Nixon
Harvard University
CIO Washington
United Electrical Workers
Joint Chiefs of Staff
I. G. Farben Industrie
Chemical Trust
Lucian D. Clay
Germany
Farben
ICEA
Leggett's to Close Two Days for Holiday Break
Leggett's Department Store announces closure for a three day holiday with two days off: Monday December 31 and Tuesday January 1 for staff rest and observance.
Albin dwelling sale set for January fifth at courthouse
Public notice announces sale of the Albin dwelling at 318 North Kent Street in front of the Court House on Saturday January 5 at 11 oclock. James P Reardon administrator c t a M D Albin.
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Albin
Kent Street
Court House
Dr Grove Returns to City Medical Practice
Dr Pembroke Grove, a syne cologist and obstetrician, assumes duties with Dr Lewis M. Allen. A Summit Point, West Virginia native and former Navy Commander, Grove is a Virginia alum and veteran of the South Pacific. He and his wife Dorothy Warrington will reside at 128 Academy Lane after year’s start.
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Pembroke Grove
Lewis M. Allen
Grove
Washington Barry
Summit Point
West Virginia
United States Navy
Virginia Episcopal School
Lynchburg
University of Virginia
University of Virginia Medical School
New Orleans
New York
Columbia
Washington, D. C
Navy
South Pacific
Dr. Grove
Dorothy Warrington
Academy Lane
W. B. Grove
Naval Operating Base
Norfolk
Imogene
Clash Among Crew Members Aboard Anna Dickenson
A knife fight broke out between white and Chinese crew on the American ship Anna Dickenson, detachment of harbor police arrived by rope ladders after an SOS to British authorities. Several arrests reported. Portsmouth police detained three merchant seamen while Americans ran the vessel. Police and American officials discussed disciplinary action onboard.
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Portsmouth
England
U. S. War Shipping Administration
Isle of Wight
U. S. Naval
Byrnes Returns From Moscow Arrives in Washington
Secretary of State Byrnes lands at Washington National Airport after an 11 day Big Three foreign ministers conference in Moscow. He will give a radio address at 10 p m EST tomorrow. flight diverted due to winds and rain, plane flew from Moscow via Naples Casablanca Azores Newfoundland.
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Washington
Byrnes
Moscow
State Department
Washington National
Portland
Europe
Naples
Casablanca
Azores
Newfoundland
Death comes to Theodore Dreiser famed novelist
Hollywood telegram reports the death of Theodore Dreiser at 74 from a heart attack. The Indiana born writer, famed for An American Tragedy, died with his second wife Helen beside him, after a second attack 15 hours after the first.
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Theodore Dreiser
Hollywood
America
Helen
Sarah Osborne White
St. Louis
Indiana
Terre Haute
Ind
John
Sarah Dreiser
Theodore
Chicago
New York
Carrie
Bus Collision In Mexico Kills 36
In Puebla yesterday a head on bus crash killed 36 and injured 29. Two passenger buses traveling opposite directions collided and overturning rolled into a gorge between Tepenenene and Matamoros Izucar about six miles west of here.
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Puebla
Mexico
Tepenene
Matamoros Izucar
Here
Truman Signs 64 Bills and Boards Yacht For Cruise
President Truman signed 64 bills and resolutions before leaving for a Potomac to Chesapeake Bay cruise aboard the Williamsburg. He extended the War Powers Act for six months and approved funds including 750 million for UNRRA and 191 million for veterans housing, plus other measures. Byrnes planned to join to report on the Moscow conference.
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Washington
Truman
Williamsburg
Byrnes
Moscow
Potomac River
Chesapeake Bay
White House
Missouri
UNRRA
National Service Life Insurance Fund
Panama Canal
Police hunt terrorists after Jerusalem Tel Aviv attacks
In Jerusalem and Tel Aviv police seek terrorists among nearly 2,000 arrests in Palestine's largest roundup. Curfews were imposed and extended as British troops patrol in full battle dress. authorities report explosions and shootings caused multiple deaths and injuries.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Baen
Bezalel
Ramth Gan
Pilot Lands Plane In Detroit Street
Lt. Kenneth E. Parks 21 and Marine Set. Robert N. Clark 20 of Detroit survived a emergency landing after an engine stall at 1000 feet over Detroit. Parks chose a broad street as the landing zone and brought the monoplane down heading south despite nearby traffic. The craft clipped a radio antenna and scratched a car fender but no injuries were reported.
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Detroit
Europe
Kenneth E. Parks
Marine
Robert N. Clark
Shoe stores close holiday days in city notice
Closing notice lists G. R. Kinney Co Keystone Shoe Store Lovett Brothers Lovett's Shoe Dress Shop and Huntsberry's will be closed on Monday December 31 and Tuesday January 1 for the holidays.
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The
Star
G. R. Kinney Co
Keystone Shoe Store
Lovett Brothers
Lovett's Shoe & Dress Shop
Huntsberry’s
Six Cremated as Oil Tanker-Trolley Crash Kills Six
Philadelphia tragedy leaves six dead with seven injured after a trolley collided with an oil tanker truck in Essington and caught fire. Deputy coroner Elmer McCausland says bodies were dismembered. toll may rise to eight as officials search for victims and identify the dead.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Transportation Company
Essington
Charles Drewes
Delaware County
Drewes
Howard Ray
Lester
Peggy
Ray
Elmer McCausland
Earthquakes Recorded by Fordham Seismograph Across Three Regions
Fordham University seismograph logged two minor tremors one near New York City and one in New Hampshire plus a major quake in the South Pacific. Father Lynch called the New York event minor and the Pacific quake a rip snorter while Weston College reported Ossipee fault movement as the likely cause of the New Hampshire tremors.
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New York
New Hampshire
South Pacific
Fordham University
Joseph J. Lynch
Fordham
New York City
Conway- Tamworth-Ossipe
Father Lynch
Pacific
Solomon Islands
Weston College
Weston
Mass
Daniel Linehan
Weston Seismologis
Ossipee
Lynch
Five Children Die In Fire Tragedy In Bridgeport
Five children aged one through nine died of suffocation in a Bridgeport house fire. Officials blamed Christmas tree lights. parents Samuel and Mrs Carcare were away at a gasoline station they operated. Victims were Samuel one Salvatore three Ralph four Matthew eight and Rose Marie nine.
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Bridggeport
Conn
Samuel Carcare
Samuel
Salvatore
Ralph
Matthew
Rose Marie
Hitler Marriage Papers Seized in Nuremberg
Third Army headquarters announced the seizure of Hitler's original marriage contract with Eva Braun in Nuremberg Germany along with related testimony. British counterintelligence agents arrested Friedrich Wilhelm Paustin aide to the missing Martin Bormann at Vilsfongen.
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Mernberg
Germany
Third Army
Hitler
Eva Braun
Friedrich Wilhelm Paustin
Martin Bormann
Vilfhogen
Pifer Printing Co Announces Year End Closures
Pifer Printing Co will close on December 31 and January 1. The business will reopen for normal operations on January 2.
City Police Arrest Two For Street Light Vandalism
Chief C W Hollis said two youths Charles Oden Denny 17 and Raymond Leslie Cruger 21 were arrested after an extensive probe. Denny posted 1000 bond. Cruger remained jailed with 1000 bond. Preliminary hearing set January 15 on destruction of property and unlawful shooting charges.
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C. W. Hollis
Sat. F. M. Funk
Charles Oden Denny
Cross Junction
Raymond Leslie Cruger
Winchester
Hollis
Denny
Cruger
Oklahoma
Washington
Policeourt
Funk
Boscawen
Washington Street
Leicester
Braddock Streets
Sat. Punk
Developments after Moscow conference outline steps toward Romania Korea and atomic oversight
Reported actions within 48 hours of the Big Three foreign ministers conference include U S Soviet and British reps leaving for Bucharest to implement Romania talks, Soviet advice to Bulgaria on cabinet changes, orders to Korean commanders for a joint commission, and dispatch of documents on atomic plans. President Truman favors cautious phased disclosure of atomic secrets, testing inspection methods before sharing full know how with nations beyond Britain and Canada.
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Moscow
United States
Russia
Great Britain
Bucharest
Romania
Bulgaria
Korea
United Nations Organization
Washington
Truman
Form
International Atomic Control Commission
Missouri
White House
State Department
Britain
Canada
Fire Delays Rescue in Kentucky Mine Blast
Eight miners were rescued and two were dead after an explosion at Kentucky Straight Creek Coal Mine Number One near Pineville. Rescue teams fought a renewed blaze and evacuated crews to the exit as they sought the 21 missing miners.
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Pineville
Tom McQueen
Albert Bennett
Kentucky Straight Creek
City Tightens One Hour Parking Rules Citywide
Chief of Police C. W. Hollis announces strict enforcement of one hour parking on Loud oun Piccadilly and Boscawen streets due to high complaint levels about traffic congestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Hollis
Loudoun
Piccadilly
Boscawen
Reconversion Progress Hindered by Labor Disputes
John D Small reports reconversion progress but warns full speed ahead awaits resolution of labor management differences. He notes widespread stoppages and material shortages limit consumer and producer demand, with autos, refrigerators, and textiles among hardest hit. rail car delivery and war-time plant bottlenecks persist as construction materials strain output.
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Washington
John D Small
Civilian Production Administration
Small
Europe
General Motors
CPA
U S Plans to Move More Chinese Armies to Manchuria
Lt Gen Wedemeyer said plans are under consideration to move additional Chinese armies to Manchuria with more American troops to accompany them. The purpose is to aid Chiang Kai Shek's government and repatriate Japanese forces, requiring a larger US Army presence in China to 12 000 15 000 personnel with 3 000 to 4 000 from abroad, and to organize a military advisory group to oversee operations.
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Shanghai
Albert C. Wedemeyer
U.S
China
Manchuria
America
Chiang Kai-Shek
U. S
Chungking
United States
U. S. Army
Wedemeyer
Report on new offensive near Chungking
Communist forces in Chungking report awaiting government rebels to respond to a truce offer. The situation centers on renewed tensions as both sides position for potential steps in the stalemated conflict.
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Chungking
Franco's Council Issues Statement on Foreign Interference
The Spanish Government said sand would not interfere in internal affairs and warned against foreign meddling after a planned U S France Britain meeting to review Spain relations. It claimed Spain would isolate itself from nations using it as a lightning rod and accused Communists of a defamation campaign against Franco's government.
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Madrid
United States
France
Britain
Spain
Welcome Home Veterans From Frederick Clarke Winchester
The Star welcomes veterans and former residents of Frederick and Clarke counties and Winchester who have received their discharges and return to civilian life. Names listed include Arthur James Dolphin Godfrey, Valentine Prelip, Herbert Duke Kirthwood, W. Wingfield, Hary F. Ford Jr., Alice H. Cameron, William E. Duke, Prescott Mooty, with daily updates adding more names aided by the public.
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Frederick and
Clarke Counties
Winchester
The
Star
Alice H. Cameron William E. Duke Prescott Mooty
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Admr
C. T. A. M. D. Albin
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Dr Grove
City
Dr Allen
Bulletin
Realist
Dreiser
Stoic
Winchester Evening Star
Detroit Street
Pifer Printing Co
By Richard Cushing
Franco
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