Warrant Issued For Hall In Currie Death Investigation
Deputy Sheriff says a warrant is out for William Charles Hall of St. Louis charged with the slaying of Seaman First Class Frederick Currie of Grosse Pointe Michigan near U S Route 50 on December 23. A second anonymous suspect remains unidentified but wanted by police. Currie’s car was sold after engine trouble.
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Grosse Pointe
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Xerick Austin Currie
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Federale Bureau of Investigation
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Cross Junction
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Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Superior Folding Box Company
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New York
Newport News
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Roanoke
Crosse Point
North Carolina
Butler's
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Eightieth Congress To Be Heard Seen Throughout Country
Opening of the Eightieth Congress will be broadcast and televised nationwide. Networks connect to the Washington House chamber with five TV stations carrying the event. NBC, ABC and MBS air at 12:30 p.m., CBS at about 1 p.m., with election of the new speaker and acceptance speech. Telecast starts 11:15 a.m. for stations in New York Philadelphia and Washington.
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Philadelphia
New Year baby Diane Carol wins Batavia contest
In Batavia New York Mrs Edith Sage welcomed a baby girl at 2 30 am named Diane Carol the first baby of the year and winner of the city contest similar to 1945 Her older daughter Ann was also a past winner Mrs Sage husband William L works as a grinder in a local plant
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Diane Carol
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Virginia National Guard heads for federal inspection in Winchester
The Headquarters Company of the Virginia National Guard 3rd Battalion based in Winchester will undergo a federal inspection on Tuesday January 14 led by Major M B Clowe Jr. Capt Robert F Manuel and Lt Roland White command the unit which numbers 24 men now and aims for 67 in two years. The event includes National Guard Bureau officials and marks a step toward activation amid preparations across Virginia.
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Washington, D.C
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Sword Returned to General Wainwright from Manila
The West Point saber gifted to General Wainwright in 1906, lost after the Bataan retreat and later found by a Filipino beside a Japanese general's body, was recovered and will be sent to him. It was traced through Roberto Garcia and others before ending with Jose Calma near Natividad in the Pampanga River swamps, about 30 miles northwest of Manila.
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British Government Takes Control of Coal Mines and Cable Network
The British government nationalizes coal mines and the Cable and Wireless system as 1,500 mines valued at $658 million come under state control. Steps are taken to end coal shortages, raise production, and privatize management, with 690,000 miners and 10,000 communications workers to gain a five day week and better pay. The cable network is valued at $121 million and compensation is in government stock.
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Friendship Fire Co
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Kurtze Furniture Sale
60 CIO Unions And Locals and 12 Corporations Violated Law
The House Campaign Investigating Committee turned over to the Justice Department evidence it said shows 60 CIO unions and locals and 12 corporations violated the corrupt practices act in recent congressional elections. The committee also cited the Communist Party of the United States for failing to file required reports. The unions and corporations allegedly contributed about $50,000 to New York political committees.
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New York
Attorney General
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Greater New York Political Action Coordinating Committee
New York County
American Labor Party Campaign Committee
Whaling Flotilla Details from Soviet Press
Soviet press reports the Antarctic expedition sailed December 25 with the floating base Glory and eight vessels of 350 tons each. The Glory can store about 14 492 tons of oil. Captain V I Voronin leads the mission.
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Antarctic
Glory
V. I. Voronin
Hospital Room of Camera Victim Guarded in Times Square Shooting
Police posted a 24 hour guard at the hospital bedside of Mrs Olga Rocro victim of a Times Square subway station camera shooting as they broadened the hunt for her ex husband Alphonse Rocco The protection aims to prevent another attempt on her life by the shooter who planned Tuesday s shotgun assault Police abandon the Brighton Beach disappearance theory about Rocco
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Olga Rocro
Times Square
Brooklyn
Alphonse Rocco
War Assets Administration blamed for sloppy methods and favoritism
A House committee accuses the War Assets Administration of sloppy business methods and favoritism, warning the surplus disposal program may lose money. It urges phasing out purchase priorities, ending veterans fronting, and barring non profit charters for schools to curb speculative gains.
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House
War Assets Administration
WAA
Rep. Slaughter
D-Mo
Congress
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Staunton Plans Impounding Dam At North River Site
Staunton moves ahead with a new impounding dam on North River about 3000 feet from the current structure. The project tops $998,000 with the Federal Works Agency granting 31800 for plan and specification work. City Manager W Guy Ancell announced the allocation and council authorization, with preliminary work already started.
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Staunton City
House Democrats Draft Rayburn As Floor Leader
Tokyo dispatch describes grim war crimes testimony before an international tribunal. Affidavits recount cannibalism, beheadings, and mutilation by Japanese forces in the Southwest Pacific. Witnesses include a 19 year old American pilot and other POWs detailing torture and executions.
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International War Crimes Tribunal
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Khandok
Income Tax Cut Proposed as First Bill in New Congress
Rep Knutson announces a 20 percent across the board personal income tax cut as the opening measure of the new Republican majority in Congress. The plan would reduce 1947 personal tax take by about 3.5 million dollars and is to be introduced at the new session's start Friday.
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R-Minn
Congress
Final Solution For Palestine Only Way Out
A British government source warned Britain must find an immediate final solution in Palestine or risk a full scale military operation to retain its mandate. civil order could collapse if Irgun Leumi carries out its threats, possibly prompting martial law in parts of the country. Bevin and Creech Jones weigh partition to create Jewish and Arab states or seek an international UN solution, with Churchill among supporters of the latter.
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Senator Thomas Leaving Portal Pay To Courts
Washington reports co author and allied voices urge restraint until courts decide. Republicans forecast congressional action on lucrative lawsuits where unions seek over 2 billion dollars from employers. Representative Hoffman proposes amending the Fair Labor Standards Act to define a work week by productive labor time. Thomas says no action until court decisions are firm.
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Congress
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RFC War Plant Probe Sought by Senate GOP
Senate War Investigating Committee moves to probe RFC wartime activities as Republicans consider curbing its authority before the June 30 expiration of its congressional authorization. Potential witnesses include Jesse Jones and George E. Allen amid plans to reshape or terminate RFC wartime powers.
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Jesse Jones
Commerce
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George E. Allen
Truman
Negotiations Seen Today Over Churchill War Memoirs
Lord Camrose of the Daily Telegraph said negotiations are pending for the purchase and publication of Winston Churchill's war memoirs. He declined to provide details. Rumors have circulated that Churchill is writing a history of the war and that Camrose is linked with the business side of the undertaking.
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London
Lord Camrose
London Daily Telegraph
Winston Churchill
Wood for sale and auction notice in Berryville event
Court house Berryville Virginia at 11 o clock Saturday January 4 sale of wood listed by executors W G Hardy and James va Reardon. Wood for sale description appears with OCR fragment noting Oates Lumber Y 112-8-1p tf and a square dance reference.
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Berryville
Virginia
W. G. Hardy
James Va Reardon
Oates Lumber
Leadership Difficulties Fade As Rayburn Emerges Leader
Washington January 1 The last obstacle to organizing the new House eased as Samuel Rayburn was drafted as Democratic floor leader and Republicans settled on their choices after withdrawals. Dirksen Brown and others exited races. Rayburn accepted the post amid efforts to balance leadership slots and set a smooth start for the Republican centered Congress.
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Sam Rayburn
Texas
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Ership
Congress
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Ing
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Everett M. Dirksen
Ain
Republ
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Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
Fia
John McCormack Afsets
Chinese Students Protests Press Embassy Demands
Chinese students in a thousand-strong delegation visit the U S embassy to demand U S troop withdrawal from China and action by the United Nations Security Council. They carried petitions to Chiang Kai-shek's headquarters and the S embassy, while authorities warned against parades and urged order. The scene reflects tense demands for justice and for the end of foreign military presence.
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Ministry of Educabanning
Chiang’s v
U. S
Nations Security Council
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