Dutch Forces Move Into Sumatra and Java
Dutch troops landed on Sumatra and pressed advances in central Java as Indonesian guerrillas reportedly withdrew from several towns. A Netherlands communiqué said marines seized a port on Sumatra’s west coast and moved toward Bodjo and Soer Turnto, while Indonesian leaders urged scorched earth tactics.
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Java
Sumatra
Ba Fan Siapien
Bagan Siapiam
Medan
Ncluding Halioeranz
United Nations
Suma
Bodjo
Soe
Pati
Toeban
Boidal
Soer
Pare
Execution Hour Near for 7 Japs
Wartime notes report a 13 minute MacArthur briefing on execution timing for seven Japanese war criminals. Trials under military justice paused. a Buddhist priest will accompany the condemned to Sugamo Prison. Final dates depend on court decisions and military commanders.
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Oryg
the Death Watch
Hideki Toyo
Reen
Douglas MacArthur
Inc
Rts
Wight
Sugamo
Ravey Hook Serves as Mayor for a Day and Roosevelt Feared Dead
Local sources report Quentin Roosevelt, grandson of Theodore Roosevelt, aboard a CNAC Skymaster that crashed near Ba Fau Island off Hong Kong. The 31 or 35 aboard were feared dead. Roosevelt was believed to be en route to Hong Kong on a China business trip with his wife and three daughters in Shanghai.
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Ravey Hook
Quentin Roosevelt
China
Hong Ng
National Airlines Corp
Hong Kong
CNAS
Shanghai
Bafa
Quentn Roosevelt
Hong Hong
Theaore Roosevelt
Chinese National ,Corporation
Bafau Island
Roosevelt
CNAC
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Iis
Shangha
Shang
Roose Ard
Naskeng
Yangtze River
Xientsin
Tientsin
Chiang Kai-Shek
Sun Fo
Chiang
Sun
Chen Li Fu
Xuomintang
Nationalist Party
Chen
Legislative Yuan
Oda
Nanking
Yangtze
Feiping
Coserers
Zanesville Boy Mayor Packs Slingshot and Duties
Davey Hook a five year old attended as honorary mayor of Zanesville and kept a slingshot handy. He recited the oath after speech therapy corrections and toured city offices before a Eagles club party and Christmas carol talk.
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Davey Hook
Kansas
Wiliam G. Watson
Aliza Land
WHEZ
Zanesville
Davey
Institute of Logopedics
Wichita
Kan
Willian G. Watson
Rado
Dav Strayec
Whc
Watson
Munson
Farport
North River Road
University Club
Eagles Club
Eagles Lodge
Speech School
Paul Hook
Crown Street
Institute of
Logopedics
Fred Warning
Wariz 15
Waring
Record Set At Zanesville Postoffice For Mail Volume
Zanesville postoffice reported a new all time high for outgoing first class mail with 167000 pieces processed yesterday. Postmaster Howard W McCracken credited the day as the heaviest of the season with $5300 in stamps sold and 1733 parcel post packages stamped.
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Zanesville
McCracken
Ohioan Indicted For Killing Wife
Eugene C. Arnold of Mogadore was indicted yesterday on a charge of first degree murder in the shotgun slaying of his wife Jeanette aged 20 as she drove to municipal court for a previous assault and battery action.
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Eugene C. Arnold
Mogadore
Jeanette
Arnold
Municpal Court
Spy Case Figure Dies in Plunge
Laurence Duggan a 43 year old State department official listed in congressional testimony as aiding Red spies died in a 16 story plunge from his Manhattan office window as espionage probes prepared to question him. Police say the death is undetermined pending inquiry. Rep Mundt disclosed the case in a House committee session.
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New York
State Department
Laurence Duggan
Manhattan
Duggan
Rep. Mundt
R-Sd
House Committee On un-American Activities
Bombings Tied to Cleveland Policy Probe
Cleveland police chief George J. Matowimz said night and day efforts target a policy racket linked bombing wave. Mayor Thomas A. Burke warned the investigation must continue, noting bombings aim to intimidate witnesses and halt revelations.
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Cleveland G
George J. Matowimz
Mator
Thomas A. Burke
Safe
Alvin G. Suttons
Burke
Stalin at 69 Still Powerful Leader of Soviet Union
Stalin turned 69 today as the Soviet press gave no formal celebration. He remains secretary general of the Communist Party, chairman of the council of ministers, and commander in chief of the armed forces with influence rising and writings widely distributed among officials and citizens.
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Moscow
Joseph Staln
Stalin
Kremlin
Russa
Central Committee
Communist Party
Commu Soviet Unioin
Mipsters
Union of Socialist Soviet Republics
Soviet Union
RAT
Central Committee i Periy
Ireland Declares Independence as Nation Breaks From Commonwealth
Dublin reports Ireland becomes a free republic on Independence Day January 21 with President Sean T. O’Kelly signing the act ending Eire’s last tie to the British crown and commonwealth. The move follows decades of struggle, 1916 rebellion, and subsequent campaigns shaping Ireland’s new political alignment.
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Eire
Ireland
Sean T. ‘O'Kelly
Oyredle
Erie
Authents
Teers
Sinn Fein
Dubin
Britain
Three-Power Berlin Regime Set Up by Western Allies
The United States Britain and France announced a three power governance plan for Berlin excluding Soviet participation. Gen Jean Ganeval presented a statement that the quadripartite administration can resume with Soviet authority decisions, while western sectors maintain control under a four power framework altered by mutual agreement.
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Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Jean Ganeval
Komandatura
Kommandatura
West
Suspend ECA Aid to China
The Economic Cooperation Administration suspended all reconstruction projects in China, withholding about 70 million dollars until the civil strife subsides. Hoffmann announced the halt after a White House meeting with President Truman. He had just returned from a worldwide ECA tour and China trip.
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Washington
Paul G. Hoffman
Economic Cooperation Administration
China
ECA
Truman
White House
Hoffman
Shanghai
Fire injures three as guests perish in Philadelphia hotel blaze
A Westminster Hotel on Chestnut Street left two guests dead and three injured when flames swept the four story brick building early today. A woman and a man died from suffocation and burns while two guests and a fireman were treated for injuries. Fire, weather conditions and confined layout hindered evacuation.
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Philadelphia
Westminister Hotel
Chestnut Street
William McKinley
Frank Fetters
Charles Mabe
Hahnemann Hospital
Graduate Hospital
Madeleine Drost
Thomas Matthews
Charles J. Weis
Michael Kozak
Wrecked Home Laid to Quarrel
Police linked the destruction at Fred Frame’s home and his service station to a family quarrel. Officers found a wrecked interior windows smashed furniture broken and the telephone ripped from the wall. 27 anonymous calls claimed a Frame child was injured but offered no details.
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Fred Frame
Lewis Drive
Frame
Adamsville Road
George Odgson
Stores Open Here Tonight for Christmas Shoppers
Stores will stay open tonight until 3 30 to accommodate holiday shoppers. The same hours apply tomorrow and Thursday night with Friday closing at 5 30 to let clerks spend Christmas Eve at home. Extra help is on hand to handle the busy volume.
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Heridar
Ohio Weather Update Shows Cloudy Cold With Snow Flurries
The report notes cloudy and windy conditions for Ohio with colder air and light snow flurries in the north. It references yesterday’s high and today’s low, with 35 degrees as a reported temperature and a 12:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. progression.
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Ohio
OSU Coed Accused Of Swindling Store
In Columbus Ohio 21 year old Lillian V Lightburn of Crestline a commerce sophomore at Ohio State University faced forgery charges after allegedly forging customer names to run up a 32000 store debt Detectives recovered about 2000 worth of clothing and other items at her apartment and a preliminary hearing was set in municipal court today
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Columbus
Ohio State University Coed
Lillian V. Lightburn
Crestline
George W. Deckard
Isaac D. Moore
Miss Lightburn
College of Commerce
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