conf ends in failure after short round-table discussion; Brit Govt issues statement taking Moslem League viewpoint on interpretation of May 16 plan disputed passages involving prov secs and groups, core of question as to whether Moslems will have autonomous rights in provs; statement asserts that after Constituent Assembly is established further disagreements on interpretation can be taken to Fed Ct if Moslem League agrees; statement says GB will not agree to any Const not framed with help of Moslems

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1946A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 119 people, the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history.^[†]

The Winecoff Hotel fire, of December 7, 1946, was the deadliest hotel fire in American history, killing 119 hotel occupants, including the hotel's original owners. Located at 176 Peachtree Street in Atlanta, Georgia, the Winecoff Hotel was advertised as "absolutely fireproof". While the hotel's steel structure was indeed protected against the effects of fire, its interior finishes were combustible and the building's exit arrangements consisted of a single stairway serving all fifteen floors. All of the hotel's occupants above the fire's origin on the third floor were trapped, and the fire's survivors either were rescued from upper-story windows or jumped into nets held by firemen.

Headlines from December 7, 1946

World News Summarized

Steel Industry Hardest Hit By Strike, With 70,000 Out; Railroads Report 50,000 Workers Are Idle, 40,000 Are Laid Off by Auto Plants and Totals Mount Steadily

U.S. WILL ATTEND PALESTINE PARLEY; Byrnes Announces Observer Will Be Sent to Conference, Put Off to Late January

IRAN INFORMS U.N. OF SOVIET ADVICE NOT TO MOVE ARMY; 'Friendly Admonition' to Keep Troops Out of Azerbaijan During Election Reported ALA REQUESTS NO ACTION But Teheran Tells Council of 'Further Consequences' of Russian Occupation

British Bar an India Charter Drawn Without Moslem Aid; BRITISH CONDITION CHARTER FOR INDIA

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