Chiang Kai-shek seeks aid as Suchow battle rages
Reported letter from Chiang Kai-shek to President Truman discussed by Acting Secretary Lovett. Front west of Suchow shows heavy artillery duels and rail disruptions as Nationalists and Communists fight for control near Yangtze. Describes airlifted gold from Central Bank and US-supplied planes in use amid fluid combat with towns reduced to ruins.
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Wasmnuron
Chiang Kai-shek
Truman
Robert A. Lovett
Suchow
Nanazer
Sinanchen
Sinan- Chine
Sochow
Nanking
Chen
Daperman
Pa-tao
China
Su- River
EL LG
Arthur Goul
Kiangsu
Central Bank of China
Roy
F. Watts
San Diego
Cal
Claire . Chennault
Civil Air
David Tang
Lovett
Yangtze
Amarillo Man Faces Lie Test In Dope Case
Amarillo man Louis Garland Wortham 23 left for Austin with Ranger Frank Propst to take a lie detector examination amid poisoning charges against him and his father Garland Louis Wortham 45 in the death of Billy Irene. The elder Wortham had tests Nov. 1 and 2 with favorable results. both men on bond. Four Amarillo residents with police records are jailed in Junction City on narcotics and burglary probes after narcotics were found in their car.
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Amarillo
Austin
Louis Garland Wortham
Frank Propst
Wortham
Garland Louis Wortham
Billy Irene
Billie Irene
Pritz Christian
Junction City
Kan
Clyde Mullins
Worley Allen Pugh
Gladys Pugh Myers
Mabel Mead
Kansas
B. M. Wolfe
Paris Company
Weldon B. Burgess
Kenneth Kohler
McAlester
Oklo
Community Chest Seeks Lead as Donations Trail Goal
Officials Friday reported the Community Chest is $30,000 short of its goal with only $11,000 added above the $65,000 interim total. Executives urged firms to contribute, noting unsigned pledge cards and uncollected gifts. A follow up meeting will decide next steps for the year’s campaign.
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Mr. Blackburn
Aing
Uest
Eport
Blackburn
Man Leaps From Vatican Dome After Warning Faithful
Puglieri climbed the cupola loggia at St. Peter's and shed his coat before leaping to his death to signal the church dedication. Gendarmes removed the body to the Parish Church of Anne as officials began An early note stated he took his own life.
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Puglieri
St. Peter's
Anne
Vatican City
UN Plea To Big Four For Berlin Settlement
UN Secretary General Trygve Lie and Assembly President Herbert Evatt urged Russia and the Western powers to resolve the Berlin dispute without delay. The United States, Britain, and France rejected direct negotiations and warned that lifting the blockade could threaten world peace and violate the UN charter. The two leaders said the replies showed a shared wish to settle the Berlin question and hinted at a possible truce in the cold war.
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Parse
Weresee Oer
Three Nations
Russia
Berlin
Soviet Union
United States
Trygve Lie
General Assembly
Herbert V. Evatt
Wich
Runaway Heiress Sobs: Divorced Parents Debating Custody
Phyllis Hockaday, a 17 year old Florida heiress, sobs as Columbus authorities say her divorced parents must decide custody. She was found in a hotel room after running away from her uncle in Dayton. this marks her second escape. Hapless mother and father clash over money and care.
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Columbus
Phyllis Hockaday
Florida
Asd
Mme
Cara Hockaday
Kaved Tenewey
Wockaday
Dayton
Ohio
Phyllis
Girl 16 Questioned In Death In Wichita Falls Case
A 16 year old girl from Pampa was returning to Wichita Falls for questioning by police after Merwin Browneller of Baltimore was found fatally shot in a Wichita Falls tourist camp room. Browneller had just been released from a federal penitentiary last August. The girl's husband, a Pampa mechanic, is jailed in Wichita Falls on a murder charge.
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FAMFA
Anancey G. Puckett
Pama
Wichita Falls Totay
Wichita Falls
Merwin Browneller
Baltimore
Browneller
Wichita Palls
Puckett
Jim Geer
Vernon
Geer
John Storey
Bee
Pennsylvania
Pampa
Rafe Jordan
Jordan
Depa
Induction Pre Tests Begin for 21 Amarillo Draftees
Twenty one draftees take pre induction tests at the Amarillo induction center. Sergeant reassures the group in the bare waiting room promising help and explaining why rumors about sergeants are unfounded. The scene highlights a peacetime draft process and local recruits awaiting further steps.
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Amarillo
Allen J. Sparger
Army Air Field
Weather notes from Amarillo and vicinity forecast
Pair and windy conditions expected this afternoon tonight and Thursday with warmer spells followed by colder winds shifting northwest by Thursday. West Texas fair today through Thursday cooler in Panhandle and South Plains, New Mexico colder in the northeast Thursday. High 61, low 39. Amarillo soldiers discuss the new Army amid publicity.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Cold Snap Brings Windy Shower of Weather Details
A low pressure trough over the east slope of the Rockies drives strong southerly winds 30 to 35 mph this afternoon and tonight. The system pulls colder air into the Panhandle with a cold front expected early tomorrow morning shifting winds to the northwest. Highs near 71 today, 60 tomorrow. lows around 38 tonight and 39 last night.
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Rockies
C. Winburn
US Weather Bureau
English Field
Panhandle
Great Basin
Rehhange
Winburn
Prairie Flames Drive Fire Crews to John Fain Ranch
About 110 cues dispatched early afternoon to battle a prairie fire on the John Fain Ranch north of the Canadian River along Highway 287. The blaze covered a wide front, with several thousand acres of grass burned in October nearby. Mere regtator (Co-Chrysler-Plymouth.
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John Fain
Highway 287
Mere Regtator
Chrysler-Plymouth
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