Emergency mobilization directive and sabotage reports
The text outlines a July 13 report to the National Committee urging immediate emergency mobilizations across districts to protest U.N. and U.S. policies, with warnings of atomic danger and calls for rapid action. It references Gus Hall and Sabotage coverage, including a series noting 1947 to 1948 party surveys of sabotage targets and a nationwide Communist plan.
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Otis Hall
National Committee
Gus Hall
Communist Party
Hall
United States
Federal Bureau of Investigation
British Plan Would Put US on Defense in Korea
Britain urges UN to set a firm defense line in Korea short of Manchuria and begin early peace talks with China. Cabinet aims to deter UN forces from attacking Chinese territory, fearing a Chinese war trigger with possible Soviet aid. See BRITISH Page 4.
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Washington
Truman
United Nations
Korea
Atomic Energy Commission
London
Britain
Red China
China
Russia
Japan
United States
Albert Coles
Wise
Pyongyang
Tokchon
Wongchang
AWOL GI Wins One Race Loses Another
Elbert Schwitters, 17, escaped from MPs at Fort Worth and Denver train yards and fled east through the city, chased by multiple patrols to Llano Cemetery. He had twice been AWOL from Sheppard Air Force Base and recently escaped a stockade in California before being pursued toward Wichita Falls. Authorities at Sheppard declined to release further details.
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Sheppard Air Force Base
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
Denver
Hbutunzvon Svavion Avant F Vuiwur
Elbert Schwitters
Schwitters
Llano Cemetery
Woody Riner
Henry Maggard
R. H. Rhodes
Burlington Depot
Santa Fe
Twenty-seventh Avenue
Llano
Maggard
California
E. B. Bradshaw
Burlington
Childress
Sheppard
Profit Tax Takes Shape
The House Ways and Means Committee agreed on a compromise excess profits tax bill estimated to raise about 3.4 billion dollars annually retroactive to July 1. It lowers the earnings credit to 85 percent from 75, and imposes a 75 percent excess profits tax on earnings over the threshold, with a 67 percent ceiling on certain earnings.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ing
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Haven for the Elderly Years Realization
Construction of the Mary E. Bivins Foundation Elizabeth Jane Bivins Home will begin soon with bids due Friday December 8 at 2 PM and contract let at 7 PM during a joint meeting at Mrs Mary E Bivins home 1000 Polk. The 250000 Georgian style building will occupy a triangular plot near Dallas Highway Twelfth Avenue and Seminole.
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Mary E. Bivins
Foundation Board of Directors
Polk
Foundation
Dallas
Twelfth Avenue
Seminole
Shakeup Alters Gridiron Picture
A major high school football district realignment changes Amarillo to a district with Lubbock Odessa Pampa San Angelo Athlone and Borger. Denison Highland Park Sherman Tyler Waco and Wichita Falls join a second district with new competition. Details on page 17.
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Sandies
Amarillo
Lubbock
Odessa
Pampa
San Angelo
Athlone
Borger
Denison
Highland Park
Sherman
Tyler
Waco
Wichita Falls
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Vicinity
Mostly cloudy with little temperature change this afternoon tonight and tomorrow. High today 65 low 30 tomorrow 67. Overnight low 32. Panhandle agricultural outlook favors outdoor work next few days. West Texas partly cloudy today tonight and Friday with no major temperature changes New Mexico fair today tonight and Friday with no significant change in temperature.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
West Texas
New Mexico
Embattled UN near Pyongyang as Chinese assault grows
The UN forces are within 25 miles of Pyongyang against a 330,000 strong Communist sweep from the Yalu to Chosin reservoir. Reports detail patrols, withdrawals, and tactics as Allied units struggle to defend the Nam and Chongchon corridors amid freezing weather and Chinese formations.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Pyongyang
Korea
Yalu River
Chosin Reservoir
Tokchon
Flaming Kum
Chongchon River
Sinanju
Anju
Air Force
Douglas MacArthur
United Press
Chongcehon
Chongchon
Yyongyang
Allied Com
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Redmaster
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New York City
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Defense Department
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White House
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