Navy rescues 33 survivors from Pacific plane crash
Navy carrier Rendova pulls 33 exhausted air force survivors from two crowded life rafts after a 40 hour air sea hunt 200 miles southwest of Honolulu. Four men are missing presumed dead as sharks circle the rafted group and rescues continue with a cautious ration plan and a late afternoon sighting.
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Honolulu
Air Force
Navy
Rendova
Sted
Trier
Hono- Riu
William R. Calhoun
Birmingham
Ala
Chinese Reds Encircle Nationalist Troops Southwest of Suchow
Government sources report Communist forces have sealed off about 110 600 nationalist troops on a front eight miles by five near Suchow. Three trapped army groups under General Chen Yi are said to be encircled after marching south from Suchow to aid other encircled units. Casualties cited include claims of 20 000 among the 2nd 13th and 16th armies.
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Nanking
Central China Front
Suchow
Chen Yi
Suchew
Peiping
Twelfth
Chiang Wei Kuo
Chiang Kai-shek
East China
Hwai
Yangtze River
Hwai River
Yangtze
Tuang Po Tao
Seventh Army Group
Strawn Survives Pacific Crash Rescue Among 33 Survivors
Loren D Strawn family in Oelwein Iowa celebrate news that Corporal Dale C Strawn survived a Pacific crash. A War Department telegram said his plane was missing after a C-54 transport went down at sea. He is among 33 survivors rescued by the escort carrier Rendova.
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Oelwein
Loren D.trawn
Cpl
Dale C. Strawn
Pacific
War Department
Davenport Man 80 Dies After Pedestrian Crash
Davenport Latzer 80 died in a hospital from injuries from an auto pedal crash suffered last Thursday in Davenport.
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Davenport
Sylvester Latzer
Weather forecast for tonight and Wednesday
Fair tonight and Wednesday with rising temperatures in the west. Lows 10 to 15 northwest and 15 to 20 southeast. Highs Wednesday 34 to 38 east and 40 to 45 west.
Pearl Harbor Seventh Anniversary Observed
A mixed Pearl Harbor commemoration unfolds with memorials in Hawaii Washington and San Diego while the U S Navy marks seven years since the 1941 attack. In Cass County a truck driver George Shepard is acquitted of manslaughter in the Wiota crash that killed Sgt. James L. Howe and injured fifteen others.
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Cass District Court
R. Kent Martin
George Shepard
James L. Howe
Cresson
Wiota
Shepard
Watson Bros
Howe
Clarence Vandeventer
Omaha
San Diego
Negress Signs Writ On White In Ambush Case
A Savannah area widow of Robert Mallard charges William Howell with murder in the ambush slaying. She plans to travel to Atlanta to press her case before Governor Talmadge, after counsel said she was advised by Negro friends. The killing occurred November 20 on a rural road near Lyons, with the woman describing the assailants as robed white men. Hastings banquet notes also mention Vernon Phillips and Jim Dahlberg as guest speakers.
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Savannah
Atlanta
Aaron Kravitch
Amy Mallard
Herman Talmadge
Robert Mallard
Atelanta
Lyons
William L. Howell
Mallard
Truman to host Madame Chiang Kai-shek at tea
President Truman will welcome Madame Chiang Kai-shek to Blair House for tea at 4 p.m. Friday. Presidential Secretary Charles G. Ross said she will be accompanied by Mrs. George C. Marshall, wife of the secretary of state, and would not say if a separate conference would occur.
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Tokyo
Shigeru Yoshida
Empire
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Washington
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Truman
White House
Charles G. Ross
Generalissime
Chiang
Blair House
George C. Marshall
Ross
Madame Chiang
Dulles Urges UN Backing for Republic of Korea
John Foster Dulles urged UN protection for the Republic of Korea against North Korean threats. He accused Russia Poland and Czechoslovakia of recognizing North Korea and called for continued Korean commissions to aid the new government. The Korea issue centers on withdrawal plans and the divide at the 38th parallel.
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Paris
United States
United Nations
Republic of Korea
North Korea
John Foster Dulles
U.N
Dulles
Russia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Korea
Arraignment Planned for Ex-Hospital Aides in Rough Care
Des Moines report states two Knoxville Veterans Hospital attendants Crandall and Temple face indictments for assaulting patients. Crandall 25 Indianola posted 1000 bond after arrest. Temple 26 Knoxville held in jail. Crandall accused of striking Reuben Wolf 62 May 9 causing ruptured kidney. Temple accused of kicking Lee Slaughter 28 April 26 causing ruptured abdomen.
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Des Moines
Knoxville Veterans Hospital
Charles Dewey
George Austin Crandall
Indianola
William J. Temple
Knoxville
Crandall
Temple
Reuben Wolf
Sheffield
U. S
Italians Hit by Nationwide Strike of Food Workers
Fifty thousand millers, macaroni makers, and rice workers walk out across Italy demanding higher pay, threatening bread, rice, and pasta supplies. The communist led General Confederation of Labor and the breakaway Free Confederation unite across ideological lines to call the action. Mr and Mrs Merle R Brown return to Atlantic after six months in North Hollywood California to reside there.
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Rome
Italy
General Confederation of Labor
Free Confederation
Merle R. Brown
North Hollywood
Calif
Atlantic
Kidney operation performed on General Marshall
Washington report states Secretary of State Marshall underwent a kidney operation today at Walter Reed hospital. The announcement said the surgery followed a physical checkup last summer and was delayed due to the Paris conference.
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Washington
State Marshall
Walter Reed Hospital
State Department
General Marshall
Des Moines Man Dies After Fall From Hotel
Robert Em erson Aldrich 95 of Des Moines died last night in a fall from a third floor hotel room. Coroner A E Shaw termed it apparently a death by own action and planned further investigation. The body narrowly missed pedestrians on the street in front of the hotel.
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Des Moines
Robert Emerson Aldrich
Polk County
A. E. Shaw
Aldrich
Postmaster General seeks mail rate boosts across classes
Postmaster General Ronaldson announced he will urge Congress to raise rates on all mail except first class to address a record deficit of 560 million dollars. He spoke after meeting President Truman at the White House and said the increases would apply to second class newspapers and magazines third class circulars and advertising fourth class parcel post and special services.
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Washington
Ronaldson
Congress
Donaldson
White House
Truman
Budget Bureau
Post Office Department
Tojo and War Leaders Remain Alive Until U S Court Acts
Tokyo reports Gen. Douglas MacArthur reiterates that Hideki Tojo and other condemned Japanese war lords will live until the U S Supreme Court acts on their appeals. The delay extends their lives by at least nine days beyond November 30.
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Hideki Tojo
Supreme Court of the United States
Japan
Associated Press
Industrial Fire Destroys Canadian Industries Building
A blaze last night at the Canadian Industries building near the International Nickel smelter in Cooper Cliff Ontario caused about 1 million dollars in damage with no injuries reported. The fire heavily damaged the chemical plant section of the facility.
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Cooper Cliff
Ont
Canadian Industries Limited Chemical
International Nickel Company
Flynn and Chum Tangled With Police in Taxi Incident
A bench warrant was issued for Errol Flynn after he failed to appear on charges stemming from a taxi dispute in New York. Police say Flynn kicked Patrolman Bergeles in the shin. Flynn posted bail of 500 dollars through El Morocco owner John Perona.
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New York
Errol Flynn
Flynn
Robert Graham Wahn
Joseph Bergeles
Joseph Gardner
Wahn
Bergeles
John Perona
el Morocco Violet Club
Union to Produce Educational Films
Hollywood based AFL non profit educational film association formed to produce and distribute documentary historical and educational subjects and newsreels. The organization has been incorporated and announced plans to advance labor aims through cinema productions and educational programming.
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Hollywood
AFL
American Federation of Labor
Welles and Stripling to Testify in Hearings on Hiss Case
The House Un-American Activities Committee plans public hearings at 1 p.m. to question Sumner Welles and Robert Stripling about the Hiss-Chambers espionage saga. Rep. Mundt will lead, with Rep. Nixon and others coordinating as fresh sworn testimonies surface from grand jury probes.
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Washington
House un-American Activities Committee
Sumner Welles
Rep
Mundt
R-Sd
Rep. Nixon
R-Csi
Robert E. Stripling
Stripling
Welles
Chambers
Maryland
New York
Grand Jury
Hiss
House Group
John Rankin
R-Miss
House Committee
U. S
Pearl Harbor
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