Chinese Reds Strike New Front Northeast of Nanking
Chinese Communist troops reinforced by land and sea struck northeast of Nanking to form a third major front against Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists. Government sources said heavy fighting near Peiping and Paoying threatened Nanking, while the US Navy Bayfield, with 685 Marines, arrived at Shanghai for possible evacuation.
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Nanking
China
Chiang Kai- Shek
Grand Canal
Peiping
Fu Tso-Yi
North China
Teng Wen- Yi
Sun Yu
Paoying
Bayfield
T. B. Hughes
Shanghai
G. C. Crawford
Royall Grants Army Prisoners Clemency
Army Secretary Kenneth C. Royall announced clemency for 450 World War II era prisoners with terms expiring before March 1 and good records. About 1,500 survivors may be released on parole after one third served or receive nearly a one third reduction for good behavior, with efforts to home them for Christmas.
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Washington
Army
Kenneth C. Royall
Air Force
Proof Positive A Faux Pas For St Nick In Newark
In Newark on December 16 a department store Santa smiled as a boy asked for an electric train. The boy urged Santa to write it down and, after a patient wait with his mother, repeated the demand, insisting the elf would forget the request.
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Newark
N. J
Santa
Santa Claus
Truman to Deliver State of the Union January 5
President Truman announced he will address a joint session of Congress at 1 p.m. on January 5 to outline views on taxes price controls farm price supports tidelands oil and the St Lawrence Waterway. He may discuss armed forces unification and foreign policy in separate messages and plans a budget and economic advisory report to follow.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Tidelands
St. Lawrence Waterway
Economic Advisory Council
House un-American Activities Committee
Barkley
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
St. Lawrence
New York State
Ontario
International Rapids
French blow up Radio Berlin towers in act praised by French forces
French engineers dynamited the Radio Berlin transmission towers in their sector silencing the station for a day. Soviet radio quickly resumed broadcasts from the same wavelength, with Major General Alexander Kotikov protesting the action as illegal. Officials hinted at alternate towers near Potsdam. Deutschlander outlet less powerful in parts of Berlin.
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Berlin
Radio
Russia
Germany
Heinz Schmidt
Schmidt
Washington
Tegel
Radio Berlin
Alexander Kotikov
Hitler
Goebbels
ADN
Deutschlandsender
Tree-Lover Finds It Saves Home Again
Linden New Jersey resident William A. Clementz witnessed a bus mount the curb and crash into a tree that blocked the house. He recalls the tree as a frequent safeguard and notes his favorite Joyce Kilmer poem about trees.
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Linden
N. J
William A. Clementz
Clementz
Joyce Kilmer
Pre-Christmas Phone Strike Threat Hits Southwestern Bell
In St Louis on December 16 a union spokesman said about 50 000 Southwestern Bell Telephone Company workers may strike before Christmas if no settlement is reached This would disrupt telephone service across five states during the holiday season The union urged creation of an impartial fact finding board to propose wage increases binding if both sides consent The company will study the proposal after bargaining sessions arranged by the US Conciliation Service.
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ST. Louis
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Everett Cotter
US Conciliation Service
City Employes Vote $10 Monthly Pay Raise
The City Council unanimously approved a $10 monthly raise for hundreds of city workers earning under $350 a month. The increase takes effect January 1, 1949, with first checks issued January 20, boosting the payroll by about $200,000. Officials planned a Christmas announcement to aid Yuletide shopping, while a public hearing on the budget was set for December 23.
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Austin
Guston Morgan
Hoover Group Warns of Red Victory by Bankruptcy
A citizen committee headed by Herbert Hoover criticizes the U S military establishment for high costs and weak cohesion despite unification. It warns Russia may seek victory by bankruptcy through endless defense spending and calls for stronger presidential control over the services.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Pentagon
Kremlin
United State
College Building Fast Trial Asked
The State asked the Supreme Court to fast track the College Building Amendment appeal. Joe Greenhill argued delay harms urgently needed college buildings and increases costs. The cases challenge the plan to fund a 60 million dollar long range building program for 14 colleges, UT, and Texas A&M, with suits against the attorney general and state officials over bond approvals and notice validity.
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Supreme Court
Joe Greenhill
University of Texas and
Texas A&m College
Clarence W. Whiteside
Spencer A. Wells
Homer Maxey
Lubbock
H. E. Speer
Dallas
Price Daniel
Paul H. Brown
Mercy Trip To Save Tot Leaves Lubbock
An airplane departed Municipal Airport in Lubbock with a three month old infant, his parents, and a physician on a mercy flight to Dallas. Bobby Ray Furgeson had surgery in Lubbock after inhaling metal particles. Dallas doctors would use delicate equipment to attempt a life saving operation as the baby's condition remained critical.
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Lubbock
Municipal Airport
Dallas
Bobby Ray Furgeson
J W. Furgeson
Becton
Wallace Hess
Thug Slugs Cafe Cook Over Low Loot in Kansas City
An irate bandit slugged Dick H. Amar, a cafe cook in Kansas City, after being dissatisfied with a $50 loot. The incident, tied to rising living costs, shows the thief's anger over small takings.
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Kansas City
Dick H. Amar
Amar
Four Airmen Die in Carolina Plane Crash
Four airmen were killed and three injured when a C-82 Flying Boxcar crashed in a field three miles south of Greenville Air Force Base. The injured were taken to the base hospital. Names of the dead and injured were withheld pending next of kin notification. Firefighters extinguished the blaze before it consumed the ship.
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Greenville
S. C
Greenville Air Force Base
Hiss Pleads Not Guilty as Probe Faces Setbacks
Alger Hiss pleaded not guilty to two counts of perjury at his arraignment. A Justice Department official suggested a House committee mishandled evidence from films linked to the espionage inquiry, noting a roll lost from a hollow pumpkin on Whittaker Chambers’ Maryland farm.
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Hiss
State Department
Justice Department
House Committee
Whittaker Chambers
Maryland
Washington
Federal
FBI
Congressional Spy Hunters Release New Secret Papers
President Truman dismissed the Alger Hiss perjury indictment as not altering his view of the House un American Activities Committee probe into a Communist spy ring in government before the war. He repeated his belief that the inquiry is a red herring designed to distract from other issues.
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Herbert Hoover
Ferdinand Eberstadt
New York
United States
Pentagon
Truman
Air Force
Congressional
Washington
Alger Hiss
Hiss-Chambers
House un-American Activities Committee
Hiss
Justice Department
White House
Committee
Chambers
Vinegar Joe” Stilwell
Japan
Manchuria
Russia
House Committee
China
Joseph W. Stilwell
Hankow
Wife of Baylor President Dies
Mrs. Edna V. White 55, wife of Baylor University president Dr. W. R. White, died at Memorial Hospital Houston after a heart ailment. She had been hospitalized since Nov. 22 and was once on the critical list. The couple married in 1916 and pursued theology studies. she also studied art and music. She served as State Stewardship Chairman of the Texas Women's Missionary Union and was daughter of Mrs. Archie Taylor of Houston.
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Houston
Edna V. White
W. R. White
Baylor University
Austin
Memorial Hospital
White
Dr. White
Howard Payne College
Brownwood
Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary
Fort Worth
Mary Hardin-Baylor College
Baylor
Pat M. Neff
Waco
Inquiry Panel Flies To Costa Rica for Plea Check
A five nation inv estigating commission flew to Costa Rica at 9 30 p m to assess charges that Costa Rica was invaded by diverse nationalities from Nicaragua on December 10. The mission tests the Western Hemisphere Defense Treaty aimed at keeping peace among 21 republics and could influence Atlantic alliance talks.
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Washington
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Commission
Two Jet Pilots Survive Midair Collision Near Selfridge Field
SELFRIDGE FIELD Mich Dec 16 Two jet pilots escaped death when their F80 fighters collided ten miles north of the base. One plane exploded as Second Lieutenant Jimmie Green 27 Texas bailed out with minor injuries. The other pilot Second Lieutenant Albert White Jr 23 Kentucky returned safely.
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Selfridge Field
Mich
Air Force Base
Jimmie Green
Texas
Albert White Jr
Catlettsburg
Selfridge
Truman Tideland Stand Unchanged
President Truman reaffirmed no change in his stance on tidelands. He indicated future messages to Congress will address federal rights to oil lands beneath coastal waters, a position supported by Supreme Court rulings. Legislation to grant states tidal land title was proposed in the 80th Congress but not enacted.
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Washington
Truman
Supreme Court
Congress
Tidelands
Jones Denies Violating Any Criminal Laws In Bank Loss
Franklin bank loss case centers on S B Jones a 47 year old Hearne insurance man held for questioning over 81 000 in worthless checks. Jones says he did not violate criminal laws while bank officials cite assurances from the other bank. Investigations span Franklin McAllen Austin and possibly Waco as grand jury preparations proceed.
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Hearne
J. J. Collins
Lufkin
Jones
Bob Reeves
Robertson County
McAllen
Franklin
Austin
Waco
First State Bank of
First State Bank
First National Bank of Franklin
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Elizabeth
Prince Charles of Edinburgh
London
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Thug
Carolina
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House On American Activities Committee
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Tenn
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Franklin Bank
W. C. Crane
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