Kalgan Fall Sparks Peace Rumors in North China
Loss of Kalgan to the Communists is reported by official Chinese sources. Fu Tso Yi may seek a deal as troops desert and forces shift toward Tientsin while Nanking houses mobile government units and predicts a reshuffle or merger in the Shanghai Nanking command amid heavy snow hindering air support.
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Kalgan
Fu Tso-Yi
North China
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Peiping
Tientsin
Yangtze
Hankow
Hwai River
Liu Tze
Liu
Chuhsien
Shanghai-Nanking
Tang En-Po
Tu Li-Ming
FUR COAT SAVED LIFE Welles Found Semi-Conscious In Snow
Former Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles was found semi conscious in a Maryland field near his Oxon Hill estate. He may have suffered a heart attack during an after midnight walk in sub freezing weather and remains in serious condition at Casualty Hospital. A fur coat helped prevent freezing, doctors say as the cold night measured 15 degrees at National Airport.
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Maryland
New York
Laurence Duggan
Duggan
State Department
Welles
Robert Kerby
Mass
Kerby
Oxon Hill
Potomac
Brooke Kerby
Casualty Hospital
George R. Huffman
Huffman
National Airport
Western Powers Near Agreement on German Military Security Board
Gen. Lucius D. Clay announced that the United States Britain and France have reached substantial agreement on a military security board to supervise Germany after the armed forces are disarmed. The board would replace western military governments and include police to enforce disarmament rules. Clay noted limited local armed police and a large ongoing US deficit for several years despite currency reform.
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Lucius D. Clay
Germany
Clay
United States
Britain
France
Europe
Plan Believed Aid to Labor And Business
The President's council of economic advisers proposed a national labor management conference to set a fair wage standard guiding bargaining and stabilizing business. The plan aims to boost voluntary settlements, reduce reliance on compulsion, and avoid recurring low moods through government support for housing, farm prices, social security, and sustained federal spending. The report, led by Erwin G. Nourse, underpins Truman's upcoming economic message and cautions against a planned economy.
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Washington
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Truman
Erwin G. Nourse
Congress
Indonesia Leaders Reported Moved to Secret East Indies
Batavia dispatch says captured Indonesian Republic chiefs including Soekarno and Hatta were moved from Jogjakarta to a secret East Indies location. UN Security Council demanded their release and a halt to fighting, while observers warn from old truce lines no longer existing the observers may be unable to distinguish security measures from hostilities.
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Java
Jagjagarta
East Indies
United Nations Security Council
Paris
Netherlands
Council
Republic
Soekarno
Hatta
UN Good Offices
Security Council
Republican High Command
Sumatra
Madoera
Greeks chase rebels who shelled Athens
National forces pursue a guerrilla band that shelled Salonika on Christmas morning. About 100 rebels fired 20 shells from a 75 mm mountain gun. 17 were captured. A communist claimed five civilians were wounded. Other units fight a 2000-strong band that attacked Naoussa and Edessa. 47 Communists were captured and 30 hostages freed.
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Salonika
Naoussa
Edessa
Austin Denies Intention To Quit UN Position
Warren Austin said he would not resign as head of the U S delegation to the United Nations. The former senator arrived at the Little White House in Key West from Paris to rest from an unspecified illness.
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Filia
Warren Austin
United States
United Nations
White House
Paris
Seventeen Seamen Rescued Off Stricken Argentine Tanker
Coast Guard crews battled 20 foot seas and freezing winds off the North Carolina coast after the El Capitan broke apart while towed from Savannah to Baltimore. Sixteen crew members were saved from the bow, and two men were believed adrift on the severed stern, prompting a nighttime rescue search aboard the Cherokee.
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Coast Guard
Atlantic
North Carolina
Savannah
Baltimore
Senator Morse to seek universal filibuster cloture limit
Senator Wayne L. Morse of Oregon announced he will introduce anti filibuster legislation after the Senate reconvenes on January 3. The measure would amend Senate rules to require cloture motions to be necessary for all Senate business, effectively restricting debate.
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Washington
Wayne L. Morse
Plane Paint Factory Destroyed by Flames
A $100,000 fire in Vincennes Indiana destroyed the Tumble-Brite Inc plant early Sunday in 3 below zero weather. Firefighters faced intense heat from the blaze which steamed through four inch hoses as the metal polish factory for aircraft components burned.
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Vincennes
Ind
Tumble-Brite, Inc
Senators Question Koch Case Handling by Army Officials
Senate investigations subcommittee says army reduced Ilse Koch sentence for Buchenwald crimes from life to four years. They urge not reversing by General Clay and propose German trial if needed. Report notes tattooing prisoners used for lamp shades and other items. No evidence of other officers’ wives involved. four years deemed insufficient punishment.
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Washington
Ilse Koch
Buchenwald
Lucius D. Clay
Germany
Senate Committee On Executive Expenditures
Frau Koch
Ant
Koch
Senate Group
Santa’s missing purse recovered with $1,050 found
Pauline Reid reported missing her purse containing 10 one hundred dollar bills and 50 in assorted notes after supper at Guadalupe Hotel. After hours of search detectives planned cafe checks. At 2:30 a.m. she called to say the cash was found in front of the hotel beside her car.
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Santa Claus
Pauline Reid
Guadalupe
Miss Reid
Marooned Fliers Rescue Delayed on Greenland Ice Cap
The Air Force reported poor visibility halted a Sunday rescue of 13 airmen stranded on a Greenland ice cap. Seven men were marooned two weeks prior, with three rescue aircraft grounded. One tow rope broke on a prior attempt, and Lt. Howard L. Halstead of the 75th troop carrier squadron is named. The aircraft carrier Saipan headed north from Norfolk with helicopters, a four day voyage to reach the men.
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Washington
Greenland
Air Force
Howard L. Halstead
75Th
Greenville
S. C
Air Force Base
Saipan
Norfolk
Christmas Burglars Make $5,000 Haul
In Amarillo on Christmas night the American National Bank suffered a burglary. Thieves entered by a roof hole and forced open a night deposit box, taking cash at least $5,000 plus an unestimated amount of checks.
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Amarillo
American National Bank
Family of Six Perish In Cottage Fire Near Barre Massachusetts
A family of six including three children died in a pre-dawn blaze that swept their cottage on the old Petersham Road in Barre Mass Sunday. Believed dead are Francis G. Wales 34 Lydia 30 their children Francis 9 George 8 Belle 3 and Lydia’s father Ralph Smith 65 of Boston Hyde Park.
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Barre
Mass
Petersham Road
Francis G. Wales
Lydia
Francis
George
Belle
Warmer Weather Forecast in Texas
Forcasts of snow and sleet failed to materialize in Texas Sunday and warmer weather with rain was scheduled for the state. The Weather Bureau predicted rain in west and southwest East Texas Monday and warmer temperatures across Central Texas Monday through Wednesday.
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Associated Press
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Central Texas
Austin Weather Bureau
el Paso
Weather Bureau
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Midland
Marfa
Lubbock
Big Spring
Wink
Amarillo
Abilene
Brownsville
Dallas
Houston
San Antonio
Waco
Orange Man Drowned While on Fishing Trip
The body of George M. Hunt a 42 year old man was found floating in Little Cypress Bay on Sunday. An inquest verdict returned accidental death by drowning. Justice of the Peace Will Fountain said Hunt slipped into the water while tying up his boat during a fishing trip near the discovery spot.
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Orange
George M. Hunt
Little Cypress Bay
Justice of the Peace
Will Fountain
Hunt
Fountain
Uvalde Seeks Kidnapper After 10 Month Old Attacked
In Uvalde Texas a 10 month old girl Juanita Gail Lehrman was kidnapped and assaulted Christmas Eve. Texas Rangers highway patrol and local police led a large search with at least 21 officers involved as the infant’s mother Mrs N L Sherman reported the car and cafe scene. The city faced intensified fear as investigators pursued leads on the suspect.
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Uvalde
Texas
Texas Rangers
Uvalde Police
Uvalde County Sheriff's Department
Juanita Gail Lehrman
N. L. Sherman
Pope Pius XII Greets US Officers and Sailors at Vatican
Pope Pius XII Sunday received 500 US naval officers and sailors at the Vatican. Audiences included groups of tourists and priests from the United States, France and other countries. Monday the Pope will greet the diplomatic corps for New Year greetings with heads of delegation received by seniority starting with Colombian Ambassador Carlo Arango Velez.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
United States
France
Carlo Arango Velez
Albanian Premier Attacks Yugoslav Leadership
Albanian Premier Enver Hoxha accused Yugoslavia of aggravating Albania's economy. He said more could be done in economic reconstruction if not for Trotskyist and hostile activity by Yugoslav leadership and its collaborators in Albania.
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London
Enver Hoxha
Yugoslavia
Albania
Intensified Negev Clash Reported by Tel Aviv
Israeli and Egyptian forces clash across the Negev with air and ground fighting spreading south of Nirim and near Rafa. UN observers note heavy bombs and a Gaza front area air raid, while Israel reports similar levels of activity on both sides.
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Israel
United Nations
Nirim
Rafa
Gaza
Haifa
Movie Producer Dies At Beverly Hills Home
Frederic Ullman Jr., 45, a motion picture producer, died at his Beverly Hills home Sunday likely from a heart attack. A Yale graduate in 1925 he had worked in the film industry for two decades.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Frederic Ullman Jr
Yale
Down to brass tacks on North Atlantic Pact talks
Congress may see informal North Atlantic security pact talks this week as diplomats from the United States and six other nations move toward a defense agreement. Leaders in Congress caution against an iron clad military alliance while supporting joint planning and arms assistance to Western Europe within UN framework.
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Congress
State Department
Connally
Texas
Vandenberg
R-Mich
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Eaton
RNJ
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France
Netherlands
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