US Rushing Marines and Navy Aid to China in Crisis
US announces Marines and a 12 ship task force at Tsingtao to assist Chinese forces and evacuate Americans. Admiral Badger and Admiral Forrestal outlined advisory roles and potential evacuation actions as 3,600 Marines and 624 Americans remain in the region. The plan follows public law 512 and ongoing diplomacy with Chiang Kai-shek’s government.
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Mott
Congress
Oscar C. Badger
Western Pacific
Ao Tsingtao
Tsingtao
China
Yellow Sea
Forrestal
State Department
North China
Shanghai
China Port
Shanghai- Nanking
Truman to hold White House review on China crisis
Forrestal heads to Washington for a White House briefing with Secretary Marshall and Harriman as China’s crisis dominates drift toward a new US policy. Truman plans no special session but may urge action by Congress in January. Forrestal has told Truman he will resign sometime, while Rayburn expected to return as Speaker.
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Lovett
China
Chiang Kai- Shek
Truman
Marshal
Chiang
Key West
Fla
Gen. Chiang
United States
Greece
Wellington Koo
Marshall
White House
ECA
Harriman
Washington
Charles G. Ross
Forrestal
Congress
Democratic Congress
Europe
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Secretary of State
Dock Workers Demand 50 Cent Hour Pay Rise
Shipping concerns faced furloughs while coal and oil shipments continued. The ILA pressed for a 50 cent hourly wage increase as its Atlantic division leader warned against communist attempts to exploit the strike. The rejected settlement would raise day pay from 1.75 to 1.85 and night overtime from 2.62 1 2 to 2.77 1 2.
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Harry R. Hasselgren
ILA
Atlantic
Baltimore
Murder Suspect Wounded After Shootout In Glenvis
Ernest Decker, 25, was found seriously wounded in his home after officers, fired upon for more than two hours, pursued him in connection with the fatal shooting of his father Elmer Decker, 52. Sheriff Worthy Wood says the suspect apparently shot himself with a .22 rifle. A small boy, son of Mr and Mrs Albert Litchie, was hit by a ricocheting bullet from the house.
Smugglers Shanghai Pigs With Whiskey
At the Belgian German border customs officers report foiling a pork smuggling scheme. They used prodding to test for contraband hogs but three pigs did not flinch, revealing they had been lulled into silence with alcohol. The smugglers confessed to the scheme.
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Bon
Germany
Belgium
Plow Evolution Marks First Great Farming Advance
The article notes the shift from hoe to plow as the initial major mechanical advance in agriculture. It frames the plow as a pivotal development transforming farming methods and productivity.
Fresh Allied Armies Push Toward Central China Rail Line
Xiang troops report four army groups marching 180 miles from Hankow toward the Suzhou Nanking railway. Communist Liu Po-Cheng and Chen Yi bear the main burden at Suchow while Huang Wei's forces swing eastward. Air power blunts the Red onslaught as Huang Po-Tao's Seventh Army holds a stubborn east flank.
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Nanking
Suhsien
12Th
Pai Chung- Hsi
Central China
Hankow
Pais
Liu Po-Cheng
Liu
East China
Chen Yi
Associated Press
San Francisco
Henan
Huang Wei
Huang Po-Tao
Seventh Army Group
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