Prisoners Freed by Chinese Communists Amid War News
Twenty seven American prisoners of war were released three miles behind the Yongbyon line after a 60 mile trip from Pyoktong on the Manchurian border. They reported they were well treated and that two American doctors aided them. A Chinese woman interpreter said the Reds would defend hydroelectric works to the death and that negotiations were restricted as top secret. The escape occurs as UN forces advance toward the Siberian border and Chongjin.
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Yongbyon
Pyoktong
Manchurian
38Th Parallel
MacArthur Line
Yalu River
Korea
Manchuria
Eighth Regiment
First Cavalry Division
Unsen
United Nations
Siberian
Northeast
Chongjin
Huichon
Onjong
Fifth Air Force
Tokyo
Seoul
Two Held in Plot Against Truman
Two high officials of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party, Julio Pinto Gandia and Juan Bernardo Lebron, were arrested in New York on conspiracy to assassinate President Truman. U S authorities say they directed two assailants who tried to enter Blair House during the attack.
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New York
Secret Service
Truman
Irving H. Saypol
Julio Pinto Gandia
Nationalist Party
Juan Bernardo Lebron
Frederick H. Block
Gandia
Lebron
Blair House
Puerto Rico
Black
Griselio Torresola
Oscar Collazo
Saypol
Carmen Torresola
Rosa Collars
Torresola
Justice Department accuses US Communist Party of Soviet control
The Justice Department filed the first Subversive Activities Control Act petition against the Communist Party USA. It alleges the party is controlled by the Soviet government and orders registration, disclosure of funding, and member lists. The action targets William Z Foster and Gus Hall at the New York headquarters.
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Washington
Justice Department
Communist Party of the
United States
Russia
Department
New
Subversive Activities Control Board
J. Howard McGrath
New York City
East 12Th Street
William Z. Foster
Gus Hall
McGrath
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Communist International
Moscow
Aggies to Face Georgia in Presidential Cup Game
City officials spar over sewer or water tax phrasing. Also announced is a December 9 Presidential Cup clash between Texas A&M and Georgia in Washington, terms agreed Wednesday. A Texas pecan crop update appears with prices and yields.
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Glass
Seaholm
Texas Aggies
Georgia
Washington
Texas
Reuben
Feared Dead In Plane Crash
Twenty one people are believed dead after a chartered DC3 crashed into Mount Moran near Moran Wyoming. The mission crew carried eight children four women and nine men including three crew members. The flight from Chico California to Billings Montana was bound for South America for New Tribes Mission work. A ground party began ascent as locals reported a glowing fuselage and a distant fire in the mountains.
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Moran
Wyo
Mount Moran
New Tribes Mission
Rocky Peak
Billings
Mont
Chico
Calif
South America
Venezuela
Idaho Falls
Ida
Teton Park
Paul Judge
Clarence Harris
Negotiations Continue In Houston Bus Strike
Negotiations continued in Houston on the 19th day of a city bus strike with both the Houston Transit Company and the CIO Union of Drivers agreeing to issue no statements except through a federal mediator.
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Houston
Houston Transit Couny
CIO Union Os
Duval County vote voided. Reams certified judge
Secretary of State John Ben Shepperd nullified Duval County votes after a write-in surge for A. J. Vale in the 79th District race. Sam G. Reams Jr. was officially declared elected judge with 5 206 votes, amid an unprecedented Texas action. Governor Shivers and Shepperd signed the election certificate.
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Duval
John Ben Shnepperd
Duval County
A. J. Vale
Allan Shivers
Shepperd
Sam G. Reams Jr
Dave Cheavens
Mackoy
Two Killed as B36 Bomber Crashes Near Fort Worth
A crippled B36 bomber fighting homeward on three engines crashed 25 miles south of Fort Worth killing two airmen who parachuted from the plane. Twelve others were injured, with the most serious a broken leg. Captain Horace Stewart and Captain James H. Yeungst identified as the dead.
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Fort Worth
Here
Carswell Air Force Base
Eighth Air Force
Horace Stewart
Philadelphia
Miss
James H. Yeungst
Mount Holly Springs
Air Force
Matagordia Island
Texas
W. O.tt
Connally Air Force Base
Ware
Carswell
British Columbia
Cheburne
Cleburne
Stewart
Yeungst
Fort
Tennessee to play Texas in Cotton Bowl clash
Tennessee accepts Cotton Bowl invitation to face Texas on January 1. Coach Bob Neyland’s Volunteers, 8 of 9 this season, will meet Texas after negotiations with Cotton Bowl officials. Gate receipts around 125000 per team and 75349 tickets were sold for the game.
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Dallas
University of Tennessee
Ka of Texas
Texas
Volunteers
Bob Neyland
Texas A&m
Neyland
Joe C. Thompson Jr
Cotton Bowl Athletic Association
Tennessee
D. X. Bible
Blair Cherry
University of Texas
Thompson
Vols
Rice
North Carolina
Charley Moran
Centre
Praying Colonels
Kentucky
Vanderbilt
Union Injunction Fight Renewed in Houston Hearings
The Brown and Root Inc dispute with organized labor returns to court after an attempt at a temporary injunction agreement failed. Attorneys计划 resume in Houston Monday as unions rebuff what they call a trap while Brown and Root insists the order would bar picketing and boycotts in breach of anti trust laws.
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Brown and Root Inc
Izon
Houston
Herman Brown
Austin
98Th District Court
Charles C. Betts
Brown
Root
Everett Looney
Looney
Brown and Root
AFL
Disaster on Long Island becomes railway history worst wreck
A Long Island Railroad passenger train crashed into the rear of another on Thanksgiving Eve, killing at least 75 people and injuring more than 125. Chief Inspector Joseph A. Curry led rescue efforts as authorities awaited identifications and the scale of the disaster became one of the worst in New York State. About 2100 to 2300 passengers were aboard both trains, many standing in aisles.
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Long Island
New York
Joseph A. Curry
New York State
Randy Wyman
Curry
Rockville Center
New York City
Howard Austin
Times Square
Kew Gardens
Queens Borough
Hempstead
Babylon
William Moon
Winter storm sweeps Texas Panhandle and West Texas
A severe cold wave and potential snow threaten the Panhandle and West Texas as temperatures plunge across North Central and South Texas by Friday. Forecasters warn of subfreezing lows, hard freezes, and possible snow, with wide variations across regions from the Panhandle to East Texas.
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Panhandle
West Texas
South
Texas
US Weather Bureau
Austin
South Plains
East Texas
US US Weather Bureau
Ming
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth Bomb Kills Couple and Threats Follow
In Fort Worth on a November morning two people died when a bomb hidden in their car exploded. A neighbor, Leroy Tracy Eggleston, found a jar of explosive in his own vehicle later that morning, suspected to be from the same group. Carswell Air Force Base demolition experts defused and buried the jar in a field, preventing further harm.
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Fort Worth
Nelson Harris
Leroy
Tracy) Eggleston
Harris
Nouth
US Highway 1
Eggleston
Jewelryman
S. D. Dickerson
Dickerson
Carswell Air Force Base
Tracy
Carswell
Fred G. Alden
Richard J. Luck
John Finch
Luck
Eagleston
Prisoner Hangs Self In Houston City Jail
Raymond L. Gonzales a 36 year old man hanged himself in the Houston city jail Tuesday night about 30 minutes after being arrested on a drunkenness charge. He was taken into custody by police earlier that evening.
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Houston City
Houston
Raymond L. Gonzales
Hickenlooper calls for extensive State Department housecleaning
Senator Hickenlooper demanded a thorough cleansing of the State Department including Secretary Acheson and policy making aides. He criticized administration and foreign policy on China Formosa and Korea, accusing the administration of unrealism and missteps while pledging to consult with Republicans. Acheson defended collaboration with GOP leaders and rejected uprooting U.S. foreign policy.
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Washington
Hickenlooper
State Department
Acheson
Lews
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Secy
Sen. Hickenlooper
Taft
Ohio
Administration
China
Mosa
Korea
Sen
Acheson Press Briefing Highlights Global Tensions
In a news conference dominated by domestic politics, Secretary Acheson outlined progress on Yugoslav aid, discussed potential border settlements, and clarified comments on Soviet air bases in Tibet. He cautioned against overinterpreting West German electoral results as a German stance on rearmament.
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Congress
State Department
Acheson
Yugoslavia
White House
Lake Success
New Delhi
New York Times
Soviet Union
Tibet
India
Pakistan
Secy. Acheson
Hesse
Wuerttemberg-Baden
Secy
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Constance Kretschmar Mock
Chicago
Associated Press
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