Allies Challenge Berlin Measures in Western Note
Western powers refused to be bound by further Soviet moves in Berlin and warned they could take counter steps. They notified Juan Bramuglia, head of the neutral bloc, that any Berlin currency plan must heal the city split and that a separate Communist city government complicates solutions. The Bramuglia committee opens its first session amid debates on Israel’s U N admission with Arab opposition looming.
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Paris
Berlin
Juan Bramuglia
Argentina
U. N. Security Council
Security Council
State Department
Washington
Lovett
Bramuglia
Committee of
Soviet Union
China
Canada
Colombia
Syria
Belgium
Trygve Lie
Russia
Britain
United States
France
U. N. Assembly
Israel
U. N
New Protestant Council Formed To Unite Many Denominations
The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America moved toward forming a National Council of Churches of Christ in the U S A that would include almost all Protestant denominations while preserving each group's autonomy. Delegates at the Federal Council's 40th anniversary convention authorized the executive council to decide how many denominations must approve merger before joining the National Council.
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Cincinnati
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
National Council of Churches of Christ
Federal Council
National Council
Foreign Missions Conference of North America
International Council of Religious Education
Missionary Education Moveemnt
United States
Canada
National Protestant Council On Higher Education
United Council of Church Women
United Stewardship Council
Executive Council
County Clerk Alters Subpoenas in Divorce Case
Subpoenas issued by Circuit Clerk Karl E. Rothrock returned by mail with the note greetings reconciled. The documents, related to a divorce suit, began with greetings a term familiar to draftees under the selective service act.
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Louisville, Ky
Karl E. Rothrock
Rothrock
Madame Chiang Kai Shek visits Washington to seek aid
Madame Chiang Kai Shek arrived in Washington to press the nationalist cause for firmer American backing against communists. Ambassador Wellington Koo urged timely help as China faces a communist advance toward Nanking. White House and State Department offered no appointment, while Senator Connally signaled openness to hear from her.
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Washington
Chiang Kai Shek
China
Wellington Koo
Nanking
Koo
New York
All Asia
United States
Freedom
Kee
China Institute
Chiang
Leesburg
Marshall
Terra Firma
Mrs. Marshall
Madame Chang
Truman
Shanghai
Charles G. Ross
Madame Chiang
State Department
Robert A. Lovell
Tom Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Berlin confronts Communist rallies as power split deepens
Western Berlin witnesses a violent clash as Communist hecklers disrupt a nautical rally while Soviet sector factions install a new Red regime. Police and social democrats eject rowdies. eastern Berlin braces for further political upheaval with the city hall in dispute over leadership.
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Berlin
Neukolin
Friedrich Ebert
Doctors Reject National Health Insurance Plan
In St. Louis on December 1 the American Medical association delegates rejected a Blue Cross Blue Shield national health insurance proposal. They backed a national enrollment agency to coordinate prepaid plans, opposed compulsory medical insurance, and criticized rebates while supporting medical service plans to reduce costs.
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St. Louis
American Medical Association
House of Delegates
Blue Cross
Hospital Insurance Group
Blue Shield
Blue Shield Health Service, Inc
Department of Justice
The
Medical Medical Association
House
Veteran Administration
Veterans Hospitals
Government Eyes Higher Milk and Food Output
Washington reports the government urges farmers to boost milk and poultry production and several vegetables while aiming to curb wheat and potato planting to avoid surpluses. It notes Americans now have 14 percent more food than prewar 1935 39 and highlights a 17 percent boost in the 1949 spring pig crop with record food exports of 19 347 000 tons last year.
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Agricultural Department
Virginia Births Decline While Deaths Rise in 1948
Virginia reports a drop in births from 67 184 to 65 270 between January and October, a 3 914 decrease. Deaths total 23 882 in 1948, up 268 from 1947. Marriage licenses fall to 31 003 through October, down 2 337 from 33 380. Divorces rise to 5 755 in 1948 from 5 593 in 1947.
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Richmond
Virginia Bureau of Vital Statistics
Janary
Virginia
Du Pont Unveils Orlon New Fabric Fiber
Du Pont reveals orlon a new fiber with potential broader use than nylon or rayon. Dr Joseph B Quig of E I du Pont says orlon continuous filament yarn is the most silk like synthetic fiber and orlon staple is the most wool like. Applications include window curtains shades rainwear umbrella fabric outdoor wear sports clothing dress shirts and tricot fabrics.
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New ‘York
du Pont Company
Orlon
Joseph B. Quig
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co
Rayon Department
American Association of Textile Technologists
Quiz
Quig
Orion
Rita Hayworth Finalizes Divorce From Orson Welles
Rita Hayworth obtained her final divorce decree from Orson Welles in Los Angeles. She had no reconciliation in the year since their November 10 1947 interlocutory split and now pursues marriage plans with Aly Khan.
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Los Angeles
Rita Hayworth
Orson Welles
Beauty
Aly Khan
India
California
Welles
Royall Plans European Inspection Tour of Occupation Forces
Army Secretary Royall will depart December 11 for Paris and visit Berlin Frankfurt Heidelberg Vienna Trieste Athens and Ankara this month. He will meet American officials and military advisory chiefs in Greece and Turkey to observe occupation activities firsthand.
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Washington
Royall
Europe
London
Paris
United States
Berlin
Frankfurt
Heidelburg
Vienna
Trieste
Athens
Ankara
Greece
Turkey
Bell system seeks $240 million annual rate hike
American Telephone and Telegraph and Bell subsidiaries filed state applications totaling $240 million per year for new rate increases covering 29 states. If approved in full these hikes would average about 22 percent locally and 17 percent including interstate long distance, with the aim of offsetting higher costs and planned network expansion.
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New York
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Bell System
Bell
A. T
A. T. and T
A. T. and
Chummy Employee Allegedly Broke Up Domestic Life
Ernest W. Krause testified in Wheeling circuit court that his business and home life suffered when former sales manager Elwin H. Schnitzler, 43, grew too close to Krause’s wife Mrs Krause. Krause, 71, president of Wheeling Machine Products, seeks 100000 ation of affections damages. a related suit by Mrs Schnitzler for 250000 was settled out of court after trial began.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Ernest W. Krause
Elwin H. Schnitzler
Krause
Wheeling Machine Products Company
Alienation of Affections Action Aginst Schnitzler
Schnitzler
Russell Goodwin
Maryland Town Becomes Christmas Center Under Santa Claus
Washington reports Santa Claus arrives with press agent Harry H. Heim. Heim built Savage Maryland into a Christmas town selling 2.5 million dollars of trinkets annually and bought Savage for 400000 to create a holiday village with reindeer, an animated circus, Swiss village, and a crooked roof Crazy Town. The project aims to keep Santa at the north pole.
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Maryland
Santa Claus
Washington
Santa
Harry H. Heim
Santa Heim
Heim
California
San Diego
North Pole
Raiders invade strike factories in Kalamazoo
About 300 raiders attacked two Shakespeare plants in Kalamazoo while the CIO USW strike continued. They smashed equipment and set a milk truck afire injuring seven, including a sergeant. Gov. Sigler sent state police to monitor the scene as raiders fled in a 40-car caravan.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Michigan
Howard Hoyt
CIO United Steel
Shakespeare Companies
Kim Sigler
Lansing
Donald S. Leonard
Usw-Cio
Glenn E. Eigman
Fire destroys store and post office in Esksdale West Virginia
A fast moving blaze in Esksdale Kanawha county W V destroyed a Wyatt Coal store and the post office injuring Marmet volunteer James W Noe. The fire damaged two large kerosene tanks and threatened the Chesapeake and Ohio railway station. Estimated losses exceed 62000 with strong boxes saved from both buildings.
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Esksdale
W. Va
Kanawha County
E. C. Burke
Marmet
Chesapeake and Ohio
Burke
Wyatt Coal Company
James W. Noe
Charleston
Coal Company
Three Years Paid For Threats Against President Truman
Dennis E. Porter 20 of Mount Hermon Louisiana pleaded guilty to threatening the life of President Truman in a letter to the White House. He was sentenced to three years in federal prison and told Judge Herbert Christenberry he still intends to carry out the threat while remaining detained for a prior defamation of character sentence.
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New Orleans
Dennis E. Porter
Truman
White House
Porter
Mount Hermon
U. S
Herbert Christenberry
Thomas Bradney
Franklinton
United States
Syrian Cabinet Resigns Amid Damascus Riots
In Damascus three people were killed and 42 injured as troops clashed with mobs demanding the Palestine war. Premier Jamil Mardam Bey resigned amid parliamentary uproar as protests against Abdullah's policies mounted and discussions of a larger Syria circulated.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Damascus
Jamil Mardamev
Jericho
Abdullah
Trans-Jordan
Arab Palestine
Jamil Mardam Bey
Syria
Four Children Die In Iowa Farm Fire
Four children aged eight months to four years burned to death when a small two room Cherokee farm home was destroyed by a blaze. The Duvall children Robert Linda Mae Sharon Lee and Mike perished while five siblings attended local schools. The parents were away and origin of the fire remained unknown.
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Cherokee
Iowa
Charles Duvall
Robert
Linda Mae
Sharon Lee
Mike
Fred Duvall
Ottumwa
Greeks Yugoslavs Push Peace Plan On Borders
A Greek official said Greece and Yugoslavia are close to a plan to keep peace along their borders. Final steps depend on settlements with Bulgaria and Albania. UN mediation aims to limit border clashes and establish cooperative border traffic control.
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Paris
Greece
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Bulgaria
Albania
United Nations
U. N. General Assembly
China Rushes To Prepare New Defenses
Nanking braces as 350,000 government troops are trapped south of Suchow with a nascent river line dug along the Hwai river. Officials fear for Nanking while diplomats prepare for a possible move to Canton and an auxiliary capital.
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China
Suchow
Nanking
Souchow
Shanghai
Canton
South China
Hwai River
Pengpu
Yangtze
Chen Yi
East China
Lucknow
Thirteenth Army
Twelfth
Fengpu
Tang En- Po
Shanghai-Nanking
Wusih
Shanenai
Europe Sees Relief as Fog Thins Across Continent
A sun broke through fog across Europe easing travel delays. The Queen Elizabeth Queen Mary and Aquitania set sail from Southampton for New York and Halifax, while Allied airlift to Berlin resumed limited runs before fog halted landings again. Denmark reported clear skies and Britain expected fog to return tomorrow.
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London
Europe
Southampton Harbor
New York
Halifax
Berlin
Denmark
Arabs Scream At Jewish Bid In UN
Paris reports Australia failed in a bid to secure UN Security Council approval for Israel's membership. The council planned to meet the next day amid doubt over any decision. Syrians Faris El Houri warned admission would force a revision of Arab states positions in the United Nations. The six Arab nations Egypt Syria Lebanon Yemen Saudi Arabia and Iraq would reconsider their UN membership.
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Paris
Australia
United Nations
Israel
U. N. Security Council
Council
Faris el- Houri
Syria
U. N
World Organization
Egypt
Lebanon
Yemen
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
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