Anti Commies Install Own Berlin Mayor
Berlin leaders in the western sectors installed Social Democratic Ernst Reuter as lord mayor amid an anti communist defiance after big turnout in municipal elections boycotted by the communists. Reuter vows to reorganize city government to serve the British American and French sectors and to escalate the airlift.
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Berlin
Ernst Reuter
Reuter
Louise Schroeder
Germany
United States
Clay
West Berlin
East Berlin
Electric Company
Dulles Denounces Communist Tactics in Korea at UN
John Foster Dulles urged UN members to back the Republic of Korea and form a new Korean commission to unify the south with the north under UN supervision. Soviet and Polish delegates opposed the plan, citing arrests and terror in south Korea and accusing the United States of propping a hireling regime.
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Paris
John Foster Dulles
Korea
United Nations
U. S
General Assembly
Dulles
Republic of Korea
Assembly
United States
People’s Democratic Republic
Syngman Rhee
Tadeusz Zebrowski
Poland
Greece
Marshall Kidney Surgery Reported Successful
Secretary of State Marshall underwent major surgery at Walter Reed hospital and was reported to have one kidney removed. The operation was successful with no complications, and he is described as recovering well while under secretary Robert A. Lovett manages the State Department during convalescence.
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Washington
Marshall
Army
Walter Reed Hospital
State Department
President Truman
United Nations
Paris
Truman
Errol Flynn Charged With Kicking Cop
Errol Flynn the film star was arrested in New York after allegedly kicking a police officer in the shin during an incident at the Savoy Plaza hotel. Bail was set at 500 dollars for Flynn to forfeit after his failure to appear at a magistrates court hearing.
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New York
Debonair
Errol Flynn
Savoy Plaza Hotel
Doris I. Byrne
Flynn
Byrne
Faynn
Annexation elections add about twelve thousand residents
In Columbia South Carolina 12000 new citizens were added to the city after last night’s annexation elections. Mayor Frank C. Owens said he was awakened by a call asking him to collect garbage, reflecting the day’s unexpected civic labor.
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Columbia
S. C
Frank C. Owens
GI's Can Sit In On Courts Martial Boards
President Truman signed an executive order allowing buck privates to sit on army courts martial boards after February 1. Previously boards were officers only. Officers still adjudicate officers, but enlisted men can be tried by boards including enlisted members as part of military justice reforms.
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Washington
Truman
Five McDowell Mines Adopt Shorter Work Week
Welch December 7 Five McDowell county pits shift to a five day schedule as Eastern Gas and Fuel and Pocahontas Fuel units join and other operators remain on six days. Seasonal market conditions and replenished stockpiles are cited while Vivian mine and other captive mines are watched for changes.
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Welch
Pocahontas
McDowell County
Keystone
Carswell
Maitland
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Bottom Creek
Jenkin Jones
Pocahontas Fuel
Vivian
Peerless Coal and Coke Company
U. S. Coal and Coke Company
Gary
Olga Company
Coalwood
Caretta
Exodus of Germans from Soviet Zone Grows
General Lucius Clay said about 1,000 Germans daily fled the Soviet zone to western Germany, with estimates of 28,000 to 30,000 per month. Observers cited lagging Soviet economy and fear of a police state as factors. Russian airmen Piragov and Barasov said war with the U.S. seemed likely but Russia could not win amid armed forces discontent.
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Lucius Clay
Germany
U. S
Clay
People's Police
Wiesbaden
Soviet Union
Russia
United States
Peter A. Piragov
Anthony P. Barasov
Augusta
U. S. Airforce
Europe
Moscow
Atomic Energy Plant Production Hopes Set Three Year Mark
David E. Lilienthal, atomic energy commission chairman, said an experimental atomic plant could generate electricity within three years. He noted the first plant would be purely experimental, but within 20 years a sizable share of electricity may come from atomic plants.
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Washington
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Postal Boosts Will Be Asked For Next Year
Postmaster General Donaldson announced that Congress will be asked to raise mail rates for newspapers magazines catalogs and other classes, to cover a $550 million deficit and a $450 yearly wage rise for 500000 postal workers. The plan targets second third and fourth class mail and includes air mail rate adjustments and higher fees for money orders CODs and insured services. President Truman is stated as not yet aware of the proposal but expected to be.
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Washington
Congress
Donaldson
Post Office Department
Truman
White House
Average Stock Prices Fall on Wall Street
The New York Stock Exchange reports the average price per share of all listed stocks fell to 32.56 at the end of November from 35.95 a month earlier. Total market value declined to 65,466,288,296 from 72,185,619,682. As of Nov. 30 there were 1,416 stock issues listed with 2,010,854,747 shares, up from 1,415 issues and 2,007,956,397 shares on Oct. 30.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange Today
Take A Lesson From The Alderman
Alderman Clarence Sibert campaigned by baking a cake for a busy voter and babysat four children while another woman voted. He changed a diaper and then was reelected in Kitchener Ontario elections.
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Kitchener
Ont
Clarence Sibert
Communists Trap Suchow Garrison In Southeast China
Government sources report a 250,000 man Suchow garrison trapped in a tight pocket southwest of Suchow as Communist forces tighten encirclement threats. Chen Yi’s east China armies moved to seal the trap while a Peiping Tientsin drive was noted. The fate of Col. Chiang Wei-Kuo remains uncertain amid renewed Red offensives.
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Nanking
Suchow
China
Peiping- Tientsin
Associated Press
Spencer Moosa
Peiping
Kupehkow Pass
Pehol
Huijsu
Hwai River
Chen Yi
East China
Wawi
Chen
Hawi
Suhsien
12Th Army
San Francisco
No Flood Danger Seen In New Rains
Government meteorologists forecast rain in Virginia with no new flooding expected. The James River stood near eight feet as it recovered from a crest of 21.6 feet, while Route 301 and Route 360 had briefly blocked sections. Minor county roads remained closed and road damage was estimated under 25 thousand dollars. The James River subdivision of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway returned to normal after a two day flood disruption.
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Richmond
Virginia
James River
State Highway Department
Bowling Green
Mattaponi
Here
Pamunkey River
Amia
Louisa
Fluvanna
Buckingham
Highway Department
Washington
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
Pearl Harbor Remembered Seven Years Later at Outpost
At Pearl Harbor the outpost remembers the 1941 attack. O A Greer Kansas City national president of the American War Dads wreaths the sunken Arizona while Pearl Harbor Legion members scatter flowers. Army navy and air force leaders stress unified command and readiness in interviews.
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Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Arizona
O. A. Greer
Kansas City
American War Dads
American Legion Post
Army
Navy
Air Force
Fort Worth
Air
Rent Increases May Be Approved
Honolulu dispatch reports 33 air force survivors saved after 40 hours in the Pacific, found on two life rafts by a search plane. Ensign John son urged one more look. C. M. Killam aided their rescue aboard the Navy Privateer. Washington notes possible controlled 1949 rent hikes with limits. President Truman administration signals restraint on blanket increases while considering leases tied to services.
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Honolulu
Pacific
Steve G. Kona
Hammond
Ind
Seach
Johnston Island
L. R. Johnson
Minneapolis
Johnnie
Kona
C. M. Killam
Pensacola, Fla
Washington
Truman
White House
Tighe Woods
Woods’ Office
Rendova
William R. Calhoun
Birmingham
Ala
Okinawa
Navy
Calhoun
James M. Lane
Lane
New Suspects Sought in Red Spy Case Probe
Washington December 7 AP A bid to locate new suspects in the red spy case followed testimony that the pumpkin papers may have cracked a top secret prewar code. Sumner Welles testified before the House committee as Rep Mundt and Rep Nixon discussed possible names and further witnesses. The probe seeks confidential documents turned over to Whittaker Chambers and implicates a possible Soviet German and Japanese reach.
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Washington
State Department
Sumner Welles
House
American Activities Committee
Rep
Mundt
Nixon
Chambers
New York
Welles
John E. Peurifoy
Pearl Harbor
Maryland
New Hormone Attack on Cancer Hailed by Sloan Kettering
New York December 7 Sloan Kettering Institute announces a new cancer attack using hormones to halt disease by altering blood substances. Researchers note hormones circulate in blood and may change before cancer appears. Early work aims to restore normal blood chemistry and suppress tumor growth with artificial hormones.
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New York
Sloan-Kettering Institute For Cancer Research
Sloan-Kettering
Farmer Amputates Hand With Pocket Knife
Dale Wann a 43 year old farmer in Kingman Ind amputated his left hand with his pocket knife after it was caught in a corn picker. Alone in the field he severed the limb to free himself and, bleeding, walked home. His wife drove him to a Danville Illinois hospital and doctors said his condition was good.
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Kingman
Ind
Dale Wann
Wann
Danville
Ill
Noise Halts Building of Texas Theater
In Brownsville Texas December 7 1950 a theater project halted by a noise dispute. Builder and apprentice jailed briefly after a courthouse upset by power saw noise. Judge Hannay ordered silence and warned the workers to stop making noise.
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Texas Theater
Brownsville
William Wilder, Jr
Wilder
Allen B. Hannay
U.S
Wiaer
William Kimbrough
Hannay
Dallas
Doug Makes It Plain He'll Wait On Court
General MacArthur said Tojo and six others condemned to hang will not face the gallows until the U S supreme court acts likely on December 16. Headquarters officers were surprised the court agreed to hear appeals from two of the seven on that date.
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Doug
Tokyo
MacArthur
Hideki Tojo
U. S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Truman To Receive Madame Chiang Friday
President Truman will host Madame Chiang Kai-shek at tea next Friday ten days after her arrival to seek U S aid for China. White House secretary Charles G Ross noted she arrives with Mrs George C Marshall and will join the Trumans at five o clock.
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Washington
Truman
Chiang Kai-shek
U. S
China
Charles G. Ross
White House
Chiang
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Leeburg
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Ohio
St. Francis Hospital
McDowell
Wall Street
John E. Hull
Hawaii
America
Robert F. Travis
Pacific Air Force Command
Maxwell Air Force Base
Montgomery
R-Calif
Alger Hiss
Hiss
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