Breakout Free Of Communist Trap Aids Nanking Defense
110000-strong 12th army group reportedly escaped a two week Red trap on the Suchow front and linked with the sixth army group near Kuchen as weather improves. Conflicting reports on whether Suchow garrison remains trapped. air raids intensify to aid defense of Nanking.
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Nanking
12Th Army Group
Suchow
Associated Press
Harold Milks
Sixth Army Group
Kuchen
12Th
Hankow
Wity
Liu Po-Cheng
Central China
Suhsien
Milks
Chen Yi
Hawi
Suchew
Chen
East China
Pengpu
12Th Army
U S May Send Marine Forces To Shanghai
The government said it is ready to deploy Marines to evacuate about 2,500 American civilians from Shanghai if needed. Undersecretary Lovett noted Americans have been warned to leave and that ships and adequate Marine and naval forces are available to safeguard evacuees and property amid the Communist advance.
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Washington
U. S
Shanghai
Lovett
China
Yangtze Valley
Palestine Arabs Reject Abdullah as Palestine Ruler
The Palestine Arab cabinet declared it cannot approve the Trans-Jordan government’s plan to proclaim King Abdullah sovereign of Palestine. They warned such move would endorse partition of the Holy Land and reflected a broader dispute following Israeli offensives and shifts of Gaza headquarters.
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Cairo
Palestine Arab
Abdullah
Trans-Jordan
Palestine
Holy Net
Gaza
Amman
UN Recognizes Korean Republic in UN supervised elections
The UN political committee approved a resolution endorsing the Republic of Korea in the American zone after elections overseen by a UN commission. Russia opposed, demanding abolition of the commission, while the Australian Chinese American resolution backed the commission and troop withdrawals as soon as practicable. The commission had overseen southern Korea elections leading to Syngman Rhee’s republic.
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Paris
Republic of Korea
United Nations Commission
Russia
United States
Korea
Kuzma Kiselev
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
38Th Parallel
Syngmaik Rhee
Madison painter found slain in Washington hotel
Charles J. Hines a 48 year old Madison Wisconsin painter was found suffocated in his room at the Ambassador hotel Washington. A gag handkerchief and a knotted sheet caused his death. A $1000 diamond ring reported missing suggests possible robbery as motive. Police note Hines had just visited his son at Camp Lejeune and checked in Monday night.
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Washington
Charles J. Hines
Madison
Wis
A. Magruder McDonald
MacDonald
Hines
Hines Alps
Robert Bryant
Ambassador Hotel
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Marine Cpl
George Mines
Washington Evening Star
Heck Of A Good Fire Destroys Automobile In Oregon Street
Copl Bay Oregon Dec 8 P A C McPherson drained gasoline from his car on a downtown street to clean the fuel line. Gasoline ran a full block to the gutter where a lighted match ignited it setting the car ablaze before the fire department arrived. He had no insurance but called it a heck of a good fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copl Bay
Ore
P. A.C
McPherson
Christmas Basket Bequest Delayed by 35 Years
The Salvation Army in Kansas City received a gratitude note from Houston Texas along with a $25 contribution dated 1913. The letter thanks the Salvation Army for a Christmas basket provided that year and preserves a historic act of kindness.
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Kansas City
Salvation Army
Houston
Tex
Rails Push Bid For Rate Hikes
Washington reports the nation's railroads pressing for a quick 13 percent long term freight rate increase with 8 percent immediate rise. NY Central VP Jacob Aronson argues higher revenues are needed to cover costs and fund improvements. Shippers and state railroad regulators oppose urging ICC hearings before any interim rise.
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Washington
Jacob Aronson
New York Central
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Association of State Railroad and Utilities Commissioners
F. G. Hamley
The
National Association
ICC
Hamley
Aronson
New Errol Flynn Drama Ends Big Run in New York
Errol Flynn pleads guilty to disorderly conduct after a taxi incident in New York. He paid 50 dollars for kicking a police officer in the shins and had the charge reduced from third degree assault with the complainant's consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manhattan
Errol Flynn
Flynn
Joseph Bergeles
Bergeles
Robert Graham Wahn
Wahn
Berreies
Kanawha Residents Petition Removal of Mail Route
Kanawha Valley residents protested the proposed discontinuance of two New York Central trains between Charleston and Point Pleasant. Witnesses told the Public Service Commission that loss of passenger service and mail deliveries would follow. The trains connect Charleston with Columbus Ohio and a similar cut in Ohio is before that state’s Utilities commission. The railroad argues the trains lose money and hinder freight. WV commission will decide after Ohio ruling. About two thirds of the mileage lies in Ohio.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha Valley
New York Central Railroad
Point Pleasant
Witneses
Public Service Commission
Columbus
Ohio
Utilities Commission
West Virginia Commission
Ohio Commission
Britain cites Jewish incursions into Trans-Jordan
Britain told the United Nations that Jewish armed forces violated Trans-Jordan borders at least twice though incursions were not sizable. Israel denied the charge via Aubrey Eban and warning followed moving news of a possible unification of Trans-Jordan and Palestine next week.
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Paris
Britain
United Nations
Trans-Jordan
Trans- Jordan
Aubrey S. Eban
Abullah
Cairo
Palestine
Russia
Near East
Israel
Harold Beeley
Security Council
Seven Nation
Palestine Committee
United Kingdom
Beeley
U. N
Ralph Bunche
Bunche
Middle East
Negev Desert
Red Sea
Aqaba
Eban
Negev
Labor Unions Demand Higher Wages and Inflation Action
Washington reports CIO and AFL spokesmen scolding business for high profits and rising prices. They urged a voluntary conference with labor, business, farm and government to curb inflation, supported by Senate and House committee discussions and an AFL proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
CIO
AFL
Marshall Recovery Reported Satisfactory After Kidney Operation
Secretary of State Marshall was reported recovering satisfactorily from yesterday's kidney operation. He was up and sitting in bed, according to a Walter Reed Hospital bulletin at 3:30 p.m. EST. Marshall, nearly 68, faces a prolonged recuperation, and some expect President Truman to consider resignation. Lovett now runs the State Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Marshall
Walter Reed Hospital
Truman
Robert A. Lovett
Jato Assisted Plane Lifts From Wheat Field
In Greenup Illinois a C-47 transport using jet assisted takeoff reached 600 feet on a wheat field runway. Capt James Doolittle Jr piloted the twin engine craft with two jet tanks under the fuselage providing push. The plane had been stranded since Oct 31 after an engine trouble during a Wright Patterson to Tinker Air base flight.
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Greenup
Ill
James Doolittle, Jr
Doolittle
Wright-Patterson Field
Tinker Air Base
Oklahoma
Brooding Gravedigger's Tale May Save Prisoner Life
In Saginaw Michigan a 24 year old gravedigger Herbert L Gulembo confessed to killing Philadelphia writer Kathryn Mellor stating fear of going mad if he stayed silent His tale could lead to a new probe into the case and possibly halt the execution of Bayard Jenkins a 19 year old Philadelphia iceman convicted of the same murder Prosecutors and Jenkins defense plan to pursue a fresh inquiry while Gulembo remains held for questioning
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AFL Executive Council
AFL
Melson H. Cruikshank
Truman
O'Mahoney
D- Wye
Flanders
R-Vi
O’mahoney
Stanley H. Ruttenberg
CIO
Wau AR Wanewae
Herbert L. Gulembo
Gulembo
Kathryn Mellor
Philadelphia
Bayard J. Jenkins
Jenkins
Pon
Robert Nix
Mrs. Mellor
Glembo
Saginaw
Bluefield Seeks Answers After Air Force Planes Fail Bluefield
Bluefield residents expressed anger after promised Air Force planes failed to appear for Pearl Harbor Day Peace Week events. Mayor A Harry West called the lapse an insult and demanded an apology, noting a lone B-36 sighting and no jet over the city despite prior plans and local assurances.
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A. Harry West
Bluefield
Air Force
Jack Adams
Princeton
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Washington
D. C
Air Forces
Shaw Field Information Office
Sumter
S. C
Charleston
Arizona
Adams
Benjamin McElhinney
Chambers Held Evidence For Own Safety
Washington December 8 AP Editor Isaac Don Levine told the House committee that Whittaker Chambers kept stolen U S government papers to use in case of any horror to himself or his family He described a dinner with A A Berle Jr and said Chambers told him the evidence existed but not its location The committee has film and copies from Chambers seized at his Maryland farm after a libel suit against him by Alger Hiss.
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Washington
Isaac Don Levine
Congressional
Whittaker Chambers
U. S
Plain Talk Magazine
House On American Activities
Chambers
A. A. Berle, Jr
Chamber
Berle
Levine
Committee
Robert E. Stripling
Cimrofilm
Communist Party
State Department
Westminster
Baltimore
Bibel
Alger Hiss
Hiss
Department
Rep. Mundt
R-Sd
House Committee
New York
Berlie
Mundt
Bunce A. Lacoin
David Salmon
Salmon
Paper hints at appeasement in 1937 38 dealings
The Daily News reports Whittaker Chambers documents show the United States discussed secret deals with Germany and supported Chamberlain appeasement in 1937 38. The stolen papers allegedly photographed for transmission to Russia include a 1938 note from Cordell Hull to John C. Wiley and maps of German targets.
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New York
The
Daily News
Whittaker Chambers
State Department
Germany
Russia
U. S
Cordell Hull
John C. Wiley
Iran
Wiley
United States
Hitler
Austria
Sumner Welles
John E. Peurifoy
Pastor Must Meditate On California Laws
Los Angeles December 8 A Pasadena minister Rev Harold A Lindsay pleaded guilty to speeding 70 mph driving on Arroyo Seco freeway unsafe lane changes and passing workers. Judge Roger A Pfaff fined him 50 dollars and ordered three days in jail to meditate on attitude toward court and traffic laws.
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Los Angeles
Arroyo Seco
Harold A. Lindsay
Pasadena
Roger A. Pfaff
Mr. Lindsay
Judge Pfaff
Dutch Study Deadlock in Indies Peace Talks
The Hague reports a new stalemate in Dutch Indonesian peace talks as cabinet members meet after a Batavia return. Despite the failure, ministers including D. A. Stikker and E. Stassen suggest proposing a fed eral interim Indonesian government before month end to define powers for the proposed authority.
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Indies
Hague
Netherlands
Batavia
Indonesia
D. A. Stikker
Overseas Territories
E. Stassen
Grocer Slays Family With Baseball Bat
A middle aged grocer in Estill South Carolina killed his wife and two children with a baseball bat at their home. John Bowers 41 waited inside the door and struck Mae 38 Wayne seven and Sandra four. He is held in Hapton County Jail on murder charges.
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Mae
Wayne
Sandra
Deloach
Bowers
Hapton
Burglary Loot Labeled No Earthly Good by Victim
In Chicago on December 84 a burglar stole two men's suits from a parked car and 33 women's burial dresses valued at 300 dollars. Charles Meore of Estelle Dress company quipped the garments are of no earthly good.
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Chicago
Charles Meore
Estelle Dress Company
Meure
Smog Victims Queried By State Investigators
Donora Pennsylvania residents retell experiences of the choking fog that caused 26 deaths and hundreds of illnesses. State, community, and federal health teams conduct house to house interviews as part of a broad probe. A preliminary state report is at the governor and may be released soon.
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Donora
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