Truman to Discuss Aid for China With Madame Chiang
President Truman said he will discuss possible U S aid to China with Madame Chiang Kai-shek at a Blair House tea tomorrow He gave no inkling of his views and noted no further talks are guaranteed Beijing’s Bevin warned Britain cannot help materially The Chinese seek 3 billion over three years and a top US general to lead nationalist troops The president also addressed the Un American Activities Committee and the St Lawrence seaway project status
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Capitol Hill
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Maritime Commission
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Senate
Vandenberg
R-Mich
1948 Presidential Election Totals and Turnout Analysis
Washington reports the 1948 presidential vote totaling 48,680,009 with ballots cast reaching 49,363,391 due to states voting more for local races than president. Truman won 304 electoral votes over Dewey while Thurmond carried four states, with Truman’s national share 49.5 percent and a 2.13 million plurality.
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Truman
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Edward A. Teichert
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Farrell Dobbs
Socialist Workers
Dewey
Texas
Missouri
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Stone Fragments Kill Elk Garden Youth
In Elk Garden community Lebanon Virginia Carl W Holmes 18 died after fragments from a 35 pound grindstone struck him while sharpening tools at a home workshop on the Harry C Stuart farm. He died of shock with jaw and collarbone injuries and a severed artery.
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Henry Holmes
Elk Garden Community
R S. Gillespie
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Harry C. Stuart
Writer Pettitt Found Dead Aboard Yacht in California
Wilfred Pettitt a 38 year old screenwriter was found dead aboard his Newport Beach yacht wearing a blue and white sunsuit girdle and red shoes. Police said it was unclear if death was suicide or accident and considered the scene possibly a staged drama. Pettitt born in Liverpool England had worked as a Columbia contract writer since 1942 and authored plays poems and film scripts including The Swordsman The Walls Came Tumbling Down The Bandit of Sherwood Forest A Thousand and One Nights and entries in the Whistler series.
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Newport Beach
Calif
Wilfred Prettitt
R. R. Hodgkinson
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Betty
Liverpool
England
Columbia Studio
Sherwood Forest
Debating Maltese MP Collapses and Dies
In Valetta on December 9 Dr. Frederico Maempel a Nationalist MP collapsed during a debate on a bill requiring doctors to report infectious diseases and died after being ruled out of the session.
Navy Vet Killed Near Gate City
Benford Brickley 25 of Fort Blackmore Va. was shot and killed near Gate City last night. Scott County sheriff B J Pendleton said a local man is held for investigation. Brickley, a five year Navy veteran discharged 18 months ago and a 1941 Shu maker High School athlete, died from a small caliber pistol wound to the chest and shoulder at Brady Kinkead home near Fort Blackmore.
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Benford Brickley
Fort Blackmore
Scott County
B. J. Pendleton
Brady Kinkead
Brickley
Navy
Shumaker High School
Power Failure Darkens Cleveland Section
A fire at a Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. plant caused a blackout in downtown Cleveland and the east side. Residents heard a small explosion before the outage, which began at 9 57 p m EST and lasted for 50 minutes, followed by brief restored service and another 13 minute outage.
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Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co
Ionia man breaks leg after ladder fall at dinner
John Leland of Orleans Michigan an electrician was to prepare flapjacks for a Banner Grange dinner in Ionia He promised to have them ready by 630 pm but fell from a ladder en route to the Grange hall His right leg was broken and treated at Butterworth hospital Grand Rapids
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Ionia
Mich
John Leland
Orleans
Banner Grange
Grange Hall
Leland
Butterworth Hospital
Grand Rapids
Senate Seeks Full Facts on Europe Aid Before Marshall Plan Funds
Senate leaders said they want a full report on European recovery before authorizing more billions for Marshall plan aid. Connally and Vandenberg discussed funding steps and hearings as ECA plans two separate requests to extend aid through June 1950 and beyond.
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Senate
Congress
Connally
D-Tex
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Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
ECA
Howard Bruce
Paul G. Hoffman
Snow and Sleet Reported Across Virginia Regions
Virginia sees near freezing temperatures as light snow covers Gordonsville Lynchburg Richmond and Charlottesville. Sleet forms in east central areas while road conditions remain largely normal with flurries in Richmond and forecasts of more snow mixed rain before night.
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Bomber Catches Pearl Harbor Radar Napping
The B 36 a long range bomber reportedly flew from Fort Worth over 8000 miles to an ocean target near Honolulu on the seventh anniversary of Pearl Harbor. Officials said no radar or radio contact was made and withheld details of its proximity to Pearl Harbor as the Strategic Air Command calls the mission a forerunner of future over water flights.
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U.N. setback for Israel amid Palestine talks and Faluga tensions
Paris Dec. 9 Israel faced a double setback as the U.N. Security Council cancelled a planned meeting on its bid for UN membership while a Palestine conciliation plan awaited assembly action. A separate Palestine committee delayed talks to allow neutrals to review troop movements near Faluga and the Negev. Israeli sources spoke of a staged troop release for 1,200 Egyptians trapped at Faluga as negotiations continued.
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Edgar Bergen Announces Temporary Radio Retirement
Hollywood reports Edgar Bergen will retire temporarily from radio after the December 26 broadcast. He cites industry flux and recent sponsor loss by Standard Brands, with Coca Cola sponsorship failing. Bergen hints at fewer appearances or alternating with another star, amid NBC’s shifting Sunday lineup.
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Standard Brands
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Charlie McCarthy
Mortimer Snerd
NBC
Jack Benny
CBS
Fred Allen
V-2 Rocket Soars 67 Miles Into Sky
At White Sands Proving Ground on December 9 the army launched a V-2 rocket to 67 miles, its highest for weather data. Ground cameras captured the smoke trail to study upper stratosphere winds and movements below 200000 feet. A shadowgraph photographed shock waves as the missile flew nearly 3000 mph.
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White Sands Proving Ground
N. M
Army
Seven Die In Kansas Power Plant Blast
A series of explosions rocked the Kansas Power and Light main plant near Topeka killing seven workers and injuring 17. Rescue crews faced thick smoke and gas as they searched for missing laborers while power was restored to the region.
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L. L. Bacher
Earl Yocum
Sheahan
Rendebaugh
Robert Parker
Army to send officials to Bluefield over Peace Week air row
Lt. Col. George Rockman of the West Virginia Military District told Mayor A. Harry West by phone that Army representatives will visit Bluefield within a day to clear up the air show disappointment. He blamed the Air Force for the missing planes during Peace Week and noted only a late B 36 arrived after the event ended.
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Blufeield
Bluefield
Air Force
Military District
U S Stands by Decision on Japan Industry Reforms
The United States abandoned its plan to break up Japan's zaibatsu through FEC 230, citing it as outmoded and largely fulfilled by Gen. Douglas MacArthur and the Tokyo government. MacArthur said dissolution and broader income ownership remain objectives, with speed-ups credited to the occupation policy.
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Four Shot To Death In Railway Shop
Four Northern Pacific railroad shop men including the superintendent were killed by a fellow worker who then killed himself. Victims were T R Williams, W L Butler, Arthur Buhrman and Joseph T Murray. The shooter J J Hill, a stationary engineer with 25 years on the railroad, died by suicide after the killings following a dispute over work assignments.
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St. Paul. Minn
Northern Pacific Railroad
Camplove
T. R. Williams
W. L. Butler
Arthur Buhrman
Joseph T. Murray
J. J. Hill
Missouri Students Stage Demonstration at Missouri
Missouri students staged a mass demonstration at the University of Missouri in Columbia aimed at delaying Christmas break. They disrupted classes for about three hours and burned a Christmas tree from Jesse Hall, facing possible disciplinary actions for rule violations. Estimates of participants ranged from about 500 to more, within a campus of roughly 10,000 students. Deans planned to assign negative hours for unexcused absences as action. The protest sought vacation to begin December 18 rather than December 23.
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University of Missouri
Frederick Middlebush
Jesse Hall
Alrger
Warm Weather Reduces Hard Coal Sales Nationwide
Unseasonal warmth in November cut commercial demand for hard coal by 8 000 tons across all users. Anthracite production for the first 11 months of 1948 reached about 49 700 000 tons, up 220 000 tons from a year earlier, a 0.5 percent rise.
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Wilkes-Barre
Anthracite Institute
Women Hurt In Row At Union Meeting
In Huntington West Virginia two Sylvania Electric Workers Union members were injured at a CIO United Electrical Workers local meeting. Steve Rosner said the event followed a petition drive while Mildred Turner led the local. Leonard Mollett was arrested on felonious assault charges and bond was posted awaiting a hearing.
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W. Va
Sylvania Electric Products Co
CIO United Electrical Workers
Mildred Turner
608
Steve Rosner
Miss Turner
Frieda Christian
Betty Jean Dean
Leonard Mollett
Ted R. Day
Miss Christian
Mollett
Hungarian Premier Quits After Reprimand
Lajos Dinnyes resigned as Hungary's premier after a reprimand from the Smallholders party. He faced charges over careless handling related to double dealers, tied to the flight of Finance Minister Miklos Nyarady. Istvan Dobi, the party chairman, will be appointed premier with cabinet resignations to follow.
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Hungary
Lajos Dinnyes
Smallholders
Dinnyes
Miklos Nyaraddy
Bouregois
Istvan Dobi
Muleocrat Tag Hung On Demo Official
Maury Maverick accuses Wright Morrow of Texas of being a muleocrat who should resign. The Texas Democratic Executive Committee voted 46 to 4 to replace Morrow with Byron Skelton of Temple, amid disputes over whether removal power rests with state or national party officials.
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Maury Maverick
Texas
Wright Morrow
Maverick
Democratic
Morrow
Byron Skelton
Temple
Tex
Party
Spy Probers Spurn Truman Hear Witness
The Truman administration urged house investigators to step aside in the spy hunt but the committee rejected the request. Witness Henry Julian Wadleigh refused to answer most questions citing possible incrimination, linking to Whittaker Chambers charges about a third man. The dispute over who directs the investigation persisted as Attorney General Clark cautioned against premature publicity.
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Justice Department
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New York
Henry Julian Wadleigh
State Department
Wadleigh
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
U. S
Chambers
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Appleton
Wise
Tom Clark
Mundt
Waldeigh
Transport Workers Ban Left Wing Officials in Purge
The Transport Workers Union barred Communists and supporters from holding union office and adopted a wage plan of 2 dollars an hour for a 40 hour week. The move accompanied a sweeping purge of left wing elements and goals for pensions welfare funds vacations and holidays. The convention gave TWU president Michael J. Quill and the executive board power to remove those who fail to follow instructions.
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Transport Workers Union
CIO
United Steel Workers
TWU
Michael J. Quill
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