Pauley Defends Market Trading Amid Speculation Claims
Edwin W. Pauley testified before the Senate committee that his 1940s commodity futures trading was proper and ethical and said he had liquidated most holdings since Sept. 3 while serving as special assistant to Royall. He estimated stakes at under a million dollars and emphasized losses of over $100,000 if he had kept holdings.
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Washington
Edwin W. Pauley
Capitol Bill
Pauley
Army
Royall
Nate Appropriations Committee
Assails
Truman
Democratic National Committee
Ohio
Army Department
Senate
Young GOP Opens Clarksburg Meet in WV
A GOP national committee spokesman told editors the current inflation is the worst in U S history and will shape the next election. He blamed government spending and taxes of 15 years, criticized OPA as scarcity driven, and urged production and private enterprise.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Republican National Committee
U. S
George Benson
GOP National Committee
Young Republican League of West Virginia
Benson
OPA
Clarence A. Peters
Republican Open Forums
State Senate
House of Delegates
National Centcrman
Molotov Attacks Threaten Breakup of London Conference
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov launched an hour long attack during the London foreign ministers conference accusing the western powers of profiting from Germany and planning to perpetuate Germany division. Marshall and Bevin denounced the remarks as insults and the session ended acrimoniously.
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London
United States
Britain
France
Bevin
Molotov
Germany
U. S
Marshall
Soviet Union
Europe
Poland
Vladimir Pavlov
Stalin
Pavlov
Near Agreement On Tax Cut Bill
Washington reports House Republican tax managers near agreement on a 5.25 billion personal income tax cut measure to be introduced next week for January action. The draft includes higher exemptions, income splitting for couples, gift tax revisions, and tiered percentage cuts up to 30 percent for low incomes, with aged 65 exemption, totaling significant revenue losses.
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Washington
House
Congressional
Treasury
Woman Is Saved From Fiery Death in West Virginia
Welch West Virginia December 12 Mrs Willie Brawley 44 of Saeger was saved from a fiery death early today by two men who ran to her aid and wrapped coats about her to smother the flames She suffered second and third degree burns to her legs back and arms with serious condition reported Grace hospital attaches said The woman said she stood before an open grate when the house coat bottom caught fire and she rushed from the home
Coal Leaders Meet Over Welfare Fund In Quiet Session
Eight leaders from the bituminous coal industry met in New York to discuss issues surrounding the coal miners welfare fund and Taft Hartley law but declined to reveal details after the meeting. Ezra Van Horn, a trustee and committee head, would not identify participants or the meeting’s purpose. The fund, built from a 10 cent per ton royalty, now exceeds 40 million dollars.
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New York
Coal Miners’ Welfare Fund
Ezra van Horn
Breathing Tube Clogs Prompt Tragic Death in N J
Mrs. Mary Fernandez 34 ex pregnancy choked at home in Hillside as a metal breathing tube installed in childhood clogged. Husband Stuart found her after she gasped I am choking and collapsed. Fire units and radio patrols failed to revive. Doctor said tube likely from past diphtheria. Born in Roda Virginia to Mr and Mrs Hajaly.
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Hillside
N. J
Mary Fernandez
Stuart Fernandez
Deadlock on Jap reparations seen in Washington
Russian delegate threatens to block a proposed US plan to trim Moscow’s share of Japan’s wartime indemnity while demanding 10 billion from Germany. Most other Pacific commission members accept the plan, which aims to distribute industrial plants and other items to Japan as compensation.
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Washington
Russia
Japan
Germany
Far Eastern Commission
United States
Moscow
Semen K. Tsarapkin
FEC
Britain
China
Douglas MacArthur
Netherland Indies
Virginia Hill Implicated in Hospital Case in Phoenix
Chief Earl O Clair said the hospitalized woman treated for sleeping powder overdose is believed to be Virginia Hill heiress tied to gangster Benjamin Siegel. Police traced three men believed to be her bodyguards visiting the hospital after she gave the name Mrs Norma Hall. Siegel was killed at his Beverly Hills home last June and ran the Flamingo club in Las Vegas with reputed coast connections.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Earl O'Clair
Virginia Hill
Benjamin
Buggsy) Siegel
O'Clair
Siegel
Here
Miss Hill
Norma Hall
Beverly Hills
Las Vegas
Nev
Pacific Coast
Price Controls Bill Submitted To Congress In Budget Debate
Labor Secretary Schwellenbach outlined price ceilings and rollbacks to Congress as Republicans press a take it or leave it anti inflation bill. He proposed ceilings based on June 1947 prices, limited to essential goods, with wage controls soon to follow. House action remains uncertain as GOP strategizes and party leaders clash over amendments and timing.
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Washington
Secretary of Labor
Schwellenbach
Congress
House
House Banking Committee
Wolcott
Secretary of Commerce
Harriman
United States
Labor
Rep. Allen
R-N
Rules Committee
Allen
Rayburn
Texas
Martin
R-Mass
Truman And Landon Press For Four Year Europe Aid
President Truman seeks a four year guarantee of aid for Western Europe with a total program estimated at 15.7 to 18.3 billion dollars to help 16 countries. Alf Landon supports the plan stating Europe must have dependable support as long as needed. Congress work continues on stopgap funds while China may be excluded from the package. A 150 million reconstruction finance corp advance was authorized to begin aid once legislation passes.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Western
Europe
Alf M. Landon
Mr. Truman
White House
Taft
Ohio
U. S
Landon
Kansas
State Marshall
Senate
House
France
Italy
Austria
China
House Appropriations Committee
Joint Conference
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Seventeen Die As Autorail Collides In France
Seventeen persons were burned to death and more than twenty injured when an autorail car on the Clermont-Ferrand to Montlucon line crashed into a regular train near Clermont-Ferrand. The gasoline powered car caught fire instantly and burned.
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Clermont-Ferrand
France
Montlucon
Paris
Autorail
Investigators Probe Wreckage Of Plane Near Memphis
Air forces investigators studied the burned remains of a C-47 with 20 aboard that crashed near Memphis. Officials said the Aberdeen Maryland base operated the craft en route from El Paso Texas. The crash occurred after dark, flames burst forth, and wreckage was strewn over a wide area as officials worked to identify victims and notify relatives.
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Memphis
Tenn
Donald K. Fargo
Aberdeen
el Paso
Texas
Low Bid Offered For Cemetery Removal
Yearly Monuments of Muncie Indiana offered a low bid of about 35 858 on a U S corps of engineers contract to remove a cemetery of about 700 graves to be flooded by the Bluestone reservoir in the New River near Hinton Huntington district engineers office said Col A M Neilson district engineer would review the bid before further action.
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Huntington
W. Va
Muncie
Ind
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Bluestone
New River
Hinton
Huntington District Engineers
A. M. Neilson
Comet Mystery Highlights Gaps in Solar Knowledge
Washington reports an unknown wanderer with a 75 million mile tail observed in Australia. Smithsonian expert Dr. Charles Greeley Abbot notes vast gaps in understanding comets, which travel huge distances and may approach Earth extremely closely. Encke's comet theory cited as a fast orbital example.
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Washington
Australia
Charles Greeley Abbot
Smithsonian Institution
Lewis Withdraws Union From AFL
Washington December 12 AP John L Lewis led the United Mine Workers out of the AFL for a second time over refusal to sign a non communist affidavit. The split follows Taft Hartley act demands. AFL changes remove Lewis from federation officers list and he quits the executive council. Adams announced Kennedy as vice president and Owens as secretary treasurer.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
AFL
Lewis
William Green
Green
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Federation
K. C. Adams
U. M. W. Journal
Adams
Thomas Kennedy
John O'Leary
Pittsburgh
John Owens
Ohio
Kennedy
Hazelton
Samuel Gompers
Community Christmas Tree drive seeks funds in Bluefield
Bluefield residents plan a December 24 event at Ramsey auditorium to raise money for underprivileged children. WHIS sponsors the Community Christmas Tree with a $3,500 goal, only $600 pledged so far, and a Hillbilly Jamboree featuring Rex and Eleanor and other acts is set to boost donations. Contributions can be sent to the Daily Telegraph or delivered to the radio station.
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Bluefield
Ramsey
Santa Claus
Santa
Sis
WHIS
Rex
Eleanor
Lonesome Pine Fiddlers
Pat Wright
Melody Makers
Cline Brothers
Charlie Meadows
The
Beaver
Elizabeth Shelton
Presbyterian Church
Daily Telegraph
Rescue of six crash survivors in Labrador wastelands
Helicopter crews braved a snowstorm to rescue six American soldiers from a military transport crash in Labrador. All survivors were flown to Goose Bay hospital as 23 crew members were found dead. investigators cite a possible power failure causing the plunge.
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Westover Field
Mass
Labrador
Goose Bay
Army
Air Transport Command
Harry Bullis
Portland
Mich
ATC
Atlantic Division
Magistrates Vow Eviction Moratorium Through Christmas
St Louis magistrates led by J Glen non McKenna announce they will not sign eviction orders until after the Christmas holidays citing Dickens A Christmas Carol. No eviction suit judgments will proceed before January 5, delaying executions.
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St. Louis
J. Glennon McKenna
McKenna
France Expels 19 Soviet Citizens in Move Backed by Parliament
Paris reports the government won 411 to 183 in parliament as it defends the expulsion of 19 Soviet citizens. Moscow protests over the Camp Beauregard raid and reciprocal expulsion of missions echo amid a break in trade relations.
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Paris
Russia
Foreign Office
National Assembly
Robert Schuman
Raymond Marque
France
Beauregard
Moscow
Col. Mar- Marquie
Francois Mitterand
Marquie
Jewish Underground Forces Clash Across Palestine
Arabic and Jewish groups clash from Haifa to Hebron as 13 days of fighting push Palestinian death toll near 200. Irgun Zvai Leumi claims five operations and warns of further strikes if arms imports continue.
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Jerusalem
Haifa
Hebron
Palestine
Yazur
Gaza
Shafat
Tireh
Ramie
Irgun
Zvai Leumi
Athlit
Ramle
Old City
Scottish Highland Light Infantry
Jaffa
Holy Land
Middle East
Cairo
Council of War
Arab “People’s Army
Arab Leagues
Two Logan County Men Sentenced To Hang
Two Logan County men Bud Peterson and Paul Burton sought high court review of their first degree murder convictions. Peterson, 53, a Riley coal miner, shot Bessie Wright during a break in. witness George Wright Jr. identified him. Burton, 34, a former WV Coal and Coke worker, killed Willard Simpson near No. 19 mine after an argument. he cites missing witnesses and a drug induced blackout as defenses.
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Charleston
W. Va
Logan County
Supreme Court
Bud Peterson
Riley
Paul Burton
Stirratt
Peterson
Bessie Wright
Wright
Burton
Simpson
Eight Die as Torpedo Explodes Near Venice
The Italian ANSA reports eight people killed and about ten injured when a torpedo being deactivated exploded at San Nicolo de Lido on Venice’s outskirts.
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Rome
Ansa
San Nicolo de Lido
Venice
Rome Ends 48 Hour General Strike in Victory Claims
Rome's 48 hour general strike ended at midnight with both sides claiming victory. Il Popolo proclaimed Strike Fails while the Rome chamber of labor said government yields, ending the stoppage as thousands returned to work under heavy police protection.
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Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
Christian Democratic
Christian Democratic Party
Il Popolo
Chamber of Labor of
Gove
Mario Scelba
Tomers
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