Chiang Urged To Quit Or Seek Peace
Nanking dispatch reports Chiang Kai-Shek pressed by close allies to step down and let others seek peace with Communists as northern fronts deteriorate. Li Tsung Jen rumored ready to assume full powers if pledged authority, while Communists push near Nanking and Peiping faces multi directional pressure.
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Chiang
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
North China
Peiping
Madame Chiang
Washington
U. S
Li Tsung-Jen
Costa Rica Probers Named Under Rio Pact Probe
A five man commission was named to immediately investigate Costa Rica charges that Nicaraguan troops invaded Costa Rica. The group, appointed under the Rio mutual defense treaty, will depart for Costa Rica shortly. Members include Paul C. Daniels United States Jose Maria Bello Brazil Silvio Villegas Colombia Luis Quintanilla Mexico Juan Bautista de Lavalle Peru. Daniels also heads the State Department office of American Republic affairs.
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Washington
Nicaragua
Enrique Carminas
Council of the Organization of American States
Costa Rica
Paul C. Daniels
United States
Jose Maria Bello
Brazil
Silvio Villegas
Colombia
Luis Quintanilla
Mexico
Juan Bautista de Lavalle
Peru
Daniels
State Department
Office of American Republic Affairs
Costa Rica mobilizes troops to repel Nicaraguan invasion
Transport trucks with armed soldiers moved through San Jose as the government fights off incursions from Nicaragua. Civilians volunteer for the armed forces including front line care for troops. The army was disbanded nine days earlier after Calderon Guardia loyalists allegedly crossed the border and seized La Cruz, with 38 prisoners captured, all identified as Nicaraguan guardsmen in blue uniforms.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Rafael Calderon Guardia
Nicaragua
la Cruz
Chinese Aid Bid Failure So Far
Washington reports Lovett notes limited U S backing remains for Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's regime. Congress approved 125 million for military aid and 275 million for economic aid while the United States pursues a hands off stance amid internal Nanking upheaval and renewed questions on future policy. Wellington Koo sought clarification and denied Chiang visiting the United States.
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Washington
Chiang Kai-Shek
U. S
China
Lovett
United States
Congress
Chiang
Nanking
Wellington Koo
Koo
Mme. Chiang
Atomic Energy Pile Working In France
Frederick Joliot Curie told premier Queuille that France’s first atomic energy pile began operating today. The pile, built as a training and development device, will aid technicians and the creation of more powerful piles and can produce artificial radio elements for hospitals and laboratories.
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Paris
Frederick Joliot-Curie
French Atomic Energy Committee
Henri Queuille
New York Endures Graupel Storm Confusion
New York reports a graupel storm that looked and acted like snow, prompting disbelief before confirmation from the weather bureau. The sky then produced real snow hours later as temperatures rose and forecast up to an inch of fresh accumulation before more graupel.
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New York
New York City
New
Weather Bureau
Lad Boasts He's Law Breaker in School Break-In
Welch December 15 Two teen-agers and a 14 year old boy held in McDowell county jail juvenile quarters after breaking and entering a school last Saturday. The 13 year old said he began law breaking years ago and that he often drinks liquor bought by his companion in Anawalt. He bragged about taking a whole box of candy and two bars from the school and claimed he faced probation previously but broke it with no consequence.
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Welch
McDowell County
Anawalt
Hungary tells U S to mind its own business
Budapest says the United States should mind its own business after rejecting a U S protest over the seizure of American owned oil properties. The note was handed to U S minister Selden Chapin and released by Hungary's foreign ministry. The U S protest claimed two American employees of the Hungarian American Oil Industry Company were forced to sign confessions of sabo tage, used to justify seizing the properties.
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Budapest
Hungary
United States
United States Department
U. S
Selden Chapin
Foreign Ministry
Soviet Factory Chiefs Handed Prison Terms
The Moscow radio said today 12 directors and engineers of Soviet factories had been given prison terms of from two to seven years each for turning out defective products.
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London
Moscow Radio
Weird chicken bone clue in St Louis man stabbing
Coroner reports Byron C. Hartman a 29 year old St Louis aircraft expert stabbed to death in his Cedar Rapids hotel room. A framed chicken bone display was found among clues and police consider a two edged knife likely used. Walls were blood spattered and time of death is about 6 p m yesterday. Hartman parked his car 45 minutes before the slaying. He was alone at the time.
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Cedar Rapids
St. Louis
Robert Brosh
Byron C. Hartman
Brosh
Hartman
Military Thrift Measures Begin
Secretary Forrestal unveils a plan to tighten the armed forces to cut waste and duplicate duties. He recommends merging the air national guard with the air force reserve and creating a civilian military brain trust to study weapon use. The program pushes unification by moving sea transport to the navy, land transport to the army, and joint recruiting facilities for all services.
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Washington
Defense
Forrestal
Truman
Air National Guard
Air Force Reserve
Army
Navy
Air Force
Baby Found In Charleston Trash Can
A three to four month old baby boy was discovered in a church area trash can in Charleston West Virginia. He was taken to a hospital for observation with no serious injuries except a slight cough. A wet blanket wrapped the infant and authorities suspect he was left there late Tuesday night during heavy rain.
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Charleston
W. Va
A. F. Mace
Mace
W. S. Young
Frank Porter
Teresa Wright Removed From MGM's Payroll
Hollywood December 15 1947 Teresa Wright an MGM contract player of seven years is terminated by Samuel Goldwyn for uncooperative conduct she refused to go to New York to publicize Enchantment and to undergo a required physical examination Miss Wright says ill health prevented the trip and accepts the termination with relief.
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Hollywood
Samuel Goldwin
Teresa Wright
Goldwyn
Miss Wright
New York
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Turkey Thieves Outwit Nasty-Tempered Dogs
Arundel England December 15 In a farm near Bowley a theft reduced 12 000 turkeys to 450 missing birds Bowley protected by flood lights Alsatian and bull terrier guard dogs and a patrolling man with a shotgun two men were arrested and will face court on January 3 Bowley suspects a clever method evading fierce guard dogs is to walk backward to steal the birds.
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Arundel
Eng
Charles Bowley
Bowley
Big Air Crash in Colombia Kills 30 on DC-3
A DC-3 operated by Lansa Airlines crashed near Facatativa on the Bogota plateau killing all 30 aboard. The crew included pilot Col. Luis F. Pinto and co-pilot Alfonso Calvo. Among the dead were two Shell Petroleum engineers A C Buchan and E Howey. The craft hit a fog bound hill five minutes after takeoff from Bogota, scattering wreckage as authorities searched the area.
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Barranquilla
Columbia
Lansa Airlines
Bogota
Luis F. Pinto
Alfonso Calvo
Facatativa
San Francisco
Civil Aviation Board
Shell Petroleum Company
A. C. Buchan
E. Howey
Ice Cap Rescue Attempt With Gliders At Greenland
Westover Air Force Base reports a new rescue mission using gliders to recover nine airmen from a Greenland ice cap. Transports tow red tailed gliders, plan to release them for short landings, then hook glider cables to lift survivors. Lt. H. F. Halstead of Charleston, W V is among C-82 crew.
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Westover Airforce Base
Mass
Airforce Today
Greenland
Fairbanks
Alaska
H. F. Halstead
Charleston
W. Va
Reds Agree To Return Lend-Lease Ships
Washington reports that Russia has agreed to return 28 U. S. naval frigates and three ice breakers after long American demands. Lovett noted the note covers the overdue lend lease account of 11.6 billion dollars and that Milwaukee will be returned along with seven other warships to Britain when Italy surrenders 33 vessels.
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Washington
Lovett
Russia
U. S
State Department
United States
Milwaukee
Britain
Italy
Malaria On Downgrade In Southern Areas
United States nearing malaria elimination in three years. Dr S W Simmons of the Public Health Service notes progress and warns against prematurely ending campaigns. Georgia cases reduced from thousands to under ten this year.
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New York
United States
Simmons
Georgia
Hiss Indicted On Two Perjury Counts By Grand Jury
Former state department official Alger Hiss was indicted by a U.S. grand jury on two counts of perjury. The charges allege he lied about giving documents to Whitaker Chambers and about meeting Chambers in 1938. If convicted he faces up to five years per count and a $2,000 fine per count.
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New Work
Alger Hiss
State Department
Hiss
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Time Magazine
House Committee On un-American Activities
U. S
John F. X. McGohey
McGahey
Federal Grand Jury
Priscilla
Communist Party
Grand
Maryland
Department of State
Mr. Chambers
Allields
Navy
Ar Force
New York
Aberdeen
A. A Berle, Jr
Washington
Robert Lovett
United States
UN - American Activities Committee
Justice Department
FBI
Reds accused of stealing Norden bomb sight secrets
House investigators say a civilian worker at Aberdeen Proving Ground may have leaked or stolen Norden bomb sight details for the Russians in 1938. The committee aims to question the man amid broader probes into possible communist espionage in the government and the State Department.
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Washington
House
Army
Army Proving Ground
Aberdeen
House un-American Activities Conmittee
Rep. Mundt
R-Sd
Mundt
State Department
Rep. Rankin
D-Miss
House Non- American Activities Committee
Pentagon
Ford dealer gouging crackdown urged by Ford official
Washington heard Ford vice president J R Davis testify that since 1946 the company has terminated 24 franchises for gray market practices as it probes dealer gouging. A committee highlighted missing cars and dealer incentives including luggage and seat covers, noting public losses estimated at 450 million dollars in seven months.
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Washington
Ford Motor Company
House
J. R. Davis
Ford
Davis
Cherner Motor Company
Cherner
Charles Meany
Joseph Cherner
Macy
R-U. Y
National Automobile Dealers Association
Martin J. Manning
Arlington
Lincoln
Shirlington Motor Company
Cherner Company
Manning
Benjamin F. Harrison
Washington News
George F. Dalton
Alexandria
Dalton
West Virginia hunter jailed for illegal deer kill
Warm Springs Va December 15 A Marlinton West Virginia hunter Ray Fitzgerald received 30 days in Bath county jail and $347.25 in fines for illegal deer killing. His car gun and lights were held for circuit court action. Kellison paid his fines. Game Warden Burns arrested both men after a routine stop near the Alleghany Bath county line. Fitzgerald faced multiple fines including killing out of season hunting after dark and without a license with a 22 calibre rifle used. He was ordered to replace the deer and buy a nonresident license.
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Warm Springs
West Virginia
Bath County Trial Justice Court
Ray Fitzgerald
Marlinton
W. Va
Dilbert Kallican
Pocahontas County
Duncan M. Byrd
Fitzgerald
Commonwealth
Bryan Carver
Bath County
Kellison
A. G. Burns
Alleghany-Bath County
Burns
Byrd
Buckingham palace christening of Bonnie Prince Charlie
London announces the christening of Princess Elizabeth's first born dubbed Bonnie Prince Charlie by the London press. The infant behaved beautifully, gurgled, and did not cry. A ration book, a red registration entry in Westminster, and a 10 shilling National Savings certificate were issued in his name to start him life.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Philip Arthur George Jony
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Elizabeth
Westminster
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