Retreats Add Pressure as Chinese Forces Pull Back
Nanking reports the defense front west of the capital shrinks to about 30 miles as the 76 mile withdrawal from Pengpu to Chuhsien tightens the Communist threat. Reports say the 12th army group is eliminated, while the 20th army arrives to support the Sixth. Fu Tso Yi counterattacks outside Peiping as the Red airfield near the city falls per Communist radio.
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Nanking
Pengpu
Chuhsien
Peiping
Liu Tze
Seymour Topping
Topping
Fu Tso-Yi
Machuchiao
Communist
San Francisco
Associated Press
Harold K. Milks
Talmadge Shapes New Vote Plan
Gov. Herman Talmadge and Georgia leaders outlined a plan to wipe existing voter registrations and reestablish a state wide list with educational qualifications aimed at removing about 80 percent of Black voters from polls. House Speaker Fred Hand defended the plan as constitutional and necessary to reduce bloc voting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Georgia General Assembly
Fred Hand
Talmadge
Hand
Alabama
Speaker Hand
Damascus Apartment Fire Kills Three
Three people died and two others were injured in an early morning blaze that destroyed a two story apartment house on Main Street Damascus Virginia. Victims include Mr. and Mrs. Earl Clark and their eight year old daughter Ann. Carl Thompson and Charlies Wagner were injured. Mrs James Dickerson and Nancy Dickerson escaped unharmed. Fire officials suspect a kerosene stove explosion may have started the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damascus
Main Street
Earl Clark
Ann
Carl Thompson
George Ben Johnston
Abingdon
Thompson
Charlies Wagner
James Dickerson
Nancy Dickerson
Sam C. Lexard
Women Act As Decoys To Curb Juvenile Delinquency
Shamokin Pa December 17 seven women aged 24 to 28 will act as decoys for juvenile delinquents who break the 9 pm curfew Burgess Thomas F Landy ordered strict enforcement applying to all children under 16 The volunteers will roam streets at night without pay and are described as physically able to handle themselves Landy called the move necessary amid an astounding wave of juvenile delinquency to protect local children
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shamokin
Burgess Thomas F. Landy
Landy
Production Slump Cuts Illinois Coal Mine Work Week
Springfield reports a national coal production slump reducing the work week for virtually all of Illinois 37,000 miners. Union leaders cite mild weather and a mix of factors including low exports and large stockpiles, with some operators cutting shifts from six to five or even three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Hugh White
Illinois United Mine Workers
Progressive Mine Workers
134-Foot Yule Tree Finally Put Into Place
In Bellingham Washington on December 17 a 134 foot tall Christmas tree was raised in the downtown area. Ten logging trucks a 30 foot crane and expert riggers moved it into position over several hours. A steel cable anchored 300 feet away held the trunk steady. The tree towers over nearby five and six story buildings and only one bulb in the thousand light string was broken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellingham
Wash
Glider Rescue Effort Fails At First Try
Nine air force men marooned on Greenland ice cap face failed rescue as a C-54 from Goose Bay attempts to lift a glider. Glider wheels sank in deep snow and dived nose first, leaving the craft undamaged with no injuries. A second attempt may use a plywood runway assembled from airborne drops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Force
Greenland
Goose Bay
Labrador
Israel Loses Bid For UN Seat In Security Council Vote
Paris December 17 Israel failed to win UN Security Council admission. Five of eleven council members supported Israel: United States, Soviet Union, Ukraine, Argentina, and Colombia. Britain France China Canada Belgium and Syria opposed or abstained. Israel remains on the UN waiting list as 58 nations convene in New York.
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Paris
Israel
United Nations
U. N
Security Council
United States
Soviet
Russia
Ukraine
Argentina
Colombia
Syria
Britain
France
China
Canada
Belgium
Egypt
Negev
Council
World Organization
General Assembly
New York
Norway
Cuba
Assembly
Palestine
Faluja
Faris el Khouri
Tel Aviv
Brazilian Flood Toll Rises to Four Hundred
Torrential floods across two Brazilian states claimed more than 400 lives with hundreds missing and thousands homeless. Rain continued as the flood crest moved past communities along the Upper Pirapetinga river disrupting communications and transport over about 1200 square miles of farming and cattle country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Pirapetinga
Seven Killed In B 25 Bomber Crash Near Robeline
Seven people died when a B 25 from Biggs Air Force Base exploded near Robeline Louisiana about 75 miles southeast of Shreveport. Five airmen and two navy personnel were aboard. Witnesses described a ground shock large enough to toss bodies and aircraft apart.
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Shreveport
Biggs Air Force Base
el Paso
Tex
Robeline
Barksdale Field
Witneses
Earl Morris
Keesler Field
Curtis Wilson
Local Bluefield Businesses Extend Hours Through December
Business houses in Bluefield will remain open until 9 o'clock tonight and continue these hours each evening through December 23. They close at 6 p m on December 24. The Bluefield post office stays open tonight until 6 but resumes regular hours next week.
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Bluefield
Indiana Mine Sealed as Four Trapped Workers Recount Escape
The Christmas mine near St Meinrad Indiana was sealed today after a slate fall left three of four victims entombed. Rescue crews faced ongoing slate falls delaying efforts though one man had been brought to the surface earlier. Federal inspectors said work would resume if conditions improve while four trapped men were described as escaping a "miracle."
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St. Meinrad
Ind
Christmas
Here
James A. McCune
J. P. Sheridan
Vincennes
Atomic Worker Dies From Poison Contact
Armando Rodrigues, a worker at the Los Alamos atomic laboratory in New Mexico, died in Billings Memorial hospital on December 11 from beryllium poisoning. He had been treated in several U S hospitals. the Atomic Energy Commission in Chicago had no details on how the injury occurred.
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Chicago
Armando Rodrigues
Los Alamos
N. M
Atomic Laboratory
Billings Memorial Hospital
U S. Atomic Energy Commission
Rodrigues
40 Hour Week Proposed for Rail Workers in New Board Plan
A White House emergency board urged cutting the 48 hour week for non operating rail workers to 40 hours starting next September. A seven cent hourly raise backdated to October 1 1948 plus a 20 percent raise next September would keep pay about the same for the shorter week. Total 1949 costs around 340 million with costs declining over time. The plan does not cover train crews who earn by mileage. Union leaders warn of possible strikes if carriers reject the plan while they study the recommendations in Chicago early January.
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Washington
White House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Emergency Board
G. E. Leighty
George M. Harrison
Railway Clerks
Chicago
William M. Leiserson
National Mediation Board
Russia
New York
U. S
John F. X. McGahey
Hiss-Chambers
House Committee
Francis B. Sayre
Ssate
Hiss
Sayre
Chambers
Seek To Cut Costs In Making Oil From Coal
Government scientist Dr. Henry H. Storch outlined a potentially cheaper path to synthetic gasoline from coal. He noted a combination of current procedures and a new approach at Bruceton labs using higher temperatures and moderate pressures to enable direct hydrogenation of coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Henry H. Storch
U. S. Bureau of Mines’ Research and Development
Office of Synthetic Fuels
American Chemical Society
Storch
Chemical Society
U. S. Bureau of Mines Laboratories
Bruceton
Unwed Bluefield Mother Charged With Forsaking Baby
Eva May Carr a 20 year old Bluefield restaurant cashier was arrested in Charleston on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor after police found her two month old son Johnny Lee abandoned in a church trash can. Carr said she left the boy on a Charleston porch and cannot explain the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Bluefield
Charleston
Eva May Carr
Princeton
Arnold Porterfield
R. O. Bond
Leon French
Charleston Police
Court Street
Dewey E. Williams
Federick Street
Williams
Johnny Lee
Huntington Memorial Hospital
St. George's Church
Truman Will Seek Tighter Anti spy Laws in New Congress
Washington reports that the Truman administration plans to push stronger espionage laws including wire tapping and revised proof of intent. The Justice Department will propose changes to the espionage statute and the statute of limitations, aiming to aid prosecutions in spy cases.
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Truman
Washington
Congress
Clark
White House
Justice Department
Department
Alger Hiss
State Department
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Justicement
Federal Bureau of Investigation
House
American Activities Committee
Rep. McDowell
R-Pa
un-American Activities Committee
New York
McDowell
State Shakes Off Flood Water
The Ohio River absorbed West Virginia flood waters with Point Pleasant at risk of cresting 42 feet as Kanawha enters the river. Other crests target Wheeling 33.5 feet, Huntington 46.5 feet, and Kanawha River and others already cresting and receding. Roadways remain open.
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Charleston
W. Va
Ohio River
West Virginia
Point Pleasant
Kanawha
Ohio
Road Commission
Wheeling
Huntington
Road Commission Information Bureau
U.S. 19
Clarksburg
Fairmont
U. S. 33
Weston
Buckhannon
Kanawha River
Clay
Hinton
Greenbrier
Rennick
Accused Man in Pulaski Kills Himself Before Trial
Pulaski Va December 17 A murder trial defendant George L King 76 who faced a Pulaski county circuit court jury for the killing of Doris Einstein Wirt 24 was found dead at his home with a .22 rifle between his knees his son Benny King discovered the body in the front yard before 7 am Sheriff L R Summers announced the death and Judge John S Draper adjourned court noting the case was concluded and may God have mercy on his soul
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pulaski
Pulaski County
Benny King
George L. King
King
Doris Einstein Wirt
L. R. Summers
John S. Draper
Draper
Doctor Rutledge Accused in Hotel Slaying and Poison Incident
In Cedar Rapids a 29 year old engineer Byron Hartman was found murdered in a hotel room. Dr Robert Rutledge an assistant resident at Children’s Hospital in St Louis is charged with first degree murder. Rutledge swallowed poison during arrest and is in critical condition. The couple’s disputed affair with Hartman is cited by Mrs Rutledge as a motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Robert C. Rutledge
Children’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Byron C. Hartman
Charles Beckman
Sydney Rutledge
Hartman
Byron
Fairmont Worker Loses Leg In Ice Plant Accident
Matt Vigliano, 53, a North Pole Ice company employee in Fairmont West Virginia, slipped on an ice plant floor and caught his leg in a scoring machine. The right leg was amputated above the knee at a local hospital. condition listed as fair by hospital spokesmen.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Matt Vigliano
North Pole Ice Company
Viglianco
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