U. S. Halts Aid Projects For China
Washington moves to freeze about 70 million dollars in Economic Cooperation Administration aid to China as Communist forces gain ground. Hoffman announced after White House talks with President Truman that most reconstruction programs are suspended while relief efforts in cities may continue under conditions.
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Washington
China
Paul G. Hoffman
Economic Cooperation Administration
Truman
White House
Peiping
Tientsin
Hoffman
Eca
Congress
State Department
Department
Treasury
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Blair House
Reds Hold Slow North China Front As Peiping Tientsin Bound
North China forces appear near stalemate as Peiping and Tientsin face encirclement. Observers say government lacks strength to launch offensives from Nanking toward the Yangtze barrier. Reds tighten around Peiping Tientsin with rail lines cut and airport under fire. Suchow and Hwai river defenses abandoned signaling limited hope for escape.
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Nanking
Peiping
Tientsin
Yangtze
Peiping - Tientsin
Grand Canal
North China City
Chunliangcheng
China
Communist
Fu Tso-Yi
Manchuria
Associated Press
Saymour Topping
East China Front
Hwai River
Hwai
New York Snow Storm Costs City 3 Million
New York on December 21 faced a 19.5 inch snow event and authorized an additional 2.59 million dollars to reach a total of 3 million for snow removal. The Board of Estimate cited 18 000 emergency workers and 1 700 pieces of equipment working day and night. The sanitation department reported 9 500 truckloads of refuse stagnant as garbage collection slowed.
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New York
Board of Estimate
Department of Sanitation
N. and W. Declares 25 Cents Dividend Per Share
Norfolk and Western railroads directors announce a quarterly dividend of 25 cents per share on $25 par value preferred stock payable February 10 to holders of record January 19. Net income for the first 11 months of 1948 reached $32,825,727 or $5.69 per common share, up from $28,749,875 and $4.97 the prior year.
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Philadelphia
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Mirth May Prove Fatal To Chattanooga Man
Lester Lawson, 38, a Chattanooga area auto mechanic wounded in a Nov. 11 gun fight, carries a bullet in his heart and may die. Doctors fear laughter could cause the bullet to move and endanger him further while he breathes through a bubble device to aid his lungs.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Laurhine
Lester Lawson
Suck Creek Mountain
Buck Bowman
Lawson
Shoe Strike Stops Purse Snatcher in Peoria
Mrs Evelyn Hatton, mother of Peoria patrolman Robert Hatton, reported she was accosted by a purse snatcher last night. She used her shoe as a weapon, striking the thief in the face, causing him to flee and leaving her purse unharmed.
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Peoria
Evelyn Hatton
Mother, Baby, Sheriff Slain in Mississippi
In Lucedale Mississippi a mother and her two month old daughter were shot dead and Sheriff J E Nelson killed by a shotgun blast as he arrived at the scene. Gloria Hinton the sheriff's accompanying 18 year old was later found dead in a wrecked car with a broken neck. Police search for the husband of Mrs Hinton as bloodhounds aid the chase.
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Lucedale
Miss
Justice of the Peace
J. H. Hovard
J. E. Nelson
Gloria Hinton
Hinton
Murdock Hinton
Havard
Gloria
Here
Alabama Highway Patrol
Hovard
Atmore
Ala
Community Christmas Tree Plea for Pledges and Party Prep
WHIS and the Daily Telegraph report rapid contributions to the Community Christmas Tree but many pledges remain. Donors are asked to mail or bring pledges to Commerce Street station or Bland Street office. About 3,000 names were gathered from Sunday radio show donors. Preparations for a Christmas party for hundreds of underprivileged Bluefield children proceed with listener support.
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WHIS
Daily Telegraph
Commerce Street
Bland Street
Fie
Bluefield
Mexican Admits Slaying Young Gu
Chicago dispatch reports Herlindo Perez Arias a 31 year old Mexican born laborer and naturalized citizen confessed during immigration questioning to choking a 10 year old girl named Roberta Rinearson in a rape slaying. He was picked up by Hammond police after wandering on a highway and later admitted the crime before authorities.
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Chicago
Roberta Rinearson
Herlindo Perez Arias
Hammond
Arias
Big Meat Packing Firm's Profits Drop
The Cudahy Packing Company, a large meat packing and food processing firm, reported 194 net income of $1,012,737 against $7,121,707 the prior year. Chairman E. A. Cudahy and President F. W. Hoffman said meat operations showed a net loss, but gains from non meat items offset the loss and yielded a smaller than normal profit for the year.
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Chicago
Cudahy Packing Company
E. A. Cudahy
F. W. Hoffman
Thomas Must Stand Trial on Conspiracy Charge
Federal judge orders Rep J Parnell Thomas to stand trial for conspiring to defraud the government by padding congressional payrolls. Trial set for Jan 10. co-defendant Helen Campbell also scheduled. Conviction could bring up to 32 years in prison and $40,000 in fines.
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Washington
Rep. J. Parnell Thomas
Thomas
House
UN American Activities Committee
Congress
Henry Schweinhaut
Schweinhaut
Supreme Court
United States
Helen Campbell
Capitol Bill
Miss Campbell
Arabs Refuse Jerusalem Bethlehem Pilgrimage Route
Arabs refuse to open the Jeru salem to Bethlehem pilgrimage path for Christmas. Christians must use a longer, muddy circuit about two and a half times the direct distance. Col Moshe Dayan says Jews will provide facilities in his area while Arabs restrict crossing to Christians only.
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Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Jesus Christ
Moshe Dayan
Old City
U. S. Pledges Full Support To Indonesians In Java Crisis
Paris and Batavia dispatches report the United States backing Indonesia against the Dutch in the Java conflict. Washington plans to push UN Security Council demands for Dutch troop withdrawal and release of Republican leaders. Dutch forces push on in Sumatra and Java's northeast coast amid disputed Jogjakarta claim.
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Paris
United States
Jagjakarta
Java
United Nations Security Council
U. S
Philip Do. Jessup
Jogjakarta
Jessup
Security Council
Batavia
Sumatra
South Java
Netherlands
Bagan Siapiapi
Bagan Saippiapi
Madioen
the Hague
Jet Powered Skunk Overpowers Bogarts In Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills December 21 1939 or 1940 photographers report Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall faced a skunk incident at their Benedict Canyon home. Their two boxer dogs dragged and killed a jet powered skunk in the hallway forcing the Bogarts to leave for at least a week.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Humphrey Bogart
Lauren Bacall
Bogarts
Benedict Canyon
Jail-Breaking Ex-Paratrooper Recaptured in Berlin
Edward J. Lada a 20 year old ex paratrooper who fled New York to Paris and Berlin was recaptured by American agents after two weeks of daring escape. He was found in a Berlin apartment tied to Ruth Riecki the mother of his child Nancy and Ursula Schmidt the actress he had sought visas for. He stated he would give up citizenship to stay with Ruth and the baby and later said if sent home he would return and live like a German.
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Berlin
Edward J. Lada
Lada
Pnge
Ruth
U. S. Army
Berliner Street
New Jersey
Romeo
New York
Paris
Ruth Riecki
Nancy
U.S
Ursula Schmidt
America
Ursula
Army Agenss
Quentin Roosevelt Dies In Crash Of Big Airliner
A Chinese National Airlines CNAC C 54 Skymaster from Shanghai to Hong Kong crashed near Bias Bay. Quentin Roosevelt Jr. of CNAC aboard, among 33 aboard, is feared dead. Rescue units recovered most bodies as fog shrouded the search.
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Shanghai
Quentin Roosevelt
Hong Kong
Pan American Airways
New York
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Lunghwa Air Field
Charles Sundby
Sundby
Chinese National Airlines Corporation
E. L. Allison
CNAC
Basalt Island
Allison
Bias Bay
China
Young Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Normandy
Black Market Seen In Train Reservations Probe
New York officials denied a wide spread black market in rail reservations while confirming some irregular transactions. An Interstate Commerce Commission hearing examined alleged sale of railroad passenger accommodations after passengers reported tipped intermediaries and vacant seats despite ticket office shortages.
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New York
Eastern Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Won’t Evict Residents Until Yale Season Past
Pittsburgh December 21 residents of Castle Shannon’s condemned mine patch were told they may stay through the Christmas season. Judge John P. Egan ordered evacuation of 19 condemned homes between February 1 and May 1 but said it would be harsh to require eviction now. Residents had fought two years to keep homes deemed unsafe unsanitary and unsuitable for habitation as most families have already moved out.
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Pittsburgh
Castle Shannon
John P. Egan
Duggan Not In Red Ring Says Witness
Whittaker Chambers denied passing confidential papers to Laurence Duggan and said he did not know Duggan despite Duggan’s death from a fall. The FBI questioned Duggan about 10 days earlier while the grand jury probe continued. Duggan was a longtime State Department official and president of the Institute of International Education.
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New York
Whittaker Chambers
Laurence Duggan
State Department
Chamber
Duggan
Institute of International Education
Fifth Avenue
House un-American Activities Committee
Isaac Don
Levine
Chambers
Adolf A. Berle, Jr
Federal Grand Jury
Grand Jury
Mr. Duggan
U. S
House Committee
Harvard University
Cordell Hull
Sumner Welles
Washington
United States
Francis B. Sayre
Donald J. Shank
Institute For International Education
U S Reports 562 Red Front Organizations in U S
The United States houses 562 groups cited as Communist fronts and 190 related publications in a 144 page pamphlet from the House American Activities Committee. It says many fronts were named by government agencies and calls them communisms greatest weapon. The panel notes possible procedural changes proposed by Rep Mundt including witness question lists and private questioning before public hearings.
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Washington
United States
House An American Activities Committee
America
Rep. Mundt
R-Sd
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West
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