Remington Divorced Wife Testifies of Communist Ties
Ann Remington testified at her ex husband William W. Remington's federal perjury trial that he told her in 1938 he was a Communist and asked her to keep it secret. She said she joined Communist groups with him while a Dartmouth student and during their 1938 marriage plans.
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New York
William W. Remington
Ann Remington
Young Communist League
Remington
Dartmouth
Commerce Department
Remigton
Communist Party
Alexandria
U. S
Irving H. Saypol
Saypol
William C. Chandler
Four Die As Fiery Plane Crash Erin near Hope Arkansas
Four persons were killed when a Beech craft exploded and crashed near Hope Arkansas. Three victims were identified as Fred Jones Jr Max Allen and Eddie Johnson all of Oklahoma City. The fourth person was not identified. State police said wreckage covered a wide area near Highway 29 and witnesses said the plane exploded in flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope
Ark
Anera
Here
Fred Jones, Jr
Max Allen
Eddie Johnson
Oklahoma City
Search for Navy Bomber Continues near Washington coast
The navy's search for the long missing P2V patrol bomber based at Whidbey Island continued near the Washington coast from the Columbia River mouth to Cape Flattery. All 11 crewmen on board were presumed not to be alive as of December 26.
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Seattle
Navy
North Pacific
Whidbey Island Naval Air Station
Aast Guard
Washington
Columbia River
Cape Flattery
Navy Officis
Scotland Yard seeks Britons in search for Coronation Stone
Scotland Yard appealed to the nation for help in locating the Stone of Scone after it was stolen from Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day. Police released photos of the 336 pound relic noted for coronation oaths and its symbol of Anglo Scottish unity.
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Scotland Yard
London
Westminster Abbey
National
England
Scotland
Scotand
Edinburgh
Scone
Kenneth I
Justice Department Probes Bribe Offer
Attorney General McGrath announced the Justice Department is probing an attempt at a bribe to a federal official. He declined to identify the official or provide further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Department
Washington
McGrath
Subzero Cold Follows Snow Across Northern States
A belt of snow covered the northern nation as subzero temperatures followed. Minnesota reported 29 below zero while readings dropped to ten below in Illinois and Indiana and 15 to 25 below in Wisconsin Iowa and Minnesota. Rapid City South Dakota reached 57 above while Phoenix Arizona tied highs at 76.
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Associated Press
Mercury
Minnesota
Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Pennsylvania
New York
New York City
Chicago
Red River Valley
Middle West
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Iowa
Upper Michigan
Bemidji
Minn
Caribou
Dakotas
Newton Falls
New York State
Rapid City
S. D
Huron
Phoenix
Ariz
Shoe Industry Pledges Price Compliance
In New York on December 26 spokesmen pledged full compliance with the December 1 price freeze imposed by the Economic Stabilization Agency for the shoe industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Economic Stabilization Agency
Former Ziegfeld Actress Evelyn Hughes Found Strangled
A former Ziegfeld Follies actress Evelyn Hughes was found strangled in a Manhattan Ashland Hotel room. Lumberjack Birger Nordkrist, rented the room and was detained in Utica after contacting police. Taxicab driver John McDonald, her common law husband for 14 years, says Nordkrist drove him to the hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Utica
N. Y
Edward T. Feeley
Birger Nordkrist
Feeley
Nordkrist
Follies
Evelyn Hughes
John McDonald
Hughes
Ashland
Fourth Avenue
Manhattan
Solons Await HST Messages
Washington awaits Truman messages as 82nd Congress begins. Senate meets 24 seconds, House seven, both in holiday standby. Civil defense bill sent to conference. Expect calls for massive defense spending, higher taxes, draft reform, and emergency powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Truman
Senate
Senator McKellar
D-Tenn
House
Thursay
82Nd Congress
Mr. Truman
Labor Comes To Taft On Taft Hartley Law Revisions
Cincinnati December 26 U S Sen Robert A Taft said he was approached by several labor leaders to discuss amendments to the Taft Hartley Act He did not name the individuals but said they were high in labor ranks He would welcome a conference Taft was re elected by a margin of more than 430 000 votes during the campaign labor leaders attacked the act which he helped write
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
U. S
Robert A. Taft
R-O
Organized
Sen. Taft
Organized Labor
Sen
Taft
Ohio Republican
Senate
Area Roads Icing Up As Sleet Moves South
The Highway department in Tazewell reported light icing at scattered points as sleet moved south from the north. A single cinder truck was dispatched. Mercer county reported no icing at 11 p.m. Fayette county saw sleet by 10 a.m. and ice on US Route 60 over Sewell Mountain, contributing to several traffic mishaps by midnight.
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Highway Department
Tazewell
Road Commission
Princeton
Mercer County
Fayette County
Sewell Mountain
Christmas holiday claims 724 lives nationwide state tolls
The National Safety Council reports 724 deaths during the Christmas 78 hour period from 6 PM Friday to midnight Monday, with 545 in traffic and 179 from miscellaneous causes. Texas led with 47 traffic fatalities. California, Illinois and New York also high. Los Angeles saw 362 charged with drunken driving and 1,222 with drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Ned H. Dearborn
National Safety Council
America
South Dakota
Texas
California
Illinois
New York
Los Angeles
Snow and Colder Forecast In Area
Snow flurries and low temperatures are on the weather agenda for today. The forecast calls for 10 to 15 degrees last night and this morning with cloudy windy conditions. More snow is predicted today and Thursday or Friday as temperatures run three to six degrees below normal statewide.
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U.S
C. K. Caldwell
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Creedon Appointed Construction Boss
Washington names Frank R. Creedon to lead a new bureau of facilities and construction to speed industrial expansion for defense. Creedon, noted for ordnance plant work and the Oak Ridge atomic plant, will oversee five divisions including industrial expansion and building materials.
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Washington
National Production Authority
Frank R. Creedon
Federal
Creedon
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Housing Bureau
General Electric
Hanford
Mullens Constable J. E. Ellison Ends His Own Life
Mullens West Virginia December 26 Constable J E Ellison 45 shot himself after an argument with his wife He died early today from a chest wound at his Mullens apartment Ellison also worked as a hostler helper for the Virginian railway and, with his wife, ran an apartment building His widow three sons and three daughters survive
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Mullens
W. Va
J. E. Ellison
William Gosnell
Ellison
Virginian Railway
Army Calls 7500 Guardsmen And Reserve Officers To Active Duty
The U S Army ordered 7 500 national guard and reserve lieutenants and captains to report for active service between March 1 and March 22 plus 100 Women's Army Corps officers of those grades. It also summoned 890 medical officers 850 dental officers and 415 medical service corps officers to report in two groups February 5 and March 15.
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Washington
Army
National Guard
National Guard and
Organized Reserve
ROTC
Volunteer Reserve
Soldier Becomes First Quadruple Amputee Returnee From Korean War
Pfc Robert L. Smith, 20, of Middleburg Pennsylvania, identified by Col A H Corliss at Travis Air Force Base as the first quadruple amputee to return from the Korean conflict. He lost both hands above the wrists and both legs below the knees due to frostbite after being wounded at Chosin on Nov 27. Smith to leave by military air tonight for Walter Reed in Washington. His mother, Mrs Clara Smith, learns of his condition Christmas day. His 22 year old brother Howard wounded in Korea remains with the 7th Division. Only two quadruple amputees were recorded in World War II.
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Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Pennsylvania
A. H. Corliss
Air Base Hospital
Robert L. Smith
Clara Smith
Middleburg
Colonel Corliss
Oece
Hos
Smith
Washington, D. C
Walter Reed Hospital
Pfc Smith
Washington
Army
Chosin Reservoir
Korea
Howard
Robert
James W. Wilson
Stark, Fla
Frederick Hansel
Corbin, Ky
Man Kills Four in Family Shooting Spree Then Self
In Asheville North Carolina C L Shelton 25 Craggy shot and killed his stepson Harold Shelton 3 his mother in law Mrs Dora Pittman 49 and brother in law Delmos Pittman 14. Wounded were Stokes Pittman 50 and Grady Pittman 53. Shelton wounded himself twice then turned gun on himself. His wife Marie escaped unharmed though shot at.
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Asheville
N. C
C. L. Shelton
Craggy
Shelton
Harold Shelton
Dora Pittman
Delmos Pittman
Stokes
China Warns UN Army to Quit Korea in New Offensive
Fierce battle near Seoul erupts as Chinese Communist forces and Korean Reds clash within 28 air miles of the capital. U N command says action is in progress in the Korangpo area amid reports of 30 divisions along a 120 mile front.
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Tokyo
Seoul
Republic of Korea
ROK
Korangpo
38Th Parallel
Kaesong
United Nations
Korea
Formosa
Chu Teh
Peiping
China
MacArthur
U. S
Tenth Corps
Pusan- Pohang
Hungnam
U. S. Tenth Corps
U.S. Eighth Army
Inchon
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Red
Chanler
Tennessee Valley Authority
Elizabeth Bentley
War Production Board
Hamhung
Ford
J.P.S
Edward I
Home Rule
Belongs
Virginia
Montana
Santa
Nordkunst
Miss Hughes
Yvonne Hughes
Hollywood
Rosalie
McDonald
Gordon Godowsky
Harvard
Leopold Godowsky
Mullens Constable
Darling
Matthew B. Ridgway
Eighth Army
Walton H. Walker
U.S. Army
First Army
WAC
Second Army
Third Army
Man
Doug Girds
10Th Corps
Syngeman Rhee
U. N
Chunchon
Sinsan
U. S. Army
Ridgway
Edward M. Almond
Almond
Air Force
Chorwon
Sinanju
Kumchon
Hwachon
Central
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