Demos Plan To Ease Way For Truman Plans
Democratic leaders in Congress plan to curb the rules committee power to clear Truman era legislation. A proposed 100 to 150 member petition could pull bills to the floor, while a code of fair witness treatment would apply to all committees. Rankin’s fate on the veterans panel sparks debate.
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Demos
Truman
Washington
Congress
House Rules Committee
House
Sam Rayburn
Rules Committee
Rep. Sabath
Legislative
Pena
Sabath
un-American Activities Group
Rep
Rankin
D.-Miss
Veterans Committee
Rayburn
Moscow
Mundt
Chambers
Hebert
D.-La
Mississippian
Veterans Affairs Committee
Ranklin
N W Railway Names George Dunglinson Executive Vice President
George Dunglinson Jr former Bluefielder and current vice president in charge of traffic at Norfolk and Western is named executive vice president of the N W Railway effective January 1. F S Baird will become vice president in charge of traffic and N R Lehmann moves to assistant vice president in charge of traffic.
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N&w Railway
George Dunglinson, Jr
F.S. Baird
Donglinson
N. R. Lehmann
Succed
Bluefield
W. Va
Roanoke
England
America
George Dunglinson
Alabama
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Baird
Columbus
Ohio
Carbon Hill
Business
Athens
Roanoke Kiwanis Club
Tax Return May Hit Benny in Network Switch Deal
Washington reports say the Internal Revenue Service may tax Jack Benny’s new NBC to CBS contract as personal income rather than capital gains. If upheld the move could cost Benny about 3 million dollars, versus around 1 million at the lower rate. The IRS declined comment on the matter.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Jack Benny
Benny
NBC
CBS
Revenue Bureau
Most Missionaries Want To Stay In China
A survey by the foreign missions conference of North America shows nearly all American Protestant missionaries expect to remain in China even if the communists take over. Of 1,758 workers, only 173 have withdrawn, with many defend spouses and retirees among those returning.
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New York
China
Foreign Missions Conference of North America
Wainwright defends King over Bataan surrender orders
General Jonathan M. Wainwright disputed a historian's claim that surrender of Bataan violated orders from General MacArthur. He said Lt. Gen. Edward King surrendered in April 1942 while hopeless, and he described how he relayed MacArthur's no surrender directive before King sent a white flag. King, now retired, agreed with Wainwright's account at Sea Island.
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San Antonio
Tex
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Philippines
Bataan
Douglas MacArthur
Wainwright
Edward P. King
Louis Morton
Seattle
King
Morton
Pacific
Historical Association
Manila Bay
China Sea
Jesse Traywick
Rock of Corregidor
Traywick
Sea Island
New Lawyers Shingles Rise Coast to Coast
Washington reports a wave of defeated or non running lawmakers returning to lawyering. Senators Cooper Revercomb Wilson Tom Stewart, and Rep Ellis face uncertain futures, while Victor Wickersham rekindles a house career. political engagement lingers beyond defeat.
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Arthur Edson Washington
Cooper
R. Ky
Somerset
Revercomb
R. W. Va
Charleston
Wilson
R. Iowa
Iowa
Des Moines
Tom Stewart
D. Tenn
Winchester
Ball
R. Minn
Ellis
Oklahoma
Victor Wickersham
Washington
Truman Denies Barkley Mission After Berlin Christmas Stay
President Truman denied claims he sent vice president-elect Barkley to Europe for a conference with a Soviet representative. Barkley returned from Europe after Christmas with airmen at Berlin. Truman said Russian leaders seek an understanding but did not identify them and defended his Missouri speech emphasis on Soviet internal differences and unmet commitments.
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Washington
Truman
Barkley
Europe
Berlin
United States
Mr. Truman
Kansas City
Missouri
Russia
Chiang Kai-Shek
Robert A. Lovett
Chiang
Walter Bedell Smith
Moscow
Bedell
Lovett
Hungary
Cardinal Mindszenty
House UN American Affairs Committee
Congress
State of the Union
White House
Senate
Rep. Rayburn
D-Tex
House
Scott Lucas
D-Tiill
Representative McCormack
Spy Hunters Reveal Report On 1948 Probe
Congressional spy hunters released a year long HUAC report detailing Whittaker Chambers secret courier work for the Soviet Union. It cites stolen government documents including naval intelligence and Norden bomb sight data and describes Chambers microfilming them for delivery to Colonel Bykov.
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Washington
Congressional
Whittaker Chambers
Russia
San Francisco
Chambers
House Committee On un-American Activities
Navy
Stote Department
State Department
New York
Bykov
Soviet Union
C&O to lay off 200 in Richmond division
Cleveland December 30 Chesapeak e and Ohio Railway Co announced about 200 workers in the Richmond Virginia division would be laid off by early January. Ross Marshall senior vice president said layoff to be split evenly between shop and office staff.
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Cleveland
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co
Richmond, Va
Ross Marshall
Pilot Credited With Saving 15 Lives In B-29 Crash Landing
Fairbanks Alaska December 30 A pilot Lt William Falconio of Gary West Virginia is credited with saving 15 men during an emergency B 29 landing at Ladd Field when the bomber veered into a snowbank after a propeller detached from an outboard engine Thirteen aboard escaped injury two were hospitalized a civilian passenger broke a foot and a crew member suffered frost bite in 35 below zero cold The plane assigned to Griffiss base Rome New York circled on three engines but nose wheel collapse caused the crash This report notes the pilot's coolness and skill as decisive in averting greater tragedy.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Ladd Field
Rome
William F. Falconio
Gary
W. V.a
Air Material Command
Griffiss
Chiang Kai-Shek refutes surrender, vows to continue fighting
Chiang Kai-Shek rejects peace talks despite urging to retire after a Chinese communists list branding 45 government leaders as war criminals. With weather dampening combat, government leaders meet individually as Chiang weighs his New Year address while troops brace for potential communist moves.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Shen Chang-Huan
Seymour Topping
Pengpu
Hwai River
Suchow
Vatican Excommunicates Hungarians Over Mindszenty Case
The Vatican declares excommunication for Catholics tied to the arrest of Cardinal Mindszenty amid Hungary’s communist regime. Thirteen others are detained. The decree also channels infamia juris for those who harmed the cardinal, and extends penalties to those involved in Stepinac’s 1946 conviction.
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Vatican City
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
Sacred Consistorial Congregation
Vatican
Apostolic See
Holy See
Catholic Church
Yugoslavia
Alojzije Stepinac
Stepinac
Mindszenty
Cardline
Postal Rate Increases Take Effect Tomorrow
Washington reports new postage changes will raise annual mail costs by about 125 million dollars. Air mail rates shift from five to six cents per ounce, with a four cent air mail card and a six cent stamp arriving later this month. surface mail rates remain three cents for letters and one cent for postcards, with second class rates unchanged.
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Washington
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Donaldson
GOP Liberals Move to Oust Taft as Policy Chair
Thirteen Republican senators labeling themselves liberals press to replace Taft with Lodge of Massachusetts as chair of the senate Republican policy committee. Taft expects reelection. 42 Republicans and 54 Democrats will convene Monday to decide. Ives says the move aims to boost Republican progress, not personal rivalry. Lodge attends the meeting and is seen as favorable to challenging Taft.
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Washington
Taft
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Ohio
Wou
Lodge
Senator Ives
New York
Tobey
New Hampshire
Ives
Senator Wherry
Nebraska
Locge
Saltonstall
Aiken and Flanders
Vermont
Smith
New Jersey
Baldwin
Connecticut
Morse
Oregon
Knowland
California
Gurney
South Dakota
North Dakota
Minnesota
Bank Thieves Net 33500 In Carolina
Aulander North Carolina December 30 police and FBI hunted burglars who escaped with about 33500 from the Bank of Ahoskie branch. The thieves used a wrecking truck to remove a four by three foot safe, leaving the outer door in the street and moving the vault’s combination. The bank said the loss is insured and the vault mostly contained records and silver coins.
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Aulander
N. C
Winton
North Carolina
Bank of Ahoskie
W. B. Copeland
Ahoskie Bank
Aulander Bank
Virginia Line
Soviet Demands US Report on Japan Rearming Plans
On December 30 1944 the Soviet representative to the Far Eastern commission demanded a U S report on whether General Douglas MacArthur seeks to rearm Japan The State Department dismissed the reports as unfounded and President Truman said he had not heard of any order to rebuild Japan s army The demand was presented by Ambassador Alexander S Panyushkin to the 11 nation commission overseeing Japanese occupation policies
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Washington
Russia
United States
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
State Department
Truman
MacArthur
Far Eastern Commission
Alexander S. Panyushkin
Panyushkin
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Amed
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Communist Party
Alger Hiss
Richmond
Christine Walker
Young Progressives of America
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James Tilney Ueft
Mary Bray
Miss Walker
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