Ward Consulate Case Ends with Release from Jail
In Washington and Mukden, Ward the United States consul general at Mukden China was released from a Communist jail after nearly a month in custody. Four other consulate employees were also freed and ordered to leave the country with no immediate date set for their departure. Republican lawmakers condemned the State Department while Democrats defended the handling, arguing Ward’s release avoids broader conflict.
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State Department
Angus Ward
Ward
United State
Mukden
China
Department
Death claims Bill Robinson star of stage and screen
New York reports the death of Bill Bojangles Robinson at 71 after a heart ailment. The famed tap dancer entered Columbia Presbyterian on November 14 and died at 7 28 p m with his wife beside him. He rose from Richmond Virginia to Broadway and Hollywood fame with a natural rhythmic style and a cheerful grin.
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New York
Bill
Bojangles) Robinson
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Robinson
Hollywood
Shirley Temple
Richmond
Broadway
Des Williams
O. K
Eleven Shots Kill 350-Pound Black Bear in Cheat Mountain
D. M. Benson and his brother F. G. Benson of Uniontown Pa. killed a 350-pound black bear on Cheat Mountain after firing 11 shots. Randolph County conservation officer Arthur Hamrick said the bear was the largest seen this season and among the biggest in years.
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Elkins
W. Va
D. M. Benson
Benson
F. G. Benson
Uniontown
Cheat Mountain
Arthur Hamrick
Randolph County Conservation Officer
Tito Plot Reported by Cominform Could Target Tito
Secret intelligence notes in New York claim a Cominform plan to destroy Premier Marshal Tito between Christmas and Easter. A staged Belgrade insurrection, foreign help from Hungary and Romania, and a Danube crossing to Yugoslavia are outlined as initial moves. American sources doubt the plan’s success and warn against overreliance on surprise.
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Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
West
U. S. Departments of State and Defense
Ales Bebler
Julius Katz- Suchy
Poland
United States
Secret Service
Belgrade
Hungary
Romania
Tito
United Nations General Assembly
Danube
Soviet Union
Mental Patient's Stomach Disorder Amazes Surgeon
A Bryce Mental Hospital patient in Tuscaloosa Alabama underwent surgery after a stomach ache. Dr. William A Engelbert reported removing varied objects from the stomach including fourteen springs, a spoon handle, snaps, bottle cap, wire pieces, rocks, a bolt and a nut.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Bryce Mental Hospital
William A. Engelbert
Dallas Police Capture Self-Styled Love Burglar
Dallas prosecutors identify Fred Felix Adair Jr as the so called love burglar who kissed and sometimes hurt women during more than a dozen burglaries. Five victims picked him from a lineup as police investigated the string of attacks and statements he signed with two reported incidents. Adair, a 25 year old payroll clerk, pleaded extenuating circumstances while denying charges and disputes emerged over the scope of the incidents.
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Dallas
Fred Felix Adair, Jr
Adair
E. L. Munday
Two Die and Ten Hurt in Spanish Rail Collision
Two persons were killed and ten injured when an electric passenger train collided with a freight at Navalperal station about 60 miles northwest of Madrid. Officials cited failure of signals as the probable cause.
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Madrid
Navalperal Station
Mr. 5-By-5 dies after 92 days of 100 day fast
Percy, known as Mr. 5-By-5, collapsed at home and died, authorities say from a fall linked to his prolonged foodless period. The former auto racer had shed weight from 357 to 245 pounds, sought publicity with a roadside fast house, and cited healing without medicine as his goal.
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Birmingham
Ala
Percy Coplon
Percy
Thanksgiving Day Death Toll Sets Record At 181
The Associated Press reports a record high 181 holiday deaths from violent accidents during Thanksgiving, including 123 traffic fatalities and 58 other mishaps such as fires plane crashes shootings and hunting accidents. Alabama reports 14 traffic fatalities within the period.
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Pepper Blasts Byrnes Criticism in White House Remarks
Senator Pepper of Florida condemned James Byrnes at a White House event. Pepper accused Byrnes of wanting to revive Magnolia days and the Civil War era while criticizing administration spending and big government. He contrasted Byrnes with governance and noted implications for the South’s plantation era.
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Pepper
D-Fla
White House
James F. Byrnes
South
Truman
Byrnes
South Carolina
Supreme Court
Biloxi
Miss. Pepper
Pericles
Czech President Pardons 13 Priests
Prague report says President Klement Gottwald pardoned 13 Catholic priests, including some in jail and others awaiting prosecution, in an official announcement.
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Prague
Klement Gottwald
Street clashes erupt as NMU turmoil pits Curran backers
In New York City street battles between rival NMU factions police restored order after clubbing and arrests. Five Curran supporters were jailed for beating opponents trying to enter the union's West 17th Street headquarters near the Hudson. Authorities set bail for a Dec hearing as intra union strife continues.
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New York
CIO National Maritime Union
NMU
Joseph Curran
Curran
West 17Th Street
Hudson River
Sory
Truman orders action to guard military secrets after Johnson TV remarks
President Truman directed Attorney General J Howard McGrath to take steps to protect vital information amid fears raised by talk of the B 36 bomber program and a televised remark by Senator Edwin C Johnson. Johnson insisted his telecast contained no new or secret data and claimed his words were not tied to any development.
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Truman
J. Howard McGrath
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Congress
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
Johnson
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Senator Johnson
Atomic Energy Committee
Sentry Kills American Soldier Near Berlin
In Berlin a Russian sentry fatally wounded an American sergeant after a vehicle failed to stop at a checkpoint near Gatow. The incident, at about 8 30 p m local, involved two other soldiers and a girl. they were handed to British authorities. The sergeant died at Gatow RAF hospital. names of the dead and companions were withheld pending notification.
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Berlin
U. S. Army
Army
Tempelhof
British
Gatow
Two British Jet Pilots Die In Head-On Crash
In Tangmere England two of Britain twin jet meteor fighters collided head on and crashed into dense woods. Both pilots were killed though their identities were not immediately released.
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Tangmere
England
Britain
Icy Streets Halt Traffic Across Bluefield Area
Snow and ice across Bluefield Virginia and surrounding counties slowed traffic as temperatures plunged to 23 degrees. Two accidents were reported in Bluefield and Princeton with no injuries. Road crews salted and plowed while motorists were urged to drive carefully.
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Bluefield
E. P. Mitchell
East River Mountain
Virginia Line
Beckley
Flat Top
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Road Commission
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Braxton
Gilmer
Lewis
Upshur
Southern Coal Producers Invite Renewed Contract Talks
Southern coal producers sent a telegram to John L. Lewis signaling readiness to resume negotiations for a new contract. They demand safeguards against strikes and welfare fund spending controls, with talks possible next week. Government officials and other operator groups considered resumption of negotiations as the coal crisis looms toward a 380,000 worker strike if no agreement is reached.
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Southern Coal Producers
John L. Lewis
Southern
Lewis
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Association
Moody
Southern Group
Union
Bluefield
W. Va
Southern Association
Moody's Mesage
Murray
Truman
John R. Steelman
Mississippi River
Pittsburgh
Gargantua the Great Dies in Florida Cage
Gargantua the great a famed 550 pound gorilla died in his air conditioned Florida cage. Keeper Jose Tomas found him early today and the body was warm. Autopsy will be performed at Johns Hopkins with Yale researchers to determine cause and the body donated to Yale's Peabody museum.
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Gargantua the Great
Florida
Miami
Fla
Gargantua
Jose Tomas
Tomas
Africa
Gertrude Linz
Brooklyn
John Ringling North
John Ringling
Sarasota
North
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M’toto
Circus
National Airlines
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Adolph Schultz
Johns Hopkins Medical School
Robert Yerkes
Department of Comparative Anatomy
Yale
Gargy
Peabody Museum
China asks U.N. to blockade Communist China
Nationalist China urged the United Nations to blockade Communist China both militarily and economically and to urge U.N. members to cut diplomatic relations with the Communist regime.
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China
U.N
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