Suchow Troops Ordered To Break Fortifications At Nanking
Chinese government orders Suchow garrison to march south to aid Nanking and rescue the encircled 12th army group of about 140,000 men. The Suchow force faced hesitation amid reports of scattered units and food shortages as Communist forces moved to trap and neutralize the government troops.
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Nanking
Suchow
Hankow
Huang Wei
Kwei River
Suhsien
Liu Po- Cheng
Communist
San Francisco
Associated Press
Huang
Suchaw
Liu Tze
Peace Daily
Tsaotsun
Tom Lambert
Liu Po-Cheng
12Th Army Group
Chen Yi
Chen
Pengpu
Yangtze River
European Recovery Plan Outlined at White House Conference
President Truman, Secretary Marshall and ECA chief Hoffman discussed the European recovery program. Har rian described the session as focused on western Europe ECA matters. Truman authorized use of 4.0 billion in Marshall plan grants by April and Congress may be asked for about 1.25 billion more to finish the year. Senator Connally predicted the Berlin blockade will be lifted soon.
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W. Averell Harrian
European Recovery Administration
Paul G. Hoffman
ECA
Europe
Marshall
U. S
Truman
Congress
Senator Connally
Texas
Berlin
Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Jague
East Coast Rail Embargo Lifted After Settlement
The Association of American Railroads announced the embargo at eight east coast ports will be lifted tomorrow due to the settlement of the longshoremen strike. Affected ports include New York Boston Philadelphia Baltimore Hampton Roads Wilmington Port Newark and Portland.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
AAR
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Hampton Roads
Wilmington
Port Newark
N. J
Portland
Lad Spurns Caresses Of Mother Charged With Slaying Father
Four year old Vincent Ferris rejected his mother Elizabeth Ferreri in a Los Angeles courtroom during a guardianship hearing. Elizabeth Ferreri is charged with murdering her husband Jerome Ferreri, 32. The boy favored his paternal grandparents and aunt as she pleaded to keep him. She sobbed after relinquishing him to the grandparents.
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Los Angeles
Vincent Ferris
Elizabeth Ferreri
Vincent
Vincent Ferreri
Josephine Covino
New Brunswick
N. J
Monkey
Weather Delays Dock Recovery After Coastal Strike
Snow and rain slow resumption of normal dock activity at eastern ports including Philadelphia Baltimore and Norfolk as longshoremen accept a new contract raising day shift pay to 1.88 and night overtime to 2.82 The ILA leader Joseph P Ryan notes work continues where available while 2 000 truck drivers return to duty and rail embargoes are lifted on small freight into the metro area
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New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Boston
Joseph P. Ryan
AFL International Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
John J. O’rourke
AFL Brotherhood of Teamsters
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Killer on Swedish Railways Baffles Police
Swedish police investigate a series of weekend railway deaths and injuries in southern Sweden. Four killed and one critically hurt over five weekends, with the latest victim Magnus Joensoon found beside tracks north of Malmoe. Only survivor Carl Nilsson has partial amnesia of his October 30 trip.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Magnus Joensoon
Malmoe
Carl Nilsson
Halmstad
German Reds Lay Plans To Grab Berlin
German Russians backed communists massed for an apparent bid to seize political control of Berlin before Sunday elections in the western sector. Col. Frank L. Howley warned there would be no violence, while Marshal Sokolovsky accused the western allies of allowing the vote to split the city.
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Berlin
Frank L. Howley
U. S
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Sokolovsky
Lucius D. Clay
Frankfurt
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Clay
Blast at West Coast Port Causes Fire and Injury
A waterfront explosion in Portland Oregon rocked the city and sparked a blaze in a municipal terminal building with piled lumber. One man was hurled 200 feet from the Portland dock commission office and firefighters reported gas odor before the blast.
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Portland
Ore
Portland Dock Commission
Walter Kraft
Deck Commission
Jews Arabs Order Holy City Cease Fire
Arab and Jewish military leaders ordered a cease-fire in Jerusalem today. Lt Col Moshe Davan for Israel and Lt Col Abdullah Bey El Tel for the Arabs directed troops to halt firing. The halt covers Israeli army Arab legion of Trans Jordan and irregular forces, following peace talks under UN auspices. One shell burst in southern Jerusalem near Canadian Jewish delegates.
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Jerusalem
Holy
Jersualem
Moshe Davan
Israel
Abdullah Bey el Tel
Arab Legion of
Trans- Jordan
United Nations
United Jewis Appeal Mission
Widow Freed As Hooded Men Sought In Slaying
In Toombs County a widow of Mallard is released after a murder warrant. Hooded robed men are sought as new arrests loom once warrants are sworn. Gov Talmadge urged killers be arrested regardless of color. the case involves accusations from Black witnesses and a slain man identified as Mallard.
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Toombs
Mallard
Gray
Herman Talmadge
Savannah
Lyons
Ellis Pope
Delmar Jones
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Griffin
Aaron Kravitch
Samuel Green
Ku Klux Klan
French Miners Return To Pits Amid Unrest And Losses
Paris reports reveal French coal miners ended the longest strike in history on orders of Communist union leaders. The walkout caused mass arrests, fatalities, and heavy losses in production, with ERP imports arranged to offset shortages. An American expert notes broader economic impact next month while analysts caution against a generalized price decline.
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Paris
France
U. S. To Roll Out Carpet For Mme Chiang
Mme Chiang Kai-Shek arrived in Washington amid ceremonial welcome but potential aid for the Chinese government looked doubtful. The visit includes transport on the Sacred Cow, and host invitations from Secretary of State and Mrs Marshall at Leesburg Virginia.
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Washington
U. S
Mme
Chiang Kai-Shek
Truman
San Francisco
Marshall
Leesburg
State Department
Justice Cravens Uncovers Aged Whiskey Ad Scam
St Louis justice of the peace John Park Cravens complained after a distillery advertisement offered four quarts of seven year old rye for 3.20 dollars. Officials found the distillery and Magazine Arkansas ad were non existent and the 48 year old ad was obsolete.
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St. Louis
John Park Cravens
Magazine
Ark
Cravens
Israel Applies for UN Membership on Anniversary Vote
Israeli foreign minister Moshe Shertok formally submitted Israel’s United Nations membership request to Secretary-General Trygve Lie on the first anniversary of the UN partition vote. US, USSR, Canada, Colombia, Argentina, and Soviet Ukraine favored admission. Syria opposed. Britain and China abstained. The council decision hinges on key votes from France and Belgium.
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Paris
Israel
United Nations
U. N
Palestine
U.N
Moshe Shertok
Trygve Lie
Security Council
General Assembly
France
Belgium
Council
United States
Russia
Soviet Ukraine
Canada
Colombia
Argentina
Syria
Britain
China
Shertok
U.S. Industry Sets Peacetime Record in October
Industrial production rose to a peacetime peak in October, with the Federal Reserve Board noting a 3 point index gain to 95 percent above the 1935 39 average. Durable goods led, steel mills and autos hit new postwar highs while copper output and rail freight cars fell.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Navy Vet Confesses Embezzling 50300 to Cover Gambles
Clarence M. Markland Jr., a 25 year old Navy veteran and head of the sales and finance department at a Bank of Virginia branch in Norfolk, testified in federal court that he forged 17 cashier’s checks to steal 50300. He admitted gambling debts and said gamblers threatened him after checks bounced. he received a five year federal sentence.
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Norfolk
Clarence M. Markland, Jr
Bank of Virginia
United States District Court
Albert V. Bryan
Markland
Piney Point Boat Club
Piney Point
A Little Knowledge Is A Dangerous Thing Headline
Patti Sacks Karger, 22, a model studying to be a lawyer, won a divorce after testifying her husband Frederick Maxwell Karger, 27, a musical director, tried to curb her study and knocked a Karl Marx book from her hand saying he did not want his wife to be more intelligent.
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Los Angeles
Patti Sacks Karger
Frederick Maxwell Karger
Patti
Karger
Tokyo officer tightens curb on Tojo execution news
Tokyo reports that police restricted reporters near Sugamo prison for the planned executions of Hideki Tojo and six others. A wartime two part name code will pass word to occupation HQ, with daily code changes and bulletins to correspondents once the hangings occur.
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Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Sugamo
Col. M. P. Echols
Public Information
Echols
MacArthur
Virginia GOP seeks vote recount in Virginia Senate race
Richmond, Va. November 29 Erle Lutz executive director of the Republican State Central Committee asks for a new canvass of the November 2 U S Senate vote citing errors in local reports. He points to Lynchburg where Woods tally was listed as 199 instead of 1 019 and asks for new abstracts from certifying authorities statewide along with discrepancies in Washington and Rockbridge counties.
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Richmond
Erle Lutz
Republican State Central Committee
United States
Virginia
Lutz
Levinnock Davis
State Board of Elections
Davis
Lynchburg
State Board
Robert H. Woods
GOP
A. Willis Robertson
Robertson
Woods
Washington
Rockbridge
Wife Testifies Husband Made Thirty Suicide Attempts
Chicago November 29 Adeline Lewandowski testified that her husband Frank 36 had attempted suicide thirty times since their 1939 marriage. A circuit judge issued a restraining injunction to stop further death by own action after their separation on November 6 following an alleged knife stabbing attempt. They have three children.
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Chicago
Frank Lewandowski
Adeline
Julius H. Miner
Lewandowski
Harry X. Cole
Sabotage Cuts Electricity in West Virginia Area
Clarksburg officials report an apparent act of sabotage cut power to thousands in south central West Virginia for about 12 hours. A bare wire on a 22 000 volt line near Lewis county caused a major outage hitting Sutton Gassaway Burnsville Glenville Orlando and Clay county and Widen before restoration at 5 41 p m. with police asked to investigate.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Monongahela Power Company
West Virginia
Don B. Potter
Lewis County
Braxton
Potter
Indian Creek
Sutton
Gassaway
Burnsville
Glenville
Orlando
Clay County
Widen
Sabo
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Auto Dealer Testifies of Favoritism in Car Deliveries
Washington Chevrolet dealer Benjamin Ourisman told a congressional committee that two agencies he controls sometimes show preference to personal friends and top customers. He said his salesmen follow a long new car waiting list and that trade in markups and delivery times vary, with witnesses recounting immediate delivery for some and long waits for others.
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Washington
John T. M. Reddan
House
Rep. Macy
R-Ny
Reddan
Ourisman Chevrolet Company
Mandell Chevrolet Company
Ourisman
A. W. Famular
Detroit
General Motors
Chevrolet
Macy
Famular
Margaret V. Good
Olive B. Minyard
Macy's Committee
Hudson
Oldsmobile
Woods
Fred J. Walker
Clyde E. Kesler
Priest Claims Secret Russian Cave Church Findings
Jesuit Rev. Kurt Szekaila says he traveled through Russia in disguise on church orders and found a vast underground church with millions of followers. He describes Christians opposing Moscow controlled orthodoxy forming a cave church during travels to Moscow.
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Duesseldorf
Germany
Russia
Kurt Szekaila
Moscow
Josef Cardinal Frings
Cologne
Jesus
Father Szekalla
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