U S Halts Marshall Plan Aid to Dutch East Indies
The United States suspended all Marshall Plan aid to the Dutch East Indies pending settlement of hostilities with Indonesia. The decision followed a request by Indonesian envoy D Soemitro and after consultation with the State Department. Dutch denial of funds arming troops was noted. homeland aid remains unresolved.
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Washington
United States
Netherlands East Indies
Republic of Indonesia
Paul G. Hoffman
ECA
Netherlands
State Department
D. Soemitro
Lovett
Dutch Armored Column Reaches Jogjakarta Linking With Paratroops
Batavia dispatch reports Dutch armored units advanced into the Indonesian capital Jogjakarta to join paratroopers who took the city. Soerakarta and the Tjepu refinery were captured as Dutch forces push across Java. A communique says little resistance and no counterattacks, while Indonesian radio reports heavy fighting around Jogjakarta.
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Batavia
Java
Jogjakarta
Indonesian Republican Radio
Ceylon seals harbors and airports against Dutch ships
Ceylon ordered all harbors and airports closed to Dutch ships and planes carrying troops or war material bound for Indonesia. The action followed Indonesian Republican calls for Asiatic sanctions against Dutch controlled areas. Indonesian representative Izak Madhi urged a regional conference in Bangkok to oppose Dutch imperialism.
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Columbo
Ceylon
INS
Indonesia
Netherlands
Bangkok
Siam
Izak Madhi
Youth Gets Life In Dual Slaying
Charles Edward McClelland, 19, pled guilty to the murder of Robert Lee May II and his wife in Virginia. He received two life terms in the Nebraska penitentiary after a 26 minute trial in Omaha. McClelland, already serving a Colorado sentence for fraud, admitted second degree murder under a negotiated deal.
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Omaha
Charles Edward McClelland
Virginia
Nebraska
James English
Robert Lee May, II
Alexandria
McClelland
Colorado
James J. Fitzgerald
Joseph Lovely
Fitzgerald
Dutch Break Truce Claims At U N Security Council
U N investigators accuse The Netherlands of violating the Indonesian truce as Java and Sumatra warfare dominates the Security Council agenda. The Netherlands cites captured republican plans and asserts police action. Australia and the United States press for immediate cease fire and troop withdrawal.
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Paris
United Nations
Netherlands
Security Council
Java
Sumatra
U. N. Good Offices Commission
Batavia
U. N
Australia
United States
Jan Herman van Royen
Musso
Tan Malakka
van Royen
Indonesia
Malaya
China
Layoffs Rise in October Across Manufacturing
The Labor Statistics bureau reports October layoff rate in manufacturing rose to 12 per 1 000 from 10 per 1 000, the highest level since early year. Hiring fell from 51 to 45 per 1 000, while total separations declined from 54 to 45 per 1 000 as quits dropped.
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Washington
INS
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Postmaster Decision Stands in Cedar Rapids
The Democratic state central committee will not reconsider its recommendation of William McLaughlin as acting Cedar Rapids postmaster. State Chairman Jake More called a VFW post 788 resolution urging reconsideration politically inspired and not reflective of the majority. McLaughlin would succeed Frank Baldwin when he retires January 31. the VFW proposed John F. Greenlee, a veteran, for the post.
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Des Moines
Democratic State Central Committee
William McLaughlin
Cedar Rapids
Jake More
More
VFW Post 788
Post
McLaughlin
Frank Baldwin
VFW
John F. Greenlee
State Central Committee
Board Will Not Comment on Reed's Eldora Criticism
Chairman P F Hopkins said the Iowa board of control would not issue an official comment on statements by Charles W Reed former superintendent of the Iowa Training School for Boys at Eldora Reed criticized the board's Eldora administration in a Ced ar Rapids Gazette story from last Sunday The board declined to respond to the criticisms or confirm the story's details.
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Des Moines
INS
P. F. Hopkins
Board of Control
Charles W. Reed
Iowa Training School For Boys
Eldora
Reed
Cedar Rapids
Prisoner Escapes Jail For Nocturnal Gas Station Theft
In Juneau Wisconsin authorities said Glen Norenberg a 34 year old inmate at the jail carried out two burglaries while jailed. He admitted a Dec 11 gas station theft after being caught breaking in and hiding loot in the jail basement. He is charged with larceny and breaking and entering and was returned to custody.
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Juneau
Wis
Glen Norenberg
Norenberg
Avery R. Canniff
Canniff
Cold Wave Fails To Strike Iowa
The mercury fell to zero at Mason City but weather bureau indicates the predicted cold wave failed to hit Iowa. Temperatures may rise Thursday and most highways remain normal statewide though gravel roads are icy in the north and central areas.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Mason City
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Highway Patrol
Minnesota
Cedar Falls
Court Rules Man 82 Too Old for Divorce
Los Angeles reports that Karl Robinson 82 was denied a divorce by Superior Judge William H. Byrne who ruled he was too old. Robinson a retired clothing manufacturer said his wife has been in a mental hospital for years and he wants to remarry citing his father lived to 103.
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Los Angeles
Llp
Karl Robinson
William H. Byrne
Robinson
Chiang Puts Approval on New Cabinet
Chiang Kai shek approved a new cabinet led by Premier Sun Fo amid a dark China picture. Nationalist forces retreat as Communist armies advance toward the Yangtze. observers see Chiang still as boss but peace prospects dim. Sun vows to fight on for an honorable peace and rejects surrender to the Reds.
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Nanking
Chiang Kaishek
China
Yangtze
Chiang
Sun Fo
Sun
Murray Refuses Subpoena From House Labor Panel
CIO President Philip Murray refused to answer a house labor subcommittee subpoena arguing the panel lacked legal authority. Rep. Hoffman warned of department action, but expected none, though Murray could face misdemeanor charges for defying a congressional order. The inquiry focused on violence at Shakespeare Company plants in Kalamazoo.
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Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
House Labor
Justice Department
Rep
Hoffman
R-Mich
Morally Murray
Murray
Kalamazoo
Shakespeare Company
Hartley
R-N.j
Wholesale Food Price Index Rises After Four Weeks
The Dun and Bradstreet wholesale food price index increased this week to 6.23 from 6.21 last week, with the year-ago level at 7.11.
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New York
Truman Inauguration Cost To Top $300000
The inauguration will cost about 100000 to reinstall Truman and roughly 215563 for week long events funded by the inaugural committee led by Melvin D Hildreth. Major expense includes 98075 for grandstands along the parade route with seats selling for 2 to 10 dollars.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
Capitol
Truman
Congress
Melvin D. Hildreth
Hildreth
White House
Philadelphia Mint
Duggan Death Sparked FBI Probe and Officials Promise Inquiry
New York Mayor O Dwyer assured a full police review into the suicide or plunge of Laurence Duggan as former associates defend him. FBI questioned Duggan amid Chambers Hiss controversy while editor Isaac Levine reiterated Duggan’s alleged ties to a spy ring. Duggan’s family denies self harm. detectives note the wind deflector on his window and the difficulty of an accidental fall.
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O'Dwyer
Welles
New York
William O’dwyer
Sumner Welles
New York Police Department
Laurence Duggan
Duggan
State Department
Francis B. Sayre
O’dwyer
Institute of International Education
FBI
Chambers- Hiss
Edward Scheidt
Isaac Don Levine
Plain Talk
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Levine
Mexico City
Washington
Grand Jury
Additional Pay for Penick Ford Employees in Cedar Rapids
About 950 Penick and Ford employees in Cedar Rapids will receive extra Christmas pay totaling 150000 dollars. The board authorized this on two bases: 100 hours at the normal rate for employees who worked the full year, and 8.33 hours per month for those with less than a year’s service.
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Cedar Rapids
Penick and
Ford
Ce Aeal
Eas Board of Directors
Rutledge Attorney Bound for Cedar Rapids Extradition Case
Leo F Laughren, attorney for Dr. Robert C Rutledge, heads to Cedar Rapids from St Louis where Rutledge is free on 5000 bond in a murder case. He will confer with Linn County officials on the upcoming trial while extradition questions pause in Missouri. Rutledge, charged with first degree murder in Hartman death, has been granted a hospital leave of absence.
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Cedar Rapids
Leo F. Laughren
Robert C. Rutledge
St. Louis
Byron C. Hartman
Laughren
William W. Crissman
Linn County
Dr. Rutledge
Hartman
Robert D. Blue
Missouri
Rutledge
Blue
Phil M. Donnelly
Jefferson City
Children’s Hospital
Roosevelt Hotel
Seven World War II criminals executed by hanging in Tokyo
The Japanese war crime defendants led by Hideki Tojo were executed between midnight and 12:35 a.m. on December 23, 1948. The seven included generals Doihara Itagaki Kimura Matsui and Muto and premier Hirota. The executions followed the longest legal process in history and were witnessed by a small group at Sugamo Prison.
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Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Japan
Gen. MacArthur
International Military Tribunal of
Far East
Tojo
Sugamo
Buddha
Nobukaisu Hanayama
Kenji Doihara
Lawrence
Manchuria
Koki Hirota
Seishiro Itagaki
Dutch East Indies
Heitaro Kimura
Iwane Matsui
Nanking
Akira Muto
Manila
Hirota
United States Supreme Court
High Court
Black Dragon Society
Allied Tribunal
East
Southeast Asia
Germany
Axis
Itagaki
Quentin Roosevelt Dies in CNAC DC-4 Crash Near Hongkong
The CNAC DC-4 Skymaster crash near a Hongkong hillside killed Quentin Roosevelt and 34 others. Roosevelt, grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt, was identified. he had served as a major with Silver Star and Purple Heart.
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Shanghai
Chinese National Aviation Corporation
Quentin Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Hongkong
CNAC
Roosevelt
Cornelius Roosevelt
Quentin
William Hunt and Company
Charles Sundby
Copenhagen
Sundby
North Africa
Truman Flies to Missouri for Christmas Visit
President Truman arrived by plane Wednesday afternoon en route to Independence Missouri to spend Christmas. He plans to return to Washington on December 29 and brought along a briefcase full of work for himself.
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Kansas City
Truman
Independence
Washington
Thursday Last Chance For Evening Shopping
Cedar Rapids stores end late hours tonight and close at 9 p.m. on Friday Christmas Eve. Post office hours extend to 9 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday but close at 6 p.m. Friday. Government offices, Linn county draft board, and recruiting stations close by noon Friday. Courthouse closes at 4 p.m. Friday. Public library closes 6 p.m. Friday and reopens Monday. Saturday hours mostly canceled. Sixteenth Avenue SW station open Friday 2 to 6 p.m.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Draft Board
Armed Forces
Linn County
Sixteenth Avenue SW
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