China Calls On U S To Tell Policy
In Washington AP report, Defense Secretary Forrestal states the US marine force at Tsingtao will rise by 1000. Chinese Ambassador Wellington Kee says he has asked the State Department for a declaration of American policy on China amid the crisis. President Truman plans to review the international situation with Secretary Marshall next Monday. Koo says Chiang Kai-shek’s government demands a policy statement, claiming they do not know US policy.
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Washington
Defense
Forrestal
United States Marine Force
Tsingtao
China
Wellington Kee
State Department
Truman
Marshall
Koo
Chiang Kai-shek
United States
Oliver Franks
Robert Lovett
Lovett
Berlin
Ambasar J. Leighton Stuart
Federal Council of Churches
Cincinnati
Chiang appeals Truman for morale boosting policy
Chiang Kai-shek has appealed directly to President Truman for an American policy statement to bolster morale of Chinese anti Communist forces, it was learned Wednesday.
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Washington
Chiang Kai-shek
Truman
American pressure grows for China policy shift
An American call for sympathy and support for Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist regime signals possible new policy moves amid Nationalist defeats in Manchuria and north China. Officials weigh how far U S aid should go to help Nationalist China against the Communists as Beijing tensions rise.
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Chiang
Manchuria
North
China
Koo
Suchow Cut Off as Communists Press Rail Hub Siege
Beijing reports a Communist flanking drive isolating Suchow 200 miles NW of Nanking with airlift set to deliver supplies to Nationalist defenders. Both sides claim major victories on a curved battle line around Suchow as transports move to sustain the besieged city.
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Nanking
Suchow
Yangtze Valley
Hway River
Pengpu
Suhsien
Food Price Decline Balanced by Higher Living Costs
Philadelphia AP report quotes Ewan Clague of the labor bureau saying food prices will fall but living costs rise due to demand in rents steel autos and Marshall plant exports. He notes high industrial employment at 46 million but warns skilled labor shortages may pinch employers and trigger gradual readjustments in textiles clothing shoes radios furniture and appliances.
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Philadelphia
Ewan Clague
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Clague
Industrial Council of the Chamber of Commerce
Ten Year Sentence Turns Into Life For Erring Youth
Wayne Smith, 23, sentenced to ten years for placing ties on a railroad track but ordered to life after arriving at Anamosa. Iowa law now imposes life terms for certain offenses, including railroad obstruction and armed burglary, sparking debate on sentencing inequities. Continued on Page 8, Col. 2.
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Cedar Rapids
Anamosa Reformatory
Harold Davidson
Clarinda
Wayne Smith
Anamosa
Smith
Foss Davis
Supreme Court
Iowa
Warden Davis
Linn County
William Crissman
Crissman
Robert Blue
Waterloo
Iowa City
Iowa Squad To Get Gazettes In Boston
The University of Iowa football team travels to Boston this week with Cedar Rapids Gazette reporters. Thirty copies of the daily paper depart Cedar Rapids by United Air Lines at 2 15 p.m. to arrive that evening at the Parker House hotel. Pat Harmon Gazette sports editor will accompany the team and provide game coverage and sidelight dispatches.
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University of Iowa
Boston
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Cedar Rapids
United Air Lines
Parker House
Pat Harmon
Gazette
De Gaulle Demands France Elections and Break with Coalition
Paris reports General Charles de Gaulle renews bid for leadership warning of political and economic collapse unless the middle of the road coalition is ousted. He calls for general elections, vows no coalition with moderates, and outlines a global France driven by specific regions and a potential ban on the Communist party.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
National Assembly
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Ruhr
Italy
Union of Western Europe
Britain
Middle East
East Africa
Far East
Pacific
Communist Party
Man leaps to death from St. Peter's dome during service
An attorney aged 65 climbed inside the dome of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City and jumped 164 feet to his death among thousands during the feast. The suicide followed a prior six month death by self, prompting re consecration by Msgr. Leon Gromier.
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Vatican City
St. Peter’s Basilica
Christendom
Pietro Puglieri
Puglieri
Msgr
Leon Gromier
Cedar Rapids Siding Racket Repeats Old Scam Ties
Cedar Rapids families faced an out of town siding scam tied to a Minnesota firm claiming a new asbestos cement product. Promised exclusivity and $25 bonuses lured two households before they refused after price comparisons. The scheme mirrors 1937 1940 and 1945 exposures by The Gazette, with rapid decisions and misleading contracts.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette
Minnesota
Store Hours Unearth Holiday Suggested Cedar Rapids
The Retail Merchants bureau of the Chamber of Commerce recommends December 18 20 21 22 and 23 store hours from 9 30 a m to 9 00 p m in Cedar Rapids. Local shops usually close at 5 30 p m.
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Cedar Rapids
Retail Merchants Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce
Controls on Auto Prices Threaten Action by Lawmakers
Rep. Macy recessed auto price hearings warning dealers to drop excessive profiteering or face potential controls. Witnesses described paying up to 500 dollars in tips to obtain new cars. The hearing record will be reviewed by federal and local authorities for possible law violations.
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Washington
Macy
R-N. Y
George Morris Fay
U. S
Ford fires 23 dealers over black market practices
Henry Ford II said Ford Motor Co has dismissed 23 Ford dealers for black market pricing. He warned more firings may follow as the congressional probe into car dealer activities continues in Washington.
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Philadelphia
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Washington
AFL Hears Appeal for Labor Calm
Federal Mediation Director Cyrus S. Ching told the AFL convention that labor strife to the world signals national disunity and that the mediation service merely supports free collective bargaining not orders or coercion. He warned small conflicts are blown up by enemies of the system.
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Cincinnati
INS
Cyrus S. Ching
American Federation of Labor
Ching
AFL
Federal Mediation Service
Berlin Unions Seek Labor Aid as Berlin Blockade Standoff Deepens
Markus Schleicher told the AFL convention that Berlin workers will endure sacrifices to oppose the Russian blockade. Ernst Scharnowski praised Truman’s Berlin stance while Schleicher noted 200,000 Western Berlin wage earners seek American labor support for an equitable outcome. The gathering set President Green’s salary at 25 000 and Meany’s at 23 000, and restored the vice president title to 13 board members amid Taft Hartley affidavits concerns.
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Cincinnati
Markus Schleicher
AFL
Berlin
Ernst Scharnowski
Zonal Council of Trade Unions
Germany
William Green
George Meany
Green
Meany
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Drunk Pigs Foil Pork Smuggling at German Border
Customs officers at the Belgian German border report foiling a pork smuggling scheme. They poked trucks bound for Belgium and noted three hogs that did not flinch. The pigs confessed to being lulled silent with alcohol to avoid detection.
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Bonn
Germany
Belgium
Mediator Moves Into Ship Strike
Washington AP reports top mediator William M. Margolis flew to New York to seek an end to the East Coast dock strike. He will meet with union and management leaders as part of the Federal Mediation Service efforts led by Director Cyrus S. Ching.
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Washington
New York
William M. Margolis
Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Mediation Service
Patient mocks doctor in Enka Voice joke
A Chuckle Patient joke features a sick person telling a druggist’s advice led to a visit with the doctor. The doctor’s reaction highlights humorous miscommunication in a light, regional tone.
Supreme Court Gives Child to Father's Care
Iowa Supreme Court returns custody of a six year old boy to his father James H. Wiggins and the boy’s paternal grandparents from the divorced mother Louise Wiggins. The ruling cites neglect by the mother in the first 16 months after the split and emphasizes the child’s strong attachment to the grandparents’ home.
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Supreme Court
Des Moines
INS
Marion
James H. Wiggins
H. W. Wiggins
Louise Wiggins
Floyd Philbrick
William Bliss
Mason City
Bliss
W. A. Smith
Dubuque
Berlin Deadlock Persists as World Powers Hold Peace Course
Paris AP reports the United States Britain and France urged UN to treat Berlin as a threat to peace and keep talks within the Security Council. Britain backs council-led approach while Marshall ties US readiness to talk with Russia to lifting the blockade. France agrees to seek accord via UN without altering the council’s role. Evatt and Lie renew appeal for a quick settlement with four powers.
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Paris
United States
Britain
France
U. N
Berlin
Russia
Security Council
H. V. Evatt
Assembly
Trygve Lie
Council of Foreign Ministers
Hector McNeil
Marshall
Truman
Robert Schuman
U.N
Lie
Evatt
French Reds Call Strike at Ports
Communist leaders ordered a nationwide general port and dock strike to begin Monday after failed wage talks with Christian Pineau, minister of public works and transport. The strike affects ports and docks nationwide.
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Paris
Federation of Ports and Docks
Christian Pineau
Wholesale Food Price Index Falls to 6.37
Dun and Bradstreet reported the wholesale food price index for the week ended Nov. 16 slipped two cents to 6.37, from 6.95 a year earlier.
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New York
Dun and Bradstreet
Secretary of Thomas In Plea of Not Guilty
Miss Helen Campbell, former secretary to Rep. J Parnell Thomas, pled innocent in Washington to charges she conspired with the New Jersey Republican in a payroll fraud scheme.
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Thomas
Washington
LLP
Helen Campbell
J. Parnell Thomas
New Jersey Republican
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