Victory in Suchow Redoubt Lifts Nanking Mood
In central China tension eased after government claims of a complete Suchow victory. The Suchow battle was described as concluded, boosting confidence in Chiang Kai-shek's leadership. Red forces faced heavy casualties and may regroup for new actions as weather and supply conditions shape next moves. U.S. evacuation plans proceed with ships due from Shanghai and Hankow airlift underway.
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Nanking
China
Suchow
Chiang Kai-shek
Chang Liu-shih
United States
San Francisco
Shanghai
Simon B. Buckner
Yokohama
Honshu
Hankow
U N vetoes Soviet arms cut proposal in Paris
The United Nations General Assembly rejected Russia and its satellites a one third cut in arms within a year by 43 to 6 with one abstention. Belgium proposed continuing disarmament study with international inspection. Vishinsky and Dulles clashed over disarmament, inspection, and Western powers’ plans.
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Paris
U. N. General Assembly
Russia
U. N
Poland
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Ukraine
Andrei Vishinsky
Vishinsky
United States
Great Britain
Marshall
John Foster Dulles
Europe
America
U.N. Assembly
H. V. Evatt
Australia
U.S.S.R
Soviet Union
Pentagon
War Ministries
Eope
Dulles
Farouk and Iran’s Empress Fawzia Divorce Ends Royal Union
Cairo and Tehran announce the separation and divorce of King Farouk and Queen Farida after a 10 year marriage and of Shah Reza Pahlavi’s Empress Fawzia due to illness. The notices say the splits will not affect Franco relations and note Farouk’s divorce was finalized November 17, 1948.
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Cairo
Egypt
Iran
Farouk
Farida
Fawzia
Shah Reza Pahlavi
Sasi Naz Sulfikar
Shah
A. Shah
el Farouk
US envoy urged Chiang to seek peace talks with communists
Reports from Shanghai and Nanking claimed United States Ambassador J Leighton Stuart urged Chiang Kai-shek to open peace talks and form a coalition with the Chinese Communists. Stuart denied the charges, saying he spoke as a personal friend, not as ambassador. Nanking sources said he urged the move believing continued fighting was hopeless and that aid from the United States would be slow and limited.
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Nanking
United States
J. Leighton Stuart
Chiang Kai-shek
Stuart
Shanghai
Chiang
World Citizen ejected from United Nations gathering
Garry Davis known as a world citizen was thrown out of the Paris Palais de Chaillot during a U N disarmament debate incident. He had renounced U S citizenship and attempted to speak from the gallery before Col Robert Sarrazac delivered a prepared speech for him.
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Paris
Garry Davis
U. N. Assemby
Palais de Chaillot
Davis
Robert Sarrazac
Sarrazac
Uniforms Rejected by Detroit Policewomen
Detroit police commissioner Harry S. Toy proposed uniforms for policewomen and held a vote to assess their views. The result was a unanimous no for all duties except parade work, with officers saying uniforms would hamper their effectiveness.
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Detroit
Harry S. Toy
Toy
Truth Serum Evidence Names Stranger in Wife's Murder
In Martinez California a murder trial pivots as a truth serum recording from Air Force Sgt. Kenneth Long points to a stranger, William Peck, as the killer. The witness recounted a sequence in which a knife attack ended Barbara Jean Long's life, prompting searches for Peck in the Pacific Northwest.
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Donovan
William Peck
Richmond
Long
Peck
Pacific Northwest
Kenneth
Karen
Second 10-Year Term for Fields
Cedar Rapids man Charles Fields aged 21 received a second ten year sentence in Fort Madison penitentiary totaling 20 years for part in break ins and safecrackings in Cedar Rapids. Ollie Tobin 17 was given a 10 year term for breaking into Hatch and Brookman Lumber Co office on Nov 12 with concurrent terms for other crimes.
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Charles Fields
Twelfth Avenue
Fort Madison
Cedar Rapids
Ollie Tobin
H Street
G. K. Thompson
Hatch and Brookman Lumber Company
Tragedy in Lisbon Closet Fire Claims Five
In Dixon Illinois three young children and their mother died in an early morning blaze in a clothes closet. Margaret E Warfel 31 and her sons Richard seven Charles six and Robert 18 months were found in the closet after the fire. Randall Warfel husband and father reported waking to smoke and discovering the scene. Authorities say bodies were removed before investigators arrived hampering early probes. Warfel was treated for shock. the family lived in Lisbon Iowa prior to the incident.
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Dixon, Ill
Harry Fischer
Margaret E. Warfel
Richard
Charles
Robert
Fischer
Randall Warfel
Fter
Robert Preston
Lee County of State
Morey Pires
Warfel
Illinois Northern Utilities Company
Gece
Lisbon
Star Dor othy Sarnoff Keeps Show Going Despite Hair Fire
Dorothy Sarnoff continued the performance of Maddalena after a stage light exploded setting her hair on fire. John Raitt rushed in to extinguish the flames as she sang, saying she lost about an inch and a half of hair. Damages were not serious.
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New York
Dorothy Sarnoff
Miss Sarnoff
John Raitt
Raitt
John
Queuille Seeks Confidence Vote After Coal Crisis
Paris AP dispatch says Premier Henri Queuille secured permission to seek a confidence vote in the national assembly Tuesday. He argues his cabinet restrained Communist led strikes that halted 9 million tons of coal in seven weeks. Meanwhile Communist labor leaders call a 24 hour merchant marine strike and a general dock workers strike for Monday. In Dunkerque 2000 dock workers occupy the port area as about 3000 troops, including Moroccans, are deployed to the scene.
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Paris
Henri Queuille
National Assembly
Queuille
France
Merchant Marine
Dunkerque
City Official Cites Failure To Get Permit
Cedar Rapids building probe targets Royal Improvement Company of Minneapolis official M. H. Ostrow for residing dwellings without permits. Assistant City Attorney Dwight Krumholtz moves immediate action while Chief Carstens commands a manhunt for the red Minnesota licensed company truck. Two late permits issued for nonreported residings prompt Gazette to urge state and local scrutiny of Minnesota crews charging double for re siding.
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J. H. Lilly
House Improvement Company
M. H. Ostrow
The
Royal Improvement Company of
Minneapolis
Dwight Krumholtz
Fred Carstens
Cedar Rapids
Royal Improvement Company
Lilly
Gazette Today
Minnesota
the Gazette
No Divorce No Marriage Either
Mrs. Charles Borla 35 sued for divorce but agreed to return as housekeeper not wife after 20 years of marriage. Her bartender husband 38 accepts terms. she cares for two children and gains joint ownership of a 17000 dollar bank account. Divorce suit dismissed by Circuit Judge Julius H. Miner who praised the arrangement.
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Chicago
Charles Borla
Robert
Tom
Borla
Julius H. Miner
N W Iowa Snowstorm Strikes Midwest With High Winds
A severe storm moved eastward across the Midwest after lashing the Great Plains with high winds. Drifting snow blocked roads and isolated dozens of communities while weather forecasters warned the system would reach New England over the weekend.
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Detroit
New York State
Midwest
Great Plains
Iowa
New York
Atlantic Ocean
Mississippi
Colorado
Kansas
Nebraska
U. S
New England
Train Not Lost Denvers Storm Delays Rock Island Streamliner
The air force dispatched four planes from Lowry Field to search for the Chicago to Denver Rocket after reports the streamliner was missing in a Kansas snowstorm. Chicago officials, however, said the deluxe train was not lost, only hours late, trailing a snowplow near Jennings, Kansas.
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Denver
Air Force
Rock Island Railroad
Lowry Field
Kansas
Chicago
Rock Island
Jennings
Kan
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