Arab protests grow as Damascus legation torched and troops debated
Demonstrators in Damascus set fire to the U S legation and damaged the French legation amid mounting Arab bitterness over Palestine partition. King Ibn Saud reportedly pledged oil revenues to Arab forces, while Arab League chief Azzam Pasha warned of force to resist UN partition, as regional tensions rise and plans for broader action surface.
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Cairo
Middle East
United States
Damascus
Arab League
United Nations
Palestine
Ibn Saud
Arabia
France Delays Vote On Anti-Strike Military Bill
Paris reports the national assembly authorized calling up 80 000 troops to keep order while delaying further consideration of strict strike control legislation. The move adds to 300 000 recruits in two weeks as police battled scattered disorders and attackers targeted a Paris telephone exchange.
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Paris
National Assembly
France
Robert Schuman
Fatal DC-4 crash near Seattle kills three
A Alaska Airlines DC-4 with 28 aboard overran a runway at Seattle Tacoma Airport and crashed into a car on a highway. Three people died including blind singer Virginia Grafton and her 21 month old boy Gordon Johnson. Fourteen critical among survivors and 23 of 25 passengers plus crew escaped. Two pilots among the injured. Page 10.
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Seattle
Alaska Airlines
Seattle-Tacoma
Virginia Stillworth
Tacoma
Virginia Grafton
Gordon Johnson
J. E. Johnson
Palmer
Alaska
Pearl Stella Jones
Des Moines
Wash
158Th St
New Renton Hospital
James E. Farris
Copitol
Richard Whitting
Anchorage
King County Hospital
Four young people found dead in parked car
Four young persons two brothers and two sisters were found dead in a coupe on state highway No 5 near Burnsville Braxton county at 8 30 am yesterday The dead were Freda Brown 24 Margaret Brown 28 and Howard Dean 28 Levia Dean Jr 19 sons of local families A jury attributed the deaths to carbon monoxide poisoning A gas company employee found the bodies said one door was ajar and the motor still ran after the group had been at a Falls Mills park prior to 1 am yesterday Levia Dean Jr was on Navy furlough and Howard Dean worked locally Page 9 Col 5
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Braxton County
Napier
Freda Brown
Margaret Brown
Tom Brown
Orlastio
Lewis County
Hoyard Dean
Levia Dean, Jr
Levia
Gem
Frank Heater
Hope Natural Gas Co
Levin Dean, Jr
Navy
Hayward
The
Warmer Weather Spreads East Across United States
The Midwest cold wave moved into the Middle Atlantic last night while milder air pushed into the upper Mississippi and Ohio valleys. Sunday lows ranged from -5 at Bemidji to 21 in Rockford, with most areas 12 to 16 degrees warmer than Saturday. Skies were clear except for flurries in Minnesota and northern Ohio and Pennsylvania.
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Middle Atlantic
Mississippi
Ohio Valleys
Weather Bureau
Rockford
Chicago
Ohio River
Carolinas
Rocky Mountain
Upper Plains States
Canadian
Montana
North Dakota
Bemidi
Minn
Minnesota
Michigan
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Brownsville
Tex
Tucson
Ariz
Los Angeles
Food Gift Cargo On 'Friend Ship' Sets Sail From Philadelphia
The 10 000 ton freighter Friend Ship carries 208 carloads of grain and flour on the first leg to Le Havre France where the food will be distributed to starving people in France and Italy. It will pick up more cargo in New York before sailing to France, arriving in about two weeks. Independence Square ceremonies featured Dr Oswaldo Arranha of Brazil and Senator Francis Myers praising the Friendship Train as a landmark in postwar charity.
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Friend
le Havre
France
Italy
New York
Independ Lence Square
Conection
Oswaldo Arranha
Brazil
United Nations General Assembly
United Nations
Sen
Francis Myers
D. -Pa
Kanawha Airport to Run 10 Daily Flights Across U.S.
Charleston's new $7,000,000 Kanawha Airport opens with ceremonies by American Eastern and Capital airlines. Ten daily trips commence from the hilltop port. The inaugural Eastern Silverliner brings Sen. William E. Jenner of Indiana, scheduled to land at 11 03 with a second arrival two minutes later.
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Kanawha
American
Eastern
Capital
William E. Jenner
Indiana
Complete Schedule For Air Travel At Kana wha Airport
The Gazette prints a full schedule on page 92 detailing the ten flights with departure times from Kana wha Airport and arrival times at key cities. A large crowd is expected for the christening of the Capitaliner Capital ship Charleston by Mrs. Clarence W. Meadows. Airport officials urge spectators to arrive between 11 and noon for the ceremony and note that by 3 p. m. seven flights will have arrived.
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Kanawha
Capitaliner
Charleston
Clarence W. Meadows
Wartime RFC Spending Under Scrutiny by Congress
Congressional hearings set to begin Tuesday will probe charges that wartime operations of the Reconstruction Finance Corp led to millions in excess costs to American taxpayers. Chairman Bender says the inquiry will expose inadequate bookkeeping and unaccounted funds, with focus on $10.3 billion in RFC money and profits paid to firms. Details include a claim that Consolidated Vultee Aircraft received 87 million for 1,100 planes, of which 180 were delivered.
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Congress
Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Jesse Jones
Bender
Ohio
House
United States
RFC
Ben
Nervous Mother Rescues Mouse from Tot in Household Tale
In Hagerstown Maryland on November 30 a 16 month old boy named Billy Smith grabbed a mouse emerging from a kitchen cupboard. His mother Frances Smith, alarmed, wrapped the creature in a bag and discarded it into a coal yard, ending the tiny chase.
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Tot
Hagerstown
William MM. Smith
Billy
Frances Smith
Off Street Parking Plan Urged in City Amendment
The Charleston planing commission proposed an amendment to the city zoning and building ordinance to require off street parking with all future construction across residential institutional recreational commercial and industrial structures. A public hearing is set for Tuesday December 16 in the city council chamber. The plan aims to ease chronic traffic jams by preserving main thoroughfares for moving vehicles and reducing street parking on both sides of streets downtown.
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Charleston
Municipal Planning Commission
Commission
W. G. Crichton
Planning Commission
Pepper proposes complete price wage freeze to curb inflation
Senator Pepper of Florida urged a nationwide price and wage freeze as the best way to fight rising living costs. He said adjustments later would be needed for lower incomes and veterans benefits, and predicted organized labor might accept the plan if the general price level does not rise.
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Washlington
Sen
Pepper
D.fla
Florida
Armed Forces Outline Defense Against Atomic Germ Attacks
A five member board of generals conducted a civil defense study for the United States on atomic and germ warfare. The secret report, led by Maj. Gen. Harold R. Bull, was reviewed by Navy Air Force and other agencies and forwarded to Secretary of Defense for restal. It explores legal and economic changes needed for a mass protection program, including dispersal of industry and populations. Senator Lodge urged devolving government functions to states to prepare for possible attacks on Washington.
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UPI
United States
Navy
Air Force
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Aed
Sen. Lodge
R-Mass
Washington
Six Jews killed as rift flares in Holy Land
Jerusalem November 30 Six Jews were killed and 16 wounded in what appeared to be the first Arab actions in retaliation for the United Nations partition decision. In Acre prison Arab prisoners attacked Jewish inmates. 16 Arabs were wounded. Hagana urged mobilization of ages 17 to 35 for December 5 and 25 to 45 for home defense to protect settlements. Arab Higher Committee urged cities to stand by for a call to action and planned Damascus talks with the Mufti Haj Amin El Husseini. A high Arab source cited mounting Palestinian tension and British bitterness. Meanwhile thousands of Jews celebrated the partition vote with dancing and flag waving as British soldiers joined in.
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United Nations
Holy Land
Acre
Palestine
Hagana
Auty
Setfleents
Damascus
Haj Amin el Husseini
Solon Warns Aid Failure May Enslave United States
Senator Ives warned that a failure to lead in Europe reconstruction could enslave the U S to a Communist world. He cited the Senate debate over a 397 million dollar emergency aid fund and predicted Europe and possibly Britain would turn Communist without aid. He warned of American life under a future conflict and noted Senate votes on winter relief for France Italy and Austria. House Republicans consider restoring 108 million cut from the broader 597 million package as the aid bill moves to the floor.
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United States
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R-Ny
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Ives
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Africa
WEAM
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Italy
Austria
Vandenberg
Rmich
Foreign Relations Committee
House
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Britain to Speed End of Mandate in Palestine
A British colonial office spokesman said Britain likely would end its 25 year mandate over Palestine before August 1, meeting the United Nations deadline for surrender and troop withdrawal. He noted the UN Assembly approved independence and partition into Jewish and Arab states, with the end date under study. Arab officials blamed American arrogance for protests as London Jewish leaders welcomed the partition as hope for peace. The spokesman said Britain would hand over responsibilities at the earliest possible date and that remaining British forces would withdraw from enforcing law.
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London
Colonial Office
Great Britain
Palestine
United Nations
U.N. Assembly
New York
Holy Land
Washington
Britain
U.N
Foes of Partition Hint Use of Force By U.S. and Reds
Arab leaders opposing the partition plan for Palestine warned that the United States and Soviet Russia might send troops to enforce the UN approved scheme. Faris Bi Khoury called for resistance by force, while Jews in Palestine prepared to defend the new state with Haganah seeking modern arms. Delegates adjourned amid appeals to complete postwar peace treaties.
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Palestine
United States
Soviet Russia
United Nations Assembly
Faris Bi Khoury
Arab Group of Six Nations
U. N
el Khoury
Russia
U.N
Abba Hushi
Histradrut
Jewish Labor Federation
U. S
Haganah
National Committee For Labor
Flushing Meadows
Assembly
Valde Aranha
Braezil
Trygve Lie
Reneral
Aranha
Council of Foreign Minister
London
500 Naval Captains To Lose 4th Stripe
Washington Nov 30 Nearly 500 Navy captains will return to the rank of commander as peacetime adjustments take effect. The war revived rank of commodore also reverts, with 18 regular commodores losing their flagship status while three on foreign and fleet duty retain it briefly. Reserve commodores are not affected yet. About 139 captains revert immediately, with 342 more due January 1.
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Washington
Navy
Romania's King in London After Row with Reds
A poem from The Gazeta notes Romania's king visiting London and clashing with the Reds, claiming no harm done though the dispute appears unresolved. The verse voices lingering tension and public perception of the king's reception abroad.
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London
Reds
Stae Arnold
Coopyright
The
Gazeta
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Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha
Azzam Pasha
Premier
Schuman
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CGT
Communist Nationaly
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Robert Quillen
Anzio
Alberto Tarchiani
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