UN Lawyers Urge Lie to Fire Activist U.N. Staff
Three renowned lawyers advised U.N. Secretary General Trygve Lie that any staff member active in the American Communist Party or who refuses to answer about possible espionage or subversive activity should be dismissed. The 5 page opinion released before a McCarran Committee hearing signals possible loopholes for former Communists, while urging Lie to probe cases with credible charges.
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United Nations
U. N
Trygve Lie
Communist Party
U. S
United States of America
McCarran Senate
New York
Lie
Agso
U.S
William’ de Witt Mitchell
Coolidge
Hoover
Edwin Herbert
London
Ten Convicts Escape from Western Pennsylvania Penitentiary
Ten dangerous inmates escaped Western Pennsylvania State Penitentiary by overpowering five guards and breaking through a roof hole. Two had been recaptured within minutes. others remained at large as authorities described the break as well organized and dangerous.
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Pittsburgh
Western
Pennsylvania
Wiliam Gaffney
Gaffney
Production Up in East and Down in West Europe
The United Nations Economic Commission reports Western Europe faces continued decline while Eastern Europe shows a steady upgrade in industrial output. East-West trade shrinks, but Soviet bloc trade rises about 2.5 billion dollars. American tourism to Western Europe grows, aiding dollar-starved states and supporting visible exports to the U.S.
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Gabriel de Sabatino
United Nations
INS
Western
Europe
U. N. Economic Commission
Westen Europe
U. S
U.S
Commission
Comminesian
Eisenhower Visit Security Tightens In Korea
U S guards with fixed bayonets increase at U S Eighth Army HQ as security for PresidentElect Eisenhower's impending visit tightens. South Korean police and army deploy a new check system at the capitol building with mine detectors and thorough checks of entrants to the burned structure.
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National Police Corps
Seoul
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S
U. S. Eighth Army
Army
Capitol
Rival CIO camps near deadlock over Murray successor
Atlantic City reports a split in the CIO as Allan Haywood and Welter Reuther head rival factions in a bid to control the selection of Philip Murray's successor. With 35 unions and over a million members, the outcome hinges on key auto and steel unions and the smaller unions aligning on the convention floor.
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Atlantic City
CIO
Philip Murray
Allan 8
Haywood
Welter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Reuther
Steelworkers
Auto Workers Union
Stoaller, Cio
Michael Quill
Transport Workers Union
Quill
Qetil
ICIO
French Win Ballot Test In Saarland
Saarbrucken dispatch reports that the French backed government wins a clear majority in a referendum style election for a 39 member Saar Parliament. Pro German parties protest with a large share of blank or invalid ballots claimed as opposition support. Hoffmann and CVP claim decisive victory as results show control near three quarters counted.
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Saarbruecken
Lof
France
Germany
Saar
Johannes Hofmann
Christian People’s Party
CVP
Hoffmann
Cyclone devastates Albertynesville killing many
A fierce cyclone flattened a two mile square area in Albertynesville near Johannesburg killing an estimated 235 people and injuring 500. Rescue teams searched debris as authorities reported 49 injured brought to hospitals.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Albertynesville
First Air Io
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Baragwanath
Huntington
Ohio
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
New York
Penn
Shrine Circus Opens Week's Stand at Municipal Auditorium
The Beni Kedem Shrine-Polack Bros. Circus begins a week at Municipal Auditorium with nightly 8:15 shows and 2:15 matinees on select days. Coupons, reduced prices for school matinees, and tickets through welfare and religious agencies expand access for children and disabled guests. Crippled children will be special guests with dinner after Wednesday matinee.
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Aeris
Beni Kedem Mosaiie
Patrols Boost Korean Front Activity Across Sogun Lines
From Seoul dispatches dated December 1 reports seven Japan based American B 29s rained 70 tons of bombs on the Shavre Communist supply hub near Wonsan. Patrol activity increased as weather improved with UN killer patrols penetrating Red positions on Central and Western Fronts.
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Seoul
iMonday
INS
Wonsan
Korea
Shoul
Der
Eighth Army
Kumhwa
Pinpoint Hill
Harght
U. N
U.N
Contestants Help Make Christmas Merry in Kana Waha Valley
The Gazette WCHS sponsors a "Tag The Car" contest to raise funds for the Salvation Army Gift Basket program. Enter by sending at least one dollar and guess the mystery car pictured, with the estimated total money raised by midnight December 20.
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Kanawha Valley
Gazette
Charleston
West Virginia
Fatal snow crashes kill two and injure many
Thick West Virginia snow clogged roads causing two deaths. Billy Parrish, 17, died after a car backed over him on a Fayette County secondary road. George Washington Loan, 51, a lumberman from Parsons County, was identified as a pedestrian killed in Richwood. Five injured near Reed and others hurt on U.S. Route 60, with snowplows working to keep highways open and drivers urged to use chains in mountain areas. Weather expected to stay cold for days after snow ends.
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West Virginia
Fayette County
Billy Gene Partish
Gatewood
Naiehhaninn Nichalae Manrty
Richwood
Genege
Washington Loan
Parahontas
Ruane County
DePue Hospital
Spencer
U.S
Rt 113
Reed
LU. S
West Reed
Parrish
Dark Wood
Kennard
Wood
Elverton Rd
Willard Dale Parrish
Willard, Jr
Lawrence
Donald
Charles
Jim
Robert
Dorothy
Shelby
Winnie
Doda
Aldrich Chosen U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain
President elect Eisenhower named Winthrop W. Aldrich a New York banker as ambassador to Great Britain to succeed Walter S. Gifford who resigns. Aldrich will meet Eisenhower after Dulles confirmation and pledged to strengthen U.S.-Britain relations in a statement.
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Aldrich
Britain
N.Y
Ike
Gifford
New York
Dwight D. Eienhower
Winthrop W. Aldrich
United States
Great Britain
Walter S. Gifford
Eisenhower
Arthur H. Vandenberg,Jr
Vandenberg
Eisenhoower
John Foster Dulles
Wreck Excitement Fatal To Woman In Oak Hill
In Oak Hill a 57 year old woman died of a heart attack last night after being distressed by multiple wrecks on the U S road between Fayetteville and Oak Hill. The car’s driver, her son Charles Gordon, said the victim, Mrs Vennie Ciara Gordon of Richwood, formerly Oak Hill, began reacting to the slippery road and wrecks.
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Oak Hill
U. S
Fayetteville
Oak “Hill
Tre
Vennie Ciara, Gordon
Richwood
Cherles Gordon
Gordon
East Berlin Bans West shoppers as police seize goods
The East Berlin regime tightens controls on intercity shopping just as Christmas sales begin. A ban on sales to West Berliners is backed by a police drive to seize West Berlin goods brought into East Germany. Seven people were arrested and jailed for six to eight months. West Germans sought cheaper items in East stores while Soviets sold quality goods to shoppers.
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Berlin
East Berlin
One Way Out Of Pay Snarl With Miners
The government weighs two moves in the soft coal wage dispute. Either order would guarantee the full $1.98 daily increase for miners led by John L. Lewis by decontrolling the coal industry or overruling existing government constraints.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Ex Czar DiSalle Favors Controls In Washington Visit
Former price stabilizer Michael DiSalle arrives in Washington to review government control agencies and report back to Economic Stabilizer Putnam. Reports say a possible order may suspend price ceilings on soft coal and approve a 150 wage rise for 375,000 miners.
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Washington
INS
Michael DiSaile
DiSalle
Putnam
DiSalie
Wage Stabilization Board Cuts 40 Cents of Increase
The Wage Stabilization Board trimmed 40 cents from a $1.50 rise to avoid jeopardizing the stabilization program. Top officials are weighing plans and a new report from Connell of Economic Advisers reportedly argues that the coal industry would not derail the effort.
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Ing
Wage Stabilization Board
Tome Risk
S&s
Connell
Economic Advisers
Experts at Odds On Plan to Lift Steel Controls
Washington officials report a compromise plan to allow civilian demand for carbon steel while retaining current control mechanisms. Defense Mobilizer Fowler will convene a Production Policy Committee meeting to study the proposal and gather views from military and industry experts. Any shift hinges on President-elect Eisenhower’s Korea decision and potential impact on steel supply and demand.
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Washington
INS
Defense
Eisenhower
Fowler
Hisenhower
Korea
Orlando Leader Vittoria Emanuele Orlando Near Death
Rome dispatch reports Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, 92, leader of Italy in World War I peace talks, near death after a cerebral hemorrhage. He has been in a coma and partially paralyzed since Thursday, with family saying the end may come at any moment.
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Rome
Vittoria Emanuele Orlando
Pet Adoption Classifieds Run Rapidly in Gazette Ads
Pet sellers post daily WANTED and SOLD notices for dogs including cocker spaniels and terriers, puppies and kittens. Listings mention ages such as 10 weeks and efforts to place pets quickly with immediate sale or rescue.
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Pete
Gazette Ada
Gazette
Beagl
Es Chester
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