Spy Hearings Seek Hard Evidence On Red Secrets
Washington dispatch reports the House Un American Activities Committee preparing a two to three day inquiry into how State Department papers reached former Soviet agent Whittaker Chambers. The panel seeks solid proof linking Chambers to a communist underground operation and to Russian agents.
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State Department
Department
House un-American Activities Committee
Chambers
Whittaker Chambers
Time Magazine
Maryland
Rep. Mundt
R-S.d
Baltimore
Col
Two Massive Chinese Ship Disasters Reported Near Shanghai
Official reports from Nanking indicate as many as six thousand may have perished in two separate late 20th century ship explosions. The Kiangya catastrophe near Shanghai is blamed on a boiler blast amid a refugee evacuation, with about two thousand dead or more. A prior sinking off Southern Manchuria in early November reportedly killed up to four thousand.
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Kiangya
Shanghay
Nanking
Manchuria
Yingkow
Moritar
Kiantya
Yangtze
Nalgit
Yangtze River
West Coast Port Work To Resume At 8 P M
Waterfront strike ends with Pacific American Shipowners and Waterfront Employers Associations announcing resumed work at 8 p m Monday in all West coast ports. About 185 ships tied up locally and 280 across all U S ports hampered by the western stoppage.
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West Coast
San Francisco
Pacific American
Peace Week Air Force Show Opens In Charleston
Weather forced a landing of the Air National Guard C-47 carrying press and radio reps en route to Fort Worth to fly over Charleston for Peace Week events. Gov Meadows spoke at the opening of a $1,000,000 Air Force exhibit at WCHS auditorium and urged support for a strong air force.
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the Gazette
Air National Guard
Charleston
Fort Worth
Tex
WCHS
Pearl Harbor
Kanawha County
C 54 Crashes in Pacific Off Honolulu
A C 54 troop carrier with 37 aboard disappeared 1000 miles southwest of Honolulu during dawn. The ship from Okinawa to Spokane was one of five ferrying 88th Bomb Group personnel. Two engines failed, and the plane ditched at sea as search efforts extended to Johnston Island and Kwajalein.
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Pacific Air Command
374Th
88Th
Okinawa
Spokane
Wash
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Swajatein
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Kwajalein
Bath
Command
Roscoe Turner to Speak at Aviation Forum Banquet
Col Roscoe Turner known as Mr Aviation will headline a one day aviation forum in a Daniel Boone hotel banquet at 7 p m with talks by prominent CAA officials from Washington and New York. Gov Meadows will welcome guests at 1 30 p m in the House of Delegates chamber.
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Col
Roscoe Turner
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Washington
New York
House of Delegates
Gov. Meadows
Nationalist Victories Ease Threat to Nanking in Pengpu Fight
Nationalist sources claim new gains in Pengpu battle including recapture of Kucheng and push by 12th Army from Anhwei. They say Communists retreat northwest toward Kucheng and Suhsien, while curfew lowers to 5 am. The report highlights shifting pressure near Nanking and cites Huang Wei, Chiu Ching-Chuan, and Sun Yuan-Liang offensives.
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Kucheng
Suhsien
Evening News
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Fei
Anhwei
Hwei
Chiu Ching-Chuan
Sun Yuan-Liang
Suchow
Fujitsi
Penem
Aid funds to China reach most supplies authorized
The Economic Cooperation Administration reports that more than two thirds of the under the foreign aid act for China have been authorized and nearly half delivered. About 200 million of the 275 million program is earmarked for commodity purchases with food and textiles arriving to support rationing and industry. Additional shipments of petroleum and fertilizer are planned into next year.
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China
Economic Cooperation Administration
Burma
ECA
Non-Profit Hospitals in Charleston Face Scrutiny
An editorial questions whether Charleston area's so called non profit hospitals truly serve charitable aims as required by their charters. It cites high charges, emergency deposits, and profit motives, noting Delaware law defines non profit by actual distribution of profits not mere statements. It argues true charity must fund community needs rather than enrich owners.
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Charleston
Busiorss
General Corporation
Delaware
Delaware Supreme Court
Corporation
Allies demand USSR disown puppet Berlin regime
Paris dispatch reports the United States Britain and France urging the Soviet Union to disown the Eastern Berlin regime and stop military interference. The three powers warned there is little chance for East West accord without steps to permit city wide elections and end unconstitutional Soviet control. The note arrived ahead of Western Berlin municipal elections despite no immediate countermeasures announced.
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Paris
INS
United States
Britain
France
Russia
U. N. Security Council
Bern
United Nations
Fernand Langenhove
Belgium
Security Council
Exiled President Gallegos Blames Oil Interests for Coup
Romulo Gallegos, ousted Venezuelan president, arrived in Havana after a Nov 24 military coup ousted him and jailed cabinet members. He accused Venezuelan and foreign capital of backing the rebellion and said a 50 percent oil tax spurred the coup. He plans to visit the United States.
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Cuba
Romulo Gallegos
Venezuela
Caracas
Gallegos
Pact Dickering And Military Aid Dominate Truman Plan
U S efforts to begin negotiations on a North Atlantic defense pact and mutual aid for Western Europe unfold this week amid questions of costs. Early estimates place first year military aid needs at two to three billion dollars, with Congress likely to see proposals tied to these issues alongside China policy.
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North America
Western Europe
Congress
Trumman
Europe
China
Truman
High School Grid Stars Killed In Bus Crash
A chartered bus carrying Grants Pass High School football champions plunged off Highway 99 in Oregon. Two players Al Newman and Sterling Heather died. 25 others were injured, with several hospitalized as teams and fans learned of the tragedy following their state title victory in Portland.
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al Newman
Sterling Heater
Portland
Princess Margaret Too Like Teen-Ager in Picture Sheet
London gossip notes Princess Margaret, age eleven, has drawn public reaction for late nights and dancing with a teen partner at a nurses’ benefit. The Sunday Pictorial discussed her social life and compared it with Princess Elizabeth’s appearances, prompting media debate.
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Cesa Margaret
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Bloomstory
Sternist Leader and Aide Face Terrorist Trial in Israel
Nathan Friedman-Yellin and aide Matizyahu Shmueewitz appeared before a Jewish military court in Acre for their defense in Israel's first terrorist trial. Prosecutors tied the Stern Gang to the Bernadotte assassination, calling it an underground war action and citing a wartime emergency law that labeled the group terrorist.
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Nathan Friedman-Yellin
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Matizyahu Shmueewitz
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Folke Bernadotte
U. N
Bernadotte
Aharon Hoter-Yishal
Hoter-Yishal
Marcus Felixburg
Midwest Storm Brought Gale Winds and Heavy Snow
A Midwest storm center spurred sixty mile per hour winds, heavy snowfall, and plummeting temperatures across Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, Missouri, and the Great Lakes region. The Weather Bureau warned of blizzard conditions in Minnesota with subzero to near zero readings and snow totals climbing as the system moved east, delaying transportation and reshaping the regional forecast through the following day.
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Oklahoma
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Iowa
Three More Yanks Die in Berlin Airlift Crash
Berlin dispatch reports a C 54 crash just after takeoff from Fassberg in the British zone. Three crew members died and the overall airlift toll reaches 16 Americans and seven Britons from ferrying supplies to blockaded Berlin since June.
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Berlin
Fassberg
Ume
Air Force
Mary Christmas clue on WCHS broadcast identity riddle
The riddle invites listeners to guess who Mary Christmas is as she recites lines on WCHS at 8:55 a.m. and 5:25 p.m. daily. Contestants may donate a dollar to the Gift Basket program to win prizes including Emerson radio, Servel freezer, and other household items from local sponsors.
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Mary Christmas
WCHS
Wchs Gazette
Emerson
Bond- Rider-Jackson Co
Wilson St
West Virginia
Alleghany Home Appliance Co
Huntington
United States
Royal, Tire and Equipment Co
MacCorkle Ave
South Charleston
Charleston
Salvation’ Army
Wchs-Gazette
Berlin election marks Western bloc turnout over East Bloc
In Berlin, 11 of 1.58 million eligible western voters cast ballots with 774,074 voting in the American sector and 898,862 turnout. The Soviet sector boycotted as Social Democrats led Conservatives and Liberals amid a dramatic anti communist wave.
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Social Democrats
Christian Democrate
Liberal Democrate
Committee Favors Four Year Medical Plan Expansion
A joint committee of doctors dentists and West Virginia University officials said it would be a "great thing" to expand the current two year university medical school into a four year course. The group reported enthusiastic discussions on ways and means to achieve these objectives. The committee includes the State Medical Association the State Dental Society and the University Board of Governors and Administration. Both medical and dental groups have backed expanding the present two year program.
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Parkersring
West Virginia University
West Virginia
University Medical School
State Medical Assoc
Stite Dental Society
University Board of Governors and Administration
Sayre Warns Soviets Face Inevitable Decline
In Heidelberg Sayre asserts the Soviet government must soon recognize international responsibility or fall. As U N trusteeship council president and former U S high commissioner, he argues history favors those fighting for human rights over selfish power.
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Germany
Francis B. Sayre
Trusteeship Council of the
United Nations
Husele
Jose
Sayre
Heidelberg University
U. S
Philippines
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