Plant Blast Kills Seven at Kansas Power Plant
A sequence of blasts at the Kansas Power and Light plant near Topeka killed seven workers and injured 17 as smoke and gas hampered rescue efforts. Firefighters faced intense heat while authorities searched for missing personnel and determined the cause remained under investigation.
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Kansas Power and Light Company
Here
Bhi Coates
C. A. Allenworth
Alphonse Bryant
Charles Miller
Roy Hamby
A. W. Freel
C. H. Redenbaugh
Albert Sheahan
Mttle
Tecumseh
Truman to Discuss Possible China Aid With Madame Chiang
President Truman plans a five o'clock tea with Madame Chiang Kai-shek to hear a request for U S aid to China. Officials say he has not revealed whether he favors or opposes aid and no decision on further talks is announced. He may address Congress in January about the State of the Union and the St Lawrence Seaway funding.
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Truman
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Ia
Madame Chiani
Blair House
White House
London
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Madame Chiang
Mr. Truman
Desige
New Amen
Congress
St. Lawrence
Aeek
AFL
Plan to Crack Combines Dies U S Drops Move
The United States abandoned its plan to break up Japan's industrial combines, declaring the move outmoded as arms of occupation have largely been carried out by Gen. Douglas MacArthur and the Japanese government. The Far Eastern Commission backed the withdrawal, while a Soviet proposal for broader international control was rejected. Other Allies supported the U S position amid a shift toward Japan’s postwar recovery.
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U.S
Washington
United States
Japan
L-Nation
Far Eastern Commission
Douglas MacArthure
Soviet
Russia
U. S
Commission
Congress
Frank R. McCoy
Nationals Lose Third of Men In Reds Trap
NANKING December 3 Authorities said three Chinese government army groups trapped southwest of Suchow suffered 30 000 or more casualties as the Reds encircled them After long forced marches the Communists were described as exhausted and the government forces were using air power in a bid to break free Neutral observers said the 16th Army Group was nearly wiped out with the other two groups the 2nd and 13th in the trap Weather stalled air operations and reports of any breakout were unconfirmed.
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Nanking
Suchow
Hwat River
Nahking
Sudan
sTosses
12Th
Hwai River
Suhsien
Krause Wins $48 000 in Love Theft Action
Krause, a 41 year old president of Wheeling Machine Products, won a 48000 verdict against former associate Elwin H. Schnitzler for alleged affairs with Mrs. Krause. Jury found damages, not punitive, after two hours and 35 minutes of deliberation.
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Wheeling
New York
Chicago
Columbus
Schnitzter
Motrons
Schnitzler
Genocide Outlawed by UN Assembly Vote
The United Nations General Assembly unanimously approved a convention banning genocide. Dr. Raphael Lemkin, originator of the term, attended the vote, praising the measure amid debate that cited the Ku Klux Klan as inciting racial hatred. The assembly also urged study of an international court to try genocide cases.
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Paris
United Nations General Assembly
Raphael Lemain
Lemkin
Yale University
N. N. Khomoussko
Russia
KRK
United States
Khomoussko
International Law Commission
International Court of Justice
Assembly
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
Barter Theater Presents Papa Is All Tonight
Barter Theater brings Patterson Greene's comedy Papa Is All to Charleston High School auditorium at 8 30. Gordon Summers stars as Papa with Elizabeth Wilson as Mama and the Barter troupe performs in authentic Pennsylvania Dutch dialect. Tickets range 75 cents to 1 75 with sales via The Gazette Promotion Dept or at the high school.
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Barter Theater
Patterson Greene
Charleston High School Suditorium
Gordon Summers
Papa
the Gazette
Gazette
Hale St
Phoning
Summer Sea
Tabjet
Gordon
Mama
Elizabeth Wilson
Jewish Hopes For UN Admission Hit By Security Council Setback
Paris dispatch reports Israel’s bid for United Nations membership hit a setback as the Security Council canceled a meeting that would have considered action on Israel’s bid. Discussion centered on Palestine and a proposed three nation conciliation commission, with observers noting potential links to armistice talks and Negev troop withdrawals.
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Paris
Dec
Israel
United Nations
General Assembly
Security Council
Faluja
Negev
Holy Land
Besson Neara
Assembly
France
Canada
Council
Palestine
Lis
Palestine Committee
Red Sea
Trans-Jordan
JaMe
Ralph Bunche
U. N
Tia
Fatuja
Egypt
Israel Long
Nemev
Falajs
Bridge Repair Delayed by Steel Fabrication Schedule
Mayor Andrews announced reconditioning of the Virginia Street bridge over Elk River will not start until next March. Ferguson of Edmondson Co. and Pittsburgh engineers say fabricated steel won’t be available until then. the steel order placed last August with Pittsburgh Bridge and Iron Works is now not expected to arrive until February, with about 30 days required for fabrication.
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Andrews
Virginia St
Elk River
Ferguson
Edmondson Co
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Bridge and Iron Works
Inaugural Hotel Rooms Available for Special
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway officials announced extra rooms in three Washington hotels for passengers joining The Gazette’s Inaugural Special leaving Charleston on January 18. Reservations are through the Washington office, paid in advance, with rail tickets purchasable later. Rooms will be allocated on a first come basis per City Passenger Agent W. E. Weaver. For details call the C and C ticket office.
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Chesapeake and Ohio. Railway Co
Washington
The
Gazette
Charleston
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C. and C
Charleston Gazette
U S Urges Caution on Red Spy Hearing Publicity
Justice Department accuses House Un American Activities Committee of exploiting premature publicity in Red spy hearings. Atty Gen Clark says the department will pursue violations in proper forums, not newspapers, while Campbell urged restraint on witness interviews and information release.
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Washington
Dec
House un-American Activites Committee
Department
Alexander M. Campbell
House
United States Atty
George Morris Fay
House un-American Activities “Committee
Grand ‘Jury
New York
House un-American Activities Committee
Campbell
Tom C. Clark
Department of Justice
United States
Clark
House Committee
Withnesses
Grand Jury
Mundt
R-Sd
United States Congress
Secrets Given to Red Spies Revealed by Chambers
Ex communist agent Whitaker Chambers testified to the House Committee that Russians obtained U S diplomatic documents and highly important American technical secrets from the Bureau of Standards. The disclosure, tied to the Hiss Chambers Abel case in Baltimore, implicates access to atomic energy data and states that Dr Edward A Condon was not involved.
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Washington
Whittaker Chambers
State Department
U. S. Bureau of Standards
House UN- American Activities Committee
Edward A. Condon
Bureau of Standards
un-American ‘Activities Committee
Chambers
Condon
Commerce Department
Hiss-Chambers
Abel
Baltimore
Copsright
Por the Gazette
Russia Rejects UN Human Rights Declaration At Open Meeting
In Paris the Soviet Union refused to recognize the UN Declaration of human rights in its present form and urged delaying action until the 1949 meeting. Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky pressed to pigeonhole the text, calling it inadequate and full of weak articles. Mrs Roosevelt defended immediate adoption, while Western delegates hailed it as a potent ideological asset. Page 21 continuation noted.
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Russia
U. N
Paris
Russlan
United Nations
Vishinsky
Stores Open Saturday In First of Night Hours
Charleston stores will observe the first of six special Christmas shopping nights tomorrow and stay open until 9 p m The 9 p m closing time will also be observed on December 18, 20, 21, 22 with 5 p m closings on December 24 to allow employees to be home for Christmas Eve They will reopen December 27
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Charleston
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
Three More Prizes Added To Mary Christmas Contest
WCHS Gazette adds prizes for its Mary Christmas sweepstakes including a round trip for two via Capits Airlines and a stay at Belmont Plaza in New York City. Other new awards feature Test Mark paper supply, a Pir Sweet frozen food chest, and 10,000 Camel cigarettes, with entry via page 16 form and a $2 contribution. Proceeds fund Salvation Army gifts for Charleston area families.
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Wchs - Gazette
Capits! Airlines
Smart
Copco
Hansford] St
Mark Brand
G. E
Kanawha Blvd
the Gazette
P. O
Charleston
Salvation Army
WCHS
The
Gazette
Camel
Champion Cigaret Service
Lee St
Senators Seek Facts on ERP and Recovery Funding
Senate leaders Connally and Vandenberg announced a full-dress report on European recovery aid and two requested funding packages. They expect ECA to seek funds to sustain the recovery program from April next year and for an additional year, with hearings to begin soon after Congress convenes.
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Congress
Sen
Connally
D-Tex
Newamen
Economic Cooperation Administration
Sen. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
ECA
Howard Bruce
Vandenberg
Butts
Page 18 Column-E Spotlight and Notices
A brief page scan hints at a column feature and public notices on page 18. The readable fragments reference local items, columns, and notices without full context or clear events.
Stripling Testifies Before Grand Jury In Spy Probe
Robert E. Stripling, chief investigator of the House Un American Activities Committee, testified before a federal grand jury for about an hour in New York. He returned to Washington without comment as committee members criticized Justice Department handling of the inquiry. Officials predicted a possible indictment of Whittaker Chambers on perjury charges, complicating access to others in the spy plot. Chamber, Alger Hiss, Donald Hiss and FBI agents testified. jurors adjourned until tomorrow with work nearing a final stage.
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Wadleigh
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Chambers
House
Truman
White House
Congress
Rene Nixons
Muntz
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Sintra Department
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Whitstaker Chambers
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Grand Jury
Justice Department
Robert FE. Stripling
Alger Hiss
Donald Hiss
Hiss
un-American Activities Committee
Mr. Chambers
Stripling
House un-American Activities Committee
Robert E. Stripling
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Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hisa
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Hiss Brothers
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Papa Is
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