Probers to Publish 12 of Papers Taken By Reds
The House un American activities committee voted to release twelve secret State Department documents allegedly taken by a Red spy ring during the 1930s. The papers, cleared for national security, were among more than 200 examined in the so called pumpkin papers case. Whittaker Chambers had turned them in under subpoena. The panel defers Saturday action to a federal grand jury in New York.
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Washington
State Department
House Committee On UN
State Department Ap
State Department Az
Rep. Mundt
RSD
House
Whittaker Chambers
Red Courier
Chambers
Maryland
Rep
Hebert
D-La
Re J Jesse
Mundt
Alger
Donald Hise
New York
Justics Department
Truman
Justice Department
Grand Jury
Time Magazine
Alger Hiss
Ronald Wes
Tote
Hiss
William Ward Pigman
Appleton
Wis
Chambers Resigns Magazine Position In Espionage Probe
Whittaker Chambers resigns as senior editor of Time magazine amid renewed espionage probe. Jurors hear developments including Priscilla Hiss appearance, Henry Wadleigh testimony, and plans to call Elizabeth Bentley and William Pigman. Jury to speed up proceedings while Alger Hiss and brother subpoenaed.
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New York
Whittaker Chambers
Time Magazine
Chambers
Federal Building
Jne
Grand
Priscilla Hiss
Alger Hiss
State Department
Henry ‘Julian Wadleigh
Washington
Wadleigh
William Ward
Pigman
Appleton
Wis
Wadsleigh
U. S. Bureau of Standards
Elizabeth T. Bentley
House Ans American Activnties Committee
Justice Department
Donald
Aunt Jane Denounces Self Indulgence at Dinner
Willie Gillis notes Aunt Jane declares self indulgence wicked yet stabs at dinner like a bite sized chicken morsel. The fragment hints at a domestic scene with Aunt Jane's paradoxical stance and awkward appetite.
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Jane
U N General Assembly Approves First World Human Rights Declaration
Paris reports the United Nations adopted the first world declaration of human rights with a 48 to 8 vote and eight abstentions after sharp debate. Soviet opposition accused Western powers of wartime planning while Andrei Vishinsky alleged France and Britain sped Hitler’s aggression.
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Paris
United Nations
Russia
United States
Britain
France
General Assembly
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
Hitler
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Hiter
U. S.A
Edouard Daladier
Neville Chamberlain
Vish\nsky
Munich
Vishinsky
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Segregation Cited In U S Capital
A national committee of civic leaders warned Washington damages America's freedom image by segregating Negroes. The report cites acts of discrimination in housing, jobs, theaters, restaurants, churches, parks, and playgrounds, calling it bad business and urging action by President Truman.
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Washington
America
National Committee On
Horatio Alger
Truman
George N. Shuster
Hunter College
New York
Channing H. Tobias
Shuster
Trusman
US Denies Aide Helped in Revolt In Venezuela
Washington reports the State Department formally denied that the American military attache in Venezuela acted as cooperator or counselor for the Caracas uprising that toppled the government on November 4. The denial notes Gallegos claimed Adams was seen at the Caracas barracks but clarifies the visit aimed to check on news from the air attache and to inquire about a missing plane search.
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Washington
State Department
Venezuela
Romulo Gallegos
Havana
Cuba
United Press
Associated Press
Gallegos
Col
Edward F. Adams
Caracas
Ministry of National Defense
Presidential
Frank P. Bender
Caracan
Churchill urges Britain to drop Israel boycott and se alliance with Franco
Churchill told the House of Commons Britain should end its sulky boycott of Israel and restore full diplomatic relations with Franco’s Spain once UN sanction is obtained. He warned against risking US ties and urged a settlement with the Soviet Union before they acquire the atomic bomb. He called for defending Hong Kong and condemned wartime denazification trials as flawed.
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London
Winston Churchill
Israel
Palestine
Britain
Middle East
Churchill
United States
Al- 80
House of Commions
Francisco Franco
Spain
United Nations
U.N
C. P. Mayhew
Mayhew
China
Hong Kong
Germany
Soviet Union
Stalin
Russia
Hatze
Crimea
Four More Japs Seek Court Review of Trials
Four additional convicted Japanese war criminals appealed to the U S Supreme Court for review of their convictions. Gen Hekata Kimura and Lt Gen Akira Muto face death, Mamoru Shigemitsu and Gen Yoshijiro Umezu receive life and seven year terms respectively. Tojo still awaits execution and no appeal filed yet for Tojo.
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Washington
INS
United States Supreme Court
Hekara Kimura
Manchuria
Akira Muto
Philippines
Mamoru Shigemitsu
U.S. S. Missouri
Yoshijiro Umeza
Umezu
Shigemitsu
Hideki Tojo
Supreme Court
Koki Kirota
Kenji Dobara
Chiang Kai-shek imposes martial law on central China
Nanking dispatch reports Chiang Kai-shek proclaims martial law across most Nationalist China except Formosa and certain western provinces. Communists threaten Nanking and Shanghai as government forces repair a cut railway near Pengpu and Pukow. The army battles along the Yangtze, with reports of encirclement, frontline updates, and weather hindering air support.
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Chiang
China
Tehund Ri
Nanking
Jasmoa
Chiang Kai - Shek
Formosa
Tibet
Shanghai
Pelpingeady
South China
Hwai River
Yangtze River
Hwat River
Pengpu
Pukow
Yangtze
Rall Lee Vital
Centr
Ievital
Dengpu
Nankingaro
Cannal
Paoying
Po Yoilen
Slso
Sudan
Hescite Mar Ith
Pengnu
Associated Press
Harold K. Milks
6Th Army Group
12Th Army
Milks
Lining Peng-hein
6Th
Parleys Open On New Pact Against Reds
Formal talks began at the State Department on a seven power anti Communist North Atlantic defense pact. Acting Secretary Lovett met with diplomats from Great Britain France the Netherlands Luxembourg and Canada. A brief communique said discussions would continue with no substance released until decisions are reached. The pact would involve consultation among foreign ministers and U S military aid to Western Europe. The United States is expected to provide arms totaling at least 3 5 billion dollars in the next fiscal year upon Senate ratification. Western European nations have been using working papers to shape the agreement.
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Washington
INS
State Department
North Atlantic
Lovett
Great Britain
France
3Clalum
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Canada
U.S
U. S
Senate
Congress
Mayors' Program Before Truman
Washington dispatch reports the U.S. conference of mayors endorsing a six point plan centered on public housing. The proposals include building 800,000 housing units by 1953, extending rent controls until shortages ease, restoring apartment hotel rent ceilings, a major slum clearance program, and raising private housing mortgage limits from 8,100 to 9,500 per unit.
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Washington
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Truman
Look Again You May Know Mary Christmas Contest
Look Again of Mary Christmas invites entries by donation to the WCHS Gazette Gift Basket Program. A mystery figure linked to a $2,000 prize pool may reveal herself by phone next Saturday night. Proceeds aid Charleston area needy with Salvation Army delivery on Christmas Day. Prizes include 10 000 Camel cigarettes and a year’s supply of Test Mark papers and tissues, with other awards displayed at West Virginia Heating and Plumbing Co. in Hale Street.
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Wchs Gazette
Charleston
Salvation Army
Mary
Capital Airlines
New York
Smart Belmont
West Virginia, Heating and Plumbing Co
Ust |Oorth
The
Gazette
Hale St
Madame Chiang Hears Truman on China Aid at Blair House
Madame Chiang Kai-shek urged renewed U S aid for Nationalist China during a half hour discussion with President Truman at Blair House in Washington. The meeting, also attended by Mrs Truman, followed Madame Chiang’s 10 day unofficial visit to press for support against Communism. Officials tempered expectations for immediate action, citing a maze of diplomatic and military challenges and a plan for continued study of China policy.
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Washington
Truman
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Blair House
Chiang
Eben Ayres
Mme. Chiang
Marshall
Leesburg
Madame Chiang
INS
Congress
Arthur M. Hil
National Security Resources Board
Kenneth D. Johnson
Berlin
Prices Are Dropping Says Ys Foods Official
Washington reports General Foods Corp chairman Clarence Francis told the Senate House Economic Committee that food prices have peaked and started to fall. He cited declines in wheat corn and potatoes as market indicators while warning that global unrest may prevent prices from falling fully.
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Ys Foods
Washington
Clarence Francis
General Foods Corp
Senate House
Ushigs
Francis
First Snowfall Slicks Roads Across West Virginia
Slippery roads and sub freezing temperatures gave West Virginians a pre Christmas taste of winter last night with 4 readings near 10 degrees at Elkins and 20 at Huntington. Snow fell in Charleston and the Kanawha valley with up to four inches in Preston and Nicholas counties and an ambulance rear end slide on U S Rt 52 near Bluefield Welch. Roads were icy and chains advised on mountain routes as a brief snowfall eased by afternoon before a cold five day forecast.
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West
State Road Commission
Preston
Nicholas
Bluefield
Beckley
U. S. Rt
Welch
Charleston
Huntington
Elkins
Road Commission
Royall Says Reds Confine 13 Million in Camps
Secretary of the Army Royall said Russia confines about 13,000,000 people in death-dealing camps as part of Berlin ballot discussion. He noted 1,300,000 German voters backed democratic chances despite Soviet pressure, calling Berlin a world political frontier with a split city governance under a Soviet‑influenced rump administration.
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New, York
Royall
Russia
Berlin
Xxx
New York Southtern Society
Germany
Ballots Cast by 51 2 Percent of Eligible Voters
Washington reports that 51.2 percent of the nation’s 85 million voting age persons cast presidential ballots on November 2. This compares with 50.5 percent in 1940 and 56.4 percent in 1944. The total presidential vote reached 48,680,416 per Associated Press from official returns across 48 states. Census projections had suggested higher totals if voting followed 1940 or 1944 rates.
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Washington
Census Bureau
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