Sayre to Face House Probers On Wednesday
Former Assistant Secretary of State Francis B. Sayre, his personal secretary, and possibly six or seven witnesses, will be questioned by the House un American activities committee next week. Mundt said Sayre would appear Wednesday, part of a probe into government information leaks to Communist spies. The panel released top secret State Department papers noting Hitler claimed British backing for moves against Austria and Czechoslovakia.
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Hitler
Austria
Washington
Francis B. Sayre
House UN- American Activities Committee
Rep. Mundt
R-Sd
Sayre
France
State Department
Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
U. S
United Nations Trusteeship Council
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Chambers
Time Magazine
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Mundt
Alger Hiss
Donald Hiss
Willam Ward Pigman
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Maryland
Chambera
Maxim Litvinoff
Seville Chamberlain
Cordell Hull
William C. Bullitt
Paria
John C. Wise
Vienna
Prentiss
Gilbert
Berlin
Brazil flood tolls rise as governor considers calamity plan
President Enrico Gaspar Dutra weighs declaring a state of calamity to combat hunger and epidemics in Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro flood zones. Deaths estimated at 400 to 600, with over 7,000 homeless and 1,000 injured. aid plans include a 500000 dollar special fund and mass vaccinations. Rescuers reach main food regions by foot, horse, and raft as waters recede.
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WO DE Janeiro
Brazil
Enrico Gaspar Dutra
Minas Gerais
Rio de Janeiro
Pimpetings
Parahybe
Congress
Clemente Mariani
Mariani
Danbar Man Wins 2000 Prizes In Gift Basket Drive
Leonard Underwood of Dunbar won more than 2000 in prizes by correctly identifying Miss Winifred Newman as Mary Christmas during the 11th annual WCHS Gazette Gift Basket radio show. The event raised 11140 for Kanawha county needy families, with cash donations and pledges exceeding the goal. Underwood and his wife Gertrude Wilson celebrated their 10th anniversary as he recalled his earlier loss last year and hoped for a belated honeymoon with prizes including a New York trip and a three day Belmont Plaza stay.
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Nell Boggs
Winifred Newman
Kanawha County
Mary Christmas
Wchs Gazette
Leonard Underwood
19Th St. Dunbar
Institute
the Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp
Hen Moore
Underwood
Newman
PTA
Dunbar
New York City
Capitol Airlines
Gertrude Wilson
Summersville
Nicholas County
Belmont Plaza
Misa Newman
Pilot Club
Miss.Newman
Baby Case Probe Shifts to Trash Can
Charleston police probed a 20 year old waitress Eva Mae Carr who admitted abandoning her two month old son but said he was left on a porch not in a trashcan behind St George's Orthodox church where found. She waived preliminary hearing and faced grand jury on contributing to the delinquency of a minor with bond set at 500 dollars.
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Charleston
St. George’s Orthodox Church
Eva Mae Carr
Bluefield
Frank T. Litton
Lee
Court Sta
Charleston General Hospital
Eva Mae
Huntington
Littlesburg
Mercer County
Post Office and Stores Schedule Extra Hours
Charleston retailers and the central post office will observe extra hours this week. Stores stay open until 9 p m tomorrow through Thursday for Yuletide shoppers. parcel post windows in the main office until 7 p m tomorrow through Friday. Regular post office hours resume, while stores close at 5 p m Friday to allow employees to spend Christmas Eve at home.
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Charleston
Ennren
Central Post Ofice
Seven Day Old Baby Found in Logan Hallway
A seven day old girl identified only by a Fitzpatrick armband was found in a hallway of an apartment house in Loganton. She was taken to Mercy hospital in Logan and listed in good condition. Police pursue the case but have no leads on the baby's identity.
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Petedt LoaRt
Ald
Logan
Railroads Cite Rate Hike Need for Pay Rise Study
Transportation experts estimated that implementing a seven cent hourly raise and a 40 hour week would require about 1.4 billion dollars more annual rail revenue. An emergency board advised a 7 cent increase for non operating workers and a 40 hour week next September, with a 1 billion dollar rate boost already under consideration by the ICC.
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Washington
Truman
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Royall to Fly to Greek War Sector
Secretary of Army Kenneth C. Royall announced he would fly to the battle zone of northern Greece from Istanbul to Kastoria to meet American observers at the front. He lauded Turkish installations and said aid to Turkey would continue, to be decided by Congress.
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Istanbul
Turkey
U. S
Kenneth C. Royall
Greece
Royall
Kastoria
Salonika
Russia
Congress
Churches Start Christmas Week Services Today
Charleston churches begin the Christmas observance with carols and services nationwide. Catholic parishes plan Christmas Eve midnight Mass and Christmas Day Masses. Episcopal churches schedule a midnight Holy Communion and Lutheran and other congregations hold candlelight services.
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Charleston
Costa Rica says Nicaraguan invaders captured La Cruz
Figueres showed a Nicaraguan coat of arms flag and a blanket marked G Nu to the OAS commission, claiming prisoners were captured in the Dec 11 invasion. He said troops of Nicaragua were withdrawing inside Costa Rica as the commission opened a closed-door session.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Dne
Organization of American States
Nicaragua
Tuan Figueres
National Guard
Figueres
Foreign Ministry
Washington
Oll Case
National Guard of
la Cruz
Puerto Soley
Salinas Bay
Jose‘ Maria Bello
Brazil
Silvio Videgas
Colombia
Paul C. Daniels
United States
Luis Quinte
Yale Lighting Contest Seeks Entries Before Thursday Deadline
The Gazette and the Electric League of Charleston sponsor a second annual Christmas Outdoor Lighting Contest. Entries must be mailed or placed in the mall before midnight Thursday December 23 with postmarks accepted if Thursday. Judging will occur during Christmas week from December 25 to 31, with first second and third prizes in multiple sections across Kanawha area.
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The
Gazette
Electric League of Charleston
Elk River
Kanawha City Bridge
Patrick St
Kanawha City
East Kanawha Estates
South Charleston
Spring
Rock’ Lake Village
North Charleston
Dunbar
Jne
Dutch Launch Drive to Half Indies Terror
The Netherlands proclaims a new interim government for Indonesia and begins a police action against alleged terrorists in Java and Sumatra. Dutch forces bomb Jogjakarta and land on Java while censorship tightens on press cables. The move seeks a federal regime linked to the Netherlands crown as negotiations with the Indonesian republic collapse.
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Half Indies
Hague
Netherlands
Indonesia
Far
Foreign Office
Batavia
Republic of Indonesia
Jogjakarta
Java
Pearl Harbor
Sumatra
Barter
United Nations
Duten
Taft Confident in Senate GOP Leadership Fight
Senator Taft of Ohio signals he will fight to retain his chairmanship of the GOP policy committee and oppose repealing the Taft Hartley law. He plans to sponsor housing health and education measures and will remain on labor and finance panels. Taft hints at a two year objectives conference but avoids pledging to run for president.
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Washington
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Europe
Ohioan
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations
Morse
R.ore
Truman
Hugh D. Scott
Scott
Carroll Reece
Republic
Nationalist retreat near Nanking and Reds hold sway in baseball talks
Reports say General Nationalist forces fall back to Pengpu with Communist pressure along the Hwai river line. In Charleston, agreement reached with the Cincinnati Reds to operate the local Class-A club next season, including a bond-relief game and required lighting upgrades to meet league standards.
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Wascee Operns
Charleston
Cincinnati Reds
Harry A. Wallace
Wallace
Cincinnati Club
Williams
Grady
Thomas Horner
George Guthrie
John T. Moore
Cincinnati
Reds
Nanking
Hwai River
Pengpu
Lin Tze
Calles Noth
King
Warren
Giles
Walla
Biz North
War emergency controls outlined by NSRB staff
Washington December 18 The National Security Resources Board staff outlines a draft war emergency act that would instantly freeze wages prices and jobs upon Congress approval. Plans include rigid manpower controls an excess profits tax priorities plant seizure and full rationing authority vested in the President. A new OWMR would oversee mobilization with NSRB providing the executive framework and various agencies redefined under wartime powers.
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NSRB
Washington
Congress
National Security Resources Board
NLRB
Truman
Geven
Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion
OWMR
Supreme Home Front Command
Aketeton
John R. Steelman
OWMA
Office of Economic Management
OPA
Office of
War Production Board
Office of Transportation
Office of Defense Transportation
NSHH
Buses Collide Leaves 13 Dead in Utah Crash
At least 13 killed and up to 80 injured as two Burlington Trailways buses crashed and burned on a windswept Utah highway six miles west of Delle. Authorities say one bus may have skidded on ice. Several bodies were burned beyond recognition and identification will be difficult. The wreck occurred about 12:20 p m MST amid icy conditions.
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Delle
Utah
Burlington Trailways
Parsons
Pateo
Salt Lake City
C. A. Hymas
Catherine Hendricks
Akron
Cole
Tow Line Snaps In Greenland Rescue Attempt
Nine airmen marooned on the Greenland ice nearly missed rescue when a tow line broke as a glider rose fifty feet. A second attempt was planned for Sunday. The glider, motorless, landed safely after the safety link parted and all nine were aboard a C-54. Temperature reported as 40 below, unit not specified.
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Washington
Greenland
Military Air Transport Service
Howe
Soldiers aid blinded veteran after thefts
Hansford Milam, blinded in Germany and robbed of his $2228 life savings, received six dollars from anonymous donors. A note signed “two GT’s” offered help for a comrade who served his country. At his Patrick Street restaurant, friends and strangers, seen by Milam, gave more, lightening his troubles.
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Hansford Milam
Germany
Lazette Cotfice
Hansford
Memorial Hospital Seeks $400000 More to Complete Federal Grant Match
Memorial Hospital Assoc reports $51,635.61 in new gifts from 200 individuals and firms since the December drive began ten days ago. Association president David M. Gillins says no new campaign is planned to raise the additional $400,000 needed to match a $1,000,000 federal allocation and notes about $200,000 of government funds remain unmatched. The group aims to secure a $3,000,000 unit contract by June 30 and urges further gifts before January 1, stressing eligibility for 1943 tax deductions.
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Memorial Hospital Assoc
David M. Gillins
Gliitinan
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Penggpu
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