U S Backing Indonesia in Diplomatic Front Over Java Crisis
The United States pledged full diplomatic support to Indonesia in its dispute with the Netherlands. Indonesian leaders claimed Jogjakarta was recaptured, while the Dutch denied the claim. Ambassador Jessup will push in the UN Security Council for Dutch troop withdrawal and release of captured Republican leaders, with a cease-fire urged.
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Paris
United States
Jogjakarta
Java
United Nations Security Council
U. S
Republic
Jessup
Security Council
the Hague
Council
Washington
R. Soedjatomoko
Indonesia
Netherlands
Soedjatomoko
West Java
East Java
Marshall Fund
State Department
Economic Cooperation Administration
Sumatra
U.N. Security Council
Netherlands Indies
Arma
Eelco van Klatfens
America
Jezie
D. Soemitro
ECA
Sollars
Ireland Proclaims Break with Britain and Moves to Republic
In Dublin on December 21 1907 Eire ends its last constitutional tie to Britain by signing a bill repealing the external relations act and removing Eire from the British commonwealth This clears the way for a full fledged Independent Republic of Ireland though final proclamation awaits treaty adjustments on citizenship and trade privileges with Britain and Treland.
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Dublin
Eire
Britain
Republic of Ireland
Seon T. O'Kelly
George
Trelanid
Commonwealth
Attlee
Dutch seize Soerakarta and Jogjakarta in Java covert ops
Dutch forces report capture of Soerakarts the second largest Indonesian city and nearby Tjeppe oil center as secrecy surrounds the operation. A spokesman says ground troops move from Semarang toward Jogjakarta with parachutists and airborne support. Dutch deny Indonesian claims of recapture and note continued radio broadcasts from Jogjakarta.
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Republic
Batavia
Soerakarts
Tjeppe
Java
Semarang
Jogjakarta
Soerakarta
Central Java
Trepoe
Sumatra
Paris
South Java
Joorakarta
Sby
Ex-Judge A S Alexander dies at 81 in Charleston
Andrew S. Alexander 81 longtime Kanawha county common pleas court judge and Charleston attorney died at 2:30 p m yesterday at his home 1550 Kanawha Prvd E Born Frazi ers Bottom Putnam county son of William A and Leonora Alexander His father was Kanawha county sheriff He was educated in Putnam and Kanawha public schools Charleston high school WVU law 1890 Practiced in Charleston then Putnam county prosecuting attorney 1892 two terms He moved to Charleston 1905 twice city solicitor elected to eighth term as judge in 1916 declining to run for self succession but 1932 elected again to complete term to 1940 Surviving two sons Andrew Jr Matthew M a daughter Mrs Charles P Orr two brothers William A Glen dale Cal Lucius C Bar sister Mrs Charles E Page 19 Col 2.
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Andrew S. Alexander
Kanawha County Common Pleas Court
Charleston
Kanawha Prvd
First Presbyterian Church
George H. Vick
Spring
Simpson Mortuary Chapel
Mr. Alexander
Fraziers Bottom
Putnam County
William A
Leonora Alexander
Kanawha County
Putnam
Kanawha
West Virginia University
Toy
State Senate
Common Pleas Court
Alexander Waa
Beni Kedem Shrine
Rotary Club
Charleston Bar Assoc
Alexander
Susan Mann
Greenbrier County
Andrew §, Jr
Matthew M. Alexander
Charles P. Orr
Wynnewood
Glendale
Cal
Lucius C
Barsister
Charles E
Rail Unions Reject Board Findings in Wage Battle
George E. Leighty and 16 non operating railroad unions said Truman board recommendations were not satisfactory. They opposed a 25 cent hourly raise retroactive to October 1 and a 40 hour week starting next September. A Jan. 6 meeting with management is planned to seek a settlement without a strike.
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Chicago
Sdec
Truman
George E. Leighty
Leighty
Unding Board
Rail‘sroad
U S Pushes Conference Over Latin Revolutions
The United States condemns recent Latin American coups and calls for an international conference to stop forcible overthrow of democracies. Washington warns that force in political change threatens the hemisphere and outlines steps with foreign ministers and accredited missions.
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Washington
INS
United States
State Department
Peru
el Salvador
Venezuela
Paraguay
Chile
Bolivia
Panama
Ecuador
Costa Rica
U. S
Western Hemisphere
Buenos Aires
Thomas J. Maleahy
Aayecesun Puos
Political Armat
Pascual la Rosa
Argentina
Records Smashed By Mail Handlers In Charleston
Charleston post office employees processed 593,323 pieces of mail through cancelling machines on Monday, surpassing the 422,784 handled last December. Postmaster Julius W. Singleton announced the record and noted it as the greatest one day increase in cancellations ever recorded in the area.
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Ming
Charleston
Julius W. Singleton
Rocket fuels point to Moon voyage if ships built
Ohio State University's Dr. H L Johnston says liquid hydrogen rockets could reach the moon if a ship exists to carry the fuel and crew. He notes high costs hinder construction and envisions a hypothetical vessel rather than a practical design.
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Columbus
Moon
H. L. Johnston
Ohio State University
Johnston
Momj
Buck Hogers
U.S. Air Force
Supreme Court urged to claim tidelands for federal government
Texas and Louisiana tidelands off their coasts are at stake as Attorney General Clark asks the Supreme Court to rule federal jurisdiction over Gulf tidelands. He seeks original actions to declare federal rights to lands minerals and resources seaward of low water mark, excluding inland waters.
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Texas
Louisiana
Supreme Court
Washington
Clark
Navy
Interior Departments
Gulf
Tex
Grand Cheniere
Congress
Ingal
Quine
California
Gulf of Mexico
Steel Demand Slump Seen by Top Steel Executives
Washington December 21. Major steel leaders Benjamin Fairless of U S Steel and Irving Olds testified before Congress as demand for steel flags. They forecast 1949 finished steel output reaching a record 68 million tons while postwar demand levels off. Fairless opposes government intervention to boost capacity and says demand will balance with supply without a depression.
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Washington
INS
Congress
Benjamin F. Fairless
U. S. Steel
Irving.s. Olds
Congressional Economic Committee
Sen. O'Mahoney
D.wyo
Costa Ricans Show Red Cross Crew Killed by Rebels
The six Costa Rican Red Cross workers killed in an invasion from Nicaragua were brought to San Jose. Government figures said the group intended to set up a hospital in northern Costa Rica and were shot at close range. Provisional President Figueres and President-elect Ulate condemned the assassination.
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Red Cross
San Jose
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Jose Figueres
Otilio Ulate
Christmas Outdoor Lighting Contest Entry Form
Official entry form for the Christmas Outdoor Lighting Contest requires submission by midnight Thursday December 23. Contestants must use this form and provide exact home location details to be considered.
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Gazette Proporon Department
Entire Region North Of Yangtze Virtually Written Off as Lost
The United States froze about 70 million dollars of China aid while war news shifted toward north China. Peiping and Tientsin faced heavy fighting as Communist forces pressed toward Nanking and the Yangtze, with the ECA suspending many projects in the Peiping Tientsin area.
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Yangtze
Washington
China
Paul G.hoffman
Nanking
Bechlet
Economic Cooperation Administration
Peiping
Tientsin
Truman
White House
Hoffman 2A
Peiping-Tientsin
Ching
Yang- He
Congress
Communist Radio
Grandament
Canal
the Department
Associated Press
San Francisco
Grand Canal Town
Yangchow
Yaongchow
Agenn
Chunliangcheng
Almort
Telping
Communist
Fu Tso-yi
North
Manchuria
West Berlin Sets Up Three Power Military Government
Western powers establish a three nation military government for West Berlin in a pivotal move amid East West tensions. Stolpe village and its inhabitants draw attention as Russians reportedly assume control with French consent while other Berlin sectors face ongoing political maneuvering. The new arrangement allows potential Soviet reentry to the Kommandatura and signals the city remains divided between East and West.
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Stolpe
Berlin
Sicipas
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Kommandatura
Tojo and six held for wartime crimes face execution
Tokyo reports indicate the hour for hangings at Sugamo prison will be set after the U S Supreme Court rejected intervention. General MacArthur and Lt. Gen. Walton H Walker discussed the case, with 24 hours as a likely window before the condemned are notified.
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MacArthur
Walker
Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Japan
U. S. Supreme Court
Walton H. Walker
Eighth Army
Sugamo
Supreme Court
Tojo
Marion P. Echols
Putine
Echols
Shinsho Hanayama
Chambers Denies Duggan Was Spy
New York December 21 former Communist courier Chambers denied any secret papers passed to him by Laurence Duggan a State Department official who died after plunging from a 16th floor window Chambers said he did not know Duggan and called his death shocking AAHC testimony had named Duggan in the probe and Levine testified Chambers recalled a 1939 meeting with Adolf Berle Jr and noted Duggan among six State Department officials who allegedly passed confidential information
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New York
Fifth
Duggan
House on-American Activities Committea
Isaac Don ‘Levine
Chamber
Levine
Chambers
Adolf A. Berle, Jr
State Department
Dupgan
Hansford Milam Fund grows in Whitesville community
A charity drive named the Hansford Milam Fund collects donations after a Charleston lawyer Henry S. Cato inspired the effort to aid Hansford Milam, a blinded war veteran who lost life savings. Contributions from Whitesville groups and individuals total $131 plus more from ex GIs and local citizens. The Gazette will present the funds to Milam and continues accepting gifts through Christmas Eve.
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Whitesville
Hansi
Hansford Milam
Henry S. Cato
Charleston
Milam
Gazette Office
Herbert Christian
Hansford
Gazette
Br. R. E. Siegel
Ira P. Charope
VFW
American Legion
Loyal Order of Moose
Women of Moose
White Top Cab Co
Christian
Winter Arrives In Springs Toga
Winter swept into West Virginia with 5:34 p m Tuesday bringing unseasonably warm to cool conditions across the state. Readings ranged from the 50s in some towns to 21 degrees in Martinsburg with Martinsburg at 39 and Petersburg at 29 at night. Highs included 44 in Wheeling and Martinsburg, 50 in Parkersburg, 55 in Charleston, and 57 in Petersburg as forecasters warned of more cold snap potential.
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West Virginia
Srpson
Petersburg
Whd
Martinsburg
Panhandle
Huntington
Charleston
Parkersburg
Elkins
Morgantown
Wheeling and
Weather Bureau
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Robert Quilten
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West Berlin
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