Holy Land Armistice in Jeopardy as Negev Flares
Fighting renewed on the Negev front near Nitim and spread toward the Faluja pocket southeast of Tel Aviv. Egypt charges mortar and air bombardment by Israel. U N observers report Gaza shelling and air raids with at least 14 bombs. Security Council in Paris debates Indonesian issue as Christmas pilgrimages loom.
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Holy Land
Negev
U.N
Tel Aviv
Israel
Nitim
Faluja
Khan Yunis
Palestine
United Nations
Egyptian War Ministry
Cairo
Asi
U. N. Security Council
Paris
Jerusalem
Trans-Jordan
Bethlehem
Ambassador Smith Quits Moscow Post
U S Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith announced his resignation as ambassador to Moscow after a tenure since March 1946. He planned to depart for Berlin Christmas morning, visit Molotov and Gromyko, and travel home via Bremen, with plans to settle in the United States.
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Moscow
Dec
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Smith
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lucius D. Clay
Germany
Berlin
V. M. Molotov
Andrei Gromyko
J. P. McEvoy
Smiths
Herlin
Bremen
Sayre Believes 3 Papers Stolen From His Office
Francis B. Sayre, then assistant secretary of state, testified before the House committee on Communist espionage that he is convinced three confidential documents were stolen from his office ten years ago. He and his secretary Anna Belle Newcomb testified behind closed doors as the Mundt committee prepares a final report next week.
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Washington
Francis B. Sayre
Sayre
United Nations
House
Anna Belle Newcomb
Mundt
Whittaker Chambers
Bus Car Collision Halts Dunbar Traffic
A Greyhound bus carrying 40 passengers collided with an automobile at Fifth Street and Dunbar Avenue in Dunbar. Police said no one was seriously injured. the bus struck a utility pole and stopped in a yard on Dunbar Avenue. Driver Charles W. Burdette had a small eye laceration. his car was badly damaged. The bus continued to Columbus with another coach taking over.
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Dunbar
U. S
Charleston
Columbus
Living Costs Drop Slightly in November
Living costs fell again in November by about 0.1 percent from October led by lower food prices the fourth consecutive monthly decline. Clothing and house furnishings eased modestly while wage talks hover over Congress as Truman faces possible constraints on price controls and unions push for real cost relief.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Truman
Congress
General Mators
CIO Auto Workers and Electrical Workers
Woman Strangled by Fridge Door in Brooklyn Accident
Mrs Pauline Singer fifty of Brooklyn was strangled today when the sling on her broken right arm caught on a refrigerator door handle as she fainted while closing the fridge door. The device tightened around her throat and caused death in a freak accident reported by police.
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Moe
Proxen
New York
Pauline Singer
Brooklyn
Tojo Yelled Triple Banzai Before Going to Gallows
Tokyo reports reveal Hideki Tojo shouted triple banzai for the emperor and then ten thousand years before his execution. A Buddhist priest said his companions joined in the chant at the death house shrine. Cremation and ash secrecy were pursued per Gen. MacArthur's orders.
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Tokyo
Hideki Yoto
Great
Japan
Tojo
Shinso Hanayami
Death House
Mom
Oci Perma Tha Jist Rabe
Gong
MacArthur
Madame Chiang Kai-shek to Stay Indefinitely in Washington
Madame Chiang Kai-shek relocates to Washington to press for aid for the Chinese Nationalist regime. She is staying at her brother Dr. T V Soong’s home, with plans to brief officials after year’s start. Reports note possible talks with government officials and a hoped return around Chinese New Year.
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Washington
Mme
Chiang Kai-shek
T. V. Soong
Nanking
George C. Marshall
Leesburg
Mareshall
Walter Reed Hospital
Madame Chiane
Chiang
Madame Chiang
H. H. Kung
Madame Kung
Doctor Kung
New York
China Bolsters River Barriers As Fight Lulls
The Chinese civil war stalled with bad weather suppressing front activity north of Nanking. The government fortified defenses along the Yangtze while Communists pressed sieges on Peiping and Tientsin. Premier Sun Fo urged peace but cautioned against foreign aid, noting two sides must act.
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Nanking
China
Peiping
Tientsin
Sun
Com Tounists
Ele
Central Daily News
Sted Genin Po-cheng
Hillel
Liu
Fu Tso-yi
Christmas Traffic Toll Estimated At 265 Deaths
The National Safety Council estimated 265 people would die in traffic accidents from 6:00 PM Christmas Eve to midnight Sunday. Council President Ned H. Dearborn said the toll could prove too high if drivers avoid drinking and staying sober behind the wheel.
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Chicago
INS
National Safety Council
Council
Ned H. Deareborn
Australia Seeks Expulsion Of Netherlands From U N
Australia seeks the expulsion of the Netherlands from the United Nations over Dutch attacks in Indonesia. Reports say Batavia area drives and new offensives target Jogjakarta and surrounding territories as Dutch planes bomb and land troops. Civilians reportedly shot and fires observed as observers recount three days of Runfire near Jogjakarta.
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Australia
Netherlands
U.N
Indonesia
Batavia
Java
Madioen
Republic
U. N
Kalloerang
Jogjakarta
Tangerang
West Java
Sumatra
Macek
Balarndja
Bultenzorg
Toba
Lewis Is Ordered To Stop Coercion
The National Labor Relations Board ordered John L Lewis and United Mine Workers to stop coercing workers at four West Virginia coal mines Ruthwell Hartman Kefauger Borgman. District 31 leaders and employers reached a stipulation to refrain from restraining or coercing workers. the case cites alleged detentions and forced union membership applications during the March coal strike.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board Today
John L. Lewis
United Mines Workers
West Virginia
Lewis
Ane
Cecil
Seven Trampled to Death in Shanghai Currency Riot
A mob of over 200000 in Shanghai's financial district crushed at least seven people and injured hundreds as citizens sought to exchange government paper for gold and silver. Police efforts failed amid uncoordinated crowd control as ambulances ferried the injured and banks remained jammed.
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Shanghai
Anche Ieee Hric AD Dace
Sta
Tne
Ten Die in B 50 Bomber Crash in Alaska
Vi ten men were killed when a new Air Force B 50 four engine bomber crashed during a training flight near Eielson Air Force Base Alaska. The aircraft was under test after arriving from North for Arctic trials and vanished after takeoff with no radio contact.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Air Force
Eielson Air Force
Ase
Eielson
Ladd Field
Gifts for War Vet Hansford Reach $3435 In Donations
Blind veteran Hansford Milam received a Christmas fund totaling 3435.61 from West Virginia readers and orders including Gravely Motor Plow Co and the American Legion Auxiliary. Donors include Service Co Medical Detachment 150th Infantry WV National Guard and numerous West Virginia towns. Funds to be presented Christmas Eve.
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James Hill
Henaford Milam
the Gazette
West Virginia
Hansford
Gravely Motor Plow ,Co
Dunbar
The
Service Co
150Th Infantry
West Virginia National Guard
Charleston
H. M. Boggs
Frankford
J. R. Martin
Oak Hill
Gay Campbell
C. P. Maddy
Hinton
John Fogger
Tariti
Factory Tire and Accessory Co. ‘Inc
R. E. Click
Logan
W. E. Chapman
Putney
Raelam
Ambherstdale
W. H. Buckner
D. K. Wilson
Buffalo
Clarence Elkins
American Legion Auxiliary No. 73
St. Albans
Joe Marshall
Joe Marshall, Jr
Earl Osborne
Ward
F. T. Griffith
L. C. Meadors
Mammoth
Elbert Woody
Pinch
J. Watts
Edith Bailey
Maxine White
H. H. Sweeney
D. H. D. H Hall
Charles
Both Sides Blamed In Pacific Maritime Turmoil
A joint labor management committee report blames both labor and management for 14 years of turmoil in the West coast maritime industry. It singles out CIO Longshoremen's president Harry Bridges for preaching class struggle and says delinquent employer policies foster militant leadership, with political incompatibility as a key conflict cause.
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Washington
CIO
House and American Activities Committee
United Electrical Workers
Laeber
Harry Bridges
Longshoremen's Union
Ben Gold
Fur and Leather Workers
Abram Flaxer
United Public Workers of America
Donald Henderson
Food, Tobacco and Agricultural Workers
Samuel Burt
Irving Potash
Julius Fixiss
Furrera Jolution
Fur Workers Unon
Joint Labor-Management Committee of
Congress
Sen. Ball
R-Minn
CIO Longshoremen's Union
Communist Party
John F. Preston
Ralph B. Pickering
Stores Near Charleston Set Early Christmas Closing
Charleston retailers will close at 5 p.m. today to allow employees to reach home for Christmas Eve. Parcel post windows in the care post office will stay open until 6 p.m. Branch offices will close at the usual time.
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Wal
Charleston
Four Nations Join in Protest Over Dutch Actions in Indonesia
In Paris on December 3, nations including Australia Russia China Syria and India condemned Dutch land and sea assaults on the Indonesian republic. The U N Security Council heard heated speeches as the United States sought a cease fire and withdrawal with limited support from Syria Colombia and China. Russia opposed the American plan and called for a stronger resolution condemning the Dutch. voting requires seven of the nine council members with Australia and India not eligible to vote. The session contemplated multiple daily meetings, including Christmas Day, as the council deliberates positions.
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Russia
Oupensbes
Paris
Des
Australia
Netherlands
United” Nations
Republile
Rusia
China
Syrian
India
United States
East Indian
Security Council
Mitiares
Soviet Union
Shoviet
Jacob A. Mall
U.N
Rusala
Syria
Colombia
W. BR. Hodgson
Austra
Hitler
Hodgson
Jan Herman van Royen
van Royen
Four Hurt In Mine Blast At Kellys Creek Colliery
Four men of a mine construction crew were burned in a blast at the new slope mine of the Kellys Creek Colliery Co about one and a half miles above Ward. Injured workers including Lee Dillon and Andrew Lester were taken to Charleston General Hospital with burns to face head and hands.
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New Slope
Kellys Creek
Tougher Creek
Ward
Charleston General Hospital
Lee Dillon
Andrew Lester
Alee Cute
Lee Woodrum
Burns
Ford Allen
Rand
Willamason and Chaff. Construction Co
Ohio
Hugheston
Barkley in Brussels Visits Daughter Before Germany Trip
Vice President-elect Alben W. Barkley arrived in Brussels from Paris to visit his daughter and pay courtesy calls. He will meet Prince Regent and Prime Minister Paul-Henri Spaak before departing for Germany tomorrow afternoon.
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Barkley
Aaron K
Brussels
U.U
Alben W. Barkley
Paris
Gaitot Dougelas MacArthur
U. S
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U. S. Court of Appeals
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James Lustig
James Matles
Wiliam Sentner
Electrical Workers
Philip M. Connelly
Los Angeles Cio Council
Maurice Travis
Greater New York Council
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