Dutch Tighten Hold On Sumatra Oil Fields
Dutch forces tighten control of oil and rubber rich Sumatra after announcing capture of the Djambi fields as guerrillas launch attacks in Java. The communique says resistance was negligible and that major republican cities are under Dutch occupation with a cease-fire planned in Java by midnight tomorrow and in Sumatra two or three days later.
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Batavia
Java
Sumatra
Djambi
United Nations Security Council
Indies
Ien
Poerwodadi
Soerkarta
Djombang
Madjokerte
Republican
Ma| Lang
Semareang
Wallkuken
Bandsamegard
Richard Ralph Cobley
Republic
Foreign-Legion
Cobley
New Post Office Rates Take Effect Tomorrow
New and higher postal rates will take effect tomorrow on all mail types except first class. Ordinary letters stay at three cents per letter, while all mail first class rises to six cents per ounce. Air mail over eight ounces will use air parcel post. Special delivery and heavier packages see higher charges, while postal notes remain eight cents for amounts up to ten dollars. The changes, authorized by Congress, aim to reduce the Post Office Department’s capital losses from higher costs.
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Bec
Julius W. Singleton
8Th Congress
Post Office Department
Air Parer
Singleton
Willie Willis Dad Calls For Balanced Education Move
Willie Willis Dad argues the first need is more education while valuing nature and practical use of learned knowledge. He asserts that basic schooling should be complemented by real world understanding to create capable individuals.
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Dad
Israel Forces Encircle Gaza and Negev Battles Expand
UN observers report Gaza nearly surrounded by Jewish forces with escape routes kept open for Egyptians. Israel air force and navy reinforce port while fighting in the Negev spreads, two Egyptian planes shot down, Iraqi participation remains unconfirmed in Cairo and Baghdad.
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Lng
Tel Aviv
Palestine
M—U
Gaza
Haifa
Faluja
U.N
Israel
Negev
U. N
Muzahim Amin al Pachalent
Iraq
Tinlaet Lee
Murder Charge in Street Fight Over Woman
Jack Fannin 32 of Montgomery faces a murder charge after Claude Vernon Myers 27 of Station B Charleston died from multiple stab wounds suffered in a Lee and Summers Street altercation sparked by a woman. Milford Fannin 30 of Rensford. brother of Jack, is held on investigation for involvement.
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Jack Fannin
Montgomery
Claude Vernon Myers
Charleston
Lee and
Summers Sts
Milford Fannin
Rensford
Jack
Wasalso
Jall
H. C. Pauley
D. J. Roush
Jack J .Fannin
Myers
Cunningham
Charleston General Hospital
Arriva
Dewey Williams
Detec
Vatican Excommunicates Hungarians over Mindszenty Arrest
Vatican imposes excommunication on Catholics connected to the arrest of Cardinal Mindszenty in Hungary. The decree, dated December 28, deems the offense among the gravest under canon law and bans participation in sacraments, church services, and burial. It also extends excommunication to those involved in the conviction of Archbishop Stepinac in 1946.
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Vatican City
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
Sacred Consistorial Congregation
Vatican
Apostolic See
Holy See
Yugoslavia
Alojzijt Stepinac
Stepinac
Mindszenty
Budapest
AFL Unions Face Overhaul Of Peace Machinery
Washington December 30 AFL building and construction unions press overhauls to the nine month old peace machinery aimed at cutting jurisdictional strikes. Friction centers on employers sending minor cases to arbitration clogging special boards handling tougher disputes. Unions including carpenters bricklayers electrical workers painters plumbers and teamsters warn the plan’s future hinges on a Miami meeting starting January 26.
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Washington
AFL
Aay
Miami
Contractors’ Association
Tlease
Wanted to Rent Ads Bring Top Recalta Gazette
Advertisers celebrate Gazette results with multiple offers and filled vacancies. Listings show furnished apartments on 3 acres with private entrances, small working couples seeking three room units, and quick calls directing readers to respond via phone. Gazette Want Ad promotes fast, economical vacancy finds.
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The
Gazette
Democrats Aim to curb Rules Group to aid Truman program
Washington dispatch reports Democratic leaders plan to weaken the House rules committee to ease passage of labor social welfare and civil rights measures. Rep Sabath would allow bills to be moved to the floor by petition signed by 100 to 150 members, but still require 216 to clear a bill from the committee.
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Washington
Congress
House Rules Committee
House
Sam Rayburn
Rules Committee
Truman
Sabath
Rep
D-Ill
Chia
Rules Group
GOP Insurgents Move to Oust Taft as Policy Chief
Thirteen Republican liberal senators plan to depose Taft as chairman of the Senate Republican policy committee and install Lodge of Massachusetts. Taft, reelection bid assured, says he expects a substantial majority. The new Senate would have 42 Republicans and 54 Democrats, needing 22 votes to remove Taft.
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Washington
Sen
Taft
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Lodge
Massachusetts
Ohio
Senate
Uberals
Sen. Ives
New York
Sen. Tobey
New Hampshire
Chiang Kaishek returns to war after peace talk bid
Nanking reports say Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, incensed by word of Communist plans to punish war criminals, will press the civil war. Advisers reportedly persuaded him on Christmas Day to seek peace talks while officials discuss ways to negotiate. Shen Chang-huan said leaders would meet Chiang individually for consultations.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Shen Chang - Huan
Li Tsung-jen
Shen Bae
President Trumans Election Campaign Echo Sparks Newsroom Fray
President Truman refused to expand on his remark that certain Russian leaders seek understanding with the United States. He repeated his earlier statements as reporters pressed at a news conference in Washington. He denied any new policy split and laughed off a question about Old Joe Statin. The report also notes rumors of Vice President elect Barkley carrying White House credentials.
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Washington
Truman
United
States
Kansas City
Russia
Addks
Ruasta
Joe
Statin
Barkley
Europe
Cold virus isolation sparks cure search progress
Washington reports that the National Institute of Health has isolated the common cold virus named MR 1. Dr. Leon Atlas and George Hoffle led two years of work at Bethesda, outlining methods to identify and test virus strength and noting no chemical cure yet found. Volunteers showed no drug could halt the illness once begun, though some drugs provided short relief.
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Washington
National Institute of Health
Leon T. Atlas
George A. Hoffle
Bethesda
Atlas
Atlast
Freight Boost Granted by ICC Raises Rates for Railroads
The Interstate Commerce Commission granted temporary freight rate increases averaging over 5 percent for railroads, pending a decision on a permanent 13 percent rise. Rates take effect five days after tariffs filing, boosting total freight revenue by about $2.1 billion annually since June 1946. The increases vary by region, including 6 percent in Eastern/Southern territories and mixed changes in Western zones, with specifics by territory.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
ICC
Mississippi River
Ohio River
Wainwright Defends 1942 Bataan Surrender View
General Jonathan Wainwright rejected claims that the Bataan retreat violated orders from himself and General MacArthur. He argued Lt. Gen. Edward King faced a hopeless position and surrendered in April 1942 before orders could reach him. Wainwright, retired and now an insurer, explained how Japanese forces cut off supplies and devastated the two corps on Bataan.
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San Antonio
Tex
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Philippines
Bataan
Douglas MacArthur
Wainwright
Edward P. King
Louis Morton
Seattle
King
Morton
Pacific
Historical Association
Manila Bay
China Sea
Jesse Traywick
Rock of
Correg
Reds Got Most Of Stolen Papers Probers Assert
The House on American Activities committee reported Whittaker Chambers received stolen government documents at least 52 times and most reached Russian agents. The panel said materials included Navy aviation tank data Norden bomb sight and naval intelligence reports. Mundt noted Chambers claimed weekly deliveries in the late 1930s and that papers found on his Maryland farm were only a small portion.
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Washington, Bee
House-on-American Activities Committee
Whittaker Chambers
House
Chambers
Navy
Sleet and Ice Hazard Shut Roads Across Counties
Severe sleet and ice fell across southeastern West Virginia prompting cinder crews to treat routes in Pocahontas Nicholas Fayette Greenbrier and the Beckley Princeton areas. U S 60 and U S 50 saw hazardous conditions with inches of snow and freezing sleet. Drivers were urged to use chains and expect ongoing closures as temperatures plummet toward 12 degrees.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Road Commission
Information Bureau
Pocahontas County
Cloder
Nicholas
Fayette
Greenbrier
Beckley
Princeton
U. S
Sewell Mountain
Preston County
U. S. 50
Fellowsville
Clarksburg
State Rt. 16
American Right To Rebuild Nation Questioned By Soviets
Washington dispatch reports Soviet Ambassador Panyushkin demanded an explanation of U S plans to rearm Japan and rebuild its army under Gen Douglas MacArthur. He cited press talk of a five year plan for highway construction and urged the Far Eastern Commission to be informed. The exchange followed U S actions withdrawing support from a commission directive on reforms in Japan.
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Washington
INS
Russia
United States
Japan
Far East
Alexander Panyushkin
Coustas MacArthur
U. 8
Pres
MacArthur
Pacific
Panyushkin
Far Eastern Commission
Dougina MacArthur Kina
Gen. MacArthur
Red
Moscow
Mnattera
WAT
State Department
Gen
Supreme Allied
Coune Ries
Greenland Fliers Delayed by Storm
Washington December 30. Poor visiblity and high winds halted the takeoff from Goose Bay Labrador to New York for Lt. Col. Emi G. Beaudry and five stranded airmen rescued from a Greenland icecap. The Air Force said weather will decide when any further attempt is made and gave no word on how many will return to the United States.
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Washington
New York
Air Force
Flere
Greenland
Emi G. Beaudry
Goose Bay
Labrador
B. McCarley
ALE Force
Blule West
United States
Newfoundland
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