Defenders of Suchow Ordered to Quit City to Aid Nan king
Chinese Suchow garrison ordered to march south to help the trapped 12th army group near Suhsien 12 miles south of Suchow and 67 miles south of Nanking. The 250,000-man Suchow force vacillates as Communist forces encircle the area, with fighting and food shortages reported.
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Nanking
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Huang Wei
Kwei River
Suhsien
Lit Toecheng
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San Francisco
Associated Press
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Suchaw
Liu Tze
Rgo
Peace Daily
Tsiosun
Dealer Admits Some Favoritism in Car Sales Practices
Benjamin Ourisman, president of two DC firms, testified before a House subcommittee that his two Nissan agencies favored friends and good customers for new car purchases, noting faster processing for congressmen. Hearings covered practice of handling trade-ins and markup on used cars tied to new deliveries, with figures on average markups and trade-in shares.
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Hinaion Chevrolet
Benjamin Ourisman
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House
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Durisman Chevrolet Co
Mandell Chevrolet Co
Aunt Jane in Love with Her Boss Says Quillen
Willie Willis by Robert Quillen hints Aunt Jane may be in love with her boss. The column notes she talks nicely to him and her mother advises that a woman cannot be with a man as long as she loves or hates him.
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Madame Chiang Kai-shek in Hawaii on aid mission
Madame Chiang Kai-shek arrived in Honolulu aboard a U.S. Navy plane as she travels toward Washington to seek American backing for the Chinese government's war against the Communists. Officials indicated limited prospects for public aid, with plans to host her at Leesburg by Secretary of State and Mrs. Marshall, while President Truman’s former plane would transport her to the capital.
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Tonolulu
Truman
San Francisco
Marshall
Leesburg
State Department
Pacific
Sabotage Hinted In Power Shutoff
Monongahela Power Co reports a sabotage incident cut power to thousands in south central West Virginia for about 12 hours. An apparent saboteur threw bare 22,000 volt line wire near an Indian Creek site two miles from Braxton County, causing a fire after two conductors short circuited. Power was lost at 6:06 a m affecting Sutton and nearby towns.
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Monongahela Power Co
West Virginia
Don B. Potter
Lewis County
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Potter
Indian Creek
Sutton
Gnasaway
Burnsville
Glenville
Orlando
Money Political Gift Claims by Ex Premier Ashida
Tokyo's Hitoshi Ashida acknowledged receiving an undisclosed sum during his time as premier, calling it a legitimate political contribution not a bribe. The Tokyo prosecutors seek his arrest on bribery suspicions, but he cannot be jailed without House approval. The House steering committee plans to hear more from the attorney general and aides Tuesday before deciding next steps.
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Tokyo
Hitoshi Ashida
United States
Ashida
House of Representatives
House
Kikuichiro Yamaguchi
Shinkichi Ueda
Yamagucchi
Truman Europe Recovery Plan Seeks Additional Funds
President Truman and top aides outlined a vigorous European Recovery program in a White House session with Averell Harriman Paul Hoffman and Secretary Marshall. The plan calls for about 1.25 billion more in Marshall Plan grants through June 30 and notes authority already given to use up to 4 billion by next April. Connally predicted Berlin’s block may lift soon, saying the currency issue does not justify Allied airlift costs.
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White House
Truman
W. Averell Harri Fan
Eueropean Recovery Administration
Paul G.hoffman
ECA
Europe
State Marshall
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Congress
Sen. Connally
Texas
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Two Get 10 Years For Calf Stealing
MORGANTOWN Nov 29 Two men received ten year penitentiary sentences for armed robbery in the hijacking of more than 60 calves from a truck near Arnettsville last January 17. Ear l Lucky Brown Jr 21 year old ex Marine of Clarksburg and John B Bigler of Davis in Tucker county pleaded guilty. Brown's wife Hazel 18 at arrest also pleaded guilty and was referred to parole authorities for study. The trio also faces indictment in Preston county for kidnapping Frank Lewis the driver of the double deck trailer truck.
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Arnettsville
Charles G. Baker
Earl Lucky Brown, Jr
Clarksburg
John B. Bigler
Davis
Tucker County
Brown
Hazel
Preston County
Frank Lewis
R. Doyne Halbritter
Yokohama
Japan
U. S. Naval
San Pedro
Cal
Reds Move To Grab Berlin Before Election
Berlin reports say Russian backed German Communists began massing forces for a bid to seize control before Sunday's municipal elections. They scheduled a rally in the Soviet sector to press for a united Berlin while anti Communist leaders denounced it as a plan for a Red dictatorship. Western authorities warned of possible trouble but vowed to prevent violence.
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Frank L. Howley
U.S
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Sokolovsky
Luchts
D. Clay
Frankfurt
Dock Returns Delayed by Snow and Rain in Eastern Ports
Snow and rain delayed the resumption of normal dock activity at strike-bound eastern ports. Loading and unloading of car goes and grain were slowed in Philadelphia, sugar deliveries to two refineries faced delays, and 2,000 workers were laid off during the coastwise stoppage. In Baltimore and Norfolk weather hampered operations while Boston saw cargo handling affected by exposure risks. In New York area ILA president Joseph P. Ryan said longshoremen were working where work was available as the rail embargo on export and coastwise movement was lifted next day. The strike ended Saturday with a new contract raising day rate to 1.88 and night overtime to 2.82.
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Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Boston
Joseph P. Ryan
APL International Longshoremen's Assoc
Association of American Railroads
Washington
ILA
Western Reich Seen Supporting Itself By 1952
Berlin reports Western Germany could be self supporting by 1952 as Marshall Plan aid ends. Deputy economic adviser Phillips Hawkins says Western zones produce 73 percent of 1950 output, up from 38 percent after currency reforms. Soviet zone output halves from pre reforms amid blockades.
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Germany
Phillips Hawkins
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Israel Applies for U N Membership in Uncertain Vote
Israel formally asks for United Nations membership as Moshe Shertok submits the government’s application to Secretary General Trygve Lie. Nations expected to back admission through seven Security Council votes and two-thirds General Assembly, with France and Belgium seen favoring partition and backing Israel. The outcome remains undecided as the council weighs action before the assembly session ends December 11.
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Palestine
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Trygge Lie
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Belgium
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Syria
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China
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Howeer
Lie
Palais de Chaillot
Stern Gang Sets Fire To Own Detention Site
Stern gang members in Tel Aviv set fire to their detention camp in protest at being moved to Acre central prison. Police cordoned off the area as 17 detainees resisted, released nonpolitical prisoners, and fled before surrendering and being moved to Acre jail with about 100 other Sternists detained since Count Bernadotte's assassination.
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Isfiel
Stern
Central
Acre
United Nations
Count Falke Bernadotte Dast
Hundreds Routed By Dixie Waters
A major storm system unleashed rain and floods across Dixie states, washing away roads and flooding towns in Georgia Alabama and Tennessee while Kansas Oklahoma and Washington faced snow and blizzard conditions. Rivers cresting, widespread damage to property and crops, and ongoing repairs to communications marked the day as the eastern seaboard received rain with snow in New York and Pennsylvania and Idaho and western Montana reported flurries.
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Taxicab Strike Surges After Wage Talks Collapse
Charleston taxicab strike remains in effect as operators and AFL Teamsters fail to agree on a wage increase. About 200 cabs from Town Tops Checker White Skyline and Yellow Cab idle amid walkout by 400 drivers, with unions blaming PSC for not approving higher fares. Union says contract was submitted 80 days ago and drivers sought 75 to 90 cents per hour at start.
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Skyline
Frank A. Rebhan
AFL Teamsters Union
PSC
Cvb Rompanies
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Yellow Cab Co
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Japanese wartime leaders appeal to U S Supreme Court
Two condemned wartime Japanese leaders Gen Kenji Doihara and Koki Hirota asked the U S Supreme Court to review their death sentences and stay executions. Attorneys William Logan Jr and David F Smith argued the Nuremberg style trials and finalities, while other indicted Japanese commanders including Hideki Tojo faced no appeals.
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United States Supreme Court
High Court
Nuernberg
Kenji Dohihara
China
Manchuria
Koki Urota
Japan
Tojo
Wideki Tojo
Dohidas Jra
Mwkota
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Wiliam Logan, Jr
New York
David F. Smith
Sophoulis Improves. No Immediate Danger Reported
In Athens on November 29, doctors said Greek Prime Minister Themistoklis Sophoulis aged 88 has improved after two heart attacks last week. He sat up in bed for a news conference and said he was hungry, adding that the reporters present were his best medicine.
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Athens
Themistocles
Rules Tightened On Jap Hangings
Tokyo dispatch reports military police restricting access to Sugamo prison where Maidekd Tojo and six other war criminals await execution. Reporters withdrew to a nearby telephone exchange as guards tightened control. A wartime two part name code system will relay word of the hangings to occupation headquarters. No date announced. Families visited some condemned men in limited measure.
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Maidekd Tojo
Sugano
Col. M. P. Echols
Buble
Echols
Kok
Hiroto
Hirata
Klusan
Bridegroom to Be Accused of Murder After Party Brawl
Welch reports a pre-nuptial party at Paul Cantino's home in Krolitz Dowell County ended with James McClanahan shot dead and Cantino injured. Cantino, 64, is charged with murder amid a free-for-all that involved Gracie Mae Cornett, 34, the bride-to-be, in a troubling county case. The incident marked the eighth murder charge in Dowell County since October.
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Gracie Mae Cornett
McClanahan
Thompson
Hic- Dowell County
Russia Agrees To New Plans Of 6 Neutrals
Paris dispatch reports Russia accepts a neutral nations plan to mediate the Berlin crisis. A commission of currency experts would study the issue as the Big Four seek to set a single currency in Berlin and end the blockade dispute before Bramugha’s term ends.
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Paris
Trussia
U.N. Security Council
Berlin
Nhat
Juan A. Bramugha
Steimpantt
Souneil
Meddia
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Andre
Vieninesky
Jims Wily Hin
Ing
Expeeta Wraters
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Britain
France
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Beto
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Commindon
Hromuglia
China
Colombia
Syria
Canada
Argentina
Holmum
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Pollard-Nichols Romance Letter Revealed in St Louis
A sensational undated letter allegedly from Betty Jean Nichols to Mother Pollard hints at plans to wed Pollard. The missive, found in Pollard's Chicago suitcase after his arrest, was forwarded by the FBI to St Louis police. The letter asks for a chance to prove deep love and vows to be a good wife, with nods to divorce plans and a restrained family context.
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Mia
Betty Jean Nichols
William .N. Pollard
Jacseph, Jr
Pollard
Chicago
St. Louis
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pallard
Betty Jean
Walter Enigmann
Nichols
Pallagh
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