Former State Department Official Dies In Plunge
Former State Department official Lawrence Duggan, aged 42, fell from a 16 story Manhattan office window on the eve of a spy hearing. Investigators called it either a jump or fall while the FBI probes possible coercion and motive tied to alleged leaks to Red spies. Duggan had served 1930 to 1944 and led Latin American affairs before presiding at the Institute of International Education. The case intersects with grand jury testimony involving former officials and accused leaks as part of the unamerican activities inquiry.
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Dec Pi
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Manhattan
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Rep. Mundt
R-Sd
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Reveale
Washinton
Duccan
Duycan
Prencis B. Sayre
Duegan
Institute of Inernational Education
Camelz Enrowment
Carnegie Foundation
Alver Hiss
State — Department
Whittaker Chambers
Monetsai Divean
Store Corcello
Isaac Gon Levine
Bistay
Plane Talk
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All Stores Open Nights For Christmas Shopping
Graf ton merchants extended evening hours to 9 p m through Thursday with Christmas Eve close at 6 p m The Taylor County Board of Trade notes many stores kept night hours for over a week and four Grafton shops report best holiday displays in years as business improves toward the holiday.
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Mosb-Stores
Cit
Eire Declares Free and Independent Republic Today
Dublin reports Ireland becomes free from British rule as President Sean T. O Kelly signs repeal of the external relations act. Independence Day expected spring as Costello's government plans new economic and political alignments. The long struggle for freedom includes 1916 uprising and 1919-21 guerrilla war.
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Sean T. O'Kelly
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Commonwealth
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Sinn Fein
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Rame
Britain
Motorist Fined For Hazardous Driving On Sirrson Road
Walter Otis Sutton of Clare was arrested on charges of hazardous driving on the Sirrson road near Flemington Saturday and fined 85. Trooper B K Deckworth was the arresting officer in justice court today.
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Clare
Are
Charres
Sirrson Road
Flemington
Justice Court
B. K. Deckworth
Roosevelt on CNAC Skymaster in Hong Kong crash
Local aviation sources say Quentin Roosevelt, grandson of Theodore Roosevelt, may be among 33 aboard a CNAC Skymaster that crashed and burned near Basalt Island ten miles from Hong Kong. He reportedly left for Hong Kong on a business trip that morning. two other CNAC planes also departed.
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Quentin Roosevelt
Hong Kong
Theodore Roosevelt
Chinese National Airlines Corporation
Taft Set for Policy Chair Role in New Senate
Senator Taft of Ohio appears poised to lead the GOP Policy Committee in the new Senate amid party revolt threats. Allies say he has assurances to win re election as chair, shaping Truman era battles on price controls and labor laws. Liberal push for a larger voice risks compromising the arrangement with conservatives. Senator Ives predicted a bloc of about a dozen Northeastern Pacific and interior Republicans will push for influence in caucus.
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Taft
Ohio
Senate
SUD
Truman
Ives
New York
Lng Time
Thomas Dewey
Northeast
Pacific Coast
Interior
Two Burn In Flash Hotel Fire in Philadelphia
Two guests died and three others were injured as flames swept the Westminister Hotel at 2040 Chestnut Street. Ninety-five guests fled after a guest discovered the blaze on the second floor around 6 a.m. Firefighters found Charles Mathe, 51, and Mrs. Madeleine Drost, 73, dead from asphyxiation. Fireman say Mathe entered a closet mistaken for a hallway door and was felled by heat. Mrs. Drost likely could have survived had she kept her door closed. Nine others were treated for burns, and a man and woman trapped on a fourth floor climbed to safety across a fire‑covered ledge to the building at 2038 Chestnut Street. The blaze was under control about 35 minutes after discovery.
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Schuylkilliver
Chestnut Street
Chest Street
Charles Mathe
Madeleine Drost
Mate
Hé&T
Auemvoyitas
Charles J. Wols
Loth Fests
Michael Koza
Matthews
Fire Victim's Condition Shows Big Improvement
Two year old Henry McCauley of Flemington suffers second degree burns to the face neck and arms after a flash fire that destroyed his son Dorsey McCauley’s two story home. The child’s condition improved overnight at City hospital per K H Tripett. The family escaped uninjured.
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Flemington
Fs Pr
K. H. Tripett
City Hospital
McCauley
Dorsey
Slim) McCauley
Favivment Out Of Commission After City Plant Failure
A mechanical failure at the city water plant caused a morning shutdown but did not disrupt the water supply. City officials reported repairs completed by about 2 p.m. and service resumed with no noticeable interruption.
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City Hall
Former Citizen Hospitalized in Altoona
William Arehart former superintendent of the Fire Brick company at Thornton and recently in Trinidad engaged in brick and tile manufacturing is seriously injured in Altoona Pennsylvania His family except for a son is at his bedside He is well known in this area
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Altoona
William Arehart
Fire Brick Company
Thornton
Trinidad
Mr. Are
Hart
Council To Let PSC Decide Issue
Charleston December 21 The Charleston city council says it will rely on the public service commission to decide whether telephone rates should rise. In a 14 to 2 vote the council rejected joining other municipalities opposing the rate increase sought by Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. It did not approve or oppose the higher rates and tabled a report proposing staff accountants examine the issue or take no action. The council then voted to take no official action. Majority leader George L. Coyle said the PSC assumes utility customers oppose rate hikes and that a protest without facts would be ineffective.
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Public Service Commission
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
George L. Coyle
Christmas Day Holiday No-Print Notice
Our paper will not publish on Saturday December 25 to give staff a Christmas at home. A large Christmas Eve edition will reach homes Friday earlier than usual.
I, Jane Doe at the Dixie Theatre
The Grafton Sentinel invites N. F. Kendall of 233 Maple Avenue to tonight's presentation of I Jane Doe at the Dixie Theatre featuring Ruth Hursey and John Carroll.
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Grafton Sentinel
N. F. Kendall
Maple Avenue
I, Jané Doe
Ruth Hursey
John Carroll
Dixie Theatre
ECA Suspends China Reconstruction Projects
Washington December 21 The Economic Cooperation Administration halted air reconstruction projects in China after a briefing with President Truman. Paul G Hoffman said planning is largely suspended except in isolated cases, affecting about 70 million allocated from Congress 275 million in economic aid and 125 million in military aid. Hoffman noted ongoing policy coordination with the White House.
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China
Washington
Paul G. Hoffman
Economic Cooperation Administration
UVA
Truman
White House
Hoffman
Chia
Shanghai
Ecas
Congress
ECA. Eee
Dutch Forces Land on Sumatra and Java Victories
Kenneth L. reports new Dutch forces landing on Sumatra near Pagar Sispiapi opposite Bukittinggi and occupying towns in central Java including Kaliorang. United Nations workers in Kaliorang reportedly missing. Indonesian Republic calls for scorched earth tactics while warning of guerrilla warfare. Condemnations of the Dutch police action flow from multiple capitals.
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Kalioerang
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Madioen
Javer
Republic
Scekandrio
Britain
London
Federal jurisdiction sought over tidelands oil lands
Attorney General Clark filed actions in the Supreme Court to establish federal paramount rights over tidelands off Texas and Louisiana. He asked to apply the California tidelands precedent to Gulf lands seaward of low water mark, excluding bays and inland waters, to permit federal control of underwater oil production.
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Clark
Supreme Court
Texas
Louisiana
United States
California
Gulf of Mexico
Justice Department
Weatherman Predicts Snow Here Tomorrow
Forecast calls for snow flurries and colder conditions tomorrow with temperatures near 33 to 35 degrees last night. Light warming today with 9am reading at 47 rising to 51 by noon.
Tada Captured By American Agents in Berlin
Edward J. Lada a 28 year old former paratrooper who breached the Russian blockade to reach his girlfriend and the escaped U S Army stockade was seized by American agents in Berlin He reportedly scaled a stockade fence Saturday night to avoid trial on an illegal entry charge Col Thomas F Lancer provost marshal of Berlin announced the arrest locating Lada in a Zehlendorf apartment.
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Berlin
Edward J. Lada
Tooday
Lada
Illegl
Thomas F. Lancer
Berliner Street
Zehlendorf
MacArthur Says He Won't Return to United States
Gen. Douglas MacArthur stated there are no plans to go home, choosing to stay in Japan to complete the job. An allied official told the Associated Press there was no truth to Washington reports of a Truman contact about his return. He recently reiterated the same response to an American visitor.
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Japan
Associated Press
Allied
Washington
MacArthur
Truman
U. S
Berlin Three Power Plan for Administrative Rebuild
Berlin dispatch reports the United States Britain and France announce a three power plan inviting Soviet participation to resume a quadripartite Berlin administration. Western allies say they will govern western sectors and maintain control while awaiting Soviet consent or date to rejoin shared authority.
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Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Jean Ganeval
West
Induction Call Set For Dec 29 In Local Draft
The Taylor Barbour county peacetime draft induction is rescheduled for Wednesday December 29 to allow draftees Yuletide home time. Announced by Mrs Harold Weekly clerk in local selective service offices. Inductees include James Fletcher of Grafton Edward McGee of Rosemont and Frank Price of Belington.
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Harold Weekly
Selective Service Board
James Russell Fletcher
Grafton
Edward Earl McGee
Rosemont
Frank Neale Price
Belington
Modern Mystery Man Of Japan Dies Today
Tokyo December 21 report says Karoku Tsuji, 72, Japan's famed mystery figure in political intrigue, died today. He had been accused of involvement in nearly every bribery case uncovered in recent years.
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Japan
Tokyo
Karoku Tsuji
Trent Advances Pronosal Increasing State Teachers Retirement Benefits
Charleston December 21 Trent urges a bill to raise state teachers retirement benefits by boosting contributions from teachers and state funds. Proposes raising pension base from 960 to 1250, increasing average final salary from 2500 to 2000, and extending pensions to older teachers with 20 years service. Also seeks higher per-child education payments and one-candidate primary elections for county board posts to curb maneuvering.
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Charleston
W. W. Trent
County Board of Education
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