Navy Plane Finds Distressed C-54 Downs 37 Aboard
A naval Privateer circling survivors reported a C-54 transport with 37 aboard ditched about 1,000 miles southwest of Honolulu. The aircraft was en route from Okinawa to Spokane with seven crew and 30 passengers. Johnst on Island Commander Col. Thomas L. Wiper said signals were seen after an air force plane spotted the survivors and dropped a boat.
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Johnston Island
mid-Pacific
Honolulu
Pacific
Okinawa
Spokane
Wash
Thomas L. Wiper
Air Force
Allen H. Stotts
Hickman Field
Red espionage allegations reach to State Department links
The House Un American Activities Committee plans to present papers it calls shocking proof of a Red spy network tied to the State Department before the war. Investigator Wheeler will hand evidence to a grand jury, centering on a Communist underground member who passed documents to an outside courier Whitaker Chambers, once a Time editor. The committee will resume hearings to identify who supplied Chambers with the papers, with copies kept for future probes.
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Washington
House Un-American Activities Committee
State Department
Justice Department
William A. Wheeler
New York
Whittaker Chambers
Time Magazine
Communist Underground
The
Reds
Chambers
Maryland
Robert E. Stripling
House Committee
Coast Guard
Fraser Challenges Russia Over North Korea Government at UN
New Zealand Prime Minister Peter Fraser accused Moscow in UN debate of backing a non democratic North Korea and demanded proof that the northern regime is a free government. He denounced Soviet obstruction of UN Korea observers and cited alleged terror in the southern elections.
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Paris
Russia
United Nations
People's Republic
Korea
Peter Fraser
New Zealand
North Korea
Fraser
Repub
United States
Italy
UN Korea Commission
Burley Sales Average For Kentucky Off Burley Sales
Burley tobacco sales in the eight-state belt last week totaled 140,180,122 pounds at an average of 48.52 dollars per hundredweight. Kentucky’s statewide average was 48.33 dollars, 19 cents below the belt average, as sales for the first week of the 1948-49 season proceed under a reduced three-hour daily schedule to prevent redliner jams.
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Louisville
Burley
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Federal Crop Reporting Board
Kentucky
Kentucky Department of Agriculture
U.S.D.A
Two Listeners Win Big Pots On Radio Prizes
A 17 year old girl from Pawtucket and an 83 year old widow won large radio prizes over the weekend. Alice Heaney correctly identified a melody on ABC Stop the Music earning 26200 dollars for Nancy Dawson. Margaret Ash named Harold Red Grange as the Phantom Voice on CBS Sing It Again winning 25000 dollars.
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New York
Alice Heaney
Pawtucket
A. L
ABC
Nancy Dawson
Margaret Ash
Watertown
N. Y
Harold “Red” Grange
CBS
Drive to Halt Guerrillas In Greece Bogs
President Truman said the drive to crush Greece's Communist backed guerrillas has bogged. He told Congress the Greek army is partly to blame for failing to make a determined effort after summer victories. He noted Greek morale sagged despite 170 million dollars in American arms and supplies and an ongoing stalemate. The report compares Turkey where aid shows progress under the Greek Turkish aid program.
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Washington
Truman
Greece
Congress
Turkey
Ideal Potato Outlined By Housewives
Washington reports the agriculture department surveyed 3,500 housewives to define the ideal potato. It should be clean medium sized with few eyes, light color and undamaged, cooking soft and mealy and holding shape. Housewives favor medium size for ease of peeling handling and portioning.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Teen Aged Boy Faces Possible Murder Charge
WEST BRANCH Michigan December 6 A teen aged boy William Lee Farley described as a perfect gentleman faced a possible first degree murder charge in the rifle slaying of his mother Mrs Lucky Gregg 42. Prosecutor Melvin G Orr said he would seek waiver to try Farley as an adult after the youth admitted firing at least three bullets into his mother and recalling firing three shots through a kitchen window. The shooting was described as clearly premeditated.
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West Branch
Mich
Melvin G. Orr
William Lee Farley
Youne Farley
Orr
Lucky Gregg
Filla Riley
Farley
Red Forces Claim Enclosure Near Nanking Across Suchow
Chinese communist radio reported an air tight encirclement of the nationalist Suchow Garrison near Nanking. The Suchow force of about 110 000 troops retreated toward a trapped government group as Red forces claimed 70 000 government soldiers annihilated and urged surrender or total destruction.
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Nanking
Chinese Communist Radio
Red
Suchow
12Th
Suhhsien
Hwai River
Chen Yi
Koomintang Government Party
East
China
Bartenders Strike Hits New York City Venues
AFL Local 15 members began a two thousand strong strike across Manhattan on December 6 over hours and conditions. Despite picket lines, many bars stayed open with owner involvement, while other districts further west remained served by different local bartenders.
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New York
Manhattan
Local 15
AFL Bartenders Union
East Side
Socialist Party Triumph in Berlin Vote
Final count shows Socialist Party winning in Berlin with 1,330,820 votes as residents protest Soviet occupation policies. The victory marks a decisive rebuke of communists in the city.
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Socialist Party
Berlin
Berlin Elections Held Under Military Police Terror
Tass described western Berlin voting as conducted in an atmosphere of terror with streets deserted and patrols everywhere. It said at polling stations only a few voters appeared and authorities used agitation to force participation. Pravda claimed the votes were part of a plan to split Berlin as Germany had been split.
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Moscow
Tass
Berlin
Pravda
Germany
Voter turnout soars in western city election sectors
The central election bureau reports 86.2 percent of eligible voters cast valid ballots yesterday across three western sectors in the regular city elections.
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Central Election Bureau
Adams Millis Declares 2 Dollar Extra Dividend
Greensboro report says Adams Millis declares a $2 extra dividend payable December 23 with a record date December 16. The year’s total dividend remains $4 per share, the same as last year according to company officials.
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Greensboro
Adams Millis
American Tobacco Co Pours $100000 In Atomic Project
The American Tobacco Company announced a $100000 investment in the University of Chicago atomic research program. Vincent Riggio said the firm becomes an industrial member of the university’s institute of radio biology and biophysics for five years. Membership costs $20000 annually and increases industry participants to sixteen.
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Chicago
American Tobacco Company
University of Chicago Atomic Research Program
Vincent Riggio
Tobacco Company
Institute of Radio-Biology and Biophysics
Institute For Nuclear Studies
Institute of Metals
Institute of Radiobiology and Biophysics
Battle Ahead of Truman's Farm Program
Senator Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma, set to chair the Senate Agriculture Committee, signals opposition to flexible price schedules and international wheat accords. He argues for fixed high price guarantees to farmers and suspects some seek cheap bread and meat, warning of consequences for farm areas if prices stay low.
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Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
Senate Agriculture Committee
Truman
Thomas
Scott Admits He Asked Resignations From State Aides
Governor elect Kerr Scott revealed he asked Chief Highway Engineer W. Vance Baise to resign and asked Charles Z. Flack to resign. He said he did not request other resignations. He defended missing budget commission sessions as unnecessary and noted he was away for vacation. He plans to return to Raleigh after two weeks away.
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Scott
Raise- Flack
State
Raleigh
Capitol Hill
Kerr Scott
Haw River
Florida
W. Vance Baise
Charles Z. Flack
State Utilities Commission
Advisory Budget Commission
Associated Press
Miami
Fla
Truman
Baise
State Highway Commission
Flack
Charlie
Rutherford
Budget Commission
Aid to China Below That Of Greece Turkey
U S aid to China runs under one third of that to Greece and Turkey. Government estimates show about 63 million dollars in fighting equipment delivered to Chiang Kai shek's forces in the past year and a half, while Greece and Turkey received about 230 million under the Truman doctrine. Mme Chiang Kai shek arrived to press for greater help, with a plan reportedly costing the United States more.
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Washington
China
Greece
Turkey
Chiang Kaishek
United States
Mme. Chiang
Truman
Stock market gains in steady midweek advance
Stocks rose in a moderately active session with most prices fractionally higher. Oils led the gains with strong demand for steels rails and motors as top advancing names included U S Steel Republic Steel Texas Co Santa Fe Southern Railway Illinois Central Firestone ITT Kennecott Du Pont Owens Illinois and America Woolen. Lagging issues included US Rubber Deere United Aircraft American Tobacco and American Can. The market followed a broader recovery trend beginning midweek, the best six day run since the election.
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New York
U. S. Steel
Republic Steel
Texas Co
Santa Fe
Southern Railway
Illinois Central
Firestone
International Telephone & Telegraph
Kennecott, du Pont
Owens Illinois
America Woolen
US Rubber
Deere
United Aircraft
American Tobacco
American Can
Man to Face Trial In Death Of Tar Heel
Nathan T. Corn, 34, of Rock Hill, was ordered to stand trial for murder in the June death of George C. Beam Jr. Beam, 27, known as Bugs, was found stuffed in a box in a Catawba River tributary after being last seen in Rock Hill. Beam was a dealer in oil and surplus and a World War II veteran.
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York
S. C
Nathan T. Corn
Rock Hibh
George C. Beam, Jr
Beam
Catawba River
North Carolina-South Carolina
Rock Hill
Carolina Oil Company
Corn
C. A. Moss
A. L. Gaston
J. Henry Johnson
Allendale
George C. Beam
Lincolnton
N. C
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Lorena .Danker
Ciro’s
Hollywood
Danny Danker
Yuma
Arizona
Justice of the Peace
R. H. Lutes
J. A. Beard
Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
Margaret
California
Palm Springs
Calif
Koreas
Lars
Fifth Avenue
American Tobacco Co
Senate
Tar Heel
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