Reds Plan to Make East Berlin a Little Moscow
Berlin dispatch reports Karl Maron Moscow trained head of the East Berlin economics department outlines a two year plan to socialize factories and transfer property from Nazis to public ownership. He warns western Germans about currency measures as Allied airlift and blockades press the split.
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Reds
East Berlin
Moscow
Berlin
Karl Maron
Germany
Taegliche Rundschau
Britain
France
U. S
Maritime Commission Fights Shipping Share Cut Under Marshall Plan
Washington reports a clash over ending the 50-50 American ship share of Marshall plan bulk cargoes. Maritime Commissioner Grenville Mellen calls the move by Paul Hoffman fantastic and will press a special session to review effective January 1. Hoffman argues higher cost American shipping hurts European recovery while Mellen accuses a sellout of the U.S. merchant marine and questions equal pricing. Congress and President Truman may decide as the dispute heads to the watch dog committee and on to budget talks for Europe recovery funds.
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Washington
Grenville Mellen
Paul C. Hoffman
Melien
Hoffman
ECA
Mellen
Bridges
Senate
House
Committee On Foreign Aid
Congress
Europe
Five Counties Grow Turkish Tobacco Now
Turkish tobacco proved valuable in five western North Carolina counties with 87 farmers selling 21,646 pounds for 17469 dollars. R H Crouse of Wilkesboro, NC State extension, notes an average price of 80.7 cents per pound. Crops grown in Ashe Alleghany Caldwell Watauga and Wilkes counties with about a quarter-acre per grower.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
R. H. Crouse
Wilkesboro
N.C State College Extension Service
Ashe
Alleghany
Caldwell
Watauga
Wilkes
Stock Market Mixed Gains and Losses at Year End
New York traders found a steady session with fractional price moves. Magnavox and Admiral hit new highs. Radio Corp gained with Farnsworth Television. several leaders like U S Steel Woolworth American Telephone and others rose. Seaboard Air Line fell after yesterday's dividend.
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New York
Pivotal
Magnavox
Admiral
Radio Corp
Farnsworth Television
U. 5. Steel
Woolworth
Rain and Cold Weather Grips Nation
A Pacific Northwest storm moving inland brought rain to the coast and snow to the northwestern quarter. Light snow fell in the Dakotas Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan with more snow and colder weather forecast tonight and tomorrow as the storm shifts east from Wyoming.
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Chicago
Pacific Northwest
Wyoming
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
U N Korean Commission under fire at UN session
Soviet delegate Jacob A Malik demanded ending the United Nations Korean commission calling it a tool of American imperialism. He said John Foster Dulles seeks to use the UN to turn southern Korea into a capitalist playground. The bloc may filibuster to block action as the 58 nation committee races to finish debates by tonight.
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Paris
Jacob A. Malik
United Nations
Korean Commission
Korea
General Assembly
United States
China
Australia
U. S
South Korea
U.N. Korea
North
Paul-Henri Spaak
Belgium
Chinese 12th Army Breaks From Trap Near Nanking
Government news agency reports 12th army group has smashed the encirclement at Nanking and linked with nationalist forces moving north from the Hwai river line. Other details unavailable as both sides trade efforts and air resupply continues.
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Nanking
12Th Army Group
Hwai River
Here
Suhsien
Fallen Suchow
Suchow
12Th
Red
Chen Yi
Chiu
Spy Hunters Still After 2 Witnesses
Congressional spy hunters failed to locate two men accused of supplying secret government papers to communist agents. The House Un-American Activities Committee has not served subpoenas and continues a closed door session. Names were first mentioned by Whitaker Chambers, with possible Russian involvement and likely other nations. A New York grand jury pursued a separate espionage inquiry led by U. S. District Attorney John F. McGahey.
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Washington
House Committee On un-American Activities
Mundt
R-Sd
Alex M. Campbell
Justice Department
George Morris Fay
U. S
District of Columbia
Campbell
Rep. Nixon
Russia
Germany
Japan
New York
Grand Jury
John F. McGahey
Tito's Regime Gets Private Aid From U. S.
Belgrade reports millions of dollars flow to Tito's rehabilitation program with the bulk of aid coming from U.S. residents and organizations. Over three years American contributions total about 15.5 million plus more than 1 million in medical goods and equipment via the Yugoslav Red Cross.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshall Tito
Communist Party
Borba
United States
America
Yugoslav Red Cross
London
Oxnam Denounces Communist Infiltration Claims
Buck Hill Falls Pa December Bishop Bromley Oxnam denounces the House Committee on Un American Activities calling it un American and says naming church leaders as Communists without a chance to answer is un American He urges ministers to keep speaking as the Methodist board meets The council of bishops also rejects Communist infiltration claims Dr Earl R Brown notes a goal to build one new church daily for four years to match population shifts.
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Buck Hill Falls
Dec. S
Methodist
G Bromley Oxnam
Congressional Committee On UN- American Activities
un-American
New York
Oxnam
Board of Missions and Church Extension
Methodist Church
Methodists’ Council of Bishops
Congressional Committee
Council
Earl R. Brown
Home Missions and Church Extension
CIO Economist Warns Profits Endanger Economy
Stanley H. Ruttenberg, director of research for the CIO, testified that industry’s current profits cushion against a coming downturn but will hasten a bust. He urged a new excess profits tax to curb speculative gains and argued moderating price policies could stabilize demand, reduce distortions, and postpone the inevitable depression. He cited 1948 corporate profits over 20 billion and note wages rose slower than profits while living costs climbed 37 percent.
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Washington
CIO
Stanley H. Ruttenberg
Labor Organization
Senate-House Economic Committee
Ruttenberg
Sirous
Charlotte Hotel Operator Held On Murder Charge
J C Williams operator of the Franklin Hotel was held on a murder charge in Charlotte after the fatal shooting of John A Rogers aged 35 The body was found near the bottom of a hotel stairway Williams 52 said he shot Rogers after being cursed and told to settle the matter outside Rogers carried an American Legion membership card from Asheville and had a chauffeur license listing Orlando Florida as an address
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Charlotte
J. C. Williams
Franklin Hotel
John A. Rogers
Rogers
East Trade Street
Brevard St
Williams
American Legion
Asheville
Orlando, Fla
Scott Starts Assembling Administrative Personnel
Raleigh dispatch reports Governor-Elect Kerr Scott begins naming aides and staff. J Elmer Long will liaison with the General Assembly. Henry Hilton heads a proposed personnel division. Charles Parker may serve as private secretary. Charles Ross discussed rural roads funding plans. Scott aims to surface 12000 miles and treat 36000 more in four years and weighs gas tax or bonds for funding. He will meet Piedmont legislators in Greensboro tonight and return tomorrow.
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Raleigh
Kerr Scott
Scott
J. Elmer Long
Durham
General Assembly
Henry Hilton
Charles J.parker
Charles Ross
Carolina Roa Builders Association
State Highway Commission
Ross
Greensboro
Piedmont
Weather Looking Clear Then Showers For Carolinas
Clearing and cooler conditions will give way to general showers by late tomorrow across the Carolinas. The extended forecast shows good weather Saturday. Mt. Mitchell in North Carolina logged 31 degrees, the coldest reading, with Asheville at 39 and other areas in the high forties to fifties.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
Weather Bureau
North Carolina
Mt. Mitchell
Asheville
Truth About Communism Warns of Global Danger
A Wiesbaden dispatch reports two Russian airmen claiming dissatisfaction in the Red armed forces and a majority of Russians oppose the regime. Paris notes Mrs. Roosevelt predicting a universal human rights declaration will empower citizens to demand change despite state control. The piece argues Bolshevism cannot endure and warns against un American activities and Soviet espionage.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
U. S. Air Force
Europe
Soviet Union
Peter A. Piragov
Anatoly P. Barsov
United States
Paris
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United Nations Social Committee
Roosevelt
Genghis Khans
Hitlers
Scarface Capones
Red
Cotton Crop Estimate Is Cut Again
The agriculture department’s year end report lowers this year’s U S cotton crop to 14 937 000 bales from 15 166 000 forecast a month earlier. It notes 23 003 000 acres to be harvested and 1 6 percent abandoned before harvest.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Marshall May Give Up Post In Cabinet
Secretary of State Marshall underwent kidney surgery and faces a long rest. President Truman may accept his resignation, while Robert Lovett runs foreign policy in his absence. The China crisis looms as officials resist broad aid to Chiang Kai-shek.
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Washington
Marshall
Walter Reed Hospital
Truman
Warren R. Austin
United States
United Nations
Walter Reed
Robert A. Lovett
China
Mme
Chiang Kai-shek
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Brazil
William W. Bowers
Corbitt Company
Henderson
N. C
Miami
Fla
Pan American World Airways
Rio de Janeiro
Eurico Dutra
Lucius D. Clay
Maron
Maritime Commission
Nation
U.S
Amy Mallard
Justice of the Peace
FE. J. Morgan
Lyons, Ga
William L. Howell
Robert Mallard
Benjamin Mallard
Doris
Tito
Dewitt MacKenzie
un-American Activities Committee
House of Representatives
Lenin School
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