Dixiecrats May Be Invited to Jefferson and Jackson Day Dinners
Washington dispatch reports that Democrats may invite Dixiecrats to the annual Jefferson Jackson Day dinners as a goodwill gesture while avoiding moves toward restoring crisis leaders. Officials note no invite for Thurmond or Wright, but many other party critics may be forgiven. Truman aims to patch the party fissure without new sanctions. The outcome hinges on Civil Rights proposals in his State of the Union address and possible later actions on federal anti-lynching laws and Jim Crow reforms.
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Arctic Rescue Efforts Bog Down Again
Nine U S airmen stranded on a Greenland ice cap face weather delays as rescue teams base at Narsarsuaq 100 miles away. They report they are okay and request food and fuel by parachute while gliders and a helicopter are staged for recovery.
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Radio Berlin back in operation after break
Soviet Radio Berlin resumed broadcasts early today after French forces blew up its transmission towers. Heinz Schmidt claimed Washington ordered the demolition while Soviet and German groups condemned the act and warned of reprisals. French commandant Ganeval cited threats to Allied airlift as justification.
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Taegliche Rundschau
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Socialist Unity Party
United States
France
Jean Ganeval
Israel Fails to Win UN Membership Vote
In Paris on December 17 the United Nations security council rejected Israel's bid for membership. Five nations voted yes, five abstained, and one, Syria, voted no. The body required seven affirmative votes to approve, leaving Israel's application unresolved.
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Negev Desert
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Kitty Hawk Celebrates Wright Brothers First Flight
On December 17 community and military leaders gathered four miles from Kitty Hawk at Kill Devil Hill to honor Orville and Wilbur Wright and their historic flight. A wreath was placed at Wright Memorial and a painting titled The First Flight was unveiled. Navy and Marine aircraft formed an air salute and a memorial wreath hovered above the monument as Mark E. Andrews spoke at a luncheon. The painting will be sent to Washington to join the Kitty Hawk plane at the Smithsonian.
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Chinese Reds Refuse to Spoil Peiping Amid Power Struggles
Hong Kong reports Communist informants saying Peiping is safe from destruction as Fu Tso Yi of Suigan Province uses the city to bargain. In Nanking, Chiang Kai-shek’s East China command withdraws from Pengpu heading toward Chuhsien as the 12th Army reportedly is wiped out.
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China
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Suchow
Chinese Communist Radio
Associated Press
Seymour Topping
Liu Shih
Hopkins uses video education to show how sight and personality relate
Johns Hopkins University launches a TV education series with WMAR-TV to test how perception varies with pocketbook status and personal needs. Drs Clifford T. Morgan and Ralph E. Gibbon explain experiments and motion pictures shot from a rocket 70 miles up as part of a broader university effort to educate the public.
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United States
Market Mixed With Small Gains in Tepid Session
In New York today's stock market showed mixed but generally upward tendency with tepid buying and selling. Gold shares drew strong attention as many gold stocks traded near multi year lows. notable movers included Dome Mines Alaska Juneau U S Steel General Motors Firestone Caterpillar United Aircraft Schenley Consolidated Edison Anaconda Copper Philip Morris Radio Corp Great Northern Preferred and Standard Oil New Jersey. Downticks appeared for Goodyear Montgomery Ward International Harvester Boeing Distillers Corp North American Co Phelps Dodge American Can Dow Chemical Atlantic Coast Line and United Air Lines.
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AFL and CIO Face Split as Labor Seeks Taft Hartley Repeal
Washington dispatch reports organized labor split as CIO seeks a united front to repeal the Taft Hartley Act while AFL leaders push for an organic merger before any cooperation. Senator Morse, labeling the 1947 act a dead duck, says GOP liberals may back administration repeal efforts and aid drafting safeguards for unions and employers.
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Spy Hunters Seek Clues On Norden Spy Case And Hiss Probe
Congressional spy hunters say the Norden bombsight secret case involves a ballistics expert who was questioned by federal agents. The House committee also signals a reprise of Alger Hiss inquiries with Francis Sayre and Rep. McDowell tasked to question witnesses as Truman defends the probe as a red herring.
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Russia
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Francis B. Sayre
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Rpa
New York
Truman
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Indonesia as Red and Dutch clash tests new world order
Dewitt Mackenzie reviews Indonesia's struggle between the Dutch and a pro Communist Republic. He notes 150 ethnic groups across 3,100 islands with 75 million people and a possible renewal of fighting as Jakarta-led efforts for a federal union falter amid U.N. Security Council interest.
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Swamp search in Cape Fear area for woman’s brutal death
Sheriff deputies scoured swamps along the Cape Fear river seeking evidence in the stabbing death of Ruby Powers Wood, 22, an expectant mother. Her husband Thomas Wood, 25, is jailed without charge on orders of a coroner's jury.
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President's Board Proposes Wage Rise for Rail Non-Op Workers
A presidential board in Washington recommends a seven-cent hourly increase for non operating railroad workers and a 40 hour week starting September next year without pay loss. Operating clerks and maintenance workers would shift to 48 hours weekly. Retroactive wage rise to Oct. 1 and cost estimates of 340 million for 1949 are cited. Union leaders cautiously welcome the framework but criticize delayed shorter work weeks and smaller raise than requested.
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Truman Keeps Party Leaders Well Posted
President Truman signaled to Democratic congressional leaders that he will brief them on legislative plans before release. He cited talks with Senator Barkley and Representative Rayburn and confirmed plans to present the state of the union on January 5. He also noted a potential pay raise for Barkley and stated he would not seek a raise himself before inauguration.
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