Cleanup commission to purge government corruption named
President Truman announced a nonpartisan cleanup commission headed by Federal Judge Thomas F. Murphy to root out corruption in U S government. Murphy, who prosecuted Alger Hiss for Perjury, will direct the effort and report only to the President, with protections for honest officials. The move follows two conferences between Murphy and Truman aboard the Williamsburg and comes as a tax scandal inquiry continues in Washington and San Francisco.
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New York
Thomas F. Murphy
Truman
U.S
Alger Hiss
Murphy
Rex Chaney
United Press
Washington
UPJ
White House
Mr. Truman
U. S
State Department
Potomac River
Williamsburg
House
Subcommittee
Adrian W. DeWind
San Francisco
Abraham Teitelbaum
Chicago
al Capone
Henry W. Grunewald
Grunewald
Georgetown Hospital
Fire razes office in Gastonia deterring Akers Lines plans
A fire destroyed Akers Motor Lines main office in Gastonia yesterday, gutting the brick building and destroying office equipment. Secretary treasurer Robert Wrenn estimated losses at 40000 dollars as the company planned to operate today from a downtown office.
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Gastonia
Akers Motor Lines,Inc
Robert Wrenn
Insurance Rates Rise in North Carolina Auto Policies
Raleigh reports an overall increase of 2,142,000 annually in private and commercial auto insurance. State Insurance Commissioner Waldo Cheek announced the rate hikes effective today: passenger cars 7% bodily injury and 2.2% property damage. commercial vehicles 3% bodily injury and 24.2% property damage.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Waldo Cheek
Hope Fades For Korea Truce By Christmas
Armistice talks at Panmunjom show no progress on policing or POW exchanges as a 30 day cease-fire deadline nears. Communist subcommittees plan possible 30 day extension if no accord by December 27, U.N. spokesmen say there is no extension planned. The prisoner exchange talks produced no results, with Reds demanding Allied POW lists before any exchange.
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Korea
Juoday
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U.N
William P. Nuckols
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Adm
R. E. Libby
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Reds
Redso
Libby
Howard Turner
Dorothy Dix Dead at 90 Pioneer Advice Columnist Dies
Dorothy Dix Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer, famed as the nations confidante for lovelorn hearts, died at 90 in New Orleans after a stroke. The pioneering newspaper woman scripted her own eulogy and wrote seven books, but was best known for her frank lovelorn advice column in the New Orleans Daily Picayune.
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New Orleans
Dorothy Dix
Journalistic World
Touro Infirmary
Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer
Dix
Miss Dix
Week End Violence Kills 9
United Press survey details nine deaths during the weekend in North Carolina. Causes include smoking in bed and a fatal car crash. Victims named include Eva Jamerson in Wilmington, Fred Mozingo in Goldsboro, Henry Capel in High Point, and others across Raleigh area and nearby towns.
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United Press
North Carolina
Eva Jamerson
Wilmington
Goldsboro
Fred Mozingo
Dudley Farmer
Eugene Anderson
Mozingo
Henry Capel
High Point
Ray Carter
Walter Nealey
Tabor City
Fred Warren
Renansville
Gastonia
Lfe
Odell Graham
Bessemer City
Jamies Curry
Lawrence FE. Perry
Manteo Hall Quite
Kitty Hawk Bay
Harvey Lamm
Wilson
Oscar Bailes
Noris Rankin
Jacksonville
Red MiGs Hit As UN Bombs Soviet Jets In Korea Front
UN forces damaged two Soviet MiG-15 fighters in an aerial dogfight over northwest Korea. American Sabre pilots reported no losses after the 25,000 to 35,600 foot duel. Ground actions followed, with three enemy raiding groups challenging lone UN patrols and two dispersed in a 15 minute skirmish before troops returned to lines.
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STH
Korea
United Nations
8Th Army
No-Man's-Land
Ko- [Rangpo
U.N
Sears to Sell Allstate Auto Debut in 19 Cities
Sears, Roebuck and Company announced a new Allstate automobile to be introduced December 20 in 19 cities across the south, southwest, and west. The car is built by Shay Baker-Feazier Corporation and will be sold exclusively through Sears television channels with price and specs released on launch eve. The Allstate will feature Sears own brand products and will begin in Fayetteville and other listed markets.
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Sears, Roebuck and Company
Shay Baker-Feazier Corporation
Sears
Tedlevision
Inclnde
Fayetteville
CIO urges raise of national minimum wage to 1.25
Washington senior CIO leaders urged President Truman to lift the federal minimum wage from 74 cents to 1.25 an hour. Emil Rieve, administrative chairman of CIO committees on economic policy, argued the current rate hurts low income families and cited government reports in support. The memorandum also pressed for stronger price controls, standby inflation authority, subsidies if needed, and central retail price efforts.
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CIO
Truman
Emil Rieve
Rieve
Riew
Cold Still Gripping Carolinas Report
Cold temperatures grip North and South Carolina with record lows around six to seven degrees above or near freezing. Mt. Mitchell reports three inches of snow. Cities list varied lows from Asheville to Wilmington, with forecasts predicting warmer conditions tomorrow and continued cold tonight.
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Asheville
Cirelinas
Mitchell
Mt. Mitchell
Tocal
North Carolina
McMitchell
Greensboro
High Point
Raleigh
Durham
Winston-Salem
Charlotte
Elizabeth City
Wilmington
South Carolina
Columbia
Spartanburg
Greenville
Charleston
NC Merchants Panel to Consider Duke Power Rate Hike
A Raleigh meeting of a special committee of the North Carolina Merchants Association will decide whether to oppose Duke Power Co on a proposed rate increase. The panel met in Charlotte with Duke representatives yesterday to discuss the rise.
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North Carolina Merchants Association
Raleigh
Duke Power Co
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Duke
Four U S fliers held by Hungary a Christmas hope
U S embassy in Budapest presses Communist authorities to free four American airmen detained weeks ago after a Soviet downing. Officials in Frankfurt Belgrade and Vienna confirm the case as diplomats doubt a trial, while families back home cling to Christmas reunion hopes as the men endure lengthy questioning and private confinement.
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Czechoslovakia
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Offiare Convinend
Photo of Dead Son Returns Home in Sorrow
A Chicago theater scene recounts a Wisconsin family’s grief as they bring back the photograph of a deceased son. The fragile moment captures a civic sense of loss and a quiet plea for remembrance amid wartime memory.
Defense Department Identifies Koreans
The Weather report notes temperatures with a forecast high around 42 and a low near 7, mentioning today’s low and the high for tomorrow. Key terms reference defense department identification of Koreans.
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Defense Department
Weather and incident notes from multiple locales
Weather bureau records show two hour period ending 7 39 am in Washington with temperatures and rainfall listed. Reports from Atlanta Columbus Charlotte Detroit and Wilmington describe casualties and missing persons in a series of incidents, including a fatal shooting, assault cases, and a hung jury in a Washington court term.
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Mark Ingram
Former Local Man Among Victims Of Sunday Disaster
A Miami Airlines passenger plane crashed near Elizabeth New Jersey while on a non-scheduled war era flight to Florida, killing 56 aboard. President R W Duff said a defective heater or fuel spray into engine cells may have caused the tragedy, with fuel disconnection cited as a possibility.
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Elizabeth
N. J
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Miami Airlines
R. W. Duff
Norman A
Caferell
United Press
Elizabeth, N. J
Florida
Woimsol Rowe
Amamio
Tex
Nicholas Bilsky
Elizabethtown
Robert Kiriakides
Union County
Edward Cohn
Miami Airlines, Inc
New York
Soviet Bloc Proposes New Arms Plan at UN
The Soviet bloc tabled a fresh disarmament resolution at the United Nations Political Committee proposing a new commission to handle the issue, supplanting earlier Russian and Western proposals. Western allies urge staged disarmament with a ban on atomic weapons, while U S officials demand strict working-methods instructions.
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Paris
United Nations
United States
Stefan Wierblowski
Poland
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
U. S
Kremlin
Philip C. Jessup
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