Truman warns against aggression at Arlington amid war dead
President Truman spoke at Arlington National Cemetery accepting a Carillon Memorial for World War I veterans. He warned that unless free peoples unite, the world risks renewed war and totalitarian slavery. Dated December 21 with allied diplomats in attendance and references to Russia.
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Washington
Truman
Arlington National Cemetery
Russia
Stalin
Wilhelm Munthe de Morgentstierne
Mr. Truman
Women And Liquor Plied By Soviets
Senate Judiciary committee released testimony by John J. Huber, a former FBI undercover agent 1938 to 1947, alleging the Communist party used liquor and "morally loose" women to lure American servicemen. He described SOS, Sweethearts of Servicemen, organizing clubs with alcohol and dances to entrap soldiers, sailors, and officers.
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Washington
Communist Party
Senate Judiciary Committee
John J. Huber
FBI
Huber
Moscow
U. S
Armed Services
SOS
Dinamited blast attempt targets UAW HQ in Detroit
Dynamiters tried to blow up the CIO United Auto Workers headquarters in Detroit last night. A bundle of 39 dynamite sticks wrapped in gift paper was found on a stair, with two fuses burned near detonation. No one injured at the union building, but a nearby GM building was endangered. Police connect the act to past attacks on UAW leaders Walter and Victor Reuther, still unsolved.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Union Building
General Motors
Auto Union
UAW
Reuther
Walter Reuther
Victor Reuther
Weather Jump on Winter Warms Some Areas
The Associated Press reports a broad wintry pattern across the country with an icy center in the Dakotas and Minnesota. Readings reached 20 below in North Dakota and 10 below in Minnesota and South Dakota while Arizona and New Mexico stayed milder and Pacific coast cities ranged from 31 above to 38 in Los Angeles.
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Associated Press
Mississippi
Missouri
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Burbank
Calif
Los Angeles
Great Lakes
Central Plains States
Montana
Towa
Pacific Northwest
Black girl mauled by white convict in Georgia case
In Wrens Georgia on December 21 a 14 year old Black schoolgirl Dorothy Carswell was attacked on her way to school. Sheriff James Hubbard named Pete Coleman 30 as the life term convict held for the slaying of Bertha Mehrtens and charged him with attempted murder in the assault. Ed Carroll found the girl unconscious and took her to a Louisville hospital where Dr J W Pilcher called the injuries severe and the crime horrible.
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Wrens
James Hubbard
Hubbard
Pete Coleman
Bertha Mehrtens
Good Samaritan
Savannah
Dorothy Carswell
Ed Carroll
Louisville
J. W. Pilcher
Stocks Move Lower in Quiet Market
In New York on December 11, stocks edged down slightly amid a calm session. Declines were small and unpressured, with no bearish news or selling pressure shaping the trend. Names easing include Santa Fe, Standard Oil NJ, Paramount, Warner Bros, American Telephone, American Smelting, American Cyanamid, Union Carbide, American Can, Philip Morris, Youngstown Sheet and Tube, GM, U S Rubber, International Harvester, and International Nickel.
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New York
Santa Fe
Standard Oil
Paramount
Warner Bros
American Telephone
American Smelting
American Cyanamid
Union Carbide
American Can
Philip Morris
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
General Motors
U. S. Rubber
International Harvester
International Nickel
U. S. Bans Travel To Hungary
The State department bans travel by Americans to communist Hungary and weighs closing Hungarian consulates in New York and Cleveland. The note protests the treatment of Vogeler and Jacobson and cites a 1926 treaty violation. Officials say the impact on travel is unclear and additional measures are under serious consideration.
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Washington
State Department
Hungary
New York
Cleveland
Hubert A. Vogen
Budapest
Israel Jacobson
American Joint Distribution Committee
U. S
Vogeler
Water Alcohol Mixture Lets Cheaper Gasoline Work in Engines
James C. Porter of the Federal Department of Agriculture describes alcohol water injection tests to allow cheaper fuels in autos trucks and tractors. Tests are at Peoria northern regional laboratory. The mix boosts octane only under load or climb providing high octane fuel when needed.
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Chicago
James C. Porter
Federal Department of Agriculture
Porter
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
Peoria
Diplomacy Versus Dollars in Fight Against Communism
Washington dispatch notes a rising push for more diplomacy and less spending in the anti Communist effort. Key moves include aiming for Atlantic Pact talks, recognizing Franco Spain, curbing European recovery aid, and extending the draft. Senator Kefauver leads efforts for an Atlantic union conference.
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America
Congress
Russia
Franco Spain
Spain
Europe
Mnjo
Asia
U. S
China
Britain
Kefauver
D.-Tenn
Senate
Senate Foreign, Relations Committee
Aon
Congressmen Fleeced By Smart Panhandler
A panhandler posing as a bulldozer operator mugged three dollars from Rep Holmes in Washington and then a Nebraska congressman in a separate office using the same district deception. Word spread through the House Office Building about the scam.
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Washington
House
Holmes
R-Wash
Nebraska
Question of Stalin Successor Arises on His 70th Birthday
Washington observers mark Stalin turning 70 as debate grows over a successor and how power may be shared after his era. Molotov is named as likely first in line with Malenkov and Beria viewed as potential coholders, while US officials doubt any clear provisions exist.
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Acheson
U. S
Franco
Europe
America
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
Connally
D.-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Stalin
Washington
Joseph V. Stalin
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Stalin Paanes
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
Politburo
Georgi M. Malenkov
Communist Party
Lavrenti Beria
Lion Kills Woman in Cage As Children Look On
May Kovar Schafer a 42 year old animal trainer was killed by a lion named Sultan in a cage as her children Michael 18 May 14 watched. Rudy Muller an elephant trainer helped, using a pitchfork and pipe to stun the lion and rescue the mother and flee with the kids. Schafer known as Madam Kovar had worked with Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey and appeared in motion pictures.
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Thousand Oaks
Calif
Dee
May Kovar Schafer
Sultan
Michael Kovar
May Kovar
Mrs. Schafer
Michael
May
Sandra Schafer
Rudy Muller
Muller
Little May
Schafer
Madam Kovar
Wirth Circus
Australia
Two Prison Employees Tied to Raleigh Escape Plot
Central Joe Warden Joe Crawford announced that two prison employees were involved in a print shop escape conspiracy at the Raleigh facility. Names were withheld. several prisoners may be charged as planners. The plan aimed to kidnap Crawford and demand 10000, using a truck driver and guard to breach the yard gate.
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Raleigh
Joe
Joe Crawford
Crawford
Mayee
North Carolina
Kansas City
Missouri
Bery
Wisconsin Rapids Fire Kills Three Children in Rural Home
A flash fire in a rural Wisconsin home killed three children of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Senheim, Nancy seven months, Gary two, and Robert fourteen. Five siblings escaped with their parents as the house burned. The tragedy occurred late last night in Dee, Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
Dee
Frank Senheim
Nancy
Gary
Robert
Coltrane Projects North Carolina General Fund Balance
Raleigh December report shows Assistant Budget Director D S Coltrane predicting the general fund may end the current year with about 4 million dollars, but the biennium could close in deficit near 8 5 million if revenue and appropriations diverge. He warned of possible economic cuts to avoid a deeper shortfall and said clearer figures will follow.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
General Fund
D. S. Coltrane
Coltrane
General Assembly
High Speed Cruisers Are Listed
Admiral Forrest Sherman told the Boston Chamber of Commerce that Russia shows renewed maritime ambition with 14 cruisers in service and a large destroyer and submarine fleet. He stressed U S carrier superiority with 15 carriers active and 87 in mothballs while noting Russia has no aircraft carriers.
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Boston
Forrest P. Sherman
U. S. Naval Operations
America
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Sherman
Russia
U.S
United States
U. S
Reds Stalk From Four Power Tokyo Meet
Tokyo dispatch reports Russia walked out of the four power council on repatriation of Japanese prisoners. MacArthur’s figure of 374 041 Japanese deaths in Soviet camps cited as point of dispute. Derevyanko led walkout after ruling against discussing repatriation.
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Russia
Council For
Japan
MacArthur
Kuzma Dereyeyanko
United States
Britain
China
William J. Sebaldovere
Derevyanko
U. S
Council
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