Spy Probers Tag 13 CIO Officials for Communism
HUAC attached a red tag to thirteen CIO union officers led by Harry Bridges Ben Gold Abram Flaxer and Donald Henderson. The panel warned against Communist influence catalogued twenty CIO unions with suspected Reds and warned of wartime actions by labor groups. It named thirty three organizations as Communist fronts and urged cleansing by rank and file members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO
Washington
House Un-American Activities Committee
Harry Bridges
Longshoremen’s Union
Ben Gold
The
Fur and Leather Workers
Abram Flaxer
United Public Workers of America
Donald Henderson
Food, Tobacco and Agricultural Workers
Solor
United Electrical Workers
Longshoremen’s
U. S
Electrical Workers
American Labor Party
Russia
Peace Rumors Persist But Chiang Remains Adamant
Nationalist warships at Tangku repulsed Communist attacks on Tientsin killing about 1,500 Reds. In Peiping 800 were killed or wounded and communists were largely inactive. Cabinet members favor peace with the Reds, but Chiang Kai-shek gave no sign of stepping aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiang
Nanking
Tangku
Tientsin
Associated Press
Spencer Moosa
Peiping
Sun Fo
Chang Chun
Wong Wen-Hao
Northwest
China
Sun
Chiang Kai-Shek
Pengpu
U. S
Tsingtao
Youth Accidentally Kills His Brother in Argument Over Bird
In Raleigh on December 13 an argument between brothers over who would shoot a bird led to the accidental death of nine year old John Edward White. Alton White, eighteen, held a .22 rifle during a rabbit box visit. when John Edward tried to seize the weapon the rifle discharged, striking him in the forehead. Coroner I M Cheek ruled the death accidental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
I. M. Cheek
John Edward White
Alton
John Edward
American Ships To Haul Half Of Recovery Cargoes
The Economic Cooperation Administration delays a plan to assign at least half of Marshall Plan bulk cargoes to American ships for another month. Administrator Paul G Hoffman cited ongoing high demand for bulk vessels and narrowing rate differentials amid recent strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Economic Cooperation Administration
Congress
ECA
Paul G. Hoffman
Australia Demands Expulsion of Holland Over Java Attacks
U N good offices report to Batavia cites Dutch troops firing on Indonesian civilians in Kaliperang and Jogjakarta area. Civilians killed and a boy shot. Dutch forces blamed for harsh clashes and destruction in central Java towns Soerakarta Magelang with widespread use of fire and torching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretariat
U. N
Kaliverang
Kalierang
GOC
Jogjakarta
Central Java
Soerakarta
Magelang
Jensen and Cooley push farm price support repeal plan
Rep. Jensen of Iowa joins Rep. Cooley of North Carolina in proposing to repeal the 60 to 90 percent sliding supports in the new farm law. They seek a flat parity rate for the five basic crops wheat cotton corn peanuts and rice while amending the law to maintain current levels next year and adjust in 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dixie Democrat
Jensen
Iowa
Rep
Cooley
House Agriculture Committee
Cost of Living Keeps Sliding in November
Government data show the consumer cost index down 0.1 in November from October, led by lower food prices for the fourth straight month. The mid November index stood at 172.2, 4.4 percent above 1935-39, with foods 2.4 percent higher than a year ago. Meats and dairy saw declines while eggs rose. Butter averaged 75 cents a pound, the lowest since June 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Negev Front Engulfed in Renewed Israel Egypt Clash
Fighting escalates along the Negev desert front with air and ground forces involved. Israeli and Egyptian units clash near Nirim and Rafah as hopes for a renewed armistice fade. A large Jewish community southeast of Tel Aviv is reported bombed at dawn.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Negev
Palestine
Faluja
United Nations
Nirim
Mount Sianai
Rafah
Desert Front
Costly Independent Army Navy and Air Force Equipment Display
A Washington area exhibit shows the vast 247 million dollar year expenditure on clothing and gear for the three services. The munitions board seeks standardization where feasible while preserving distinct uniforms and insignia, with a three service committee to negotiate agreements amid expected arguments. A reporter toured the Arlington, Virginia warehouse despite a public-report ban.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Virginia
Army
Navy
Air Force
Munitions Board
Defense Establishment
Defense Forrestal
Army Quartermaster Depot
Arlington
Potomac
Armed Services
Gains And Losses Balanced On Today's Market
New York stock market moved in a narrow range with fractional gains and losses split evenly. Texas Gulf Sulphur rebounded over a point after a 3 percent decline, while several stocks such as Youngstown Sheet, U S Rubber, Montgomery Ward, United Aircraft, Electric Power and Light, Phelps Dodge, Westinghouse Electric, Du Pont, Owens Illinois, Southern Railway and United Air Lines posted small advances. Others including U S Steel, Chrysler, Goodrich, Sears Roebuck, International Telephone, American Can, General Electric, Eastman Kodak, Santa Fe, Southern Pacific, Gulf Oil and Public Service Electric and Gas fell on the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Texas
United Air Lines
Standard Oil of
Indiana
Hoint
U. S. Steel
Chrysler
Goodrich
Sears Roebuck
International Telephone
American Can
General Electric
Eastman Kodak
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Gulf Oil
Public Service Electric &Gas
Hoey Poised to Lead Senate Investigating Committee
Senator Clyde Roark Hoey of North Carolina nears the post as chief investigator for the Senate. If appointed, the 71-year-old former governor would head a panel evolving from wartime inquiries, with Ferguson noting Hoey will likely pursue a broad look into government departments. The panel plans a final report next week on last session’s work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Clyde Roark Hoey
DNC
Senate
McClellan
D-Ark
Congress
Ferguson
Rmich
Hoey
Truman
Sch
Democratic National Committee
Michigan
GOP
Bricker
Ohio
Ives
New York
Thye
Minnesota
Senator O'Conor
Maryland
Public Works Committee
Tojo's Execution Sparks Mixed Feelings in America
DEWITT MACKENZIE notes American reactions to Tojo and seven others being executed, ranging from satisfaction to unease. discussion covers capital punishment, religious opposition, and questions of individual vs collective responsibility under victors' justice, with calls for international law and UN action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Tojo
America
Philadelphia
Japan
Cabin Boy Fought Off Sharks After Friend Die
Russell Anthony Latona, 13, Sacramento, California, survived two days in Cuban coastal waters after leaping from ship Grete Maersk to rescue 14-year-old Bent Jeppsen. Jeppsen drowned. Latona reached shore near Taco, wearing a life belt and later reported the harrowing encounter to U S Navy doctors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Cuban
U. S. Naval Hospital
Russell Anthony Latona
Sacramento
Calif
Bent Jeppsen
Jeppsen
Bent
Russell
Taco
Australian Wharf Workers Halt Exports to Indonesia
Australian waterside workers halt exports to Indonesia in a sympathy embargo linked to the Indonesian dispute with the Dutch. The Waterside Workers Federation ordered the cargo ban, reviving a previous protest tied to the Indonesian Republic's conflict with the Netherlands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indonesia
Sydney
Australia
Islands
Waterside Workers’ Federation
Arrest Woman In Hit And Run Killing
Lucile Dubose a 51 year old Pilot School music teacher from Thomasville was arrested by Thomasville police on hit and run driving and manslaughter charges in the death of 45 year old Mrs Mary Belle Pierce. She was released on 3000 bond after investigators linked her car a Chevrolet to the killing in the 1800 block of English street around 7 pm Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Leslie
Enterprise
Thomasville
Mary Belle Pierce
Lucile Dubose
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Hideki Tojo
MacArthur
Youth
Holland
U. N. Committee
Snoqualmie Pass
Cascade Mountains
Seattle
Navy Medical
Army Medical
Army Field Medical
Hitler
Cabin Boy
Paris
W. R. Hodgson
Australis
U.N. Security Council
Council
Security Council
C. L. Hsia
Philip C. Jessup
United States
Colombia
Syrie
Hodgson
Netherlands
U.N
Assembly
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