Reds Control North China Above Yangtze Described
Spencer Moosa reports from Peiping that Nationalist forces withdraw north of the Yangtze, leaving Peiping and Tientsin under Red influence. Fu Tso Yi and units pull back as Lin Piao delays battles, while civilians face rising prices and power shortages. Naval bans at Nanking signal fear of Red night crossings.
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Peiping
Kalgan
Tangku
North China
Yangtze
Lin Piao
Fu Tso-Yi
China
Mukden
Reds
Yellow
Spencer Moosa
Associated Press
Red Sea
Moosa
Chiang
Nanking
Naval
Lawmakers Split On Military Pay Boost Proposal
A five member civilian advisory commission proposes an average 15 percent pay raise for military personnel, totaling about 451.6 million dollars annually. Supporters cite past disparity between enlisted and officer earnings while opponents caution against rewarding top brass amid demand for more privates. The plan awaits Budget Bureau submission to President Truman.
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Capital Hill
Congress
Army
Navy
Air Force
Coast Guard
Public Health Service
Coast and Geodetic Survey
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D-Md
Armed Services Committee
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Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
Cers
Johnson
Senator Langer
R-Nd
Langer
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Civil Service
Morse
R-Ore
Wherry
Rneb
Appropriations Committee
Air
Secretary of Defense
Forrestal
Advisory Commission
Charles R. Hook
Steel Company Executive
Budget Bureau
Truman
Fishing Village Plans Christmas Festival on January Sixth
A coastal town announces a Christmas celebration set for January 6. The Associated Press notes that communities vary in holiday traditions and some choose nontraditional dates to spread goodwill.
State's Farmers Advised To Hold Surplus Corn
Greensboro reports hope for North Carolina farmers facing a 9 million bushel corn surplus. A Jan 1 freight rate change could raise prices and draw government involvement in the NC corn market. With a 76 million bushel crop, many sell for 90 cents a bushel No 3 grade and storage limits hinder loans under price supports.
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Greensboro
North Carolina
North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation
R. Flake Shaw
Spy Hearings Could Resume in 1949 After Break
The House un American Activities Committee may restart spy hearings in 1949 with four new members. Mundt and Nixon push reforms while McDowell and another Democrat oppose, citing lack of majority. Unfinished probes include Hollywood communism and the Condon case. Sayre and Newcomb testified behind closed doors.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Congressional
Congress
House un-American Activities Committee
Mundt
R-Sd
Nixon
Hollywood
Condon
Edward A. Condon
National Bureau of Standards
Condor
Francis B. Sayre
Anna Belle Newcomb
Truman Defies Compromise on Civil Rights Program
A top Truman aide said the president would not compromise on civil rights, while Sen McGrath and Sen Sparkman warned of renewed fights in Congress. They discussed poll tax, lynching, and possible federal state cooperation, noting divisions within the Democratic Party.
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Sen
McGrath
Washington
Congress
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Sparkman
D-Ala
Democratic Party
States’ Rights
Senate
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Alabama
South
Australians Flee Heat As Xmas Travel Surges
In Australia on December 24, hundreds of thousands leave cities to escape heat with about 300,000 from Sydney traveling to mountain or seaside resorts. Temperatures reach around 30 degrees in coastal areas and exceed 100 degrees inland, while Melbourne reports 97.8 degrees.
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Sydney
Australia
Melbourne
Ihe
Pope Pius XII Warns World on Edge of Precipice
In his Christmas message Pope Pius XII warns that the world again faces the brink of war. He notes two opposing poles seeking peace yet threatening it and urges Catholics to uphold faith in truth and justice as prerequisites for a just social order.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Sacred College of Cardinals
Christ
Bethlehem Christmas Eve Braces War Weather and Pilgrimage
Bethlehem faces a strangest Christmas Eve amid war and foul weather as Arab Jewish lines block the route to the Church of the Nativity. Rain and mud slow pilgrims including 130 Christians in New Jerusalem, with Arab Legion and Egyptian Army troops guarding the area.
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James M. Long
Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Jesus Christ
Joseph
Mary
Holy Land
New Jerusalem
the Manger
Church of the Nativity
Arab Legion
No-Man's Land
United States
Tel Aviv
Old City
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Long
Israel
John Roderick
Trans-Jordan
Needle’s Eye
Santa Claus
U. S
Canada Recognizes State of Israel
Ottawa reports Canada recognized the state of Israel and its provisional government today. The de facto recognition follows the United States and the Union of South Africa, acknowledging a new government as existing in fact, but not full diplomatic exchange as de jure recognition would require.
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Ottawa
Canada
Israel
United States
Union of South Africa
Security Council orders cease fire in Indonesia and release of leaders
The United Nations Security Council vote ended fighting in Indonesia and called for the immediate release of Indonesian leaders captured by the Dutch. Abstentions and divided support shaped the passage of separate cease fire and withdrawal proposals amid competing resolutions.
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Paris
Security Council
Indonesia
Netherlands
Russia
France
Argentine
Canada
Belgium
Soviet Union
Ukraine
Argentina
Britain
Soekarno
Bank robber Matthews to learn fate Jan 5
Charles Nathaniel Matthews admitted bank robbery of First Federal Savings and Loan in Conover last November and faces sentencing January 5 in federal court. He pleaded guilty to armed robbery and two auto theft counts and implicated co-defendant Douglas Johnson in related cases.
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Charlotte
Charles Nathaniel Matthews
First Federal Savings and Loan Association
Conover
D. E. Henderson
FBI
Matthews
Petersburg
Newton
Consover
Charles W. Brown
Hickory
Douglas Johnson
Yale
National Assembly Approves Queuille Budget Victory
The National Assembly approved Premier Henri Queuille's 1949 budget by 332 to 262 in Paris. The total budget is 1.87 trillion francs with 615 billion reserved for reconstruction work, marking Queuille's political win.
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Paris
National Assembly
Henri Queuille
Queille
Queuille
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