Truman Renews Hope Marshall Returns As Secretary
President Truman plans to wait out Secretary of State George Marshall's recovery after his December 7 kidney operation. Under Secretary Robert Lovett will act in his stead while Marshall rests, with Truman open to weeks or months of delay. Some discuss Chief Justice Fred Vinson as a potential replacement, though Vinson may resist leaving the court.
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Washington
Prsident
Truman
George Marshall
Marshall
Robert Lovett
State Department
Secretary of State
Walter Reed Hospital
Lovett
Fred Vinson
Vinson
Timing of Taft Hartley Law Repeal Under Study
The Truman administration weighs how to repeal the Taft Hartley Labor Law and restore the Wagner Act. Officials debate one package versus two step approaches, with labor leaders favoring swift Taft Hartley repeal and later amendments.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Truenan
J. Howard McGrath
D-Ri
AFL
CIO
Labor Department
James Sipes Dies After Car Crash Near Home
James W. Sipes, 52, died in Statesville hospital from injuries after his car overturned while turning into his father in law D R Miller’s home in the Sharon community. He leaves a widow and nine children.
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Statesville
James W. Sipes
Sharon
D R. Miller
Rescue flight aims to reach 13 stranded airmen on Greenland
The aircraft carrier Saipan sails from Norfolk with three banana shaped helicopters and two other craft to rescue 13 airmen stranded on a Greenland ice cap. Eleven air force fliers have been trapped over two weeks and two more joined after a pickup glider tow rope failed. The mission seeks to test cold weather helicopter and carrier operations while saving the icebound group.
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Saipan
Greenland Ice Cap
U. S. Air Force
Goose Bay
Labrador
Norfolk
Greenland
Air Force
U. 8
Washington
St. Johns
Marine Squadron
HMX-1
Quantico
Frank C. Piasecki
Philadelphia
Sikorsky
United Aircraft
Bridgeport
Conn
Marines
AVC Claims Klan Group Uses Alias to Evade Subversive List
The American Veterans Committee charged the Ku Klux Klan is evading subversive listings by using an alias. AVC chairman Gilbert A. Harrison urged Attorney General Clark to add the Associated Klans of Georgia to the subversive list, while Georgia Klan leaders insisted no connection to Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Inc.
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American Veterans Committee
Ku Klux Klan
Cluark
AVC
Gilbert A. Harrison
Clark
Kkk’ism
Associated Klans
Georgia
Knights of the Ku Klux Klans, Inc
KKK
Civil Service
Associated Klans of Georgia
Atlanta
Samuel Green
Association of Georgia Klans
AWC
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
U. S
Arab planes bomb Israel amid blackout across Jewish state
Tel Aviv reports Arab planes struck Israel hours after a full blackout was ordered. Sirens sounded as bombs hit the coast and Nazareth area with reports of casualties at a children’s home near Nazareth. Egyptian planes were blamed and UN sources noted large craters from 500 pound bombs.
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Israel
Haifa
Nazareth
Jericho
Gaza
Palestine
Holy Land
United Nations
Arab Legion
King Abdullah
Winter Palace
Shane
Trans-Jordan
Jordan
Kerr Craig Ramsay Likely Named Speaker of North Carolina House
Kerr Craige Ramsay of Salisbury is seen as the imminent speaker of the North Carolina House with strong support from incoming representatives. The lieutenant governor presides over the Senate, with Hoyt Patrick Taylor as the elect. Potential Senate president pro tempore candidates include J. C. Pittman Julian Allsbrook and Q. B. Moss. Nominations at caucuses will effectively decide the leadership when the 1949 assembly convenes.
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Allen Alexander Raleigh
General Assembly
Kerr Craige Ramsey
Salisbury
House
Ramsay
Senate
Hoyt Patrick
Pat) Taylor
Wadesboro
J. C. Pittman
Sanford
Julian Allsbrook
Roanoke Rapids
Q. B. Moss
Spring Hope
Senate Rules Committee
Eral Assembly
Christmas Holiday Death Toll Surges Across States
The Associated Press reports 173 accidental deaths Saturday night with 24 hours left in the Christmas weekend. California leads with 17 fatalities since Friday 6 p.m. Traffic mishaps total 132. other accidents 41. The National Safety Council warns 265 traffic deaths by Yuletide end. State tallies list Alabama through Wisconsin with various traffic and miscellaneous fatalities.
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California
National Safety Council
Alabama
Arizona
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Iinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
CIO Opens Campaign For Wider Social Security
The CIO launches a drive for a broader federal social security system including expanded old age and unemployment coverage and new paid sick medical care programs. It also calls for supplementary employer financed plans through collective bargaining and outlines cost shares and tax funding to expand protection for workers.
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Washington
CIO
John L. Lewis
Cial
Christmas Peace Amid War Echoes Worldwide
London reports a Christmas shadowed by war with gunfire in multiple regions while calls for peace persist. King George VI and Queen Juliana send messages of unity, U.S. troops distribute toys in Berlin, and civilians in Bethlehem pray for serenity as fronts remain unsettled across Indonesia, Israel, China, and Europe.
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London
Israel
China
Indonesia
Berlin
George VI
Britain
British Commonwealth
U S Expected to Hold Firm in Indonesian Crisis
Dr. Frank P. Graham advisor to the secretary of state on Indonesian affairs said he expects the United States will stand firm in the Dutch Indonesian crisis. He noted deep indignation over the Dutch attack and appreciation of the U S stance in the United Nations security council for a cease fire and troop withdrawal.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Frank P. Graham
United States
Graham
University of North Carolina
United Nations’ Security Council
Dutch Forces Capture Key Cities in Java and Sumatra Amid Cease Fire
Dutch troops seize Madioen Kediri Ngawi Magelang Soerakarta Wonogiri and reach 30 miles from the Java south coast as UN cease fire efforts involve the Good Offices Committee. Republican leadership dismisses the order saying the government cannot function while Soekarno Hatta and others are in captured positions.
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Java
Madioen
United Nations
Sumatra
Jogjakarta
Kediri
Toeban
Ngawi
Magatan
Magelang
Soerakarta
Bulletin
Cawangmanggoe
Wonogiri
Extreme Cold Wave Heads Into South
The Christmas Day cold spell expands from the Great Lakes to the Appalachian region and Mid Atlantic. Forecasts show a sharp drop to below zero in New York and five to ten above in Tennessee, with snow depths up to 11 inches in Nebraska and seven inches in parts of Kentucky and West Virginia.
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Santa Claus
North Pole
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Appalachian Mountains
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
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Kentucky
Tennessee
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Virginia
Midwest
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California
Santa
Mercury
Los Angeles
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By Alex Singleton
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Frankfurt
New Zealand
Peter Fraser
W. R. Mathews
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Church of the Nativity
Jerusalem
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Stars and Stripes
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Franklin D. Rosevelt
Naples
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