Diplomat Sumner Welles Found Unconscious in Maryland Field
Former Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles was found unconscious in a snow flecked Mary land field near his Oxon Hill estate with fingers and toes frozen. He remained in serious condition after exposure and shock and doctors warned amputation might be needed for affected digits.
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Washington
Sumner Welles
Maryland
Welles
Umner Welles
Oxon Hill
George R. Huffman
Arnold Welles
Haseen
New York
Laurence Duggan
Duggan
State Department
Robert Kerby
Rob
Labor-Ownership Conference Urged
Washington reports that President Truman is urged to call a new labor management conference after the advisers recommended a potential second meeting of union and industry leaders. They said standards for wage policy could emerge from such talks, guiding negotiations though not binding, with a goal of labor peace and stable growth.
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Washington
Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
Council
Congress
Edwin G. Nourse
Eight Die Violently in North Carolina Over Christmas
Associated Press reports eight people killed in North Carolina during the Christmas weekend. A Cherry Point crash claimed Capt. John Callahan as his plane plunged into a lake. A New London car crash killed Mrs. Lanier and Mrs. Guice and her daughter. Statesville and Hickory deaths followed from a car overturning and a fatal house fire. More victims included James Sipes and Cotton broker Harry Hipp.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Cherry Point
John Callahan
Marine Air Base
Max Lanier
New London
Lanier
Denton
Paul Guice
High Point
Ann Guice
James W. Sipes
Statesville
C. R Miller
Maggie Lakey
Hickory
Charlotte
Harry D. Hipp
John D. Dollar
Carrboro
Lye Poisoning Fatal to Baby in North Carolina
A 19 months old baby died in a Charlotte hospital after drinking lye nine days earlier. Final rites will be held for Carl Edward Dotson of near Shelby, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Dotson of Polkville county. The child drank the lye while the mother did laundry.
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Shelby
Charlotte
Carl Edward Dotson
Howard Dotson
Polkville Couity
Rescue slows as Saipan fights savage gale en route to Greenland
On the U S S Saipan the carrier fights 100 mph winds slowing to 10 knots as it aims to rescue 13 stranded air force personnel. Capt. Joseph L. Kane orders speed changes while five helicopters and two torpedo bombers weather the storm. Seasick crew rise and radio antennas are damaged as the ship presses toward the rescue point.
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U.S.S. Saipan
Greenland
Air Force
Saipan
Joseph L. Kane
Kane
Cape Race
Dutch Claim Gains Against Indonesians in Java and Sumatra
Batavia report says Dutch mopping up operations ongoing around Soera darta and Magelang in Java. Two Dutch fighter planes crashed in central Java with no casualties reported. Dutch occupy Laboehan and Menes in west Java Plosso in east Java and Fort Van Ler Cappellen in Sumatra. Republican army is fleeing to mountains and preparing for guerrilla warfare.
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Batavia
Java
Sumatra
Netherlands Army
Soeradarta
Magelang
Central Java
Laboehan
Menes
West Java
Plosso
East Java
Fort van Ler Cappellen
Holiday Death Toll Rises Across Nation to 881
The Christmas weekend death toll climbed to 881 from traffic and other accidents. Among 267 traffic fatalities, fires claimed at least 32 of 110 miscellaneous deaths. A New Brunswick family perished in a Christmas fire. other fatal blazes occurred in Barre Massachusetts and Berre Haute Indiana, with multiple deaths reported in Kansas City Bessemer Alabama Philadelphia and Falmouth Kentucky.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
New Brunswick
N. J
Barre
Mass
Berre Haute
Ind
Kansas City
Bessemer
Ala
Philadelphia
Falmouth
Maryland
Tennessee
Hopes For Chinese Peace Fade In Nanking Broadcast
Communist radio in Nanking lists war criminals to be punished by a peoples court. Chiang Kai-shek Madame Chiang Sun Fo and top leaders named, signaling no peace by negotiation. Officials fear move could turn the capital into the next battleground as more troops arrive.
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Nanking
China
Peoples Court
Chiang Kai-shek
Madame Chiang
Sun Fo
Chiang
Stock Market Starts Final Week Quietly
The year’s last trading week opened in quiet fashion with stock prices in a narrow range and most leading issues unchanged or up slightly. Early activity was slow with only small blocks traded including 1000 General Motors and 1300 Carrier Corp shares.
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New York
General Motors
Carrier Corp
Santa Fe
Hudson & Manhattan Railroad
Chrysler,Studebaker
Goodrich
Sears Roebuck
Lockheed
Kennecott
du Point, Texas Co
Eastman Kodak
Montgomery Ward
Woolworth
Owens Illinois
Standard Oil
International Nickel
U. S. Steel
Hoover Commission Aides Warn Waste in Veterans Health
A Hoover Commission task force complains of waste and duplication in government medical services and cites 1948 to 1949 spending gaps. It urges defining federal aid beneficiaries and notes that civilians and veterans share military medical resources. The report warns of hospital closures if waste persists and proposes a veterans health insurance option for temporary wartime ailments.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Herbert Hoover
Veterans Administration
Congress
Hoover
the Army
Tracy S. Voorhees
Security Council Faces Palestine and Indonesia Challenges
The United Nations Security Council meets in Paris amid renewed fighting in the Negev Desert of Southern Palestine. Officials warn that members may raise enforcement questions as the council discusses Palestine and Indonesia.
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Paris
United Nations Security Council
Palestine
Indonesia
Council
Negev
United Nations accuses Israel of truce violations in Palestine
In a report to the U N Security Council signed by Ralph Bunche the acting U N mediator Palestine bureau accuses Israel of reopening hostilities by attacking Egyptian forces in the Negev desert and violating the council's truce order.
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Paris
United Nations
Palestine
Israel
Holy Land
Negev
U. N. Security Council
Ralph J. Bunche
U. N
Council
Wintry Weather Recedes as Temperatures Rise Across the Nation
A national weather summary reports a thaw beginning after a frigid weekend. Subfree readings persist in the mid Atlantic and Ohio Valley, while the Great Lakes and central plains warm. Snow blocks linger in Lakeport, and several western and coastal areas face rain and dust storms.
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Chicago
Middle Atlantic
Ohio Valley
Great Lakes Region
Central Plains
Rockies
Pacific Northwest
California
San Francisco
The
Bay
Second Battle of the Negev Heats Up As War Spreads
Reports from TEL AVIV indicate a full scale clash in the Negev as Israeli and Egyptian forces battle across the southern desert. Cairo says the operations are a general clash while Egypt maintains its military position is good, with fighting extending from Rafah toward Gaza and ongoing on land and in the air.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
The
Negev
Cairo
Dessouki Abaza Pasha
Egypt
Teypts
Rafa Frontier Base
Gaza
Cold Weather Grips Carolinas With Record Lows
Morning low in Asheville hits 9 degrees as a mass of warm air around Mt. Mitchell keeps peaks milder. Across the region towns report single digit and near two dozen degree readings with Charleston sinking to 24 and other spots ranging from 13 to 19 degrees.
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Carolinas
South Carolina
North Carolina
Asheville
N. C
Mt. Mitchell
Charleston
S. C
Mercury
Mare Beach
Anderson
Winston-Salem
Florence
New Bern
Rocky Mount
Hickory
Raleigh
Cherry Point
Greenville
Greensboro
Charlotte
North Carolina Faces Four Major Problems in 1949 Session
Raleigh reports four big issues will drive the 1949-51 NC legislature finances education roads and liquor. Budget requests total 611 million but revenues may reach about 425 million with possible tax changes. Education asks 221.5 million for schools plus 50 million for building. teachers may gain a 59 percent pay rise. Governor elect Kerr Scott backs road bonds and gasoline tax boosts to fund a 12 000 mile rural paving plan and 36 000 more miles treated. Liquor reform splits over a statewide referendum as drys gain momentum.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
General Assembly
Kerr Scott
Scott
Budget Commission
State Board of Education
Schol
Board of Education
Two Seamen Rescued By Coast Guard
Coast guardsmen rescued two seamen from the stern of the Argentine tanker El Capitan 70 miles from yesterday’s break-up. The men were plucked by a small boat from the drifting stern as the Cherokee towed the bow section. The Agassiz would land the survivors at Morehead City after a three hour combat with sub freezing temps high winds and 20 foot seas.
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Elizabeth City
Coast
Savannah
Baltimore
Agassiz
Morehead City
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Lebanon
Oregon
Labor-Ownership Conference
N. Carolina
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Hoover Commission
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