Reds Planning Offensive On Marshall Plan
Paris reports say Communists plan a coordinated drive against the Marshall plan across France Italy Greece Turkey and Austria with March as the action month. A French government informant links the move to efforts by Cominform and notes police purge moves and renewed CGT recruitment as part of the current political ferment ahead of Western aid decisions and De Gaulle’s power bid.
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Paris
France
Italy
Greece
Turkey
Austria
Cominform
Communist International Information Bureau
Congress
Charles de Gaulle
National Assembly
Jules Moch
Jean Reymond
Moch
Reymond
Record High Living Costs Signal Inflation Into 1948
In mid November the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a new consumer price peak with the index up 8 percent from June 1935-39 and 1 percent from October. Food, fuels, apparel and rents rose. official cautioned that higher prices may persist into 1948. William H. Husbands urged more savings and faster debt repayment to curb inflation.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Europe
BLS
William H. Husband
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Husband
People Change in Sylvania Says 103 Year Old Richard Bryant
Richard Bryant, 103, of Sylvania Georgia, reflects on aging and society. He notes the times depend on how people behave toward others, saying if people do right and treat others well, times are good, regardless of age. if not, times are bad.
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Sylvania
Richard Bryant
Beth
Phil
Weather data for major cotton regions and cities
Weather bulletin lists temperatures and rainfall ending P M for key cotton districts and other cities including Key West, Los Angeles, New Orleans New York Philadelphia Portland Richmond San Francisco Seattle Tampa with varying readings. Data show cooler readings in the Atlantic coast and dry conditions in many entries with some trace rainfall noted in others.
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Key West
Steen Angeles
Sian St. P
New Orleans
New York
Philadelphia
Portland
Richmond
Francisco
Seattle
Tampa
Charlotte Chief Opens Hopeful Window for Fuel Relief
Charlotte's emergency fuel office closes indefinitely to clear a backlog of orders for fuel less families. Mayor H H Baxter says January quotas to distributors may relieve the kerosene and oil shortage after January 1 and that current orders will exhaust 1,500 gallons daily allotment for some time.
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Charlotte
Baxter
Missing B-29 Plane Reported Sighted
FAIRBANKS Alaska December 27 Officers at Laddfield reported the B-29 superfortress missing since Tuesday with eight men aboard was sighted today on the northern Seward peninsula. Meager radio reports gave no detail on the plane condition or any signs of life. Weather conditions varied from clear to light snow with temperatures below.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Laddfield
Seward Peninsula
Weather Bureau
Plastic May Temporarily Replace Diseased Bones
Navy funded research presented by Captain C. W. Shilling reveals temporary bone replacement with inactive plastic substances to aid early rehabilitation. The study notes potential artificial joints and other advances including nerve stretch techniques, arterial grafting, and automated radiotherapy dosing, with further details to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Carey
Chicago
U. S. Navy
American Association For the Advancement of Science
C. W. Shilling
Office of Naval Research
ONR
Navy
Association
Shilling
Ately
GOP Policy Committee Outlines Anti Inflation Agenda
Senator Taft says the Senate GOP policy committee will consider anti inflation measures and budget ideas early next year. Leaders aim to extend rent controls regulate commodity exchanges curb bank credit and pursue other anti inflation actions as part of a busy post session agenda.
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Senate
Washington
Republican Policy Committee
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Truman
G.O.P
Europe
Arab Jewish Battle Claims 16 More Lives
In Palestine Hagana forces clash with Arab groups amid mounting casualties. 16 people died today 10 Arabs and 6 Jews pushing the toll since Nov 29 UN partition decision to 883 in Palestine and 506 in the broader region.
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Jerusalem
Hagana
Jewish Defense Army
Palestine
Associated Press
United Nations
Middle East
Holy Land
London
Palestine Police
Silwan
Mount of Olives
Tel Aviv
Jaffa
Klan Sava
Nathanya
Peaceul
Greek Forces Drive to Destroy Red Outposts
Greek army reinforcements clash along the Ioannina-Konitsa road as government troops press toward Konitsa in Epirus. Refugees flood the area while Communist guerrillas defend key roadblocks and Hill 915. Brig. Constantine Dovas is wounded in action.
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Athens
Konitsa
Epirus
Ioannina-Konitsa
Kalpaki
New
Free State
Constantine Dovas
Bourozani
Koannina
Koannina-Konitsa
Ano Ravenia
Grambala
Assimakis
Man Found Dead From Exposure In Iredell
The frozen body of Earnest Hubert Thompson aged 34 was found in woods about 300 yards from his home in the Prospect community four miles east of Mooresville. Iredell County Coroner N D Tomlin ruled death due to exposure and that an inquest was not needed. Thompson had been missing at his home since Christmas Day.
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Mooresville
Earnest Hubert Thompson
Prospect Community
Iredell County
N. D. Tomlin
Thompson
French Rightist Youth Organized in France
In Paris on December 27 1947 rightist supporters of Gen Charles de Gaulle announced the formation of the Youth Movement Rassemblement de la Jeunesse Francaise. Observers view it as part of a broader post strike shift to the right amid labor faction splits led by Leon Jouhaux who seeks a centralized anti Communist union aligned with the World Federation of Trade Unions.
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L’humanite
Nti
Italy
Gen. de Gaulle
Resoniblement de la Jeunesse
Eon Jouhaux
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Rassemblement de la Jeunesse Francaise
Leon Jouhaux
France
Jouhaux
de Gaulle
National Confederation of Labor
CGT
World Federation of Trade Unions
James B. Carey
CIO
Storm brings neighborly aid in Brooklyn snow scramble
In a blizzard mess, Officer Henry Brockstedt delivered a baby to Mrs. Vivian Love after an ambulance failed to reach her home. Fellow officer Hank says he has delivered ten babies before. Best & Co. kept sidewalks clear with steam pipes under their Fifth Avenue building. The Ramapo Polo club faced transport trouble. a Broadway livery firm could not move a single car. A jester quipped that snow may revive horses and vaudeville.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Henry Brockstedt
O’dwyer
Brooklyn
Hank
Vivian Love
Brockstedt
Best & Co
Fifth Avenue
Record Snow Fall Forces Major Tasks
New York ordered one hundred thousand city employees to report for work to help hundreds of thousands free the city from a 25.8 inch snowfall. The storm spanned from New England to Washington DC and caused at least 54 deaths with 30 inches in New Jersey. Police Commissioner Wallander urged able bodied staff to report to sanitation depots and praised progress as utilities and transit slowly resumed semblances of schedule.
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Seaboard
New York
New England
Washington, D. C
New Jersey
Long Branch
Arthur W. Wallander
Department of Sanitation
Manhattan
Queens
Brooklyn
Snowplow Assist Brings Baby Girl Safely In Snowbound Yonkers
In Yonkers a snowplow and police cars, joined by an ambulance from Lawrence Hospital, helped two doctors reach Mrs. Juanita Philip at a suburban home after four feet of snow blocked access. The newborn girl is reported doing nicely.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Greenburgh
Juanita Philip
Commissioner of Public Works
Howard Snyder
Lawrence Hospital
Bronxville
City braces for relief as snow cleanup speeds up
The board of education ordered school yards opened for storage of stalled vehicles removed by city workers. Thousands of snowbound cars remained stuck but were being dug out and towed away. City disaster chief Wallander predicted relief within 24 hours and said the city is in good shape with aid from service and Red Cross ambulances.
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Board of Education
Arthur W. Wallander
City Disaster Control Board
Army and Navy
Anglo-Soviet Barter Pact In Effect
London reports the Anglo-Soviet barter trade pact is now in effect for five years. Britain will receive over 500000 tons of coarse feed grains from Russia's 1947 harvest starting mid January, in exchange for timbercutting and transport machinery, civil engineering gear, and heavy electrical equipment.
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London
Moscow
Board of Trade
Jarold Wilson
House of Commons
Britain
Russia
Black Sea
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