Stalin Purge Rumors Surface Amid Soviet Military Losses
AP reports amid speculation of renewed purges in the Soviet Union as Ukraine concerns rise. deaths include Rear Adm Nikolai Zayats and Rear Boris Roma. authorities praise public order measures while gunfire and arrests ripple through Moscow.
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Ukraine
Ukrainian Communist Party
Soviet
Supreme Soviet
Ooe
Healis
Moscow
Moscow Announcements : Jan. 3—Rear Adm
Nikolai Zayats
Boris Roma
Predict Chilly Wet Weekend Ahead Across Regions
The eastern half faced a chilly wet weekend with rain across the south, freezing rain yesterday, and some New England snow. Accidents occurred in New Haven involving three trucks and a Greyhound bus as light snow touched Minnesota, western Iowa, the eastern Dakotas, and upper Michigan. Temperatures stayed below normal east of the Rockies with no subzero readings. Rockford Illinois reported 3 above.
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Associated Press
Ozark Mountain
New England
Ante Neons
New Haven Conn
Greyhound
Minnesota
Iowa
Dakotas
Upper
Michigan
Midwest
Rockies
Florida
Rockford
Puerto Rican Held for FBI Questioning
A 21 year old Puerto Rican, Tomas Gomez Perez, was arrested and held for questioning by federal agents in Detroit. He and roommate Samuel Kelly were taken from a rooming house after a revolver was shown. Perez allegedly claimed involvement in a plot to kill the President. The story continues on page eight.
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Detroit
Tomas Gomez Perez
Secret Service
Perez
Samuel Kelly
Kelly
J. Walk
Walker
Plenty Of Beds In VA Hospitals For The Wounded
Washington reports that Americans wounded in Korea will find ample beds in veterans hospitals. Veterans Administrator Carl Gray Jr. told reporters that 35 000 beds suffice for disabled veterans of prior wars and about 212 000 are available or near ready. Non service connected cases need bed availability. The VA building program will raise hospitals to 174 with 131 171 beds.
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Washington
Korea
Carl Vol Gray
Truman Caie
Veterans Administration
Single Boss For RFC To Be Proposed
Senator Douglas supports a plan for a five man RFC board headed by one manager. President Truman seeks Senate approval of the current five man board. Fulbright backs hearings in January into political interference and criticizes agency practices amid resignation claims from L B Glidden in Dallas.
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Washington
D.-Ark
Douglas
D.-Tll
Truman
Senate
RFC
Fulbright
CIA
L. B. Glidden
Dallas
Tex
Glidden
Fulbright Group
Ore
Congress
Boston
Detroit
Traffic Toll Nears 35 000 in Year End Forecast
The National Safety Council estimates the 1950 traffic deaths will reach about 35 100, the sixth worst year on record. An additional 330 fatalities are expected in a 78 hour period from 6 p m yesterday to Monday midnight. The council notes 31 230 deaths occurred in the first 11 months, with the record high 39 969 in 1941. Ned H Dearborn warns New Year celebrants to take care as holiday tolls mount.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Council
Dearborn
Colorado
Idaho
Missouri
New Hampshire
Ohio
Columbia
Gene Habene
Fort Bragg Wins Army Base Fire Prevention Contest
Fort Bragg North Carolina captured the army base division in the 27th National Fire Prevention week contest, announced by the National Board of Fire Underwriters. Atlantic Iowa won the municipal division ahead of 2,312 U S cities and towns.
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New York
Fort Bragg
N. C
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Atlantic
Iowa
U. S
Sparkman Proposes Full Scale Senate Debate on U S Foreign Policy
Senator Sparkman of Alabama calls for a wide senate debate to compare U S foreign policy views from Truman Acheson and Dulles against Hoover He cites Dulles and Hoover on defense and European policy while Taft notes general waning confidence in Washington amid debate over open war deterrence and pentagon concerns.
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Sparkman
U. S
Washington
D.-Ala
Senate
United Nations
John Foster Dulles
United States
Truman
Acheson and Dulles
Hoover
Western Hemisphere
Europe
Dulles
New York
Free World
GOP
Union
Taft
Ohio
Cincinnati
Pan
Walker's Body On Way To Arlington
Tokyo reports Lt. Gen. Walton H. Walker’s body is en route to Arlington National Cemetery aboard a gleaming three star constellation plane. Mrs. Walker and their son Capt. Sam Sims Walker travel with the party joined by Sgt. Walter Reynolds a long time associate. General MacArthur and other high officials accompany the service in flight and at Haneda Airport as the flag draped casket is loaded.
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Tokyo
Constellation
Pacific
Walton H. Walker
Arlington National Cemetery
Walker
Sam Sims Walker
Walter Reynolds
Gainesville
Tex
Haneda
Young Mom Minds The Stars With Bold Creation Center Theory
Mrs. Vera Hubin of Cornell Univ. reports a daring thesis claiming to locate the center of creation and its distance, based on motions of 108 galaxy clusters. She asserts a seven billion light year diameter cart wheel of creation with Earth in motion at about 500 miles per second, a claim met with cautious doubt from astronomers.
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Haverford
American Astronomical Society
Vera R Hubin
Cornell University
Earth
Josy
Crinkles of Wisdom From Parents and Children
An observed quip notes that children know more than their parents, attributed to M L P, reflecting generational knowledge gaps and tensions in contemporary upbringing.
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M.L.P
Food price stabilizer clarifies voluntary freeze scope
Washington clarifies that food distributors may raise prices only on actual costs paid and not on market or replacement orders. Food already in warehouses or on shelves should be sold without price increases until stocks are renewed at higher costs.
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Washington
Michael V. di Salle
di Salle
Air battle tops Korean War fighting as Sabres clash with MIGs
Swift F-86 Sabre jets tangled with 40 Russian built MiG 15s in the largest air dogfight of the Korean War with two MiGs damaged. U N ground forces pressed forward while negotiations near Lake Success faltered. An Asian Arab mediation group prepared to seek a cease fire formula in New York.
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Remington
REDS
Ann Remington
New York
Will Ww. Remington
Oppf
Communist Party
U. S
Associated Press
United Nations
Red
America
Eighth Army
U. N
Sea of Jan
Red China
MacArthur
Lake Success
China Reds
Sir Benegal Rau
United Ae
Korea
Formosa
U.S
New Delhi
Tibet
Dalai Lamas
Lhasa
Tokyo
H. Swift
Manchurian
Fifth Columnists Being Rounded Up In Seoul
Seoul police said 28 suspected North Korean fifth columnists were arrested last week for entering the city with refugees. The detainees, tied to the North Korean Communist bureau and the Min chung youth org, face charges as spies. Since the U N retreat in late November, over 130 such suspects have been seized. Notable arrests include Kim Ho Deuk 35 director of Pyongyang’s Red radio and 18 year old Miss Lee Wha Ja from northwest Korea.
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Seoul
Korea
Refu
Communist Litical Bureau
Minchung
U. N
Kim Ho Deuk
Red
Pyongyang
Lee Wha Ja
Northwest Korea
New Year Traditions Across the Nation in 1951 Welcome
Americans prepare for 1951 with varied observances. Churches plan days of prayer and night services. many seek guidance for the new era. Rose Bowl and other bowls attract crowds while New York and Chicago expect lively, unrestricted celebrations despite liquor-law differences.
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Associated Press
America
National Council of Churches of Christ
California
Beach Fatalities In Air Force Crash At Sydney Beach
An Australian air force plane on shark patrol crashed on a crowded Sydney beach killing three children and injuring 14 others. The accident occurred after the plane touched a wave while following sharks, with sunbathers rushing to safety and debris strewn along the sand.
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Sydney
Australia
RAAF
Currency Rallies in Formosa as Rates Fluctuate
Formosa's currency again rallies after days of fluctuation. The open market level reached 7 to 1 U. S. dollar, with a Thursday rate near 16 to 1, the lowest yet. Governor K C Wu said the official rate of 10.25 Formosan dollars per U. S. dollar would remain unchanged.
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Formosa
Rec
K. C. Wu
U. S
Plane Crash Near Mar Del Plata Kills Fourteen
A passenger plane crash near Mar del Plata, 230 miles southeast of Buenos Aires, killed fourteen people. The sole survivor was an eight year old girl pulled from the blazing wreckage.
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Mar del Plata
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Marshall Plan Aid Abruptly Cut in 11 Months
The Economic Cooperation Administration reports an 11 month total aid of 2.43125 billion dollars, down from 3.5638 billion last year. The United Kingdom received 436.9 million, France 373 million, Italy 275.3 million, and Western Germany 222.3 million.
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Washington
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
Europe
United Kingdom
France
Italy
Well to Do Dishwasher in Chicago Incident
An elderly man, poorly dressed, was hit by a car in Chicago. Police found $4,803 cash in his clothing and he was taken to a hospital for treatment. The man’s identity was not released.
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Chicago
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