Committees to Probe Panama Canal Zone Communist Infiltration
House Un American Activities plans an on the spot investigation into Communist infiltration in the Panama Canal Zone as part of a five point anti communism program. Chairman Thomas said Robert Stripling will assist on the Panama probe with public hearings planned on fascism and the indoctrination of Negro groups.
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Washington
Thomas
R-Nj
House Committee On un-American Activities
Panama Canal Zone
Panama
Hollywood
Robert B. ‘Stripling
Stripling
United States
Russia
Congress
Gerald L. K. Smith
Abandonment Case Lands Pair In Jail
A young married couple, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Cook, are jailed in Bainbridge Ga tied to the disappearance of their children amid a taxi driver robbery and shooting. The sheriff says the seven month old girl was found dead beside a river and the three year old boy near a swamp. Police seek the couple after they abandoned their children in southwestern Georgia.
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R. A. Stephens
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E. C. Cook
Chinese Air Force Buys 150 Surplus Transports
The Chinese air force purchased 150 surplus C-46 Commandos from the War Assets Administration and will overhaul and fly them across the Pacific. The planes are in storage at Walnut Ridge Arkansas and are priced at $5,000 each with consideration of buying engines and spare parts.
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Washington
Jan
First Vision for Negro Units in Regular Army Passes
A historic 1866 act shaped the first vision for Negro soldiers serving in the regular U S Army. The measure followed congressional passage and set the framework for integrated military service during Reconstruction.
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Congress
Over Million Pounds of Food Sent Overseas by American Church Folk
New York reports a steady, large scale church driven relief effort: food clothing tools medicine bicycles and eyeglasses sent monthly to 30 countries in Europe and Asia. Church World Service unites 21 denominations to aid hungry and impoverished areas via CROP and related programs with depots in New York and eight other centers.
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United States
Europe
Asia
America
Lutheran World Relief
Church World Serviced
Christian Rural Overseas Program
New Yorker
New York
CWS
East 36Th Street
Pforzheim
Germany
G. P. Warfield
Overseas Relief
Copley Square
Back Bay
Boston
Finland
Greece
Holland
Italy
China
Korea
Weather Report Delayed by Storm in New England
Boston dispatch reports the weather bureau delaying the New England forecast as a storm reorders charts. The delay reflects the storm’s impact on forecast timing and chart preparation.
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Boston
Boston Weather Bureau
New England
Sister Of Local Woman Dies In Fla
Mrs. David Humphrey Sturgeon age 79 sister of Mrs. G J Cummings of High Point died at her Bradenton Florida home on Wednesday Funeral service held in Bradenton yesterday.
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Fla
David Humphrey Sturgeon
G. J. Cummings
High Point
Bradenton
Florida
CIO To Turn Down Candidacy Of Wallace
New York report says right wing leaders of the state CIO plan to quit the American Labor party and form a CIO political action branch. Louis Hollander and others announce repudiation of Wallace at the state CIO executive board meeting in Albany.
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New York
New York Times
State
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Henry A. Wallace
American Labor Party
CIO
Political Action Committee
Louis Hollander
State Cio
Wallace
Albany
Tojo Denies Plot To Promote Military Clique In Japan
Former Prime Minister Hideki Tojo dismissed prosecutors’ suggestion that the 1940 cabinet reform aimed to place the military group in control. He called the claim preposterous and said the reform sought to erase Communist influence among Japanese educators. He also noted unfamiliarity with Nazi totalitarian models.
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Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Joseph B. Keenan
Diet
Japan
Marquis Koichi, Kido
Emwig
Keenan
State of Emergency Ends in Siam After Coup
Bangkok reports the defense ministry ended the state of emergency that followed Field Marshal Pibul Songgram's coup of November 9. Civil authorities resume full control as military phases are declared over and normal conditions expected. Pibul met New Year with Thamrong Nawasat and Sangworn Yuddhakit, former premier and police chief, both rear admirals in the Siamese navy.
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Siamese Defense Ministry
Pibul Songgram
Siam
Defense Ministry
Pibul
Thamrong Nawasat
Sangworn Yuddhakich
Jewish nurse killed by Arab snipers in Jerusalem violence
Arab snipers killed a Jewish nurse on a Mount Scopus bus and opened fire on a funeral procession as Jewish Arab strife over the Palestine partition escalated. Police and Hagana clashed with attackers. casualties rose across the region with deaths reported among Jews Arabs and others.
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Mount of Olives
United Nations
Palestine
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Jaffa
Lydda
Petah Tiqra
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Cupid Awaits Help From President
Eighteen European women and the ex soldiers they aim to marry waited for President Truman to act. The arrivals at La Guardia and Ellis Island faced a Dec 31 entry deadline under a special act, with hopes for a rapid hearing and word from the White House.
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New York
Truman
la Guardia
Ellis Island
Congress
Terrors Rules United States Says Writer
Boris Izakov writing in Pravda portrays U.S. life as Nazi Germany like, saying the FBI holds people in fear. He notes no mass executions yet but claims fate of Americans rests with Rankin and FBI detectives.
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Times Reports Possible State PAC Action At Meeting
The Times notes a state political action committee may take action at the upcoming meeting, with attention on possible decisions or endorsements expected to be discussed.
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the Times
Shooting Admitted In Colorado Double Killing Case
A 25 year old man identifying as Don Tucker of Peru Indiana admitted in a signed statement last night the fatal shooting of Robert Hutchins 20 and wounding of his wife Shirley 20. The couple were shot in their car south of Denver as Tucker fled the scene after the discovery of his missing wallet. Hutchins died, Mrs Hutchins was critically wounded and their four year old son Larry survived. Tucker described hitchhiking with the Hutchins, the firearm dispute, and the subsequent escape to Denver then Granby where he was arrested on the train. He had $1592 on arrest.
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Don Tucker
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Ino
Iatal
Robert Hutchins
Shirley
Denver
Hutchins
Tucker
Castle Rock
Colo
Settlement Reached By Oil Workers In Manila
Manila reports a temporary settlement ending a strike by 300 workers of major American oil firms as the three magistrate court orders workers back to work and requires management to accept their return without prejudice. A later meeting between company representatives and the national labor union ended in sharp disagreement.
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Manila
Philippines
Court of Industrial Relations
Arsenio Roldan
National Labor Union
South Side Prayer Band Meets Saturday at 7:30
The South Side Baptist Prayer band will gather Saturday night at 7:30 at Mrs. Viola Petty's Highland road home with Miss Daisy Shaw leading. Youth members plan a 7 o'clock meeting tonight in the Sanctuary to organize a Youth Prayer band led by Charlie Morton. Public invited to both events.
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South Side Baptist Prayer Band
Viola Petty
Highland Road
Daisy Shaw
Charlie Morton
North Carolina Reports Best Financial Condition Ever
Governor Cherry announced in a New Year broadcast that North Carolina enters 1948 in the best financial condition in state history. He cited a $12 million general fund surplus, debt reduction, a $50,000 improvements fund, and a large rise in general fund spending focused on public schools.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Cherry
Porch Extension Approved At White House For Truman
The White House announced President Truman approved a $15,000 family porch extending from the second floor south portico outside the oval room study. Funded from White House upkeep, the ten by forty foot elipse features a tile floor on concrete slabs and iron joints with a simple iron railing. It will replace the current awnings costing $800 yearly.
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White House
Truman
Charles G. Ross
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