Sweden Comity Vote Hints on Neutrality in Cold War
Washington officials push for an ally based arms policy to draw Sweden from strict neutrality as Sweden seeks to remain aloof from the North Atlantic pact. Sweden bought 30 P-51 fighters last summer though they are nonoperational, to supply spare parts.
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Washington
Sweden
Russia
State Department
Michael McDermott
United States
McDermott
Stockholm
Norway
Denmark
Canada
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Dean Acheson
Senate
North Atlantic
Ireland
Portugal
Scandinavia
Car Engineers Promise More Improvements
Detroit January meeting of the Society of Automotive Engineers reports goals of higher fuel efficiency and engine advances. W S James Fram Corp., says mileage gains are possible through lighter engines, better combustion, and reduced heat loss. Designers also seek lower wind resistance and revised axle ratios, with no immediate body styling changes expected.
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Detroit
Society of Automotive Engineers
W. S. James
Fram Corp
Riots in Durban Kill Hundreds as Indians and Natives Clash
Associated Press reports two days of race rioting in the Durban area left hundreds dead and nearly 400 injured. Indians evacuated to surrounding villages while police set refuges and reinforcements arrived. The violence, sparked by a dispute after a market incident, drew in South Africa's military and threatened a state of emergency.
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Associated Press
Durban
Union of South Africa
Burban
Johannesburg
F. C. Erasmus
Pretoria
South Africa
India
Two Killed In Head On Collision Near Fuquay Springs
Wake County Coroner I. M. Cheek identified the victims as Walter Reed Champion 22 of Holly Springs and Ruffin Eustice Barbour 25 of Fuquay Springs Rt 2 who died instantly in a head on crash with a car. The car occupants J E Jackson and Joseph Searcy of Angier were hospitalized with head lacerations and injuries.
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Associated Press
Fuquay Springs
Jan
Here
Wake County
I. M., Cheek
Walter Reed Champion
Holly Springs
Ruffin Eustice Barbour
Rt. 2
J. E. Jackson
Angier
Joseph Searcy
Raleigh
Cheek
Leon Greenberg
Greenberg
Veteran Paratrooper Propels Mates From Doomed Plane
A veteran paratrooper led 36 trainees from a stricken C 82 plane and rode it down as it crashed in scrub pines. Jump master Robt. Lee Hodgkiss of Mt. Pleasant Ohio guided the crew to safety before the crash. two crewmen died and one given. One trainee was seriously hurt Pvt. Virgil V. Votava of Parkman Wyoming.
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Fayetteville
Lee Hodgkiss
Mt. Pleasant
Ohio
Hodgkiss
82Nd Airborne Division
Pope
Greenville
S. C
Airforce Base
Robert Kilpatrick
Baytown
Texas
Thomas L. Hilton, Jr
Norman E. Harris
Tama
Carolinas Forecast Pleasant Weekend Weather
Pleasant weekend weather is predicted for the Carolinas with mild temperatures. South Carolina will be partly cloudy and mild today tonight and tomorrow with light showers in the mountains tomorrow. North Carolina also has partly cloudy skies with little temperature change today tonight and tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
South Carolina
North Carolina
Marshalls Board Elusive Departure for San Juan Trip
Secretary of State George C. Marshall and Mrs. Marshall left Pinehurst by plane for San Juan Puerto Rico as his resignation takes effect January 20. The general, recovering from kidney surgery, planned a weeks long vacation at Navy HeadQuarters in San Juan while President Truman arranged the arrangement and the flight from Walter Reed Hospital last December.
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Pinehurst
George C. Marshall
Walter Reed Hospital
Truman
Scott's Road Message Aims for Monday Night
Governor Scott hinted he will send a general assembly road message Monday night urging a higher gasoline tax to fund road improvements. He stressed road costs should be paid by highway users and described plans around Truman inauguration events in Washington. A liquor referendum vote and tobacco sale charges also surfaced in discussion.
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Raleigh
Scott
General Assembly
Ems
Messa
Charles Parker
Truman
Truman-Barkley Club
Scotts
Capus Waynick
State Democratic
Burley
Egypt Presses For Return Of Prisoners
Egypt begins negotiations for release of about 3,000 Egyptian troops trapped by Israeli forces at Faluja in the Negev. Armistice talks mediated by Dr. Ralph Bunche aim to halt offensives and win peace, with plans to implement U N Security Council orders to withdraw to positions held in October and negotiate a settlement.
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Rhodes
Faluja
Palestine
Negev Desert
Holy Land
Ralph J. Bunche
United Nations
Security Council
Tientsin Falls to Chinese Reds in Major City Capture
Shanghai dispatch reports the fall of Tientsin to Red Gen. Lin Piao after a brutal artillery barrage. The city of 3,000,000 faces death and destruction as Americans in the area report safety of staff and others. Reds march along Victoria Road and fire in the air before U S consulate. News from Nanking confirms the fall and foreshadows further actions toward Tangku and Taku. Mao Tze Tung's eight point peace terms provoke swift, tense Cabinet discussions in Nanking. Unofficial reactions call the terms fierce with no room for bargaining.
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Ass Seaview
Lin Piao
Manchuria
North China
Robert Smyth
Berkeley
Calif
U. S
Smyth
Broad Victoria Road
United States Information Service Office
Tientsin
Nanking
Peiping
Fu Tso-Yi
Lin
Tangku
Hai River
Taku
Mao Tze- Tung
Chiang
James D. White
Associated Press
White
Mao
Sparkman backs 15 month rent control extension
Senator Sparkman argues for a 15 month extension to rent controls, preferring it to the two year plan sought by President Truman. He leads a new Senate subcommittee on rent legislation and says the administration bill will be considered next week. The present law ends March 31 and other senators express opposition to longer extensions.
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Washington
Sparkman
R-Ala
Truman
Senate Bankin
Cain
R-Wash
Abso
Myers
D-Pa
Congress
House
Senate
Alabama
Spark
No Real Peace With Dutch Say Natives
Indonesian spokesman insists peace in the islands requires rapid Dutch withdrawal from Indonesian Republican territory within a week. A U S backed plan proposes immediate end to military action, release of political prisoners, Dutch troop withdrawal under a new Indonesia commission, a temporary federal government by March 15, 1949, elections by October 1, 1949, and transfer of sovereignty to the United States of Indonesia by April 1, 1950 with all Dutch forces out by then.
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Lake Success
Netherlands
United States
China
Norway
Egypt
Security Council
Republic of Indonesia
Indonesia
Committee of Good Offices
U. S
Belgium
Australia
United States of Indonesia
United ‘States of Indonesia
Mao Tsé-tung demands sweeping communization plan for China
AP analysis by Dewitt Mackenzie portrays Mao Tse-tung as a hard boiled leader seeking unconditional surrender and a radical remolding of China. He would rewrite the constitution in red, confiscate bureaucratic capital, pursue land reform, purge rivals, and cancel treaties with imperialist nations. Mao claims victory and aims to dictate terms while Chiang Kai-shek fights or retreats to Formosa.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Mao Tse- Tung
Chiang Kai- Shek
Stalin
China
Chiang
United States
Mao
America
Sam
Nanking
Yangtse
Shanghai
Formosa
John Roderick
Chinese Communist Party
Shansi
Army FBI espionage revision proposed by Attorney General Clark
Attorney General Clark asks Congress to grant unprecedented peacetime power to press espionage charges retroactively and to tap wires for evidence. The plan, based on FBI Army Navy input, targets unauthorized possession and handling of restricted government and national defense information and expanding penalties for loss or theft.
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Jack Adams
Washington
Clark
Congress
House
Rayburn
D-Tex
McCarran
D-Nev
Senate Judiciary Committee
FBI
Army
Navy
Con
New York City
House un-American Activities Committee
New York
Grand
Alger Hiss
State Department
Whittaker Chambers
Grand Jury
House Committee
Hiss
United States
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Tom Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Ton
Foreign Relations Committee
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John Gates
Communist Daily Worker
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Robert B. House
Tive
King Edward VII Hospital
Tion
Marshalls
San Juan
Mhiane Wai_ehal
Kingston
Ont
Mackenzie
Reds
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