Bodies Of 12 Soldiers Recovered
Rescue teams recovered the bodies of 12 soldiers after a head on collision near Canoe River British Columbia. A Transcontinental and a troop train bound for Ft Lewis Washington carried about 340 officers and men. 53 were injured and two other soldiers remained missing. Hospitals were set up in improvised dining cars and emergency crews arrived three hours after the wreck.
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Edmonton
Alta
Ft. Lewis Wash
United Nations
Canadian National Railways
Canoe River
British Columbia
Jasper
P. S. Kimmett
Edson
Ty ‘al
Onton
Wainwright
Here
Black Panther Still at Large in Des Moines Area
Des Moines area residents remain unsettled as a reported shiny black panther eludes a large hunt. Farm worker Orville Ansley fired at the animal after Mrs Lockner saw it chase a cow. the cow escaped unharmed and the panther fled. A 125 hunter search ended after a volunteer was slightly wounded by a misdirected shot that hit a fox. Two airplanes will aid the ongoing, cautious operation with radio contact to ground crews.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Orville Ansley
Ed Lockner
Autha
Cauion
California floods threaten Sacramento and Modesto areas
In northern and central California, new threats from weakened levees and flood waters endanger Sacramento river communities and Modesto lowlands. Army engineers ordered 150 levee workers as 100,000 cfs flow tops records since 1907. Reno endures worst flood since city history with $2–3 million losses. Gov Warren declares a state of emergency as preparations for rebuilding begin.
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Associated Press
California
Nevada
Sacramento
Calif
Modesto
Don Pedro Dam
U. S. Weather Bureau
Francisco
Reno
Truckee
Reno Chamber of Commerce
Marysville
Rousseau Calls for State Institutions for Drunkards
Asheville judge Judge J A Rousseau urged the state to open institutions to treat habitual drinkers during a suspended sentence hearing. He argued a definite cure should be determined by the institution and released when cured, claiming long term savings and potential to reclaim drunkards as useful citizens.
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Asheville
Superior Court
J. A. Rousseau
B 29 Bombers Hit Northeast Korea Front Bases
B 29s blasted Communist staging bases in Northeast Korea as infantry probed the front. Bombers hit Musan border area and the port of Chongjin while U N forces press toward the Siberian frontier. Seventh Division riflemen hunted two battalions near Hyesanjin as MacArthur notes continuing advance.
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Seoul
Korea
Musan
United Nations
Hyesanjin
U. S Seventh Division
U. N
Yalu River
Red Manchuria
Seventh Division
MacArthur
Tokyo
U. S
St. Paul
Republic of Coven
ROK
Siberia
Port City
Diet
Chongjin
Yalu
Governor Denies Clemency in Liles Rape Case
Raleigh reports 34-year-old Ernest B. Liles, a Black man, is to die in the state gas chamber Friday after Governor Scott refused clemency. The murder conviction in Franklin county last April was upheld by the state supreme court and no new mitigating evidence was found.
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Raleigh
Ernest B. Liles
Scott
Liles
Franklin County
State Supreme Court
MIG-15 Jets Spotted Over Korea Drift Into Manchuria
Ten Russian built MIG-15 jets were seen Tuesday by American aircraft over extreme northwest Korea but retreated into Chinese Manchuria when challenged. The Far East air force said one formation of six jets darted back across the Yalu River as F-80s tried to engage. Later four more Red jets did likewise over Sinuiju.
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Red
First Division
Changjin
Sinhang
ROK
Yongwon
Tokchon
First Corps
Fe S
Tokyo
Korea
Manchuria
Far East Air Force
Yalu River
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Sinuiju
Strawberries Termed Excuse in California Divorce
Mrs. Georgia Randall testified that her husband Charles Arthur used the line he was out picking strawberries as the reason for the separation, prompting a divorce case in Los Angeles dated November 22.
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Strawberries
Los Angeles
Georgia Randall
Charles Arthur
State Agencies Urged to Check Bus and Truck Speeds
Governor Scott urged the Utilities Commission and the Motor Vehicles Department to curb speed violators among buses and trucks. A highway commission report found 25 percent of buses exceed 55 mph and 48 percent of trucks exceed 45 mph. The governor called for scheduling adjustments, stricter enforcement, and stepped up public education.
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Raleigh
Scott
The
Utilities Commission
Motor Vehicles Department
Highway Commission
Division of Statistics and Planning
North Carolina
Ation
Utilities
Stanley Winborne
Landon C. Rosser
Winborne
Rosser
State Highway Patrol
Highway Safety Division
Communists to Ban Blue Jeans In China
In Canton a high school girls group issued a circular calling for an anti U S stance and pledging not to wear blue jeans again, reflecting anti imperialist sentiment amid locals reacting to Western fashion.
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China
Hong Kong
Bobby Sox
Canton
Sin Tao Jih Pao
Canton Union High School
U. S
Stock Market Steady Despite Weakness In Radio Shares
New York traders priced a generally steady market with radio TV stocks showing sharp declines. TV issues fell as much as $3, while other changes centered around 50 cent moves. Motorola slid about $3.50 with Emerson Radio Philco and Radio Corp. posting smaller losses. Several names like U S Steel General Electric Union Pacific Canadian Pacific Sinclair Oil and New York Central touched gains.
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New York
Motorola
Zenith
Admiral
Emerson Radio
Philco and
Radio Corp
U. S. Steel
Goodrich
American Smelting
General Electric
Union Pacific
Canadian Pacific
Sinclair Oil
N. Y. Central
Politics Rule Prison Dept. Gold Asserts
Raleigh notes State Prisons Director John Gold says politics has dominated the department for 15 to 20 years while praising the personnel as generally good. He urges merit based advancement and outlines plans for training programs and schools for superintendents and guards.
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Prison Dept. Gold
Raleigh
John Gold
Gold
Scott
GOP Southern Democrat coalition claims working majority in House
A Republican Southern Democrat coalition spokesman said the group will command at least 45 votes in the next Congress. In the Senate Southern Democrats favored Senator McFarland for majority leader. House composition will be 199 Republicans, 235 Democrats, and one independent, with about 100 Southern Democrats.
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GOP
Southern Democratic Coalition
Washington
House
Capitol
McFarland
D.ariz
Senate
Arends
Illinois
Arendsoold
Truman
Rep
Cox
Georgia
White Thanksgiving Weather Hits Nation
A cold blustery front a white Thanksgiving and sub zero readings spanned the nation. Strong northerly winds moved across the border into the Rockies and plains with warnings posted in mountain and plains states. Snow and gale conditions battered the eastern Seaboard while the midwest faced its coldest readings yet with energy and communication lines damaged and eight deaths reported.
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Canadian
Rockies
Mountain
Plains
Midwest
Wero
Cuthbank
Mont
North Atlantic
New York
Eastern Seaboard
Britain and U S Split Over UN China Inquiry
In New York the United States and Britain took opposite positions on whether the UN should investigate Nationalist China charges of Soviet influence in China. T. F. Tsiang testified for Nationalist China as Malik urged dismissal and Britain said facts are not in dispute despite recognizing Red China.
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United States
Russia
Jacob A. Malik
China
Britain
J. E. Coulson
U. N
Coulson
Acheson Signals Support for Congress Review of Policies
Secretary of State Acheson said he favors congressional review of all policies and programs and will consult Republican leaders including Senator Taft. He noted some readers misinterpreted his Friday night remarks attacking Taft's plan to reexamine European policy and stressed he did not oppose inquiry.
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Washington
Acheson
Congress
Taft
Ohio
U. S
Europe
State Department
Scant Hope Held For Occupants
A B-36 bomber crashed about thirty miles southwest of Fort Worth after takeoff from Carswell Air Force Base. Two dead, several injured, and search teams reported locating bodies near Godley as flames and loud engine noises were noted.
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Fort Worth
Carswell Air Force Base
Eighth Air Force
Godley
A. T. Vandiver
Jim Bandy Farm
Dillon
Cleburne
Tex
Ambulantes
C. B. Hadley
Jackson County Resident Dies While Hunting
Franklin November 22. W G Roland 65 a prominent Jackson county resident left Burningtown Monday morning to deer hunt with neighbors. The party split at noon and he failed to meet at 6 pm. An all night search in freezing weather found his body on Burningtown mountain. Coroner said death from natural causes. Survived by Blake Roland son Covington Ga and Miss Kate Roland daughter Greensboro.
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Forest Service
Oine
Chico
Calif
Billings
Mont
New Tribes Mission
South America
Venezuela
Paul W. Flemings
Idaho Falls
Idaho
S&s. T
Here
Yellowstone Park
Ae —— Gy Foo
California
Teton Park
Paul A. Judge
Franklin
W. G. Roland
Jackson County
Burningtown
Roland
Burningtown Mountain
O. L. Blaine
Blake Roland
Covington, Ga
Kate Roland
Greensboro
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U. S. Seventh Division
Richard Wortman
Willoughby, O
Raymond Smith
Cardington
Black Panther
Earl Warren
Rousseau
James J. Metcalfe
Field Enterprises, Inc
N. East
Tenth Corps
Northeast Korea
P— Navy
Francis P. Matthews
Pepper
D-Fla
Hungnam
Edward Almond
10Th Corps
Matthews
C. P. Smith
U. S. First Marine Division
Hollywood
Paul Douglas
Douglas
Star
Wyoming Peak
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