Train Wreck Death Toll Reaches Seventy Six In Korea
Reports from United Nations authorities describe mounting casualties as fighting ends near North Korea. China Reds retreat an estimated 100000 troops while U N forces refrain from seizing abandoned fortifications. Acheson cites no peace talks at this level as MacArthur HQ notes a lid on release details.
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Belman Morin
United Nations
Korea
U.N
U. N
Esman
MacArthur
M. P
Manchuria
Paul de Rodzianki
Peiping
Idlewild
Squurtly Council
United States
North Korea
Arterles
Nathansiess Sthea
Mountain search parties fail to reach Mount Moran crash site
Eight to nine climbers braved snow and wind on Mount Moran in the Teton range aiming to reach a DC-3 crash site with 21 aboard. Park guides, including Paul Petzoldt, attempted alternate routes as visibility remained poor and new snow piled up.
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Moran
Wyo
Mount
Grand Teron Oe Park
New Tri Mission
Chico
Calif
Billings
Mont
Mount Moran — A
Teton Range
Idaho Boundary
Jackson Hole
Tetons
Paul Petzoldt
Riverton Wyo
Grand Teton Park
Search
Attem
Blake Vande Water
Vande Water
Moose
Vande
Skillet Glacier
Neal G. Guse
UN Expected To Receive Chinese Appeal Today
United Nations 60 nation political committee considers a Nationalist China request for an investigation into Soviet support for Chinese Communists and threats in the Far East. China’s Tsiang urges an expert panel. Britain France and others oppose renewing the probe.
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Francis W. Carpenter
United Nations
Little Assembly
U.N
Russia
China
U.N. Assembly
T. F. Tsiang
Far East
Tsiang
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Australia
Canada
Kuomintang Clique
John Foster Dulles
U. S
Syria
Dulles
Cmt
U. N
Pleted
Eer
Peiping
Gy Sige
Rsponse
Security Council
United States
Formosa
McGrath Denounces U S Communist Party Rules
Attorney General J Howard McGrath charges the Communist Party of the United States is loyal to Soviet Russia and plans civil insurrection in a war scenario. He urges the Subversive Activities Control Board to obtain leaders and revenue sources and says noncompliance risks fines and imprisonment.
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Washington
Communist Party
United States
J. Howard McGrath
Soviet Russia
Soviet Union
McGrath
Soviet America
Subversive Activities Control Board
Con
Pealson
Polis
Attorney General's Office
Justice Department
New Anti-Tank Weapon Demonstrated at Aberdeen
At Aberdeen Proving Ground, Secretary of the Army Frank Pace announced a new 105 millimeter recoilless rifle mounted on a jeep. He said it, with the 3.5 bazooka, will allow front line soldiers to knock out the most potent enemy tanks. The weapon is light and easy to operate by two men.
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Aberdeen Proving Ground
Frank Pace
Pace
Truman Thanksgiving Plea for Peace and Hearthside Graces
President Truman urged Americans to pray for peace in all places as families travel home for Thanksgiving. Crowded trains and highways reflect a nation preparing feasts of turkey, cider, and harvest foods amid war and taxes. Weather forecasts warned of cold waves as communities anticipate holiday meals and gatherings.
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Associated Press
Truman
Three Killed In Truck Collision Near Whiteville
A head on crash six miles from Whiteville left three dead and one critically injured. The Ward brothers Gordon 30 and J P Ward were in a fish truck. Odel Yates Sellers of Supply drove a lumber truck. Lumber and fish scattered over the highway. wreckers freed a Ward from the cab. state patrol identified the dead man as Sellers.
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Whiteville
Here
Son
Gordon
J. P. Ward
Columbus County
Odel Yates Sellers
Supply
N. C
Reno Faiths Help After Reno Flood Relief Drive
In Reno Nevada merchants form the Reno business men's credit corporation to aid flood damaged firms. A meeting yields over 43000 dollars with plans to reach a possible quarter of a million dollars to restore commerce. Banks will fund home repairs and several local dealers fast aid in loan funds.
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Reno
Reno Businessmen's Credit Corporation
P! Automobiles
Marine Charged With Assault On Elderly Wilmington Tourist Operator
A 24 year old Camp Lejeune marine John Patrick Fallon of Fitchburg Massachusetts is charged with assault and attempted rape of elderly Wilmington tourist home operator Mrs Ethel Sheppard about 60. He is held on 5000 bond. Fallon admitted the assault but denied rape claiming intoxication at the time.
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Wilmington
Camp Lejeune Marine
John Patrick Fallon
Fitchburg
Mass
Ethel Sheppard
Fallon
Short Holiday for Tax Bill Writers
Congressional tax writers plan a one day Thanksgiving break to begin drafting an excess profits tax measure tailored to President Truman's specifications. The House Ways and Means Committee wrapped week long hearings with cross party accusations and aims to have a bill ready by December 1. Republicans oppose excess profits taxes, favoring a straight corporate tax rate increase.
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Washington
Congressional
Truman
House
Ways and Means
Doughton
D-N.c
Pene Arenes
Rep
Reed
New York
GOP
Deadly Long Island Rail Crash Shocks New York
Two crowded Long Island Railroad trains collided during the Thanksgiving Eve rush hour in Queens killing many and injuring more than 150. Seventy-one victims were identified. five bodies lay unidentified in the morgue. The crash near Kew Gardens was the worst in New York history and prompted a citywide review of rail safety.
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Joan Carroll
Art Everett
New York
Long Island Railroad
Queens County
New York State
Pensylvania Railroad
Congressional Limited
Philadelphia
Cotecesse
Est
Todny
Kew Gardens
Queens
Island Railroad
Rockville den
Queens Borough
Will
Aotme Ae Sharkey
Mar
Anon
Charles P. Ivan
Long Island
Sullivan
Murphy
Pennsylvania Station
Hempstead
Torman Benjamin J. Pokorny
Second Cold Wave Whistles Across Midwest Today
The Midwest faced a second cold wave with strong northerly winds and snow flurries in the northern plains. Temperatures were already below zero in Montana Dakota and Minnesota with Havre and Cutbank at 20 below. The cold air was expected to spread to northern Texas and the upper Mississippi valley while New England stayed cold and southeastern states were chilly.
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Chicago
Midwest
Plains
Montana
Dakotas
Minnesota
Havre
Cutbank
Mont
Texas
Mississippi Valley
New England
Grief Strikes Long Island Families After Rail Disaster
A Long Island railroad wreck near Garden City and East Rockaway cuts lives on the eve of Thanksgiving. About 1,200 riders on No. 780 to Pleasant Hempstead and 1,000 on No. 174 to Babylon crowded the trains as a head on collision last year echoes in memory. The tragedy devastates families receiving late calls with devastating news.
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Floreal Park
East Rock
Cee Ae
Long Island
New Oo York State
Aon Gy
Corey
Manhattan
Pennsylvania Station
2 Puerto Rican Radical Leaders Held In New York
New York officials report two Puerto Rican radical leaders Julio Pinto Gandia and Juan Bernardo Lebron were detained as chief plotters linked to the Blair House attack on November 1. Federal grand jury evidence alleges an organized plot with the gunmen guided by Gandia and Lebron. wives Oscar Razo and Griselio Torresola were also arrested.
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New York
Ce Se Ae
New Yorks
Julio Pinto Gandia
Juan Bernardo Lebron
Reiter
Washington
Oscar Razo
Griselio Torresola
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Fieké Enterprises, Inc
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Nevada
ED Olsen
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Jack Ryan
Dolphin Lou
Garden City
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