Nationalist Forces Bend To Save Nanking Amid Red Advance
Two Nationalist armies race to form a new defense line along the Huai River to shield Nanking as Communist forces close in. The air link to Suchow is cut, and garrisons abandon the city while diplomats anticipate an alert about the capital’s safety.
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Chiang
Harold K. Miles
Nanking
Huai River
Yangtze Valley
Pengpu
Suchow
Wth
Suhsien
12Th
Yangtze River
Tan Gent-po
Nanking-Shanghai
Wushih
Syria Government Resigns Amid Strike and Demonstrations
DAMASCUS Dec 1. The Syrian government resigned today amid a general strike and mass demonstrations that led to bloodshed in the capital. A protest over policy toward Palestine sparked the unrest with some in the crowd pressing for stronger concessions to Jews.
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Damascus
Palestine
Expense Slash of 3 Billion for U. S. Seen
Washington dispatch reports President Truman approved a bipartisan Hoover plan to reorganize 60 federal agencies to save about 3 billion dollars annually. The proposal envisions placing agencies under existing or new cabinet ranks or six new administrations, with possible central services and veterans affairs administrations.
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Washington
A.P
Truman
Herbert Hoover
Congress
Hoover
White House
Commission
Veterans’ Affairs
Welfare
Federal Security Administration
Oscar Ewing
67 Million Low Bid For Largest U S Ship
The Newport Shipbuilding and Drydock Co of Newport News Virginia submitted a low bid of 67 350 000 to construct the largest ship ever built in the United States.
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Washington
Newport Shipbuilding and Drydock Co
Newport ,News, Va
United States
News High Lights OFF THE TELETYPE Your old home town
Brief listing of the newspaper's sections and page numbers across subjects including US kid naps Soviet children traffic tolls bridge classifieds comics crossword editorial financial pitching horseshoes radio shipping sports theaters tides temperatures and women's activities with page designations.
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Russ Journal
U.S
Ari
Financial
Frank B Noyes Dias Pioneer AP leader dies at 85
Frank B Noyes 85 longtime newspaper executive and first president of the Associated Press died in Washington. He helped organize the AP and led the Star as president and chairman. Memorial service planned at St Johns Episcopal Church with private interment. President Truman and others praised his contributions to national journalism.
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Washington
Frank B. Noyes
America
Noyes
Associated Press
Washington Evening Star
Grant
Chicago
A. FP
Robert McLean
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
A. P
Strikebound Shakespeare factories raided by 300 invaders
About 300 invaders in a commando like raid broke into two strikebound Shakespeare plants in Kalamazoo Michigan wrecking equipment and cars. Several workers were injured and nonstriking staff refused to leave as milling pickets gathered outside the gates. Police and state officials rushed to the scene and a request for National Guard aid was briefly made before the attackers dispersed.
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Alamazoo
Mich
Shakespeare Companies
Howard Hoyt
Kim Sigler
Donald S. Leonard
Kalantzoo
Sigler
Hoyt
National Guard
Glenn E. Signam
C. I. O. United Steel Workers
Shakespeare
Assassination at Flintridge near Rose Bowl estate
Wealthy J Forrest Cakes identified as Oakes in two dozen years of varied work. A heavy caliber bullet struck him through a window as he sat on a sofa at his isolated hill top mansion site in Flintridge. Wife Rae Oakes hysterical. Sheriff Capt Garner Brown leads baffled detectives.
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Oakes
Shipowners and Firemen Reach Tentative Terms
In San Francisco on December 1, shipowners and unaffiliated marine firemen reached tentative agreement toward ending the West Coast strike. Firemen's president Vincent J. Malone said the deal requires member ratification at a noon meeting tomorrow. Remaining disputes involve cooks and stewards, radio operators, and a truce with the non-striking Sailors Union of the Pacific.
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San Francisco
Vincent J. Malone
Co. I. O
Harry Bridges
C. I
Harry Lundeberg
A. F
L. Sailors Union of the Pacific
Demos Get House Seat in Recount
Washington dispatch reports a New York recount yielding another House seat for Democrats, widening their edge to 263 to 170 with one vacancy and one American-Labor member. John C. Davies (D) defeated incumbent Hadwen C. Fuller (R) in the 35th Capstate District.
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Washington
New York
Congress
John C. Davies
Hadwen C. Fuller
Mme Chiang Here to Seek U S Aid for China Crisis
Mme Chiang Kai-shek arrived in Washington after an 11,000 mile flight to plead for American help in China's fight against Communism. She was welcomed at National Airport and may seek 1 billion dollars in new U S military and economic aid and a U S declaration of solidarity with China in the Far East.
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Washington
Mme
Chiang Kalshek
China
National
Sacred Cow
Truman
Chiang
U. S
Far East
Mme. Chiang
Leesburg
George C. Marshall
T. S. Shih
Shanghai
Marshall
Douglas MacArthur
Mark Clark
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Fourth Dust Storm Foreseen. Small Craft Warnings Issued
Weather Bureau warns of a fourth dust storm in weeks with northeasterly winds 25 to 30 mph and stronger gusts this afternoon through noon tomorrow. Small craft warnings posted from Ventura to Laguna Beach as dust blanketed harbor areas and fog lingered. December may stay dry after a near bone-dry November, with temperatures from 44 to 76 and cooler afternoons ahead.
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Weather Bureau
Ventura
Laguna Beach
Nevada
Iron Horse Has Human Heart A Railroad Charity Tale
Ovejoy Georgia December 1 1949 Engineer Henry R Lee waved to a girl who cannot use her arms since infancy He later sent money and a note to Grace Purcell for help Rail workers in Macon funded yearly gifts rising from 46 to 218 this year to send her to college and buy arms for Grace.
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Iron Horse
Ovejoy
Henry R. Lee
Lee
Macon
Grace Purcell
Grace
300 Stake Claims in Atomic Ore Find
NORTH BAY Gat Dec 1 Some 300 mining claims have been staked in the township of Butt about 50 miles southeast of North Bay following reported finds of radioactive pitchblende.
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North Bay, Gat
Butt
North Bay
B 29s Leave Britain for Arab Peninsula
Three B 29 Superfortresses of the U S Third Air Division departed from Lakenheath England on a training flight to Aden at the southern edge of the Arabian peninsula.
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Britain
Arab Peninsula
Frankfurt
Germany
U.S
Third Air Division
Lakenheath
Engand
Aden
Arabian Peninsula
U S Authority Flags Berlin Crisis Harder to Solve
A State Department official says Russia’s creation of an eastern Berlin government complicates a West Berlin solution. Lovett notes the move may signal Western resolve but warns the four power arrangement remains key as nations brace for possible U N action. The report cites four points: intimidation pattern, signaling what could occur to Germans, timing affecting UN efforts, and possible Western resolve shift.
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Washington
Dec
State Department
Russia
Berlin
Lovett
Wsid
Deparenet
United States
Europe
America
Britain
France
90 Foot Tree Graces Rockefeller Center in New York
New York stations record Rockefeller Center raises a 90 foot Christmas tree amid brisk sunny weather. Sidewalk observers and ice skaters surround the site as electric lights and ornaments illuminate the upper boughs. Los Angeles had boasted a taller California entry previously noted for a 148 foot tree and claimed the title in playful rivalry.
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New York
Rockefeller Center
California
Redding
Calif
Angeles
Eeos
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