High Officials Leave by Air for Island Fort
Hong Kong dispatch reports Nationalist government officials began evacuation from Chengtu, capital taken by Communists, to Formosa. Retired General Claire Chennault planes chartered to airlift officials. Li Tsungjen left Hong Kong for the United States for aid. Chinese Civil War rapid changes as Chiang Kai-shek vows continued resistance.
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Chiang Katshek
Chiang
Spencer Moosa
Associated Press
Chengtu
Li Tsung
Jen
United States
Guam
Taipei
Formosa
Chungking
Hoover at Capital to Push Drive for National Economy
Hoover prepares to return to Washington to urge government reorganization as a path to economy. He will speak at a nonpartisan forum Monday night on cutting waste by reorganizing the government, warning against tax funded handouts and opposing excess spending. Senate figures including Sen. O Mahoney note defense and debt costs constrain budget cuts while stressing practical savings.
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Ashington
Herbert Hoover
Washington
Republic
New York
Sen. Taft
R-Qhip
Truqman
Guy G. Gabrielsor
Sen. O'Mahoney
D.-Wyo
Wyoming
Senate
House Economic Committee
Lost Expelled Frenchman Returns Safely
PARIS Dec 5 4 Guy Auffrey a Frenchman expelled from Poland who vanished on the way home arrived by train today escorted by two police inspectors After Auffrey vanished from the train with six other French expelled men on espionage charges a Helmstedt rail officer wrongly said his body was found near Offenbach in the American zone Germany Auffrey was later located yesterday at Weil am Rhein in the French zone of Germany about three miles north of Basel Switzerland The Helmstedt officer said the report of finding the body was a mistake
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Paris
Guy Auffrey
Poland
Auffrey
Helmstedt
Offenbach
Germany
Autrey
Wel-am-Rhein
Basel
Switzerland
U S Court Backs VA in Flight Training Case
The U S Court of Appeals ruled the Veterans Administration may enforce its flight training requirements for veterans. The decision supports VA regulation that a veteran must show complete justification linking training to current or contemplated business, a test case brought by Amvets and Willie G Slocumb Jr. of Portsmouth Va. The VA had earlier guided Slocumb and tested his aptitude, but found no connection to his aims as an aerial photographer.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
U. S. Court of Appeals
Willie G. Slocumb Jr
Portsmouth
Slocumb
Attack Kills Illinois Democrat in Chicago Home
CHICAGO, Dec. 5. U. Rep. Martin Gorski, 63, longtime Democrat ally, died suddenly yesterday at his sister’s home. He was stricken, apparently by a heart ailment, while visiting. Gorski had represented Illinois Fifth District since 1942.
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Chicago
Martin Gorski
Sera
Gorski
Ilinois
Truman expands vacation staff for three Congress messages
President Truman boosted his vacation staff to draft three key messages for Congress. John R. Steelman arrives from Washington with written suggestions, joined by Charles Murphy and George Elsey to work with Truman and Counselor Cafford on the state of the Union, budget, and economic messages. Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Graham also heads in. Truman plans daily swims as he stays rested and continues considering tax hikes to curb a large anticipated deficit.
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Ke ™ West
Fla
Truman
Congress
John R. Steelman
Washington
White House
Charles 5. Murphy
George Elsey
Donald Dawson
Miami
Clark M. Cafford
Charles G. Ross
Wallace H. Graham
Lima
Peru
Guatemala
Ross
Youth Confesses Slay In Death Pact With Girl
Evansville Indiana date. A two year law student Franklin Thomas Slay of Griffin Indiana confessed to killing his Evansville high school sweetheart Mary Ellen Harmon a 16 year old who was pregnant He claimed they planned to die in each other s arms The body was found beneath leaves in a sinkhole near Hopkinsville Kentucky Slay was extradited from Athens Alabama and held on kidnapping charges with expected murder charges The case involved a precise map locating the crime scene and a statement to police indicates he killed the girl but lost nerve to end his life
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Evansville
Ind
Mary Ellen Harmon
Hopkinsville
Franklin 'Thomas Slay
Grifffin
Florida State College
Kentucky
Athens
Ala
George Hansch
Negro Revival Continues Through 11th Day at Mason Temple
In Memphis on December 5 AP reports a 7000-person crowd at Mason Temple keeps nonstop hymns and prayers for an 11th day of the 42nd annual Church of God in Christ Negro Holy Convocation. Delegates from 40 states Africa and the Caribbean will continue daily services through December 15. Bishop Charles H. Mason founder now 84 leads a movement of 3000 churches and 1.59 million members with a strict code forbidding smoking drinking dancing gambling movies sports and divorce. Headlines note the gunmill start amid a hail of bullets and the call for baptism by the Holy Ghost with tongues.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mason Temple
Africa
Caribbean
Church of God In Christ
Negro
Charles H. Mason
Lexington
Miss
Bishop Mason
Mason
Richard Page
Oakland
Calif
Crowd Sees Man Kill Wife Then Himself in Cafe
In Lubbock Texas last night Roy Aldrich 29 shot his wife Velma Louise Aldrich 23 to death in a cafe where she worked and then fatally wounded himself. Justice of the Peace D W Robertson described the scene as he stood over her body.
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Lubbock
Texas
Roy Aldrich
Justice of the Peace
D. W. Robertson
Velma
Louise Aldrich
Island's Only Doctor Plans to Quit in January
Island 848 residents face need to find a new physician as Dr. Lorenzo Orlando announced plans to leave in January due to low income and $100 rent. The resignation letter, sent to the town council, will be discussed at tonight's meeting amid calls from residents to be heard and concern over winter travel to the mainland.
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Lock Island
Lorenzo Orlando
Charles F. Perry
Orlando
Hackensack
S. J
Tired of Waiting He Closed Bridge
DES ALLEMANDS La Dea 5 GP Joe Miller of Lafayette La drove his tow truck up to an opening bridge and waited for six hours for repair to the bridge mechanism. Frustrated, he pulled the bridge shut with a cable and crossed, as traffic backed for miles.
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DES Allemands
Dea
Joe Miller
Lafayette
Woman Trapped in Tiny Bathtub Persists in Prayer
COUNCIL BLUFFS IOWA Dec 5 Marie Turnquist, about 65, became stuck in a 36 by 19 by 19 inch tub at an absent friend's home for 60 hours. She prayed for rescue and, after questioning God, reflected on whether she had asked for trouble by entering the compact tub.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Marie Turnquist
Turnquist
Sing
Water poured on wrong Parsons in Tennessee arrest
In MinrHLs Tennessee on December 5 Howard Pomeroy sleepy from street noise. He leaned from a second floor window and poured a pitcher of water onto revelers. Two policemen on patrol arrived and Pomeroy was charged with disorderly conduct.
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Minrhls
Tenn
Howard Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Gilbertson Wins Grains Walk for 9.2 Miles in 1:36:20
Oran Gilbertson, 30, of Decorah Iowa, carried a 70 pound bag of wheat along railroad tracks for 9.2 miles in 1 hour 36 minutes 20 seconds to win the second annual walking contest. Only five of ten starters finished the event sponsored by former Mayor George Baker who recalled his grandfather.
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Decorah
Iowa
FI Oran Gilbertson
Grandpop
Gilbertson
George Baker
One-Hand Typer For Polio Pair Turned Over
University of Washington Professor Dr. August Dvorak announced a one handed typewriter designed to be operated with one hand has been given to a New York couple, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Jaffee, who will further develop the device. The machine allows access to most letters and symbols from a single hand position.
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Seattle
Wash
University of Washington
August Dvorak
Dvorak
A. A. Jaffee
New York
Man Aged 90 Becomes Father to 12th Child
DES MOINES IOWA Dec 5 UP A year old man decided today what 12 children was enough Lula Carrazales said I guess To give up now His latest a daughter was born Saturday She and Carrazales wife were reported doing well I know a lot of youngsters in their 60s who envy me, but I guess they just don't jive right.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Lula Carrazales
Carrazales
Witness May Testify On Hiss Car Title Link
New York December 5 Judge Henry W Goddard ruled government may call as witness the man named on the transfer of title for Alger Hiss 1929 Ford Mercury Willam Rogen who has twice refused to testify about the transfer or his possible Communist ties His testimony was previously excluded in the first Hiss trial which ended without a verdict
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New York
Henry W. Goddart
Alger
Whitaker
Hiss
Communist Party
Willam Rogen
Goddard
Hins
Ofca
Hrogen
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