Military aid to Near East exceeds China shipments
U S government estimates show fighting equipment worth about 63 million dollars delivered to Chiang Kai shek's forces in the last year and a half, while Greece and Turkey received about 230 million dollars under the Truman Doctrine. China's requests for greater aid are led by Mme. Chiang, with talks aimed at a possible 1 billion dollars annually, far above current levels.
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Greece
Turkey
Chiang Kaishek
United States
Jareas
Mme. Chiang
Truman
Congress
Hawaii
Far East
Economic Co-operation Administration
Dozen Thousand Die in Sunk Evacuation Ship near Manchuria
A delayed report says possibly 6000 Chinese died when an evacuation ship exploded and sank off southern Manchuria. It raises total Chinese deaths to about 9200 from two disasters near Shanghai and Yingkou. Rescue figures show 536 saved from the Kiangya and nearly 4000 aboard it.
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Manchuria
Nanking
Yingkow
China Merchants, Steam Navigation Co
Formosa
Raphael Zelter
Wusih
Carnegie says U S should deepen knowledge of Russians
The Carnegie Corporation of New York urges increased U S understanding of Russian culture history and the habits loyalties fears and motivations of the Russian people to aid peace or potential conflict. The 37th annual report notes last year’s income at 5 700 190.
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New York
United States
Carnegie Corporation of
Andrew Carnegie
Russia
Charles Dollard
Unrest Reported in South Korea by Pravda
Pravda cites Tass from Pyongyang reporting mass strikes and popular demonstrations across U S occupied South Korea demanding withdrawal of American forces. South Korean government declared a state of siege and intensified repression with numerous arrests after a November 30 strike.
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Moscow
Pravda
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
Tass
Pyongyang
North Korea
Korea
U N Group to Hold Session in Singapore
The United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East voted to hold its next session in Singapore six months hence. The commission, meeting at Lapstone near Sydney, rejected Soviet Delegate Ki ril Novikov's bid to postpone. An official statement said Viet-Nam Republic Indo China applied for associate membership from Bangkok, amid ongoing rebellion against France.
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Lapstone
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Indo-China
Senator Gurney Arrest For Reckless Driving In Oklahoma
U S Senator John Chandler Gurney was arrested near Taft in Muskogee County for reckless driving after a 90 mile per hour base. He was released on a $75 bond by Deputy Vic Wilson and claimed he was visiting flood control projects and was in a hurry to return.
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Okla
U.S
John Chandler Gurney
R-S. D
Vic Wilson
Wilson
Muskogee County
Gurney
Taft
Sen
Oklahoma
Acme
Sheriff's Office
Edgar Lewis Dies Steel Chief at 66 in Pittsburgh
Edgar Lewis 66, longtime Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp president and board chairman, died of pneumonia in Pittsburgh. Born in Wales, he moved to the United States at 14, began steel work at 17, later led J & L until 1947, survived by widow Helen Sanders Lewis, son Edgar Sanders Lewis, and two former marriage children James Edgar Lewis and Emily Lewis Gillespie.
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H. Edgar Lewis
Jones & Laughlin
Steel Corps
Lewis
United States
Duquesne
Carnegie Steel Co
Carnegie
Bethlehem Steel Co
Charles M. Schwab
Helen Sanders Lewis
Edgar Sanders Lewis
James Edgar Lewis
San Marino
Cat
Emily Lewis Gillespie
Long Island
Jap Discovery of Comet Noted
Washington reports Rep Rankin of Mississippi doubts Truman will be purged by the House. Rankin notes southern states allied with Thurmond in civil rights opposition may face committee punishment but retain floor seats. Tokyo confirms University observatory discovering a new comet by Minoru Honda.
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Tokyo
Washington
Rankin
D.-Miss
Truman
J. Strom Thurmond
Minoru Honda
Comet sighted near Hydra by university observatory
The observatory reported sighting a westward moving comet in Hydra at 13 hours longitude and 24 degrees 20 minutes south latitude. The object appeared at magnitude 8.14 with no tail or nucleus visible through an eight inch telescope.
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Omer
Constellation
Hydra
Tina
Aircrafters Win Merit Awards in California
In San Bernardino on December 6, 12 California aircraft executives received Presidential certificates of merit for producing 49 percent of the nation’s World War II military planes. Assistant Air Force Secretary Eugene M. Zuckert awarded the honors to Lamotte T. Cohn and I. M. Laddon, with recipients from Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp. and Douglas Aircraft Co. listed among others including Donald W. Douglas Arthur E. Raymond Fred W. Herman Harry Woodhead Robert E. Gross and Hall L. Hibbard.
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San Bernardino
Imerit
California
Air Force
Eugene M. Zuckert
Lamotte T. Cohn
I. M. Laddon
Consolidated
Vultee Aircraft Corp
San Diego
Donald W. Douglas
Arthur E. Raymond
Fred W. Herman
Harry Woodhead
Douglas J Aircraft Co
Santa Monica
Robert E. Gross
Hall L. Hibbard
Lockheed and Northrop Firms Tied to Aviation Deal
The report lists Lockheed Aircraft Corp Bur K Worthrop Northrop Aircraft bank J H Kindelbergerard Inc Hawthorne and T Claude John L Atwood North American Ryan Ryan Aeronautical Co Aviation Inc Los Angeles John San Diego as participants in an aviation industry matter.
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Lockheed Aircraft Corp
K. Worthrop
Northrop Aircraft, Bank
J. H. Kindelbergerard Inc
Hawthorne
T. Claude John L. Atwood
North American Ryan
Ryan Aeronautical Co
Aviation, Inc
Los Angeles
John San Diego
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