Chiang Regime Quits Mainland for Formosa
Nationalists shift capital to Formosa and abandon most of the mainland to the Reds. Cabinet decree orders Sichang as general headquarters for mainland operations. Guerrilla forces will operate under southwest command as Chiang Kai-shek’s regime eyes a last stand on Hainan or Formosa. Premier Yen Hsi-shan travels to Taipeh as the boundary shifts and Nanking, Canton, and Chungking lose their seats.
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Spencer Moosa Caer
Formosa
Reds
China
Sichang
Sikang
Hainan Island
Kano
Sur
Anwar Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Chengtu
Chang Chun
Southwest China
Ku Chu Tung
Hu Tsung-nan
Yang Sen
Southwest
Wang Tsang-shu
Tang Shihtseng
Yen Hsi-shan
Taipeh
Nanking
Canton
Chungking
Hong Kong
Here
Gen Pai Chung-hsi
Central China
Li Tsung Jen
United States
Taipei
Chiang
Nine Die In Air Crash Near Vallejo
Nine persons including three children died in a crash of a California Arrow Airlines DC-3 six miles east of Vallejo California after rain and fog delayed rescue efforts. Victims include pilot James Garnett Redondo Beach copilot Meade Dillon Los Angeles and stewardess Susan Devore of Los Angeles.
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Vallejo
Calif
Here
James F. Garnett
Redondo Beach
Meade Dillon
Los Angees
Susan Devore
Los Angeles
George Batchelor
Pat
Torrance
Burbank
Marian Kimball
Leland III
Joan Wesley
Pasadena
Vincent WN. Figley
Laguna Beach
Solano
Vince Warren
California Arrow Airlines
Sacramento
Oakland
Richmond
Benicia
VA & Coast Guard
Jarry Rea
Hamilton Field Air Force Air Rescue Service
Contra Costa County
Napa Ard Fairfield
Figley
Igley
Long Beach Rain Brief Highlights Weather Watch
Half an inch of rain fell in Long Beach as forecasts warned of continued wet conditions. Breathing space from drought evaporates as water curbs tighten New York faces strict restrictions on water use while reservoirs run nearly dry amid an ongoing dry spell.
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Long Beach
New York
Hands Off China Policy Adopted by UN Assembly
The United Nations Assembly called on all nations to keep hands off China and respect its treaties. It agreed to monitor the Chinese issue and related Soviet intrusion charges, referring the matter to the year round Little Assembly.
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New York
United Nations Assembly
China
Little Assembly
United States
Russia
Ias
Jerusalem
Israel
Jordan
Canada reports uranium shipment to Russia in 1943
The Canadian House of Commons confirmed a 1000 pound uranium shipment to the Soviet Union in 1943. The House Committee on Un-American Activities says it may prove Russia received 500 pounds of uranium oxide and 500 pounds of uranium nitrate in 1943 and 1944. Lt Gen Leslie Groves doubts heavy water transfers occurred. Groves and committee members plan to continue investigations into wartime atomic material transfers to the Reds.
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Washington
Canada
Russia
House
House UN- American Activities Committee
United States
Leslie
B. Groves
House of Commons
C. D. Howe
Wcy
Merican Activities Committee
Groves
Norwalk
Conn
Newark
Pipe Line Fire Seen 150 Miles
A high pressure gas pipe line blew out near Centralia Massachusetts early today and flames were visible from 150 miles away. Nine workers at a nearby pumping station four miles away escaped without injury.
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Centralia
Building Workers Return as Strike Fades in Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge Tennessee December 8 A three day wildcat strike over nonunion labor for pipe laying ended as GE A F L construction workers returned to work on atomic production and home building projects. R W Cook Oak Ridge AEC reports general resumption of activity in plant and townsite with union workers persuaded to return.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
GE A. F. L
R. W. Cook
Atomic Energy Commission
Wealthy Rancher Slain, Says Coroner
Santa Barbara December 8 A coroner reported wealthy Geleta Valley rancher Carlos Drece 67 was slain at his home Saturday. Deputies found his body in a wine cellar the door locked from the outside suggesting homicide not suicide. X rays showed skull fractures and further details were released.
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Santa Barbara
Carlos Drece
Geleta Valley
Drocco
John B. Ross
Groves Hid Atomic Reports From Wallace During War
Lt Gen Leslie Groves, head of the wartime atomic project, says he deliberately withheld secret reports from former Vice President Wallace. He urged Congress to probe George Jordan’s charges about U.S. officials aiding Russia. Groves defended his secrecy, stating reports were limited to a select group for national security.
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W. R. Higgin
United Press
Tashington
Leslie R. Groves
Henry A. Wallace
House of-American Activities Committee
U. S
Groves
Congress
George Racey Jordan
Army Air Forces
U.S
Russia
Jordan
Wallace
Democratic Party
Progressive Party
Army
Navy Club
United States
Fulton
Frigid Arctic Air Drives 15 Below Across Plains to East
Frigid air plunges to 15 below across the western plains as two Arctic storm centers sweep from the Great Lakes to New England and into the Atlantic. The eastern system caused several deaths in Canada and New England amid up to 18 inches of snow. Winds reach 30 mph, with towns like Jamestown and Minot reporting extreme lows as authorities search for a missing plane in Michigan.
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Great Lakes
Canadian
Canada
New England
Atlantic
North Dakota
Chicago
New York
Mi‘not
N. C
Jamestown
N. D
Bismarck
Aberdeen
S. D
Monster Truck Demolishes Motel Unit Killing Driver
A 20 ton truck and a car crash at Pacific Coast Hwy and Pine Ave demolished a motel unit where Aman and wife slept, killing Sylvester A. Quint and injuring three others. Benny Ogle drove the truck. Quint’s body was found after rescue efforts. The incident occurred as the car allegedly struck the truck, leading to a fatality and multiple injuries.
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Pacific Coast Hwy
Pine Ave
Chace
Sylvester A. Quint
Aman
Lyman W. Middleton
Waterloo
Towa
Chace Inn
We Parish Coast Hwy
W. R. Decker
D. B. Gaddas
Ogle
Seaside Hospital
Quint
Seaside
Motteil's Mortuary
Burglars Steal $150000 Jewelry in Perryton Texas
Perryton Texas deputies report a bold early morning burglary at Burk's drugstore. Thieves cut a roof opening to steal watches and jewelry valued at about $150,000, including sample cases from two diamond salesmen. Authorities say it is the largest jewel theft in the Texas Panhandle. Sheriff Ray Phagan noted officers statewide and beyond were alerted as Perryton, a town of about 5900, sits 120 miles northeast of Amarillo.
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Perryton
Texas
Texas Panhandle
Burk
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Colorado
Ray Phagan
Amarillo
Plane delivers life saving drug to ship in mid Pacific
A Coast Guard plane dropped two packages of streptomycin to the weather ship Klamath 1000 miles off the Pacific coast. The water-tight containers were lowered by parachute. The delivery occurred at 9 20 a m and aimed at a Coast Guardsman who had undergone an appendectomy. The ship’s medical officer reported a post operative infection and expected the drug to arrive by tonight.
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San Francisco
Coast Guard
Pacific
Klamath
Tpor
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Southland
U.N. Assembly
Waterine
Iowa
Benny Ogle
Bell
Middleton
Press-Telegram Star
Chuck Surdaquist
Russ
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