Senator Smith forecasts larger Marshall Plan requests
Senate aid chief says Western European nations will seek billions more as the Marshall Plan runs beyond current funding. Hoffman, head of the Economic Cooperation Administration, aims to request a 1.25 billion deficiency to extend aid to July. He met the House committee behind closed doors and plans a China visit to assess future relief.
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Cloese
China
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Secret papers from State Department spark Russian spy hunt
The U S House committee on un American activities escalates hearings after Whittaker Chambers reveals microfilmed secret State Department papers hidden in a pumpkin on his Maryland farm. Mundt claims the films prove a vast espionage network, with more documents obtained and new hearings planned.
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Whittaker Chambers
Time Magazine
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Mundt
R-Sd
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State and Justice Departments
Communist Underground
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U. S
Chambers
Maryland
Fleeing Refugees Perish in Shanghai Ship Explosion
Shanghai AP reports more than 3,000 Chinese fleeing war in Central China were believed dead after an overloaded vessel exploded and sank just outside Shanghai. The disaster prompts international relief concern and calls for safer evacuation.
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Shanghai
Central
China
China Merchant Steamship Company
Yangtze River
Nanking
Ningpo
Ninghsien
Here
Red Chinese pressure eases along Nanking defense line
Chinese Communist forces pulled back pressure along the Nanking defense line 100 miles north of the capital as government troops advance from Suchow threaten to trap Eastern China. Chen Yi redeploys to counter Suchow’s potential breakout while Huai River fortifications slow the Nationalists.
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Chen Yi
East China
Suchow
China
Chen
Hwai
Suhsien
Pengpu
Rita Hayworth suspended from 248000 a year film job
Columbia Pictures suspended Rita Hayworth from her $248000 a year movie job after she refused to report for work on the film Lona Hanson to be shot in Nogales Arizona. Hayworth said she had nothing to say about the matter and had returned to Hollywood from a Mexico City Havana vacation with Aly Khan as her divorce from Orson Welles was finalized.
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Mexico City
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Orson Welles
Western Plan For Ruhr Hits French Snag
Washington dispatch reports a new French proposal for lasting international supervision of German coal iron and steel output threatens to derail the Western British American plan. Ambassador Bonnets criticism highlights the clash overGerman industry control amidst heavy fog and traffic incidents in Ohio and surrounding counties.
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Washington
Germany
Ruhr
State Department
Henri Bonnet
Lovett
Postal chief urges immediate mailing to ensure Christmas delivery
Postmaster General Donaldson warned that this year's Christmas mail volume creates the most acute congestion in postal history. He urged immediate mailing of Christmas parcels to assure gifts arrive before Christmas.
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Washington
Donaldson
Postal Service
Traveling Trumans Provide Entertainment At Press Club
President Truman and daughter Margaret wowed 400 fathers and daughters at a National Press Club dinner with a duet of The Jenny Lind Polka after a joke filled routine. The event featured acts including Henry Nicholson and a skit with Treasury Secretary Snyder and his daughter.
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Truman
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Jenny Lind
National Press Club
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Secret Service
Henry Nicholson
Mr. Truman
Fog Grips Ohio. Motorist Killed in Route 33 Crash
Dense soup like fog settled over Ohio hindering visibility across the state. In Columbus James Nevil 20 died when his car hit a bridge crossing Big Walnut Creek on State Route 33 south of Canal Winchester injuring two companions.
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Loren Larson
Germantown
Robert D. Chippendale
Young St
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Mary Larson
Robert Deck
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Chippendale
Middletown Hospital
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Gerald W. Couden
Oscar Rosnic
Lebanon
Roosa
Mildred
Highway Patrol
Butler County
Richard Schultheiss
Columbus
Ohio
James Nevil
Big Walnut Creek
Canal Winchester
Berlin Vote Tests German Views On Reds
Western Berliners vote tomorrow for a new city administration in their isolated enclave inside Soviet Berlin. The ballot lists three anti communist parties, with turnout seen as a proxy for support of or against the Western Allies in the Berlin standoff.
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Reds
Island of Freedom
Europe
Germany
United States
Britain
France
Movie magnate Louis Mayer to wed soon
AP reports Louis B Mayer and Mrs Lorena Danker widow of radio producer Danny Danker travel by train to Yuma Arizona with a party of four. A hotel register listed Les Peterson denying Mayer was part of the group. Mayer, 63, divorced earlier this year from Mrs Margaret Mayer after 42 years of marriage.
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Louis B. Mayer
Lorena Danker
Danny Danker
Yuma
Ariz
San Carols
Les Peterson
Mayer
Margaret Mayer
Clay Quietly Quells Berlin Election Scare
General Lucius D. Clay assured Berliners that the United States will not leave Berlin, despite Communist propaganda. He said U.S. headquarters will stay and families will depart only in normal routine as staff rotate. Russians and German Communists warned of withdrawal to scare voters in Western Berlin for the upcoming city elections.
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Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
U.S
United States
Itate
Blind 18 Years Man Regains Sight Then Faces Color Mosaic
Herb Ozburn aged 63 from Rockford Illinois reports regaining sight after 18 years of blindness. In three weeks he sees colors vividly noting clothing patterns and bright lips while acknowledging partial recovery in his right eye. Chicago medical authorities declined comment without full history.
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Rockford, III
Herb Ozburn
Ozburn
Charlotte
Chicago
British Palestine plan near UN approval
The UN Political Committee neared final action on a watered down British plan for Palestine. It backed a three nation conciliation commission with headquarters in Jerusalem and UN guards, but withheld specific boundary directives. The commission aims to bring Arabs and Jews to negotiation while dropping ideas to pursue partition or Bernadotte recommendations.
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United Nations
Palestine
Folke Bernadotte
Five European Nations Move Toward North Atlantic Pact
Five Western European Union members Britain France Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg near negotiations with the United States and Canada for a 50 year North Atlantic security pact. London provided a draft to Washington clearing the way for early talks next week with State Department officials. The plan envisions a strategic ring around the North Atlantic potentially involving Iceland Ireland Portugal and Denmark.
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Canada
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Western European Union
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France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
State Department
Department
North Atlantic
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Ireland
Portugal
Denmark
Nicaragua Denies Firing On Boats
War Minister Anastasio Somoza says planes blamed for firing on three U S fishing boats could not have been Nicaraguan. He notes all Nicaraguan aircraft are clearly marked and easily identified.
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Managua
Nicaraguan
Anastasio Somoza
U. S
Somoza
Dawes Recovering From Virus Infection in Chicago Hospital
Gen Charles Gates Dawes 83 former vice president and Chicago resident is recovering at St Luke's Hospital from a virus infection described as influenza like by doctors.
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Chicago
Charles Gates Dawes
United States
St. Luke's Hospital
Osaka Institute to Pick Workers by Head Bumps
Osaka Prefectural Industrial Efficiency Research Institute will train examiners in phrenology led by Prof. Hisao Wada to select employees for industrial firms based on bumps on the head.
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Osaka
Japan
Explosion sinks Chinese ship near Yangtze feared worst marine disaster
New York reports the blast near the Yangtze River mouth may be the largest modern sea tragedy with at least 3,000 feared drowned. The piece lists historic ship disasters including the Empress of Ireland in 1914 with 1,024 lost and the Titanic in 1912 with 1,517 killed.
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Yangtze River
Hsin Yu
China
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Storstad
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Kickermaru
Japan
Titanic
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Gen. Slocum
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West Indies
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Memphis
Tenn
Kiangya Disaster Reported With Mass Refugee Transport
Shanghai and Nanking residents fled toward Chekiang Province as the Kiangya carried thousands of refugees beyond its 1,186 passenger capacity. Spokesman said 4,000 plus boarded on recent trips and on this voyage, with survivors reporting a rapid sinking after a huge explosion. One survivor suggested possible sabotage after spotting two junks near the stern minutes earlier.
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Shanghai
Nanking
Chekiang
Harmony Eases Rift Between AFM and AGVA in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati the threatened feud between the American Federation of Musicians and the American Guild of Variety Artists faded as leaders from both sides backed peace. AFM President James Petrillo asserted musicians may work without joining another union, while AGVA chief Gus Van supported keeping the two groups separate. A veteran vaudeville performer echoed support for protecting entertainers regardless of union color cards.
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American Federation of Musicians
American Guild of Variety Artists
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AGVA
James C. Petrillo
Petrillo
Newport
Gus van
Van
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