Time editor Whitaker Chambers resigns amid espionage probe
Whitaker Chambers, former Communist courier and key figure in the espionage probe, resigns as senior Time editor. The House Un American Activities Committee reveals stolen military secrets tied to British battleships Chinese bombers and war matériel from Argentina. The committee remains divided over public release of ten year old documents and rejects Justice Department calls to halt questioning of witnesses in New York grand jury espionage probe.
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Whittaker Chambers
Time Magazine
Washington
House
UN -American Activities Committee
Trueman
Appleton
Wis
Justice Department
Alexander M. Campbell
Two Palestine Problems May Be Solved in UN Today
UN action may address two stalled issues in Palestine the Faluja siege of Egyptian troops and a British plan for a three nation conciliation commission. Israel signals releasing the Faluja garrison in stages to aid armistice talks while the UN Security Council resumes Israel’s bid for membership.
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Faluja
Palestine Conciliation Commission
Aubrey S. Eban
Israel
Security Council
Palestine Committee
Negev
Egypt
General Assembly
Palestine
Ralph J. Bunche
United States
Jerusalem
France
Belgium
Truce Commission For
Australia
Canada
China
Colombia
New Zealand
Council
New York
Assembly
Woman Found Dead on Walk at Residence
A 55 year old woman, Mrs. Anna Newbauer of 505 Highview Rd, was found on the front walk of her home and pronounced dead after an apparent slip while sweeping snow. Police say the accident may have occurred earlier. Dr. Thomas Wenzel will conduct further investigation.
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Highview Rd
Fire Department
Eleanor Hawkins
Ashtabula
Thomas Jacks
Syracuse
N. Y
Arthur Obrist
Nine Men Killed in Topeka Plant Blasts Near Tecumseh
Nine men died and 16 were injured in a sequence of blasts at the Kansas Power and Light main plant near Tecumseh five miles east of Topeka. About 150 workers were present. power was out in Topeka for hours and hospitals operated on an emergency basis as crews searched debris for missing.
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Topeka
Kas
Kansas Power and Light Company
Tecumseh
Here
L. R. Beaver
Walter Janesko
Kansas City
Janesko
Truman to receive 35 pound Minnesota turkey
A 35 pound broad breasted bronze tom from Isanti Minnesota will be flown to Washington to be presented to President Truman. Croydon McCully of Maple Plain will deliver the bird on Monday on behalf of the National Turkey Federation.
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Minnesota
White House
Truman
Croydon McCully
Maple Plain
Minn
National Turkey Federation
Clint Moline
Isanti
Death of Lt Gen I Y Babich Ties to Soviet Counter Intelligence
Moscow AP reports Red Star confirms the death of Lt Gen I Y Babich wartime head of Soviet counter intelligence on the northwestern front. The army paper notes he held a senior post in the state security ministry at his death.
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Red- Star Today
I. Y. Babich
Babich
President Vote Totals Show 683 382 Ballots Skipped
AP tally of 49 363 798 ballots cast on November 2 shows 683 382 voters skipped the presidency while 48 680 416 cast a presidential vote second highest ever. Truman 24 104 836, Dewey 21 969 900, Thurmond 1 169 312, Wallace 1 157 100 in mixed results.
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Associated Press
Truman
Tennessee
Ofhers
J. Strom Thurmond
Thomas FE
Dewey
Thurmond
Henry A. Wallace
Norman Thomas
Claude A. Watson
Edward A. Teiche
Fire sweeps Chicago Hubbard Hotel causing $100000 damage
A five story Hubbard Hotel on North Clark Street in Chicago suffered a major blaze that drove dozens of residents into the street. Firefighters battled the fire for over four hours in freezing weather with no fatalities reported and damage estimated above $100,000.
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Hubbard
North Clark St
Chicago River
Loop
Otto Dahl
Chicago Ave
Anthony J. Mullaney
Mullaney
Principal Faces Court For Slamming Pupil At School
Twinsburg Ohio AP Principal Glen L Powell of Twinsburg High School was summoned to answer assault and battery charges after allegedly slamming a 16 year old pupil against a wall. Powell faced a week long school strike and declined comment as parents pressed for his resignation citing high handed methods including affidavits from the Twinsburg Real Estate Owners Association.
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Glen L. Powell
Twinsburg High School
Justice of the Peace Today
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Hedgedish
State Highway Department
Ronald
Young Hedgedish
Twinsburg Real Estate Owners ‘‘Association
Cause Of Plane Crash Announced By Civil Aeronautics Board
The Civil Aeronautics Board found that metal fatigue caused a Vultee V-1A crash near Somerset Pennsylvania on March 20 killing eight people including the pilot his wife and daughter and five passengers en route from Providence Rhode Island and White Plains New York to St Louis Missouri Evidence showed outer wing portion separated in flight and the wing landed 210 feet from the wreckage The aircraft built in 1935 had ten seats and only one other plane of this model remains in service.
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Laurel Hill Tunnel
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Air Force expands to sixty groups amid Berlin airlift
The Berlin airlift accelerates U.S. Air Force growth to 60 groups with nine troop carrier units, including a 317th wing transferring from Tachikawa, Japan to Germany. About 1,050 more men will join before arrival. Permanent stationing in Germany noted. possible further adjustments planned to meet next June expansion targets.
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Air Force
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Germany
Panama _ Canal
Berlin
317Th
Tachikawa
Europe
Far East
United States
One Man Charged In Theft Caught In Trailer Raid
Columbus AP One of two men charged with robbing OSU professor Dr George M Curtis and his wife at their Bexley home surrendered after police found him in an automobile trailer. Raymond L Grambo 29 denied involvement in the $200 holdup. William Hudson 20 was held for questioning. Police seek Grambo's companion Jack D Fleming 24 also charged with the robbery and kidnapping two teen girls to Cincinnati. Grambo said the girls accompanied them voluntarily.
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Bexley
Raymond L. Grambo
George M. Curtis
William Hudson
Grambo
Jack D. Fleming
Curtis
Fleming
Cincinnati
Chinese Red Troops Move Against Nationalist Lines on Hwai River
Report from Nanking and Peiping says Communist forces attempt to cut Nationalist rail and river communications behind the Hwai as Chiang Kai-shek extends martial law to most of China. Government armies fight to break from traps north of the Hwai while weather quiets air support.
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Chiang Kai-Shek
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Shanghai
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Hawaian
Paoying
Truman to Hear Mme Chiang on China Aid Appeal
President Truman to meet Madame Chiang Kai-Shek at Blair House for tea as she appeals for new and far reaching American aid to China. Officials caution against committing to a large military mission or long term funding, fearing endless obligations if Communist victory persists.
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Truman
Mme
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
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White House
Mme. Chiang
Marshal
State Department
Mme Chiang
Chiang
Bergen To Leave Air Temporarily
Hollywood AP Edgar Bergen to retire from radio after the December 26 broadcast to study television and industry changes. The ventriloquist, a 12 year radio star, cites flux in entertainment and recent sponsorship loss with Coca Cola. He may reduce appearances and alternate with another star.
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Edgar Bergen
Bergen
Standard
Coca-Cola
Charlie McCarthy
Roosevelt Explains Democracies To Soviet Delegates
Mrs Elea nor Roosevelt explains how democracies work to Soviet delegates at the United Nations replying to objections to the human rights declaration. Andrei Vishinsky and Dmitri Manuilsky threaten a possible bloc filibuster as the General Assembly resumes debate.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
United Nations
America
Russia
Andrei Vishinsky
General Assembly
Roosevelt
United States
U.S.S.R
Vishinsky
Dmitri Manuilsky
Soviet
Ukraine
Baldwin-Wallace Dormitory Fire Evacuates Students
Fire forced evacuation of about 300 Baldwin Wallace College dormitory residents in Cleveland. Damage centered on one room with losses estimated at 100 dollars for the room and 400 dollars for clothing. A student alleged two undergraduates lit objects resembling roman candles and threw them under the door.
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Baldwin-Wallace College
Louis H. Fitch
Red General Dies In Kiangya Disaster Toll Rises
(Continued on Page 14) The loss list grows as 400 more Chinese are reported missing or dead from last week's Kiangya explosion and sinking. The total dead and missing reaches 3,920 in the worst civil maritime disaster in modern history.
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Shanghai
Cleveland Post Office hires record holiday mail force
The Cleveland postal service assembled nearly 11 000 workers the largest in city history to handle an anticipated surge of Christmas mail.
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Cleveland
Sabotage Scare Grips Eastern Berlin Officials
In Soviet occupied Berlin a sabotage scare prompts action by Paul Markgraf who has taken direct command of the fire department after a city gas works fire three nights earlier. Taegliche Rundschau alleges teachers plot to move industrial school equipment to western zones. Ebert allies promise broad official purges and a unified administration with changes to legal education.
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Taegliche Rundschau
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France
Friedrich Ebert
Ebert
Ceremany
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