Peiping War Alarm as Nationalists Defend City to Last
North China reports pledge by Gen Fu Tso Yi to defend Peiping to the last man amid heavy fighting near the city. Communists claim gains east and south while a siege looms. Hong Kong sources say Li Chi Shen warns Fu may bluff for surrender terms.
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Peiping
Fu Tso-Yi
Rede
Chu Hsi-Chun
Hope Province
Associated Press
Spencer Moosa
Moosa
Hong Kong
Li Chi-Shen
James
White
Nanking
Chiang
China
Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee
Teung-Jen
Reds
Sixth Army
Vth
Pengpu
12Th
East China
Chuhsien
Suchow
GOP Warns Dowt Pack Committees in Congress Fight
House Republican leaders warned Democrats against packing committees or tampering with seniority in a postelection move. Observers note the Dixie revolters’ potential to gain chairmanships, with talk of expanding Rules to favor Democratic influence and denying southern members chair roles under seniority norms.
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Washington
House
Congress
Roosevelt
Truman
House Rules Committee
Administration
Rules Committee
Loyalty Tests In Strategic Unions Seen
Washington AP reports that loyalty tests for union leaders in plants on strategic government contracts will be recommended to Congress by Representative Version and his labor subcommittee. Kersten warns of national security risks, noting many contracts involve sensitive equipment and access to information. The AEC already set a pattern by restricting GE and CIO United Electrical Workers due to non-Communist affidavits under Taft Hartley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Rwis
Tc Nations
Kersten
Atomic Energy Commission
General Electric Company
CIO
United Electrical Workers
General Electric
Schenectady, N. Y
Diet Too Heavy Ostrich Hetty Dies At Manchester Zoo
Manchester report shows Hetty the ostrich died after swallowing a bullet golf ball knife handle bottle stopper spoon can opener skewer screw 37 nails 7 tacks and about 35 cents in coins according to a veterinarian post mortem.
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Manchester
Eng
Hetty
Father Freed On Charge Of Abusing Son
DETROIT AP After a 12 minute deliberation a jury acquitted Antonio Russo 44 of assault and battery in disciplining his teenage son Carl 14 The boy told police he was beaten and chained to his bed Russo testified that Carl was late and unruly claiming he tried to stop him from joining a bad gang Russo's 99 year old daughter Caroline testified that he sometimes slapped the boys saying he would only act when they were bad
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Detroit
Antonio Russo
Carl
Russo
Caroline
Somtimes
48 Hour Week Trial Urged By Cleveland Industrialist
Cleveland industrialist Melvin B. Hott urged labor leaders to back a six month trial of a 48 hour work week to test its impact on inflation. He sent a letter to CIO President Philip Murray AFL President William Green UMWA President John Lewis and CIO United Automobile Workers President Walter Reuther offering to debate the proposal. Hott heads the Lamel and related coal and manufacturing firms in Cleveland and Madison and holds directorships with several companies in Ohio and beyond.
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Cleveland
Melvin B. Hott
CIO
Philip Murray
AFL
William Green
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Walter P. Reuther
United Automobile Workers
Hott
Lamel Corporation
Hot
Assassination Try Misses Koreans Killed
AP reports a failed assassination attempt on Governor Se Nam Kyu of South Cholla Province. About 200 guerrillas attacked his party as he traveled from Kwangju to Sunchon to attend memorial services. The governor was not harmed. 12 Koreans died, including the governor’s secretary, nine police guards, and two guerrillas. The assailants fled after a clash with the guard. A 2,000,000 won ransom was seized from the governor’s attaché. Leaders of the rebellion remain nearby.
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Seoul
Se Nam Kyu
South Cholla
Home Ministry
Kwangju
Sunchon
North Korea
Guerrilas
Bans on oil to be lifted
Washington AP reports the government may lift all bans on oil use with winter demand anticipated. Officials cite mild weather and shipping strikes easing supply. Krug prepares a public outlook and possible relaxations on heating and agency approvals. The Interior Department has begun lifting restrictions on switching from streetcars to buses.
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Washington
Robert E. Friedman
Interior Department
Oil and Gas Division
Secretary of
Interior Krug
Bureau of Mines
Food industry foresees lower prices and bigger sales in 1949
Chicago AP report notes retailers suppliers and government officials expect 1949 food prices to ease slightly while supplies rise and grocery store sales grow. Industry leaders including Charles Sawyer and Charles Brannan weigh inflation risks and consumer benefits as a broader diet and better service are promised in national food industry outlook.
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Chicago
Food Industry Review
National Grocers Bulletin
National Association of Retail Grocers
Association
Charles Sawyer
Commerce
the Bulletin
Sawyer
Charles F. Brannan
Secre
Lincoln Workers Gain $3392 Incentive Pay Boost
At Lincoln Electric Company in Cleveland 1097 workers received average incentive checks of 3392, totaling 3821973 yesterday. The plan, begun in 1934, pools company proceeds after deductions and allocates bonuses based on quarterly ratings of output, skill, and cooperation. Last year bonuses reached 3800000 for 1155 workers. President J F Lincoln praised the program for higher wages and lower product prices, and he claimed industry-wide adoption could improve living standards and reduce labor-management friction.
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Cleveland
Lincoln Electric Company
Lincoln
J. F. Lincoln
Snow Expected With Cold Night Ahead
The weatherman forecasts snow this evening with a change to rain tomorrow. At 10 30 a.m. the thermometer stood at 39 degrees, up from a 32 degree midnight low.
Considerate thieves loot lumber company safe in Medicine Hat
Safecrackers in Medicine Hat Alberta robbed a lumber company safe of 300 dollars yesterday. They used a welding outfit stolen from another company to break in and then returned the tools.
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Medicine Hat
Alta
Slayer Reprieve Delays Colorado Execution at Last Minute
Paul J. Schneider, a 23 year old Oregon farm hand, faced execution for the 1947 kidnapping murder of Frank Ford in Denver. Gov. Lee Knous granted an 11th hour reprieve, delaying the sentence until the week of January 9 after a three hour Denver clemency conference. the governor cited a Supreme Court ruling on invalid confessions obtained while suspects are held illegally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canon City
Colo
Paul J. Schneider
Lee Knous
Schneider
Denver
Frank J. Ford
Detroit
Colorado
U.S. Supreme Court
River Nearing Flood Crest At Cincinnati
The Ohio River rose past 41 feet amid heavy midweek rains as a crest near 50 feet loomed, two feet below flood level. Weather Bureau meteorologist J Ce cil Alter warned rain could come again this weekend and urged close watching. Forecast crest stages: Portsmouth 49 feet Sunday evening, Marysville 49.5 feet Monday morning, Cincinnati 50 feet Monday evening.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
J. Cecil Alter
Weather Bureau
Portsmouth
Marysville
Berlin Crisis May Set Early UN Session
Paris discusses possible early UN Security Council session on Berlin deadlock as a six nation neutral expert panel probes the dual currency issue. Van Lagenhove notes a decision could trigger another Paris meeting before month end. Israel fails to win UNSC membership while abstentions bar approval. council staff prepare for a Paris-to-Riviera exodus as Jessup departs for home aboard the S S America.
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Paris
Berlin
United Nations Security Council
New York
Fernand van Lagenhove
Belgium
Council
U. S
Britain
France
Russia
Security Council
van Lagenhove
Israel
General Assembly
Philip Jessup
Riviera
S. S. America
Court delays man's release in retrial case
Rene De Meerleer, imprisoned since a 1932 robbery slaying conviction, awaits release after Michigan Supreme Court denial. The U S Supreme Court ordered a retrial due to abridged constitutional rights but the state high court ruled no credit for time already served applies to the vacated sentence.
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Lansing, Mich
Rene de Meerleer
de Meerleer
U. S. Supreme Court
High Court
Michigan
Supreme Court
Two Witnesses To Be Asked How Data Is Sneaked
Congressional investigators plan to quiz Whittaker Chambers and Elizabeth T. Bentley about how government secrets were stolen from the State Department years ago. Acting Chairman Mundt said the House Un-American Activities Committee will seek expert advice on tightening anti espionage measures and closing loopholes. The witnesses were key figures in the spy hunt that uncovered evidence of secret papers being lifted a decade ago.
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Washington
Mundt
Re SD
House Un-American Activities Committee
Whittaker Chambers
Elizabeth T. Bentley
State Department
Chambers
Miss Bentley
New York Federal Grand Jury
Alger Hiss
House
Clark
Congress
Justice Deepartment
Radio Berlin Battle Rages and Freeing of Prisoners
A wartime communiqué reports six British soldiers freed by Russians after a border clash. Pvt Charles Knill remains hospitalized in Duderstadt after being shot during a dispute over border crossing. U.S. Gen Lu cius D. Clay commends French action blasting Radio Berlin towers near Tegel air field, removing a danger to airlift pilots. The Russians deny French negotiations to remove towers. Mundt and other officials discuss anti espionage law updates and wiretapping in spy cases, with attention to statutory limits and intent provisions.
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Charles Knill
Duderstadt
Bad Oeghausen
Knill
Brian Robertson
Frankfurt
U.S
Lucius D. Clay
Radio
Berlin
Tegel Air Field
Clay
Tegel
Seven Die in B-25 Crash Near Shreveport
A B-25 bomber en route from Biggs Air Force Base El Paso to Miami crashed into a pasture near Robeline Louisiana killing seven aboard five airmen and two Navy hitchhikers. Witnesses reported a large explosion and wreckage over a four acre area with a crater the size of a car. Names to be released after next of kin notification.
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Shreveport
Here
Public Information
Barksdale Air Force Base
Biggs Air Force Base
el Paso
Texas
Miami
Fla
Robeline
Curtis Wilson
Colonel sought in Ecuador plot after Velasco Ibarra fall
An order was issued for Col. Carlos Mancheno in Guayaquil as seven civilians were arrested in Guayas Province amid a thwarted plot against the government. Mancheno ruled Ecuador for 10 days following Velasco Ibarra’s 1947 overthrow.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Col
Carolos Mancheno
Guayas
Mancheno
Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra
New York grand jury to question Frances Sayre in spy probe
A new federal grand jury plans to question Frances B. Sayre former assistant secretary of State and United Nations delegate as it resumes the espionage inquiry. Sayre is expected back from Paris Monday and was once tied to the Whittaker Chambers case through Alger Hiss.
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New York
Frances B. Sayre
Sayre
U.S
Philippines
United Nations
Paris
State Department
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Hiss
Streamliner City of San Francisco Derails Near Lakeside
A westbound City of San Francisco derailment near Lakeside Utah left 13 of 15 cars off the rails in a snowstorm. One diesel power unit and two baggage cars stayed on track as 240 passengers escaped unharmed. the train was about 70 mph when it ran off the rails five miles west of Lakeside.
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Ogden, Utah
City of San Francisco
Lakeside
Utah
Great Salt Lake
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