Tighter spying laws and unified control of agencies studied
Washington AP The Administration seeks to tighten spying laws and unify control of U S intelligence agencies. Reports show efforts since last spring to coordinate home front security operations across FBI Secret Service State Department and other agencies and a presidential commission studying CIA activities. Forrestal urged central civilian oversight to unify internal security with agency heads cooperation.
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House
UnAmerican Activities Committee
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State Department
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Gillman declines UC head coach offer
Cincinnati report cites Sid Gillman line coach at West Point turning down UC athletic director M Charles Mileham announced. Dayton Dispatch quotes Si Burick saying Gillman will stay on the Army staff under Col Earl Blaik and not accept to replace Ray Nolting as UC head coach.
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West Point
Beccome
University of Cincinnati
M. Charles Mileham
Dayton
Army
Earl
Red) Blaik
Si Burick
Dayton Daily News
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Gillman
Ray Nolting
Coast Guard Planes Seek Honduran Ship San Luis
A widespread search for the Honduran vessel San Luis and its crew was under way near Cape San Antonio Cuba. Coast Guard planes and the cutter MaCona joined tanker Gulflight in scanning for any trace after the ship signaled abandoning ship and leaking badly offshore Puerto Cortes Honduras.
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Cape San Antonio
Cuba
Coast Guard
Ma Cona
Gulflight
San Luis — Lloyds
Puerto Cortes
Honduras
Seventh District Coast Guard
Man Is Trapped Burns To Death In City Fire
Cincinnati AP report: Arnett Richardson, 36, burned to death when trapped in his third floor room as a four story brick building at 1202 Broadway was engulfed by flames. Tenants heard him calling for help but could not open the door before fleeing. Fire Marshal Harry McNay blamed a careless smoker. damage estimated at $12,000.
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Cincinnati
Arnett Richardson
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Richardson
Harry McNay
Dutch Race Across Indonesia And Take Capital Jogjakarta
Dutch forces push through Indonesia with minimal resistance, taking the Republican capital Jogjakarta in early fighting. Netherlands Army reports six Dutch soldiers killed and eight wounded with few Indonesian casualties in Java and Sumatra as airborne troops seize key centers.
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Dr. Soekarno
Mohamed Hatta
Agus Salim
Sutan Sjahrir
Soederiman
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Sumatra
Jogjakarta
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Security Council meets over Indonesia fighting adjourns
The United Nations Security Council held an emergency session in Paris on the Indonesian conflict but adjourned until Wednesday due to the absence of the Russian and Ukrainian delegates. U S delegate Philip C Jessup urged immediate action amid Dutch forces’ air land and sea assault, with Australia backing the request. The US voiced grave concern over the Indonesia crisis.
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Indonesia
U.S
Philip C. Jessup
Australia
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United States
Palestine War Declared Over Says Bunche On Return
Dr Ralph Bunche, acting UN mediator, declares the Palestine war over and the new Jewish State firmly established He cites local incidents as ongoing but not serious He predicts a bright future for Israel and peaceful ties with Arab neighbors Bunche returns to New York aboard the Nieuw Amsterdam with his wife and child plus 100 UN personnel from Paris sessions
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Israel
Ralph Bunche
United Nations
Palestine
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General Assembly
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Former U S Soldier Disappears From Jail
Berlin AP report says Edward J. Lada, a former U S paratrooper who allegedly cracked the blockade for love, vanished from the Army stockade where he was held on illegal entry charges. MP units sought him at the homes of two German girlfriends. Ursula Schmidt and Ruth Riecki.
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Berlin
Edward J. Lada
Lada
Newark
N. J
U. S
Ursula Schmidt
Ruth Riecki
Ruth
Army Stockade
Ursula
Reds strike near Nanking outer defenses in China war report
AP dispatch reports Communist bands breaking through outer defenses of Nanking as Reds push toward Pengpu and near Tientsin, with claims of seizure near Tienchang and shifting forces east from Pengpu. Nationalists retreat from Pengpu to Chuhsien with Hwai river line established.
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China
Tientsin
Peiping
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chen Yi
Pengpu
Suhsien
Liu Po-Chen
Yangtze
Hsienmumiao
Communist Radio
Tienchang
Hsiennumiao
Associated Press
Seymour Topping
Hwai River
Chuhsien
12Th Army Group
Premier Sun Fo Unable To Form Cabinet In China
Premier Sun Fo informs President Chiang Kai-Shek he cannot form a strong cabinet and awaits a reply. Kuomintang central political council session delayed. party hopes cabinet will be formed soon with policies on military, reforms, economy, and foreign relations. Madame Chiang may return by Christmas. no official plan confirmed.
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Sun Fo
Chiang Kai - Shek
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Chiang
Kuomintang
Kuomintane
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Washington
China
Truman May Request Standby Powers In Case Of Emergency
President Truman may send a special message to Congress seeking standby powers to mobilize the nation in a war emergency. The plan envisions a quick freeze on prices and wages, control of labor and industry, priorities, and potential seizure of key mines, factories, railroads, and other vital sectors.
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Washington
Congress
National Security Resources Board
State of the Union
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Barkley to Visit Airlift Fliers for Christmas
Vice President elect Alben Barkley announced he will spend Christmas with American airmen on the Berlin airlift. He plans to leave from Washington with Air Secretary Symington, travel to Wiesbaden for Christmas Eve, then proceed to Berlin on Christmas Day.
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Alben W. Barkley
Berlin
Kentucky
The
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Paris
Air
W. Stuart Symington
Barkley
Washington
Symington
Wiesbaden
Germany
Fire Destroys Newark Hotel Virginia in Newark Ohio
About 100 guests escaped unharmed as fire burned Newark oldest hotel the Virginia. Ed Boles alerted manager Dallas Farrell at 2 30 am after smelling smoke in a vacant first floor room of the two story frame structure built in the 1880s. Boles Farrell and other guests woke all occupants. Red Cross aided guests some lost clothing. owner Wilbur Cochran valued loss at 36000 dollars.
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Death Toll 13 In Bus Crash In Utah
TOOELE Utah Authorities seek identities of two of 13 killed when two Burlington Trailways buses collided on foggy U S Highway 40 sixty three miles west of Salt Lake City. Forty three injured included thirty four military personnel en route home for Christmas.
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U. S. Highway 40
Salt Lake City
Veterans Hospital
Toledo, O
California
Albert Marschka
Nancy Johnson
Lancaster, C
Toledo
Thomas Miller
Supreme Court lets Tojo war crimes tribunal stand
The Supreme Court refused to interfere with the international military tribunal that condemned former Prime Minister Tojo and six other Japanese war lords to death, preserving the tribunal's judgment.
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Washington
Supreme Court
International Military Tribunal
Tojo
12 Persons Lose Lives As Storm Swirls Over East
New York suffered a severe snowstorm with record depths as 12 people lost their lives amid blizzard conditions. Emergency crews battled drifting snow and power outages across the metropolitan area.
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East
Weekend snow trimmed by mild weather across Ohio
The weather bureau said Ohio may miss a white Christmas as the statewide snow blanket likely remains only until tomorrow with temperatures rising to the forties. Snow and sleet were reported, capping a weekend of heavy drifts reduced by mild temperatures. six traffic fatalities were logged yesterday, with icy highways blamed in three.
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Bob) Bland
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Summit County
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Grand Rapids
Mich
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George West
Rex Bell
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Utica
Robert Gray
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Zanesville
Everett C. Snyder
South Lebanon
Warren County
Miami Valley Hospital
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Mason Sunday
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Sculptor Edgardo Simone Dies at 58
Internationally known sculptor Edgardo Simone from Italy died at age 58 in Los Angeles after a cerebral hemorrhage. He created many film works including busts of General John J. Pershing Benito Mussolini and Theodore Dreiser.
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Los Angeles
Edgardo Simone
Italy
Simone
John J. Pershing
Benito Mussolini
Theodore Dreiser
Stolpe Village Returns to Russians in Berlin Zone
A lonely rural policeman guards Stolpe as it is returned from France to Russia amid fear of a Soviet occupation. Transfer may not be complete until January 3. Stolpe’s residents, mainly farmers, faced potential reprisals as the village awaits the Russians.
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Stolpe
France
Russia
West Berlin
Tegel
Polce
Icy Barrier Halts Travel In Washington Mountains
Avalanche slides from rain loosened snow blocked Washington main east west highways across the Cascades during a storm from the North Pacific. A car in Stevens Pass slid 200 feet down a steel decline. two Seattle youths, Dale Abbott and Al Ohlinger, 16, were rescued with injuries after being trapped in the wrecked vehicle.
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Washington
Cascade Mountains
North Pacific
British Columbia
Dale Abbott
al Ohlinger
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