Reds List Conditions For Peace In China
AP dispatch from Peiping reports Chinese Communists set out five conditions for starting national peace talks. They demand removal of Chiang Kai-shek and Vice President Li Tsung Jen, scrapping the constitution, a mutual cease fire, punishment of war criminals, and a coalition government with a five three four Communist to Kuomintang ratio. Observers note Chiang may resign and flee to Formosa, while fighting continues near Tientsin and in the capital region as red forces press toward Gate of Victorious Peace.
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Peiping
Chieng Kat Shek
L! Tsung-Jen
Kuomintang
Reds
Li Chi Sen
Nanking
Chiang
Formosa
Tientsin
Fu Tso- Yi
Tehshengmen
Dover cousins sentenced to indefinite terms for chicken theft
Two Dover men James Shifflett age 37 and Cletus Shifflett age 46 pleaded guilty to chicken theft charges and were sentenced to indefinite terms in Ohio Penitentiary. Judge Walter J. Mougey sentenced them yesterday for their alleged roles in a chicken-stealing ring.
Big Four May Intercede In Chinese War
Washington indicates the United States Britain and France may mediate in China’s conflict. Lovett said a Chiang Kai-shek government message arrived but details were not disclosed. Nanking reports say China seeks potential action by Britain France the United States or Russia to end the civil war, with Washington awaiting London and Paris’ guidance.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
China
Lovett
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nanking
America
Russia
State Department
London
Paris
Noted Funster Willie Howard Dies at 62
Willie Howard, 62, renowned American stage comedian, died of a liver ailment in Polyclinic Hospital New York. A 35 year career included leading roles in major musical comedies and revues, often with brother Eugene Howard. His last show Along Fifth Avenue closed December 8. he had long battled illness but continued nightly performances.
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New York
Willie Howard
America
Fifth Avenue
Polyclinic
Eugene Howard
Willie
George White
Conviction Appealed in Ohio Supreme Court
Charles Sparks of Cincinnati filed an appeal in the Ohio Supreme Court from a first degree murder conviction. He faces execution in the electric chair at Ohio Penitentiary for the January 23, 1948 robbery slaying of James C. Case near Newtown, Ohio.
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Columbus
Charles Sparks
Cincinnati
Ohio Supreme Court
Ohio Penitentiary
Jme
James C
Newtown
President Receives Outline of British Palestine Views
President Truman met for about thirty minutes with British ambassador Sir Oliver Franks at the White House. Franks said he delivered the British government’s views on the Palestine situation, echoing what he had conveyed at the State Department yesterday. Lovett had noted U.S. concern over troop movements and urged an effective armistice in the Jewish Arab fighting.
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Sir Oliver Franks
Truman
State Department
Washington
Oliver Franks
Britain
Palestine
White House
Franks
Lovett
United States
Odom Aims 5,285 Mile Small Craft Flight Record
Bill Odom is attempting a 5,285 mile small plane record. He launched from Honolulu in a Beechcraft Bonanza bound for Teterboro outside New York, with estimates of 32 hours to New York and 18 hours eight minutes to Seattle, aided by a Navy escort PBY.
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Honolulu
William P
Bill) Odom
Waikiki Beach
Diamond Head
Teterboro
New York
Odom
Seattle
Blaze damages lighting firm in Cincinnati building
Fire and smoke damaged about $50,000 worth of lamps chandeliers and appliances in the Eriel Lighting Company on the first floor of a historic Cincinnati building where Thomas Buchanan Read wrote Sherman’s Ride in 1864. The blaze started in a stock room and occupants of 25 rooms on the upper floors were driven out by smoke.
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Cincinnati
Thomas Buchanan Read
Sherman
Eriel Lighting Company
Read
Boy Preacher Marjoe Gortner Honored At Birthday Party
In Los Angeles AP report Rev Marjoe Gortner celebrated his fifth birthday with dinner at a Long Beach restaurant. Guests included sailor Raymond and his bride Alma Brown born 1944 and 1945 respectively. The boy, ordained last October, plans a birthday serving in Long Beach Sunday.
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Los Angeles
Marjoe Gortner
Vernon G. Gortner
Long Beach
Calif
Raymond
U. S. S. St. Paul
Alma Brown
Marjoe
Air Force privates sentenced to death by general court martial
In Tokyo AP report a general court martial convicted three U S Air Force privates of murder of a post exchange bookkeeper. Keller of Covington Indiana and Burks of Cullman Alabama were sentenced to hang and Baughman of Connellsville Pennsylvania to life imprisonment. The victim was Sgt Paul T Wilburn of Columbus Ohio.
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Tokyo
U. S. Air Force
Robert E. Keller
Covington
Ind
James H. Burks
Cullman
Ala
Robert L. Baughman
Connellsville
Paul T. Wilburn
Columbus
Patrol Called In Tennessee Power Strike
SEWANNE Tenn AP State Highway Patrol squads rushed in last night to prevent violence amid a Duck River Electric Cooperative strike. Safety Commissioner Lynn Bomar led about 40 troopers to this university town. most left, skeleton crew to stand by briefly today. Sheriff Jack Farris said 2300 volt lines to St Andrews School for Boys were severed and a 15000 watt mobile unit from Nashville supplied temporary power. Main lines were expected to be repaired today.
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Sewanne
Tenn
Duck River Electric Cooperative
Lynn Bomar
Bomar
Franklin Couny
Jack Farris
St. Andrews School
Nashville
Power Company
Freelance Writer Suspected in Dahlia Murder Case
A San Francisco freelance writer, Jeff Connors, 40, is en route to Los Angeles for questioning as police reopen the search for the Black Dahlia killer. Connors denies knowing Elizabeth Short and says he has no idea why Leslie Dillon named him. The investigation follows statements from Dillon who claimed Connors shared Dahlia details.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
Elizabeth
Jeff Connors
Sark Francisco
Joseph Reed
Conners
Gilroy
Alif
Miss Short
Leslie Dillon
Miss Kort
C. B. Horrall
Dillon
Reed
Jeff Conners
Hollywood
Elizabeth Short
Connters
Vickie Evans
Mitchum
Miss Evans
New York
NEA
Truman makes secret visit to Marshall at Pinehurst
President Truman flew secretly to North Carolina to meet General George C. Marshall at his Pinehurst home. The visit, described as personal and unrelated to policy, drew reporters upon landing. Marshall, recovering from kidney surgery, had resigned as secretary of state effective January 20.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Washington
Truman
North Carolina
Gen
George C. Marshall
Cetin
Simpl
Mr. Truman
Missouri
Martha E. Truman
Charles G. Ross
Marshall
Pinehurst
Ross
Ohio's Partial Budget Split Shapes House Power
In Columbus the $45.9 million six month appropriation heads to Gov. Lausche after a split House session. Republicans gained a double victory with a 66 to 61 committee representation vote, boosting GOP on six key panels. Rep. James Carney’s faction could balance power in a narrowly divided chamber.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
James M. Carney
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Carney
John F. Cantwell
Dmahoning
Lausche
House
Senate
C. William O'Neill
Washington
What Would You Do with 4000 Christmas Trees
Feature explains Boy Scouts plan for handling a large Christmas tree surplus with a photo. Includes other items on.child development and wartime reflections from an eyewitness to Bikini Atoll bombs.
Winter Storm Eases Across Nation Then Melts Snow
Storm warnings were lowered as temperatures moderated and fair weather returned nationwide. Rain fell in Southern California valleys and along the coast while mountain snow increased with a general melt underway. Snow reports came from northern Michigan northern New England and New York. Ice storm effects lingered in some Missouri and Kansas areas with widespread power and communications outages. Parsons Kansas remained without electricity.
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California
U. S. Weather Bureau
Michigan
New England
New York State
Pacific Northwest
Northwest
Missouri
Kansas
Parsons
Kas
Pittsburg
Coffeyville
Independence
Chanute
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
Unlucky W over Is Loser Again
James Boyd Guy, 28, wanted in Akron Ohio on a charge of attempting to murder James W Algea, was in custody in Los Angeles. Guy, who courted but lost the woman Algea married, was arrested after a two year search by Police Sers Dan Gilmore and John Erickson. Since coming to LA, he worked electrical jobs for contractors. Algea is an Akron chemical engineer.
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Los Angeles
James Boyd Guy
Akron
James W. Algea
Guy
Algea
Dan Gilmore
John Erickson
Akron Chemical
Red-bearded bandit robs Dayton Kroger store
Police report a red bearded bandit robs a Kroger Supermarket in Dayton Ohio last night and escapes on foot with 1000 dollars in cash and a bag of groceries. He was the last customer in the store and had shopped just before the holdup.
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Dayton
Dayton, O
Kroger Grocery Company
State Secretary Appointee Denies Influencing Loan
Dean Acheson, nominee for secretary of State, testified he and Alger Hiss are friends and remain friends, denying any influence related to a loan. The hearing was held in Washington with AP coverage noting the friendship claim and ongoing confirmation process.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
Secretary of State
Alger Hiss
Connally
D - Tex
Senate, Foreign Relations Committee
Acheson
Hiss
State Department
Whittaker Chambers
Donald Hiss
Ant
Sion
Covington, Bur! Rublee, Acheson and
Sherby
Adolf Berle
House UN- American Activities Committee
Berle
Alger
Donald
Hiss Brothers
Department
Hoover urges broad Power to restructure government
Former President Herbert Hoover urged Congress to grant the president broader power to overhaul the government, saying current disorder costs the nation heavily. He endorsed expanding the 1939 Reorganization Act, allowed Congress to veto but argued for less restricted presidential plans and clearer executive authority. He spoke in letters to Congress as head of a government reform commission.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Con
Commission
Truman
Congress
Roosevelt
Hoover
Senate
House
United States
Taft's Defeat Predicted by CIO Leader in Ohio
Ohio CIO Council opens sessions amid prediction by its leader that U. S. Senator Robert A. Taft will be defeated if he seeks reelection next year. Jack Kroll citing PAC workers and registration figures forecast Truman’s election, noting peak industrial city registrations as proof. More than 1,200 delegates expected. John Brophy to speak as principal speaker.
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Cleveland
Ohio Cio Council
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Jack Kroll
CIO Political Action Committee
Ohio
Taft
Kroll
Press
Truman
PAC
John Brophy
CIO Councils
Child Outwits Fox at Willow Grove Mine Portal
Nancy Adams faced a red fox as she walked by the Willow Grove mine portal. She screamed and escaped, grabbing the fox by the snout while her mother Mrs. Michael Adams shouted for help. A brother arrived and killed the animal with a hoe to protect the girl.
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ST. Clairsville
Nancy Adams
Michael Adams
Nancy
Willow Grove
Dancer Held As Fugitive From California Charge
New York AP reports dancer Vicki Evans, 25, held on $2,500 bail after arrest as a California fugitive. Her attorney says she will contest removal to face narcotics possession charges in Los Angeles. She failed to appear for trial Monday as detectives acted on a California bench warrant.
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New York
Vicki Evans
California
Martin Benjamin
Los Angeles
Robert Mitchum
Miss Evans
Incendiary Fires Confessed By Boy
A 13 year old boy admitted setting the $500000 North Market fire in Columbus on February 6 1948. He also confessed starting a second blaze that destroyed an Ohio State University building. He awaits Juvenile Court hearing.
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James H. Schaffner
Buffalo
N. Y
BY John M. Hightower
CAA
Bill Odom
BY Leif Erickson
Air Force
Tennessee Power Strike
Dahlia
Sunday News-Journal
Lorene Hester
Middletown Hospital
James Townsley
Bikini Atoll
Modern Mothers, Inc
Associated Press
Donald and
Fox
Dancer
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