Peace rumors swirl as 27 American POWs freed in Korea
Thanksgiving Day news reports say 27 U S prisoners were released by Chinese forces near the Manchurian border after a months long captivity. The release followed by unconfirmed peace talk chatter and a large Chinese withdrawal in northwest Korea as UN troops held positions near the Changjin reservoir.
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Dean Acheson
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Changjin Reservoir
Hyesanjin
7Th Division
Chongjin
Hapsu
Sachang
Nation Pauses To Say Thanks For Blessings
The article recalls Thanksgiving traditions amid war taxes and hardship. President Truman urges prayers for peace as Americans prepare feasts and travel for the holiday. It notes weather forecasts and the 1621 Pilgrim harvest, Lincoln's 1864 national observance, and ongoing presidential precedent.
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Turkey
Korea
Truman
Atlantic Seaboard
Pennsylvania
Margaret
David Wallace
Lincoln
Thanksgiving Eve Rail Tragedy Hits Long Island Trains
A pair of Long Island Railroad passenger trains collided during the Thanksgiving Eve rush near Kew Gardens Queens killing 76 and injuring more than 150. Motorman William Murphy survived and said brakes failed as the rear train rammed the standing one. Authorities debated negligence as a 25 mph city limit was ordered for trains and emergency crews worked through the night to recover bodies and aid the injured.
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Acme
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Queens County
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Congressional Limited
Philadelphia
Kew Gardens
Long Island Railroad
United States
Rockville Centre
Queens Borough
Times Square
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Joseph Sharkey
Murphy
Charles P. Sullivan
Sharkey
Sullivan
Pennsylvania Station
Hempstead
Benjamin J. Pokorny
Babylon
Rescue Crews To Try Again On Mount Moran Search
Mountain climbers prepared for another ascent up Mount Moran to locate the downed DC-3 carrying 21 aboard from Chico California to Billings Montana. Four climbers reached 9 000 feet yesterday as 15 inches of fresh snow fell at Moose Park with two feet at the 9 000 foot level and winds strong.
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Grand Teton National Park
New Tribes Mission
Chico
Calif
Billings Mont
Moose
Blake van de Water
Neal G. Guse
Puerto Rico Radicals Held As Plot Chiefs
Julio Pinto Gandia and Juan Bernardo Lebron, Puerto Rican Nationalist leaders, were held in New York jails under guard as suspected chief plotters in the Truman assassination attempt. The two were seized by Secret Service agents and faced $50,000 bail each for a December 6 hearing.
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NEW York
Truman
Secret Service
Julio Pinto Gandia
Gandia
Lebron
Rosa Collazo
Carmen Torresola
Et S
Edward McDonald
Two Convicted in Spy Case Involving Gold Relation
A chemist Abraham Brothman and Miriam Moskowitz were convicted of obstructing justice in a grand jury probe into the federal investigation of atom spy Harry Gold. Gold testified as the government's star witness, linking to Klaus Fuchs. Brothman faces up to seven years and $15,000, Moskowitz up to two years and $10,000.
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Harry Gold
Abraham Brothman
Miriam Moskowitz
Brothman
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Gold
Philadelphia
Klaus Fuchs
Fuchs
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England
U S Charges Communist Party With Dual Allegiances
Attorney General J. Noware McGrath accuses the American Communist Party of pledging allegiance to the Soviet Union and plots to undermine U S defense. He seeks registration before the new Subversive Activities Control Board and outlines possible penalties for noncompliance. The party plans to challenge registration as a civil liberties issue.
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Russia
Subversive Activities Control Board
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Soviet Union
United States
Soviet America
McGrath
Congress
Truman
Communist Party
Flood Waters Recede After California Nevada Floods 1950
The floods in California and Nevada ease as Gov. Warren keeps the state of emergency. Damage tallies reach 17 million dollars in California and six million in Nevada with Reno accounting for half. Eight dead in California and one in Reno, over 15,000 displaced. Red Cross shelters 5,000 homeless in Marysville awaiting a funded turkey dinner.
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Associated Press
California
Nevada
Earl Warren
Reno
Red Cross
Marysville
Capone Was Piker, Crime Probers Say
In San Francisco testimony Chairman Estes Kefauver of the Senate Crime Investigating Committee said present American crime rings make Capone’s gang look small. He warned organized criminals are larger and more influential and harder to expose.
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Capone
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Kefauver
Second Cold Wave Grips Midwest to Texas and Plains
The second cold wave of the week sweeps the nation with strong northerly winds and snow flurries across the northern Plains. Zero or near zero temperatures are expected tonight in Montana Dakota Minnesota with Havre and Cutbank plunging to well below zero. The chill reaches southern Texas and the Upper Seenee Valley while New England stays cold but fair and southeastern states trend cooler than normal.
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Dakotas
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Cutbank
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Texas
Seenee Valley
New England
Southeastern
Big Three Protest Soviet Interference in Austrian Police
The United States Britain and France protested Soviet interference in Austria’s police in the Russian zone. They urged Moscow to conform to four power agreements to prevent breakdowns in quadripartite operations and avoid serious deterioration of governance.
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France
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Austria
UN to Act on China Appeal in UN Assembly Vote
The UN Political Committee planned a session on Thanksgiving Day to consider a Nationalist Chinese request for a UN investigation into Russia's role in China. American and Middle Eastern votes were pivotal as speeches stretched the debate before a delayed decision.
Tsiang Calls for Expert Panel on Russian Aid to Chinese Communists
T. F. Tsiang, chief Nationalist China delegate, urged the Committee to form a committee of experts to investigate his charges that Russia aided Chinese Communists and threatens peace in the Far East. He sought a moral judgment on the matter.
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T. F. Tsiang
China
Far East
Tsiang
Nine-member Chinese delegation heads to London for UN trip
A nine member Chinese Communist delegation left Prague for London en route to New York to press charges of aggression against the United States at the United Nations. They expect to arrive in New York tomorrow morning.
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