Tydings vows defense bill cut to under 15 billion
Senator Tydings announces a 15 billion dollar defense ceiling for next year with potential cuts to 14 or 12 percent, aiming to keep America strong while easing taxpayer burden. He will chair the Armed Services Committee and seek reports from Marshall and Forrestal on world conditions.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Senator Tydings
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Armed Services
Congress
Tydings
Senate Armed Services Committee
Appropriations Committee
Armed Services Committee
Contempt actions on red question may be dropped
Congress likely will drop contempt cases against about 60 witnesses who refused to say if they are or were Communists. three reasons cited include Justice Department guidance to pause, committee members unable to act before year’s end, and doubt about carrying over contempt into the new Congress.
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Washington
Justice Department
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Labor Committee
UnAmerican Activities Committee
Communist Party
New York
United States
Coast Strikes Near End as Terms Made
Terms for settling East and West coast waterfront strikes clear the deck for resumption of normal shipping. Pacific longshore terms raise wages and end an 86 day strike while Atlantic coast AFL talks set a 13 cent hike. Ratification by 65,000 AFL members looms as 515 ships await sea and a three year peace pact shapes a new era for West coast trade.
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Pacific Coast
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Pacific Coast Waterfront Employers Association
National Cio
San Francisco Employers’ Council
Losses From Thanksgiving Auto Crashes Reach 105
The Associated Press reports the Thanksgiving holiday death toll from traffic and other violent accidents surpassed 100. Six people died in Ohio from auto crashes and related incidents, with two accidental shootings, a plane crash, and a fire contributing to the tally.
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Monsanto Chemical Company Atomic Energy
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Harery E. Clark
Mary Catherine Furay
Xenia
Donald J. Baird
Waynesville
Otis R. Shinkle
Cedareville
Springsfield
Dent Saylor
UN Assembly Rejects Polish Plan On Economic Pressure
The United Nations General Assembly votes 33 to 6 against Poland’s bid to ban use of economic power to influence other nations’ policies. Only the Soviet bloc supports the measure with several nations abstaining or absent, amid heated charges over the European Recovery Program and US policy.
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Nicaragua
Paraguay
Venezuela
Willard L. Thorp
U.S
Thorp
A. A. Arutiunian
Two Japanese killed in Sapporo shooting by U S soldiers
In Sapporo Hokkaido two Japanese were shot to death and five others were beaten by two unidentified American soldiers. Military police searched for the assailants as four of the injured were reported in serious condition.
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Sapporo
Hokkaido
Japan
Administration Drafting Taft-Hartley Bill Substitute
A five man team in Washington drafts a replacement for the Taft Hartley act with built in compromises. The plan mixes reinstatement of much of the Wagner Act with modified Taft Hartley provisions. The draft aims to reach Congress with President Truman's blessing and includes alternate sections for possible substitutions.
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Congress
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Tobin
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William S. Tyson
Labor Department
Kenneth Meikelsonn
Department
Red W Livingston
Charles Donohue
Kenneth Robertson
Labor
Greek Premier Is Treated For Heart Attacks
Athens AP reports Greek Premier Themistokles Sophoulis, 87, suffered two heart attacks in two days and rested comfortably overnight. Doctors said recovery depended on no further attack in 36 hours, with insulin and heart stimulants given and the elder statesman taking orange juice and milk at breakfast.
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Athens
Themistokles Sophoulis
Sophoulis
Sun Fo Approved Premier by Chinese Legislative Yuan
Sun Fo, president of the legislative Yuan since 1932 and son of Sun Yat sen, was approved as premier by the body 228 to 44. Chiang Kai Shek had nominated Sun to replace Wong Wen Hao, who resigned, and Sun prepared to form a new cabinet.
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Sun Fo
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Chiang Kai - Shek
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Wong Wen- Hao
Chinese Reds Shift Forces Near Suchow and Nanking
Communist units moved east of Suchow and then pulled south in a widening bid toward the Yangtze gateway of Suchow. Government spokesmen warned a decisive battle looms for Suhsien Lingpi and the Peiping-Tientsin front, as northern China fights intensify.
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Peiping-Tientsin
China
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Yangtze
Fourteen German War Criminals Hanged at Landsberg Prison
In Munich, 14 German war criminals were executed at Landsberg prison marking the seventh straight Friday hangings totaling 87. Among those slated was Richard Schulze who received an eleventh hour reprieve. Kaltenbrunner was hanged after the Nuremberg trial. 139 originally named, 48 of 52 cases still under review.
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Germany
Landsberg
Richard Schulze
S. S
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Kaltenbrunner
Nuernberg
MacArthur Orders Sealed Releases On Jap Executions
General MacArthur tightens secrecy on seven Japanese warlords to be executed. Public information office will issue daily 10 am Japan time statements on whether the seven, including former Premier Hideki Tojo, are hanged or previously certified. U S Army details remain undisclosed. Tojo’s wife requests Tojo’s body after execution.
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Hideki Tojo
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Japan
Sugama
Tojo
Aerial Check on Wilmington Airmarking Bill
Mayor Roger C. Stephen inspected an Ohio Aviation bill for airmarking Wilmington and ordered payment of 85 dollars after inspecting the roof markings with a commercial flight. It directed the city name and airport directions.
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Wilmington
Roger C. Stephen
State of Ohio Aviation
Stephen
Prison Break Ends With One Death In Cook County Jail
Nine inmates attempted to scale a 22 foot wall after escaping their first floor cells at Cook County Jail. Guards Ferri and Riley fired when the group resisted, killing An drew Evans 28 of New Orleans, the escape leader awaiting Joliet transfer. Eight others surrendered and were returned to cells.
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Cook County
Frank G. Sain
Sain
Nicholas Ferri
Whil
Liam Riley
Riley
Andrew Evans
New Orleans
Joliet Penitentiary
Ferri
Sam
Truman and Cabinet Review on Foreign Affairs
President Truman met with his cabinet for an hour to discuss foreign affairs. Secretary of State Marshall led the briefing, with Donaldson saying Marshall updated the cabinet on the international situation including Europe and China. No decisions were announced, and Marshall could visit the White House at any time for further talks.
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Truman
Marshall
Donaldson
United States
Chiang Kai Shek
Charles G. Ross
White House
United Nations
Paris
Junta Plans Elections After Venezuelan Coup
In Caracas the revolt born Junta promises to organize general elections as soon as possible to form a government that reflects the will of the people. Lt Col Carlos Delgado Chalbaud says the regime is provisional and guarantees order while Gallegos remains detained and former officials are reportedly under arrest.
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Venezuela
Romulo Gallegos
Democratic Action
Carlos Delgado Chalbaud
Gallegos
Fires Cause 200000 in Damages Across New Mexico
Two pre-dawn blazes in Albuquerque and Socorro totaled 200000 in damage. In Albuquerque a pool hall rest room fire threatened a hotel, with smoke filling floors and damage to a pool hall Western Union office drug store sewing machine firm and other offices in a 61 year old building. In Socorro a building at U S 85 and 60 burned destroying a variety store and a barber shop and damaging the post office.
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N. M
New Mexico
Western Union
Socorro
U. S. 85
British Ship Still Sought
Coast Guard and Air Force planes continued a near hopeless search for the British freighter Hopestar and her 37 crew. Bad weather blocked a sweep of the area where the 5,267 ton ship is believed to have foundered, delaying any abandonment of the operation.
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New York
Coast Guard
Air Force
CIO To Re Elect Officers Give Murray Demonstration
Portland AP report on the CIO convention where Philip Murray renews attacks on leftists. Murray seeks ally support as he is poised to lead a broad re election of CIO officers and boosts funds for organizing drives. Intricate power moves include expanding executive powers and pressuring rival factions.
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Philip Murray
Boa
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Albert J. Fitzgerald
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