Flood Areas In South Hit By Cold Weather
Cold weather worsens conditions in flood zones across the south with readings in the 30s in Alabama Georgia and Tennessee and a 28 degree low in Vicksburg Mississippi. Flood waters isolate Dames ferry and Pope's ferry while the Ocmulgee River hits a record 26 feet prompting evacuations and a Georgia power curtailment appeal.
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Chicago
Southland
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Vicksburg
Miss
South Carolina
Rockies
North Central
Butte
Mont
Eagle
Colo
Columbus Police Get Pay Increase
Columbus officials approved an overtime pay boost of two dollars per hour to attract new officers. City Council acted at the request of Mayor James A. Rhodes and Safety Director Charles C. Cole after a push to recruit 100 policemen failed.
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Columbus, O
Columbus
James A. Rhodes
Charles C. Cole
January draft gall slashed in half by Army
The Army cut its January draft call for 20,000 men by half due to tight budget. The February call was reduced to 5,000. The National Military Establishment cited fiscal limits of 15.0 billion for 1950, with 600 million for stockpiling strategic materials.
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Washington
National Military Establishment
Army
Royall
Hearing Set In Draft Case In Cincinnati
Two Wilmington College students Parker and Probasco face a December 8 hearing before U S commissioner J Paul Geoghegan on charges of failure and refusal to register for peacetime draft They are the first in the area arrested for nonregistration under the new law Bond posted at 500 They say they believe the draft would bring war Parker served in World War II and was 4-F Probasco served three years in a conscientious objectors camp in World War II.
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Cincinnati
Wilmington College
U.S
J. Paul Geoghegan
Douglas R. Parker
William E. Probasco
Goeghegn
Parker
Probasco
Texas Cowboy Hero Clears Mass Fence And Rescues Crowd
Lloyd Jinkens of Fort Worth Texas became a 800 pound steer leaped into the spectators at the International Livestock Exposition show. He rode in on his horse leaped the wall and subdued the steer by grabbing its eyes and neck before guiding it back into the arena. Police hailed his actions as heroic and saving potential injuries to the crowd.
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Chicago
Lloyd Jinkens
Fort Worth
Tex
Jinkens
Frank Reynolds
Jack Hart
Marshall
140000 Chinese Troops Trapped By Red Soldiers
Nanking dispatch says Suchow garrison begins quitting the city to aid 140,000 comrades trapped by communists to the south. The move aims to salvage forces for defending the capital, as sources report from east central China 211 miles northwest of Nanking.
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Nanking
China
Harold K. Miles
OL. Wate aMeew
Chinese 12th Army Trapped as Evacuations Ordered
AP dispatches report the 12th army encircled near Nanking threatening a clash for control of the road to Nanking. The U.S. embassy says naval planes will evacuate 100 American dependents from central China starting Thursday, routing them to Manila via Nanking and Shanghai.
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Onuruy
U.S
China
Manila
Nanking
Shanghai
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek Seeks Aid in U S Flight
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek sped toward the United States aboard an American Navy plane to press for faster aid for the Chinese government. At Moffett Field she will ride The Sacred Cow, former plane of President Truman, to Washington as U S Army and Navy officers greet her in Hawaii.
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Honolulu
Chiang Kai-Shek
United States
Moffett Field
Cal
Truman
Washington
Shanghai
U. S. Army
Navy
Hawaii
Islands
John E. Hull
U.S. Army
Pacific
Chiang Kai-Shek forces hemmed near Nanking amid central China siege
Reports say Chiang Kai-Shek 12th army is boxed in by Reds 145 miles northwest of Nanking and 67 miles south of Suchow. Suchow’s 250,000-man garrison is ordered to move to relief, but shows reluctance. The central front hinges on these moves as encirclement tightens.
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Chiang Kai-Shek
Nanking
Suchow
Central China
Lawmaker condemns unethical car sales practices in Washington
Washington AP Rep Macy reports a nationwide pattern of unethical new car sales with tips to salesmen and low trade in values. He cites letters from across the country and notes a Washington subcommittee finding. Dealers claim waiting lists minimize trade in requirements and show long delays for buyers without trade ins.
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Washington
Macy
R-Ny
House
Chevrolet
Benjamin Ourisman
Oourisman Chevrolet, Inc
Mandell Chevrolet Co
Dayton Portrait Photographer Dies
Dayton portrait photographer Karl George, 51, died yesterday in Good Samaritan Hospital after a months long leukemia battle worsened by pneumonia. He won international photographic honors and was a fellow of both the Royal Society of Arts and the Royal Photographic Society of England. He was a native of Patras, Greece.
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Dayton
Karl George
Good Samaritan Hospital
Royal Society of Arts
England
Royal Photographic Society of England
Patras
Greece
Executions of Japanese Are Delayed
Wartime Premier Hideki Tojo and six other top Japanese war criminals received a reprieve from execution as U S Supreme Court pending appeals in Washington delay the hangings. General MacArthur said executions would not proceed until the high court acts on the appeals. The next court session is December 6 with a potential delay or halt depending on the decision.
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Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Douglas MacArthur
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court
Japan
Pearl Harbor
International Military Tribunal
Washington
Koki Hirota
Kenji Doihara
Associated Press
Supreme Allied Command
MacArthur
Three Men Held In Slaying Case
Cincinnati police hold three men and seek two more for questioning in the death of Paul Dailey 21 whose body was found near Newport Kentucky. Dailey was beaten and had a fractured skull. An officer said one detainee admitted Dailey and two others were indicted in a scrap iron theft in the county.
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Cincinnati (Ap
Cincinnati
Paul Alfred Dailey
Dailey
Newport
Irwin Steidel
Special Session Sought for Hospital Funding and Unification
Senator Hill urged unification of the armed forces and demanded action from Defense leaders to realign the Army Navy and Air Force. In Ohio Governor Herbert called a lame duck special session to raise funds for a tuberculosis hospital at the Ohio State Medical Center and for a new Apple Creek State School administration building.
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Hill
D-Ala
Cain
Senate Armed Services Committee
Army
Navy
Air Force
Alabama
Congress
Senate Armed Services
Columbus
Ohio
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio State University Medical Center
Apple Creek State School
Wayne County
Ohio Association of Municipalities
Progressive Party
Senate
Herbert S. Atkinson
Ohio State University
Ray Hughes
Wilberforce State College of Education and Industrial Arts
Herbert
Apple Creek
Plane Wreckage Found Near Gibraltar Reported
AP dispatch says Spanish troops located a wrecked plane near Algeciras, presumed American naval transport missing since November 23. Four persons were aboard. all are believed killed.
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Gibraltar
Algeciras
Spain
Tobin Launches Drive Against Anti-Labor Legislation In States
Secretary of Labor Tobin opened a three day administration drive against a tide of anti labor legislation in the states at the 15th annual conference of State Labor Commissioners. He urged unity for sound labor standards and noted gains since 1933 but said efforts have slowed. He cited attacks on workers rights and the weakening of labor departments while praising recent state referenda against anti union measures.
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Washington
Tobin
Conference of State Labor Commissioners
Truman
Maine
Massachusetts
New Mexico
Berlin Sees Communist City Government Form Against West
Russian backed Berlin Communists set up a separate city government in the Soviet sector to rival the western anti Communist administration. They arranged a mass rally at Admirals Palast and named Friedrich Ebert mayor while western officials called the move window dressing for a Communist front. Bramuglia proposed a six nation study commission to mediate the Berlin crisis with a neutral expert panel and a 30 day Paris backed oversight by the Big Four.
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United States
Britain
France
Paris
Juan A. Bramuglia
United Nations Security Council
Russia
Bramuglia
Security Council
Fernand van Lagenhove
Belgium
Council
Argentina
China
Colombia
Syria
Canada
Study Commission
Admirals Palast
Democratic Bloc
Friedrich Ebert
Ebert
Socialist Unity (Communist) Party
Brandenburg
Social Democratic Party
Socialist Clly
SED
Flagman's Feet Severed Saving Woman Ends in Tragedy
In Miami Florida AP reports railroad flagman William Marshall Weaver lost both feet while trying to rescue an elderly blind woman, Mrs Wilhelmina R Whigschlager, who walked onto the tracks. The 85 year old woman was decapitated as the train struck. Witnesses say the whistle went unheard.
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Miami
Fla
William Marshal Weaver
Wilhelmina R. Wxtigschlager
Weaver
Opening Night Opera Draws 2 Million TV Audience
The Metropolitan Opera opened the season with Verdi Otello drawing a two million television audience, while a gala human crowd filled the house. Margaret Truman arrived with Jane Watson, drawing cheers before moving to the Watson box. The event featured celebrities and adherents of a photogenic premiere, with limited press access during intermission in exclusive rooms.
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NEW York
Metropolitan Opera House
Edward Johnson
Margaret Truman
Jane Watson
Thomas J. Watson
Miss Truman
Watson Box
Opera House
Opera Club
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William M. Pratt
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