Survivors Rescued From Pacific Plane Crash By Rendova
Navy carrier Rendova rescued 33 exhausted air force survivors after a 40 hour search in shark infested seas 1 200 miles southwest of Honolulu. Four others were missing presumed dead from the C 54 transport crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leif Erickson
Honolulu
Air Force
Navy
Rendova
Joseph L. Smit
Stockton
Kans
William A. Colvin, Jr
Cross City
Fla
Robert C. Harrell
Milledgeville
Charles T. Mallapaugh
Port Jervis
N. Y
William R. Calhoun
Birmingham
Ala
Christmas Cheer Across The Nation In Yuletide Time
A light verse extols Christmas as a time for joy and forgiveness from Greenland’s mountains to San Diego. It notes families reuniting, grudges forgotten, and playful sentiments about elections and romance amid festive cheer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa
Greenland
San Diego
Cal
Shipping clause changes eyed to defend U S merchant fleet
Maritime Commissioner Grenville Mellen charged foreign aid officials with selling out the fleet and threatening national defense. He urged changes to the European Recovery Act shipping clause to boost American ships use and warned that without support the U S merchant fleet could fall to prewar levels amid a slump in global shipping and rising costs. David Bruce disputed the accusation as the F A spokesman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Grenville Mellen
David Bruce
Mellen
Commission
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
U. S
Congress
Four Injured and One Arrested After Night Crash in Monroe
A Texas man, James F. David, 32, was arrested for reckless driving after his car rear ended a stopped vehicle at Eighteenth Street and Louisville Avenue in Monroe. Four injured occupants were treated for cuts and bruises, with Dumas hospitalized. David posted a $125 cash bond and was released.
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Texas
Eighteenth Street
Louisville Avenue
Monroe
James F. David
Procter Street
Port Arthur
Clyde Dumas
Downsville
O. L
David
Dumas
Buick
Heavy 1949 spending seen despite war-era peak
A special committee of the Investment Bankers Association of America reports that American industry will continue large-scale spending in 1949 though postwar expansion has peaked. Election results boosted demand for fixed income securities, with Democratic outlook easing interest-rate fears. Major firms like U S S Steel, General Motors, General Electric and Johns Manville had begun early expansion plans, but are expected to cut back outlays by about one third in 1949.
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Hollywood
Fla
Investment Bankers Association of America
U. S&s. Steel
General Motors
General Electric
Johns Manville
United States seeks UN protection for Korea
John Foster Dulles urged the United Nations to shield the republic of Korea from violence and terrorism by the North, criticizing Soviet, Polish, and Czechoslovak recognition of Pyongyang. He warned of North Korea's ambitions to rule the peninsula and backed recognition of the ROK government by the UN committee.
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Francis W. Carpenter
Paris
United States
United Nations
Republic of Korea
North Korea
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Russia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Korea
Soviet Union
Republic
Reversed Libel Judgment In Crowell-Collier Case
The Fifth Circuit reversed and remanded for retrial a $237,500 libel judgment against Crowell-Collier Publishing in favor of Florida Governor Millard Caldwell over an editorial concerning a lynching case. The opinion faulted the prior trial as out of bounds and warned against turning libel trials into a public gladiatorial spectacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Crowell-Collier Publishing Company
Millard Caldwell
Florida
U. S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
U. S
Collier’s
Caldwell
Jesse James Payne
Madison, Fla
Circuit Court of Appeals
North
South
New York
David
Goliath
Templar
U. S. District Court
Tallahassee
Fla
Circuit Court
Palestine peace is declared near by Bunche report
Dr. Ralph J. Bunche said peace in Palestine is not far off after meeting Israel's David Ben Gurion and Chaim Weizmann. He stated the question of a Jewish state is settled and the next step is a transition from truce to permanent peace with no expected return to general warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tel Aviv
Israel
Palestine
Ralph J. Bunche
United Nations
Paris
Bunche
David Ben- Gurion
Chaim Weizmann
State Council
Barkley Wins Southern California Victory Cheer
Vice-President-Elect Alben W. Barkley drew loud cheers in a day long Democratic celebration in Los Angeles. He urged loyal support for promises to the people and welcomed unity to advance the party platform. James Roosevelt apologized for past attempts to topple Truman, while Hollywood figures attended and toasted the victory with Barkley.
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Los Angeles
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Senator Barkley
Cocoanut Grove
Ambassador Hotel
James Roosevelt
Truman
Roosevelt
Barkley
Hollywood
George Jessel
Eddie Cantor
Edgar Bergen
Frank Sinatra
Dinah Shore
Jessel
Reitzell Sworn In as Monroe City Marshal
Frank V. Reitzell, a well known local man and former police chief, was sworn in as Monroe city marshal by R. Dean Farr at the Ouachita parish courthouse on Monday morning. He succeeds B L. Risher who held the post for about ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank V. Reitzell
City of
Monroe
R. Dean Farr
Ouachita Parish
Mr. Reitzell
B. L. Risher
Warm Clothing Is Her Desire
A 12 year old girl living with grandparents asks for warm clothes for Christmas. two elderly welfare recipients seek help. a family near the paper mill with five children requests aid due to unemployment and a gas leak hardship.
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Grandpa
Grandma
Civic Yule Tree Will Be Erected
Lion Fran Brennan announces the North Monroe Lions Community Christmas Tree event. Eligible children twelve and under submit letters for Santa tickets to receive gifts on December 22 at 6 p.m. on Central Grammar School grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fran Brennan
North Monroe Lions Sponsored
Community Christmas Tree
Brennan
North Monroe Lions Club
Monroe
Santa
Central Grammar School
Santa Claus
Jackson Breaks High Court Tie In War Crimes Review
The U S Supreme Court split five to four to consider reviewing Tokyo war crime findings overturning or upholding sentences for seven former Japanese leaders. Justice Robert H Jackson cast the swing vote as he warned of the court’s power over military actions abroad. The case seeks to determine if the court can intercede and whether the Tokyo tribunal was properly constituted. Doihara and other condemned leaders remain in focus as appeals proceed.
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Washington
Supreme Court
International Court
Tokyo
Robert H. Jackson
Germany
Jackson
Nuernberg
Douglas MacArthur
Kenji Doihara
China
Marshall Operated On For Kidney Ailment At Walter Reed
Secretary of State Marshall underwent a kidney operation at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington. Officials reported the procedure a success and that he is doing excellently with no complications anticipated. Marshall, 67, would be 68 at year end and has served as secretary of state since January 1947.
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Washington
Marshall
Army
Walter Reed Hospital
Truman
State Department
James C. Kimbrough
Berlin power firm staff split over east west rift
Eight hundred Benag workers moved to a western Berlin office while four hundred from the Russian sector remained at the old headquarters under an agreement. The split reflects Berlin’s deep division as Social Democrats back Ernst Reuter, a former Communist who would become lord mayor amid Sunday elections.
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Daniel de Luce
Berlin
Benag
Ernst Reuter
Reuter
Russia
Grand Juries Hear Chambers In Spy Case
Whittaker Chambers testified before a federal grand jury as House Un American Activities Committee members pressed for details of prewar Communist espionage. He and Alger Hiss denied disclosures, while Rep Rankin claimed Soviet aid to Japan helped bring on Pearl Harbor. The session tied to a libel suit Hiss filed against Chambers.
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John H. Winant
New York
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Grand Jury
House
UN American Activities Committee
Alger Hiss
State Department
Hiss
Grand
Maryland
House Committee
Washington
John Rankin
D.-Miss
U. S
Pearl Harbor
Rankin
Russia
Moscow
Richard M. Mixon
R.-Calif
Bykov
Baltimore
Cross
Chinese Army Encirclement Report From Nanking Front
Government sources admit Communist forces trap 110 000 Nationalist troops southwest of Suchow. Chen Yi leads eight to nine Red columns closing a front eight miles long. Civil officials evacuated from Suchow hinder rescue operations as Reds push toward Peiping.
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Seymour Topping
Nanking
China
Central China Front
Suchow
Chen Yi
Suchaw
Peiping
Twelfth Army Group
Two New Germ-Killing Drugs Deemed Powerful
Dr Perrin Long reports two new drugs chloromycetin and aureomycyn have been used on hundreds of patients with typhoid fever, undulant fever, virus pneumonia, and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. He notes dramatic cures in typhoid cases at the University of Maryland Hospital and questions their potential to nearly wipe out typhoid fever.
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Rene J. Cappan
New York
Perrin Long
Medical School
John Hopkins University
American Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association
University of Maryland Hospital
E. T. Woodward
Long
General Post hike to be asked by Poste master General
Poste master General Donaldson said he will ask Congress to raise rates on all mail except first class after consulting the White House and Budget Bureau. He cited a projected all time record deficit of 550 million dollars for the past fiscal year and detailed expected shortfalls for second, third and fourth class mail.
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Washington
Donaldson
Congress
White House
Truman
Budget Bureau
Post Office Department
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Howard W. Goons
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