Fair Enough Poker Tale by Westbrook Pegler
Westbrook Pegler recalls Jesse Jones denying a $4 000 pot claim at the 29 Club while describing seven-card stud as a disciplined game. The piece ties Jones to larger debates over services in rooms and meals, and replays a courtroom encounter involving Jim Moffett over oil-promotional disputes and witness requests.
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Jesse Jones
Great
Southwest
United States
Fabulous Marts
Jim Moffett
Jesse
Moffett
Buffalo Bill
Pete
Mr. Jones
Nanking Defense Reported Breaks Communist Encirclement
The government news agency said 12th army group units broke through the Communist ring near Nanking and contacted Nationalist forces moving north from the Hwai river line about 100 miles northwest. Details were scarce and foreign confirmation was lacking. The trapped 12th army lacks food and munitions, receiving airlifted supplies as Communist columns close in on 250,000 Nationalist troops.
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Nanking
12Th Army Group
Hwai River
Here
Suchsien
Fallen Suchow
Bishop Oxnam Calls HUAC Un-American at Meeting
Bishop G Bromley Oxnam denounced the congressional committee on un-American activities as un-American for labeling church figures Communist. He urged ministers to keep speaking out and defend religious liberty during the Methodist Church board meeting in Fall s Pa The council of bishops had rejected Communist infiltration claims and pledged to fight communism without staying silent.
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Buck Hill Falls
Methodist
G. Bromley Oxnam
Congressional Committee On un-American Activities
un-American
New York
Oxnam
Board of Missions and Church Extension
Methodist Church
Methodists’ Council of Bishops
Congressional Committee
The
Council
Snow and Cold Weather Strike Across the Nation
Rain and snow spread from the Pacific Northwest into Wyoming while the Dakotas Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan saw light snow. The storm moves east with more snow and a drop in temperatures forecast. A rain belt extends from Virginia to Alabama with some locales receiving over an inch. The Midwest reports the lowest temps with near normal readings in the mid-Atlantic and New England. Jacksonville set yesterday’s high at 83.
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Chicago
Pacific Northwest
Wyoming
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Virginia
Alabama
Louisiana
Midwest
Zere
Bismarck
N. C
North Central
Middle Atlantic
Eastern
New England
Jacksonville
Fla
Cotton crop estimated at 14,937,000 bales for year
The agriculture department places this year's cotton output at 14,937,000 bales of 500 pounds, down 229,000 from prior forecast. It compares with last year's 11,857,000 and the ten-year average of 12,014,000. Cottonseed production is pegged at 6,036,000 tons, with lint yield per acre at 311.5 pounds and harvested area at 23,003,000 acres. Abandonment is 1.6 percent. State-by-state ginning and yields list Missouri to California figures through December 1.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Census Bureau
Missouri
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Marshall May Quit Job Soon
Washington dispatch reports Secretary of State Marshall may resign as he undergoes kidney operation. At 67 he will require long rest, with President Truman likely to accept his resignation. Hospital notes say he had a good night and is recovering uneventfully.
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Washington
Marshall
Walter Reed Hospital
Truman
the Hospital
J. A. Weaver
Warren R. Austin
United States
United Nations
Walter Reed
Austin
John Foster Dulles
Louisiana names tax chief and assorted state appointments
Baton Rouge November 8 R E Jacobs of Shreveport named chairman of the Louisiana tax commission to fill the vacancy caused by Fi Cain resignation. Fleming named to Caddo parish police jury. governor issues commissions for district attorneys and judges across several districts. New hospital and tuberculosis commission appointees announced along with bar pilots commissions.
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Baton Rouge
R. E. Jacobs
Shreveport
Louisiana Tax Commission
Fi. Cain
L. Richard Fleming
Caddo Parish
L. W. Thornton
Governor's Office
John A. Richardson
Albert S. Lutz, Jr
Assiant
Louisiana Tuberculosis Commission
British say Jewish forces invade Trans-Jordan
Paris dispatch reports Harold Beely of the British UN delegation states private information indicates Jewish armed forces have invaded Trans-Jordan with a second force advancing between the Dead Sea and Aqaba. He warned the Security Council the matter could trigger Britain's treaty obligations and possible sanctions if not resolved.
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Paris
Trans-Jordan
Harold Beely
United Nations
Security Council
Palestine Committee
Britain
Becley
Dead Sea
Aqaba
Red Sea
Trans Jordan
Gulf of Aqaba
Beeley
Committee On
Palestine
United Kingdom
Yugoslav Fund Drive Heavily Backed by U S Contributors
Belgrade reports millions of dollars flow to Tito's rehabilitation and socialist construction. The Borba listing shows American contributions in the past three years totaling 15.5 million dollars plus over 1 million dollars in medical supplies and equipment from the United States.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
United States
Borba
Canada
England
Argentina
Tito
America
Escaped lifer Griffis held as fugitive in New Orleans
Edward Griffis a 34 year old wanted for an escaped lifer from Walla Walla Washington was arrested in a boarding house and held as a fugitive. He waived extradition to Washington where he serves a life term for the 1934 Seattle police sergeant murder and said he escaped November 5 with a prison companion who was later captured in Fort Wayne Indiana.
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New Orleans
John Victory
Edward Griffis
Walla Walla
Wash
Griffis
Victory
Washington
Wall
George Madison
Good Fellows Appeal Letters Hope For Donations
The public warms to the Good Fellows drive as a letter from a 64 year old health‑challenged parent seeks aid for a daughter, three sons and two widowed relatives. The plea notes a $200 burial cost and welfare support, urging continued generosity amid holiday need.
Prisoner claims role in Fort Knox escape
Douglas Craig Englett of Atlanta and Detroit says he led three Fort Knox prisoners to flee on November 19 in a stolen truck armed with a carbine. He says two escaped inmates left him in Memphis while a shooting occurred near Nashville leaving Gilbert M. Angle wounded. Investigators verify details. authorities name Hartley and Damron as two of the fled prisoners.
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Aberdeen
Miss
Fort Knox
Joe Q. Monaghan
Douglas Craig Englett
Atlanta
Detroit
Englett
West Point
E. L. Bullard
Bullard
Highway Patrol
Memphis
Harold H. Hartley
Orse Hill
Iowa
Leslie Damron
Jonancy
Berlin Faces Deeper Split as Communists Push Two Year Plan
Western and eastern Berlin remain divided as Karl Maron announces a two year plan to align Berlin with the Soviet zone economy. The move calls for socialization of most factories and public ownership of confiscated property, while mail is blocked and doctors split along sector lines. Western leaders urge a currency split and harsher measures against Soviet influence as Gen. Clay notes possible expansion of airlift if weather holds.
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Berlin
Moscow
Karl Maron
Germany
Taegliche Rundschau
Britain
France
U. S
Lucius D. Clay
Labor and CIO warn of price hikes risking a depression
The A F of L and the CIO told the Senate House Economic Committee that ongoing price increases and high profits threaten a price bust. They urged measures including an excess profits tax to curb speculative gains and stabilize the economy. They warned that business profit protection could hasten a depression.
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Washington
A. F. of
Senate-House Economic Committee
Stanley H. Ruttenberg
C. O
Nelson H. Cruikshank
A. F. of L
Mystery Men Names Not Revealed By House Spy Committee
Washington December 8 AP congressional spy hunters failed to locate two men accused of supplying secret government papers to Communist agents. The identities of the two mystery men remain undisclosed as the House committee on un American activities continues to seek them. Mundt said subpoenas could not be served and the closed door session would proceed with other witnesses. Eunice A Lincoln a government employee appeared while reporters did not learn the other man’s name. The panel has been pursuing three men since Monday with Whittaker Chambers naming them in New York Monday night.
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Washington
Congressional
House Committee On un-American Activities
Mundt
R.S. D
Alex M. Campbell
Justice Department
George Morris Fay
U. S
District of Columbia
Campbell
Eunice A. Lincoln
Nixon
R.calif
New York
Whittaker Chambers
Courier
Time Magazine
Shipping fight sharpens over Marshall plan cargo shares
Washington reports a major policy clash as Paul Hoffman orders American ships to carry at least half of Marshall plan bulk cargoes starting January 1. Grenville Mellen condemns the move as a sellout and questions U.S. price levels while Hoffman cites European recovery needs. Congress is expected to decide, with the issue tied to second year recovery funds for Europe.
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Washington
Grenville Mellen
Paul G. Hoffman
Mellen
Hoffman
ECA
U.S
Truman
Congress
Senator Bridge
R.N. H
Senate-House
Bridges
Europe
U. S
Yoshida Apology Over Calling Japan an Empire
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida apologized in the diet for describing Japan as an empire. He said the term was a slip of the tongue and that the two phrases are similar in Japanese, noting the nation no longer calls itself an empire after the war.
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Tokyo
Shigeru Yoshida
Diet
Japan
Russia Calls for End of UN Korean Commission
In Paris Soviet delegate Jacob A Malik urges ending the UN Korean commission calling it a tool of American imperialism. He criticizes John Foster Dulles and says the U N should not cloak moves to make southern Korea a capitalist playground. The 58 nation political committee debates a US China Australia resolution recognizing South Korea as a legal government and creating a new UN commission to seek Korean reunification and troop withdrawal. The panel aims to conclude tonight ahead of a Saturday assembly vote.
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Arthur Gayshon
Paris
Jacob A. Malik
United Nations
Korea
General Assembly
United States
China
South Korea
U. N
Upen
V. F. Kovalenko
Ukraine
Budget fixed by Ouachita parish police jury
The Ouachita parish police jury announced the 1949 estimated budget as 199 102 53 dollars at 10 a m. Wednesday. President A E Montgomery said income for 1949 rises from 193 136 to the new total. an ordinance retroactive to the October measure on whiskey and beer licenses was passed. District Attorney George Lester argued the measure bans licenses for new establishments near churches schools or libraries but cannot close existing businesses within those limits. About twenty seven beer and wine cases were noted.
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Ouachita Parish
A. E. Montgomery
Montgomery
George Lester
Lester
Safer American code cited by Lovett in Washington
Undersecretary Lovett said the State Department code system has been completely changed in ten years and is now more secure against espionage. He announced a wide ranging probe into the alleged loss of documents reported to the House Un American Activities Committee by Whitaker Chambers and defended the department against claims of delay in engaging with the disclosures.
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Washington
Lovett
State Department
House UN American Activities Committee
Whittaker Chambers
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Negev Desert
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Robert Mallard
R. E. Gray
Toombs County
Mallard
Amy
Howell
W. C. Feazel
Dorcas
First Baptist Church
Missouri Pacific Women's
Un-American Activities Committee
Russia
U. N. Korean Commission
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