Chiang Kai-shek summons peace conference in Nanking
Nationalist leaders from across China converge on Nanking as Chiang Kai-shek calls a peace parley amid mounting pressure to end hostilities. A Red underground movement operates near the capital while Gen Chen Cheng is named Formosa governor, signaling possible continued resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold K. Milks
Nanking
China
Chiang Kai--Shek
Chiang
Chen Cheng
Formosa
Executive Yuan
Westbrook Pegler on Winchell Pearson in Hiss-Chambers plot
The article argues that Walter Winchell and Drew Pearson shaped the Hiss-Chambers narrative by suppressing or shaping leaks. It cites Winchell for hiding key details for a decade and Pearson for leveraging state department leaks and denigrating Robert Stripling. It notes Stripling’s exposure of Communists and a November 1945 Camp Holabird incident as pivotal moments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiss-Chambers
Walter Winchell
Drew Pearson
Winchell
Pearson
State Department
Robert Stripling
Committee On UN- American Activities
Army
Washington
Congress
Stripling
Eleanor Roosevelt
Naval Intelligence
Joe Lash
House
Frankin
Roosevelt
Regius
Camp Holabird
Holabird
National Capitol
Plight of Charter Airliner With 30 Aboard Deepens
Miami dispatch reports a missing San Juan to Miami charter airliner carrying 30 aboard as hopes fade after 24 hours. A multinational search by 37 air force navy and coast guard planes scours the 1200 mile route and adjacent Florida and Gulf waters. The list names 25 passengers and 3 crew, with two infants listed in arms aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Air Force
Navy
Coast Guard
Florida Peninsula
Gulf of Mexico
Boca Chica
Key West
Airborne Transport, Inc
New York
Bob Linquist
Fort Myers
Ernie Hill, Jr
Turcan resigns as Louisiana employment security head
H B Turcan state employment security administrator resigns effective Friday. E V Boagan also resigns as attorney for the division. Turcan, appointed by Gov Jimmie Davis in 1946, led the division within the labor department and had tenure under the civil service law until its repeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
H. B. Turcan
E. V. Boagan
Turcan
Jimmie Davis
State Department of Labor
Meritystem Council
Boagan
Plaquemines Parish
New Orleans
Hentered
Department of Labor
Reno reels from renewed Reno quake jolts and snowslides
A series of earthquakes struck Reno on December 29 shaking power and telephone lines and triggering minor rock slides on U S highway 40. The strongest tremor hit about 4 55 am PST with aftershocks following within an hour. No major damage was reported and the city of 40000 remained alert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Nev
Sierra
California
San Francisco
Fresno
San Joaquin Valley
University of Nevada
Bell Telephone Company
California State Line
Here
Highway Department
Sacramento
Calif
California Sierra
Frank McCullough
Reno Gazette
Egypt Names New Premier As Nation Reacts To Assassination
Cairo December 29. Ibrahim Abdel Hadi Pasha is named premier after the assassination of Nokrashy Pasha. Hadi Pasha, a veteran lawyer and former cabinet head, is tasked with uniting Egyptians and guiding policy toward Israel. The cabinet is readjusted and King Farouk approves the appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Boyd
Cairo
Egypt
Mahmoud Fahmy Nowrashy Pasha
Palestine
Ibrahim Abdel Hadi Pasha
Israel
Nakrashy Pasha
Hadi Pasha
Costly Greenland air crew rescue nears half a million
Government estimates the Greenland ice cap rescue of 12 air force men may total nearly $500000. Losses include a $100000 C-47 crash, a $300000 rescue B-17, two CG 154A gliders, fuel, and at least 14 aircraft involved. Navy carrier Saipan joined the effort, traveling 1360 miles before halt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Force
Greenland
Alaska
Navy
Saipan
Norfolk
North Atlantic
U S to Spend Heavily on Arms for Western Europe
President Truman plans a major Western Europe rearmament program with an expected $1 billion congressional appropriation for the next fiscal year to cover packing shipping and related costs while the United States may provide $2 to $3 billion in arms. The plan accompanies Berlin airlift costs and new Greek Turkish aid decisions as key foreign policy issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Western Europe
John M. Hightower
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Europe
Truman
Congress
Berlin
Democrats Shuffle On Spy Hunt Committee Posts
Washington December 29. New house Democrats and many veterans avoid serving on the un American activities committee as leadership contemplates drafting a fifth Democratic member when the panel's party balance flips next week. The current nine member panel will see four Democrats and five Republicans become four and six, with several incumbents not returning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
un-American Activities Committee
Rayburn
Tex
New Democratic House
un-American
J. Parnell Thomas
New Jersey
Nixon
California
Louisiana to Continue Tideland Lease Sales Despite Suit
Louisiana state mineral board plans to keep offering tidelands mineral rights for lease until court orders forbid it. The board discussed an accounting of funds from tidelands since June 23 1947, as U S Attorney General seeks federal jurisdiction over tidelands. Leases approved include Acadia parish school board to Humble Oil Co for Tepetate field and Egan townsite parcels to Sun Oil Co with bonuses and royalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana State Mineral Board
John Madden
U. S
Clark
Supreme Court
United States
Tidelands
California
Madden
A. O. King
Lake Charles
R. B. Prentice
Houma
Winston L. Stokes
Bunkie
Acadia Parish
Rhee Says Korean Security Adequate as U S Troop Withdrawals Proceed
President Syngman Rhee asserts that the withdrawal of American troops from Korea leaves security safeguarded and that Korea may need fewer U S forces soon. Washington confirms portions of the Seventh and Sixth divisions are being regrouped in Japan, with moves seen as forming a new combat team to replace the corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Korea
Rhee
Washington
Japan
John D. Coulter
U. S
Coulter
John J. Muccio
Muccio
U.S. Army Corps
U. S. Navy
Army
Veterans to receive 1949 dividends on life insurance
The Veterans Administration announced 16 million veterans may share in 1949 dividends from the national service life insurance surplus. Payouts range from a few cents to several hundred dollars, with larger sums for those who took out the $10,000 policy early. Dividends cover premiums paid through the 1948 anniversary. payments likely begin after August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Service Life
Veterans Administration
G.l.’S
V. A
Truman Flies to Washington for White House Conference
President Truman flew from Kansas City to Washington on December 29 for a White House meeting with CIO leader Philip Murray and other officials. A conference with Vice President-Elect Barkley and Rep Rayburn was postponed, and no comment was given on Soviet industrial fusion or on unnamed Russian leaders. The trip follows talks anticipated to cover labor proposals before the new Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Truman
Washington
White House
Congress
Independence
Fairfax Field
Kansas
Philip Murray
Alben Barkley
Sam Rayburn
House
Barkley
Europe
Soviet Union
Textile Industry
Light Industry
Charles G. Ross
Moscow
Lovett calls Mindszenty arrest a sickening sham
Undersecretary of State Lovett denounces Hungary’s arrest of Cardinal Mindszenty as a sham and condemns the Chinese labeling of Chiang Kai-Shek as a war criminal. He says Madame Chiang Kai-Shek has urged greater American aid to China’s anti Communist regime. Lovett also notes progress on North Atlantic pact talks with Canada and Western Europe and that Dutch policies in Indonesia have not halted alliance negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lovett
Hungary
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
Chiang Kai-Shek
Lovelt
Europe
Far East
State Department
China
Canada
Indonesia
Marshal Tito
Netherlands to End Hostilities in Indonesia at Midnight
The Netherlands told the United Nations security council it will end hostilities in Indonesia at midnight Friday and release President Soekarno and cabinet members captured at the start of Dutch operations. Release tied to pledge they refrain from activities threatening public security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soekarno
Paris
Netherlands
United Nations Security Council
Indonesia
Jan Herman van Royen
Council
Republic
Java
Sumatra
van Royen
Hague
Netherlands Indies
Mohamed Hatta
Jogjakarta
NINE JAPANESE TO GET DEATH
YOKOHAMA Dec 29 Death on the gallows was decreed today for nine Japanese officers including three generals for the beheading of 33 American fliers. Seventeen air men were killed after Hirohito s surrender broadcast. Sixteen others received prison terms from five years to life. Seven defendants were acquitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yokohama
Hirohito
Eighth Army
U. S
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Hirosato
Isamu Yokoyama
Kyusaku Fukushima
Shoshin Ito
Western Army
Kiyoharu Tomomori
Yusei Wako
Hiroji Nakayama
Kentaro Toji
Masahiko Murazaki
Wako
Tokyo
Yokoyama
Extradition Hearing Set for Edward J. Doran Jr
Governor Earl K. Long will hold an extradition hearing January 5 for Edward J. Doran Jr. sought in San Francisco on child stealing charges. California officials allege Doran took his son during a September 25 visit. Doran was arrested in Lake Charles, La., and released on bond.
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Baton Rouge
Edward J. Doran, Jr
San Francisco
Calif
George Wallace
California
Doran
Edward J. Doran, III
Lake Charles
Scientists plan to break mighty atom for riding
Pittsburgh December 29. Scientists plan to develop an atomic power unit for transportation. Westinghouse Electric Corp selected by the atomic energy commission to build the world’s first reactor for Navy ship propulsion. The project aims to replace coal or oil with uranium burning in a ship’s power plant. Start of work expected in months, with completion possibly two to five or six years.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Atomic Energy Commission
U. S. Navy
Chicago
The
Commission
Charles H. Weaver
Westinghouse
Atomic Power Division
Weaver
Washington
United Nations orders Israel to retire from Negev
The UN Security Council adopted a British proposed resolution urging Israel to withdraw mobile forces from the Negev desert in southern Palestine and to end hostilities with Egypt. The plan authorizes Bunche to supervise a cease fire and establish an armistice framework with a meeting set for January 7 at Lake Success New York. The United States abstained on all sections and Russia plus Ukraine abstained except the preamble. Egyptian delegate Fawzi Bey urged swifter enforcement and criticized the proposal as lukewarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
United Nations
Negev
Palestine
Security Council
Israel
Egypt
United States
Russia
Soviet
Ukraine
France
Ralph J. Bunche
Council
Bunche
Truce Supervision Committee
Lake Success
N. Y
M. Fawzi Bey
U. N
Fawzi
National Guard B 26 Bomber Crashes Near Detroit
A Michigan National Guard B 26 bomber crashed near its Wayne County base during a rough approach, killing four air force personnel including pilot Captain Charles L. Parham III and navigator First Lieutenant D A Streeter. The wreckage covered ten acres and ice on wings was considered a possible cause.
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Detroit
Michigan National Guard
Air Force
National Guard
Mcc- Dill Field
Florida
Wayne County
Charles L. Parham, III
Dearborn
Mich
D. A. Streeter
Ann Arbor
John Cinko
Homestead
Donald C. Radtke
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Nokrashy Pasha
Stere
Haberdashery
Eddie Jacobson
Jacobson
Cardinal
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Masazumi Inada
Kyushu University
Long
Mighty Atom
Schenectady
General Electric
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