Dutch Promise to End Hostilities Chiang Calls China Peace Parley
Chiang Kai Shek urged to quit by many as nationalists from all China converge on Nanking for a peace conference to decide the fate of nationalist China amid ongoing civil strife with communists. A Red underground activity near the capital is reported as warlords assemble. Gen Chen Cheng named Formosa governor.
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Chiang
China
Harold K. Milks
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chen Cheng
Formosa
Executive Yuan
Fair Enough By Westbrook Pegler on Hiss Chambers Plot
Pegler critiques Walter Winchell and Drew Pearson for suppressing or undermining key Hiss-Chambers revelations. He argues Pearson and Winchell shielded Cold War ripples while Robert Stripling faced politcal retaliation, portraying him as a loyal figure scapegoated during wartime intelligence disputes. The piece links media bias to wider treachery claims.
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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 Committee
Frank Yin
Roosevelt
Dreyfus
Camp Holabird
Holabird
National Capitol
Hope Dims For 30 On Aircraft Missing From San Juan
Hope faded for 30 aboard a charter airliner missing since Monday night on the 1200 mile San Juan to Miami route. A combined search by 37 air force navy and coast guard aircraft covered the Florida peninsula and eastern Gulf with a Boca Chica navy unit joining in. The passenger list named 25 passengers and three crew. Infants in arms were listed by Air borne Transport Inc. The crew included Captain Bob Linquist of Fort Myers and co-pilot Ernie Hill Jr of Miami with stewardess Miss Mary Burke of Jersey City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fila
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
Fla
Ernie Hill, Jr
Mary Burke
Jersey City
N. J
United
Turcan resigns as state employment security head
H B Turcan, state employment security administrator, announced his resignation effective Friday. E V Boagan also resigned as attorney for the division. Turcan, a Plaquemines Parish native, had led the division since July 1946 after appointment by Gov Jimmie Davis.
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Baton Rouge
H. B. Turcan
E. V. Boagan
Turcan
Jimmie Davis
State Department of Labor
State Civil Service
Meritystem Council
Boagan
Plaquemines
New Oreans
Secretary of State
Department of Labor
Reno shaken by renewed quakes as lines fail across region
Strong earthquakes rocked Reno Nevada early today with the tremors centering there and felt into the Sierra and northern California. Power and telephone lines went down and minor rock slides closed a portion of U S Highway 40 while emergency crews cleared debris. No major damage reported though residents described the shocks as terrifying.
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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 appoints Ibrahim Abdel Hadi Pasha as new premier
Cairo December 29: Ibrahim Abdel Hadi Pasha, former chief of the royal cabinet, becomes Egypt's new premier after the assassination of Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha. He urges Egyptian unity for the Palestine struggle and is expected to steer policy toward Israel similarly to his predecessor. The cabinet is readjusted. The assassin, Abdul Hamid Ahmed Hassan, 21, a Nationalist Muslim Brotherhood member, was arrested.
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Max Boyd
Cairo
Egypt
Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha
Palestine
Ibrahim Abdel Hadi Pasha
Israel
Nakrashy Pasha
Hadi Pasha
Nokrashy Pasha
Saadist Party
Chamber of Deputies
Farouk
Fuad 1 University
Abdel Hamid Ahmed Hassan
Costly Greenland rescue of 12 airmen detail emerges
Washington reports the Greenland rescue of 12 air force men cost an estimated half a million dollars. The tally includes a $100,000 C-47 crash, a $300,000 rescue B-17, two $44,000 C-15A gliders, plus fuel and other expenses. Seventeen aircraft engaged, and the Saipan sailed 1369 miles before rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Force
Greenland
Alaska
Navy
Saipan
Norfolk
North Atlantic
U.S. Plans Heavy Arms Aid to Western Europe
President Truman expected to ask Congress to fund roughly 1 billion for European rearmament next fiscal year with total arms programs for Western Europe likely reaching 2.9 to 3 billion. much equipment available from U.S. stores to be shipped at lower cost. Berlin airlift and Greek Turkish aid also center attention as major foreign policy issues.
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John M. Hightower
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Europe
Truman
Congress
Berlin
House Democrats Avoid Spy-Hunting Post in Un-American Activities Panel
Washington dispatch notes that new and incumbent House Democrats shy away from serving on the Un-American Activities Committee. Speaker-designate Rayburn may draft a fifth Democrat as the panel shifts to a Republican-majority lineup next week. Current chair Thomas and Nixon retire, Mundt moves to Senate, and Republicans seek two new appointees amid ongoing compromise talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
un-American Activities Committee
Rayburn
Tex
New Democratic House
J. Parnell Thomas
New Jersey
Nixon
California
State to Continue Oil Lease Sales in Louisiana
The Louisiana state mineral board kept the tide to offer tidelands mineral rights for lease despite a federal suit seeking jurisdiction over tidelands. The board approved leases by subdivisions including Acadia parish and Egan townsite, with bonuses of $25 to $150 and royalties, and prepared a resolution with Madden and others.
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 Comments On Partial U S Troop Withdrawals From Korea
President Syngman Rhee said the partial withdrawal of American troops from Korea leaves national defense “safeguarded” and that a large security force may not be needed soon. Washington noted movements include portions of the Seventh and Sixth divisions, with new combat team formations replacing the corps.
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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
U. 5S
Dividends Planned for World War II National Service Life Insurance
The Veterans Administration announced 1949 dividends for National Service Life Insurance policyholders. About 16 million veterans may share in a surplus fund of 1.5 to 2 billion dollars. Early and large policies could receive several hundred dollars. small, short-term policies yield modest amounts. Refunds cover premiums paid for three months or more on policies past or active. First policies began October 8, 1940, with payments likely not starting before August next year.
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Washington
National Service Life
Veterans Administration
G.L
V. A
Truman flies to Washington for White House labor talks
President Truman departed Kansas City at 11 10 a m in the Independence to attend a White House conference in Washington aimed at reviewing labor proposals before the new Congress. He planned to meet Philip Murray and CIO officials while postponing a discussion with Vice President elect Barkley and Rep Rayburn until Friday.
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Truman
Haberdashery
Eddie Jacobson
Kansas City
Jacobson
Russia
Washington
White House
Congress
Independence
Fairfax Field
Kansas
Philip Murray
Alben Barkley
Sam Rayburn
House
Barkley
Europe
Soviet Union
Textile Industry
Light
Charles G. Ross
Moscow
Ardent U S Opposition to Mindszenty Arrest and Chiang Critique
Undersecretary Lovett denounced Hungarys arrest of Cardinal Mindszenty as a sickening sham and condemned the Chinese label of war criminals on Chiang Kai-shek and other Nationalist leaders. He noted Madame Chiang Kai-shek sought more American aid for anti Communist forces and reported progress on North Atlantic security pact talks with Canada and Western Europe.
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Washington
Lovett
Hungary
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
Chiang Kai-Shek
Europe
Far East
State Department
China
Canada
Indonesia
Marshal Tito
Netherlands to end hostilities and release Indonesian leaders
The Netherlands told the United Nations Security Council that fighting in Indonesia will end at midnight Friday. President Soekarno and cabinet members will be released on condition they refrain from actions endangering public security.
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Paris
Netherlands
United Nations Security Council
Indonesia
Jan Herman van Royen
Soekarno
Council
Republic
Java
Sumatra
van Royen
Hague
Netherlands Indies
Mohamed Hatta
Jogjakarta
Nine Japanese Officers to Die for Beheading American Fliers
In Yokohama a U S Eighth Army tribunal sentenced nine Japanese officers to death by hanging for the beheading of 33 American airmen. Seventeen victims were killed after Hirohito’s surrender broadcast. sixteen others received prison terms up to life. Seven defendants were acquitted.
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Yokohama
Hirohito
Eighth Army
U. S
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Light
Isamu Yokoyama
Western Army
Kyusaku Fukushima
Shoshin Ito
Kiyoharu ‘Tomomori
Yusei Wako
Hiroji Nakayama
Kentaro Toji
Masahiko Murazaki
Wako
Tokyo
Yokoyama
Governor to preside on extradition case in Baton Rouge
Governor Earl K Long will hold an extradition hearing January 5 for Edward J Doran Jr wanted in San Francisco California on child stealing charges Executive Counsel George Wallace said The California request notes Doran visited his ex wife September 25 and left with their son custody awarded to the mother Doran was arrested in Lake Charles and released on bond
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Edward J. Doran, Jr
San Francisco
Calif
George Wallace
California
Doran
Edward J. Doran
Lake Charles
Scientists Plan To Break Mighty Atom For Riding
Westinghouse Electric Corp selected by the atomic energy commission to build the world’s first atomic power unit for transportation. The reactor will propel U S navy ships, aiming to burn uranium instead of coal or oil, with work starting within months and completion goal uncertain.
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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 Withdraw from Negev
The Security Council adopted a British crafted resolution urging Israel and Egypt to cease hostilities in the Negev and to follow Bunche's mediation. It called for Israel to pull mobile forces from southern Palestine, set up an isolation zone, and for the truce supervision committee to report back on enforcement.
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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 Base
A Michigan National Guard B 26 bomber, fighting rain and sleet, crashed and burned six miles from its Wayne County base. Four and possibly five men were killed including Captain Charles L Parham III and First Lieutenant D A Streeter. The wreckage spread over ten acres. Colonel Armstrong cited unknown cause possible wing ice and noted crew were from Michigan and Pennsylvania units.
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Detroit
Michigan National Guard
Air Force
National Guard
McDill Field
Florida
Wayne County
Charles L. Parhiam, III
Dearborn
Mich
D. A. Streeter
Ann Arbor
John Cinko
Homestead
Donald C. Radtke
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Masazumi Inada
Kyushu University
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Schenectady
General Electric
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