Aid To Greece To Be Reduced In Coming Year
Washington sources say US aid to Greece will be materially cut next year though support for anti guerrilla operations remains. Truman’s report to Congress criticized past effectiveness and winter mountain warfare is expected to continue. Economic aid may be redirected to bolster Greece’s own economy and European recovery overall.
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Washington
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Greece
Truman
Congress
Europe
Pa Newe Observes A Northern County Snowfall
Lawrence county received a blanket of snow overnight while most of the county reported little accumulation. Early morning Route 19 travelers to Erie faced treacherous, slippery roads as temperatures varied and the threat of colder weather moved closer.
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Lawrence County
Erie
Daily Weather Report
Daily weather summary for the date shows a high of 38 and a low of 25 with traces of snow observed. This follows the same date last year when conditions mirrored the cool, unsettled pattern.
Truman Says A Bomb Report To Stay Secret
President Truman took responsibility for suppressing a report from the atomic evaluation board on the Bikini atomic tests. He said the report’s status would not change and would not be made public, noting possible objections and that action rested with him. Undersecretary Lovett cited security reasons for withholding parts. Bradley Dewey of the board claimed the report was submitted a year ago and suppressed.
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Washington
INS
Truman
Atomic Evaluation Board
Lovett
Bradley Dewey
Atlantic Monthly
Latin American Officials Confer With President
In Washington the top Latin American officials meet the U S president and key policymakers. Cuban President Carlos Pino begins a series of social events while Argentine Foreign Minister Juan Bramuglia discusses steps to heal a rift in U S Argentine relations with President Truman and Secretary Lovett. Bramuglia plans talks with Marshall as he recuperates at Walter Reed hospital.
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Washington
Carlos Pino
Cuba
U. S
Juan A. Bramuglia
Bramuglia
Piio
National
Truman
Lovett
Marshall
Walter Reed Hospital
Hiss and Chambers Testify for Fourth Day in New York Jury
Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers led a fourth straight day of testimony before the New York grand jury probing prewar espionage. Donald Hiss, Chambers, and Stripling appeared as investigators consider microfilmed documents, while Washington signals a temporary pause in HUAC actions.
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Grand Jury
New York
FBI
Wheeling jury awards $48 000 in love balm suit
The Wheeling jury awarded Ernest W. Krause a 71 year old industrialist $48 000 for loss of his wife's affection. Krause sought $100 000 in an alienation of affections suit against Elwin H Schnitzler former sales manager of Krause's Wheeling Machine Products company. Defense seeks new trial. judge Brennan set no date.
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Wheeling
W. Va
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Ernest W. Krause
June Carroll Krause
Albert Laas
J. H. Brennan
Krause
Elwin
Schnitzler
Wheeling Machine Products Company
Hollywood Writer Found Dead Aboard Yacht
Wilfred Pettitt a 38 year old Hollywood film writer was found hanging from a beam in the cabin of his yacht Gay Lady at Newport Beach. Police ruled the death accidental after his widow said he often acted out plots of his plays and stories. Pettitt was discovered by his sister Mrs. G G Stone of Newport Beach.
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Cal
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Wilfred Pettitt
Hollywood
Pettitt
Betty
G. G. Stone
Marshall Shows Improvement After Kidney Operation
Walter Reed hospital reports Secretary of State George C. Marshall continues to improve after kidney surgery. A 10:00 a.m. bulletin states Marshall had a good night and remained in satisfactory postoperative condition. He was up in bed and had breakfast.
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Washington
INS
Walter Reed Hospital
George ,C. Marshall
J. A. Weaver
Walter Reed
Marshall
Truman Calls HUAC Probe Red Herring and Abolition Hint
President Truman dismissed the congressional probe of communist espionage as a red herring and signaled possible action to abolish the House Un-American Activities Committee. He said Attorney General Clark would pursue prosecutions of those who stole State Department secrets for transmission to Soviet agents.
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Washington
Truman
Congressional
House
American Activities Committee
Clark
State Department
House un-American Activities Group
Nanking battle reports clash with Red encirclement claims
Nationalist forces near Nanking struggled to break two Communist traps as reports of breakout were labeled premature. Communists claimed heavy casualties and relief forces trapped south of Suchow, while other fronts warned of an onslaught on Tientsin and Peiping as Shunyih fell from Peiping line. Government denied Reds occupy Nanking.
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Nanking
Suchow
Tientsin
Peiping
Shunyih
Peiping-Kupehkow
Tungchow
Tsomtsien
East China Front
Chiangyen
Yangtze River
Shanghai
Typhoon Sweeps Northern Luzon
A typhoon struck northern Luzon causing widespread destruction in coastal towns such as Vigan and Ilocos with winds around 60 mph. Reports on damage and casualties were scarce but indications pointed to extensive property loss. The storm moved northwest and out to sea, with Baguio experiencing heavy winds and Manila only light rain.
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Manila
INS
Luzon
Philippines
Vigan
Ilocos
Baguio
Payrolls Set All Time Record in October
The American Iron and Steel Institute reported October payrolls at 201,668,000 dollars, a record high, up 2,228,000 from September and 21,000,000 higher than October of last year. The steel industry employed 64,100 workers in October this year.
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New York
INS
American Iron and Steel Institute
Truman Deflects Red Herring Charge On Spy Probe
The House Un-American Activities Committee fought back at President Truman who labeled the spy investigation a red herring. Mundt and Nixon challenged the president to publish stolen documents and defend the claim, arguing national security and accountability are at stake. Mundt called Truman's remark incredible and said the committee remains vigilant.
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N.S
Washington
House Un-American Activities Committee
Truman
Mundt
S.D
Peurifoy
Welles
Nixon
Calif
U.S. Plans 48 More Skymasters for Berlin Airlift
Maj. Gen. Bob E. Nowland announced a new batch of 48 C-54 Skymasters will head to Germany, lifting total airlift strength to 278 planes while 230 C-54s currently operate in German air corridors. He cautioned that spare parts shortages are a growing concern but not yet jeopardizing operations.
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Great Falls
Mont
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Germany
Berlin
Bob E. Nowland
Air Transport Command
Continental Divide
Nowland
Madame Chiang To See President On Aid To China
President Truman announced Mme Chiang Kai-Shek would visit to discuss aid to China. She will tea with him at Blair House on Friday and pending talks depend on further decisions about Chinese aid.
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Madame Chiang
China
Washington
INS
Truman
Mme
Chiang Kai-Shek
Blair House
White House
First Blast Of Winter Nips Lawrence County
Lawrence county residents felt the first real blast of winter this morning with a temperature of 16 degrees above zero at the Weather Observing Station. The season has been unusually mild but the cold snap marks a shift to typical winter weather.
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Lawrence County
U. S
B-36 Sets Record Nonstop Flight From Fort Worth to Honolulu
The eighth air force reports a B 36 bomber flew from Carswell AFB Fort Worth to Honolulu and back covering over 8000 miles in 35 hours. With 15 crew members on board it dropped bombs off the Hawaiian coast and returned as a routine training mission.
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Fort Worth
Tex
INS
Eighth Air Force
Honolulu
J. B. Montgomery
Strategic Air Command
San Diego
Calif
Carswell Air Force Base
Hawaiian Islands
Montgomery
Offutt Field
Omaha
Neb
United States
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Company
Army
Estill Man Admits Beating Wife and Children to Death
John Bowers, 53, a country storekeeper, confessed to killing wife May 38 and children Wayne seven and Sandra four with a baseball bat in their home. He told the Estill magistrate and was jailed after police found the bodies and a crushed skull for Sandra.
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Estill
S. C
INS
John Bowers
K. S. Bowers
Hampton
Bowers
May
Wayne
Sandra
Ridgeland
Two Children Die In Flaming Canoe Creek Home
In Williamsburg Pennsylvania a fire in a Canoe Creek residence last night killed Geraldine Sipes ten and her brother Charles five. Their widowed mother Ger aldine Sipes and four other children escaped. Firemen said a kerosene stove explosion in the kitchen started the blaze.
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Williamsburg
Canoe Creek
Geraldine Sipes
Charles
Hope Talks To End Palestine Strife Near
In Paris on December 9 the U N received a new Anglo American backed plan to settle Palestine. The draft from Australia Canada and New Zealand envisions a three power conciliation commission to mediate between Jews and Arabs. It drops references to the Bernadotte plan and lets the general assembly choose the three nations. The plan aims for a two thirds General Assembly endorsement.
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Paris
U. N
Holy Land
Australia
Canada
New Zealand
County Firemen Install New Officers At Yule Meeting
Lawrence County Firemen's Association held their monthly meeting at East Brook High School with about 100 members present. After dinner and business, gifts were distributed by James Messner as Santa. New officers named Harold A. Anderson as president and Claire McConnell as treasurer.
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Lawrence County Firemen's Association
East Brook High School
James Messner
Santa Claus
Jesse Colalucca
Union Township
Harold A. Anderson
New Wilmington
Robert Miller
North Beaver
Ernest Brooks
Neshannock
Joe Sparr
West Pittsburg
Claire McConnell
Shenango
Basketball Player Hurt at Washington Junior High
Jim Phillips aged 15 of 318 Bell Avenue was treated at Jameson Memorial hospital for a contusion to the right side of his head at 10 30 PM Wednesday after an injury during a basketball game at George Washington Junior High School.
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Jim Phillips
Bell Avenue
Jameson Memorial Hospital
George Washington Junior High School
Fiveyearold Craig Mooney Injured at Home
Five year old Craig Mooney of Walmo suffered a forehead laceration after striking his head on a doorknob at home Wednesday evening. He received treatment at Jameson Memorial hospital.
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Craig Mooney
Walmo
Jameson Memorial Hospital
House Spy Probers Seek New Facts On Espionage Rings
Washington insiders report House Un American Activities probes moving to gather evidence on Communist espionage rings in the U S government before Pearl Harbor. Rep Mundt says an open session will be held and 11 witnesses summoned. Whittaker Chambers linked to one ring and microfilms of 1937 38 State Dept docs surfaced.
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Washington
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Mundt
S. D
Moscow
House UN- American Activities Committee
Raymond Wilccows
U.S
U. S
Pearl Harbor
Isaac Don Levine
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
House Un-American Activities Committee
State Department
Congressional spies reveal secret testimony on Hiss and Chambers
Congressional probe records show Henry Julian Wadleigh a former State Department employee alleged to have stolen U S government secrets for Soviet agents. The secret hearing last Monday raised questions about Whittaker and whether he knew Hiss or Chambers.
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Washington
INS
Congressional
Henry Julian Wadleigh
State Department
U.S
Sovi
Whittaker
Essed
Hiss
Chambers
Why They Were Hidden and What Chambers Hid
A 1939 government inquiry revealed officials like Levine Berle and others ignored claims that State Department files were rifled. Chambers described a Communist underground aiming to infiltrate top government posts, but espionage was not discussed. Chambers sought audience with Roosevelt, hoping to deliver stolen documents to clinch the case.
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Levine
Berle
Chambers
Roosevelt
FDR
Committee
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