Lead In Every Category Of Munitions Warns Johnson
Secretary of Defense Louis A Johnson urged U S industry to gain the lead in every category of munitions at the NAM Congress, warning a second Pearl Harbor could come tomorrow. He noted the joint chiefs favor a Air Force counterattack and stressed preparedness to hold the line until mobilization. Hoffman warned Western Europe must not fall to the Soviet orbit and warned of a potential garrison state. The defense secretary said America remains superior but must lead in all munitions and be ready for a pre-dawn attack to avoid prostration.
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New York
Louis A. Johnson
National Association of Manufacturers
Congress of American Industry
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Johnson
Japan
Pacific
United States
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense
Air Force
Paul G. Hoffman
Economic Administration
NAM
Europe
Kremlin
Hoffman
America
Secretary of Defense
U. S
Pistol Kills Rex Beach in Florida Home
Rex Beach, 72, famous novelist, was found dead at his Sebring area home from a pistol wound in the head. County Judge J Howard Livingst on and Sheriff Broward Coker ruled it self-inflicted. Beach had endured a throat ailment for three years.
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Rex Beach
Here
J. Howard Livingston
Broward Coker
Beach
Snow and Cold Grip Midwest and West
A cold wave pushes temperatures below zero across Minnesota and surrounding states with 15 below forecast, while Michigan and Wisconsin see heavy snow. Pacific storms bring rain and high winds to the Northwest and East Coast as a sequence of blizzardlike systems tracks across the region.
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Minnesota
United Press
Great Lakes
Pacific Northwest
Pacific Ocean
North America
Japan
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Iowa
Dakotas
Mercury
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
North Woods
Washington
Oregon
Valley Trade Pre-Holiday Spark Boosts Arizona Business
Valley of the Sun shows a pre Christmas upswing across banking, retail, tourism, real estate, and agriculture. Phoenix stores run understaffed during evening shopping as deposits and debits rise. Camelback Mountain Resort Association cites stronger winter visitor demand. rentals offer better terms. real estate activity up about 30 percent. Cotton prices slip about seven and a half dollars per bale year over year. Page 2 continuation.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Foster Kelly
Camelback Mountain Resort Association
J. E. Clevenger
Phoenix Real Estate Board
Air Ace Sets Round World Flight Record
World War II ace Thomas G. Lanphier arrives at La Guardia at 11 43 a m breaking the round the world record for travel on regular airlines. He began in Chicago at 8 a m on American Airlines Flight 14, aiming to finish in New York in five days. The previous mark was six days three hours held by Col Eddie Eagen. The trip is billed as a peace mission marking the Wright brothers Kitty Hawk anniversary.
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New York
Thomas G. Lanphier
la Guardia
Chicago
Thomas G. Lanphier, Jr
Commercial Airlines
American Airlines
Lanphier
Eddie Eagen
Kitty Hawk
N. C
Remember The Arizona On Pearl Harbor Page Twelve
The Arizona rises above the water as a grim reminder of the December 7, eight year old anniversary. At Pearl Harbor life on Oahu flows calmly while a few visitors board the ship and a chaplain offers a prayer. The battleship remains weak and time worn.
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Pearl Harbor
Arizona
Naval Base
Oahu
Slightly Cooler Weather Forecast Across The Valley
Temperatures dipped to 35 degrees in the Valley this morning at Alhambra while the Weather Bureau reported 44 for the low and Sky Harbor Airport 43. No frost. Forecast calls for slightly cooler days with scattered high cloudiness today and increasing clouds tomorrow with possible light rain in northern mountains. Nights warmer. northern winds to 25 to 30 mph. Yuma led with 80 degrees, Phoenix 78, Sky Harbor 77. Prescott ranged 64 to 30, Flagstaff 56 to 22.
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Weather Bureau
Sky Harbor
Yuma
Phoenix
Flagstaff
Prescott
Parole Board Cuts Prison Terms of Pair
Arizona Board of Pardons and Paroles reduced sentences for Ed Johnson in Pima County from life to 15 years to life and Earl Chartier in Navajo County from 5 years to 18 months after reviewing crime circumstances and inmate conduct. The board met at Florence State Prison and granted paroles to 25 inmates while recommending clemency for 10 others to Gov Garvey.
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Parole Board
Arizona Board of Pardons and Paroles
Ed Johnson
Pima County
Earl Chartier
Navajo County
Walter Hofmann
Florence
Dan E. Garvey
Hofmann
Hopes Raised For American Pair In Korea
Washington reports a Pyongyang broadcast offered to free two missing U S officials from the Economic Cooperation Administration after a Sept 20 ship voyage. Officials await confirmation on Ward and staff release as the party may travel via Peiping to Tientsin and Yokohama Japan.
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Korea
Washington
United States
Angus Ward
Freedom
Far East
State Department
Ward
Mukden
China
Pyongyang
North Korea
U. S
The
Economic Co-Operation Administration
Alfred T. Meschter
Kinderhook
N. Y
Albert E. Willis
Brooklyn
ECA
South Korea
Newsmen Sail To Meet Ward Party In China
Twelve newsmen and cameramen travel from Kobe aboard the Lakeland Victory toward Taku Bar to join Consul General Angus Ward and his party expelled from Mukden by Communists. The mission aims to safeguard Ward’s group and ensure a peaceful exit from Communist China.
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Kobe
Lakeland Victory
Taku Bar
Tientsin
China
Angus Ward
Mukden
Father kills three children with shotgun at home
Fort Belvoir construction engineer John Conner, 38, shot and killed his three children Celia 5 Michael 8 and Stephane 11 as they prepared for school in Cameron Valley Alexandria Virginia Police led Conner away quietly after the killings Immediate charge was not filed Wife Janet fled to neighbors reporting the killings The coroner said each child died instantly from a 20 gauge shotgun blast A neighbor recalled a child scream Daddy don't do it
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Fort Belvoir
John Conner
Conner
Janet
Cameron Valley
Philip Mitton
Mittons
John
Mitton
Celia
Michael
Stephane
John Sims
Roger Stinnett
Stinnett
Pauline Allen
Noted Figures Comment on Welfare State Shift
International News Service reports Dr. Herman Kretchmer former head of the American Medical Association says the welfare state may be the farewell to the American way of life. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky leaves for Russia extends goodwill for the new year to Americans.
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International News Service
Chicago
Herman Kretchmer
The
American Medical Association
New York
Andrei Vishinsky
Russia
United States
Sofia Spy Trial Opens for Kostov and 10 Aides
Sofia reports former Vice Premier Traicho Kostov and 10 other top officials face a special court on treason espionage and betrayal charges. The indictment accuses them of plotting with Yugoslav leaders at the urging of Anglo American intelligence, aiming to overturn the regime and aid Tito. The trial began as nationwide protests urged the severest punishment for the traitors.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Traicho Kostov
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Kostov
Vladimir Dimchev
Tito
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Adoph-a-Family for Christmas aids Phoenix children in need
The second annual Adopa-a-Family for Christmas project aided by The Phoenix Gazette and Phoenix Community Council highlights starving children in Phoenix. Family No. 38 includes two hungry girls and a 11-year-old orphan girl, both living in poverty with a widow mother and frail health. Donations of $14 or $8 could provide meals and clothing, with readers urged to send funds to Miss Lucy Krug at The Gazette.
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Phoenix
The
Phoenix Gazette
Phoenix Community Council
Lucy Krug
Gazette
the Gazette
Santa Claus
Atomic Bomb Chief Details Wartime Russian Shipments
Lt Gen Leslie Groves testified that the United States shipped some atomic material to Russia during World War II. He cited unknown quantities and said espionage efforts targeted American laboratories in Berkeley Chicago and New York while lending pressure was placed on lend lease. Airing at a House committee hearing, Groves noted he could not halt a 1943 shipment.
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Washington
Leslie R. Groves
Russia
Groves
House Un-American Activities Committee
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Wallace
Hopkins
Army
Atomic Energy Commission
Lend-Lease Administration
United States
Berkeley
Calif
Chicago
New York City
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Upe
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Eaetor
Gunractice
California
March Field
Peiping
Yokohama
Douglas Jenkins, Jr
Charleston
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Truman McClung
Becky Ann
Dallas
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Rostov
Rae S
Pan Russia
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Bulletin
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Henry A. Wallace
Harry Hopkins
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