Cominform Calls for Tito’s Overthrow Amid War Fears
The eight nation Cominform meeting in Budapest denounces Tito and Belgrade’s Yugoslav Communist Party as American spies. It warns against underestimating a new world war led by Anglo American imperialists and demands internal and external action to restore Yugoslavia to the socialist camp.
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Yugoslavia
Communist Party
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Hungary
Russia
Bulgaria
Romania
France
Czechoslovakia
Italy
Poland
Tito
Belgrade
Yugoslav Communist Party
Friends of
Cominform
Soviet Union
Truman Urges All Citizens to Seek Jobs and Full Employment
President Truman challenged all Americans to mobilize resources to ensure jobs for everyone. Read by Maurice Tobin, the message to labor officials noted unemployment pockets, praised social progress, and cited a raise in the minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour.
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Truman
Congress
Xavier Musketeers to Play Sun Devils in Salad Bowl
Xavier University of Cincinnati will face Arizona State College at Tempe in the Salad Bowl on Jan. 2 after accepting a bid following Colorado A and M players voting not to play. Xavier won nine of 10 in the regular season and is praised as a strong Midwest club outside the Big Nine.
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Arizona State
Musketeers
Cincinnati Club
LaDow
al Stephen
Cincinnati
Stephen
Xaviers
Arizona
Tempe
USC
Kiwanis Club
Donn Kinzle
Ed Doherty
Cominform Plans Infiltration Of Yugoslavia In Winter
Belgrade reports indicate the Cominform intends a large scale winter infiltration into Yugoslavia to unseat Marshal Tito. Yugoslav speaking Hungarians Romanians and Bulgarians are said to be trained to cross frontiers carry leaflets and commit sabotage. The government reportedly knows of these plans and a separate spy case may evidence Soviet sabotage attempts.
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Yugoslavia
Cominform
Tito
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Jablonic
Neretva
Bosnia
Coolidge Tempe Win New P O s
Washington reports two Arizona towns Coolidge and Tempe have been listed for site acquisition and planning for new post offices while Sparks Nevada gains a new post office. Congress has not yet appropriated construction funds. Senator Hayden and McFarland announced the selections under a new law authorizing one site per congressional district annually.
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Arizona
Nevada
Hayden and McFarland
Coolidge
Tempe
Congress
McCarran
Sparks
Adopt-a-Family plan aids three Phoenix children
The Phoenix Gazette and Phoenix Community Council promote the Adopt-a-Family-for-Christmas drive to support three Phoenix children and their grandmother facing dire poverty. Readers are asked to donate amounts from 1 to 8 dollars to Family No 12 and 13, with checks made to the Community Council.
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Phoenix
The
Phoenix Gazette
Phoenix Community Council
Lucy Krug
Northwest storm deaths rise to 32 in Pacific Northwest
International News Service reports the Pacific Northwest's storm death toll held at 32 as flood and wind damage spread across Washington Oregon and British Columbia. Skagit River remained critical with dikes holding in La Conner Conway Stanwood while 125 homes flood damage occurred and 300 acres submerged.
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Skagit
Sedro-Woolley
Hamilton
Mount Vernon
British Columbia
Washington
Oregon
Montana
Alberni River
Noted Figures Comment On Population and Europe
In Birmingham the Bishop of Birmingham Rev Dr Barnes calls for preserving the better stocks while reducing the worse by removing the idle and vicious. In Lake Success US envoy Philip C Jessup warns that reports suggest groundwork for another Russian attempt. In London Winston Churchill says Europe risks collapse if US aid ends and only failure remains for a united Europe.
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Lake Success
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United States
Philip C. Jessup
London
Winston Churchill
Europe
Nationalist Leaders Leave Chungking To Communists
Hong Kong reports the Nationalist government abandoned Chungking to Communist troops. Premier Yen Hsi-shan arrived in Chengtu proclaiming it the new war capital of Nationalist China. Reports say Chungking officials flee with baggage as planes shuttle evacuees to Chengtu.
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Yen Hsi-shan
Chengtu
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Yen
Czechwan
Yangtze
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New City
Young Brothers Banking Corporation
Chambers Repeats Charge Against Hiss
New York AP report says Whittaker Chambers swore before God he received secret government documents from Alger Hiss. In resumed testimony, Chambers suggested some papers could have originated with Harry Dexter White, challenging the defense aim to place other sources beside Hiss.
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New York
Whittaker Chambers
State Department
Alger Hiss
Chambers
Hiss
Murphy
Defense
Claude B. Cross
the Treasury
Harry Dexter White
White
12 Power Defensive Plan Drawn
Paris reports that chiefs of staff from 12 NATO nations agreed on a unified defense plan against future threats. The draft will be finalized by military experts in the next two days before defense ministers meet to approve. The talks align with U S and UK defense discussions in London and follow the Big Three chiefs of staff meeting.
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Paris
North Atlantic
Naval Ministry
U. S
Louis Johnson
London
Car Blast Kills Dallas Woman
Dallas Mrs Mildred Noble, wife of prominent gambler Herbert Noble, was killed when an automobile she started exploded in Oak Cliff at 8 15 am. Police said explosives likely caused the blast. Noble, 40, had been wounded in a running gun battle earlier and on another occasion.
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Mildred Noble
Oak Cliff
Noble
Herbert Noble
Liner Plunges Into Chemical Plant at Love Field
A American Airlines DC-6 crashed near Love Field in Dallas while approaching for landing. Forty five aboard. twenty eight believed dead. Seventeen hospitalized, with several survivors. Flames lit the scene as crew described engines aflame and chaotic destruction.
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American Airlines
Love Field
Mexico City
New York
Washington
Month's air crashes claim two hundred lives in month
The month witnessed multiple major air disasters. An American Airlines plane crash in Dallas raised the civilian and military toll to over 200, with 28 dead in Dallas. Earlier, a Washington collision killed 55 aboard, including 51 passengers. A Paris to New York crash in the Azores killed 48, among them former boxing champ Marcel Cerdan. A Dutch mercy flight to Oslo lost 34 of 28 refugees. a Bermuda rescue of 18 of 20 airmen followed. Multiple B-29 mishaps and crashes in Tampa Bay, Indianapolis, Salt Lake City, and Kindley Field marked a perilous period for peacetime aviation.
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American Airlines
Dallas
Eastern Airlines
Washington, D. C
Washington
National
Tain
Azores
Marcel Cerdan
North Africa
Scandinavia
Oslo
Norway
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Stockton
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Tampa Bay
Kindley Field
Hamilton
Indianapolis
Salt Lake City
Utah
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