Indicted ex Revenue Chief Nunan faces tax charges
A federal grand jury in Brooklyn indicted Joseph D. Nunan Jr former internal revenue commissioner on income tax evasion for 1946 to 1950 claiming 910086.60 unpaid taxes. Nunan who led the bureau 1944 to 1947 later refused to answer questions before the House Ways and Means subcommittee amid tax scandal investigations.
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WASHINGTON
GPI
Joseph D. Nunan, Jr
Internal Revenue Bureau
Attyen. McGranery
Brooklyn
N. Y
Nunan
internal revenue
Daniel A. Bolich
Interal Revenue Bureau
New York
house
ways and means
Bolich
revenue bureau
King
treasury
Adrian Dewind
Reds Ask Money Of Prisoners in New York
The New York Herald Tribune reported army officials say relatives of American service members presumed in North Korean or Chinese camps have received Communist propaganda and offers of paid “rest camps.” A Washington dispatch notes agencies sending material claim prisoners are alive and well and may be arranged for a two week “vacation” for 65 dollars per prisoner.
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NEW YORK
New York Herald Tribune
Washington
C. B. Allen
Korea
Tax Probers Weigh Snyder Call In Tax Case
Washington investigators hold a closed-door session to decide whether to summon Secretary of the Treasury Snyder for a first-hand look at his role in a multi million dollar tax case. Decision also due on hearings into the alcohol tax unit and permit issuance with next year likely for action on hearings.
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WASHINGTON
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
internal revenue bureau
cence
Reuther Leads CIO Race as Union Votes Align
Atlantic City dispatch reports Walter P. Reuther emerging as near sure CIO president after late night support from rubber and oil unions totaling over 400,000 members. Allen S. Haywood fights on with David J. McDonald. convention showdown possible Thursday.
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ATLANTIC CITY
N. J
Walter P. Reuther
CIO
auto workers union
Allen S. Haywood
Reuther
CIO rubber and oil workers
Haywood
Philip Murray
David J. McDonald
CIO steelworkers
McDonald
lit.ly
labor
Republicans List 170000 Federal Jobs for Patronage
The civil service commission announced after a survey that Republicans will have 170,382 federal jobs largely small posts available for patronage. The figure follows election gains giving Republicans control of the White House and Congress. The notice says over 95 percent of the 2.4 million federal jobs are protected by merit systems and did not detail open positions or pay.
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WASHINGTON
civil service commission
White House
congress
Cabinet filled with commerce labor choices
NEW YORK December 2 Eisenhower completes his cabinet with Martin P Durkin AFL leader as secretary of labor and Sinclair Weeks as secretary of commerce Weeks a Boston industrialist and GOP official spoke on sustaining business activity and restoring opportunity while Durkin becomes the first labor union official to head labor. Walter Williams of Seattle named under secretary of commerce.
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NEW YORK
Eisenhower
AFL
Martin P. Durkin
Chicago
labor
Sinclair Weeks
Boston
commerce
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Durkin
Adlai E. Stevenson
LABOR Durkin
secretary of labor
AFL United Association of Journeymen
United States
Canada
Weeks
Republican national finance committee
Massachusetts
GOP
Arthur H. Vandenberg, Jr
White House
Vandenberg
Walter Williams
Seattle
Citizens for
Columbia university
Sales Drop in Paris for Communist Papers
Paris reports a 20 percent fall in sales of Communist papers in the year ending September 30, according to the Echo De La Presse trade magazine.
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PARIS
Echo De La Presse
Hoffman urges limits on press election role
Rep. Hoffman of Michigan urged Congress to cap editorial space newspapers may dedicate to backing a candidate. GOP Chair Arthur Summerfield favored a cautious study with no fixed limit, while other witnesses urged broader coverage rules for groups involved in campaigns.
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HOFFMAN
WASHINGTON
Rep
R-Mich
congress
Republican national committee
house government operations committee
house
Detroit Free Press
Dwight Eisenhower
John Knight
Eisenhower
Knight
GOP
Arthur Summerfield
national committee
Summerfield
Harold F. Gosnell
American university
Washington, D. C
West Neutrals Defeat Russian Cease Fire Demand in U N
In New York the United Nations Political Committee defeated a Soviet cease fire demand for Korea and backed India's peace plan. Forty one nations voted against the Russian proposal with twelve abstentions while the Soviet bloc supported it. The decision clears the way for a plenary vote on India's plan.
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UNITED NATIONS
N. Y
India
Korea
U. N. assembly
Orient
U. N. general assembly
Joao Carlos Muniz
Brazil
RED CHINA
Assembly
Lester B. Pearson
general assembly
East German Purge Hinted
Berlin reports that East Germany hints at show hearings amid Prague purge fallout. Heinrich Rau cites traitors like Slansky Clementis and others as examples while naming Willi Kreikemeyer alongside the Slansky group and Tito. Merker is accused of serving as a western spy.
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BERLIN
Prague
East Germany
Soviet
Heinrich Rau
Red
Leipzig
Rudolf Slansky
Vlado Clementis
Willi Kreikemeyer
Slansky group
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Paul Merker
Soviet zone politburo
GOP Funds Sought for Eisenhower Inauguration Ops
A WH-A committee is formed to raise about 150000 dollars to cover operating expenses of President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower's headquarters until his January 20 inauguration, seven weeks away. The Republican national committee continues to meet these expenses.
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NEW YORK
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican national committee
Town Council Cautious on Street Naming in Carrickfergus
The Carrickfergus Town Council delay naming a new street after General Eisenhower. A council member says living-person honors may fade in years to come, so the street is designated General Jackson Street for now.
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CARRICKFERGUS
Ireland
Gen
Eisenhower
General Jackson
American Ace, Low, Sacks MIG-15 in North Korea Sky War
Lt. James F. Low of Sausalito Calif wins his seventh air kill by felling a Communist MIG-15 in a duel with two MIGs amid snow in North Korea. Ground action sees bitter snow battles along the central front with heavy bombardment by B-29s and Superforts.
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SEOUL
Korea
U.S
North Korea
Fifth Air Force
James F. Low
Sausalito
Calif
Honsan
Yangdok
Triangle Hill
Sniper Ridge
Reds Held Edge In Korean Air
General Hoyt Vandenberg said in Washington that Communist forces in the Far East outnumber U N air units in Korea by at least three to one in planes on hand or ready. He warned U S air units in Korea are not enough for an enlarged warfare scope and urged readiness to back up bold moves.
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Pres. Truman
WASHINGTON
Hoyt
Vandenberg
far east
air force
U. N
Korea
Priest proposes curb on obscene publishing and transport
Father Thomas J. Fitzgerald of Chicago urged Congress and publishers to form a voluntary board to judge decency and seek federal laws to bar transport of obscene matter across state lines. He testified before a House committee noting the need to curb indecent literature out of control.
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WASHINGTON
congress
house
Thomas J. Fitzgerald
Chicago
Father Fitzgerald
Kearns
R.Pa
Air Force C-47 Crashes With 13 Aboard Near San Bernardino
San Bernardino Calif December 2 A U.S. Air Force C 47 carrying 13 men crashed overnight at about 8000 feet in the San Bernardino mountains Deputy Sheriff Loring Poleman of Victorville said he saw a large fire in the mountains north of the area around 4 am which later waned by daybreak smoke was visible from the crash site well above the snow line at about 4500 feet.
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SAN BERARDINO
Calif
San Bernardino mountains
sheriff's office
Loring Poleman
Victorville
here
Big Bear valley
Taft criticizes Durkin labor secretary pick
Cincinnati dispatch reports Sen. Robert A. Taft denounces Eisenhower's choice of Martin Durkin as labor secretary calling it an incredible appointment. Taft warns it alienates union members and allied Democrats while stirring questions about his future with Eisenhower and the cabinet lineup.
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CINCINNATI
Robert A. Taft
Martin Durkin
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen
Taft
Eisenhower
GOP
Durkin
Stevenson
Gen
Truman
Tax Cut Plan Proposed By Reed For Next Congress
Representative Daniel A. Reed of New York announced a plan to cut individual income taxes by 11 percent and repeal the excess profits tax on corporations, to be introduced when the new Congress convenes next month.
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WASHINGTON
congress
Daniel A. Reed
Christmas Spirit Lets Jailers Free 13 Prisoners
Indianapolis Democratic county commissioner William N. Allison visited Marion county jail and paid a total of $155, enabling 13 inmates serving fines for misdemeanors to be released. Allison said it was the Christmas spirit and noted one inmate, Jack Genelon of Treniton New Jersey, was serving a $25 intoxication fine.
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INDIANAPOLIS
William N. Allison
friend
Marion county
Jack Genelon
Treniton
N. J
Allison
Generon
Lattimore Case Goes to Federal Grand Jury
Attorney General McGranery announced a federal grand jury will examine Professor Owen Lattimore of Johns Hopkins, amid McCarthyian accusations and Senate internal security hearings. FBI completed its probe and will present all pertinent facts in the District of Columbia grand jury. Lattimore, who lives in Ruthen, Md, had been criticized for false testimony on multiple points during Senate hearings.
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WASHINGTON
McGranery
Owen Lattimore
Johns Hopkins university
state department
Lattimore
Sen
McCarthy
senate
ias
justice department
District of Columbia
senate judiciary subcommittee
internal security
federal bureau of investigation
FBI
grand jury
Ructon
senate committee
O Connors Call for Coe Dismissal Sparks Senate Probe
U S Senator Herbert O Conor demands the dismissal of Frank Coe the IMF secretary after Coe refuses to confirm if he is a Communist or anti American spy. Hearings resume as the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee probes alleged American Communists in the UN and IMF staff. Coe says the State Department denied his passport last year and Treasury Secretary Snyder urged his firing.
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NEW YORK
monetary fund
U. S
Herbert R. O'Conor
D-Md
O'Conor
Frank Coe
senate internal security subcommittee
United Nations
U.N
Coe
stafe department
secretary of the treasury
John W. Snyder
Coc
Mother Visits Dulles Nephew in Tokyo Hospital
Mrs. Allen Dulles arrived in Tokyo to see her critically wounded son, Marine 2nd Lt. Allen Dulles, at Yokosuka naval hospital. The young officer remained in a coma after severe shrapnel wounds to arms and head, unaware of his mother’s presence.
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TOKYO
Allen Dulles
Korea
U.S
Yokosuka naval hospital
Dulles
John Foster Dulles
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