Suchow Garrison Trapped Amid Nanking Battle Claims
Communist radio in Nanking said Red forces encircle the Nationalist Suchow garrison of about 110,000 in the 16th 13th and 2nd army groups. Government troops fled Suchow to reach the 12th army group southward as 125,000 Communists mass near the columned front. Authorities warned of possible annihilation and decisive outcome as the fight shapes Chiang Kai-shek's government fate.
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NANKING
Communist radio
Red
Suchow
Sukhien
Hwai river
PATSE
Chen Yi
Kuomintang
east China
Chiang Kai- Shek
second
13th army
12th army
Kwei
Fei rivers
17th
Shanghai
Volume of Aid to China Shown in New Figures
Washington Feb 6 American military aid to China runs about one third of that to Greece and Turkey. Government estimates show arms and equipment valued at about 63 million dollars delivered to Chiang Kai-shek’s forces in the last year and a half while Greece and Turkey received about 200 million. The first lady Mme Chiang urged greater help, proposing a three year program costing up to a billion dollars annually. Actual deliveries lagged. about 360 million worth was sent, including naval and army equipment, with large shipments of small arms ammunition and purchases from surplus stocks in Hawaii and the Far East.
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WASHINGTON
Bec
China
Greece
Turkey
Chiang Kai-shek
United States
Mme-Chiang
Truman
congress
Hawaii
Far East
Death Toll 6000 In Ship Disaster
A belated report from Shangbat states about 6000 Chinese died when a crowded evacuation ship exploded and sank off southern Manchuria while 4000 refugees were aboard. The disaster may be the era's worst single ship tragedy, with 9200 Chinese dead in related incidents near Shanghai.
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SHANGBAT
UPI
Manchuria
Shanghai
Nanking
Yingkow
China Merchants Steam Navigation company
Revolt of Doctors To Levy Foreseen Revolt
Boston December 6 A physician predicted a revolt in the medical profession against the American Medical Association plan to raise 3 500 000 to oppose President Truman's national health insurance. Dr Channing Frothingham former Massachusetts Medical Society leader said the AMA delegates levy of 25 per doctor risks a grass roots rebellion among 140 000 members.
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BOSTON
PIA
American Medical association
Truman
Channing Frothingham
Massachusetts Medical society
committee for the nation’s health
AMA
house of delegates
Midwest Storm Hits Plains and Rockies Narrowly
A severe winter storm moved northeast from the Rockies into the Midwest, bringing 73 mph winds to Springfield Illinois and 68 mph to Milwaukee. Snow battered Kansas and Nebraska, with 1 4 inches, while northern Wisconsin and Minnesota saw 1 3 inches. Two bus crashes killed two and injured 51, with casualties from a Grants Pass Oregon bus and Chapman Nebraska incident. Temperatures near normal elsewhere, Omaha 28 and Chicago 31.
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CHICAGO
mnos
middle west
toda
Federal
J. E. Hovde
Lake Superior
Great Plains
midwest
Springfield
Milwaukee
Wis
Rocky Mountains
Kansas
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Pacific northwest
Atlantic states
Sexton mountain
Grants Pass
Ore
Greyhound
Chapman
Neb
Grand Island
Miles City
Mort
Omaha
New York
Miami
Memphis
Wartime Atrocity Stories Get Christmas Time Sequel
Wartime tale from Mill Valley California recalls Otto V Bulew a former German submarine commander who saved eight Americans during the June 1 1942 sinking of the steamship West Notes He ordered the rescue of Francis Sherlock wounded and handed him to Fred Ritzenthaler’s lifeboat crew Sherlock and Ritzenthaler organized a letter to Bulews son to tell of the sinking and Bulew responded expressing he did not shoot at men in open lifeboats while planning to send a Christmas care package
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MILL VALLEY
Calif
Otto V. Bulew
Hanover
West Notes
Cape Hatteras
Francis Sherlock
Portland
Ore
Fred Ritzenthaler
Bulew
Sherlock
Ritzenthaler
Jap Conviction Review Granted By High Court
The Supreme Court voted 5 to 4 to hear appeals from two Japanese wartime leaders General Kenji Dohihara and Koki Hirota imprisoned for war crimes and condemned to hang. The case rests on legality of the Tokyo trials conducted by the International Military Tribunal. The decision follows Mac Arthur’s deferment of executions pending court action.
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WASHINGTON
supreme court
Jackson
Black
Douglas
Murphy
Rutledge
hat
Vinson
Reed
Frankfurter
Burton
FILEN
Kenj. Dohihara
Koki Hirota
Japan
international military triunal
Tokyo
MacArthur
Dohihara
Hirota
Hideki Tojo
Dokuhara
China
Manieburia
Hirata
Wiliam Logan, Jr
New York Ciy
Davis F. Smith
U. S
U.S
Nuernberg
Masaharu Homma
Bataan
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Philippines
William Logan, Jr
New York
David I. Smith
Dahihara
Ebota
Truman says drive to crush Greece stalled by stalemate
President Truman told Congress that the effort to defeat the Communist backed guerrillas in Greece has bogged down. He blamed partly the Greek army for not mounting a determined push after summer victories, noting morale sag and that the expected elimination of rebels has not materialized despite over 170 million dollars in American arms and supplies. A military stalemate has prolonged the struggle as he transmitted a two year report on the 625 million dollar Greek Turk aid program.
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WASHINGTON
Truman
Greece
congress
Treaty breach by Bulgaria reported by British government
London dispatch says the British government estimates Bulgaria’s land army exceeds the peace treaty limit by more than one third and its air force is double the permissible strength, signaling a potential escalation in Allied concerns.
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LONDON
Bulgaria
Grand Jury Studies Evidence of Spies
New York grand jury reviews material from the House un American activities committee on prewar Soviet intrigue in the state department. Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers appear as testimony unfolds with James Chambers in the spotlight. Wheeler presents microfilm documents as Hiss seeks deeper inquiry into the libel suit. State Department officials worry over security as public disclosure risks rise.
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Robert E. Stripling
house
John FE. Rankin
D-Miss
Maryland
Whittaker Chambers
Time magazine
Stripling
WASHINGTON
New York
congress
state department
Alger Hiss
ccuser
Chambers
diss
house un-American activities committee
grand jury
Wiliam A. Wheeler
justice department
a Department
Hiss
Wheeler
Chambe
Sumner Welles
Welles
Sam Boykin
office of controls
Donald Nicholson
Fraser Leads Attack on North Korea Free Government Claim
In Paris on December 6, New Zealand Prime Minister Peter Fraser challenged the Soviet backed North Korea regime in UN debates. He demanded proof of a free government, accusing Russia of clapping down on observers and methods in elections in the American zone. Soviet representatives warned of terror and stacked cards, while discussions shifted to Italy’s prewar colonies.
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PARIS
Russia
United Nations
People’s republic
North Korea
Peter Fraser
New Zealand
U. N
FRASER
LU. N
DU. N
Korea
United aan
Earher
Italy
Prague
Western Berlin elections held under military police terror
Moscow reports from Berlin say western sector voting occurred amid widespread military and police intimidation. Tass notes streets were nearly deserted as German and American military police patrolled heavily and authorities used agitation to force participation in the vote.
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MOSCOW
Tass
Berlin
Berlin Vote Defies Moscow as West Elects Socialists
In three western sectors of Berlin 86.2 percent turnout produced a landslide for the Socialists over the Communists in city elections. Final tallies show Social Democrats 858,100 (64.5 percent) with Christian Democrats and Liberal Democrats in second and third. Russian sector boycotted. overall turnout cited as evidence of waning Communist strength.
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West
BERLIN
Socialist party
Christian Democrats
Liberal Democrats
REDS
Social Democrats
emocrats
Conserva
RUSSIA
harty
Christian Democrat
Liberal Democrat
Frankurt
Offenbach Post
35 Known Dead In Air Crashes
The Associated Press reports 35 known dead as a navy search plane circles survivors of a -54 transport with 37 aboard in the mid Pacific. Crashes occur across Germany China and several US states. A rescue ship heads to the scene about 340 miles southwest of Johnston Island as deaths rise to 35 or 36. Other incidents include a Shanghai crash with ten dead at Kiangwan airport and a Berlin C 34 loss with three American crew members.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York
navy
mid-Pacific
Pacific
Germany
China
Johnston island
Shanghai
Kiangwan
Berlin
Salinas
Calif
Alexandria
Jamestown
Dayton
Ohio
W. J. Blanchard
General Motors aero products division
Good News for Modern Boys Tired of Tales of Old Days
Decorah Iowa December 6 UP Mayor George Baker offered 200 dollars to prove today’s youths rival grandfathers. In a harsh mix of wind rain and snow ten strong men tried the 60 pound wheat bag 9.6 miles in under two hours Carl Aschim 22 and Walter Hovey 23 beat the old mark by 25 minutes earning 50 dollars each Four runners up within three minutes earned 25 dollars apiece while four failed to finish.
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DECORAH
George Baker
Baker
Iowa
Carl Aschim
Walter Hovey
Grandpa
Crash Cited For Tax Boost By Senator O Mahoney
Senator O Mahoney cites the 1929 crash to argue for higher taxes on corporate profits. He notes earnings current and 1929 levels, urges taxing profits to strengthen government finances amid ongoing hearings on business profits and a wartime excess profits tax proposal.
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WASHINGTON
O'Mahoney
D. Wyo
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