Red Trap Breached in China Battle Near Nanking
The Twelfth army group of 110,000 men reportedly broke out of Communist encirclement and rejoined government forces near Nanking. Reports place the breakout at Suhsien, linking with the Sixth army group near Kuchen, 130 miles northwest of Nanking, as martial law spreads to Wuhan and Han kow regions and air resupply continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NANKING
Suhsien
Associated Press
Harold K. Milks
Pengpu
Milks
Sixth army group
Kuchen
Liu Chih
east China forces
Huang Wei
fallen Suchow
Suchow
Chen Yi
Chia Ching-Chuan
Wuhan
China
Hankow
Hanyang
Hwai
Chiang Kai-shek
PEIPING
Jehol
Shanghai
metropolis
U. S
John Cabot
ice
G. C. Crawford
Black Mountain
N. C
Crawford
Washington
Reds Plan for Berlin as Moscow Tightens Grip
Berlin authorities disclosed a plan to remake the eastern sector into a little Moscow with a two year Berlin plan, socialization of small factories, and public ownership of Nazi confiscations. Western leaders urge currency split while airlift teams keep supply lines open. The Moscow aligned bank chief warned western Germans against excluding eastern marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BERLIN
Moscow
Karl Maron
Germany
Taegliche Rundschau
Britain
France
U. S
Lucius D. Clay
Maron
Jury Exclusion Alleged in Georgia Labor Case
Griffin Ga December reports an attorney Dan Duke charged that union members were denied jury service in Spalding county. The case Victor Huckaby vs state centers on a labor dispute at Gains Hosiery Mill with Huckaby a member of the AF of Hosiery Workers. He was fined 200 dollars and jailed 20 days after trial before Judge Leonard Hightower.
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GRIFFIN, Gr
atttorney
Georgia
Dan Duke
Duke
United States
Victor Huckaby
Spalding county
Griffin
Gains
rh Huckaby
American Federation of Hosiery’s workers
ind
Leonard Hightower
Ruth's Daughter Divorced Rewed
Ruth’s daughter Dorothy Ruth Sullivan married Dominick Pirone after divorces from Daniel J. Sullivan and Lucy Bruno Pirone. The 27 year old New York native was once the Babe’s ward, adopted in 1930, and the ceremony followed new divorces granted in separate courts.
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LAS VEGAS
Babe Ruth
Dorothy Ruth Sullivan
Pirone
New York
Helen Woodford
Secretary of State Marshall to Resume Work Uncertain
Washington reports doubts about Secretary Marshall resuming full duties after kidney operation. At 67, he must rest, with Col. Weaver confirming a stable recovery and no complications. Lovett leads foreign policy in his absence as Dulles stands in Paris.
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WASHINGTON
Marshall
Walter Reed hospital
Truman
Col
J. A. Weaver
Warren R. Austin
United States
United Nations
Walter Reed
Austin
John Foster Dulles
Paris
Robert A. Lovett
Newsman Dead Chicago
John P. Boughan aged 88 former markets editor for the Associated Press Chicago bureau died after a several month illness last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CHICAGO
John P. Boughan
Associated Press
Labor demands cut in prices or wage hikes across nation
The AFL and CIO economists told the Senate House Economic Committee that workers will seek maximum wage increases unless business halts price rises and reduces unduly high charges. They warned profits and excess pricing threaten the economy and urged taxes on excess profits to curb speculation and stabilize demand.
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WASHINGTON
AFL
CIO
senate house economic committee
Nelson H. Cruikshank
Cruikshank
Stanley H. Ruttenberg
Ruttenberg
Communist-led unionists seek UN action on Franco Spain
A Communist-led group of trade unionists urged the United Nations to take stronger measures to quarantine Franco Spain. The appeal was presented on December 8 in Ay-A.
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PARIS
United Nations today
Franco Spain
Marshall Plan Profits Draw Fire in Congress
Washington reports lawmakers attack the Marshall Plan for favoring a few large firms while small U. S. companies lack materials. Rep. Ploeser cites an ECA cotton contract showing Anderson, Clayton and Co. received 71.2 percent of August allocations. the row includes a clash between agencies over bulk cargo sharing. Will Clayton has stake in the firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
capitol hill
Rep. Ploeser
R-Mo
house
small business committee
Paul G. Hoffman
Grenville Mellen
Ploeser
U. S
department of justice
congressional “watch dog
economic cooperation administration
Joeser
ECA
Anderson, Clayton and company
CLAYTON
NTERES
Will Clayton
Gravedigger confesses murder guilt as death row cases unfold
In Saginaw Michigan a former gravedigger surrendered and claimed he beat a Philadelphia woman to death after she spurned him. He said the act and motive stemmed from jealousy and fear of publicity. Authorities await further statements as the case links to a Philadelphia murder and a separate death sentence for Bayard Jenkins.
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SAGINAW
Mich
Philadelphia
Joseph Bugenske
Herbert L. Gulembo
Bugenske
Gulembo
ieman
Catherine Miller
Bayard J. Jenkins
Kathryn Mellor
Jenkins
Robert Nix
Mrs. Mellor
Reese
Scottville
Gu Jembe
iceman
Gulembe
Italy
Saginan
Gukembo
Britain cites private info of Jewish forces in Trans-Jordan
Harold Beesley told the UN Security Council Palestine committee that Britain possesses private information alleging Jewish forces invaded Trans-Jordan. He warned such action would compel Britain to act under its 1946 1948 Anglo Trans Jordan treaty.
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PARIS
Trans-Jordan
Harold Beesley
United Nations
security council Palestine committee
Britain
ac Swn
Beeley
Dead sea
Sqaha
Red sea
Gulf of Aqaba
security council
seven-nation committee on
Palestine
United Kingdom
Israel
Negev desert
Minister Protests Police-KKK Parade in Atlanta
The Rev. Kenneth Brown protested police involvement in a Ku Klux Klan parade in Atlanta. He charged three motorcycle officers led the parade and Fulton County Police Chief Neal Ellis said he ordered police to stay with the Klansmen to prevent violations. Brown, a wartime chaplain, called the march inappropriate and said officers did not interfere with the event.
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ATLANTA
Kenneth Brown
Fulton county
Neal
Ellis
Woman Testifies At Secret Session In Hiss Probe
A woman described as Eunice A. Lincoln, a former state department secretary who worked with Alger Hiss, testified behind closed doors before the House committee on un-American activities. The panel seeks two unnamed men linked to computer papers and espionage once shown by Whittaker Chambers.
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NIXON
Richard Nixon
R-Calif
Washington
state department
Robert Stripling
house on
Maryland
Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
house committee on un-American activities
Eunice A. Lincoln
Francis B. Sayre
Hiss
Sayre
Whitetaker Chambers
congressional
Eunice Lincoln
Chamers
Mundt
R-SD
NEW YORK
Chambers
Time magazine
Alex M. Campbell
justice department
George Morris Fay
U. S
District of Columia
Rep. Nixon
house
Russia
Germany
Japan
Code Secrets Safe Now Says Lovett
Undersecretary Lovett announced the State Department has rebuilt its code system over the past decade to be far more secure against espionage. He defended the department against delays in addressing disclosures by Whittaker Chambers and said security across sensitive agencies has tightened.
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WASHINGTON
Lovett
state department
house un American activities committee
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss Brother Called by Jury
Donald Hiss and his brother Alger testified before a federal espionage grand jury in New York as the probe entered its third day. Whittaker Chambers testified earlier about Alger Hiss supplying documents to Russian agents. Chambers, now Time editor, and Alger Hiss appeared again, with Mrs. Alger Hiss likely to appear later. Prosecutors seek swift indictments as the judge presses toward a final conclusion.
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NEW YORK
Donald Hiss
state department
Alger
Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
Hiss
Chambers
Time
Washington
house
American activities committee
U. S
John F. X. McGahey
McGahey
Errol Flynn Fined $50 for Assault in New York
The actor Errol Flynn paid a $50 fine after being accused of kicking two policemen in a nightclub altercation in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flynn
NEW YORK
Debonair
Errol Flynn
Malik Condemns Korean Inquiry Demands UN Korean Commission End
Paris December 8. Soviet delegate Jacob A Malik urged ending the United Nations Korean commission calling it a tool of American imperialism. He accused acting U S chairman John Foster Dulles of using the UN to turn southern Korea into a capitalist playground and imperialism springboard. The session saw Soviet support for a proposal to drop Koreans amid Western observers noting a bloc push to block action.
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PARIS
Jacob A. Malik
United Nations’ Korean commission
sterma
fie
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