Committee Trails Secrets Shipments
Washington dispatch reports House investigators pursuing wartime atomic shipments to Russia cases No. 4 and 5. Possible 500 pounds of uranium compound and 1000 grams of heavy water may have reached the Soviets around 1944. Subpoenas and testimony involve William C. Moore James P. Hoopes Henry A. Wallace and Leslie Groves with claims of pressure and lend-lease evasion examined on Capitol Hill.
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WASHINGTON
House
Russia
Reds
un-American activities committee
William C. Moore
James P. Hoopes
Leslie R. Groves
Groves
lend-lease administration
Capitol Hill
Moore
Hoopes
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
LEWIS
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Harry L. Hopkins
White House
Canada Reveals Russians Sold Uranium in War Aid
Ottawa reports a 1943 shipment of Canadian uranium oxide and uranium nitrate to Russia through Eldorado Gold Mines valued at 2445 dollars. The metals were supplied by normal commercial channels for wartime aid, with tests for atomic research undisclosed at the time. Eldorado was expropriated in 1944 and a review by Clarkson Gordon Dilworth Nash found no irregularities.
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OTTAWA
C. D. Howe
Russia
house of commons
Howe
Eldorado Gold Mines, Ltd
Eldorado
Clarkson, Gordon, Dilworth and Nash
United States
Claims Against Gangster Upheld
A federal tax court upheld the government's large tax fraud claims against Chicago gangster Frank Nitti, ruling revenue officials justified in seeking 441,237 for income from labor racketeering and gambling. The case notes evaded taxes of 294,158 and penalties of 147,079, with Nitti having died by his own hand in March 1943 after indictment. Browne and Bioff, associates and IATSE officials, had been convicted on similar charges.
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WASHINGTON
PIA
Chicago
Frank Nitti
revenue bureau
Nitti
Frank Nitto
George Browne
Browne
William Bioff
Bioff
IATSE
Break Expected In Smuggler Case
Miami authorities predicted a break within days in a major roundup of aliens smugglled into the United States by air from Cuba. U S District Attorney Ernest L. Duhaime said two men and their wives and at least three aliens are under arrest. he named a Cuban contact, Gregorio Simmonovich, as the kingpin of smuggling operations in the Caribbean.
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MIAMI
Fla
border patrol
Cuba
U. S
Ernest L. Duhaime
Duhaime
Gregorio Simmonovich
Sim
Missing Airplane Wreckage Sighted Near Napa
A U S coast guard plane sighted wreckage of the missing commercial airliner with seven aboard four miles southeast of Napa and about 10 miles from Fairfield on the line between the two cities. Pilot Lt Jerry Rea reported no signs of life. The flight was from Oakland to Sacramento when it disappeared during a rain storm. Hamilton field air rescue teams were rushed to the area.
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SAN FRANCISCYU
Dee
U. S. coast guard
Jerry Rea
Napa
Fairfield
San Francisco
Pacheco
Contra Costa county
coast guard
Atomic Project Strike Ends at Oak Ridge Plant
WIR W. Cook, manager of Oak Ridge operations for the atomic energy commission, said a four day wildcat strike by construction workers on the giant project has ended. He reported preparation for a wholesale back to work movement this morning.
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OAK RIDGE, Tenn
W. Cook
Oak Ridge
atomic energy commission
Cook
Meyers Seeks Parole Release From Prison
Former Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers wartime air force purchasing chief appears before a parole board on December 8 to plead for release from prison.
Small Producers Sign UMW Pacts Amid Coal Week Shift
Washington reports small salt coal producers in the Midwest and South backed John L. Lewis by moving to a five day week as miners take their first day off under the three day work week. Major operators remain resistant awaiting broader concessions while the old contract lapsed last July.
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WASHINGTON
John L. Lewis
United Mine workers
Ieader
midwest
Lewis
UMW
Wadleigh Denies Passing Papers in Hiss Trial
Henry Julian Wadleigh testified at the Alger Hiss perjury trial that he did not supply to a Russian spy ring any government papers Whittaker Chambers claimed he received from Hiss. The defense plans to argue the papers originated with Wadleigh, a former state department economist. He denied taking papers from Hiss' office but admitted sharing other government papers with a pre war Russian spy ring.
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NEW YORK
Dev
Henry Julian Wadleigh
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss
Wadleigh
state department
United Nations backs hands off China policy
The U N assembly urged world states to refrain from touching China and to honor its treaties. It backed a year round debate by the little assembly on the Chinese problem and Soviet intrusion, with five powers sponsoring the hands off resolution. The vote passed 45 to 105 with no abstentions, the Soviet bloc voting no.
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NEW YORK
United Nations assembly
China
little assembly
United States
Russia
Jerusalem
Israel
Jordan
Australia
Mexico
Pakisian
Philippines
Chile
Witnesses Link Bridges to Communists in San Francisco Trial
Two additional witnesses testified in federal court that Harry Bridges was active in the Communist party and lied about it during his 1945 naturalization. Longshore aides Henry Semhmidt and J. R. Robertson face conspiracy charges connected to Bridges’s citizenship. Mrs Irene Patti Harris and Stanley Benjamin Hancock corroborated earlier testimony, with Harris recounting a 1938 meeting and Hancock recalling a 1935 Communist caucus in San Diego.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Dre
Harry Bridges
Communist party
Bridges
CIO
Henry Sehmudt
J. R Robertson
United States
Irene Patti Harris
Stanley Benjamin Hancock
Erie
John H. Sehomaker
Harris
Hancock
San Diego
Schmidt
Irene Harris
Burglars Loot Over $150,000 in Perryton Jewel Heist
Perryton Texas December 8 burglars cut a hole in a drug store roof to steal more than 150000 in watches and jewelry. It was described by a Texas highway patrolman as the biggest jewel theft in the history of the Texas panhandle.
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PERRYTON
Tex
Texas highway
Texas panhandle
AMA Votes Funds For Health Fight
The American Medical Association voted to levy 25 a year in compulsory dues and allocate 3 million annually to finance its battle with government run health care proposals. President George Craig of the American Legion signaled support, while Truman backers push socialized medicine financed by payroll taxes.
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WASHINGTON
American Medical association
American Legion
George Craig
AMA
Truman
congress
Vinson to Aid In Truman Talk in Key West
President Truman will confer with Chief Justice Vinson in Key West Florida to refine the State of the Union message. The White House said Vinson will be invited to Florida to discuss administration strategy amid the holiday visit to the Sunshine State.
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KEY WEST
Fla
Truman
Vinson
congress
White House
Florida
Tax proposals aim to ease U S business abroad
Treasury counsel Thomas J. Lynch signaled a Truman administration effort to liberalize U S taxes on foreign operations. He urged reexamining the regime to eliminate inequities that discriminate against foreign investment as part of a broader program to help foreign countries earn dollars to buy goods in the United States.
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WASHINGTON
Truman
U. S
treasury
Thomas J. Lynch
Philadelphia
tax executives institute
New York Clamps Down On Water Waste
New York City imposes strict water restrictions as reservoirs fall to about one third capacity. Water Commissioner Carney orders all car washing halted and bans non essential use, while police mobilize civilian water wardens to curb waste and fines rise for leaks.
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New York Clamps Ltd
NEW YORK
Carney
upstate
Westchester
Edward J. Clark
Nationalists Flee For Island Retreat
Nationalists retreat from the mainland to Formosa after ceding control to Communist forces. Chiang Kai-shek’s cabinet reorganizes command with Gen Ku but the main army remains on the move toward Tiannan Island, signaling continued guerrilla warfare as Nationalists seek a counterstrike from offshore bases.
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Sichang
Sikange
Formosa
Tianan island
Hong Kou
Genetahecima OVthel
eecciens
Subaye Sikang
Cher pt
co yne lions
Changs Chon fon
engstaecet China
Ku Cte tung
Une
SHIFE
Hu Feune-nan
Yang Sen
Wang Tsang-shu
pvidentals
Reds
Yen Il Feshan
Tapeh
China
GOP Pushes Attack on Foreign Policy Strategy
Washington reports that several Republicans urge Senator Vandentree to sharpen the party line on U S policy toward China Spain and the Israel question. While recuperating in Michigan after surgery Vandertre plans to return to Washington to open the new session and outline a GOP stance. Party leaders seek a clear bipartisan approach on foreign policy issues before the 1950 campaign.
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WASHINGTON
Vandenbers
Machtie
China
Spain
Israel
Michigan
Vandertre
dan a
howe
Letters Cheer Crash Pilot
Bolivian fighter pilot in the Bolivian airliner crash last month received about 1 ter letters of encouragement from Americans. Ambassador Guillermo Gutierrez said the letters are stockpiled and used in moments of low mood. The envoy described how the pilot reacted to the accident and the kindness from strangers.
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WASHINGTON
Dre
Erick Rios Brideux
eid
Guillermo Gutierrez
Gutierrez
Bolivia
organization of American stake
Aner fcan
German President Opposes Army in Unclear Roving Text
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a German president and opposition to the army but is largely unreadable. No clear events, dates, or named entities can be confirmed. The piece looks like a damaged page segment with scattered letters and garbled phrases.
Airplane Bomb Trial Suspended Amid Confusion
A fractured report describes the airplane bomb trial paused amid unclear testimony. Key figures and dates are obscured, with references to Pratt and Stew wine type ded mentioned in scattered fragments. The incomplete text hints at a court proceeding and alleged evidence but lacks cohesive details.
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Pratt
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