Red Spy Hunters Seek Typewriter In Washington
Washington reports say congressional spy investigators hunt a 1937 1933 typewriter tied to a Red spy ring. Acting Chairman Mundt may announce on a typing device while a Philadelphia find is linked to Alger Hiss related papers. Nixon and Holifield push tighter espionage rules as probes continue.
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WASHINGTON
Congressional
house
American activities committee
capitol
Mundt
ASC
Whittaker Chambers
Robert S. Stripling
house group
Philadelphia
Alger Hiss
Hiss
state department
Chambers
Rep
Nixon
R-Calif
justice department
committee
Russia
Holifield
D-Calif
congress
Oversea Airline Merger Set to Unite Pan Am and Pan Overseas
New York December 13 Pan American World Airways and Pan Overseas Airline announced a merger to consolidate overseas routes to eleven European countries with Pan American’s trans Atlantic network. The consolidation would create the largest in American commercial aviation and expand both carriers’ international services.
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NEW YORK
Pan American World Airways
Pan Overseas Airline
Europe
Pan American
Six Bit Words Raise Average In U N to 53 Cents
Paris December 13 France Soir reports the United Nations assembly spoke about 10 million words during the recent session with total expenditures around 1.7 billion francs. The report calculates the cost per word at 170 francs or 53 cents.
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U.N
PARIS
France Soir
United Nations assembly
Truman Seeks Big Pay Hikes for Officials
President Truman asked Congress to raise cabinet officers from 15000 to 25000 a year and lift salaries for top government leaders. Budget director James Webb said the pay overhaul is needed to attract top talent and warned against government leadership positions being filled by underpaid individuals. Webb estimated the rise would cost about 1.5 million annually.
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WASHINGTON
Truman
congress
James E. Webb
Webb
senate post office
civil service
senate
Guerrilla attack near Karditsa repelled by Greek forces
Athens reports government troops drove 2,500 to 3,000 Communist guerrillas from Karditsa after a brief, violent clash. Guerrillas used heavy weapons to seize the city but government reinforcements, including tanks, broke through to the town center and repelled the assault.
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ATHENS
Karditsa
Greece
River defenses crumble as Reds bypass line near Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek’s Yangtze guard may retreat as 12th army group suffers heavy losses and 50,000 troops are wiped out southwest of Suhsien. Communists threaten the Hwai river rail link west of Pengpu while air drops to trapped forces intensify amid worsening supplies.
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NANKING
Chiang Kai-Shek
Yangtze
Hwai river
Yangtze river
12th army group
Suhsien
India
sixth
Hwai
Pengpu
12th
Red radio
12th army
eighth army
Pukow
Ho Ying-Chin
Kuomintang
Suchow
China
Associated Press
Spencer Mesa
Peiping
Changping
Nankou
Strike Violence Flareup Injures 5 at Zinc Oxide Plant
In Columbus on December 13 a fourth flare-up in the three month strike at the American Zinc Oxide company plant left five workers injured, including one plant official. Police said eight men in a car waylaid the workers near the plant and beat them with iron bars and clubs on the way to work.
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COLUMBUS
American Zinc Oxide co
Zanzibar crow bounty teaches delay saving the crown
London notes delay costs money after Zanzibar offered bounties for crows and eggs. A boy brought crow eggs causing confusion. London ruled feathers needed for higher bounties, crows without feathers count as eggs. The colonial office warns administrators not to delay in dealing with crows.
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LONDON
colonial office
Zanzibar
U.S
bureau
his
Vishinsky Bitter As U N Adjourns in Paris
Russia bitter after a crushing UN General Assembly vote against its positions delivers a blunt warning to the West. Soviet deputy foreign minister Vishinsky rails against praise and asserts no positive results in Paris while criticizing Britain and the United States. The session adjourns to resume in New York on April 1, 1949, with Korea's unification effort facing renewed UN scrutiny. The end of the Paris assembly leaves West and Soviet blocs more divided though some delegates feel hopeful about peace prospects.
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PARIS
Russia
United Nations general assembly
Avidrdéi iY. Vishinsky
Britain
United States
Paris assembly
Vishinsky
New York
Sweden
republic of Korea
south Korea
U.N
Korea
U.N. commission
people's republic
vashinsky
full assembly
Assembly
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
Beaten Beauty Found in Jungle on Guam
Ruth Farnsworth 27, San Francisco beauty employed at a Guam curio shop, was found unconscious and nude in a jungle pool behind the shop after disappearing Saturday night. Officials say she was raped and assaulted by a gang of sex fiends. condition critical. A $1000 reward was posted. more than 200 marines and police searched the area.
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GUAM
Ruth Farns
San Francisco
Fransworth
Farnsworth
Aline
Ruth
navy
Associated Press
Alme
Lawrence
Mexico
Latter Day Saints
King George Improves but Will Not Engage Publicly
London December 13 King George VI physicians report substantial progress against a serious ailment. They say he is advised to avoid public engagements until next summer as he continues recovery.
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LONDON
King George’s physicians
Masked Rider Arrests End Reign of Terror in Tarston
Seven men have been arrested in Tarston, Tenn., on charges tied to a reign of terror by hooded night riders and a string of fires. Sheriff Jim Meeks said the arrests appear to have ended the unease that has troubled residents for months and added the riders were not connected with the Ku Klux Klan.
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TARLTON
Tenn
Jim Meeks
Tarston
Americas Seek Inter American Help Over Costa Rica Invasion
Costa Rica appealed under the Rio pact for inter American aid to repel an armed invasion blamed on Nicaragua and others. Western hemisphere foreign ministers debated convening an emergency session to consider defensive measures under the mutual aid treaty amid reports of up to 1000 attackers and Communist involvement.
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WASHINGTON
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Truman
Charles G. Ross
White House
Dillon
Meyer
istitute of inter-American affairs
Ross
Bay of Sal
Rafael Calderon Guardia
San Jose
Anastasio Somaza
council of the organization of American states
Negro Dancer Weds Manager in Seattle Ceremony
Thelma Johnson Streat, a noted Negro concert dancer from Portland, married Edgar Kline of Torrington, New York, in Seattle today. The couple will spend four days with the bride’s parents in Portland before flying to Mexico City on December 16 to open a children's film studio.
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SEATTLE
Thelma Johnson Streat
Portland
Ore
Edgar Kline
Torrington
N. Y
Mexico City
Willamette Flood Swamps Oregon Valley In December Rise
Oregon endures a third flood this year as the Willamette River bursts its banks and crests near Corvallis and Eugene. More than 500 people evacuate from Glenwood area trailers to safer grounds at the University of Oregon and Lane County Fairgrounds. Five killed in storms along the coast and mid Willamette Valley. The river tops flood stage at 14.3 feet in Eugene and slowly recedes.
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EUGENE
Ore
Oregon
Willamette valley
Willamette river
Glenwood
lowland
high Fairgrounds
University of Oregon
Springfield junction
Willamette
Vanport
here
Columbia
Corvallis
Albany-Corvallis
Kiger Island
Albany
Salem
Portland
weather bureau
Harrisburg
Jefferson
Santiam river
Red Cross
Glexwood
Lane county fairgrounds
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Springfield
Coduille
Pacific
Detroit
Berlin Three-Power Kommandatura Urged by Mayor
Berlin mayor Ernst Reuter urged reorganizing the Allied kommandatura without the Russians and abolishing zone boundaries to place western Berlin on par with western Germany. Western sector police reported a third attempted kidnapping by Soviet cops.
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Berlin
Ernst Reuter
kommandatura
Reuter
western
Germany
U. S
Britain
Force
Kommandstura
Hans Laupichler
Laupichler
Christening Set For Princess Elizabeth's Baby Prince
London reports a four week old prince may be christened by the archbishop of Canterbury at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday at 13 30 local time 10 30 a m EST. The ceremony could mark the royal infant’s future role in the empire.
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LONDON
Elizabeth
British empire
archbishop of Canterbury
Buckingham palace
Six-year-old Delays Game Ends In Finger Jam
In New York a six year old, Daniel Corrigan, jiggled controls of a penny slot machine at a candy store. His finger became jammed in a hole, police with an emergency squad dismantled the machine for over an hour to free him. He was hospitalized with only a bruise and given a lollipop.
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NEW YORK
Daniel Corrigan
Daniel
Aid to China May Continue If Government Frees Society
Shanghai reported that Paul Hoffman of the ECA said aid to China could persist under a new government if it preserves freedom. He noted government representation for the people, guarantees of liberty, and operation of free institutions and press as conditions.
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SHANGHAI
Paul Hoffman
economic cooperation administration
ECA
China
Hoffman
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kuomintang
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