Airport Capture Report False
San Francisco December 17 The Chinese Communists claimed Peiping south airfield capture at 3 a m Peiping time but AP reporter Harold K Milks landed there from Nanking hours later He said mortars and artillery hit within a few hundred yards of the field seven miles south of Peiping but did not strike the field The field was deserted with abandoned plans and looted suitcases as refugees fled The dispatch noted Communist claims of other captures and the Nationalist withdrawal around Pengpu and Suchow with reports of heavy losses by the 12th army group
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SAN FRANCISCO
Peiping
Associated Press
Harold K. Milks
Nanking
Milks
Mentoukou
Wanping
Reds
Chiang Kai-Shek
east China command
Pengpu
Chtthsien
Hwai river
Suchow
12th army group
Tunghsien
Fengtai
Mentuokuo
Yangtze river
Kaoyu
Peipu
Pengpu-Suchow
Lilienthal Denies Uranium Reports
Denver report quotes David E. Lilienthal chairman of the U.S. atomic energy commission saying the Colorado Plateau remains the nation s only area of domestic uranium production and of relatively small importance in the overall supply He dismissed Caribou mine pitchblende findings near Boulder as gross exaggerations and unlikely to yield independence from foreign uranium sources
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DENVER
America
Colorado Plateau
Colorado
David E. Lilienthal
U.S. atomic energy commission
Lilienthal
Caribou
Boulder
Colo
John K. Gustafson
commission
Air Force Overseas Strength Drops Slightly on Enlistment Stops
The Air Force reported 123,300 personnel overseas as of December 1, down about 1,500 from November. Officials attributed the decline largely to expirations of enlistments leaving a tighter overseas force.
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AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON
Defense Ready In Murder Case
The U S army investigator testified Mrs Wilma Ybarbo from Malden Mass said she was not sorry she shot her war hero husband Sgt John Ybarbo of Goliad Texas The defense seeks self defense and acquittal arguing she acted against an assault The ballistics expert testified a bullet from Sgt Ybarbos body came from a gun wrested from Mrs Ybarbo as the shooting occurred The case adjourned until Monday as motions to dismiss are considered and defense plans to press self defense if denied
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MARBURG
Germany
Wilma Y.barbe
U. S. army
Malden
Mass
John Ybarbo
Goliad
Tex
Miami
criminal investigation division
Labor unions push for Taft Hartley repeal in Truman union message
Washington reports President Truman will state his labor policy in the January 5 state of the union. AFL chief William Green says Truman favors repealing Taft Hartley and restoring Wagner Act rights, while CIO seeks a united front. Senate and party leaders note possible amendments and Republican support for repeal, with ongoing talks between AFL and CIO on unity and strategy.
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WASHINGTON
White House
Truman
congress
William Green
American Federation of Labor
AFL
Charles G. Ross
Mr. Truman
Ross
CIO
Senator Morse
Oregon
Philip Murray
Murray
executive council
Whalers Out Tokyo Postwar Whaling Voyage
Pi Japan reports its third postwar Antarctic whaling expedition has caught 28 whales since beginning operations on December 15. The announcement comes as Japan resumes long range whaling activities after the war, marking a renewed push into Antarctic waters.
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TOKYO
Japan
Antarctic
Neighbor Charges Pet Deer Indulges Hunger at Icebox
In Oakville Ontario a neighbor accused Milton Cleary s pet deer Bambi of raiding an outdoor refrigerator. The deer allegedly ate a roast a pound of bacon and a pound of butter. Game Warden Dudley Hitchcox noted it was unusual but Cleary promised restitution.
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OAKVILLE
Ont
Bambi
Milton Cleary
Dudley Hitchcox
Cleary
Rail unions urged 40 hour week with seven cent raise
A presidential board recommended that non-operating railroad workers receive a seven cent hourly raise retroactive to October 1 and adopt a 40 hour week starting September 1949 without reducing take home pay. The plan, costing an estimated 340 million in 1949, aims to align rail pay with postwar standards and spur negotiations with unions in Chicago next week.
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WASHINGTON
George M. Harrison
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
ION
Harrison
Chicago
President Truman
William M. Leiserson
David L. Cole
George Cook
Slaying Suspect’s Alibi Spotty In Guam Case
Guam, Dec. 16. The chief investigator in the Ruth Farnsworth rape slaying called one hot suspect whose alibi is spotty. The unnamed suspect was released after intensive questioning. Lt. Cmdr. James Hackett said Farnsworth was likely killed by someone she knew well. The San Francisco woman vanished Saturday from a curio shop and died Tuesday after being found wounded in the jungle.
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GUAM
Ruth Farnsworth
Cmdr
James Hackett
Farnsworth
San Francisco
Trust Judgment Said Obtained Against Bendix Home Appliances
The Justice Department announced it obtained an anti trust judgment against Bendix Home Appliances Inc and Telecom Corporation. The ruling ends what was described as legal restrictions in the handling of rental washing machines used in laundry stores where customers insert a coin to operate the machines.
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WASHINGTON
justice department
Bendix Home Appliances, Inc
Telecom corporation
Radio Berlin Maintains Power After Tower Bombing
Berlin December 17 Radio Berlin resumed broadcasting at full power twelve hours after French forces destroyed its two tall transmission towers in the Soviet sector Soviet commentators claimed American orders triggered the blast and German officials suggested alternative towers at Potsdam Union Soviet leaders and Berlin Communist groups condemned the act while Paris cited security concerns over airlift operations in the Tegel area Brig Gen Jean Ganeval called the demolition a threat to Allied airlift and Maj Gen Alexander Kotikov urged explanations and denounced the action as illegal and arbitrary.
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BERLIN
Radio
Russia
Germany
Heinz Schmidt
Radio Berlin
Potsdam
Schmidt
Washington
Taegliche Rundschau
S. Timofesen
Socialist Unity party
United States
France
Jean Ganeval
Tegel
Alexander Kotikov
Economic Report Ready for Study
President Truman’s economic advisors plan a memorandum on the general economic situation for his study in Independence Massachusetts over Christmas. Dr Edwin G Nourse said after the council met at the White House that the group will outline its findings especially on points they are in agreement on.
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WASHINGTON
Truman
Independence
Edwin G. Nourse
council of economic advisors
White House
Nourse
Jewish State's United Nations Bid Fails at Security Council
Paris report notes Israel failed to win the seven votes needed for UN membership as five states supported admission and five abstained. Britain France Canada and Belgium backed delaying tactics while Syria opposed. US USSR Argentina Colombia voted yes. Britain China France Canada Belgium abstained. Egyptian protest on Faluga discussed.
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PARIS
Israel
United Nations
SYRIA
United States
Russia
Ukraine
Argentina
Colombia
Britain
China
France
Canada
Belgium
Faluja
Negev
Palestine
world peace organization
R. G. Riddell
New Plane Not Dewey's
Washington December 17 The air force says a million dollar Lockheed Constellation outfitted for presidential use was never intended for Dewey. Secretary Symington told aviation officials the New York story alleging Dewey would get the plane is false and harmful. He noted earlier plans to convert a Constellation into an executive plane after the DC-6 Indpendence was grounded for safety fixes.
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WASHINGTON
Air Force
Symington
Dewey
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
GOP
Truman
Truman Moves To Tighten Espionage Laws Soon
Attorney General Clark said the Truman administration will seek amendments to the espionage statutes once the new Congress convenes. He noted the Justice Department has studied the issue but stressed constitutional limits. A suspected bombsight leak target, described as a civilian army employee, drew renewed attention as the Hiss case and old spy hearings resurfaced.
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WASHINGTON
Clark
congress
President Truman
White House
Truman
justice department
Japan Economic Program Told
Washington reports the United States ordered a new economic program for Japan to speed recovery and curb inflation. Gen. Douglas MacArthur was instructed to direct Japanese authorities to implement tighter controls on taxes wages prices rationing and foreign trade to achieve stability and higher exports. Success will affect future US funding and reflect in overall occupation costs.
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WASHINGTON
United States
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
state department
army departments
economic cooperation administration
state department-army
l-nation
Far Eastern commission
Rampaging Elk Terrorizes Blue Mountains Highway
A bull elk driven onto a Blue Mountains highway by a storm rampaged yesterday, charging vehicles and endangering occupants before being killed. The elk smashed a grill, threatened a jeep, and a snow plow clearing the road was targeted before a spectator shot the animal. Oregon game authorities were notified promptly.
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WALLA WALLA
Wash
Blue mountains
Oregon
New York Spy Session Cancelled Amid Esponage Probe
A hearing on alleged Communist espionage by a subcommittee of the House Committee on American Activities was canceled today. Rep. John McDowell of Pennsylvania was to lead the session. a statement would be issued later. A new grand jury began probing the espionage field, after Whittaker Chambers testified years earlier in the Alger Hiss case.
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Alger Hiss
Eighth street
New York
Whittaker Chambers
house
American activities committee
Stephen Birmingham
John McDowell
R-Pa
ene tire
McDowell
Hiss
state department
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MONGOLIA
wUPEH
Chan
MANKIN
YELLOW “SEA
Truman Labor
Board
Marjorie Truesdale
Nathan Sugarman
Patricia Styles
Los Angeles
sill
Mr. Sugarman
U. N
Security Council
Francis B. Sayre
Rep. McDowell
Hisson
Rep
Mundt
R-SD
army
Aberdeen
Md.) proving ground
proving ground
Chambers
grand jury
Japan Economic Program
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