National Forces Report Several Small Chinese Front Actions
Tangku and Tientsin reports describe Nationalist warships repelling Communist attacks with heavy casualties. Government sources claim major red forces were inactive elsewhere as weather allows defenses to rise along the Yangtze. Cabinet rift rumors swirl over peace talks while Pengpu fronts show red regrouping and possible attacks toward Nanking.
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NANKING
Tangku
Tientsin
Associated Press
Spencer Moosa
Peiping
Moosa
Fu Tso-Yi
north China
Yangtze
Kiangnan Evening Post
here
Sun Fo
Chang Chun
Wong Wen-Hao
northwest
China
Sun
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Pengpu
Kuomintang
central daily news
Liu Po-Cheng
Suhsien
Ice Cap Rescue Delayed By Severe Weather Looms
Washington December 23 The rescue of 11 men stranded on Greenland’s 7500 foot ice cap was halted again as very bad weather closed in. The air force said the group huddles in snow houses to escape violent winds and drifting snow while equipment for a new push awaits better conditions. Christmas dinners were being arranged for the group if lift capacity remains unavailable through Saturday.
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WASHINGTON
Greenland
air force
Pilot Quentin Roosevelt dies in Hong Kong crash
Quentin Roosevelt, 28, grandson of Theodore Roosevelt, was among 35 people killed when a Chinese Airlines transport crashed near Hong Kong.
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Quentin Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Hong Kong
Duggan Cleared Of Espionage
UPA member says Laurence Duggan cleared in espionage case. Autopsy shows no criminality in Duggan’s 16 story fall in Manhattan. Nixon declares Duggan clean. Hiss trial date moved to Feb 24. Sayre questioned as papers stolen concerns rise. detectives press probe before holiday recess.
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NEW YORK
UPA i
house
American activities committee
Laurence Duggan
Richard M. Nixon
Thomas A. Gonzales
William O'Dwyer
Alger Hiss
state department
Whittaker Chambers
Washington
house committee
Francis B Sayre
Hiss
SAYRE
Slight Decline in Living Cost in November
Washington reports a continuing drop in the cost of living for November with the Bureau of Labor Statistics index down 0.8 percent from October. Food prices led the decline for the fourth straight month, while dairy, fruits and vegetables, and fats and oils fell modestly. Butter remained notably cheaper than since 1947, and economists note a flattening price trend that could affect wage negotiations, including the General Motors CIO contract tied to the index.
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WASHINGTON
bureau of labor statistics
bureau
CIO
General Motors
UAW
Marshall Recovers From Kidney Operation
Secretary of State George C Marshall shows steady recovery after kidney operation at Walter Reed Hospital. Doctors expect discharge next week and say he will need rest and convalescence following release.
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MARSHALL
WASHINGTON
George C. Marshall
Walter Heed
Guinea Pig Child Goes Home for Christmas
Nine year old Hope Rickey of Pomeroy Pennsylvania leaves London Ontario hospital for Christmas with a new television set and three wishes: a new hope for life to be home and to see her father Edward J Hickey Jr in Philadelphia. Hope had been treated as a medical guinea pig for rheumatic fever with vitamin E at the Shute Institute and War Memorial Children's Hospital.
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LONDON
Ont
Hope Rickey
Pomeroy
Edward J. Hickey, Jr
Philadelphia
Hope
Mr. Hickey
Shute Institute
War Memorial Children’s hospital
W. J. Gutterson
13 Year-Old Fends Off Sharks for Two Days
Russell Anthony Latona of Sacramento leaped overboard near Cape Maisi on December 14 to try to save Bent Jeppsen, a Danish cabin boy who was killed by sharks. Latona survived, crediting a life belt tossed to him. he is reported in good condition at a U S naval hospital.
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GUANTANAMO BAY
Cuba
cobin
Cuban
United States naval hospital
Russell Anthony Latona
Sacramento
Calif
Bent Jeppsen
Jeppsen
Bent
Russell
Cape Maisi
Taco
Seasonal Ban On Divorces Said Success
In Hamilton Ohio judges announce extending a Christmas divorce moratorium to Easter. Judges Fred R. Cramer and P. P. Boh will hear no divorce cases from a week before Easter to the day after Easter. Over nine years the moratorium produced at least 30 reconciliations and was deemed worthwhile even if one marriage was saved.
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HAMILTON
Fred R. Cramer
P. P. Boh
Deadlock Delays Ybarbo Verdict in German Trial
MARBURG Germany Dec 23 Three military court judges failed to reach a verdict in the trial of Mrs Wilma Ybarbo for the slaying of her American soldier husband after 29 hours of deliberation. The board will reconvene Tuesday after Christmas. Presiding Judge Dewitt White of Morgantown West Virginia expressed regret at the lack of a verdict.
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MARBURG
Germany
Wilma Ybarbo
Dewitt White
Morgantown
W. Va
Million-dollar heroin haul seized in San Francisco
Customs agents in San Francisco confiscated a million-dollar heroin seizure from a freighter arriving from the Orient. It is described as the largest on the West Coast to date.
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HEROEN
SAN FRANCISCO
Exhibit Shows Faulty Buying by All Services
Washington editors tour a Virginia warehouse exhibit showing 400 clothing and equipment items cost the armed services $247 million this year. The munitions board urges standardization across navy army and air force, with a three service committee to resolve price and design differences.
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WASHINGTON
Virginia
army
navy
air force
munitions board
defense establishment
Defense Forrestal
marines
army and
navy medical
army medical
army field medical
Battles Flare On Negev Front
TEL AVIV Israel Dec 23 fighting broke out today between Jewish and Egyptian forces along the Negev front with air and ground clashes reported. Israeli and Egyptian aims included the Faluja pocket and a step by step release, while censored details limited name disclosures.
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TEL AVIV
Israel
five nations
Negev
Palestine
Faluja
United Nations
Nivim
Mount Sinai
Rafah
desert front
Faluja ring
Slaying Arrest Reported in San Francisco Case
Federal Bureau of Investigation announced the arrest of Leonard Calamia in Albuquerque New Mexico for the San Francisco gangland slaying of Nick de John. The case centers on a murder tied to organized crime.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Albuquerque
N. M
Leonard Calamia
Nick de John
federal bureau of investigation
Australia demands Dutch expulsion from the United Nations
In Paris on December 23, Australia urged the United Nations to expel the Netherlands unless it halts its attack on Indonesia. Col. W. R. Hodgson called the Dutch action a clear violation of the UN charter and urged immediate Dutch withdrawal and punishment for breaches, proposing an amendment to the US backed resolution.
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PARIS
Australia
Holland
United Nations
W. R. Hodgson
U. N. security, council
U. N
CHINA
C. L Hsta
security council
Philip C. Jessup
United States
Indonesia
Colombia
Syria
Hodgson
Netherlands
council
Hitler
assembly
J. H. Van Royen
Van Royen
republic
President Truman Hears Update Via Phone Conference
President Truman spoke by long distance telephone with Undersecretary Lovett from his hotel penthouse in Kansas City. He and Acting Secretary of State discussed developments in the last 24 hours and surveyed the international situation, including Indonesia, in about ten minutes.
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KANSAS CITY
Truman
Lovett
Muehlebach hotel
Charles Ross
Indonesia
Big Mixup on Street Might Pass for New Giant Eggnog
In Los Angeles a milk truck carrying the Christmas makings collided with a rubbish truck at a downtown intersection. Police described the mess as an awful mixup after the crash that spilled 360 quarts of milk 40 quarts of Tom and Jerry batter 12 quarts of eggnog batter 600 eggs and 40 pounds of butter.
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LOS ANGELES
UN committee reports Dutch fire on civilians in Java
U N committee relayed to the security council that Dutch troops killed Indonesian civilians during the Java advance. Reports from Batavia described gunfire, deaths of civilians including a boy, and widespread arson by Indonesian forces in areas they could not hold as Dutch troops moved toward Soerakarta and Magelang.
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BATAVIA
Java
United Nations security council
good offices
Kalloerang
Jogjakarta
secretariat
bservers
Kaliaerang
Kalicerang
GOC
central Java
Soerakarta
Magelang
T. K. Critchley
Tieppe
Western Seamen Vote On Possible West Coast Strike
In San Francisco on December 23 the AFL Sailors Union of the Pacific votes to strike, potentially halting west coast shipments. Members seek wage increases from 20 to 60 dollars monthly, raising top pay for boat swains to 350 dollars. Shipowners offered 16 to 35 dollars monthly with rule adjustments.
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SAN FRANCISCO
AFL Sailors Union of the Pacific
Wiom
Far East
Lurline
Honolulu
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