Probes Planned Into Tax Agencies After Audit
House Ways and Means investigators pressed for broader inquiries into the alcohol tax unit of the Internal Revenue Service and the Tax Division of the Justice Department. The report urged stricter enforcement, fuller records, income source disclosures, and greater publicity for tax decisions, as reforms already underway are reviewed for further action.
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WASHINGTON
House
treasury
justice departments
new Republican congress
ways and means tax investigating subcommittee
alcohol tax unit
internal revenue bureau
justice department
revenue bureau
collector of internal revenue
civil service
Rep
Kean
N. J
Rep. King
Calif
reorganized revenue bureau
bureau
Chiang Criticizes East and West in Christmas Message
Chiang Kai-shek denounced both Soviet Russia and Western powers in a Christmas address to the National Assembly. He implied Western nations and Britain encouraged China’s defeat, warning that Soviet world conquest could end China’s reconstruction effort.
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TAIPEH
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Russia
national assembly
west
U.S
Britain
China
288 U.S. war dead returned from Korea aboard SS Robin Goodfellow
The bodies of 288 Americans who died in the Korean war were returned to the United States today aboard the SS Robin Goodfellow, landing on U.S. soil after transit.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Churchill Plans American Visit
Prime Minister Churchill will travel to the United States on December 31 aboard the Queen Mary for a Jamaica vacation and will meet President-elect Eisenhower in New York for informal talks on the Korean War. He will then visit Washington to pay respects to President Truman, accompanied by Mrs. Churchill and their daughter and son-in-law.
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LONDON
Churchill
Eisenhower
New York
Washington
Truman
U. S
Jamaica
Bernard Baruch
White House
Soames
Churchills
Mary
U. S. stnce
Anthony Eden
Ship Crewmen Allowed Ashore
All of 262 seamen aboard six foreign freighters were granted shore leave under the McCarran act two days after its enactment. Earlier, 271 crew of the French liner Liberte were denied shore leave for failing to answer required questions, spending Christmas aboard the vessel.
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NEW YORK
Liberte
U. S
French Press Cleanup Drive Near Hanoi In 1946
Operation Bretagne aimed to clear Vietminh from the Baichu sector in the Red River delta. Late tonight contact remained but had faded after yesterday’s strong clashes. French high command said’ the mopping up has produced about 400 enemy dead and 500 captured.
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HANOI
Indochina
Baichu
Red river
Feeble Engine Lands Driver In Jail Cell
Oklahoma City police arrested a drunken driver who argued with officers that a concrete abutment was a hill he could not climb. Officers L. H. Dye and R. E. Albee explained the obstacle and took him into custody.
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OKLAHOMA CITY
L. H. Dye
R. E. Albee
Americans Die In Iran Crash
A Iranian Airways plane crashed near Tehran in dense fog killing 22 passengers, including four Americans. only two survived. The inbound Isfahan flight broke apart after a rough landing in an open field, with investigators citing a likely altitude miscalculation during a blind approach. Names and ages of the American victims are listed, including Cecile Demoisy and James Blakemore.
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TEHRAN
Iran
Iranian Airways
Isfahan
Cecile Ann Demoisy
point four
Shiraz
Charles Demoisy
Ogden
Utah
Thomas Rispoli
U. S
Atlanta
James E. Blakemore
Station plaza
Great Neck
Long Island
N. Y
Middle East
Ford foundation
Arlene Blakemore
Souvenir shell tragedy in Chickashaw Christmas gathering
In Chickasaw Oklahoma a 45 mm souvenir shell exploded during a Christmas gathering on a front porch. Four injured including Mildred Childers who lost both legs and Mrs Verbile McCrory who lost a leg. A 14 year old and Kenneth Andrews were burned and cut. The shell belonged to Marine Pfc James W McCrory who was home on leave. his younger brother Joe dropped it on the porch triggering the blast.
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CHICKSAW
Okla
Mildred Childers
Verbile McCrory
Joe McCrory
M. H. McWhirter
Pfc
James W. McCrory
Camp Lejeune
McWhirter
McCrory
Joe
Ill Man and Rescuer Die After Christmas Collapse
In Shadyside on Christmas night Peter Schramm 80 collapsed on a street and died from an apparent heart attack. Charles Boyd 32 who came to his aid also suffered a heart attack and died.
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SHADYSIDE
Peter Schramm
Charles Boyd
Schramm
Boyd
Boston Lawyer Suspect Named in Brink's Robbery Reports
Unconfirmed reports claim a respected Boston lawyer acted as a front to hide most of the 1.219 million stolen in the Brink's robbery of January 17, 1950, with the money placed in about 40 safe deposit boxes nationwide. FBI officials would not comment while a grand jury reconvenes amid ongoing investigations.
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BOSTON
FBI
Brink
Carleton M. O'Brien
Rhode Island
George R. Killeen
Bbink
Louis
Ava
Lynn
Killeen
Pensions for Aged Deemed Inadequate by Study
Washington reports the National Planning Association says current pension payments are well below subsistence, with about 350,000 on both old age and survivors insurance or private plans. It warns future pensions will be far too low as income rises to 600 billion dollars annually by 1975, increasing elderly pensioners.
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WASHINGTON
National Planning association
senate house economic committee
Allied Air War Sprays Bombs on North Korea
Allied fighter bombers struck North Korea today destroying 15 Communist supply dumps six artillery positions 10 troop bunkers and 27 buildings. The attack damaged rail lines and a bridge while 16 Sabres and 16 MIG fighters were reported shot down near the Yalu River. A ground clash near Kumsong occurred as temperatures dipped to two degrees above zero.
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SEOUL
North Korea
Yalu River
fifth air force
Yalu
Manchuria
eighth army
Kumsong
White Horse mountain
Chorwon
U.N
Adenauer Urges Strong Man Choice for U.S. High Commissioner
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer urged President-elect Eisenhower to appoint a strong U.S. high commissioner to Germany to boost rearma and Western unification efforts. Rumors name Draper Murphy Kennan as potential candidates as Adenauer stresses urgent ratification of allied treaties and a swift start to the European army project. The 77 year old leader faces a pivotal year with national elections and parliamentary approvals for peace and defense pacts.
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BONN
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Eisenhower
U. S
Adenauer
west Germany
France
European army project
United States
John J. McCloy
Walter L. Donnelly
Donnelly
William E. Draper, Jr
Truman
Europe
mutual security agency
Robert D. Murphy
Japan
George F. Kennan
Russia
Draper
Murphy
Lucius D. Clay
Clay
Kennan
hale
Britain
Nation's Christmas holiday toll tops 300 deaths
Auto wrecks kill 252 since 6 p m Wednesday local time. Twenty three die in fires and thirty one in other accidents as the 102 hour weekend nears its end. Chicago reports one of the worst traffic periods with about 1 300 accidents and over a dozen fatalities.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
midwest
Chicago
Michael Ahearn
national safety council
Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Severed Twins Still Critical
The 15 month old Brodie twins Roger Lee and Rodney Dee remained in critical condition after their Dec 17 operation at University of Illinois hospital to separate them. Roger Lee has not regained consciousness while Rodney Dee remains critical. parents Royt and wife from Moline, Ill., visited from Christmas Day with their other children.
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CHICAGO
Brodie
Moline
Ill
Illinois neuropsychiatric hospital
Barbara Ann
Low on Korean Front Sees Two Degree Cold Spell
Warfront reports temperatures dipping to two degrees early today in the Kumhwa sector as Allied forces maintain positions. A turnout of clear skies and a 41 degree high on Christmas followed a winter pattern with near zero mornings and a large daytime rise.
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SEOUL
Kumhwa
Bus Crash Kills Seven Near Sao Jose Dos Campos
A holiday crowding Rio de Janeiro to Sao Paulo bus blew a tire and veered off a city road near Sao Jose dos Campos 155 miles south of Rio, killing seven and injuring 23.
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RIO DE JANEIRO
Brazil
Rio- Sao Paulo
Poangaba
Sao Jose dos Campos
here
Yugoslavia Cuts Military Budget for Next Year
Belgrade reports a 10 percent reduction in the 1933 military budget while affirming readiness to resist aggression. Defense Minister Ivan Gosniak cites a shorter reserve training period and demobilization of the home guard, plus surplus from the 1952 budget as factors. He denounces cominform and notes concerns about Italy and the Vatican.
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BELGRADE
Yugoslavia
Ivan Gosniak
Gosnngk
Italy
Vatican
Colorado and Wyoming Report Nation's Coldest Spots
Denver dispatch notes frigid start with Fraser Colorado dipping below zero and Big Piney Wyoming at minus 27, marking these states as the coldest in the nation early today.
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DENVER
Colorado
Wyoming
Fraser
Big Piney
Dulles Replies Stalin On Concrete Peace Proposals
John Foster Dulles said Stalin could expect a seriously and sympathetically received reply if concrete peace proposals are offered. The statement followed Eisenhower's telephone talk with Dulles in New York as Stalin answered four questions from the New York Times. Stalin favored a meeting with Eisenhower and said Russia seeks to end the Korean War while criticizing Western Cold War actions.
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WASHINGTON
Eisenhower
Russia
Stalin
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
New York
U.S
Stali
New York Times
United Nations
Moscow
Times
Korea
U. S
McCarran Seeks Wider Drive Against Subversives
Sen. Pat McCarran signals he will push for greater Senate power to root out subversives among United Nations employees. The Internal Security Subcommittee faces delays in its probe of U N official U S Sampaio. A federal grand jury has charged a concentration of disloyal Americans at the U N.
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WASHINGTON
Pat McCarran
D-Nev
senate
United States
United Nations
senate internal security subcommittee
U. S. Sampaio
U. N
McCarran
subcommittee
Robert Morris
U.N
Koreans Arrive in German Zone for Three-Year Studies
A group of 57 North Koreans arrived in the Russian zone for three-year study at universities and technical colleges, announced by the official vanEnews agency Adn.
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GERMANY
BERLIN
caat vane
Adn. WACK
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