Truman Silent After Outburst Against Russia
President Truman refused to elaborate on his surprise statement that certain leaders in Soviet Russia are exceedingly anxious to settle differences with the United States. He declined to name the leaders or provide further details, saying reporters should continue to speculate. The remarks followed his luncheon address honoring Eddie Jacobson and sparked wide speculation on possible new moves in diplomacy.
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KANSAS CITY
Truman
Soviet Russia
United States
Independence
Rusia
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Eddie Jacobson
Mr. Truman
RUSSIA
White House
Stalin
Yalta
Potsdam
Moscow
Senate Leaders Yield Slightly
Washington Dec 28 The Senate Republican leadership offered to include rebels in policy making as turmoil grows over leadership shifts. Senator Ball Minnesota warned against liberalizing the GOP claiming it could alienate middle class supporters. East of Ohio and Wherry Nebraska plan to keep top posts and Taft remains policy committee chair as insurgents seek change. A peace bid from Brewster Bricker and Butler proposes expanding the nine member policy committee to 12.
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WASHINGTON
senate
congress
Ball
Minnesota
Ohio
Wherry
Nebraska
Taft
GOP
Brewster
Maine
Bricker
Butler
Rescue Mission Reaches Greenland Ice Cap Action
Twelve men were rescued from a Greenland ice cap as a jet assisted C 47 ferried them off. The carrier Saipan, sailing from Norfolk, headed toward Argentina and Newfoundland to rendezvous with two coast guard ships. Rescue helicopters planned to land on the ice cap and airlift survivors to Bluie West One Nasars suak.
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Greenland
Saipan
Norfolk
Argentina
Newfoundland
coast guard
Davis strait
Bluie West One
USAF
Nasarssuak
Twelve Stranded Airmen Rescued
Twelve airmen stranded on a Greenland icecap for up to three weeks were rescued by a C-47 from an air base 270 miles away in frigid conditions. The operation, aided by Bluie West Eight due to weather, followed earlier miscounts of the number aboard and included a heli copter effort by the USS Saipan in the Atlantic.
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WASHINGTON
Greenland
air force
U.SS. Saipan
Atlantic
Norfolk
EBluie West Eight
Bluie West One
Bluie West Eight
Labrador
Rumors of New Peace Talks Roil Nanking
In Nanking rumors claim a government reorganization and possible peace with Chinese Communists, though Chiang Kai-shek faces pressure to quit. Reports of defections and shifting Yangtze defenses suggest a Red offensive may precede talks, while officials deny the rumors amid mounting military redeployments.
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NANKING
China
Li Tsung-Jen
Chiang
Yangtze river
Yangtze
Hwai
Yellow
Hwai river
Kashmir Peace Accord Reported Between India and Pakistan
Sources close to Moslem leaders said December 28 that India and Pakistan had reached a complete agreement to end the Kashmir dispute, signaling possible steps toward lasting peace between the two nations.
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KARACHI
Pakistan
India
Britain Seeks Immediate Palestine Cease Fire and Israeli Withdrawal
Paris reports Britain demanded an immediate cease fire in southern Palestine and withdrawal of Israeli forces in the Negev. Harold Beeley proposed the move as the Security Council debated Egypt’s charges of Israeli truce violations on December 22. The text omitted direct condemnation of Israel to win American support, with a plan to convene the council’s truce supervision committee on January 6 at Lake Success to assess compliance.
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PARIS
Britain
Palestine
Negev
Harold Beeley
security council
Egypt
Israel
U.S
Washington
U. S
Beeley
truce supervision committee
Lake Success
Jewish Force Cuts Corridor to Gaza
Israeli blows appear to have cut or endangered the Egyptian coastal corridor to Gaza, possibly preventing Egyptian reinforcements. The battle in southern Palestine slackened, with Gaza town and Egyptian garrison near the coast at risk from artillery and naval batteries. The second Negev duel, centered on the narrow coastal strip, seemed nearing end after the first battle in October.
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TALaway
Israel
Gaza
Egypt
Palestine
Negev
Prison sentence of twenty years ordered for occupation army wife
Marburg Germany Dec 28 Mrs Wilma Ybarbo of Malden Massachusetts was sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing her American soldier husband Sgt John Ybarbo of Goliad Texas in a bedroom quarrel The U S military government court found malice aforethought and rejected self defense or passion claims The three man tribunal deliberated six days and the defense may appeal to the court of appeals in Nuernberg or a U S federal court if needed
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MARBURG
Germany
Wilma Ybarbo
Malden
Mass
U. S
Ybarbo
John Ybarbo
Goliad
Tex
DeWitt White
Morgantown
W. Va
John C. Campbell
Alhambra
Calif
Eldon V. Soper
Glendale
Gaines
Brookline
Detroit Public Housing Denies Television Sets Policy
Detroit officials announced that occupants of low income public housing projects may not have television sets. The policy was stated in response to a inquiry from the New Orleans housing authority. Director James H. Inglis said tenants should save money to reduce debt on their own homes.
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DETROIT
wPi
New Orleans housing authority
Detroit housing commission
James H. Inglis
Egyptian Prime Minister Killed in Cairo Shooting
Cairo December 28 UPI reports Prime Minister Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha was shot dead in the interior ministry by a student linked to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. The attacker, wearing a police uniform, fired five shots and tried to take his own life. Nokrashy Pasha, 60, died within minutes. The incident comes as Egyptian troops clash with Israel in southern Palestine.
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CAIRO
UPI
Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha
ministry of interior
Moslem Brotherhood association
Palestine
Nokrashy Pasha
Nikrashy Pasha
interior ministry
assasin
Mustapha Nahas Pasha
Sidku Pasha
Nahas Pasha
Voice Exploits Truman Remarks in Cold War Broadcast
The Voice of America aired President Truman’s unexpected speech to the Russians, highlighting internal differences within the Kremlin as captured by U.S. officials. Washington reports describe the department’s feature as part of Cold War reporting on December 28.2.
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WASHINGTON
state department
Voice of america
President Truman
kremlin
Voice
Mr. Truman
Dutch Ordered To Free Leaders
Paris December 28 The United Nations Security Council ordered the Netherlands to release Indonesia Republic leaders within 24 hours. Dr Soekarno and cabinet members were captured during Java Sumatra actions. Council criticized delays and urged immediate ceasefire obedience with Britain France and Belgium abstaining.
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PARIS
United ations Security council
Netherlands
China
Hsia Ching-Ling
Soekarno
Jogjakarta
Java
Sumatra
Indonesia
council
Britain
France
Belgium
Russia
United States
Sultan Resumes Rule of Province in Central Java
Batavia, Java, Dec. 28. The Dutch announced the Sultan of Soerakarta has resumed governing the central Java province in close cooperation with Dutch civil authorities. Civil officials travel with the Dutch army as it pushes through the Indonesian republic. The update cites better prospects to start distributing textiles and other provisions. The Dutch army reported 41 soldiers killed and 99 wounded in nine days of campaigning, with four planes lost, two likely shot down by antiaircraft fire manned by about 30 Japanese. This marks the first mention of Japanese involvement on Java in the current hostilities.
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BATAVIA
Java
Soerakarta
republic
Western Powers Announce Ruhr Authority Ruling
London reports Western powers establish strict international control to bar Ruhr industry from war production. A six-nation pact creates the Ruhr authority with Germany eligible for a future role, three voting blocs, and a rotating chair. The agreement aims to disarm Germany and foster European recovery.
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LONDON
Germany
Ruhr valley
Ruhr
United States
Britain
France
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxem
Child Safe After FBI Boynapper Panic in California
Three year old Vicki Jeanne Snyder remains missing as police search motels in Pomona California for her mother, accused kidnapper, while FBI traces leads. Braget denies contact with Pomona police. Harrisburg authorities say it is a state matter.
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POMONA
Calif
Vicki Jeanne Snyder
Harrisburg
John Braget
Tacoma
Wash
Los Angeles
FBI
Carl B. Shelley
Braget
Pennsylvania
Santa Monica
Vicki
Harry H. Snyder
Pacific ave
Santa Claus
Shelley
Chartercraft Bearing 28 Widely Sought Overdue DC-4 Missing
A charter DC-4 with 28 aboard, flying from San Juan to Miami, was overdue by over five hours. Coast guard and air-sea units searched 50 miles either side of the Miami San Juan airway over the Atlantic. The craft owned by Karl Knight and leased to Airport Transport, Inc, last reported 50 miles south of Miami. no contact since 4:13 a.m. EST.
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MIAMI
Fla
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Coast guard
Bob Linquist
Ernie Hill, Jr
Mary Burke
overseas
New Orleans
Overseas radio
civil aeronautics authority
yvasterday
air force
navy
Atlantic
Miami- San Juan airway
Bahamia island
Karl Knight
Airport Transport, Inc
New York
Knight
United States
Berry islands
Russians Try Capitalist Remedy To Cut Wages In Eastern Germany
Berlin dispatch reports Soviet occupation authorities announce a drastic cut in piecework rates for over one million industrial workers in eastern Germany arguing wage inflation due to a 1948 production surge. Morenov of the Russian military government cites Rollings mills as an example and fronts the plan in Taegliche Rundschau.
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BERLIN
Germany
P. Morenov
Morenov
Taegliche Rundschau
Sovialist- Unity (Communist
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