Justice Dept Names List Draws Ridicule From Huac Chair
National headlines report J Parnell Thomas harshly mocks Attorney General Clark's list of about 80 groups labeled subversive or suspect. The loyalty review list, intended to assess government workers, includes Communists, German American Bund, Ku Klux Klan, Civil Rights Congress and more, with Clark cautioning it is not complete.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
J. Parnell Thoms
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Clark
Communist Party
Bund
Ku Klux Klan
Columbians
American Youth Congress
American Youth For Democracy
The
Civil Rights
Seth W Richardson
Richardson
Truman
Local Temperature and Rainfall Figures Update
The record shows a high of 67 degrees yesterday and noon today. December rainfall totals to date are 0.04 inches with a monthly quota of 3.86 inches and a deficit of 2.82 inches.
House Debates Cuts to $597 Million Aid Bill
Rep. Jonkman of Michigan proposes an amendment to reduce emergency foreign aid for Italy Austria and France from 597 million to 300 million arguing overestimates by the State Department. Senate approved 597 million. House plan totals 590 million with 60 million for China. Rep. Taber labels 597 million too liberal.
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Michigan
House
Washington
Jonkman
R-Mich
State Department
Italy
Austria
France
Senate
Truman
Foreign Affairs Committee
China
Rep
Taber
Ten Hollywood writers and producers indicted for contempt
Bulletin reports that ten movie writers producers and directors in Washington were indicted today for contempt of Congress for refusing to state whether they are or have been Communists during a Communist in Hollywood probe.
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Washington
What About The Little Man In Russia
Washington dispatch reports bank runs in the Soviet Union amid rumors of price hikes and currency changes. Officials describe state banks where Russians deposit savings and receive interest, noting the government ownership of the banks and their operations.
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James Marlow
Washington
Russia
Paris Powers Fail As Strikes Paralyze City
The French government faces a crippling strike as workers halt power plants and subways, triggering widespread outages. Security forces move to restore generators while authorities push new anti strike laws to curb industrial action affecting over two million workers. Police protect key facilities and a bombing probe targets Communist leader Maurice Thorez amid mounting tensions.
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Paris
Council of the Republic
France
National Assembly
Pottr
Maurice Thorez
Choisyle-Roi
Thorez
Subway
Lee France
Garland Named Drive Chairman
James Boyce Garland named chairman of the annual March of Dimes drive by Rex Edison of Gaston county unit Infantile Paralysis. The campaign runs January 14 to 31 with Carey C. Boshamer as women's division chair and a listed committee of local workers assisting the drive.
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James Boyce Garland
Rex Edison
Gaston County
Garland
Edison
Carey C. Boshamer
Gastonia
Raymond Terry
Dick Cone
Stove Wyant
Hoyt Smith
Lee Drive
Furious China battle rages in central province
In central China near Hankow area a major clash unfolds as Gen Liu Po-Cheng’s 100,000 Communist troops press from Ta Pieh mountains. Government forces including 30,000 Americans brace the line northeast of Hankow in a triangle of Linyang Hwangchwan Shangcheng. Four to five days hang on the battle’s critical phase.
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Kiukiang
China
Liu Po-Cheng
Ta Pieh
Liu
Szechwan
Wild West
Chungking
Hsu Tsu-Yi
Yangtze River
Hankow
Linyang
Hwangchwan
Shangcheng
Henan
Central China
Hsu
Renew Search For Missing Airplane
Frankfurt dispatch reports clear flying weather allowed the American Air Force to resume the search for a U.S. transport plane missing for seven days with 20 aboard. The area widened to include Switzerland, Austria and Italy with about 100 planes ready. Fifty L-5 observation craft were among the close ground search planes.
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Frankfurt
U. S
Switzerland
Austria
Italy
Air Force
Armies and Armored Patrols Round Jerusalem After Riots
In Jerusalem on December 5 British troops and police deployed amid escalating Arab unrest after three days of clashes. Armored vehicles rolled through lanes, tear gas deployed, and a highway curfew halted civilian traffic as security forces prepared for possible new outbreaks.
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Jerusalem
Holy Land
Partiuion OS Rale Sale
Tel Aviv attacked as Palestine battles intensify
In Tel Aviv a double Arab assault shattered Sabbath quiet and escalated fighting across Palestine. By today 44 people have died, including 21 Jews, with hundreds wounded and millions in damage. Armored cars moved traffic routes between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv Jaffa while police reinforced the curfewed front near Jaffa gate. Authorities warned of looming violence as Arab volunteers reportedly rallied to the Arab cause.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Hebron
Ramallah
Holy City
Jaffa
No-Man's Land
Princess Mary Avenue
Moratorium urged to curb inflation by NAM official
Johns-Manville chairman Lewis H. Brown urged one year moratoriums on wage and price increases before the National Association of Manufacturers to counter inflationary pressures. He argued the move would blunt the economic impact of foreign aid within an inflated U S economy and called for bipartisan tackling of the issue at the NAM's 52nd Congress at the Waldorf.
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New York
National Association of Manufacturers Today
Lewis H. Brown
Johns-Manville Corporation
United States
NAM
Waldorf-Astoria
Price Fixing Authority Sought To Ration Coal And Oil
Oscar S. Chapman pleaded with Congress to grant President Truman authority to ration and fix prices for coal and oil if needed. He urged extending export and transportation controls and price allocation for coal, noting improvements from coal car allocations and linking future relief to continued ODT power.
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Washington
Oscar S. Chapman
Interior
Congress
President Truman
Chapman
Senate
House Economic Committee
Office of Defense Transportation
London Parley Nears Decision on German Unity Plan
London discussions center on a U S proposal for the four powers and a zonal partition of Germany to be reviewed by the foreign ministers council. Marshall argues for economic unity as key to Europe's recovery while Molotov accuses the West of trying to enslave Austria.
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John M. Hightower
London
Germany
Foreign Ministers Council
U. S
George C. Marshall
Reich
Marshall
Austria
Russia
Europe
V. M Molotov
Britain
Molotov
The Gazette's Little Merchants Janice Campbell
Janice Campbell helps her father Glenn Campbell deliver The Gazette in Mutual Mill section. Campbell has run The Gazette agent since September 4 1939. They keep a splendid account payment record and deliver daily. She delivers to earn money for school lunches and clothes and enjoys meeting new friends. Her hobby is collecting photographs. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Glenn Campbell of 28 Maple Street and is in the seventh grade.
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Janice Campbell
Glenn Campbell
Gazette
Mutual Mill
Campbell
Janice
Maple Street
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Bill Baldwin
Lake Success
Bulletin
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DRIVE
March of Dimes
James B. Garland
Ta Szechwan
ODT
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