Marshall Plan Funds Misused and Policy Stance
Warnings rise that resale of scarce metals may threaten postwar aid. Senator McClellan cites potential program jeopardy as Congress weighs action. The Economic Cooperation Administration asks European governments to halt sales and curb future ones amid nonviolent policy breach concerns. Acting Administrator Howard Bruce warns drastic cuts in allocations if unaddressed.
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McClellan
D-Ark
Congress
Canada
Economic Cooperation Administration
Soviet Veto Keeps Ceylon Out of U N
Paris December 15 Russia used its twenty ninth veto in the United Nations Security Council to block Ceylon’s bid for membership. The session also postponed Israel’s bid until Friday amid a French deferment and Syria abstentions. The vote followed sharp charges from Syria’s Faris El Khouri who labeled Jewish soldiers gangsters.
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Paris
Russia
United Nations Security Council
Ceylon
United Nations
Council
Israel
Syria
Faris el Khouri
China
Britain
United States
Rusia
Prance
Alexander Parod
Neighbors Build Cottage For Lonely Miss Ellen
In Southmont Davidson County community, neighbors raise a $700 cottage for Miss Ellen Warford, 70, who has lived alone since her husband’s death. A church meeting spurred offers of land materials and labor, with pupils making a quilt and chair while her dog Shep guards the old home.
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Southmont
Frank Warfford
Ellen
Davidson County
Stoner’s Grove Church
Lomont School
Elle
Shep
Buck Warford Tyro
Christmas Party and Directors Meeting Notify Armington
Tonight at 7 30 p m The Gazette hosts a Christmas party at the Armington Hotel. Directors of the Gaston County Merchants Association also meet at the Armington Hotel at 7 30 p m.
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the Gazette
Armington Hotel
Gaston County Merchants Association
Suspect Questioned Over Stolen Secrets Sent to Moscow
Washington reports a man suspected of stealing pre war secrets of great military significance, said to involve formulae and descriptions of our hitting and defensive power, may face congressional spy hearings this week. Mundt asserts a Soviet espionage ring exists in Washington and urges indictments of all guilty parties tied to officials and employees.
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Washington
Russia
Congressional
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore
House Un-American Activit Committee
Mundt
Pape Whittaker
Carroll Reece as GOP Chairman Contenders Reported
Washington December reports suggest Carroll Reece may challenge Hugh Scott for the Republican Party chair, with other possible rivals including Everett Dirksen Tom Coleman and John Cooper. Scott plans a posturing policy gathering and Taft supporters weigh broader party strategy as Dewey’s defeat prompts reorganization talk.
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Carroll Reece
Nation
Hugh Scott
Scott
Philadelphia
Reece
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Tom Coleman
Wisconsin
Harold E. Stassen
John Cooper
Kentucky
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Thearty Helm
Taft
GOP
Senate
National Committee
Posnl
Labor
Vandenberg
Michigan
Hickenlooper
Town
Watkins
Utah
Arm Of The Law Needs Good Hand
In Birmingham England on December 15 a judge found Herbert Cyril Harris a 41 year old mechanic not guilty of instigating three men to rob a restaurant. The verdict followed the judge noting the defendant’s statement was written by a police officer and its handwriting was indecipherable.
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Birmingham
Eng
Herbert Cyril Harris
City workers to receive Yuletide bonus in Gastonia
The Gastonia city council unanimously approved a four percent bonus for about 250 employees on payroll at least three months as of December 15. Checks totaling over $16,000 will be issued by December 20 from City Clerk Jim Kendrick. Veterans and firefighters will receive roughly $100 each.
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Santa Claus
Gastonia
Jim Kendrick
Wwe
Harry Rutter
Cty Hall
Southern governors plan Washington bureau to advocate South
The Southern Governors Conference approved a resolution to create a permanent Washington bureau and Southern Foundation to counter civil rights proposals and present the South’s view. Governors expect the bureau to begin during the January congressional session and raise funds from 15 states and private contributions.
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Dixie
Washington Bureau
Savannah
Washington
South
Fielding J. Wright
Mississippi
G . Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Beauford Jester
Texas
William Tuck
Virginia
Preston Lane
Maryland
W Hugh Wray Dies After 35 Years in Gastonia Business
W Hugh Wray longtime Gastonia automobile dealer died at Gaston Memorial Hospital at 3 oclock this morning after a year of declining health. He had lived in the city 35 years and remained active in business until his final illness. The family asked no flowers and suggested contributions to the First Baptist Church building fund or Gaston County Negro Hospital. He had been a patient for some time and his death was not unexpected.
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W. Hugh Wray
Gastonia
Oielock
Gaston Memorial Hospital
First Baptist Church
Gaston County Negro Hospital
MR. Wray
Generalissimo under pressure as Reds gain in China
In Peiping and Shanghai reports cite Chiang Kai-shek aides pressing him to cede control to salvage the government. Premier Bun Fo struggles to form a cabinet while Sun Wen hao remains sidelined. Peace talks with the Communists appear underway as forces tighten around Peiping and the Peiping Tientsin railroad is threatened. In Tulsa, Albert Lewis Freeze, 21, obtained a license to wed Wilma Lee Snow, 18.
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Chiang Kai-shek
China
Peiping
Bun Fo
Shanghai
Sun
Chiang
Kuomintang
Fu Tso-vi
Peiping-Tientsin
Paoti
Teintsin
Tulsa
Okla
Dee
Albert Lewis Freeze
Wilma Lee Snow
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Jerebee Taylor
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Security Council
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J. W. Long Jr
Holland Avenue
Atlanta, Ga
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Tex
Texas Prison System
C. B. Ellis
Retrieve Prison Farm
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JK. Kelley
Clarence
Redwine
Arm of the Law
Dallard
North Caroum
Lara Heath
Monroe
S.C
Herman
Kernersville
W. Wray
Generalissm
Bugs Bunny
Nell
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