Hoover Group Urges Overhaul of National Defense System
A Hoover Commission task force declared the U S military establishment sound in structure but failing in operation. It urged stronger Defense Secretary control, streamlined budgeting, slowed scientific planning, and faster civilian mobilization to curb rising costs and improve security. The report also warned against unchecked weapon developments and called for a joint research board on weapons evaluation.
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Washington
Hoover Commission
Commission On Organization
Herbert Hoover
Secretary of Defense
National Security Administration
Munitions Board
Defense
Festal
Truman
National Security Organization
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army
Navy
Air Force
Porrestal
Chief Research Board
Capture Of Peiping By Reds Seems Sure
Nanking reports indicate Peiping fell under Red pressure as General Fu Tso Yi’s defense of the Pek ing-Tientsin perimeter weakened. Chiang Kai-Shek’s propagandists and officials speculate on a negotiated settlement with the Communists and urge fresh leadership to pursue peace talks.
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Peiping
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Fu Tso- Yi
Peking-Tientsin
Nnt
Chiang
Sun Fo
Service Or Else Scott Threatens Phone Companies
Scott warned North Carolina telephone firms to extend service to rural areas or face franchise revocation as governor elect. He tied telecom goals to road work, rural lights, and industrial growth while urging state financing measures.
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Raleigh
Kerr Scott
Scott
N.C
Utilities Commission
Citizens’ Association
Film Pair Will Have No Honeymoon
Hollywood reports OBred and Olga Ban Dua postponed their honeymoon after their Sept 28 wedding due to movie work. The couple will delay the wedding taping indefinitely and remain in Hollywood as their filming schedule continues.
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Hollywood
Obred
Olga Ban Dua
American released by guerrillas near Mount Olympus
American engineer Carl A. Graessner was abducted December 8 by Communist guerrillas and released today in the foothills of Mount Olympus. Billie Kissam, 13, of Evergreen, was killed when a car struck his bicycle in Whiteville last night.
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Athens
Carl A. Graessner
Mount Olympus
Boy Whiteville
Billie Kissam
Evergreen
Indictment of Alger Hiss for Perjury in Spy Case
A federal grand jury in New York indicted Alger Hiss on two counts of perjury for allegedly denying that he gave confidential State Department documents to Whittaker Chambers and for denying meetings with Chambers in early 1950. Hiss, 44, former State Department adviser, faces fines up to 2000 dollars per count and up to five years imprisonment per count. He was on leave from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Chambers had earlier accused Hiss of supplying secret data for Russian agents. Prosecutors expect arraignment within days and a trial planned for January.
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New York
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss
State Department
Chambers
Bruary
Red Intelligence
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Grand Jury
Janeary
Cherryville Dogs Under Quarantine
A 30-day quarantine on all dogs in Cherryville township is ordered by Dr. B. W. Dawsey, county rabies inspector, after Raleigh reports a dog shot by Fred Neal was rabid. Owners must keep dogs confined. enforcement by county and Cherryville officers. The quarantine on dogs in Lowell has been lifted.
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Cherryville Township
B. W. Dawsey
Raleigh
Fred Neal
Dawsey
Cherryville
Lowell
Br. Dawsey
Farm Bureau Divided Over Federal Price Support Plan
Atlantic City December delegates of the American Farm Bureau Federation face a split over future government price supports for farm products. A resolutions committee proposes deferring the decision to the bureau’s eight member board, with Southern delegates seeking current wartime supports and Midwestern delegates backing the lower Aiken Hope law levels. The dispute centers on how much aid to favor as new Congress convenes.
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Farm Bureau Federation
South
Aiken-Hope
6Th Congress
Lutions Committee
Bureau
Congress
Air Crews Prepare Bold Rescue of Nine U S Fliers
Air crews with ski-planes and gliders launch a perilous mission to reach nine American fliers stranded on a Greenland snow bank after a deadly crash. The rescue effort unfolds near North St. John’s as weather and terrain test the operation.
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ST. John's
Mid
U. S
Hud
Greenland
Newfoundland
Narsarssuak
Westover Field
Mass
E. Emil Beaudry
Airforce
Admits Slaying Wife's Suitor In Jealous Killing
Sherman McBrayer surrendered at Raceland police HQ after being charged with murdering Vincent O Lee a railroad construction worker of Moorefield West Virginia. McBrayer claims self defense saying Lee reached for a gun as he sat with McBrayer wife in the car. The 40 year old educator and father of two had served as principal and later as attendance officer at Raceland High School. He was released on eight thousand dollar bond pending January grand jury action.
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Raceland
Sherman McBrayer
Raceland High School
William Adkins
Grenup County
McBrayer
Vincent O. Lee
Moore- Held
W. Va
Lee
Evening Club Dinner and Local Organization Events
Tonight’s calendar lists a 1 PM dinner meeting of the Er kine Alumpae Association at the Womans Club, 6:30 PM Gaston Personnel Association at Armington Hotel, 7 PM Gaston Post No. 2 American Legion at Memorial Hall, and a 9 PM Gaston Memorial Hospital nurses dance at Armington Hotel. Day 190 PM Burlington Christmas dinner at Armington Hotel.
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Erkine Alumpae Association
Womans Club
Gaston County Personnel Association
Armington Hotel
Gaston Post
American Legion
Memorial Hall
Gaston Memorial Hospital
Burlington
Gastonia Lions Club hosts annual outing for orthopaedic hospital tots
Crippled children from the North Carolina Orthopaedic Hospital ride in a 31 car motorcade to Charlotte sponsored by Gastonia J B Ivey and Com pany. Police escorts meet at the city line, visit the toy department, and enjoy a party with Santa gifts and songs at the basement cafeteria. Officer E E Pressley brings trained dogs to entertain. George Ivey and J B Ivey greet guests. Miss Betty Allen Morgan acts as hostess. former patient Neil Griffith attends.
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North Carolina
Gastonia
Santa Claus
E. E. Pressley
Charlotte
George Ivey
J. B. Ivey
Betty Allen Morgan
Ivey's
Neil Griffith
Government Appeals To Supreme Court On Tojo Sentence
The United States urges the Supreme Court not to review Tokyo tribunal judgments of Tojo and six other Japanese warlords. Solicitor General Perlman warns that such appeals could harm peaceful settlements, United Nations cooperation, and international affairs. American lawyers for the defendants press Tokyo tribunal misgivings.
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Washington
United States
Supreme Court Today
International Tribunal
Tojo
Tokyo Tribuns Tans
Philip B. Perlman
United Nations
Perlman
High Court
Atwneys
Tyapanese
Tokyo
George A. Furness
Boston
John Hon
Kansas City
York
I-national
Ed Maily
Douglas Mas Arthur
French blow up Radio Berlin towers in Berlin area
In Berlin area on December 16 French forces demolished the two towers serving Radio Berlin near the British sector to prevent danger to Allied air traffic at Tegel Field. Brig. Gen. Jean Ganeval said the action followed a long four power dispute and allowed the Russians a chance to install new facilities elsewhere.
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Berlin
Radio
Germany
Deutschland
Jean Ganeval
Ganeval
Airaift
Tegel Field
Eld
Raio Berlin
Ganegal
Tegel
Olny
Local Temperature Midh Yesterday Report Note
Fragmentary OCR notes show unrelated terms about temperature, light, neon, and measurements with unclear context. No coherent event or named entities are recoverable to form a factual summary.
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