Australia presses UN to oust Holland in clash over Tientsin
Chinese warships repelled Red assaults around Tangku and Tientsin as Nationalist sources report 1,300 to 1,500 Communists killed or wounded. Moosa of AP cites Fu and Pu Tso I HQs saying Reds largely inactive near Peiping. Nationalists strengthen Yangtze defenses while weather hampers north China operations.
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Japs Defiant Upon Gallows as Tojo Faces Execution
Tokyo reports four of seven condemned men, including Hideki Tojo, sang banzai and shouted for a greater Nippon before their midnight hangings at Sugamo Prison. Tojo, denied public message, drank weak wine and left a translated poem, described by the attending priest Shineo Wanayama.
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A Visit From Santa Claus Darkens Harvey Jones Story
Gazette City editor Lyle Edwards recounts a bleak Christmas for Harvey Jones of West Gastonia. Four year old Harvey’s injury from a neighborhood football game a year ago has left him with a paralyzed leg and mounting hospital bills. Despite pain, he clings to hope that his father can cover costs and he may walk and play again.
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Lyle Edwards
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Wrecked Czech Plane Sighted Near Peloponnese
Athens Greece December 23 searchers said a Czechoslovak plane carrying 24 people on a Palestine bound flight disappeared Tuesday night was spotted wrecked today in the Peloponnese. Capt Arthur G Ray of Amarillo Texas said there were two Greeks three Czechs and nine Palestinian passengers aboard.
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Hoey Likely To Lead Senate Investigations
Washington report says Senator Clyde Roark Hoey of North Carolina is set to become the Senate's chief investigator as the Executive Expenditures Committee ends its term under a vacancy. Hoey, a former governor and veteran Democrat, would helm inquiries into government departments, with a possible Southern filibuster stance on civil rights votes. If confirmed, he would join a minority Senate and face GOP colleagues Bricker Ives and Thye for seniority positions.
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Minnesota
Single sentimental woman seeks Santa in Goshen note
A Goshen Santa mail box received a feminine handwritten plea from a single sentimental woman. She states she is 29 years old and asks for Santa Claus himself as her Christmas wish.
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Notice to Churches in The Gazette
The Gazette will not be printed Saturday December 25. Church notices appear in tomorrow's paper.
CIO Promises To Purge Itself From Red Ties
Washington December 2 The House Un American Activities Committee tagged 13 CIO union officers as Communist officers while noting steps to purge the movement The list includes Harry Bridges Ben Gold Abram Flaxer and Donald Henderson The panel warned that unions like United Electrical Workers and Longshoremen remain under Reds influence and could imperil war production
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Donald Henderson
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Electrical Workers Union
Evidence Of Enormous Waste In Military Purchases
In a Virginia warehouse a dollars and cents exhibit shows the high cost of independent buying by the Army Navy and Air Force.
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Air Force
Robert M. Farrington
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Munitions Board
Duggan Cleared in Spy Inquiry and Related News
Richard Nixon said Duggan was cleared of any criminality in espionage links after an autopsy showing no evidence of foul play in Laurence Duggan's 16 story fall. The spy investigation also noted Alger Hiss perjury trial dates and Sayre questions while a munitions board proposed standard items for defense services.
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Defense Forrestal
Chinese Die in Bank Rush
Chinese victims die as crowd of about 30,000 floods a bank in Shanghai on December 3 1997. police clash with stampeding buyers injuring over 100. city shuts banks for a day as black market gold price spiked while the yuan value plummeted amid post crisis inflation and market chaos.
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Woman Arrested Charged With Manslaughter In High Point
High Point police charge 31 year old Miss Lucille Du Bose with manslaughter and hit and run in a fatal crash that killed Mary Belle Pierce. The incident occurred Tuesday night as three women delivering Christmas flowers were involved. Pierce died from a broken neck after being dragged 60 feet. Du Bose posted 2500 bond for manslaughter and 500 for hit and run and is listed as a cashier at Pilot View school in Davidson County near Thomasville.
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Mary Belle Pierce
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Davidson County
Lola Leach
Rose Jones
Guilford County
W. W. Harvey
Greensboro
Pierce
Demand to halt Dutch attacks on Indonesia at UN
Paris dispatch reports Australia urged the United Nations to expel Holland for the Indonesian conflict, labeling the Dutch assault a clear UN Charter violation. China backed a US resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire and Dutch withdrawal, with Colombia and Syria joining in support. The council discussed expulsions under Article 6 as a potential remedy. Batavia reported Dutch troops firing on Indonesian civilians amid the conflict.
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Jogjakarta
Local Temperature Report From December Weather Note
A fragmented weather snippet mentions December conditions with an inch of rain and a few unclear readings. It references temperature and rainfall figures but the text is garbled and names or exact locations are not readable.
Bugs Bunny Warns on Time in Whimsical Cryptic Line
A hazy cartoon style line features Bugs Bunny joking about time and his speed as a rabbit. The text hints at mischief and a playful warning, with a clipped cadence typical of vintage comic dialogue. No clear attribution or date is provided.
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