Rescued From Greenland Icecap by C-47 Crew
Twelve airmen stranded up to three weeks on a Greenland icecap were rescued by a U S Air Force C-47 from a base 270 miles away. The operation corrected earlier reports of a 13th person and included Lt Howard L Halstead of Greenville S C among the rescued.
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Washington
Greenland
Air Force
Howard L. Halstead
Greenville
8. C
Bernt Balchen
Winnipeg
Balchen
Bluie West One
U. S
Ice Cap
Labrador
Weather Summary From Local Observations
Yesterday's high reached 40 with a low at night and noon today. December rainfall totals 2.15 inches toward a 3.86 inch quota, leaving a deficiency of 1.71 inches.
Britain Urges Immediate Cease Fire in Southern Palestine
Britain proposes a Security Council cease fire and Israeli withdrawal in Southern Palestine and the Negev. Harold Beeley asks the council to meet January 6 at Lake Success to report on compliance and to back a resolution declaring Israel the aggressor. Egypt accuses Israel of coordinated violations in the Negev.
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Paris
Britain
Palestine
Negev
Harold Beeley
Security Council
Egypt
Israel
State Department
Washington
Beeley
Truce Supervision Committee
Lake Success
Ralph J. Bunche
United Nations
U. N
M. Fawzi Bey
Council
Truman cites Soviet desire for end of cold war
President Truman said certain leaders behind the Russian iron curtain want to end the cold war but he would not name them. Charles Ross said there was no prepared manuscript as he defended the luncheon remarks criticizing Moscow and noted an upcoming White House conference with Barkley and Rayburn.
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Kansas City
Truman
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Eddie Jacobson
White House
Stalin
Yalta
Potsdam
United States
Moscow
Oregon
Joe
Politburo
Washington
Barkley
Sam Rayburn
Lye Fatal To Child Near Shelby
A 19 month old baby who drank lye nine days ago died in a Charlotte hospital. Final rites for Carl Edward Dotson son of Mr and Mrs Howard Dotson of the Polkville community will be held here tomorrow.
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Shelby
Charlotte
Carl Edward Dotson
Near Shelby
Howard Dotson
Polkville
Actress Faye Roosevelt Slashes Wrist in Hyde Park Incident
Dr. Hirst said the injury was personal safety related and the patient required no stitches. Elliott Roosevelt claimed the wound was an accident and she was treated at Vassar Brothers Hospital before returning home.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Faye Emerson Roosevelt
Elliott Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Sheriff Co
Fred Close
H. Sherman Hirst
Hirst
Vassar Brothers Hospital
Roosevelt
Elliott
Dr. Hirst
Hugh) Brennan
Marburg Tr ial Ends in 20 Year Sentence for Wife Killing
Mrs. Wilma Ybarbo of Malden Mass is sentenced to 20 years in a U S military court in Marburg Germany for killing her American soldier husband Sgt John Ybarbo of Goliad Texas in a bedroom quarrel The court rejected self defense and passion defenses and found malice aforethought The three judges deliberated six days and the defense attorney urged clemency citing harsh conditions for army dependents in Germany.
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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
Ybar
U N Debates Dutch Refusal to Halt Indonesia Fighting
United Nations Security Council delegates criticized the Netherlands for provisional refusal to obey the cease fire order in Indonesia. Dutch envoy Van Royen said the U N lacks jurisdiction and would decide after more information from Batavia. The council again declined to order a retreat to prewar positions.
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Paris
United Nations Security Council
Holland
Council
Indonesia
Jan Herman van Royen
U. N
Security Council
Colombia
U. N. Good Offices Committee
GOC
Indies
van Roven
Batavia
Jakob Malik
Netherlands
Monoxide Poisoning Blamed In Tragedy At Big Bear Cabin
Coroner rules Christmas cabin deaths of Dr. Jerome G. Schnedorf and three relatives resulted from monoxide poisoning and asphyxiation. The sealed cottage with nailed windows and snowblocked vents, from a butane heater. Wife Mary Margaret Schnedorf and son Jerry survived, hospitalized.
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Big Bear
Calif
Christmas Mountain Cabin
Jerome G. Schnedert
R. E. Williams
Dr. Schnedorf
Santa Barbara
Tommy
Judy
Josea Schnedorf
River Forest
Peace rumors bloom in China despite official denial
Reports from Nanking say new peace rumors arise as talk centers on reorganizing the government and possible leadership changes before New Year. Chiang Kai-shek faces pressure while Li Tsung jen could assume control to pursue talks, with Yangtze river defense plans noted amid doubt over military control.
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Harold K. Miles
Nanking
China
Peoples Court
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Li Tsung-Jen
Yangtze River
Yangtze
Hwai
Plane Missing Near Bahamas Strands 28 On Board
A charter DC-3 with 28 aboard vanished on a San Juan to Miami route. Overdue by more than five hours with fuel exhausted, search efforts from Air Force Navy and Coast Guard stretched across the Atlantic. Last radio contact placed the craft 50 miles south of Miami.
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Miami
Fla
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Coast Guard Air-Sea Rescue Service
Overseas
New Orleans
Overseas Radio
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Air Force
Navy
Coast Guard
Atlantic
Post-Christmas Sales Mushroom Bargains Across Gastonia Stores
Post-holiday clearance sales sweep Gastonia and across the nation with one third to one half off goods. Merchants reopen after a three day shutdown and extend hours over New Year weekend as prices fall to levels not seen since prewar days.
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Gastonia
Washington
New York
Chicago
Boston
Kansas City
Dallas
Assassination of Cairo Pasha Shocks Egypt
Prime Minister Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha was killed in Cairo by a student posing as a police officer. Five shots felled him in the Ministry of Interior as he headed to his office. The attacker, tied to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, was arrested. Nokrashy Pasha, 60, had led Egypt through postwar policy and regional tension, including talks with Britain and actions in Palestine. His death comes as Israel-Egypt clashes press Egypt at a fragile political moment.
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Moslem Brotherhood Association
Ministry of Interior
Nokrashy Pasha
Cairo
United Nations
New York
Egypt
Suez Canal Zone
Palestine
Holy Land
Israel
Questioned man held after murders in Mississippi
Murdock Hinton sits in county jail at Pascagoula after arrest in connection with the deaths of his wife daughter granddaughter and a sheriff. He allegedly killed the family members and the sheriff then stole the officer’s car and fled toward Lucedale before wrecking the vehicle and being captured.
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Murdock Hinton
Pascagoula
Miss
Hinton
Lucedale
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el Capitan
North Carolina
NEA Telephoto
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Newton
Tryon
Charleston County
South Carolina
Raleigh
Greensboro
Mt. Mitchell
Wilmington
Cherry Point
Rocky Mount
Elizabeth City
Cape Hatteras
Asheville
Hickory
Winston-Salem
Lumberton
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Lye
By Ken Reynolds
U.N
Mary Margaret Schnedorf
Jerry
San Bernardino County Hospital
Bahamas
Pasha
Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha
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