Chinese Nationalists abandon Kwangsi and sail to Hainan
One hundred thousand Nationalist troops have left Kwangsi and prepare to sail to Hainan island, under Gen. Pai Chung-hsi. Chengtu remains under threat as Red forces advance, while morale sinks and desertions rise amid food and ammo shortages. Chiang’s government seeks aid from the United States as Li Tsung-jen travels to the U.S. for medical and financial support.
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Victor Kendrick
Hong ‘Kong
U.P
Kwangsi Province
South China
Hainan Island
South China Sea
Chengtu
Pai Chung-hsi
Luichow
Kwangtung
Hainan
Pai
Kwangsi
Chungking
Chiang
Central News
Peishiya
South Kwangtung
Huang
China
Li Tsung-jen
Pacific
United States
San Francisco
Supreme Court Backs State in Labor Law
The Supreme Court upheld Arkansas and other states’ right to ban force or violence to keep workers from their jobs. Justice Jackson led a unanimous ruling that the law does not punish peaceful labor dispute activity nor infringe free expression. The decision followed several other actions including oil tidelands cases and a denied jury trial in Louisiana and Texas suits.
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Don Sanders
Washington
Supreme Court
CIO
Arkansas
Jackson
High Court
Texas
Louisiana
Justice Department
Tidelands
California Tidelands
Los Angeles Board of Supervisors
High Tribunal
Ben H. Rice, Jr
Federal District Court of
San Antonio
Rice
Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
National Labor Board
UN Approves Global Census of Armed Forces Non-Atomic Arms
The United Nations Assembly approved a western plan for a world wide census of armed forces and non atomic weapons excluding mass destruction arms. Russia and bloc nations opposed, vote 44 to 5 with five abstentions. Soviet push to include atomic data rejected 6 to 39 with nine abstentions. France accused Russia of trapping the west while building a vast army.
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New York
United Nations Assembly
Russia
France
Ben Gurion Rules Out UN Plan For Jewish Jerusalem
Tel Aviv reporting that Prime Minister David Ben Gurion reiterates Israel will not accept international rule over Jewish Jerusalem under the proposed United Nations plan. He stresses the determination was made Monday in a firm stance against international trusteeship.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
David Ben-Gurion
Jerusalem
United Nations
Weather Forecast for Butte and Surrounding Areas
Partly cloudy and cool Tuesday with highs generally 35 to 45 in central districts. Butte area to 33 next 24 hours with schools and airport reporting 38 and 40 max respectively and light precipitation possible. West of Divide expect scattered rain and snow showers with little temperature change 35 to 45. east of Divide windy cooler conditions with similar high range 35 to 45.
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School of Mines
Divide
Shirley Temple Divorces John Agar Over Drinking and Affairs
Shirley Temple won a divorce from actor John Agar testifying he drank heavily and romanced other women, sometimes keeping late hours and bringing another woman home while she was pregnant. She described episodes of intoxication and a frightening moment driving toward a cliff, and said she planned a night out after childbirth.
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Los Angeles
Shirley Temple
Roy Herndon
John Agar
Miss Temple
Linda
Jack
Judge Orders FBI Affidavits On Coplon Gubitchev Wiretaps
Federal Judge Sylvester J. Ryan requires FBI affidavits next week to confirm whether telephone conversations of Judith Coplon or Valentin Gubitchev are on record. The move aims to suppress the spy conspiracy case arguing the indictment rests on illegal wire taps. Coplon, 28, and Gubitchev, 32, face trial December 27. Coplon has been convicted and is free on bail pending appeal.
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New York
Sylvester J. Ryan
FBI
Judith Coplon
Valentin Gubitchev
Ryan
Miss Coplon
Justice Department
Gubitchev
United Nations
Uranium Mine Fire Toll Reported at 3700 Deaths
Frankfurt dispatch reports the Lueneburger Landes-Zeitung quoting a Soviet zone fire chief who estimates 3700 deaths in the Johanngeorgenstadt mine disaster of November 24. The Telegraph cites higher figures, while local papers dispute those numbers and say only one miner died.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Lueneburger Landes-Zeitung
Berlin
Wallace Accused of Overruling Groves to Ship A Bomb Materials
Lt. Col. George F. ONeill, retired, testifies that White House intervention sent atomic secrets and materials to Russia via the Great Falls air base in 1943 44. He says Maj. George Racey Jordan claimed top secrets reached Moscow and vows support to Jordan.
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Wallace
Groves
Russia
Los Angeles
George F. O'Neill
Great Falls
White House
Air Force
George Racey Jordan
Moscow
O'Neill
FBI
Maj. Jordan
Police Move to Prevent Riots in B C
In Nelson British Columbia more than 100 police moved into Dukhobor country to deter potential violence by the fanatical sect. About 50 RCMP and 50 special deputies patrol a 100 square mile area as CP trains slow and armed crews guard tracks. Arson and dynamiting attacks have increased with Lebedev’s home destroyed after he warned Freedomites to return to Russia or Turkey.
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Nelson
B. C
U.P
Dukhobor Country
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Canadian Pacific
John Lebedev
Radical Sons of Freedom
Russia
Lebedev
Turkey
John Veregin
Peter
the Archangel
Russian Constitution Tenth Anniversary Celebrated in Moscow
Moscow marked the 13th anniversary of the present Soviet constitution with nationwide displays of pictures of Comrade Stalin. Tass reported festive events described as a joyous holiday with Stalin as the architect of the most democratic constitution, while plans highlighted Stalin’s upcoming 70th birthday on December 21.
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London
Moscow
Tass
Comrade Stalin
Stalin
Bridges Attended Red Sessions, Witness Contends
Government witness Henry Schrimpf testified Bridges attended several Communist meetings during the 1934 waterfront strike. Defense attempts to paint Schrimpf as an enemy were largely unproductive as Schrimpf maintained he held no anger toward Bridges or Henry Schmidt.
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San Francisco
Henry Schrimpf
Harry Bridges
Bridges
James Martin MacInnis
Schrimpf
Henry Schmidt
Both Principals Say Statement Untrue in Atomic Shipment Charge
Radio commentator Fulton Lewis charged that former Vice President Henry Wallace overruled General Leslie Groves to clear 1943 and 1944 uranium and heavy water shipments to Russia. Wallace denied the claim as fabrication and Groves said Wallace was not in his command. State records confirmed some shipments but scientists warn they were a tiny fraction of material for any reactor.
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House
W. R. Higginbotham
Washington
U.P
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Henry A. Wallace
Leslie R. Groves
Russia
Wallace
New York
Lewis
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Groves
House un-American Activities Committee
State Department
George Racey Jordan
Air Force
House “un-American Activities Committee
Harry L. Hopkins
Moscow
Hopkins
Roosevelt
Jordan
Panama Canal
Great Falls
Mont
un-American Activities Committee
Vice Press
Jordan Says Reds Got Him Majority
G Racey Jordan testified to the House committee that Russians promoted him from captain to major in the Air Corps. He claimed involvement in aiding lend-lease transfers to Russia and noted later remarks by President Truman about the atomic bomb. He described housing in New York and Punxsutawney and said he works for American Pacific Industrial in New York.
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Washington
G. Racey Jordan
Russia
Air Corps
Jordan
House un-American Activities Committee
New York City
Punxsutawney
Bremerton
Wash
Great Falls
Mont
Ruppert, Schaefer and Piel Breweries
New York
Rickenbacker
Billy Mitchell
Newark
An. Kotikov
Russian Purchasing Commission
Alaska
Col. Kotikov
Truman
American Pacific Industrial Corporation of
South American
Puerto Rico
Truman's Working Force Arrives in Key West for 1950 News
In Key West on December 5 President Truman's staff arrived to draft three January messages for Congress. John R. Steelman led cabinet input for the state of the union and fiscal plans while Charles Murphy George Elsey and Donald Dawson brought records and ideas. The team aims to push Fair Deal goals including Taft Hartley repeal civil rights civil social security expansion national health and Brannan farm plan.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Key West, Fla
President Truman
Clark M. Clifford
John R. ‘Steelman
Mr. Truman
Congress
Charles 8. Murphy
George Elsey
Donald Dawson
Britain's Cyclotron Opens First Full Trial Largest in Europe
Britain announces the Harwell cyclotron, the largest in Europe, has operated successfully in its first full trial. Supply Ministry notes two atomic piles in operation while Home Secretary Ede discusses bomb destruction comparisons and civil defense implications.
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London
Britain
Atomic Energy
Ministry of Supply
Harwell Research Station
Europe
House of Commons
George Strauss
Home
James Chuter Ede
Germany
City of London Defense Committee
Home Secretary
Chuter Ede
Hamburg
Tokyo
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Air Force Promises Broad Air Raid Warning Network
The Air Force said it would launch a nationwide air raid warning system with a $50 million first phase funded by diverting existing appropriations. The radar program for the United States and Alaska has a total estimated cost of $161 million, with Congress authorizing $85.5 million for construction and $42.5 million in existing equipment. General Hoyt S. Vandenberg did not specify which projects were cut back to free funds.
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Washington
Air Force
United States
Alaska
Congress
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
St Ann parish project nears completion in Butte
The St Ann parish drive in Butte progresses with a $200000 school upgrade adding nine classrooms and a large library. The church renovation aims to seat 500, with an enlarged altar and new organ while a $40000 gym parish center quonset building expands athletic space. Build Butte committee invites suggestions to accelerate growth.
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St. Ann
Butte
Build Butte
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